The McMaster Journal of Communication

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MJC 2011: CALL FOR PAPERS

The McMaster Journal of Communication, Volume 8, Issue 1

The McMaster Journal of Communication welcomes submissions on topics related to the theme of “Communities, Publics, and Communication.”

The relationship of an organization or an individual with its publics is complicated and often challenging. In the broadest terms, a public is a group of people with whom an organization has built a relationship and a reputation. In traditional public relations theory, this process is ideally symmetrical, transparent and built upon trust. Social media has introduced a new set of parameters on how organizations, individuals, publics and communities interact. We invite papers that examine the relationships between communities, publics and communication with organizations and individuals, from either a traditional media or social media perspective (or both). How are these publics constructed and construed? Has the concept of community changed? How are organizations and individuals communicating with their publics?

The McMaster Journal of Communication encourages high-quality, original manuscripts and multimedia projects from students related to the above theme. Potential topics could include, but are not limited to the following:

• Case studies
• Imagined or virtual communities
• Populations and sub-groups
• Audiences
• Security
• Citizen journalism
• social activism/social movements
• Social networking
• Messaging
• The internet and the public sphere/civic culture
• New media and political participation
• Propaganda

Deadline to Submit: October 15, 2011

Submissions: Papers (4,000 to 7,000 words) and multimedia projects including video, audio, design, and digital games

Guidelines: For submission guidelines please see the Policies section on the left navigation bar.

Inquiries: For all queries about submissions, please email Kelly Bacon, 2011 Editor-in-Chief at