Focus and Scope

The journal considers manuscripts in the following areas:

• Media and communication studies
• Digital media, platforms, and social media
• Journalism and news studies
• Political and public communication
• Public relations and strategic communication
• Advertising and marketing communication
• Media audiences and reception
• Media literacy and digital literacy
• Intercultural and organizational communication
• Popular culture and audiovisual communication
• Communication technology and society
• Public discourse, misinformation, and civic participation

Interdisciplinary manuscripts are welcome when the contribution is clearly anchored in the journal's principal field. Manuscripts that are primarily outside the scope, are purely descriptive without scholarly contribution, or lack adequate methodological or analytical rigor may be declined during editorial screening.