Research Article
Aim & Scope
İnönü University Faculty of Communication Electronic Journal İNİF E-Journal applies the criterion of objectivity in science based on the standard of universality. İNİF E-Journal, aiming to be published twice a year in May and November, has adopted the principle of contributing to the world of science.
İnönü University Faculty of Communication academic journal İNİF E-Journal started its publication life in May 2016 and is published twice a year in May and November. All of the articles in İNİF E-Journal are published after the approval of at least two referees. Articles previously published in the journal, accepted for publication, and being evaluated for publication are not accepted. Although the responsibility of the published articles belongs to the author, if a correction is requested from the author, the correction must be made within 1 month at the latest. İNİF E-Journal includes a comprehensive review of scientific studies on a specific subject, articles written in a scientific format that present original research results, and studies prepared on a theoretical level that will contribute to the relevant discipline. İNİF E-Journal; ULAKBİM TR Index is indexed in ASOS Index, SOBIAD, and OpenAIRE indexes.
Author Guidelines
İNİF E-JOURNAL PUBLISHING AND WRITING RULES
14. Extended abstracts should be written in English for papers written in Turkish and should be written in Turkish for papers written in English.
Page Layout | • Articles should be written in Microsoft Word program. • The paper size should be A4 vertical. • Articles should not exceed 25 pages including figures, graphics, visuals and tables. • The page layout should be top margin: 2.5 cm, bottom margin: 2.5 cm, left margin: 3 cm, right margin: 2.5 cm • The font type should be Times New Roman, normal style text, 12 pt., footnote text 9 pt., paragraph range before 6 pt., after 0 pt., line spacing single (1). |
| Turkish Title | The title of the manuscript should be written in 12 font size, bold and centered in capital letters |
Turkish Abstract | • All articles should have a Turkish abstract at the beginning of the text. • In English and German studies, there should also be a Turkish abstract. • Abstracts should include brief information on subjects such as the purpose, method, findings, conclusion and originality of the article. • It should be between 250-300 words and 10 font size. • In the form of “abstract”, only the first letter should be capital. • Its title must be indented (1.25 cm) |
Turkish Keywords | • It should be at least 3 words, at most 6 words and italic. • “Keywords” term should be bold and italic. • It must be indented (1.25 cm) • Words must be lowercase letters (excluding proper nouns). |
| English Title | The title of the manuscript should be written in 12 font size, bold and centered in capital letters |
Abstract | • It should be compatible with the Turkish abstract and should be 10 pt. • Abstracts should include brief information on subjects such as the purpose, method, findings, conclusion and originality of the article. • In the form of “abstract”, only the first letter should be capital. • Its title must be indented (1.25 cm) |
Keywords | • It should be at least 3 words, at most 6 words and italic. • “Keywords” term should be bold and italic. • It must be indented (1.25 cm) • Words must be lowercase letters (excluding proper nouns). |
| Introduction | It should cover the problem, purpose, importance, method, limitations and assumptions of the article. There should not be any number. |
Main text | • Manuscripts sent to be published in the journal are in A4 paper size, • With “Times New Roman” writing style • Justified • Single (1) line spacing • It should be written in Word program with 12 font size. • Paragraph spacing must be 6nk before, after 0nk. • All titles and paragraphs in the article should be indented (1.25 cm). • There should be numbering in all titles except introduction and conclusion. • Page numbers should not be included in the articles. |
| Subheadings | • Only the first letters of the words in all titles other than the main title should be capitalized. • All sub-headings must be indented (1.25 cm) |
| Conclusion and Discussion | • There should be no numbering. • It must be at a level that can support the findings of the article. |
Extended Abstract | • Extended abstracts should be written in English for papers written in Turkish and should be written in Turkish for papers written in English. • The Extended Abstract must be at least 750 and at most 1500 words. • The extended abstracts should be placed at the end of each article, just before the References section. • Should be written in 12 font size. |
References | • It should be prepared according to the rules of the journal at the link https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/inifedergi/writing-rules. It should be displayed hanging. |
| Appendix | • Should be placed after the references. Should be written in 11 font size. |
Figure-Table-Visual-Graphics etc. | • Attention should be paid to the fact that tables, drawings, images and graphics are within the writing area. • Pictures and photographs should be displayed under the name of "Visual", cartoons under "Cartoon", figures and graphics under the name of "Figure." • Format should be as follows: Table 1., Figure 1., Visual 1., Graphic 1., Cartoon 1. • Figures, visuals, tables and graphics should be numbered respectively. • References of figures, visuals, graphics and tables should be given in 10 font size at the bottom. • Titles of figures, visuals, graphics and tables should be written in 11 font size and centered in Times New Roman font style. • In-table texts should be written in 10 font size (which can be reduced to 9 points if necessary) and in the “Times New Roman” writing style. For in-table text, paragraph spacing must be before 0nk, after 0nk, and 1 line spacing. |
• Citations should be given in parentheses in the text followed by the author surname, date and page number.
