ISSN 1645-5681
E-ISSN 2183-5462

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts

Media & Journalism accepts original articles based on empirical and qualitative methodologies. We especially seek research that contributes decisively and innovatively to developing new methods of analysis, applying theoretical models of empirical investigation, discussing and applying heuristic concepts, identifying and analyzing emerging phenomena in the media field, while critically reflecting on the communicational and technological dynamics of contemporary society and launching new interpretations of media history.

Articles, book reviews and interviews from the full range of communication sciences are accepted for submission with particular emphasis on media studies and journalism. Issues of particular interest to Media & Journalism include: journalism, society and democracy; media and social identities; media history and transformation; communication and journalism ethics; media economics and politics; modes and strategies of political and strategic communication; information technologies and innovation in the media and journalism; new media forms of communication; journalists as an interpretive community; digital and transmedia literacy; and media pluralism and digital practice.

The accepted articles constitute the central section of the magazine, with a topic that serves as the title to each issue. Co-editors can be chosen by invitation or via a periodic call system.

Focus and Scope

Media & Journalism accepts original articles based on empirical and qualitative methodologies. We especially seek research that contributes decisively and innovatively to developing new methods of analysis, applying theoretical models of empirical investigation, discussing and applying heuristic concepts, identifying and analyzing emerging phenomena in the media field, while critically reflecting on the communicational and technological dynamics of contemporary society and launching new interpretations of media history.

Articles, book reviews and interviews from the full range of communication sciences are accepted for submission with particular emphasis on media studies and journalism. Issues of particular interest to Media & Journalism include: journalism, society and democracy; media and social identities; media history and transformation; communication and journalism ethics; media economics and politics; modes and strategies of political and strategic communication; information technologies and innovation in the media and journalism; new media forms of communication; journalists as an interpretive community; digital and transmedia literacy; and media pluralism and digital practice.

The accepted articles constitute the central section of the magazine, with a topic that serves as the title to each issue. Co-editors can be chosen by invitation or via a periodic call system.

Journal Structure

Media & Journalism journal is organised into three sections:

• Articles (Open submissions, indexed, peer review)

• Varies1 (Open submissions, indexed, peer review)

• Book reviews2 (Open Submissions, indexed, peer review)

1This short section may include articles that vary from the central themes and is edited by the ongoing journal editors.

2 This section is edited by one of the board members, either by invitation or in response to a direct request.

Peer Review Process

• All articles submitted to Media & Journalismo are subject to double blind peer review. If necessary, a third reviewer will be consulted.

• Before the start of the blind peer review process, the editorial team of Media & Journalismo evaluates the suitability of each article based on the journal’s focus, scope and section policies. All articles that do not meet the journal’s submission criteria are returned to the authors within a maximum period of four weeks upon their receipt.

• After the initial analysis of the articles by the editorial team of Media & Journalismo, each article that meets the journal's submission criteria is sent to two evaluators, who are chosen according to their experience in the area to which the articles relate. The review process always remains anonymous and can take up to six months to complete.

• The chosen evaluators are asked to review the articles based on their relevance and originality in the field of journalism studies; to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each article, taking into account aspects such as the theoretical and methodological approaches followed; and to evaluate the validity of the results, the analyses and conclusions.

• After receiving the evaluators’ comments, the editorial team of Media & Journalismo reports the results of the evaluations to the authors of the articles, indicating the final decision taken based on four categories: Publishable as is, Publishable with minor modifications, Publishable with major modifications, and Not Publishable.

• If the article falls into the Publishable category with minor and major modifications, the author is invited to send, within a period of up to three months, a revised version that must address the evaluators’ comments. This revised version is returned to the initial reviewers for a reassessment of the article, which may take up to two months.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• As part of the submission process, authors must check if their files respect all the condition stated below. Submissions who fail to meet these conditions will be returned to the authors.

• Papers should be submitted via the Open Journal System (OJS) platform.

