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Media-Studies Journals Cheat-Sheet

Media-Studies Journals Cheat-Sheet

Adapted from Janet Staigers original list.
Janets caveat seems appropriate here: In all cases, go to the journal and
read the publication information and submissions pages to determine
whether the journal is peer-reviewed and who is on the editorial board.
Remember that articles should be submitted to only one journal at a
time."

Anne Helen Petersens note: The vast majority of these descriptions are
culled from Janets list; a few Ive added myself, but Id love to see more
notes, especially in terms of prestige/feedback received, etc., so long as
its productive. Please also feel free to add journals, but do so
alphabetically.
Journal Title Description Prestige, feedback,
etc.

Adaptation: The
Journal of Literature
on Screen Studies

Adaptation is an
international, peerreviewed
journal.Adaptation
provides an international
forum to theorise and
interrogate the
phenomenon of literature
on screen from both a
literary and film studies
perspective.

Antenna

online venue, run by the

University of WisconsinMadison, for contemporary
media criticism,
professional commentary,
etc. Not peer-reviewed
but an excellent place for
proto-scholarship.

Open-access.

Canadian Journal of
Film Studies

Non-exclusive emphasis on
Canadian-related subjects;
bilingual.

Prestigious, peerreviewed, detailed

feedback, very
pleasant editors and
staff to work with,
moderate turnaround
time. (08/13)

Camera Obscura

Feminist; theoretically
strong

Cineaste

Politically progressive;
popular audience

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Cinema Journal

Journal for the Society for

Cinema and Media Studies;
flagship journal of the
discipline

Continuum

International cultural
studies

Convergence

Peer-reviewed, publishes
leading research addressing
the creative, social, political
and pedagogical issues raised
by the advent of new media
technologies. Explores
reception, consumption and
impact of new media
technologies in domestic,
public and educational
contexts.

Creative Industries
Journal

Peer-reviewed; global
focus; publishes research
articles, working papers,
interviews, book reviews,
and conference/industrial
market reports in media
industries and other
creative industries.

Critical Studies in
Media Communication

Journal for the National

Communications
Association

Cultural Studies

Oneofthebestknownand
toprankedculturalstudies
journalsfrequentlypublishes
workpertainingtomedia
studies

Democratic
Communique

Journal for the Union for

Democratic
Communications

Environmental
Communication

Journal for the

International
Environmental
Communication
Association

Very low acceptance

rate; very detailed
feedback from
reviewers. Quick
turnaround time.
(08/13) 10,000-12,000
words

Feminist Media Studies Broad-reaching feminist

Quick turnaround;
journal; relatively new and moderate acceptance
upcoming
rate; open to all sorts
of media studies work.
(8/13)
Film & History

Empirical history; themed

Film Criticism

Textual analysis

Film History

Themed with guest

editors; fairly empirical;
probably best straight
history

Film Quarterly

Popular but not

condescending

Moderate acceptance
rate

Selective; very detailed

comments from
reviewers (8/13)
4,0007,000words

Flow is organized around

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FlowTV

short, topical columns written

by respected media scholars
on a bi-weekly schedule;
columnists are generally by
invitation, but there are
regular CFPs for special
issues. Also accepts oneoff pieces. Online; not peerreviewed, but a great starting
point for publishing.

Framework: The
Journal of Cinema and
Media

Peerreviewed,international
journal.Itoffersradical
approachestothe
complexitiesoftodaysfilm
andmedia.

Genders

Online feminist journal;

peer-reviewed

GLQ

A major journal for GLBTQ

theory

Historical Journal of
Film, Radio, and
Television

Journal of the
International Association
for Media and History;
strongly historical; strong
TV, radio

Significant backlog
(3/13)

Intensities: The
Journal of Cult Media

Online; covers all aspects

of cultural media;
refereed.
Brunel University - London

Open-access. Two
issues/year.

International Journal
of Communication

Online, multi-media,
interdisciplinary openaccess journal published by
USC Annenberg Press.

