Author Guidelines
Academic impartiality and scientific quality are important criteria in the evaluation of articles submitted for publication. Therefore, the recommendations of the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) and the International Standards for Editors and Authors of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) should be taken into account in scientific articles submitted to the Media and Culture journal.
General Information
• Media and Culture is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality articles on social sciences.
• Media and Culture is a journal published twice a year in June and December.
• One article per year of each author is published.
• The language of the articles can be Turkish or English.
• The percentage of similarity in articles should be less than 20% excluding references.
• Article applications are not accepted via e-mail.
• The referee process is not initiated for articles that do not comply with the writing rules of the journal, without footnotes, bibliography, preface or abstract. The Editorial Board may take a decision for special cases.
• Ethics committee approval must be obtained for all studies on clinical and experimental humans .
• Manuscripts to be published must be sent via the “Submit Article” page.
• Media and Culture is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality articles on social sciences.
• Media and Culture is a journal published twice a year in June and December.
• One article per year of each author is published.
• The language of the articles can be Turkish or English.
• The percentage of similarity in articles should be less than 20% excluding references.
• Article applications are not accepted via e-mail.
• The referee process is not initiated for articles that do not comply with the writing rules of the journal, without footnotes, bibliography, preface or abstract. The Editorial Board may take a decision for special cases.
• Ethics committee approval must be obtained for all studies on clinical and experimental humans .
• Manuscripts to be published must be sent via the “Submit Article” page.
GENERAL RULES
1. If there is an institution that supports the study, (*) should be placed on the last word of the article title, and the supporting institution information should be stated as a footnote on the same page.
2. Submitted articles should be in the range of at least 6,000 and maximum 13,000 words, including references and appendices.
3. Articles should be arranged according to the APA 7 reference system. Make sure that the references used in the texts are compatible with the bibliography information.
4. Qualitative and quantitative studies that require data collection from participants using surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observation, interview techniques, and research on humans require an ethics committee approval. In the applications of studies requiring an ethics committee approval, the author/authors are required to submit the wet-signed ethics committee approval while uploading their articles to the system. Information about the ethics committee should be included in the method section of the article and the Article Information Form in the last section of the text, including the name, date, and number of the authorizing committee, and the statement that the article has been prepared in accordance with the decision of the ethics committee.
5. It is necessary to obtain permission from the owners in using scales, questionnaires and photographs belonging to others and to include this information in the studies. It is required to pay attention to the compliance with copyright regulations in the use of intellectual and artistic works and to make the necessary references in the texts.
SPECIAL RULES
* THE WORKS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE JOURNAL SHOULD BE ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE FORMAT.
Click here for the single-author article writing template written in English.
Click here for the article writing template with 2 or more authors written in English.
Click for the book review template.
Click here for the article writing template with 2 or more authors written in English.
Click for the book review template.
NOTE: If any editor sends an article to the Media and Culture, the editor's access to the editorial panel is prevented. The editor follows all processes as a writer. After the process is completed, the editorial authority is given to him again.
Typeface: Cambria font should be used. Turkish “Özet” English “Abstract” sections should be 9 pt., main text and bibliography should be 11 pt. text should be justified in both directions. The text should be written using single line spacing and paragraphs should start with 1 cm page indent.
Type of Bibliography: The bibliography should be written in Cambria using 11 point font. The hanging indent in the bibliography is 1.5 cm. The line spacing should be 1 cm, and the transition interval between references should be arranged as 0 pt and then 6 pt.
Titles: The article should be organized in a way that consists of main headings and subheadings.
• Article Title: At the beginning of the first page, centered, first letters in capital, 12 pt, single line spacing, 30 pt before and 12 pt after, Turkish articles should be written under the Turkish title in English.
• Sub-Headings: The headings created according to the content of the article should be prepared in 11 pt, bold and in Arabic numerals (1.- 1.1.1.-1.1.1.1...etc.). The main and subheadings in the text of the article should be written in the form of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, with the first letter characters capitalized. The subheadings to be listed under the main headings in the text should be prepared according to the sequence number of the main heading they belong to, as 1.1., 1.2... at the second level; 1.1.1., 1.1.2... at the third level, with the first letter of the first word in the title capitalized and the letters of the other words lowercase.
Abstract, Keywords / Keywords: It is mandatory to include keywords in the article in accordance with the Turkish “Abstract”, English “Abstract” and the text content.
