Platform: Journal of Media and Communication is an open-access online graduate publication. It is dedicated to publishing work from graduate students and early career academics. Founded and published by the Media and Communications Program, School of Culture and Communication, at the University of Melbourne, Platform was launched in November 2008.
Platform invites submissions from PhD and Masters students as well as early career researchers working in the field of Media and Communications.
All submissions are double-blind refereed. We do not charge authors for publication.
Platform is refereed by established and emerging scholars working across diverse fields in Media and Communication, and edited by a graduate student committee at the University of Melbourne.
Platform student editors are supported by an academic advisory board consisting of executive editor Bjørn Nansen, and editorial board: Philip Pond, Sean McMorrow and Ali Saha.
Platform is supported by the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, via the SCC Journal & Press Grants Scheme.
Platform is an affiliated journal with the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Communication Association (AANZCA), https://anzca.org/publications/.
Aims and scope:
- to provide a platform for media and communication graduates to showcase, share and support the work of one another through publication, peer-review and comments
- to provide a platform for emerging media and communication scholars to build a publication record, and to contribute subsequently to other academic publications
- to increase scholarly appreciation of the various theoretical and methodological aspects of media and communication research
- to encourage international awareness and collaboration through the discussion of issues associated with the rising significance of multiple media and communication platforms for societies and individuals across various globalised and localised environments.
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