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Journalism & Communication Monographs Template

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About the Journalism & Communication Monographs format

Journalism & Communication Monographs is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Media Studies and Communication, Social Media and Politics, Rhetoric and Communication Studies.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journalism & Communication Monographs, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inMedia Studies and Communication Social Media and Politics Rhetoric and Communication Studies Public Relations and Crisis Communication Race, History, and American Society
ISSN1522-6379
Citation impact (2-yr)0.98
h-index29
i10-index66
Total citations2,949
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Alabama
Journal websitejmo.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Journalism & Communication Monographs per year

7
2014
8
2015
12
2016
16
2017
16
2018
15
2019
15
2020
17
2021
13
2022
19
2023
15
2024
17
2025

Citation impact of Journalism & Communication Monographs by publication year

104
2014
11
2015
34
2016
122
2017
166
2018
161
2019
32
2020
58
2021
44
2022
126
2023
38
2024
1
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journalism & Communication Monographs

The Emergence of Augmented Reality (AR) as a Storytelling Medium in Journalism

John V. Pavlik, F. Bridges · 13 Jan 2013

Digital technology holds the potential to transform journalism and the media in several beneficial ways, including new forms of storytelling that might better engage citizens and provide more context, nuance, and texture to reported events and issues. However, the extent to which these benefits have been realized is mixed and subject to debate. In this…

“Journalism as Process”: The Organizational Implications of Participatory Online News

Sue Robinson · 1 Sep 2011

This Monograph will explore the empirical and theoretical ramifications of journalism as social media, specifically “journalism as process.” The piece calls for an end to thinking about news as a discrete product and the beginning of considering news production as a shared, distributed action with multiple authors, shifting institution-audience relationships and altered labor dynamics for…

Melanin on the Margins: Advertising and the Cultural Politics of Fair/Light/White Beauty in India

Radhika Parameswaran, Kavitha Cardoza · 1 Sep 2009

The recent commercial boom in women's skin-lightening or “fairness” cosmetics in India is part of the larger context of escalating lifestyle consumerism in Asia's emerging market nations. This monograph examines the cultural politics of gender, nation, beauty and skin color in the persuasive narratives of Indian magazine advertisements and television commercials for fairness cosmetics and…

Removing the Spin: Toward a New Theory of Public Relations History

Margot Opdycke Lamme, Karen Miller Russell · 1 Dec 2009

PART I: OVERVIEW Introduction In the absence of a general theory that describes the rise and growth of public relations, scholars have tended to organize public relations and its antecedents into time periods that present a progressive evolution from unsophisticated and unethical early roots to planned, strategic, and ethical campaigns of the current day. We…

Putting “Place” in the Center of Journalism Research: A Way Forward to Understand Challenges to Trust and Knowledge in News

Nikki Usher · 29 May 2019

The U.S. journalism industry is facing unprecedented challenges from questions of economic stability, rising antimedia sentiment among the government and the public, new technologies that have democratizing effects on news production, and the lowest levels of trust in journalism in decades. At the same time, the United States is facing structural inequality and political polarization…

Journalism & Communication Monographs template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journalism & Communication Monographs format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Journalism & Communication Monographs template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Journalism & Communication Monographs use?
Journalism & Communication Monographs uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journalism & Communication Monographs, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Journalism & Communication Monographs?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Journalism & Communication Monographs document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Journalism & Communication Monographs template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Journalism & Communication Monographs format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Journalism & Communication Monographs?
Journalism & Communication Monographs is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Journalism & Communication Monographs template matches SAGE's official submission format.
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Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Journalism & Communication Monographs template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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