Call for abstracts and papers

Current themes in media and communication research: the ECREA summer school issue

Journal: Mediální studia / Media Studies

Guest editors: Ib T. Gulbrandsen, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, and Andra Siibak

Deadline: 1 September 2024

We are happy to invite you to submit abstract proposals for papers to be published as part of a special issue dedicated to scholarship presented at the ECREA doctoral summer schools in 2023 and 2024 at Roskilde University, Denmark.

Interested 2023 summer school alumni and 2024 participants are, exclusively, invited to submit proposals for papers based on original research, addressing the issue raised theoretically, methodologically, and/or empirically. In other words, the paper may investigate various concepts and terminologies within media and communication studies; it may corroborate existing and/or offer new methodological approaches; and it may empirically examine various facets of media and communication practices.

Abstracts with proposals for submissions should be no more 300-word (excluding references), and must outline the paper, providing research questions and/or hypotheses, methods, key messages or results, and contribution to the current body of knowledge. The submission must include a front page with title, all author names and affiliations, as well as a short bio of the author(s) (no more than 75 words).

Authors of selected abstracts will be asked to submit full papers of 6000-8000 words, including footnotes and references, no later than 2 February. All papers will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Please click here for more information on the journal’s submission guidelines.

Timeline

1 September 2024    Deadline for abstract submission

3 October 2024        Notification of acceptance and invitation to submit full paper

2 February 2025       Deadline for paper submission

1 May 2025                Reviews of full papers provided

1 July 2025                Deadline for revised submissions

Additional revisions (if necessary): subsequently

31 August 2025         Final versions due

November 2025        Publication

Submission and contact

All abstracts (and, subsequently, manuscripts) and questions should be sent to ecrea-ikh@ruc.dk

About the Journal

Mediální studia / Media Studies (ISSN 2464-4846) is a peer-reviewed, open access electronic journal, published in English, Czech, and Slovak twice a year. Based in media and communication studies, it focuses on studies of media texts, communication professionals’ practices, and audiences’ behaviour. The journal is indexed in SCOPUS, Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL), European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS), MLA Directory of Periodicals, and MLA International Bibliography. Please click here to find more information about the journal.