Submissions
Vol. 18, No 2, October 2012
Call for articles and commentaries:
Rebuilding public trust in journalism
Edition editors:Dr Johan Lidberg and Professor Chris Nash (Monash), and Professor David Robie (AUT-Pacific Media Centre)
Reviews editor:Associate Professor Evangelia Papoutsaki (Unitec)
In the wake of theNews of the World phone-hackingscandal, public trust in journalism and media ethics have become critical issues. Articles are sought for publication in the October 2012 edition of Pacific Journalism Review addressing regulatory models for journalism in the context of contemporary debates and inquiries in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Papers are sought but not restricted to:
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Regulatory and self-regulatory models for journalism ethics
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The history and politics of government inquiries into the media
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The public right to know in historical and contemporary contexts
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Constitutional entrenchment of journalists’ rights and responsibilities
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The historical and contemporary relevance of journalism ethics
- The political economy of media ethics
Articles on other topics related to media and journalism theory and practice may also be considered for the edition.
The double blind peer-reviewed journal has four main sections: Research articles, Commentaries, Forum and Reviews.
The APA-based style guide is at: www.pjreview.info/style-guide
Email 500 word proposals addressing the theme to the editors:
Rebuilding public trust articles: johan.lidberg@monash.edu
chris.nash@monash.edu
Unthemed papers: pjreview@aut.ac.nz
Managing editor: Professor David Robie david.robie@aut.ac.nz
Articles up to 6000 words
Commentaries 1500 to 3000 words
Reviews up to 1500 words
(Noted short reviews 300 words)
Forum contributions up to 800 words.
Submission deadline:
July 20, 2012
