The Journal of Critical Communication Studies is committed to applying the highest standards of publication ethics and complying with the following principles. Within the scope of the Journal of Critical Communication Studies publication ethics, all stakeholders are expected to carry and comply with ethical responsibilities.
The Journal of Critical Communication Studies has adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and authors are expected to prepare their manuscripts by these principles. In addition, it is essential to examine the ethical guidelines prepared by the European Union for studies conducted in social sciences and made available to authors.

General Actions Contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics

a) Plagiarism: Presenting the original ideas, methods, data or works of others as one's work in whole or in part without citation by scientific rules,
b) Forgery: Using non-existent or falsified data in scientific research,
c) Distortion: Falsifying research records or data obtained, showing devices or materials not used in the research as if they were used, falsifying or shaping the results of the research in line with the interests of the persons and organisations receiving support,
ç) Repeat Publication: Presenting their repetitive publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
d) Slicing: Dividing the results of research into parts in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research and inappropriately publishing them in more than one number and presenting these publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
e) Unfair Authorship: Including people who have not made active contributions among the authors or not including people who have made active contributions, changing the author ranking in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of those who have made active contributions from work in subsequent editions, using his/her influence to have his/her name included among the authors even though he/she has not made active contributions,
Other types of ethical violations are as follows:

a) Failure to specify the persons, institutions or organisations providing support and their contributions in publications made as a result of research conducted with support,
b) Using theses or studies that have not yet been submitted or defended and accepted as a source without the permission of the owner,
c) Failure to comply with ethical rules in research on humans and animals, and failure to respect patient rights in publications,
ç) Violating the provisions of the relevant legislation in human biomedical research and other clinical research,
d) Sharing the information contained in a work that he/she has been assigned to examine with others before publication without the express permission of the author,
e) misuse the resources, spaces, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research,
f) Making baseless, unwarranted and deliberate allegations of ethical violations,
g) Publishing data obtained in surveys and attitude surveys conducted within the scope of a scientific study without obtaining the explicit consent of the participants or, if the research is to be conducted in an institution, without obtaining the permission of the institution,
ğ) To harm animal health and ecological balance in research and experiments,
h) Please obtain permission from the authorised units in writing before starting the research and experiments.
ı) To carry out research and experiments contrary to the provisions of the legislation or international conventions to which Turkey is a party regarding the relevant research and experiments.
i) Failure by researchers and authorities to comply with the obligation to inform and warn those concerned about possible harmful practices related to the scientific research conducted,
j) Not using the data and information obtained from other persons and institutions in scientific studies to the extent and in the manner permitted, not respecting the confidentiality of this information and not ensuring its protection,
k) Making false or misleading statements regarding scientific research and publications in academic appointments and promotions (YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, Article 4)
Within the framework of ethical rules, researches that require Ethics Committee Permission for evaluation in the journal are as follows:

1. All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observation, experiments, interview techniques,
2. Use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
3. Clinical trials on humans,
4. Research on animals,
5. Retrospective studies by the law on the protection of personal data.
In the studies to be evaluated in our journal within this framework;

1. Stating that the "informed consent form" has been obtained in case presentations,
2. Obtaining and indicating permission from the owners for the use of scales, questionnaires, photographs belonging to others,
3. For the intellectual and artistic works used, it must be stated that copyright regulations are complied with.
4. Editors ensure the protection of human and animal rights in the evaluated studies. Editors are responsible for rejecting the study when there is no approval from the ethics committee on the subjects used in the study and no permission for experimental research. In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and on the article's first/last page. In case presentations, information on the signature of the informed consent/assent form should be included in the article.