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Medijska istraživanja / Media Research
Croatian journal for journalism and media

The journal Medijska istraživanja/Media Research is international in scope. It especially invites contributions of interdisciplinary, comparative and innovative nature that contribute to theoretical and methodological development of the communication fi eld. The editors welcome theoretical contribution, empirical research, symposia proceedings, book reviews, information on future conferences and meetings. The key issues are: communication and media policy, normative theories in communication studies, implementation of international human rights standards for the fi eld of media and journalism, journalism and public communication in the world of politics, education and media, media and culture, new media and traditional media. According to ethics of scientific publishing, we consider only papers that are not already published (in full or partly) elsewhere and that they are not in process of reviewing or publishing elsewhere. Media Research is under the CC (Creative Commons) license (CC BY NC ND). Author is the copyright holder, with the quoting of the source and in agreement with the publisher. Authors allow publisher to link theirs papers on web page Media Research. Contributions should be sent via the OJS electronic journal editing system at the link https://hrcak.srce.hr/ojs/index.php/mediaresearch/login.

Deadlines: The submission deadline for an article is at least three months before the journal's publication date.

Article Acceptance: All articles go through an editorial pre-review process. The editorial board reserves the right to reject any article based on the editorial pre-review if it does not align with the journal's profile, stated standards, or ethical guidelines. Articles that do not comply with the "Instructions for Authors of Media Research" may also be returned to the author for revision.

Review Process: Accepted articles are sent for double-blind peer review to two reviewers. Reviewers write their reviews using standardized forms and determine the article's classification. The author must revise the article in accordance with the reviewers' instructions and conduct proofreading in Croatian and English as soon as possible. The author must then provide a written summary of all accepted and implemented corrections and return the article for publication.

Formatting: The article must be formatted as follows:

  1. Cover Page (Page Zero): Should include the author’s/authors’ information in Croatian and English, academic title, the name and address of the institution, phone number, and email address.
  2. First Page of the Article Text: Should not include the name(s) of the author(s) or any other identifying details (to maintain anonymity for reviewers).

Instructions for Article Structure:

  1. Articles must have a title in both Croatian and English.
  2. Articles must include an abstract in both Croatian and English, up to 300 words, including keywords.
  3. Articles should be approximately 50,000 characters (8,000 words), including the abstract.
  4. Use 12-point Times New Roman font with 1.5 line spacing; do not indent margins or use headers or footers. Page numbers must be included.
  5. Titles should be written in uppercase letters, and subtitles should be in 14-point font. Do not number subtitles or write them in uppercase letters.
  6. References must consistently follow the Harvard style (according to the provided guidelines).
  7. All abbreviations must be written in full upon their first mention, with abbreviations used thereafter (e.g., Croatian Radio Television – HRT), or explained in a footnote.
  8. Before submitting the final version of the article, English proofreading must be conducted (proof of proofreading is required).
  9. Tables must be numbered above, while images and diagrams must be numbered below and include titles in both Croatian and English.
  10. Do not write within images or diagrams; sources should be listed in the bottom-right corner, as needed.
  11. Footnotes must be consistently numbered throughout the text and should not be used for citing references.
  12. The reference list at the end of the article should include only the authors cited in the text.
  13. The bibliography must be consistently formatted according to the provided guidelines.
  14. Charts should be submitted in the format of the program in which they were originally created (e.g., MS Excel, etc.).

Citation of the references: Media Research journal applies the Harvard system of citation, referencing and citing bibliographic units. References in the text should be cited in the following manner: (Castells, 2009: 45). All references mentioned in the reference list should be cited in the paper.

Reference list:

Books should be cited: Castells, M. (2009) Communication Power. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199567041

Chapters in books and almanac should be cited: Yu, N. (2014) Sentiment Analysis in UGC. In: M. F. Moens, J. Li i T. S. Chua (ed.): Mining User Generated Content. London: Chapman and Hall, 43-65

Journal articles should be cited: Hsueh, M., Yogeeswaran, K. & S. Malinen (2015) “Leave Your Comment Below: Can Biased Online Comments Influence Our Own Prejudicial Attituds and Behaviors?”, Human Communication Research, 41 (4), 557–576. doi: 10.1111/hcre.12059. Web sources: WAN-IFRA Staff (2016) The 2016 Global Report on Online Commenting: Executive Summary, The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), available at https://wan-ifra.org/2016/10/the-2016-global-report-on-online-commenting-executive-summary/., downloaded on 19. 9. 2020.

Book reviews: Book reviews can be up to 2000 words. The title must contain: Author's name, title of the book, publisher's name, place and year of publication, number of pages, ISBN (printed and another one for pdf ‒ if available). Name of the author of the book review should be at the end of the text.

Conference review: Conference review can be up to 1000 words. The title should contain the name of the conference, the place and date of the event and the name of the conference organizer. Name of the author of a conference review should be at the end of the text.

We are looking forward to your contributions!

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