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Contents and Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts

Themed section

Each issue of InMedia includes a themed section, submitted by guest editors. It comprises an introduction articulating the section's main issues and the articles’ specific contributions. The section is composed of 4 to 7 articles, selected after the peer-review process. Each article should be 5,000-7,500 words long, excluding endnotes and bibliography.

To submit a themed section, please contact the Managing editor:

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nolwenn.mingant [at] univ-paris3 [.] fr1

Varia

The Varia section presents one or several articles unconnected to the themed section. Authors apply individually. Articles should be 5,000-7,500 words long, excluding endnotes and bibliography.

To submit an article for the Varia section, please contact Isabelle Rigoni:

isabelle.rigoni [at] club-internet [.] fr

Critical perspective

The field of “Media Studies” is in constant evolution in English-speaking countries just as much as in other parts of the world. This section provides opportunities for researchers to discuss questions of definitions, frontier concepts, overlapping domains and contiguous perimeters of investigation. In each article, which may be relatively short, the author is invited to present his or her personal view on the field. He or she is free to propose a theoretical, methodological or ideological perspective.

To submit a text, please contact Divina Frau-Meigs:

divina.frau-meigs [at] univ-paris3 [.] fr

Conference and seminar reviews

This section includes reports about the central issues and ideas debated during conferences and seminars taking place in France and elsewhere. Reviews can summarize the main presentation, as well as present a personal vision of the conference. Reviews should be 1,000-3,000 words long. Completed reviews should be submitted within a maximum of two months after the conference.

To suggest a conference or seminar review, please contact Cecilia Tirtaine and Georges Fournier:

cecilia.tirtaine [at] univ-paris3 [.] fr

georges.fournier [at] univ-lyon3 [.] fr

Book and website reviews

This section presents recently published books as well as websites of particular interest in the field of media research. Authors and publishers are invited to send books to the journal no later than one year after publication.

Book and website reviews should be 1,000-2,000 words long, excluding endnotes.

To suggest book and website reviews, please contact Charlotte Gould and Mélanie Bourdaa:

charlotte.gould [at] univ-paris3 [.] fr

melaniebourdaa [at] yahoo [.] fr

Bibliographical essays

This section aims at presenting the state of literature on a given topic. Each article discusses seminal or recent books and articles. The essays can have a historiographical and critical dimension. Mentions of available resources and archives are more than welcome. Essays should be 2,500-4,000 words long, including footnotes and bibliography.

To suggest a bibliographical essay, please contact Thibaut Clément:

thibaut.clement [at] univ-paris3 [.] fr

Interviews

This section includes interviews of the main players of the media world, of academics theorizing this field as well as people appearing in the media. Interviews are accompanied by a critical introduction emphasizing the main points discussed and the significance of the interview for the field of research.

There is no specification as to the length of the interviews. They can be in written, audio or in video format. French interviews in video and audio format should be accompanied by a written English translation.

To suggest an interview, please contact Nolwenn Mingant

nolwenn.mingant [at] univ-paris3 [.] fr

Webography

This section presents a short commented bibliography of Internet resources on a given theme. Readers are invited to contribute to the journal by providing short bibliographies featuring approximately 5-10 useful references.

To suggest a commented bibliography of Internet resources, please contact Nolwenn Mingant:

nolwenn.mingant [at] univ-paris3 [.] fr

Style guide

Typographical rules

The Journal follows The Chicago Manual of Style, fifteenth edition, 2003.

General format

Please note that InMedia does not publish work that has been previously published in other print or online forums.

All submissions should be sent as Word documents, using Times New Roman type and twelve-point font size. The text should be double-spaced.

The author’s name and contact details should appear on a separate title page preceding the text.

A list of references should be added at the end of the article.

Once accepted, finished articles should include an abstract (maximum 200 words) and five keywords, as well as a short biography (maximum 100 words).

Endnotes

Notes should be placed at the end of the article and double spaced. Avoid excessive footnoting. Combine notes when possible. Footnote numbers should appear at the end of text sentences, not in midsentence.

Samples of citations

Monograph
15. Betty G. Farrell, Elite Families: Class and Power in Nineteenth-Century Boston (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993) 110-11.

Edited works
7. Michael S. Kimmel and Thomas E. Mosmiller, eds., Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990, A Documentary History (Boston: Beacon Press, 1992) 215.

N.B.: “et al.” is used for books with more than three authors or editors.

Later book editions
29. Frederick Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881; New York: Citadel Press, 1983), 128.

Journal articles
76. Janice McCabe, “What's in a Label? The Relationship between Feminist Self-Identification and "Feminist" Attitudes among U.S. Women and Men,” Gender and Society, 19 4 (2005): 480-505.

77. Joël Augros, « Cinéma: planète Globalwood », Alternative Internationale, 26, July-August 2005.

Articles in books
43. Margaret M.R. Kellow, “The Divided Mind of Antislavery Feminism: Lydia Maria Child and the Construction of African American Womanhood,” in Discovering the Women in Slavery, ed. Patricia Morton (Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1996) 109.

Newspaper articles
14. Peter Debruge, ‘‘Thanks a Lot, Uncle Sam: Pic Biz, Military Coordinate Battle Plans for Mutual Benefit,’’ Variety, June 22-28, 2009, 1.

Articles in magazines
63. Nick Paumgarten, “Master of Play: The Many Worlds of a Video-Game Artist,” New Yorker, December 20 & 27, 2010, 86-92, 94-99.

Movies
98. Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944).

Radio or television material
54. “Supreme Court Justices Should Be Elected,” Talk of the Nation (NPR, June 28, 2010).

Websites
95. Lumière database on European boxoffice. http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/search/ <accessed on January 26, 2011>.

Articles in online journal or website
77. Oliver Lovesey, ‘‘The ‘world’ before globalisation: Moroccan elements in The Incredible String Band's music,’’ Popular Music, 30 1 (2011): 127-143. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7997145&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0261143010000668 <accessed on January 26, 2011>

Articles in newspaper accessed online
67. Michael Kimmelman, ‘‘In Britain, Separation of Art and State,’’ New York Times, January 25, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/arts/design/26abroad.html?_r=1&ref=arts <accessed on January 26, 2011>

Notes

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