International Journal
of Cultural Studies

Cultural studies;
international media

Journal of
Communication

Journal of the
International
Communications
Association (ICA)

Journal of Digital and

Media Literacy

peerreviewedonlinejournal
thatpublishestraditional
researcharticlesandhybrid,
mixedmediaprojects.

Journal of Film and

Video

Journal of University Film

and Video association;
open to historical and
television-oriented work

Journal of Media
Practice

addressespracticalworkin
mediateachingandresearch
centeredonpracticalwork

Journal of Popular
Culture

Broad-reaching

Journal of Popular
Film & Television

Accessible and broadreaching

Fairly quick turnaround

Jump Cut

a longstanding important
and politically progressive
journal for media studies.

Open-access

http://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/MediaStudiesJournals.php

Open access

Open-access

Significant backlog
(8/13)

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online; peer-reviewed

Literature Film
Quarterly

Strong textual analysis;

literary approaches

M/C Journal

Australian based journal of

media studies and culture;
blind peer-reviewed

Media Culture &

Society

Strong political economy

angle

Media Industries

Brand new journal in media

industries, both US and
global. Online; peerreviewed. Accepting
submissions starting
January 2014.

Modern Language
Association
Publications

Very prestigious in
literature field; occasional
film essays

New Media & Society

Broad based

New Review of Film

and Video Studies

Relatively new; broad

based

Participations

Online peer-reviewed
journal for reception
studies

Political Economy of
Communication

Open-access journal of the

International Association
for Media and
Communication Research.

Popular
Communication

publishes articles on all aspects of

popular communication texts,
artifacts, audiences, events, and
practices, including the Internet,
youth culture, representation,
fandom, film, sports, spectacles,
the digital revolution, sexuality,
advertising/consumer culture,
television, radio, music,
magazines, and dance. The journal
welcomes diverse theoretical and
methodological perspectives
within the tradition of cultural
studies.

Popular Music &

Society

Long-standing; popular
culture approach

PostScript

small but good film

studies journal

Quarterly Review of
Film and Video

long-standing, broadbased

Senses of Cinema

Online journal for the

serious and eclectic
discussion of cinema broad audience, Australiabased

Unclear whether its

peer-reviewed?

Screen

Major British-based media

studies journal

Very prestigious

Slayage: The Journal

of the Whedon Studies

Publishing 2-4 times/year

since 2001, this online,

peer-reviewed, friendly
editors and readers

http://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/MediaStudiesJournals.php

Open-access

Open-access

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Association

peer-reviewed journal
publishes work from any
discipline on the subject of
Joss Whedons works,
collaborators, and
fandoms.

Television & New

Media

Broad-based, open to very

contemporary work

The Moving Image

Covers issues related to

archiving, restoration,
preservation, of film and
moving images. Audience
of archivists and media
scholars; also publish on
essays related to archives,
generally speaking (star
archives, producer
archives, etc.)

The Popular Culture

Studies Journal

Brand new; broadreaching; all forms of

popular culture and media;
managed by the Midwest
Popular Culture
Association

Transformative Works
and Cultures

international, peerreviewed journal published

by the Organization for
Transformative Works;
publishes articles about
transformative works,
broadly conceived; articles
about media studies; and
articles about the fan
community

Velvet Light Trap

long-standing; alternately

Watcher Junior

A peer-reviewed journal
devoted to publishing
scholarship by
undergraduates on the
works of Joss Whedon, his
collaborators, and
fandoms.

Womens Studies in
Communication

WSICis committed to publishing

essays that address the
intersection of gender, power,
class, race, ethnicity, nationality
and transnationalism. Scholarship
that empowers women and other
marginalized groups is especially
welcomed. Peer-reviewed.

http://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/MediaStudiesJournals.php

Very fast turnaround

(8/13)

run by University of
Wisconsin and University
of Texas; themed, so watch
for CFPs
Undergraduate-only
journal, but they are
quite rare.

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