AEJMC DIG Journals

DIG Journals

Division and Interest Group Journals

Several of AEJMC’s Divisions and Interest Groups (DIGs) also publish journals featuring research related to their special area of mass communication. For information on manuscript submissions, please visit the journal websites below or e-mail journal editors.

These journals are available by joining the Division or Interest Group for an additional fee. Sign-up online now!


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Advertising Division

Journal: Journal of Advertising Education
Editor: Jay Newell, Iowa State University

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Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division
(Formerly the Electronic News Division)

Journal: Electronic News
Editor in Chief: Debora Wenger, University of Mississippi
Associate Editor: Keren Henderson, Syracuse University

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Communication Technology Division

Journal: Journal of Communication Technology
Editor: Theo Plothe, Savannah State University

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Communication Theory & Methodology Division

Journal: Communication Methods and Measures
Editor: Lijiang Shen, Pennsylvania State University
Associate Editors: Marko Bachl, University of Hohenheim, Germany and Ye Sun, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Cultural and Critical Studies Division

Journal: Journal of Communication Inquiry
Editor: Thomas P. Oates, University of Iowa

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History Division

Journal: Journalism History
Editor: Pam Parry, Southeast Missouri State University
Book Review Editor: Sonya DiPalma, University of North Carolina at Asheville

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International Communication Division

Journal: International Communication Research Journal
Editors: Uche Onyebadi, Texas Christian University

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Law Division

Journal: Communication Law and Policy
Editor: Amy Kristin Sanders, The University of Texas at Austin

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Magazine Division

Digital-only Journal: Journal of Magazine Media
Editor: Kevin Lerner, Marist College

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Mass Communication and Society Division

Journal: Mass Communication and Society
Editors: Mike Schmierbach, Pennsylvania State University

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Media Ethics

Journal: Journal of Media Ethics
Editor: Patrick Lee Plaisance, The Pennsylvania State University
Associate Editors: Christopher Meyers – California State University, Bakersfield

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Newspaper & Online News Division

Journal: Newspaper Research Journal
Editor: Kristoffer D. Boyle, Brigham Young University
Book Review Editor: Matthew Haught, University of Memphis

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Public Relations Division

Journal: Journal of Public Relations Research
Editor: Sung-Un Yang, Indiana University

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Journal: Journal of Public Relations Education
Editor-in-Chief: Adrienne A. Wallace, Grand Valley State University

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Visual Communication Division

Journal: Visual Communication Quarterly
Editor: Lawrence J. Mullen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Associate Editor: T.J. Thomson, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Book review editor: David Staton, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley

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Community Journalism Interest Group

Online Journal: Community Journalism Journal
Editor: Hans K. Meyer, Ohio University

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Small Programs Interest Group

Digital-only Journal: Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication
Editor: Michael Longinow, Biola University

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