1. General Principles
● Manuscripts submitted for publication must not have been previously published, scheduled for publication, or under review by another journal.
● The journal accepts manuscripts in Turkish and English.
● All manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with APA 7 formatting guidelines.
● If the manuscript is based on a paper presented at a conference, symposium, or academic meeting, or derived from a thesis, this must be indicated in a footnote.
● Articles arising from funded projects must include the supporting institution(s) and project number.
● Each author may publish only one (1) article in the same year (excluding special issues).
2. Peer Review and Evaluation Process
● Manuscripts are evaluated through a double-blind peer review process. Therefore, the main text must not contain any information that may reveal the identity of the author(s) (name, affiliation, acknowledgments, etc.). Such information may be added after the review process is completed.
● Author information (name, affiliation, ORCID, and contact details) must be provided only on a separate title page, uploaded independently of the manuscript.
● Manuscripts are published only after receiving positive reports from at least two reviewers. If one reviewer recommends acceptance and the other recommends rejection, the manuscript is sent to a third reviewer. The third reviewer’s decision is final.
● Translations deemed valuable for the field may be published without peer review upon the decision of the Editorial Board.
● Only one review article may be included in each issue.
● Manuscripts with a similarity rate exceeding 15% (excluding references and bibliography) will not be considered for evaluation.
● Submissions that do not comply with the journal’s publication guidelines may be rejected without peer review.
● Accepted manuscripts may be published as “early view” before the release of the issue.
File Anonymization (for Double-Blind Review)
To keep your name hidden from reviewers, in addition to removing identifying details from the text, please also clean the file’s hidden information:
● Remove the document properties and personal information embedded in the file (especially the “Author” field).
● Delete all comments in the document.
● Turn off tracked changes and accept all changes.
These actions can be carried out through Word’s relevant menus; menu names and locations vary by version and operating system. The author is responsible for ensuring the file is fully anonymized.
3. Article Types and Length
● Research articles must be between 6,000 and 8,000 words, including abstracts, footnotes, and references.
● Review articles must be between 6,000 and 8,000 words.
● Book reviews must be between 1,500 and 3,000 words, including footnotes and references.
● Manuscripts must include Turkish and English abstracts of 150–200 words. Abstracts should clearly state the scope, aim, method, and key findings of the study. Five keywords must be provided below each abstract.
● For Turkish-language articles, an extended abstract in English of 700–1000 words must also be provided.
4. Ethical Principles and Responsibilities
● Manuscripts must not include any information revealing the identity of the author(s).
● Authors bear full responsibility for the content of their submissions.
● No submission or evaluation fees are charged to authors.
● Copyright of all published manuscripts belongs to the journal. No royalties are paid to authors.
● For studies requiring ethics committee approval, the relevant documents must be submitted with the manuscript.
● If applicable, financial support, conflict of interest statements, and acknowledgments must be provided under separate headings.
● If generative AI tools were used in preparing the manuscript, this must be declared using the journal’s Declaration of Generative AI Use form, submitted together with the manuscript.
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WRITING GUIDELINES
1. General Principles
● Manuscripts must be uploaded to the journal system in Word (.docx) format.
● The journal accepts manuscripts in Turkish and English.
● All texts must be prepared in accordance with APA 7 (American Psychological Association, 7th edition) guidelines.
● In the template, only the fields meant for text entry are editable, and these are highlighted in yellow on screen. This highlight is normal: it appears only on screen, does not show in printouts or PDF exports, and does not need to be turned off.
2. Formatting
● Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, 1.5 line spacing
● Margins: 2.5 cm (top, bottom, left, right)
● Paragraph indent: First line indented 1.25 cm
● Page numbers: Placed in the bottom right corner
● Page size: A4, portrait
● Paragraph spacing: 6 pt
● Block quotations: Indented 1 cm from both sides, 10 pt, single spacing
● Footnotes: 9 pt
● Table text: 10 pt
Heading Structure
● Main title (article title): All capital letters, 14 pt, bold.
● First-level headings (1., 2., 3. …): 12 pt, bold; title case (each word capitalized).
● Subheadings (1.1., 1.1.1. …): 12 pt, bold; sentence case (only the first word capitalized).
● All headings are numbered in the order they appear and begin 1 cm from the left margin.
Manuscript Structure
● Turkish title
● Turkish abstract (150–200 words)
● Keywords (5 words, separated by commas, lowercase except proper nouns)
● English title
● Abstract (150–200 words)
● Keywords (5 words, separated by commas, lowercase except proper nouns)
● Introduction
● Main text
● Conclusion
● References
● Extended abstract — for Turkish-language manuscripts (English, 700–1000 words)
● Appendices (if any)
Figures and Tables
● All visual materials used in articles (photographs, film stills, posters, screenshots, graphs, maps, drawings, etc.) are labelled Figure, and numerical data are labelled Table; both are numbered consecutively in the order they first appear in the text. Table titles appear above the table, and figure captions below the figure.