• Submitted files should be in Word format (.doc, .docx), OpenOffice/LibreOffice (.odf) or RichText Format (.rtf), and cannot be over 2 MB.

• Registering on the platform, as well as logging in to submit the paper and to follow up with the review process, is mandatory.

• Submitters should ensure that there is no identifiable information on the file or on its metadata (the file properties).

• The submission must follow the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in "Instructions for Authors", found in the section "About the Journal".

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts should not exceed 50.000 characters (including spaces, references and endnotes). Book reviews should not exceed 5.000 characters (including spaces and endnotes).

Include the manuscript title and an abstract of no more than 1.000 characters (in portuguese and english) and 4 to 5 keywords (in portuguese and english).

Manuscripts must be submitted anonymously, ie without any element that allows identifying the author or authors of the article. The document ID must also be taken from the document properties.

The use of self-citation should be moderate. Must be withdrawn in the submission process. In this case the references will be of the type (Author, 1999, p. 34) and in the bibliographic references the same principle of anonymity follows. We generally follow COPE's recommendations here (see “Self Plagiarism”: https://publicationethics.org/case/self-plagiarism).

It is important that authors’ names, emails, and affiliations do not appear anywhere in the manuscript. This information being exclusively inserted when filling the submission platform, in order to assure the purposes of the double-blind review process.

Each author can only submit one article by number, as a author or co-author.

Each article can have a maximum of five authors.

Graphic elements (figures, tables, graphs) must have a legend and source, without endpoint. In the text, graphic elements are mentioned extensively (ex. in Figure 1).

Authors should include in OJS plataform, a biographical note with some curricular data and with complete information on the affiliation of all authors, including the name of the institution (ex: University, Faculty and Department / Center). The complete addresses (including street, postal code, city and country), electronic address and ORCID or CIÊNCIA Vitae (must also be mentioned if applicable).

Manuscripts should be typed with double-space on standard pages (A4), using font Times New Roman 12pt. Submissions must be sent as an electronic Word (.doc), OpenOffice or RTF and must not overcome 2MB; PDFs are not accepted.

Footnotes: use footnotes, not endnotes (simple space, 10pt).

URL: all URL addresses in the text and bibliography / references must be active and ready to click, redirecting to the referenced website.

About other aspects, please see COPE recommendations: https://publicationethics.org/

Citing References

Submitted manuscripts should follow the APA styleguide for bibliographic referencing.

Citing and references in the text

- Quotations of less than 40 words should be incorporated in the text and enclosed with double quotation marks (“ ”), in normal text, not italic.

- Quotations of 40 or more words should be highlighted in a free-standing block quotation on a new line, indented, smaller font and without quotation marks.

- For indirect quotations: (quoted in Habermas, 2019, p. 37).

- Avoid using expressions such as idem, ibidem, apud, op. cit…

References (examples)

- Article in Journal

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Vol(Number), x–x. https://doi.org/XXXXXXXXXXXXX

- Chapter in an Edited Book

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of chapter. In C. C. Editor & D. D. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (xx ed., Vol. xx, pp. xxx–xxx). Publisher.

- Authored Book

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of book (xx ed., Vol. xx). Publisher.

- Edited Book

Editor, E. E. (Ed.). (Year). Title of book (xx ed., Vol. xx). Publisher.

Previously copyrighted material

• Authors are responsible for gaining permission to reproduce any copyrighted material in their submissions, from other sources in both print and electronic form. Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in the journal

• Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal should not simultaneously submit them to another journal.

• Authors should not submit manuscripts that have been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content.

• The authors will also accept to cede the publishing, reproduction and diffusion rights to Media & Journalism.

Ethical Conduct

Authors should ensure that the sources of referencing used in the production of scientific work are accurate.

Authors should identify the funding organisations of their work.

Varies

It is a small section that can include articles with a theme different from the central dossier and has the journal's management as editors.

Copyright Notice

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows sharing the work with recognition of authorship and initial publication in Antropologia Portuguesa journal.

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