期刊名称：JOURNAL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The Journal of Applied Communication Research?JACR) publishes outstanding research that addresses the relationship between communication theory and practice. JACR is open to any applied communication context and methodological approach.
The JACR May 2006 issue displays the journal's range. Scott Campbell (University of Michigan) and Michael Kelley (Hawaii Pacific University) explore the role of mobile phone use for support within the social networks of Alcoholics Anonymous. Mary Ann Renz (Central Michigan University) researches a community's use of consensus to make a decision about resurfacing a parking lot. Michael Kramer (University of Missouri, Columbia) conducts an ethnographic study that explores how one community theater group manages shared leadership. Theodore Zorn, Juliet Roper, C. Kay Weaver (University of Waikato) and Kirsten Broadfoot (Colorado State University) focus on the ability of group communication to influence people's beliefs about the substantive issues under discussion and influence self-efficacy beliefs. Jennifer R. Warren, Michael L. Hecht, David A.Wagstaff, Elvira Elek, Khadidiatou Ndiaye, (Penn State Univeristy), Patricia Dustman, and Flavio F. Marsiglia (Arizona State University) conduct quantitative study on the use of public service announcements to deter substance abuse in middle school students.
The August 2006 issue focuses on crisis communication in applied settings. Matthew W. Seeger (Wayne State University) unveils “Best Practices in Crisis Communication: An Expert Panel Process.?This piece describes and synthesizes the role of the ten best practices in crisis communication. These ten strategies are guidelines for risk and crisis communication. Peter Sandman (Consultant), Barbara Reynolds (Center for Disease Control), David Ropeik (Harvard Center for Risk Analysis), and Robert L. Heath (University of Houston) provide commentaries.
Slated for November 2006, JACR's Special Issue on the Atlantic Hurricane Season. In 2005, three major storms permanently affected the way of life for many, especially in New Orleans. Featured research will focus on applied communication issues with hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and provide recommendations for how communication processes could be more effective in future disasters. Dennis Gouran (Penn State University) and Matthew W. Seeger (Wayne State University) are the guest editors for the special issue.
About the National Communication Association (NCA):
The National Communication Association is the world's largest professional association of scholars, educators, students and practitioners dedicated to studying and promoting effective and ethical communication. With more than 7,000 members representing every state in the U.S. and 25 other countries, NCA provides a wide variety of professional development opportunities, publishes and disseminates significant communication scholarship and advances the communication discipline through meaningful research, teaching, and service.
NCA provides:
forums for professional interaction among members
publishing outlets in NCA journals and special publications
recognition of outstanding member achievements
submit memberships based on common interests and concerns
special projects to enhance effective and ethical communication in diverse communities and society at large
opportunities for professional development and service
a voice for the profession on timely issues affecting member and societal interests
cooperative relationships with other disciplinary and interdisciplinary associations
visibility for communication studies to a wide range of academic and public audience.
NCA members receive one NCA journal, a monthly newsletter and access to a variety of other services and resources with their membership. For more information about NCA or to join the association, visit www.natcom.org or call +1 202-464-4622.
Instructions to Authors
The Journal of Applied Communication Research publishes original scholarship that addresses or challenges the relationship between theory and practice in understanding communication in applied contexts. All theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome, as are all contextual areas. Original research studies should apply existing theory and research to practical situations, problems, and practices; should illuminate how embodied activities inform and reform existing theory; or should contribute to theory development. Research articles should offer critical summaries of theory and/or research and demonstrate ways in which the critiques can be used to explain, improve, or understand communication practices or processes in a specific context. Commentaries on applied communication issues may also be submitted. Although manuscripts from any perspective and addressing any communicative situation are invited, particularly welcome are studies of how communication defines, regulates, alters, and sheds light on contemporary social issues. All manuscripts must include a separate section detailing the intended or potential practical applications of findings, critique, or commentary.
The editor is also interested in receiving conceptual articles that propose applied research agendas developed from critical analyses of relevant literature. In this type of manuscript, authors should develop and present a coherent framework of propositions that can be empirically tested to advance our understanding of applied communication practice. Such articles must be comprehensive and original in analysis, grounded in extant theory and literature, and innovative propositions and structure.
