The next issue of "Studies in Communication" (Estudos em =
Comunica=E7=E3o), will be published in May 2011 by Labcom (Online =
Communication Lab of the University of Beira Interior, Portugal). The =
next issue will be a thematic one and will be mainly focused on the =
interaction between journalism and citizenship. The Editors of "Studies =
in Communication" are seeking for original, previously unpublished and =
completed contributions on the general subject of Journalism (Press, =
Radio, TV and online) and Politics. The essays may use one the following =
languages: English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.=20
The essays may include the following topics:
a.. Journalism and public sphere;
b.. Journalism and public opinion.
The political impact of new journalistic practices: Public Journalism, =
Citizen Journalism, Collaborative Journalism, Alternative Journalism, =
Hyperlocal Journalism Communitarian Journalism, and so.=20
a.. Journalism and democratic deliberation;
b.. Ethical and political problems concerning the representation of =
politics by news media;=20
c.. Media regulation and Public Service Broadcasting;
d.. Language of journalism and impact on political knowledge;
e.. Critical analysis of news concerning political issues;
f.. Rhetoric of journalism concerning social and political =
representations;
g.. Journalism, identities and public sphere;
h.. Journalism and Human Rights .
Editorial or Graphical Rules=20
The page must be formatted in ISO A4 with margins of 3 cms with the text =
written in Times New Roman.
The titles of each section must not be numerated and must be aligned at =
left with size 14, black. The main body of the text must use the size 12 =
and justified alignments.
Bilbiographical references must be presented using the following method: =
(Actor, Year) and the complete reference must be seen at the end of the =
document.
Each reference must be presented in one paragraph with the following =
structure and model: SECOND NAME (Capital Letters), Name (complete and =
not just the first letter), Title (in Italic), Place of edition, Editor, =
Year. In what concerns with web references, it must be used the title of =
the page and the moment of the last research.
EXAMPLES
a.. CASTELLS, Manuel, A era da Informa=E7=E3o: economia, sociedade e =
cultura, Volume I, A sociedade em rede, Lisboa, Funda=E7=E3o Calouste =
Gulbenkian, 2002.=20
b.. CORREIA, Jo=E3o Carlos, Comunica=E7=E3o e Cidadania - Os media e a =
fragmenta=E7=E3o do espa=E7o p=FAblico nas sociedades pluralistas, =
Colec=E7=E3o Media e Jornalismo, Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 2004.=20
c.. GRADIM, Anabela, Manual de Jornalismo, Colec=E7=E3o Estudos em =
Comunica=E7=E3o, Covilh=E3, Universidade da Beira Interior, 2000.=20
d.. RECUERO, Raquel da Cunha, Weblogsm webrings e comunidades =
virtuais, 2003, dispon=EDvel em=20
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http://www.bocc.ubi.pt/pag/recuero-raquel-weblogs-webrings-comunidades-vi=
rtuais, consultado a 12 de Outubro de 2005.
Each paper should be n o more than 20 pages in one and a half-space =
format. All papers should be submitted in RTF format.=20
All the footnotes must be in the bottom of the page and footnotes at the =
end of the essay will not be accepted. We'll not accept texts and essays =
with Bibliographical references in footnotes. The use of other =
Bibliographical Rules will not allow the acceptance of the article.=20
The papers should be presented in the following order:
a.. Full title;
b.. Name of each author, followed by affiliation , ie, name of the =
University and country of origin of each author;
c.. email address to contact each of the authors and coauthors.
Please follow the example:
Title: The Study of Social Communication Media: Analysis of Science =
Communication through Social Networking=20
Sites with special reference to Scientists=20
Name: Ms. P. Sri Jothi & Dr. M. Neelamalar
Afilliation: College of Engineering, Anna University, India
E-mails: (sreejoonline /at/ gmail.com), (nmalar /at/ yahoo.com)
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To submit, use our submissions application in
http://www.ec.ubi.pt/submissions=20
or send direct email to (jcfcorreia /at/ gmail.com)
Manuscript submission: March 15, 2011
Acceptance notification: March 30, 2011
Publication: May 2011
Working languages: English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
