[Air-l] Publication Opportunity for Graduate Students

[harmeet s. sawhney]

It will be most helpful if you would post the following announcement on
air-l listserv.  Thanks.


PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS


Global Media Journal (GMJ), a new online publication, features a section,
Graduate Research Forum, specifically for papers written by graduate
students on global communication related issues.  The journal seeks to
open up space for ideas that have taken life in the minds of graduate
students but will probably not see light of the day for many more years in
traditional journals.  As these fresh ideas work their way through
dissertation committees and journal review panels, they will get clearly
defined, situated in relevant literature, and acquire a strength and
durability that will withstand both the scrutiny of scholars and the test
of time.  But then, they will also loose their playfulness and zing that
captured the imagination of an inexperienced but curious mind in the first
place.  GMJs Graduate Research Forum aims to both recognize and nurture
ideas that may shape tomorrows intellectual landscape.  

Papers on any issue related to the role of media in the process of
globalization would be appropriate for the Graduate Research Forum.  Some
of the possible topics could include: existing media structures and
practices, globalization of TV genres, global media and consumer culture,
the commercialization of news, development of alternative media, and
structure of global Internet. Submissions should be no longer than twenty
double-spaced pages and should conform to the APA style.  Send your paper
to Prof. Harmeet Sawhney, who is serving as the guest editor for the
inaugural issue, as an email attachment (MS WORD FILE, RTF FORMAT) at
HSAWHNEY at INDIANA.EDU.  The guest editor will select the papers with
assistance from GMJs editorial board.

When you visit GMJs web site (http://www.globalmediajournal.com), you will
see that the journal also features an interactive "Open Forum" for posing
questions, making comments, and responding to queries.  We anticipate that
conversations generated by papers published in the Graduate Research Forum
will spill over to the Open Forum generating valuable input for further
development of your ideas.  The other sections of GMJ include: refereed
papers, book reviews, announcements, conferences, and employment
opportunities.  Prof. Yahya R. Kamalipour is the Editor-in-Chief of GMJ.