[Air-l] call for papers

Steve Jones sjones at uic.edu
Mon Apr 1 16:46:10 PST 2002


CALL FOR PAPERS

POPULAR COMMUNICATION

Editors

Sharon R. Mazzarella, Ithaca College
Norma Pecora, Ohio University

Popular Communication, a new journal from Lawrence Erlbaum 
Associates, will publish articles on popular communication texts, 
artifacts, audiences, events, and practices. Commencing publication 
in 2003, this peer-reviewed journal will consider all aspects of 
popular culture that is mediated by or related to mass media.  We 
welcome essays on such topics as:

the Internet	_	youth culture	_	representation	 _	fandom

film	_	sports	  _	spectacles	_	sexuality

advertising	_	consumer culture	_	the digital revolution

television	_	radio	_	music     _	magazines

zines	_	dance     _	comic books	_    computer games

The journal welcomes diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives.

Popular Communication is intended for scholars, researchers, and 
educators in mass communication, advertising, media studies, visual 
communication, and cultural studies. It will also appeal to readers 
in family studies, gender studies, race/ethnic studies, sociology, 
social psychology, women's studies, American studies, and other 
disciplines with an emphasis on or interest in popular communication.

The paper submission deadline for Volume 1, Issue 2, is June 1, 2002. 
Articles will be reviewed on an ongoing basis for publication in 
subsequent issues of the journal.

Submissions: Submit five hard copies of the manuscript to Dr. Norma 
Pecora, Co-Editor, Popular Communication, c/o School of 
Telecommunications, 221 RTV Building, Ohio University, Athens, OH 
45701 (phone: 740-593-4864; fax: 740-593-9184; e-mail: 
pecora at ohiou.edu).  Electronic submissions cannot be accepted.

Manuscript Preparation: Manuscripts should be prepared according to 
the guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American 
Psychological Association (5th ed.)  Double space all material, 
including title page, abstract, text, quotations, acknowledgments, 
references, appendixes tables, figure captions, and footnotes.  The 
title page should include the title of the manuscript; names and 
affiliations of all authors; name address, phone and fax numbers, 
email address of the corresponding author; and a running head of not 
more than 48 letters and spaces.  Only the title page should contain 
identifying information.  The second page should include the 
manuscript title, an abstract of 100 to 150 words, and a list of key 
words for use in indexing.  All figures must be camera ready.




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