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
• CNKI Scholar
• Crossref
• DHET
• EconPapers
• ERA
• Google Scholar Citations
• IDEAS
• Open Access Library (OALib)
• Open policy finder
• Publication Forum(JUFO)
• RePEc
• 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.

Publication Policies

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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