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Media, Culture & Society Template

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About the Media, Culture & Society format

Media, Culture & Society is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Media Studies and Communication, Social Media and Politics, Gender, Feminism, and Media. Over its lifetime it has published 3,494 papers, which have received 87,928 citations.

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

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Publishes research inMedia Studies and Communication Social Media and Politics Gender, Feminism, and Media Cultural Industries and Urban Development Asian Culture and Media Studies
ISSN0163-4437
Citation impact (2-yr)3.47
h-index123
i10-index1,590
Top institutions publishing hereLoughborough University
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Media, Culture & Society per year

125
2014
128
2015
115
2016
113
2017
77
2018
83
2019
110
2020
75
2021
116
2022
117
2023
96
2024
95
2025

Citation impact of Media, Culture & Society by publication year

2.7K
2014
2.8K
2015
3.4K
2016
3.7K
2017
3.4K
2018
2.8K
2019
4.1K
2020
1.4K
2021
2.5K
2022
1.3K
2023
569
2024
240
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Media, Culture & Society

‘You have one identity’: performing the self on Facebook and LinkedIn

José van Dijck · 1 Mar 2013

Social media are popular stages for self-expression, communication and self-promotion. Rather than facilitating online identity formation, they are sites of struggle between users, employers and platform owners to control online identities – a struggle played out at the level of the interface. This article offers a comparative interface analysis between Facebook and LinkedIn. While Facebook…

The media and the literacies: media literacy, information literacy, digital literacy

Tibor Koltay · 1 Mar 2011

With the advent of digital technologies, awareness of media is acquiring crucial importance. Media literacy, information literacy and digital literacy are the three most prevailing concepts that focus on a critical approach towards media messages.This article gives an overview of the nature of these literacies, which show both similarities to and differences from each other.…

Media, Culture & Society template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Media, Culture & Society format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Media, Culture & Society 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 Media, Culture & Society use?
Media, Culture & Society 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', Media, Culture & Society, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Media, Culture & Society?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Media, Culture & Society 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 Media, Culture & Society template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Media, Culture & Society format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Media, Culture & Society?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Media, Culture & Society PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Media, Culture & Society template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Media, Culture & Society template cost?
You can start writing in the Media, Culture & Society template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Media, Culture & Society PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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