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The Southern Communication Journal publishes original scholarship that makes significant contributions to understanding the processes and consequences of human communication. The journal is not limited with regard to topic, methodological approach, or theoretical perspective, although authors must establish the significance of the research, soundness of methodological choices, and appropriateness of theoretical perspectives. We seek to publish articles and book reviews that will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and practitioners of communication.

SCJ employs a process of blind review, although the editor reserves the right to return without benefit of review manuscripts that are outside of the mission of the journal, are deeply flawed, or which do not conform to the guidelines listed below. Authors should submit their work electronically to the Manuscript Central website for SCJ: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rsjc. All manuscripts should include an abstract of approximately 150 words. Information must include: a title for the submission; information on all authors including name, title, affiliation and contact information for the corresponding author; preferred citation style (APA or Chicago); and a word count. Submissions must include: a history of the work (including a description of any public presentation or publication of any part of the data set or portions of the manuscript and whether the manuscript is part of a thesis or dissertation); the name of the thesis or dissertation advisor when appropriate; and a statement assuring the editor that the submission is original research and not under review elsewhere.

Manuscripts should not normally exceed 25 double-spaced pages, including text, references, notes, tables, and figures. Writing must be free of sexist and discriminatory language. Upon notification of acceptance of a manuscript, the author must provide a copy of the completed manuscript as well as an electronic copy of any artwork and figures (in EPS, TIFF, or PSD format only: 300 dpi or higher), and must assign copyright to the Southern States Communication Association.

Inquiries may be made to the Editor, Mary Stuckey, Georgia State University, at scj@gsu.edu. Books for review and book review ideas should be submitted to Davis Houck, Book Review Editor, Department of Communication, University Center C, Suite 3100, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 (Phone. 850–644–1607; E–mail:dhouck@fsu.edu).