About this journal

The Communication Review seeks a synthesis of concerns traditional to the fields of communication and media studies. The journal’s heuristic division of the field into three analytical perspectives provides a natural structure for creating new knowledge across conventional disciplinary boundaries:

•  Communication and Culture, probing the questions of producing meaning and interpretation by way of analyzing culture through the visual and dramatic arts, literature, sociology, anthropology, and in the interdisciplinary tradition of cultural studies.
• Communication as a Social Force, focusing on the historical development and contemporary transformation of media and communication, telecommunications, and information systems, emphasizing their political-economic, technological, and institutional dynamics.
• Communication and New Media, examining media texts, audiences, and industries in the broader cultural, social, and economic contexts of digital convergence.

The editors view these as different theoretical perspectives on the study of communication processes. They particularly encourage historical work, feminist work, and visual work, and invite submissions from those employing critical theoretical and empirical approaches to a range of topics under the general rubric of communication and media studies research.

The Communication Review also functions as a review of current work in the field. Towards this end, the editors are always open to proposals for special issues that interrogate and examine current controversies in the field. We also welcome non-traditionally constructed articles which critically examine and review current sub-fields of and controversies within communication and media studies; we offer an expedited review process for timely statements. In addition, we welcome book reviews and extended review essays.
Peer Review Policy:

All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Editors-in-Chief:

Andrea L. Press and Bruce Williams
The Communication Review
Media Studies Program
PO Box 400866, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4866, USA
Tel: 434-243-8855 , Fax: 434-243-8869
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Associate Editors:

Menachem Blondheim - Hebrew University, USA
Sonia Livingstone - London School of Economics, England
Peter Lunt - University College, London, England

Managing Editor:

Harry Hudome - University of Virginia, USA 
[email protected]

Former Managing Editor:
Shayne Zaslow - University of Virginia, USA

Book Review Editor:
Ruoyan Bai - University of Toronto, Canada

Editorial Board:

Hector Amaya - University of Virginia, USA
Aniko Bodroghkozy - University of Virginia, USA
Michael Delli Carpini - Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, USA
Cynthia Carter - Cardiff Univerisity, Wales
Nick Couldry - Goldsmiths, University of London, England
Robert Entman - The George Washington University, USA
Todd Gitlin - Columbia University, USA
Dan Hallin - University of California San Diego, USA
James F. Hamilton - University of Georgia, USA
Justin Lewis - Cardiff University, Wales
Peter Lunt - University of Leicester, England
Shoshana Magnet – University of Ottawa, Canada

Paolo Mancini - Universita de Perugia, Italy
Lisa McLaughlin - Miami University, USA
Angela McRobbie - Goldsmiths College, University of London, England
Toby Miller - University of California Riverside, USA
David Morley - University of London, England
Graham Murdock - University of Loughborough, England
Jeffrey Olick - University of Virginia, USA
Jennifer Petersen - University of Virginia, USA
Victor Pickard - Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, USA

Elspeth Probyn - The University of Sydney, Australia
Craig Robertson - Northeastern University, USA
Christina Slade - Bath Spa University, England
J. Macgregor Wise - Arizona State University West, USA

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