• If the author's name and date are mentioned in the expression they should not be repeated in parentheses.
• Sources with 3 or more authors the term “et al” should be used.
• If the author is referring to more than one sources published in the same year for the same author “a,b,c,...” expressions should be used.
• Short quotes should be shown in quotation marks. Quotations longer than 4 lines should be written as a separate paragraph in a block of 1 cm from the left and right with 10 font size. In this case, the quotation marks should not be used.
• If the name of the legal entity is too long or the abbreviated form is known in the source written by legal persons, the abbreviation may be used after the first citation. If the abbreviation is intended to be used, in the first citation the name of the institution should be written and the abbreviation should be given in quotation marks. Only abbreviations should be used in subsequent citations.
• Citations to more than one publication at the same time all publications should be separated in a single parenthesis, separated by semicolons. The alphabetical order should be followed by the surname of the author in parentheses.
• If more than one sources of the same author is to be cited at the same time, the order of the date should be sorted from old to new without rewritten the name of the author.
• If the publication date of the source is not known, “n.d.” should be used.
• The references should be in form of hanging with 1.25
Some examples of citations in the manuscript are shown below:
• Single author: ……….(Kalafat, 2007, p. 195).
• Two authors: ……..(Kocabaş and Elden, 2001, p. 18).
• More than one sources published in the same year for the same author: ……..(Geray, 2006a, p. 30; 2006b, p. 120).
• Same author, different publications: ……..(Şeker, 2007, p. 38; Şeker, 2008, p. 205).
• More than two authors: ……..(İnceoğlu et al., 2004, p. 47).
• More than one sources at the same time: ……..(İnal, 2006, p. 43; Atabek, 2008, p. 151).
• Sources accessed from the Internet and the author is unknown: ……..(Turkey Journalists Society, 2009).
• Author is unknown: ……..(Press Ethics and Theories, 1981).
• Legal entity: ……..(Radio and Television Supreme Council, 2012, p. 147).
• Original source is not available: ……..(as cited in Balcı, 2004, p. 55).
• Interview source: ……..(Personal interview with …….., 22 September 2014).
Explanations to be made other than citations should be given on a separate page at the end of the manuscript under the heading of “Notes.”
Some examples of referencing are presented below:
Books:
McQuail, D. (1992). Media performance: Mass communication and the public interest. London: Sage Publications.
Grossberg, L., Wartella, E., Whitney, D. C. and Wise, J. M. (2006). Mediamaking: Mass media in a popular culture. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Book Chapters:
Hallahan, K. (2010). Being public: Publicity as public relations. In R. L. Heath (Ed.), The SAGE handbook of public relations (pp. 523-545). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Articles:
Shin, J. H. and Cameron, G. T. (2005). Different sides of the same coin: Mixed views of public relations practitioners and journalists for strategic conflict management. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 82(2), 318-338.
Thesis:
Knight, K. A. (2011). Media epidemics: Viral structures in literature and new media, University of California, Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Santa Barbara.
Conference Papers:
Ferwerda, B., Schedl, M. and Tkalcic, M. (2016, January). Using Instagram picture features to predict users’ personality. In International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (pp. 850-861). Springer, Cham.