• Regardless of whether the language of the article is Turkish or English, it should have a Turkish “Abstract” section between 150-250 and an “Absract” section and the English abstract should be in full conformity with the Turkish abstract.
It should be between 150-250 words in English. The abstract and summary should be formatted as a single paragraph in 9-point font. At least three keywords appropriate to the article should be written immediately below the “Keywords” heading and immediately below the “Abstract” heading; these should be written in 9-point font, with the first letter of each keyword capitalized and the rest lowercase.
Extended Abstract in Turkish: We will require an extended English abstract of at least 750 and a maximum of 1000 words for all articles accepted for publication immediately after the abstract in our journal by 2023. Depending on the type of article, an extended abstract may include different subheadings.
Tables, Figures, Graphics and Pictures: If the tables, figures, graphics and pictures used in the text are not originally created by the author (s), they can be used in the text by indicating the source.
• Tables, Graphics, Pictures and Figures: Tables, graphs and figures used in the text should be listed as Table 1, Table 2/ Graph 1, Graph 2/ Picture 1, Picture 2/ Figure 1, Figure 2 ... etc., and titles should be written above the tables and graphs. Titles should be left justified and the first words used in the title should be capitalized and italicized. The source of the tables and graphics should be indicated by opening the "Source" heading just below the unoriginal tables, graphics and pictures justified to the left.
Required files to be uploaded when submitting an article:
1- WORD document of the article prepared by considering the spelling rules (Author(s) information, name and surname, Orcid(s), responsible author, e-mail(s) must be found.)
2- Copyright Agreement and Author Acceptance Form
3-If necessary for the study, the approved version of the Ethics Committee Permit must be uploaded to the system. In addition, this approval (name of the board, date and number) should be stated in the "Article Information Form" at the end of the study and in the method section. Ethics committee permission is requested for all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, and interview techniques, regardless of when the study was conducted.
Non-essential files that must be uploaded when submitting an article:
1- It is recommended to upload a plagiarism report to the system.
1- WORD document of the article prepared by considering the spelling rules (Author(s) information, name and surname, Orcid(s), responsible author, e-mail(s) must be found.)
2- Copyright Agreement and Author Acceptance Form
3-If necessary for the study, the approved version of the Ethics Committee Permit must be uploaded to the system. In addition, this approval (name of the board, date and number) should be stated in the "Article Information Form" at the end of the study and in the method section. Ethics committee permission is requested for all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, and interview techniques, regardless of when the study was conducted.
Non-essential files that must be uploaded when submitting an article:
1- It is recommended to upload a plagiarism report to the system.
REFERENCES and CİTATİONS: Citations an references made in the article should be arranged in accordance with APA 7 rules. Click here for the APA citation rules.
Book Reviews: The following points should be considered when writing book reviews.
1- Book reviews should be between 2000-2500 words.
2- The book should be evaluated from a multi-faceted critical-critical perspective (by addressing the strengths and weaknesses of the book).
3- In the evaluation, the theses put forward by the author should be put forward and if the evaluator disagrees with the author's thesis, the reasons should be explained justifiably.
4- In the evaluations, the position-effect of the work in the field and its contribution to the field should be revealed.
5- Has there been a previous evaluation of the book? If so, these evaluations should be mentioned. If an evaluation has been made before, the original value of the work should be revealed.
6- The author should be introduced and his/her importance in the field should be emphasized.
7- The main discussion topics of the book and the dimensions of these discussions should be revealed.
8- The evaluation should be organized in such a way that the flow of the text is from general to specific.
1- Book reviews should be between 2000-2500 words.
2- The book should be evaluated from a multi-faceted critical-critical perspective (by addressing the strengths and weaknesses of the book).
3- In the evaluation, the theses put forward by the author should be put forward and if the evaluator disagrees with the author's thesis, the reasons should be explained justifiably.
4- In the evaluations, the position-effect of the work in the field and its contribution to the field should be revealed.
5- Has there been a previous evaluation of the book? If so, these evaluations should be mentioned. If an evaluation has been made before, the original value of the work should be revealed.
6- The author should be introduced and his/her importance in the field should be emphasized.
7- The main discussion topics of the book and the dimensions of these discussions should be revealed.
8- The evaluation should be organized in such a way that the flow of the text is from general to specific.
INDEXING & ABSTRACTING & ARCHIVING
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