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 The Editors of "Studies = in Communication" are seeking for original, previously unpublished and = completed contributions on the general subject of Journalism (Press, = Radio, TV and online) and Politics.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 = 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) =20 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.