About Us
"As a clearing-house of ideas in the field, the journal exists at the interface of the academia and industry in the traditional town and gown partnership as a dialectical process
for knowledge production and circulation."
SMC Journal of Cultural and Media Studies is a bi-annual journal published by the Department of Mass Media and Writing, School of Media and Communication, Pan-African University, Lagos, Nigeria. It is an international peer-reviewed journal aimed at cutting edge research and critical scholarship in cultural and media studies in Africa and the world. Its broad, multi-disciplinary concerns include, but not restricted, to the fields of (mass) media, literature, film/television studies, popular culture, and the politics of mediated communication, in the humanities and social sciences. It is intended to deepen the understanding of conceptual and empirical research, re/define the boundaries of discourse, and to interrogate settled assumptions with fresh questions about received answers and to offer alternative perspectives on issues relating to media and culture. Africa may be the journal’s research centerpiece but in a world of global flows, it is also interested in comparative approaches which can deepen understanding of other cultures and mediascapes. As a clearing-house of ideas in the field, the journal exists at the interface of the academia and industry in the traditional town and gown partnership as a dialectical process for knowledge production and circulation.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions to the journal should normally be between 5000 – 7000 words for full papers and 2000-3000 words for reviews. Submissions should be in MS Word format and must follow the MLA style of bibliographic referencing. An abstract of not more than 300 words should normally accompany the submission with a list of 4-6 keywords. The type face should be Times New Roman, 12 font size with the biographical details of authors: name, institutional affiliation, address, e-mail contact and phone numbers. Submissions should be in British spelling.
All submissions and enquiries should be addressed to:
The Editor,
Journal of Cultural and Media Studies
Department of Mass Media and Writing
School of Media and Communication
Pan-African University
Lagos, Nigeria.
E-mail: jtsaaior@smc.edu.ng
Website: www.smc.edu.ng/journal