Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (JMCQ) is the flagship journal of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The journal provides leadership in developing theory, disseminating empirical research and introducing new concepts to its readership. It welcomes submissions from any AEJMC division or interest group. Because communication is a diverse field, articles address a broad range of questions using a variety of methods and theoretical perspectives. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches are welcome in this journal. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly challenges the boundaries of communication research, guiding its readers to new questions, new evidence, and new conclusions. While we welcome submissions focusing on particular areas or specialties, articles should be written in a style that is accessible to all communication scholars. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly is a member of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).
| Daniela Dimitrova | Iowa State University, USA |
| David Atkin | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Hong Cheng | Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA |
| Renita Coleman | University of Texas at Austin, USA |
| Colleen Connolly-Ahern | Penn State University, USA |
| Sei-Hill Kim | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Gregory P. Perreault | Appalachian State University, USA |
| Viorela Dan | University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| Shireen Baghestani | Iowa State University, USA |
| Kim Bissell | University of Alabama, USA |
| Maria DeMoya | DePaul University, USA |
| Shahira Fahmy (Chair) | American University, Cairo, Egypt |
| Jacqueline Lambiase | Texas Christian University, USA |
| Sun Young Lee | University of Maryland, USA |
| Donnalyn Pompper | University of Oregon, USA |
| Scott Reinardy | University of Kansas, USA |
| Chelsea Reynolds | California State University, Fullerton, USA |
| Esther Thorson | Michigan State University, USA |
| Anaelle Gonzalez | French Translation Fellow |
| Pablo Gozalez | Spanish Translation Fellow |
| Omneya Ibrahim | Arabic Translation Fellow |
| Moldir Moldagaliyeva | Russian Translation Fellow |
| Yiting Wang | Translation Coordination Fellow |
| Weiwen Yu | Chinese Translation Fellow |
| Michelle Amazeen | Boston University, USA |
| Osabuohien P. Amienyi | Arkansas State University, USA |
| Julie Andsager | University of Tennessee, USA |
| Osei Appiah | Ohio State University, USA |
| Cory Armstrong | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA |
| Philemon Bantimaroudis | University of Cyprus, Cyprus |
| Christopher Beaudoin | Boston University, USA |
| Dan Berkowitz | University of Iowa, USA |
| Kim Bissell | University of Alabama, USA |
| Piotr Bobkowski | University of Kansas, USA |
| Carolyn Byerly | Howard University, USA |
| Matt Carlson | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Edward Carter | Brigham Young University, USA |
| Michael Chan | Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Kaiping Chen | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Claes de Vreese | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Marton Demeter | National University of Public Service, Hungary |
| Bryan Denham | Clemson University, USA |
| Roselyn Du | California State University-Fullerton, USA |
| Michel Dupagne | University of Miami, USA |
| Lyombe Eko | Texas Tech University, USA |
| Erika Engstrom | University of Kentucky, USA |
| Shahira Fahmy (Chair) | American University, Cairo, Egypt |
| Leonardo Ferreira | Florida International University, USA |
| Bruce Garrison | University of Miami, USA |
| Myria Georgiou | London School of Economics and Political Science, UK |
| Homero Gil de Zuniga | University of Salamanca, Spain & Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Lucas Graves | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Thomas Hanitzsch | LMU Munich, Germany |
| Ari Heinonen | Tampere University, Finland |
| Lance Holbert | Temple University, USA |
| Lanier Holt | Ohio State University, USA |
| Christina Holtz-Bacha | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany |
| Mei-Ling Hsu | National Chengchi University, Taiwan |
| Janice R. Hume | University of Georgia, USA |
| Kenichi Ishii | Bunkyo University, Japan |
| Jianbin Jin | Tsinghua University, China |
| Tom Johnson | University of Texas at Austin, USA |
| Jaemin Jung | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea |
| Jeong-Nam Kim | University of Oklahoma, USA |
| Spiro Kiousis | University of Florida, USA |
| Carolyn Kitch | Temple University, USA |
| Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick | Technische Universität Berlin, Germany |
| Chul-joo Lee | Seoul National University, South Korea |
| Jae Kook Lee | Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea |
| Tien-Tsung Lee | University of Macau, China |
| Seth Lewis | University of Oregon, USA |
| Carol Liebler | Syracuse University, USA |
| Carolyn A. Lin | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Robert Logan | University of Missouri, USA |
