Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Shaping Communication Scholarship and Research in the Caribbean
This special issue will feature the latest research and thinking on issues that beset Caribbean society, such as cultural identity and representation; social justice and activism; digital divide and technology adoption; public health communication and crisis management; political communication and governance; consumer behaviour and strategic marketing communication; management of emerging media versus legacy media; journalism practice; environmental communication and sustainability; and migration and diasporic communication. Therefore, we encourage submissions that challenge dominant paradigms and offer fresh perspectives.
This special issue is being compiled in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Caribbean School of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. A trio of CARIMAC faculty members - Dr. Corinne Barnes, Dr. Nova Gordon-Bell and Dr. Livingston White - will serve as guest editors.
Questions: Please address any questions to the Special Issue Lead Editor, Dr. Livingston White, at email: livingston.white@uwimona.edu.jm.
General Articles
Articles submitted here will be featured in sections or issues of the journal that are not goverened by a specific theme. Articles intended for a themed issue should submit under the section matching that theme.
Commentaries
Brief commentaries on issues of relevance to the special issue or to the field of communication in general.
Special Issue: Journalism in the Age of Partisan Politics, Political Protests, and President Trump
See the call for papers for policies related to this issue.
Image is the new text: The rise of digital images in communication
Articles are submitted in conformance to the call for papers.Talking with Myself: Intrapersonal Communication, Mind-Body Dialogue, and Personal Transformation
Papers for special issue on the philosophical, theoretical, applied, and cultural underpinnings of personal transformation concerning intrapersonal communication and mind-body dialogue.
Speech Communication Pedagogy and Disciplinarity in the Twenty-First Century
Please submit articles here for consideration towards publication in the Special Issue entitled: "Speech Communication Pedagogy and Disciplinarity in the Twenty-First Century" edited by Professor William J. White, PhD.
Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors grant the journal right of first publication of the work in a license agreement that, one year after original publication, allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
