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Media Industries is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that supports critical studies of media industries, institutions, and policies worldwide.

Focus and Scope

Media Industries accepts submissions on a rolling basis.

Submissions can address the full spectrum of media industries, including film, television, internet, radio, music, publishing, gaming, advertising, and mobile communications, and query a range of industry-related concerns and processes, such as production, distribution, infrastructure, policy, exhibition, and retailing. Contemporary or historical studies may explore industries individually or examine relations between industrial sectors, employing qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methodologies.

We expect contributions to adopt a critical, rather than instrumental, perspective and engage with relevant media industries literature. We are especially interested in contributions that draw attention to global and international perspectives, and use innovative methodologies, imaginative theoretical approaches, and new research directions. We encourage authors to employ the online format creatively by incorporating audiovisual materials and hyperlinks within their articles.

We currently do not accept English translations of research previously published in a different language.


Submission Checklist

  • The submission does not contain any identifying material (e.g., the author's name) within the manuscript document, in the visible metadata, or in the file name.
  • The submission has not been previously published nor is it currently under consideration by another journal. 
  • The submission follows the Chicago Manual of Style endnote and bibliography system (16th ed.). Bibliographies should only contain academic sources cited in endnotes.
  • The submission is between 5,000 and 7,000 words (inclusive of image captions and endnotes but exclusive of bibliography). 
  • The submission is double-spaced and uses a consistent 12-point font.
  • The submission includes production years (in parentheses) following any productions (e.g. films, television programs, radio shows, etc) referenced in the text. 
  • The submission uses American English.
  • If hyperlinks are included, they are active and ready to click. Insert the full URL link in braces {URL} following the text to be hyperlinked. It is up to the author to alert the editors to dead links before publication.
  • If figures, tables, or charts are included, please attach individual files AND place the material within the text at the appropriate point with labels (e.g., Table 1, Fig. 2, etc.).
  • If figures, tables, or charts are included, please include 'Alt Text' (i.e., a short, written description) to support accessibility features on screen readers. 
  • If any media materials are used, they are used with permission and/or fall under the definition of fair use. 
  • The submission has been carefully proofread. 
  • The submission acknowledges all outside funding sources in the endnotes.

Copyright Notice

Media Industries is an open-access, peer-reviewed, online academic journal. As such, we aim to participate in the open exchange of information. Articles published in Media Industries are released under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. Under this license, articles are available for sharing and noncommercial distribution provided the appropriate attribution is given.

Authors grant Media Industries the right to publish and archive their work but retain the copyright to their work. Additionally, we ask that authors do not publish their submission elsewhere for three months following the publication of the issue in which their work appears.

Peer Review

All manuscripts published in Media Industries have undergone an external, double-blind peer review by at least two members of our editorial board and/or recognized experts within the field.

Open call submissions are first reviewed by the editor to ensure they (a) abide by the author guidelines; (b) address subject matter and perspectives appropriate for the journal; and (c) demonstrate in its arguments sophisticated reasoning, theoretical frameworks, and methodologies. If the editor considers the submission meets the criteria for peer review, they send an anonymous version to reviewers with relevant expertise to provide a more in-depth evaluation of the submission’s merits. Only the managing editor knows the identities of the author(s) and reviewers.

We make every attempt to return initial publication decisions with feedback to authors within 90 days.

Licences

Media Industries allows the following licences for submission:

  • CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Publication Fees

Media Industries does not charge authors for the publication of their articles. 

Publication Cycle

This journal normally publishes two issues per year. 

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