Particip@tions is always on the look-out for contributions from a wide
range of disciplines that focus on audience research. It publishes
contributions from various approaches, such as, sociology, psychology,
anthropology, linguistics/discourse theory and cultural and media studies. Additionally, since important notions about audiences have emerged from outside the 'mainstream'of media audience research, Particip@tions will also publish noteworthy contributions from fields such as museum and heritage studies; literary studies; educational studies, as well as interesting contributions from fields outside academia.

Briefly -
Particip@tions aims to
* publish research from different approaches, without the limitations
on length and presentation of evidence which can cramp and weaken such work;
* encourage open debate between different approaches and methodologies;
* encourage collaborations across academic disciplines, areas and
countries;
* provide a place where people may find materials and bibliographies
for use in teaching, and research training;
* provide a focal point for the development of the broad field,
including the organization of conferences and other kinds of fora.

Particip@tions is a fully-refereed Journal, seeking to publish genuine advances in knowledge and understanding, and original contributions to debate and dialogue. All submissions of over 1,000 words, other than book reviews, will be scrutinised by at least three expert referees who will be asked to report in detail on the suitability for publication of submissions against a published checklist of criteria. One of the three will be a member of the Editorial Board, whose task it will be to collate responses and bring a recommendation to the Editor/Editorial Board, as appropriate. It will be the Journal’s policy that, wherever possible, authors will receive responses within three months of submission. Shorter submissions will normally be considered by two referees, one of whom will be a member of the Editorial Board.

There are no restrictions on the length of submissions, although the Editorial Board reserves the right to advise authors that a submission is unnecessarily long, and to suggest where cuts might be made.

Articles should be submitted as e-mail attachments, formatted as follows:

in 12 point, in a standard font, in Word 6 (or in a format which can be converted into Word 6);
they should be headed by a summary of 100-150 words, setting out their main thrust;
submissions should be headed by a title, and the author(s)’ name(s), along with any institutional location;
submissions should include 3-10 key words;
paragraphs should not be indented, but separated by additional spaces;
titles and equivalents should be given in italics;
quotations of less than 40 words should be included in the text with single inverted commas, and double inverted commas for quotes within quotes. Quotations of more than 40 words should be indented, instead of being placed in quote-marks;
numbers should usually be spelt out rather than presented as numerals, except for numbers over 100, percentages and dates;
submissions which include materials from interviews must make clear either that people have been anonymised, or that interviewees have given their permission for quotations to be used;
you may, if you wish, include a means by which you can be contacted (normally, your email address) at the end of your main text;
endnotes (not footnotes) may be used;
a bibliography, broadly using the MLA mode of presentation, should be supplied, as sketched below;
all images should be sent as separate files, preferably as jpegs – it is authors’ responsibility to ensure that no copyright issues attach to the images they submit.
Upon acceptance of any submission for publication, a CONTRIBUTOR CONTRACT will be sent as a PDF file, which should be printed, signed and returned to the Editorial address (which will be on the form).

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