[Commlist] CFP: JOC Special Issue

JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION

SPECIAL ISSUE: SPEAKING ACROSS COMMUNICATION SUBFIELDS

Guest Editors: Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt (Hebrew University of 
Jerusalem) & Chul-joo “CJ” Lee (Seoul National University)

With the rapid growth and development of the field of Communication, it 
has also become increasingly fragmented, while its subfields – as 
represented by ICA’s various divisions and interest groups – have become 
increasingly self-contained. Researchers within the different subfields 
speak to each other in numerous forums and publications and in 
ever-growing levels of precision and sophistication, but are often 
oblivious to related developments in other subfields. Similarly, 
conceptual, analytical and empirical contributions are discussed in 
relation to the state-of-the-art within a specific subfield, but often 
fail to be developed into broader theoretical frameworks. The result is 
a multiplicity of theoretical, conceptual and empirical fragments, whose 
interrelationships and relevance for a range of communication processes 
remain to be established.

In this special issue, we look for rigorous, original and creative 
contributions that speak across multiple subfields of communication. All 
theoretical approaches as well as methods of scholarly inquiry are 
welcome, and we are open to various formats and foci: The papers can be 
based on an empirical study, integrate a series of empirical pieces, 
thereby proposing a new theory or model, or be primarily theoretical. 
Their focus can be a specific theory, a specific concept or a set of 
related concepts, a communication phenomenon that can be better 
accounted for using a cross-disciplinary perspective, or any other focus 
that fits the purpose of the special issue. In all forms, the papers 
should make substantial, original contributions to theoretical 
consolidation and explicitly discuss the relevance and implications of 
their research to different subfields.

Deadline for full paper submissions is July 15, 2019. The special issue 
is scheduled for Issue 3, 2020.

Submissions should be made through the JOC submission site 
(https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcom). Please make sure you click 
"yes" to the question "is this work being submitted for special issue 
consideration?" and clearly state in the cover letter that the paper is 
submitted to the special issue. Manuscripts should strictly adhere to 
the new JOC submission guidelines. These guidelines will be available on 
the journal’s website in early January 2019. Before that, they are 
available upon request from Editor-in-Chief, Lance Holbert, 
(r.lance.holbert /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(r.lance.holbert /at/ gmail.com)>.

Questions and comments about the special issue should be addressed to 
Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt ((keren.tw /at/ mail.huji.ac.il) 
<mailto:(keren.tw /at/ mail.huji.ac.il)>) and Chul-joo “CJ” Lee 
((chales96 /at/ snu.ac.kr) <mailto:(chales96 /at/ snu.ac.kr)>).


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