Communication Methods and Measures

The official journal of the Communication Theory and Methodology division of

the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
(pending approval by the AEJMC Board of Directors)

David R. Roskos-Ewoldsen (Editor)

University of Alabama

Mark Aakhus (Associate Editor)

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Andrew F. Hayes (Associate Editor)
The Ohio State University
Don Heider (Associate Editor)
University of Maryland
Tim Levine (Associate Editor)
Michigan State University

Editorial Scope
The aims of Communication Methods and Measures are to bring developments in
methodology, both qualitative and quantitative, to the attention of communication
scholars, to provide an outlet for discussion and dissemination of methodological tools
and approaches to researchers across the field, to comment on poor practices with
suggestions for improvement in both research design and analysis, and to introduce new
methods of measurement useful to communication scientists or improvements on
existing methods. Submissions focusing on methods for improving research design and
theory testing using quantitative and/or qualitative approaches are encouraged. Articles
devoted to epistemological issues of relevance to communication research
methodologies are also appropriate. This journal welcomes well-written manuscripts on
the use of methods as well as articles illustrating the advantages of newer or less widely
known methods over those traditionally used in communication.

Audience
Scholars and researchers in communication, sociology, psychology, political science,
and other areas who are interested in the methodologies used in the study of
communication.

Instructions to Contributors
Manuscripts should be prepared according to the guidelines in the Publication Manual
of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). To facilitate blind review, only the
article title should appear on the first page of the manuscript. An attached cover page
must contain the title, authorship, and an author note. Authors are responsible for all
statements made in their work and for obtaining permission from copyright owners to
use lengthy quotes (500 words or more) or to reprint or adapt a table or figure
published elsewhere. Authors should write to both the author(s) and publisher of such
material to request nonexclusive world rights in all languages for use in the article and
in future editions of it.

In a cover letter, authors should state that the manuscript has not been published
previously and that the manuscript is not simultaneously under consideration
elsewhere. If the manuscript reports research involving human subjects, the authors
should also state that they have complied with the American Psychological Association's
ethical standards in the treatment of any participants in the work being reported. The
cover letter should also include the e-mail address of the person to whom editorial
correspondence is to be addressed. Finally, the authors need to report the word length
of the manuscript including footnotes, appendix, and references.

Submissions devoted to quantitative tools to measure communication-related

constructs must provide convincing evidence of reliability and validity, preferably using
a variety of different approaches and using data from multiple samples from different
populations. Submissions devoted to qualitative approaches need to show how they
advance discussion of methodological issues in participant observation, ethnography,
depth interviewing, or narrative, discourse, or conversation analysis.

All submissions should make the relevance of the manuscript to communication

scholarship explicit, through example and discussion. Manuscripts that merge existing
literature in other disciplines are welcome as long as the connection to communication
scholarship is clear. Manuscripts that are strictly of a theoretical nature without a
corresponding discussion of methodological issues in theory testing are not appropriate.
However, the journal welcomes submissions about communication theory that include
substantial discussion of methodological innovations or approaches that can advance
theory testing compared to current practice.

The journal does not seek to publish single or multiple study research papers. At the
discretion of the editor(s), exceptions may be made in cases in which the studies
explicitly present a novel methodological or analytic approach and it can be illustrated
that new data and results make an important substantive contribution beyond existing
literature and can advance theory development. The journal will include full-length
articles, brief reports (less than 4,000 words), and book/software reviews.

The journal will also publish Forums on topics related to communication methods or
measures. Ideas for Forums are welcome. The editor, associate editors, or guest editors
may handle the Forum. A Forum will typically include 3 to 5 essays on a related topic
and the total page length should not exceed 50 manuscript pages. Email ideas for a
Forum directly to the editor including a list of potential contributors and a timeline for
completion of the Forum.

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically through Manuscript Central at

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cmm
Editorial Board
Julie Andsager
University of Iowa
Michael Beatty
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Joseph Bonito
University of Arizona
Frank Boster
Michigan State University
Bonnie Brennan
University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Capella
University of Pennsylvania
Donal Carbaugh
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Brenda Dervin
The Ohio State University
Tom Feeley
State University of New York
Buffalo
Ed Fink
University of Maryland
Kristine Fitch
University of Iowa
Jean Goodwin
Iowa State University
Mark Hamilton
University of Connecticut
Lance Holbert
University of Delaware
Peter Houtlosser
University of Amsterdam
Craig Hullet
University of Arizona
Scott Jacobs Dietram Scheufele
University of Arizona University of Wisconsin
Klaus Krippendorff Manfred Schmitt
University of Pennsylvania University of Landau,
Germany
Annie Lang
Indiana University Margrit Schreier
International University of
Thomas Lindlof Brennan, Germany
University of Kentucky
Dhavan Shah
Dave MacKinnon University of Wisconsin
Arizona State University
Michael Shapiro
Jenny Mandelbaum Cornell University
Rutgers, SUNJ
Michael Slater
Jack McLeod The Ohio State University
University of Wisconsin
Francisca Snoeck-
B. Meuffels Henkemens
University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam
Peter Monge S. Shyam Sundar
University of Southern Pennsylvania State University
California
David Tewksbury
Radhika University of Illinois
Parameswaran
Indiana University Karen Tracy
University of Colorado
Hee Sun Park
Michigan State University Liesbet van Zoonen
University of Amsterdam
Jerry Philipsen
University of Washington Peter Vitouch
University of Vienna
Marshall Scott Poole
Texas A&M University Rene Weber
Michigan State University
Kristopher J. Preacher
University of Kansas Werner Wirth
University of Zurich
Lana Rakow
University of North Dakota Bruno Zumbo
University of British Columbia
Charles Reichardt
University of Denver