Submission Guidelines
The Journal of Magazine & New Media Research is interested in articles that explore the fields of magazines and digital media. All areas of inquiry, theoretical approaches, and methodologies are welcome. Contributions should add new knowledge, challenge current opinion, or inform the readership about scholarship and research that would not otherwise be known by communication specialists.
Essays, Reports, & Reviews
We welcome
submissions of non-refereed articles for our Essays, Reports, & Reviews
section. These may include reports on conferences or special
events, opinion pieces, or critical reviews of books and teaching
materials that deal with magazines or new media. If in doubt about
the suitability of a piece, send a query letter to the editor. If you would like to submit a book review, write to the book editor.
Research
articles
The editors and editorial board make every effort to review
research articles thoroughly and promptly. The process takes about
three months from the date of receipt. Manuscripts judged to be outside
the journal’s scope are returned immediately. All submissions are
reviewed by three judges in a double-blind process. The judges do
not know the name of the author(s) or the names of the other judges.
The journal can accommodate monograph-length manuscripts, although
articles between 2,000 and 5,000 words are preferred. Be sure to
include a 100-word abstract.
Style
All material submitted for publication must
conform to the style and documentation requirements specified in the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (sixth
edition) or The Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition). Please
use end notes instead of footnotes. APA has issued guidelines on how
to cite social media,
Art, photos, audio, and video
The electronic
format of the Journal of Magazine &
New Media Research allows the
use of art and photographs as well as audio and video where appropriate.
The author(s) need not provide such materials when submitting the manuscript,
but the cover letter should indicate the availability of such materials.
Authors are responsible for securing copyright approval of all art,
photographs, audio, and video.
Tables
Keep tables and figures to a
minimum. Do not include a table or figure if the same information can
be summarized in a few sentences.
Original material
Articles are accepted
for consideration with the understanding that they are original and
are not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The
Magazine Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and
Mass Communication holds the copyright to all issues of the Journal
of Magazine &
New Media Research. Contact the editor or assistant
editor for permission to publish the content in any form.
Deadlines
We accept submissions year-round.
Editorial review
The editor and assistant editor
reserve the right to make minor changes to an accepted manuscript that
do not alter the substantial meaning or results of the article or the
views of the author(s). The author(s) will have a chance to approve
all such changes.
Submissions
Please submit three items:
1. A cover letter.
2. A separate file with the title page. Include the full name, position, institution, phone number, and both snail-mail and e-mail addresses of the author(s).
3. The manuscript. Make sure it doesn’t contain the name of the author(s) or any other identifying information. The manuscript should be double-spaced, with running heads, 12-point type, and one-inch borders.
E-mail the cover letter and manuscript as a Word attachment to either the editor or assistant editor:
School of Journalism
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: 520-621-6223
cschwalbe@email.arizona..edu
Contemporary Media and Journalism Department
University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Tel: 605-677-6473
Miglena.Sternadori@usd.edu
Department of Journalism
Art and Journalism Building (AJ), Room 300
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
Tel: 765-285-8210
sumner@bsu.edu