Author's Guidelines

The Communicator encourages university and college teachers, media scholars, media professionals postgraduate students and young researchers to contribute to the Journal. The Communicator welcomes scholarly submissions on a wide range of related topics to communication and media studies that develop communication and media theories, report empirical and analytical research, present critical discourses, apply theories to case studies, and set out innovative research methodologies.

Submission Guidelines & Format:

All manuscripts submitted should be original and not under consideration for another publication.

The journal is peer-reviewed. Contributions submitted will go through a blind peer-review process and will be reviewed by academics working in relevant fields. Invited papers, articles and essays will be reviewed by the editorial board.

• Grammar & Spelling: Please follow English (India)

• File format for manuscript submission: MS-Word (.doc or .docx format)

• Paper size: A4

• Margin: 1 inch on each side

• Font Family: Times New Roman

• Title Font Size: 24pt

• Author(s) name - font size: 11pt, Bold

• Author(s) affiliation, designation, ORCID ID (if available), email - font size: 10pt, Italic

• Abstract word limit: 200 words

• Abstract font size: 9pt, Italic

• Keywords: Provide 5-8 keywords, which will be used for indexing purpose; font size: 9pt. Italic

• Heading font size: 12pt, Bold

• Sub-heading font size: 11pt, Bold

• Main body of the article: 11pt

• Main body of the article: One column-text with tables and figures placed at proper places

• Line Spacing - 1.15

• Tables and Figures must have a caption written on the bottom of the table or figure. All figures must be of good quality and numbered in order of their occurrences in the text.

• All borrowed ideas, quotations etc. should be cited and acknowledged properly

• Reference font size - 10pt

• Appendices: Should be identified as A, B, etc.

• Corresponding author should be indicated with (*) mark

• Medium of Language: English

• Acknowledgements of people, grants, finances, etc. should be listed in a distinct section at the end of the Reference section. The complete names of the funding organizations must be included, if any.

• All submissions should be accompanied by the following information which should be presented on the front page only: (a) article title, (b) author name/s, (c) current position/affiliation, (d) brief biography (approximately 50 words), (e) email and mail addresses, (f) a brief abstract (approximately 200 words) (g) five to ten keywords reflecting the contents of the paper, (h) word count (excluding notes) and (i) the URL for author/s' personal web page, (k) a brief statement that clearly indicates the article/review etc is not submitted simultaneously for consideration to any other publication.

• Although there is no absolute limit on length, submitted papers may be confined to approximately 7000 words, excluding notes.

• Commentaries should be between 2500 and 3500 words.

Referencing

• Referencing Style & In-Text Citation

Referencing Style & In-Text Citation should be either in APA-7 (American Psychological Association) or in IEEE format, as may be applicable.

For more details & guidelines, please follow the links:

o APA Format: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples Or http://www.apastyle.org/

o IEEE: https://journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/

IEEE_Reference_Guide.pdf

Authors may use online citation generators/guides for proper citations.

• Footnotes Authors are requested NOT to use the automated footnoting feature in Word as these do not import well into HTML format. Simply type the endnotes and footnotes at the end of the article as per APA Guidelines. Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively.

Review Process

• Three categories of papers, viz., Review Articles, Original Contributions and Shorter Contributions will be considered by the Journal for publication.

• The submitted manuscript must not have been previously accepted for publication or under review

elsewhere. The submission of the manuscript will be acknowledged by email.

• Each manuscript will be primarily examined by the editorial team and then to be forwarded to the reviewers for peer review.

• The research papers shall be published subject to recommendation of the reviewers. The novelty of the manuscript will be taken into consideration in the context of acceptance.

• The status of the paper after review will be communicated to the corresponding author by email.

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