● Every table and figure must be cited in the text (e.g., Table 2, Figure 4); materials not cited in the text are not included.
● For tables and figures taken or adapted from another source, the source must be given in the title/caption in accordance with APA 7; no source is required for the author's own original materials.
● Figures must be prepared in JPG, PNG, or TIFF format at a minimum resolution of 300 DPI; they must not show blurring, pixelation, or compression artifacts at the size they appear in the manuscript, and any text, symbols, and scales within them must be legible. Artificially enlarging a small image is not acceptable.
● During review, figures may be placed at appropriate points within the text; for accepted articles, all figures must additionally be uploaded as high-resolution files. Copyright and usage permissions for figures are the author's responsibility.
● Figures created or substantially edited using generative AI tools must be clearly disclosed within the journal's Declaration on the Use of AI.
Citation and Reference Guidelines
● APA 7 must be used for citations and references.
● Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley, or the Word reference tool must be used for managing citations.
In-text citation examples:
○ Single author: (Eco, 1988, p. 24)
○ Two authors: (Papacharissi & Rubin, 2004)
○ Three or more authors: (Rubin et al., 2009) → “et al.” must be used in English texts, while “vd.” is used in Turkish texts.
○ Same author, multiple publications in the same year: (Bucher, 2019a), (Bucher, 2019b)
○ Secondary source: (as cited in Massarani, 2017, p. 15)
● Only works cited in the manuscript should appear in the reference list, arranged alphabetically.
● For English texts, standard spelling and punctuation guidelines must be followed.
● For Turkish texts, the TDK Spelling Guide (TDK İmla Kılavuzu) must be followed for spelling and punctuation.
Reference Examples
● Single-author book: Oskay, Ü. (2014). Kitle iletişiminin kültürel işlevleri. İnkılap Kitabevi.
● Translated book: Eco, U. (2019). Foucault sarkacı (Ş. Karadeniz, Trans.). Can Yayınları. (Original work published 1988)
● Book with two or more authors: Deleuze, G., & Guattari, F. (2014). Anti-Ödipus: Kapitalizm ve şizofreni 1 (F. Ege, H. Erdoğan, & M. Yiğitalp, Trans.). Bilim ve Sosyalizm Yayınları.
● Edited book: Bottomore, T., & Nisbet, R. (Eds.). (2002). Sosyolojik çözümlemenin tarihi. Ayraç.
● Chapter in an edited book: Giddens, A. (2002). Pozitivizm ve eleştiriciler (L. Köker, Trans.). In T. Bottomore & R. Nisbet (Eds.), Sosyolojik çözümlemenin tarihi (pp. 243–291). Ayraç.
● Print journal article: Eco, U., & Pezzini, I. (1982). La sémiologie des Mythologies. Communications, 36(1), 19–42.
● Online journal article: Caoduro, E., & Baschiera, S. (2015). Retro, faux-vintage and anachronism: When cinema looks back. Necsus, Spring 2015. https://www.necsus-ejms.org/retro-faux-vintage-and-anachronism-when-cinema-looks-back/
● Unpublished dissertation/thesis: Özbaş Anbarlı, Z. (2017). Dijital uzamda yaşamak: Twitter’da gündelik hayat [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Anadolu Üniversitesi.
● Newspaper article: Vardan, U. (2025, June 21). Zombiler eşliğinde felsefi bir yolculuk. Hürriyet. https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/ugur-vardan/zombiler-esliginde-felsefi-bir-yolculuk-42846603
● Newspaper article (No author): Google is killing millions of web links to save a few bucks. (2025, August 1). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/01/google-shuts-down-link-shortener/
● Website: Kemp, S. (2025, March 3). Digital 2025: Turkey. DataReportal. https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2025-turkey
● Film: Pasolini, P. P. (Director). (1975). Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma [Film]. Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA).
● Social media:
○ Twitter: Smith, J. [@jsmith]. (2021, December 2). My new article on media literacy has just been published [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/jsmith/status/1234567890
○ Facebook: Brown, A. (2022, March 5). Reflections on digital citizenship and online learning [Status update]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/example
○ Instagram: Green, L. [@lgreen]. (2023, July 15). Behind the scenes of my fieldwork on media audiences [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/example
○ YouTube: Media Studies Channel. (2021, November 10). Understanding disinformation in digital media [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/example
CHECKLIST
Before submitting the manuscript, authors must ensure that:
● The title page has been uploaded as a separate file.
● The Copyright Agreement Form and required permissions have been attached.
● The article type (research/review/book review) has been specified.
● Turkish and English abstracts (150–200 words) have been prepared.
● For Turkish-language manuscripts, an extended abstract in English (700–1000 words) has been prepared.
● Turkish abstracts are included in English-language manuscripts.
● Five Turkish and five English keywords have been provided.
● Financial support, conflict of interest, and acknowledgments (if any) have been included.
● References have been formatted according to APA 7.
● The similarity report has been checked (must not exceed 15%).
● The Declaration of Generative AI Use form has been completed and uploaded, if AI tools were used.