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1. Submissions: Submit two typed, double-spaced copies of the manuscript, which should be no more than 4,000 words, and an electronic copy, either as an email attachment, or on a 3 1/2" disk in WordPerfect or Microsoft Word (Windows or Macintosh). We try to make decisions within three months. As a matter of environmental practice and timely consideration, correspondence between the journal and authors is conducted via email whenever possible.

2. Abstract and author: An abstract of no more than 100 words must accompany each submission. Author identification should appear only on the title page and must include each author's email address, academic rank or professional title, and applicable university and departmental affiliation.

3. Style: For final acceptance, use Chicago Manual of Style guidelines. For law manuscripts, Chicago refers you elsewhere for certain citations. Do not use in-text references, i.e., (Weston, 1972). Do not use op. cit., ibid., or loc. cit. In ordinary text, whole numbers from one through ninety-nine are spelled out. However, when normally spelled numbers cluster in a sentence or paragraph, use figures. Use % instead of percent in reference to statistics; for rounded percentages write the word. Underline or italicize names of cities when using newspaper names, i.e., New York Times. In endnotes and in book review headings, use postal code abbreviations for states; in regular copy, use traditional abbreviations.

4. Heading Styles: First-level headings are typed in bold italic and justified left. Second-level headings are indented and typed in bold italic. Third-level headings are indented and typed in italic. Note this example:

    Method
         Sample. A random sample ...
         Sampling Techniques. These techniques are useful when ...

5. Tables: When creating tables, use the WordPerfect table feature, Macintosh Word using the "Insert Table" command, or PageMaker with tabs. Do not duplicate material in text and tables. Tables and figures should be used only when they substantially aid the reader, not merely because computers make tables easy to create.

6. Disks: If your manuscript is accepted, you will be asked to submit the final copy on a 3 1/2" disk in WordPerfect or Microsoft Word for Windows or in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh.

Basic Endnote Style:

      1. Todd Gitlin, Inside Prime Time (NY: Pantheon, 1985), 82. [Note that page numbers do not carry the pp. or p. prefix.]

      2. Joseph R. Dominick, "Children's Viewing of Crime Shows and Attitudes on Law Enforcement," Journalism Quarterly 51 (spring 1974): 5-12.

      3. Robert K. Manoff and Michael Schudson, eds., Reading the News (NY: Pantheon Books, 1986), 8.

      4. Leon V. Sigal, "Sources Make the News," in Reading the News, ed. Robert Karl Manoff and Michael Schudson (NY: Pantheon Books, 1986), 9-37.

      5. "Nicaragua's Bitter Harvest: War in Coffee Fields," New York Times, 23 December 1983, sec. A, p. 2, col. 4.

     6. E.W. Caspari and R.E. Marshak, "The Rise and Fall of Lysenko," Science, 16 July 1965, 275-78.

     7. Jean Folkerts, "William Allen White: Press, Power and Party Politics" (Ph.D. diss., University of Kansas, 1981), 182-84.

     8. George A. Donohue, Clarice N. Olien, and Phillip J. Tichenor, "Knowledge Gaps and Smoking Behavior" (paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Lancaster, PA, 1990). [When association is AEJMC, use initials only.]

     9. "Currents in the News," U.S. News and World Report, 11 February 1980, 5.

Shortened, or Second References:

1. Gitlin, Inside Prime Time, 2.

2. Dominick, "Children's Viewing," 8.

3. Sigal, "Sources Make the News," 22.

World Wide Web Citations:

Citations to the Web must include:

Author's name
Title of document, in quotation marks
Title of complete work or journal (if relevant), in italics
Date of publication or last revision
URL, in angle brackets
Date of access, in parentheses

Examples:

Article in an online/electronic journal:
Rachael Smolkin, "Blinded by History," American Journalism Review January/February 2003,
< http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=2747 > (19 January 2003).

Professional site:
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC Online, January 2003,
< http://www.aejmc.org/index.html > (22 January 2003).

For a complete guide to Chicago style for online documents, see http://bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html


Send submissions to:

Dr. Jeremy Cohen
Editor, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
Office of Undergraduate Education
417 Old Main
Penn State University
University Park, PA.     16802-5101

Phone (814) 863-7452

E-Mail jxc45@psu.edu.

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