About this journal

Aim
The International Journal of Strategic Communication aims to advance the theoretical and practical development of strategic communication globally. The journal represents a multi-national effort to integrate various communication disciplines into a coherent body of knowledge and facilitate the emergence of strategic communication as an interdisciplinary domain of study. The journal seeks to define the field of strategic communication and to provide a forum for interdisciplinary approaches and research traditions. It espouses a truly international perspective that gives voice to cross-cultural research and scholars in all regions of the world.

Scope
The International Journal of Strategic Communication examines the philosophical, theoretical, and applied nature of strategic communication, which encompasses “all communication that is substantial for the survival and sustained success of an entity. Specifically, strategic communication is the purposeful use of communication by an organization or other entity to engage in conversations of strategic significance to its goals.“

^[1] Please refer to Vol. 12(4) of this journal for a comprehensive overview of the discipline. Another source to explore the strategic communication body of knowledge is The Routledge Handbook of Strategic Communication .

The International Journal of Strategic Communication provides a foundation for the study of strategic communication from diverse disciplines, including corporate and managerial communication, organizational communication, public relations, marketing communication, advertising, political and health communication, social marketing, international relations, public diplomacy, and other specialized communication areas. Since 2007, IJSC has served as the singular forum for interdisciplinary inquiry of this nature.

Manuscripts submitted to IJSC must be clearly positioned within the broad framework of strategic communication, as well as make an original contribute to the strategic communication body of knowledge. In addition, manuscripts should address the communicators' perspective—any research focused on communication contexts or receivers should clearly elaborate the relevance for communicators and for using communication to support organizational goals and objectives.

Unidisciplinary research—studies based in a single discipline—are not suitable for IJSC. Research published in this journal must attempt to integrate disciplinary perspectives to create novel ways of understanding the communication of organizations. In addition, research questions and topics addressed must be meaningful for a global readership. While international, comparative, and cross-cultural topics are especially welcome, research with a regional or national focus is suitable if insights transfer to other parts of the world. Contributions must clearly reflect the scope and readership of the journal.

All submitted manuscripts receive initial appraisal by the editors, and if found suitable for further consideration, undergo double anonymized peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.

Readership
The journal is directed to researchers, students, managers, and communication executives interested in managerial communications, marketing communication, public relations, technical and scientific communication, political communication, and communication programs involving for-profit, government, and non-government organizations (NGOs).

^[1] Zerfass, A., Vercic, D., Nothhaft, H., & Werder, K. P. (2018). Strategic communication: Defining the field and its contribution to research and practice. International Journal of Strategic Communication, 12(4), 487-505.

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

Editors:

Ansgar Zerfass
Institute for Communication and Media Studies
Leipzig University
Nikolaistrasse 27-29
D-04109 Leipzig
Germany
Tel. +49-341-97-35040
Fax +49-341-97-35049
Email: [email protected]

Department of Communication and Culture
BI Norwegian Business School
Nydalsveien 21
NO-0484 Oslo
Norway
Tel. +47-464-10670
Email: [email protected]

Kelly Page Werder
Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave., CIS 3098
Tampa, FL 33620-7800
Tel: +01-813-974-2591
Email: [email protected]

Associate Editor:

Jens Seiffert-Brockmann, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria 
Brian Smith, Brigham Young University, USA

Editorial Board:

Adamu Abbas Adamu, Curtin University, Malaysia
Andréia Athaydes, Faculdades Integradas de Taquara, Brazil
Nilanjana Bardhan, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, USA
Jonathan Borden, Syracuse University, USA
Alexander Buhmann, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway
Yi-Ru Regina Chen, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
E. Ciszek, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Patricia A. Curtin, University of Oregon, USA
Estelle De Beer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Sabine Einwiller, University of Vienna, Austria
Michael Etter, King’s College London, UK
Kathy Fitzpatrick, University of South Florida, USA
Jami A. Fullerton, Oklahoma State University, USA
Matthew Goldberg, Yale University, USA
Ib T. Gulbrandsen, Roskilde University, Denmark
Sherry Holladay, Texas A&M University, USA
Flora Hung-Baesecke, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Diana Ingenhoff, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Yan Jin, University of Georgia, USA
Winni Johansen, Aarhus University, Denmark
Sora Kim, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Spiro Kiousis, University of Florida, USA
Alexander V. Laskin, Quinnipiac University, USA
Maria E. Len-Rios, University of Minnesota, USA
Irina Lock, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Vilma Luoma-aho, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
May O. Lwin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
James Raymond Macnamara, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Iain Macpherson, MacEwan University, Canada
Alessandra Mazzei, IULM University Milan, Italy
Rita Linjuan Men, University of Florida, USA
Juan Meng, University of Georgia, USA
Juan-Carlos Molleda, University of Oregon, USA
Ana María Suárez Monsalve, Universidad de Medellín, Colombia
Ángeles Moreno, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Lan Ni, University of Houston, USA
Howard Nothhaft, Lund University, Sweden
Ayla Okay, Istanbul University, Turkey
Augustine Pang, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Donnalyn Pompper, University of Oregon, USA
Stefania Romenti, IULM University Milan, Italy
Zeny Sarabia-Panol, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
Peter Seele, Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Italy
Andrej Skerlep, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Brian Smith, Brigham Young University, USA
Erich Sommerfeldt, University of Minnesota, USA
Nadine Strauss, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Katerina Tsetsura, University of Oklahoma, USA
Chiara Valentini, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Ana Tkalac Vercic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Sophia C. Volk, University of Zurich, Switzerland

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