| Jack Lule | Lehigh University, USA |
| Cesar Jimenez Martinez | London School of Economics and Political Science, UK |
| Donald Matheson | University of Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Jörg Matthes | University of Vienna, Austria |
| Claudia Mellado | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV), Chile |
| Oren Meyers | University of Haifa, Israel |
| Eserinune Mojaye | National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria |
| Mia Moody-Ramirez | Baylor University, USA |
| Patricia Moy | University of Washington, USA |
| Bruce Mutsvairo | Utrecht University, Netherlands |
| Seungahn Nah | University of Florida, USA |
| Philip Napoli | Duke University, USA |
| Kimberly A. Neuendorf | Cleveland State University, USA |
| Emel Ozdora-Aksak | Bilkent University, Turkey |
| Radhika E. Parameswaran | Indiana University, Bloomington, USA |
| Sung-Yeon Park | University of Nevada-Reno, USA |
| John V. Pavlik | Rutgers University, USA |
| Donnalyn Pompper | University of Oregon, USA |
| James Potter | University of California-Santa Barbara, USA |
| Jyotika Ramaprasad | University of Miami, USA |
| Tom Reichert | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Jessica Retis | University of Arizona, USA |
| Verica Rupar | Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand |
| Meghan Sanders | Louisiana State University, USA |
| Hongmei Shen | San Diego State University, USA |
| Dong-hee Shin | Texas Tech University, USA |
| Christian Von Sikorski | University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), Germay |
| Jane Singer | City University of London, UK |
| Jeffery A. Smith | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA |
| Krishnamurthy Sriramesh | University of Colorado, USA |
| Linda Steiner | University of Maryland, USA |
| Elizabeth Stoycheff | Wayne State University, USA |
| Jesper Strömbäck | University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Federico A. Subervi-Velez | Kent State University, USA |
| S. Shyam Sundar | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Lu Tang | Texas A&M University, USA |
| David Tewksbury | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Esther Thorson | Michigan State University, USA |
| Damian Trilling | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Tim Vos | Michigan State University, USA |
| Hong Tien Vu | University of Kansas, USA |
| Silvio Waisbord | George Washington University, USA |
| Annie Waldherr | University of Vienna, Austria |
| Lu Wei | Communication University of Zhejiang, Zhejiang University, China |
| Lars Willnat | Syracuse University, USA |
| H. Denis Wu | Boston University, USA |
| Nan Yu | University of Central Florida, USA |
| Xiaoqun Zhang | University of North Texas, USA |
1. Submissions. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly receives manuscript submissions online through Sage Track, powered by ScholarOne's Manuscript CentralTM. Authors should register for an account at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmcq, where they will create a login ID and password. Sage Track will serve as the center for editorial staff to communicate with authors, editors, and reviewers electronically, and it will function as the platform for the review process.
The text format should be double-spaced, 12-point font size and follow the American Psychological Association (APA) style 7th edition. Manuscripts should be submitted as Word documents, which will be converted to PDF files. Author identification should not appear anywhere on the main text pages or in the main text file. JMCQ manuscripts are typically between 6,500 and 9,000 words of main text (excluding references, notes, abstract, tables, figures and/or appendices), and their length is evaluated as part of the review process. Longer manuscripts up to 10,000 words may be considered, but authors must provide strong justifications in the cover letter for the extra length or they won’t be sent out for review. Manuscript length should be in proportion to its contribution to the field. Submissions must be unpublished original manuscripts not under review elsewhere and all submissions will go through a double-anonymized review process. First decisions are made in 4-6 weeks.
2. Abstract and author information. An abstract of no more than 100 words should be included as a separate electronic file, named Title Page. The Title Page should also indicate all author identification and contact information, institutional affiliation, Ph.D. granting institution, and any funding sources. Authors should provide 4 - 5 key words below the abstract that identify the content of the submission. Author identification should not appear anywhere except on the Title Page. Authors are encouraged to register at https://orcid.org/ and supply this information during manuscript submission. The published article will list the authors’ ORCID both in print and online.
3. Keywords. Select appropriate keywords in each keyword category provided in Manuscript Central. The keyword categories are explained in the editorial essay of the summer issue of our journal. Incorrect keyword selection will hinder the reviewer selection process.
