Submissions

Author Guidelines

1) Author fees

The journal does not charge any fee for evaluating, editing, or publishing articles (Author Processing Charges - APC).

2) Originality

2.1 The article must be unpublished. Proposed articles must not have been published elsewhere (including conference proceedings, online sites, etc.).

2.2 Plagiarism is checked by the journal.

2.3 For the first deposit, the text must be anonymized.

3) Article formatting

3.1 The main text should be approximately 50,000 characters long, including spaces, and written in Times New Roman font, size 12, with 1 ½ line spacing.

3.2 The title of the article must contain a maximum of 50 characters and a subtitle of a maximum of 60 characters.

3.3 The abstract must be written in the author's native language and must be 300 words long. Abstracts are published in the four languages in which the journal is available (English, French, Portuguese and Spanish).

3.4 The text of the article may contain sections and subsections, but that should not exceed two levels. For example, there can be subsection "1.1", but not subsection "1.1.1".

3.5 References must comply with APA 7 citation rules.

3.6 Italics are mandatory for terms in other languages and for media names, and may be used, if necessary, to emphasize certain concepts. This is an international journal, so please remember to include endnotes for cultural or contextual explanations.

3.7 Tables, graphs and figures must be numbered and inserted in the text: the author(s) must ensure that permission is obtained for the publication of images protected by copyright. All tables, graphs, figures and images must be sent in separate documents and in their original version during the final preparation phase of the publication.

4) References and quotations in the article

References to scientific works in the body of the text must follow the model: Name + year of publication. E.g.: (Souza, 1997).
Direct quotations in the body of the text must follow the model: Name + year of publication + page(s). E.g: "Research into media and information flow in southern Africa is constrained, though also made more interesting, by the presence of distinct geo-linguistic mediaspheres." (Paterson, 2013, p. 81).

Indented quotations must begin with a 1.25 cm indented margin to the left and right. Spacing between lines should be eliminated. The source citation in parentheses should appear after the last punctuation mark, always in the form of author, year and page number preceded by "p." for one page and "pp." for more than one page.

5) Tables and figures

The caption/title should be succinct, always placed to the left and below the table/figure + identification number. The font should be the same as that of the text. The title should be in italics, while the "Table / Figure" should be in bold. It is not necessary to indicate the source of the talbe below if it is by the same author as the text.

Tables should be sent in Word format. Images should be sent in a separate file, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. In case of graphs generated in Excel, please also send the spreadsheet containing the data on which the graph is based.

Images, tables, graphs and figures must be supplied in their original format to the editorial team for formatting and graphic adjustments in the final version of the publication.

6) References

References must follow the APA referencing model.

We suggest you consult the guide to basic APA referencing rules proposed by Purdue University (USA).

Main standards

One author

Name first, followed by author's initials and title in italics. Example: Last name first, followed by author's initials and title in italics:
Lasswell, H. D. (1938). Propaganda Technique in the World War. University of Michigan.

Two authors

List by names and initials. Separate authors' names with a comma. Use the commercial sign “&” instead of "and" and italicize the title of the work. Example:
Gross, A. G. & Dearin, R. D. (2003). Chaim Perelman. State University of New York.

Three to twenty authors

List by names and initials. Separate authors' names with a comma and the last author is preceded by & commercial. As in the example:
Duncan, M., Culver, K. B., McLeod, D., & Kremmer, C. (2019). Don't quote me: effects of named, quoted and partisan sources. Journalism Practice, 13(9), 1128-1146. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2019.1588148

More than twenty authors

Names and initials should be listed, separating authors with commas. There should be no more than twenty names at most. After the names of the first 19 authors, use ellipsis points instead of the names of the other authors. Finally, end with the last author's name (do not precede it with “&”).
Miller, T. C., Brown, M. J., Wilson, G. L., Evans, B. B., Kelly, R. S., Turner, S. T., Lewis, F., Lee, L. H., Cox, G., Harris, H. L., Martin, P., Gonzalez, W. L., Hughes, W., Carter, D., Campbell, C., Baker, A. B., Flores, T., Gray, W. E., Green, G., ... Nelson, T. P. (2018). TITLE. Publisher.

Article in a scientific journal (always indicate DOI with access link).

The name of the journal is italicized, not the title. Here's an example:
Deuze, M. (2005). What is journalism? Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered. Journalism, 6(4), 442-464. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884905056815

Text forma a newspaper or magazine

Always indicate the publication date. If the content is available online, provide the access link. As in the example :
Nagourney, A., & Peters J. W. (2023, April 16). How a campaign against transgender rights mobilized conservatives. The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/us/politics/transgender-conservative-campaign.html

Article or chapter in a published book

The title of the book (not the chapter) should be italicized. The author(s) and organizer(s) of the work must be correctly identified. After the title of the work, it is compulsory to indicate the pages consulted. Example:
Van Langendonck, W., & Van de Velde, M. (2016). Names and Grammar. In C. Hough (Org.), The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming (pp.17 - 38). Oxford University Press.

Reprint

In this case, parentheses should be used after the title to indicate the version used. As in the example:

Janssen, S. and Verboord, M. (2015). Cultural Mediators and Gatekeepers. In James D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed.) (pp. 440-446). Elsevier.

Websites

Indicate the name of the author or institution signing the content. The date must be indicated. At the end of the reference, indicate the name of the website and the access link.

Example:

Kuzma, B. (2023, April 26). Sun Run: Vancouver runners set soggy pace to champion 10K elite races. Vancouver Sun. www.vancouversun.com/vancouver-sun-run/sun-run-vancouver-runners- set-soggy-paces-to-champion-10k-elite-races

Theses and dissertations

The title of the work must be indicated in italics with the title reference (doctoral thesis or master's dissertation). The name of the institution is mandatory. If there is an online source for consulting the work, it is not necessary to insert the access link; simply indicate the name of the source repository. Example:

Quinalha, R. (2017). Against morality and good customs: the sexual politics of the Brazilian dictatorship (1964-1988) [PhD thesis, University of São Paulo]. USP digital library.

Messages on Twitter and Facebook

Enter the author's name in the format "Last name, first initial" or, if applicable, the name of the institution signing the message. Always include the @ reference in addition to the date. Italicize the first 20 words of the tweet. Finally, indicate the site name and URL.

If the tweet contains images, videos or links to other sources, include this information in square brackets after the content description. Also try to reproduce emojis, if possible. Example:

Obama, B. [@BarackObama] (2023, April 6). This nation was built on peaceful protest. No elected official should lose their job for simply raising their voice - especially [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1644163253868609538

Videos on Youtube

Always use the format: Last name, F. M. [User name] (Year, Date of month). Video title [Video]. Streaming service. URL. As in the case below:
Obama, B. [@BarackObama] (2013, January 13). The First Lady on the launch of Organizing for Action [Video]. Streaming service. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYT68Uii1dk

7) End notes

Notes are always endnotes, not footnotes. Notes must be correctly numbered in the format 1, 2, 3, etc. Notes are used in order to:

1. Provide explanatory space, including information on national contexts, characters, situations and historical or contemporary events for the magazine's international readership.
2. Indicate the original version of quotations in foreign languages, translated by the authors of the text.
3. Insert additional information in the article text.

Notes are NOT used to indicate bibliographic references, digital publications or documentary sources, including web addresses.

8) Using italics in text

The use of italics is recommended in the following situations:

a) Book titles
b) Published collections
c) Names of newspapers.

There is no need to italicize commonly used foreign words.