Call For Papers Communication Studies #9
The next issue of “Studies in Communication” (Estudos em Comunicação), will be published in
December 2011 by Labcom (Online Communication Lab of the University of Beira Interior,
Portugal). The essays may use one the following languages: English, French, Portuguese, and
Spanish. The Editors of “Studies in Communication” are seeking for original, previously
unpublished and completed contributions on the general subject of Communication Sciences.
We are interested particularly but not strictly in following topics:
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Digital Media and public sphere;
Online Journalism (Including Public, Citizen, Participatory and Collaborative
Journalism);
Digital Media and democratic deliberation;
Political Communication, Social Networks and Digital Media;
Electoral Communication, Social Networks and Digital Media;
Digital Media and regulation;
Rhetoric of Digital Media;
Digital Media and Human Rights;
Digital Media Literacy;
Memory, Identities and Digital Media;
Culture and Digital media;
Memory, Media History and Reception;
Public and Private in Digital Media.
The emphasis on digital media does not mean that Editors will not accept papers on traditional
media (TV, Radio, Press). This is not a thematic issue. The list of topics must be understood as
a sign of some of our present priorities.
To submit, use our submissions
application in
http://www.ec.ubi.pt/submissions
We won’t accept direct e-mails to Editors.
Manuscript submission: October 15, 2011
Acceptance notification: October 30, 2011
Publication: December 2011
Working languages: English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Director: João Carlos Correia - [email protected]/[email protected]
LabCom Laboratory
School of Arts and Communication
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Editors: Anabela Gradim - [email protected]
LabCom Laboratory
School of Arts and Communication
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
International Scientific Board
President: António Fidalgo (Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal)
Members: Afonso Albuquerque (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil); Alfredo Vizeu
(Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil); António Bento (Universidade da Beira Interior,
Portugal); Barbie Zelizer (University of Pennsylvania), USA; Colin Sparks (University of
Westminster, United Kingdom); Eduardo Camilo (Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal);
Eduardo Meditsch (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil), François Heinderyckx
(Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique), Elias Machado (Universidade Federal da Bahia,
Brasil); Francisco Costa Pereira (Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Portugal); Gil
Ferreira (Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra – Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra); Helena
Sousa (Universidade do Minho, Portugal); Javier Díaz Noci (Universidad del País Vasco,
Espanã); Jean Marc-Ferry (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institut d’Études Européennes,
Belgique); João Pissarra Esteves (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); João Canavilhas
(Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal); Joaquim Paulo Serra (Universidade da Beira Interior,
Portugal); Jorge Pedro Sousa (Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal); José Bragança de
Miranda (Universidade Lusófona; Universidade Nova de Lisboa); José Ricardo Carvalheiro
(Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal); Manuel Pinto (Universidade do Minho, Portugal);
Mark Deuze (Indiana University, USA); Maria João Silveirinha (Universidade de Coimbra,
Portugal); Mário Mesquita (Escola Superior de Comunicação Social de Lisboa, Portugal);
Marcos Palácios (Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil); Martin Jay (University of California,
Berkeley, USA); Miguel Rodrigo Alsina (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, España); Michael
Gurevitch (University of Maryland, USA), Nelson Traquina (Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Portugal); Nico Carpentier (Vrije Universiteit Brussel –VUB- , Katholieke Universiteit Brussel KUB); Nathalie Zaccai - Reyners (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique); Paula Espírito Santo
(Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal);
Peter Dahlgren (Lunds universitet, Sweden); Pedro Coelho (SIC, Jornalista; Investigador);
Ramón Salaverría (Universidad de Navarra, España); Stephen K. White (University of Virgínia,
EUA), Rosental Calmon Alves (University of Texas, USA), Steve Reese (University of
Texas,USA); Susan Buck-Morss (Cornell University); Tito Cardoso e Cunha (Universidade da
Beira Interior, Portugal), Todd Gitlin (Columbia University, USA); Xosé Lópes García
(Universidad Santiago de Compostela, España)
João Carlos Correia
University of Beira Interior
Associate Professor
Communication and Arts Department
6201- 001 Covilhã - Portugal
Director, MA Strategic Communication
Director, Communication Studies Journal.
Chair , Working Group of Communication and Politics (Portuguese Society of Communication)
Research Fields: Communication and Public Sphere, Journalism Studies, Communication and
Culture
Alternative mail: [email protected]
URL: www.ubi.pt