4. Style. For initial review, we accept manuscripts written in common citation styles such as Chicago or Harvard. For final acceptance, use APA Style (7th. ed.) guidelines. Use % instead of percent. Underline or italicize names of cities when using newspaper names, i.e., New York Times. In reporting probability, never use p=0.000 as per SPSS output. Use p < 0.0001.
Heading Styles. There are five levels of headings in APA Style. Proceed through the levels numerically, starting with Level 1, without skipping levels. The number of headings needed for a paper will vary depending on the paper’s complexity and subject matter. Sections of similar importance have the same level of heading.
- Don’t use “Introduction” as your first heading—it’s assumed that the beginning of the paper is the introduction.
- Use boldface and/or italics only for headings within the body of your paper
- Use regular font formatting (no boldface or italics) for all section titles, such as Abstract, Author Note, Title of Your Paper (on the title page and on the page where the text begins), References, Appendix/Appendices, and Footnotes. These are not headings but labels for these sections.
- Tables. When creating tables, use the Word (or similar software) table feature. Do not duplicate material in text and tables. Tables and figures should be used only when they substantially aid the reader, not merely because computers make tables easy to create. Place each table on a separate page at the end of your manuscript, after the reference list. Page margins depend on the size of the table but must be at least 1 in. (2.54 cm). Tables may use single-spacing or one-and-a-half spacing. Information necessary for understanding the table and definitions of abbreviations used within the table appear in a table note.
- Figures. Place each figure on a separate page at the end of your manuscript, after any tables (or after the reference list, if there are no tables). Place a caption below each figure describing its contents and defining any abbreviations used in the figure.
5. Cover Letter. All new submissions must include a cover letter explaining whether the manuscript uses a particular dataset for the first time. If not, then the author should report previous articles or submissions to other journals using the same dataset and explaining the advancement of knowledge of the submitted manuscript over previous articles and other manuscripts under review in other journals.
6. Citations. In-text citations are expected in APA style such as (Smith, 2013). For works with two authors, list both separated by an ampersand (Johnson & Smith, 2013). For works with three or more authors, list the first author followed by “et al.” (Clark et al., 2013).
7. Citing your own works. Authors who need to cite their own works should cite them in the same way as other authors. There is no need to specify the work is written by the author. The only exceptions are in-press or forthcoming articles. In those cases, the in-text reference should be (Authors, in-press/forthcoming).
In addition, do not cite a particular author excessively (more than five times) to avoid misidentification of the author during the anonymized review process.
8. Book Reviews. For Book Reviews, see the following resource page (https://communication.appstate.edu/jmcq-aboutreviewing) and contact Dr. Gregory Perreault at jmcqreviews@appstate.edu to propose a book review.
9. Reference style examples:
a. Journal Articles
Wang, A. (2006). Advertising engagement: A driver of message involvement on message effects. Journal of Advertising Research, 46, 355-368. doi: 10.2501/S0021849906060429
b. Books
Napoli, P. (2011). Audience evolution: New technologies and the transformation of media audiences. Columbia University Press.
c. Book chapters
Lang, P. J., Bradley, M. M., & Cuthbert, B. N. (1997). Motivated attention: Affect, activation, and action. In P. J. Lang, R. F. Simons, & M. Balaban (Eds.), Attention and orienting: Sensory and motivational processes (pp. 97–135). Erlbaum.
d. Online Sources
Author, A. (Date). Title of work. Source Name. URL
News institutions are publishers and not counted as authors. However, institutional and corporate sources such as the American Psychological Association, the United Nations, Knight Foundation, etc. should be cited as authors in the text (e.g., American Psychological Association Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls, 2007) and in the references as below:
American Psychological Association Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls (2007). Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/sexualization.hmtl
For Web page with no authors:
New child vaccine gets funding boost. (2001). Retrieved March 21, 2001, from http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/story_13178.asp
Cite in text the first few words of the reference list entry (usually the title) and the year. Use double quotation marks around the title or abbreviated title ("New Child Vaccine," 2001).
Refer to the APA style at http://www.apastyle.org/ and the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition for all other formatting requirements. Any inquiries regarding manuscript submission may be directed to the Editorial Office at the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Iowa State University, 613 Wallace Rd, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A. Email: danielad@iastate.edu or jmcq.electronic@gmail.com.