Critical Studies in Media Communication, published
in March, June, September and December, focuses exclusively on the range of
critical perspectives which help define the expanding area of mediated communication research.
Critical Studies in Media Communication provides an academic forum for
interpretive approaches to mass communication theory and research. Several specialized
journals represent particular critical traditions, but CSMC seeks to enrich the broad
debate among them and shape the parameters of this genre.
It welcomes essays from the
Frankfurt School and critical philosophy, political economy, rhetorical and media
criticism, literary theory and semiotics, feminist scholarship, cultural studies, and
pragmatism. Manuscripts may contribute original research, analyze an existing body of
knowledge, or work on the theoretical frontiers. But each article must in its own way
develop a thesis and seriously reflect on the relevant issues involved. All standard and
innovative methodologies are welcome, though descriptive material without a critical frame
is inappropriate.