Internet:
Tigrel, A. (1999). Timetable: What will happen and when, http://europa.eu. int/euro/html. Accessed Date: 27.09.1999.
Radio and Television Supreme Council. (2018). https://www.rtuk.gov.tr/. Accessed Date: 14. 01. 2018.
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
In İNİF E-Journal, the standards prepared by the Publishing Ethics Committee COPE are taken into consideration (http://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf). Being an academic refereed journal, İNİF E- Journal has made it a principle to bring studies in the field of communication to the scientific world. Research articles and reviews are published in İNİF E- Journal. The studies submitted to the journal are first evaluated by the editorial board and the referee process of the studies deemed appropriate is initiated. Within the framework of blind review, the studies are sent to 2 referees who are experts in the field, and the study is sent to the third referee as a result of the decision of these referees (if 1 of the 2 referees is negative).
Price Policy
İNİF E-Dergi'de makale yayınlamak herhangi bir ücrete tabi değildir.
Journal Boards
Editor-in Chief
Associate Editors
Editorial Board
Samsun’un Terme ilçesinde 1972 yılında doğan Erkan Yüksel, Anadolu Üniversitesi İletişim Bilimleri Fakültesi Basım ve Yayımcılık Bölümünden 1994’de mezun oldu. Yerel gazete ve radyolarda muhabirlikten yöneticiliğe çeşitli görevlerde bulundu. Daha sonra görev aldığı üniversitelerin gazete, dergi, radyo ve televizyonlarında teknik masadan müdürlüğe pek çok eser ve çalışmaya imza attı. 1995 yılında Selçuk Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesine araştırma görevlisi olarak atandı. 1998’de Anadolu Üniversitesi İletişim Bilimleri Fakültesine geçti, AÖF Basın Bürosunda görev yaptı. 2000 yılında İletişim Bilimleri Fakültesinde yardımcı doçent, 2004’de doçent ve 2010’da profesör unvanlarını aldı. 2002 yılında University of Texas at Austin’de misafir öğretim üyeliği, 2003-2004 öğretim yılında Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesinde Gazetecilik Bölüm Başkanlığı, 2005-2008 arasında Anadolu Üniversitesi İletişim Bilimleri Fakültesinde Dekan Yardımcılığı, 2011-2022 yılları arasında da Basın ve Yayın Bölümü Başkanlığı ve 2012-2022 yılları arasında da Genel Gazetecilik Anabilim Dalı Başkanlığı görevlerini yürüttü. 2022 yılından bu yana Anadolu Üniversitesi Etik Kurul üyesidir. TÜBİTAK KAMAG ve SOBAG Danışma Kurulu üyeliklerinde bulunmuştur. Halen Araştırma Yöntemleri, İçerik Çözümlemesi, Proje Yönetimi, Haber Yazma Teknikleri, Etkili İletişim Teknikleri ve Sağlık İletişimi gibi dersler vermektedir. Bugüne dek 20’nin üzerinde kitapta yazar ya da editör olarak imzası bulunan Yüksel’in 100’den fazla yayımlanmış makale ve bildirisi vardır. 2003 yılından beri devam eden uluslararası iletişim sempozyumu, Communication in the Millium’un kurucu başkanlarındandır. 2004’de başlayan ve halen devam eden Sağlık İletişimi Sempozyumu’nun kurucusudur.
She was born in Ankara in 1975. She graduated from the Department of Journalism at the Faculty of Communication, Ankara University, in 1997. She completed her master’s degree in 1999 and her PhD in 2005 at the Institute of Social Sciences, Ankara University, in the Department of Public Relations and Publicity. Öcal began working as a Research Assistant in the Department of Public Relations and Publicity at the Faculty of Communication, Atatürk University, in 2002, and was appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2007. She received the title of Associate Professor in Communication Sciences in 2011 and was promoted to Professor in 2016.
Öcal’s main areas of research include public relations, advertising, brand management, popular culture, ethics, the environment, and media economics. She has conducted numerous articles, papers, and academic studies in both national and international contexts and has authored edited and original books in the field.
