Studies in Media and Communication (SMC) publishes original research and theoretical papers on the aspects of media and communication. It provides a platform for scholars, journalists, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss developments and innovations in the field.

Key areas include:

• Media Theory and Communication Studies
• Journalism and News Media
• Digital Media and Social Networks
• Mass Communication and Public Opinion
• Media Law, Ethics, and Policy
• Advertising and Public Relations             
• Film, Television, and Visual Culture
• Intercultural and Global Communication
• Political Communication
• Health and Science Communication

The journal is included in:

• ANVUR
• BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
• Beardslee Library
• CNKI Scholar
• Crossref
• DHET
• EconPapers
• ERA
• EuroPub
• Genamics JournalSeek
• Google Scholar Citations
• IDEAS
• Mendeley
• Open Access Library (OALib)
• OpenEdition
• Open policy finder
• Publication Forum (JUFO)
• Qualis Index
• RePEc
• ROAD
• Scilit
• Scopus
• Worldcat

  SMC welcomes interdisciplinary submissions bridging media with fields such as sociology, psychology, political science, and technology. All contributions undergo double-blind peer review.

  Provides DOIs at the article level:

  Each paper published in SMC is assigned a DOI, displayed beneath the author’s affiliation. For more information on DOIs, visit https://www.doi.org. To retrieve DOIs for journal articles, books, or chapters, use the Crossref database.

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  Publication Policies

  • Copyright Policy»
  Copyrights of all articles published in Redfame journals are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work.
  All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.
  Authors have the rights to reuse, republish, archive, and distribute their own articles after publication, and undertake to permit others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon this work non-commercially provided the original work is properly cited. The full guidance that applies to the CC-BY license can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  • Deposit Policy / Archiving Policy»
  We follow Sherpa/Romeo‘s green archiving policy. Both pre-print and post-print or publisher’s version/PDF can be archived, without restrictions.
  • Open Access Policy»
  We follow the Gold Open Access way in journal publishing: Authors publish in Redfame journals that provide immediate open access to all of their articles on the publisher’s website.
  The Open Access Publishing refers to the free availability of peer-reviewed papers on the worldwide internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full manuscripts. However, you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.), and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  The Open Access Policy grants Redfame Publishing the right to license articles for free use. Alternatively, the authors (or their institution or funding agency) pay an article processing charge to finance the operation of the journals.
  • Submission Policy»
  All manuscripts should be written in English and prepared according to the Author Guide.
  Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the authorities responsible where the work was carried out. However, we accept submissions that have previously appeared on preprint servers (for example: arXiv, bioRxiv, Nature Precedings, Philica, Social Science Research Network, and Vixra); have previously been presented at conferences; or have previously appeared in other “non-journal” venues (for example: blogs or posters). Authors are responsible for updating the archived preprint with the journal reference (including DOI) and a link to the published articles on the appropriate journal website upon publication.
  Any manuscripts out of the journal’s scope or containing plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, are rejected. All submissions will be checked by iThenticate before being sent to reviewers.
  • Waiver Policy»
  As an Open Access publisher, Redfame Publishing charges an article processing charge to cover the publication costs.
  The waiver policy is only available to the journal reviewers and editorial board members, so long as they performed the assigned review task punctually and seriously. We do not waive or reduce APCs in any other cases.
  • Refund Policy»
  We implement a reasonable refund policy based on the publishing status.
  – Fully refund: online version is unpublished
  – Half refund: online version is published and print version is unpublished
  – No refund: both the online and print version are published

  Submission Preparation

  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.

  - Please read the Author Guide before you submit a manuscript.

  - The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

  - The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.

  - The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guide.

  - Add DOIs and persistent links to those references that have DOIs, please see the Author Guide.

  -Article Processing Charges. To provide open access, this journal has the Article Processing Charges (1200USD/article) which needs to be paid by the authors or on their behalf (e.g. by their research funder or institution).

  - Copyrights for articles published in this journal are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author's responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author.

  NOTE:
  The publisher and journal have a policy of "Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism". We check the plagiarism issue through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (ithenticate.com).
  All submissions will be checked by iThenticate before being sent to reviewers.

  Start a New Submission

  • Option 1: Click Here to submit a manuscript online. 
  • Option 2: Send your manuscript and supplements (if applicable) to E-mail: [email protected]

Announcements

Studies in Media and Communication      ISSN 2325-8071 (Print)   ISSN 2325-808X (Online)

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