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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 editors, Christen Bryson, Anaïs Le Fèvre-Berthelot and Sébastien Mort:

christen[dot]bryson-charle[at]sorbonne-nouvelle[dot]fr

anais[dot]lefevre[at]univ-rennes2[dot]fr

sebastien_mort[at]hotmail [dot] com

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. Articles submitted for the Varia section will be peer-reviewed.

To submit an article for the Varia section, please contact Karine Chambefort-Kay:

chambefort[at]u-pec[dot]fr

Conference, seminar and exhibition 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. Their publication is subject to approval by the editorial committee.

To suggest a conference, seminar or exhibition review, please contact David Lipson:

lipson.fr[at]gmail[dot]com

Book and Website reviews

This section presents recently published books. 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. Their publication is subject to approval by the editorial committee.

To suggest book and website reviews, please contact Hervé Mayer and Clémentine Tholas

hervmayer[at]gmail[dot]com

ctholas [at] gmail [dot] com

Critical perspective

The field of “Media Studies” is in constant evolution. 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, authors are invited to present their personal view on the field. They are free to propose a theoretical, methodological or ideological perspective. Publication is subject to approval by the editorial committee.

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

divina.frau-meigs[at]univ-paris3[dot]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. Bibliographical essays will be peer-reviewed.

To suggest a bibliographical essay, please contact Anaïs Le Fèvre-Berthelot:

anais[dot]lefevre[at]univ-rennes2[dot]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. Publication is subject to approval by the editorial committee.

To suggest an interview, please contact Yann Descamps:

descampsyann[at]yahoo[dot]fr

Media Library

This section presents short excerpts of filmed keynote speeches, conferences, seminars and round tables, or passages from radio shows or discussions.

To suggest a video or an audio sample, please contact Yann Descamps:

descampsyann[at]yahoo[dot]fr

Style guide

Texts should be typed and double spaced. They should be submitted as .doc files.

The author’s name and contact details should appear on a separate title page preceding the text. A short biographical presentation should be provided, as well as an abstract of about 100 words, and five key words.

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

The Journal follows The Chicago Manual of Style, fifteenth edition, “notes and bibliography” system: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Notes should be placed at the end of the article and double spaced (endnotes). Avoid excessive noting, combine notes when possible.

Sample citations

- One author:

First endnote:

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

Following endnotes:

Farrell, Elite Families, 110.

In bibliography:

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

- Two or more authors:

Dade Hayes and Jonathan Bing, Open Wide (New York: Miramax Books/Hyperion, 2004), 62.

Hayes and Bing, Open Wide, 31-35.

Hayes, Dade and Jonathan Bing. Open Wide. New York: Miramax Books/Hyperion, 2004.

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

- Edited volumes

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.

Kimmel and Mosmiller, Against the Tide, 23.

Kimmel, Michael S. and Thoams E. Mosmiller eds. Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990, A Documentary History. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992.

- For later book editions, mention the first edition:

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

- Journal articles:

Joël Augros, “Cinéma : planète Globalwood,” Alternative Internationale 26, (July-August 2005): 101.

Augros, “Cinéma : planète Globalwood,” 102.

Augros, Joël. “Cinéma : planète Globalwood.” Alternative Internationale 26, (July-August 2005): 98-120.

- Chapters in books:

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.

Kellow, “The Divided Mind,” 112.

Kellow, Margaret M.R. “The Divided Mind of Antislavery Feminism: Lydia Maria Child and the Construction of African American Womanhood.” In Discovering the Women in Slavery, edited by Patricia Morton, 54-78. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1996.

- Newspaper and magazine articles:

Newspaper and magazine articles are commonly omitted from a bibliography. If you consulted the article online, include a URL. If no author is identified, begin the citation with the article title.

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

Debruge, “Thanks a Lot,” 1.

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

- Movies:

Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944).

- Radio or television material:

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

- Website

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

- Article in online journal or website:

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

Oliver Lovesey, ‘‘The ‘world’ before globalisation”

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

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