Copyright policy
The Pacific Journalism Review’s policy is to acquire copyright for all contributions because:
- ownership of copyright by one central organisation tends to ensure maximum international protection against infringement;
- it also ensures that requests by third parties to reprint a contribution, or part of it, are handled efficiently and in accordance with a general policy which is sensitive both to any relevant changes in international copyright legislation, and to the general desirability of encouraging the dissemination of knowledge.
In assigning copyright as an author, you are not forfeiting your rights to use your contribution elsewhere such as self-archiving. You may do this after obtaining permission from Pacific Journalism Review, which will be granted after publication provided that PJR is acknowledged as the original source.
All requests to reprint your contribution, or a substantial part of it, or figures, tables or illustrations from it, in another publication will be subject to your approval.
Fulltext articles from Pacific Journalism Review are available on subscription from:
- EBSCO’s Communication and Mass Media Complete (USA)
- Informit (Australia)
- Knowledge Basket Newztext (NZ)
Any royalties received though these agencies will be used to further the research and publication interests of the journal for the benefit of journalism and media scholarship.
It is understood that in some cases the contributor’s employer will hold copyright. If so, Pacific Journalism Review requires non-exclusive permission to deal with requests from third parties. In these cases, please consult the Editor.
In addition to reproduction in conventional printed hard copy form, your contribution may be stored electronically (e.g. on Pacific Journalism Review’s website – www.pjreview.info) and then printed out to meet individual requests. Your assignment of copyright signifies your agreement to Pacific Journalism Review making arrangements to include your paper in such document delivery services and electronic databases.
A copyright assignment form is sent to authors whose articles are accepted for publication in PJR.
