Journals to Read and Publish in for Critical/Cultural Studies
Journals to Read and Publish in
The journals listed below are ranked according to "impact factor," meaning the number of times they're cited, the inclusion of noteworthy scholars, and how well-recognized they are by scholars in the field (as you might imagine, the higher the ranking, the better for you in terms of job prospects, promotions, etc.). This is not a complete list but includes journals especially well-suited for students coming from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication program at the University of Colorado, which has a strong emphasis in critical theory, cultural studies, and innovative approaches to both policy and methods. Please let me know if you can add to this list.
The best thing to do if you'd like to pursue publishing in one of these journals - or others - is to go to the library and look through several issues of various journals, and select the one that has the kinds of topics and style of writing that you tend to embrace in your own scholarly efforts. The better the "match," the more likely you'll get published. Now, here's the list:
Communication Journals:
1. Communication Research (tends to prefer survey-based research)
2. Public Culture
3. Journal of Communication
4. Communication Theory
5. Journal of Broadcast and Electronic Media
6. Media, Culture, and Society
7. Critical Studies in Media Communication
8. Journalism and Mass Communication
9. Communication Monographs
10. European Journal of Communication
11. Cultural Studies
12. Media Studies Journal
13. Javnost - The Public
14. Journal of Communication Inquiry
Sociology journals that publish media studies (in ranked order):
1. Symbolic Interaction
2. Contemporary Sociology
3. Sociology of Religion
4. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
5. Review of Religious Research
6. Youth & Society
7. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Promising new journals/too new to rank:
New Media & Society
Popular Communication
Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies
Journal of Media and Religion
Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies
Other journals of interest:
Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies
Emergences: Journal for the Study of Media and Composite Cultures
Feminist Media Studies
Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television
Information, Communication & Society
Journalism Studies
Media History
Quarterly Review of Film and Video
The Howard Journal of Communications
Popular Music & Society
Popular Music
And one online journal of note: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication