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.
Article submission guidelines
Manuscripts should not be longer than 8000 words – notes and references
inclusive, and must have an abstract of not more than 200 words and five key
words.
The abstract should be Informative. That is, it should clearly but
briefly state the following: background/rationale; problem/issues examined
(including research questions); details of method(s) used (including sample and
sampling technique); results/findings; conclusion; and implication(s)/relevance
of the study.
The title and author’s biographical details (name, university/department,
address, position/title, telephone, e-mail) should be identified on the title
page only. It is mandatory to supply telephone and email addresses.
Author(s) names should be written in First name, Middle name, and
Surname order (i.e. First name first, and Surname last). A brief bio of all
authors, including areas of research interest) should be provided.
Format: Font of body text should be Times New Roman Size 12. Alignment
should be justified. Paragraphs should be indented with one tab (no block
paragraphing). Line spacing should be 1.5 lines.
Authors should be consistent in spelling – either American English or
British English.
Tables, Figures and Charts should be alluded to in the text while
allusions to ‘notes’ should be indicated in superscript in the text. Notes
should be presented as endnotes (i.e., at the end of the article, just before
the References).
Data should be presented and discussed with words and not with
illustrations such as tables, figures and charts.
Tables, figures and charts should be used minimally and sparingly; they
should be used only to serve as further points of reference. In which case,
even if such tables, figures or charts are removed, the flow of discussion will
not be affected.
Data, including tables, figures and charts should be interpreted and
discussed by the researcher to provide a unified interpretation. Once the
contents of tables, figures and charts are fully discussed, there is really no
need to present such table/figure/chart in the article again.
There should be a maximum of three tables and/or figures and/or charts
in a manuscript.
Referencing should follow the APA style and all references should be
listed, in strict alphabetical order, at the end of the article.
et al. can be used in in-text citations but not in end references. In
end references, the names of all authors must be stated.
In in-text citations, et al. must not be used at the first mention of a
work. The surnames of all authors and year of publication must be stated in the
first instance of a citation.
Manuscripts must be rich in references and literature citations. Except
in rare circumstances, references and literature citations should not be above
15 years.
Author(s) shall be responsible for securing any copyright waivers and
permissions as may be needed to allow (re)publication of material in the
article (text, illustrations, etc) that is the intellectual property of third
parties.
Author(s) may be required to supply the data upon which figures are
based.
Authors should be familiar with the standard and quality of articles
published in the journal so as to minimize the chances of their manuscripts
being rejected. Please endeavour to visit our website to access published
articles.
Submission
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.
Plagiarism Check
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, 19th October
2019.
Assessment
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.
Availability
The journal is available internationally on the Internet
and through subscription. In Nigeria, in addition to the international
availability, it is also available at all leading bookshops especially at the
University of Ibadan Bookshop, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Our watchword
Consistency is our watchword. Since the journal started publication in
2009, we have consistently published and released each edition on schedule – in
April and October of every year, making a total of 21 regular issues (plus one
special issue) published so far.
Our vision
To be the foremost, scholarly, indexed, peer-reviewed and most-read
journal emanating from Africa, portraying knowledge, intellect and learning to
all humankind irrespective of gender, affiliation and nationality.
Our mission
To portray the intellect, knowledge and potentials of Africans to the
rest of the world; and also bring similar attributes of all humans all over the
world to Africa; through every responsible media of communication; in a
symbiotic and mutually beneficial relationship for the advancement of
scholarship and development of the human race.
Our motto
Taking Africa to the world, bringing the world to Africa.
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