*CFP* VOL. 11, Nº 1 ISSUE, JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH

The Journal of Communication and Media Research is a research-based and peer-reviewed journal published twice-yearly in the months of April and October by the Association of Media and Communication Researchers of Nigeria (CAC/IT/NO 111018). The journal is addressed to the African and international academic community and it accepts articles from all scholars, irrespective of country or institution of affiliation.

The focus of the Journal of Communication and Media Research is research, with a bias for quantitative and qualitative studies that use any or a combination of the acceptable methods of research. These include Surveys, Content Analysis, and Experiments for quantitative studies; and Observation, Interviews/Focus Groups, and Documentary Analysis for qualitative studies. The journal seeks to contribute to the body of knowledge in the field of communication and media studies and welcomes articles in all areas of communication and the media including, but not limited to, mass communication, mass media channels, traditional communication, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, development communication, public relations, advertising, information communication technologies, the Internet and computer-mediated communication.

We are pleased to inform you that the Journal of Communication and Media Research is now accepting and processing full papers for its 10+ 1 (Volume 11 Number 1) issue which will be published in April 2019. The Deadline for all manuscript submissions for this issue is Saturday, 20th October 2018. This will be the 21st regular issue (plus one special issue) of the journal since it started publication in 2009. See submission guidelines below; but for more details about the journal, please visit our website.

Manuscripts are to be submitted by email to jcmrjournal209@gmail.com (as Word document attachment using Microsoft Office Word). Before submitting a manuscript, please read the guidelines carefully again and ensure that the paper conforms to them all as non-conformity may lead to outright rejection.

All manuscripts received shall be sent to two or more assessors on a blind review format. All papers manuscripts submitted must go through a rigorous process of double-blind peer review. Our assessors are Professors or Readers of communication studies drawn from reputable universities in the United States of America, Canada, South Africa and Nigeria. Manuscripts are sent to them on a double-blind review format. All manuscripts received shall be subjected to plagiarism check and the result must not be higher than the journal’s acceptable threshold. Any manuscript with a plagiarism check result that is higher than the acceptable threshold shall not be published even if it receives favourable assessments.

The last date for submission of full papers is Saturday, 20th October 2018.

The journal is available internationally on the Internet at Journal of Communication and Media Research and through subscription. In Nigeria, in addition to the international availability, it is also available at all leading bookshops including the University of Ibadan Bookshop, University of Lagos Bookshop, and Delta State University Abraka Bookshop.