*CALL FOR PAPERS*
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*Dossier: Public Policies and Communications*
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*Cuadernos de Informaci=F3n No. 26, junio 2011*
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The forthcoming issue of Cuadernos de Informacion, the Chilean academic
journal edited by the Communications Faculty of the Universidad Cat=F3lica =
de
Chile, will contain a dossier on Public Policies and Communications. PhD
Ignacio Irarr=E1zaval, Director- Centre for Public Policies of the Pontific=
ia
Universidad Catolica de Chile is the invited editor of this section.
We are inviting contributions from researchers and academics. We will
welcome articles on this theme as well as those related to other aspects of
communications.
For the dossier, we are interested in research or essays that tackle the
theme from diverse angles. The research questions that may be explored are,
among others:
1 .- Public policies that have a direct incidence on communications and the
media (communication and media policy).
-Transparency laws: the use the media give to these new sources of
information; the limits of transparency; the case of Wikileaks.
-Standards for digital television.
-Standards on radios and communal TV channels.
-Regulation of new media and of social media.
-Media concentration, Is it a valid theme, even after the emergence of
Internet and social and citizens=92 media?
-The existence and mission of public or State media, considering the State
as independent from Government.
2.- Communication campaigns on public policies:
-The expectations they generate on citizens.
-The relationship between communication and effectiveness of public policie=
s
with a social aim whose purpose is to change habits (obesity, energy use,
intra-family violence, AIDS prevention and others) or those that seek to
generate positive attitudes (respect for ethnic minorities, respect for
teachers, etc.)
-The need to inform and form citizens to take complex decisions derived fro=
m
public policies: choosing a health plan, a pension plan, etc. Difficulties
in understanding and implementing this information could be considered as a=
n
aspect of social inequity?
-To what extent can campaigns affect civil liberties when they are issued
with excessive intensity?
-The ethical limits in the dissemination of government achievements,
especially during election campaigns: publicity versus communication.
3. - The various actors and their ability to communicate that turn them int=
o
public policy setters.
-The influence of the ideas generated by think tanks in the formulation of
the public politics agenda.
-Citizens movements opposed to a specific decision in this context;
-The impact of smart mobs and their coordinated actions by Internet to
protest against or demand actions by authorities.
The phenomena of grassroots democracy. Has political party membership been
replaced in some way by this form of direct participation?
-Lobbying by various social actors.
We are inviting you to send us a text that, preferably, sets out the main
elements of some original study or research. We are also accepting essays
and academic analytical articles of professional relevance. All must be
unpublished.
*1st April 2011 is the final deadline for receiving contributions. These
have to be sent to (cuadernos /at/ uc.cl).*
Cuadernos de Informacion is indexed in Latindex, Redalyc, Dialnet, Clase,
Ebsco and Doaj. For more information, please visit our website:
www.cuadernos.info.
*Guidelines for authors*
Manuscripts must be submitted in Spanish, English or Portuguese. They must
be written clearly and concisely and sent as a Word document by e-mail to
(cuadernos /at/ uc.cl).
Each version of the manuscript must be original and must not be under
consideration by another journal.
The paper must have between 3,500 to 7,000 words, excluding abstracts,
footnotes and bibliographical references.
*Headline:* it must include: 1) headline in English and Spanish reflecting
the subject matter of the work. The maximum permitted are 85 characters
including spaces. 2) Name and first surname of each of the author (with a
maximum of three authors), followed by the name of their place of work,
city, country and email. If you have a Doctor=92s degree, include Doctor i=
n
front of the name. 3) A short curriculum vitae of the author/s: full name,
nationality, professional degree, research area or academic interest,
current place of work, postal address and posting date.
*The text:* it must not contain any reference to the author/s identities or
place of work. It must be written impersonally, never using the first perso=
n
plural or singular.
Include: 1) Abstract in English and Spanish. In 150 words maximum, it must
explain the objective of the research, the methodology used, and the main
results and conclusions. 2) Key words in English and Spanish, with a minimu=
m
of three and a maximum of eight.
Divide the article into the following sections: 1. Introduction; 2.
Theoretical framework; 3. Methodology; 4. Conclusions, duly numbered and
sub-numbered if needed (1.1, 1.2). Bibliographical references must be
included at the end of the paper; these are an essential requisite.
*The Introduction* must focus on the main problem the research is
addressing; its aim; the original contributions it is making. It must also
describe the way the paper is organized. The Theoretical Framework is a
description of research by other authors on theme of the paper (the authors
mentioned must be quoted according to the APA norms (American Psychological
Association): author=92s surname, year, number of pages, all this in
parenthesis. In the Conclusions section, research results are presented and
discussed. The Bibliographical References must include all, and only, thos=
e
papers quoted in the text. This must be done in alphabetical order by
author, and chronological in respect to the same author, following APA
norms.
*Typography.* Use quotes marks only for exact quotes. Long quotes (more tha=
n
40 words) must be included in a separate paragraph, with a broader margin
than that used for the rest of the text. Use cursive or italics for words i=
n
a different language from that of the article and for media headlines.
Technical terms will be written with single quotes. Use footnotes only to
add information that cannot be included in the body of the text and only
when strictly necessary.
*Tables and graphs.* These must be numbered in order; each one must have a
headline and indicate the source of information (if it is the author=92s, i=
t
must be labeled as Devised by the author). Reference to each Table or
Graphic must be made in the appropriate place of the text.
*Book reviews.* These must have between 800 and 1200 words and deal with a
recently-published book on communications and or the media.
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*Review and arbitration*
All articles published in *Cuadernos de Informaci=F3n* are submitted to bli=
nd
peer-review. Once a submitted article is deemed to fit the issue under
preparation, the Editorial Board=92s members will decide on its submission =
for
review by specialists, within the modality of anonymity. A minimum of two
experts will determine whether it should be published in *Cuadernos de
Informaci=F3n* in its original form, with modifications or rejected. Their
recommendations, if there are any, will be submitted to the author/s enough
in advance for their inclusion in the text.**
In case of discrepancies, the Editorial Board will resort to specialized
arbitration. The normal review period is three months. The journal will not
provide any information about the state of any review or arbitration before
it is communicated to the author via e-mail. **
*Conflict of interests:* authors and reviewers must declare any direct or
indirect financial interest they may have with any organization related to
the topic of the manuscript that could affect the production or
dissemination of the paper that has been submitted. **
The authors whose papers have been accepted for publication will receive
galley proofs for proof-reading. Only a small numbers of corrections can be
made at this stage. The author/s will receive a copy of the journal once
the issue has been published.**
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*Examples of journals of reference:*
Journal article:
Cassimon D. & Engelen P. (2005). Impact of the legal and institutional
framework on the financial architecture of new economy firms. Information
Economics and Policy, 17(2), 247=96269.
Book:
Dahl, R. (2000). On Democracy. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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