From: Brian Steffen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 9:19 AM
To: spig
Cc: Brian Steffen; Lewis, Mitzi; Sernoe, Jim
Subject: TJMC Fall 2015 Call for Papers
With the 2015 AEJMC conference now in the rearview mirror, here’s a renewal of the call for papers for the Fall 2015 edition of Teaching Journalism
& Mass Communication. Please note that we are extending the deadline for submission of papers to Oct. 1, 2015.
Feel free to crosspost this call to any other listservs at which you believe there would be interest!
Teaching Journalism & Mass Communication,
the official research and comment journal of the Small Programs Interest Group within the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, seeks original research and other articles to be considered for publication in the Fall 2015 edition of
the online and open-access journal. Deadline for submission: Oct. 1, 2015.
[log in to unmask])%20with%20possible%20ideas%20or%20to%20submit%20works%20for%20consideration.%20Please%20include%20the%20subject%20line%20“TJMC%20Submission”%20in%20your%20queries%20and%20submissions.%20Also,%20please%20indicate%20in%20the%20first%20paragraph%20of%20your%20email%20which%20of%20the%20following%20sections%20for%20which%20you%20would%20like%20your%20submission%20to%20be%20considered.We%20think%20this%20is%20a%20good%20opportunity%20for%20people%20who%20are%20intimidated%20by%20more%20formal%20quantitative%20research%20but%20who%20would%20like%20to%20try%20something%20for%20the%20journal.%20Hope%20to%20hear%20from%20you–SPIG%20members%20and%20non-members,%20alike–soon.TJMC publishes%20a%20number%20of%20types%20of%20articles%20that%20serve%20the%20members%20of%20SPIG%20and%20our%20field%20as%20a%20whole.%20These%20include:ResearchPapers%20should%20present%20research%20on%20practical%20teaching%20and%20learning%20issues%20within%20journalism%20and%20mass%20communication.%20All%20methods%20(quantitative,%20qualitative,%20interpretive,%20participatory,%20and%20theoretical)%20are%20welcome. All%20papers%20undergo%20double-blind%20review. Papers%20shall%20be%20no%20more%20than%208,000%20words%20in%20length,%20including%20tables%20and%20references,%20with%20an%20abstract%20of%20no%20more%20than%20150%20words.%20Identifying%20and%20contact%20information%20should%20be%20on%20a%20separate%20page%20from%20the%20abstract%20and%20article.%20APA%20style.%20Send%20papers%20to%20Brian%20Steffen%20at [log in to unmask],%20with%20some%20detailed%20attention%20to%20course%20outline,%20strategies,%20challenges%20and%20outcomes. %20When%20possible,[log in to unmask],000%20words%20are%20reviewed%20and%20accepted%20by%20the%20editor-in-chief%20and%20do%20not%20u">Contact TJMC editor
Brian Steffen with possible ideas or to submit works for consideration.
Please include the subject line “TJMC Submission” in your queries and submissions. TJMC publishes a number of types of articles that serve the members of SPIG and our field as a whole. Also, please indicate in the first paragraph of your email which
of the following sections for which you would like your submission to be considered:
Research
Papers should present research on practical teaching and learning issues within journalism and mass communication. All
methods (quantitative, qualitative, interpretive, participatory, and theoretical) are welcome. All papers undergo double-blind review. Papers shall be no more than 8,000 words in length, including tables and references, with an abstract of no more than 150
words. Keywords should be included at the end of the abstract. Identifying and contact information should be on a separate page from the abstract and article. APA style should be followed. Send papers to
Brian Steffen.
Scholarship of Application
Essays that explore a lesson or course, with some detailed attention to course outline, strategies, challenges and outcomes.
When possible, writers are encouraged to utilize the web to illustrate the experience through links and/or multimedia. These articles are reviewed and accepted by the editor-in-chief and do not undergo double-blind review. Send papers to Brian
Steffen.
Teaching+ & Industry
Pieces of 800-1,000 words are reviewed and accepted by the editor-in-chief and do not undergo double-blind review. Columns
are published on two topics:
Send papers to Brian
Steffen.
Reviews
Pieces of varying lengths that review books, software, film, apps, and web resources are reviewed and accepted by the reviews
editor and do not undergo double-blind review. [log in to unmask]">Contact Reviews Editor Jim Sernoe.
All articles in TJMC are published under a Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Copyright is retained by authors.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Brian Steffen
Professor & Chair | Multimedia Communication
Simpson College
701 North C Street
Indianola, IA 50125
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M: 515.975.4683
Twitter: @BrianSteffen