IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

The IAMCR Book Publications invites the submission of book proposals and manuscripts for the IAMCR Book Series with Hampton Press.

WHO can submit?

All IAMCR members in good standing are welcome to submit a proposal or manuscript. However, priority will be given to young scholars and scholars who have not yet been widely published in the English language.

WHAT do we accept?

Submissions on all subjects and perspectives covered by and discussed within the IAMCR are welcome. Book proposals may be endorsed by sections or working groups if they arise directly out of the sections’ ongoing work.

HOW do you submit?

Book Proposals

A proposal should be between 2500-3000 words (max) or 10 pages in length. The following information has to be provided:

1. Name and address (regular and email) of the corresponding author or editor.
2. What is the research topic or focus?
3. What is the rationale for this proposal?
4. What research methods or perspectives will be presented or discussed?
5. Particular issues/themes to be discussed.
6. Time-frame for the completion of the manuscript.
7. Tentative table of contents (including the full list of authors in case of an edited volume).
8. Short bibliography.
9. Why does this manuscript fit within the IAMCR book series/What does is have to contribute.

Manuscripts

A manuscript should be between 200 and 300 pages in length. The information requested for proposals has to be included in the accompanying letter.

WHERE to submit?

Book proposals and manuscripts can be sent by regular mail or, preferably, by email, to:

Prof. Thomas Tufte
IAMCR Book Publications Committee
c/o Roskilde University
P.O.Box 260
DK-4000 Roskilde
DENMARK