Manuscripts whose content is within the scope of the journal will be anonymously peer-reviewed; no material identifying the author(s) should appear in the body of the paper. The paper must not have appeared in any other published form. Each submission should include camera-ready figures and a separate cover page with the name of the author(s), present academic title or other current position, academic department and university, and complete address, telephone number and email address.
If any part of the manuscript has been previously presented, that fact must be communicated at the time the manuscript is submitted for consideration. The place, date, and form of its previous presentation, and which of the present material is duplicated or substantially revised from the earlier presentation should be made clear in a letter accompanying the manuscript. If the material submitted is drawn from an author's thesis or dissertation, please indicate so on the title page of the manuscript. In the letter of transmittal, please indicate who provided assistance or review in the development of the thesis or dissertation.
Each submission should include a single-paragraph abstract of no more than 120 words on a separate page. Manuscripts, abstracts, references, figure and tables must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, Fifth Edition) guidelines. Contributors are encouraged to follow the Manual's guidelines for avoiding bias in language. By submitting to JACR, authors warrant that (a) they will not submit their manuscript to any other publication while the manuscript is under review with JACR, (b) the work is original, and (c) appropriate credit has been given to other contributors, including students, to the project. Reports of original research should not exceed 30 double-spaced pages (12-pt. Times New Roman, 1" margins, double-spaced; excluding references, tables, figures, and appendixes); commentaries should be no longer than 8 double-spaced pages. Copies of submissions will not be returned to the author(s).
Early Electronic Offprints Corresponding authors can now receive their article by e-mail as a complete PDF. This allows the author to print up to 50 copies, free of charge, and disseminate them to colleagues. In many cases this facility will be available up to two weeks prior to publication. Or, alternatively, corresponding authors will receive the traditional 50 offprints. A copy of the journal will be sent by post to all corresponding authors after publication. Additional copies of the journal can be purchased at the author's preferential rate of $5.00/$25.00 per copy.
In submitting, authors agree to assign copyright of their manuscripts, if accepted, to NCA. All submissions should be made online at the Journal of Applied Communication Research's Manuscript Central site to facilitate rapid accessibility of your work to readers. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre. The editor may be contacted at JACR@ndsu.ed
Editorial Board
Editor:
Tim Sellnow - North Dakota State University, USA
Editorial Assistants:
Kathleen G. Vidoloff
Steven Venette - both at North Dakota State University, USA
Editorial Board:
Rasha A. Abdulla - The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Tamara Afifi - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Jerry Allen - University of New Haven, USA
Mike Allen - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
Patricia Amason - University of Arkansas, USA
Ronald Arnett - Duquesne University, USA
Karen L. Ashcraft - University of Utah, USA Diane Badzinski - Bethel College, USA
Kevin J. Barge - University of Georgia, USA William L. Benoit - University of Missouri, USA Carl Botan - George Mason University, USA
Joshua Boyd - Purdue University, USA
Mary Bozik - University of Northern Iowa, USA
Jeffrey Brand - Milliken University, USA
Dawn Braithwaite - University of Nebraska, USA
David Buller - The Cooper Institute, USA
Patrice M. Buzzanell - Purdue University, USA James W. Chesebro - Ball State University, USA
Kenneth N. Cissna - University of South Florida, USA Dr. Timothy Coombs - Eastern Illinois University, USA
Pam Cooper - University of South Carolina, Beaufort, USA
Brenda Dervin - Ohio State University, USA
Scott Dickmeyer - University of Wisconsin, USA
Lynn Disbrow - Sinclair Community College, USA
Debbie S. Dougherty - University of Missouri, USA
Mohan Dutta-Bergman - Purdue University, USA
Eric M. Eisenberg - University of South Florida, USA
Susan Eggly - Wayne State University, School of Medicine, USA Thomas Endres - University of Northern Colorado, USA
Deanna L. Fassett - San Jos?State University, USA
Kathleen Fearn-Banks - University of Washington, USA
Lawrence R. Frey - University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Dennis Gouran - Penn State University, USA
Lynn Harter - Ohio University, USA
Sally Hastings - University of Central Florida, USA
Keith Hearit - Western Mighigan University, USA
Robert Heath - University of Houston, USA
Michael Hecht - Penn State University, USA
Kelly Herold - Winona State University, USA
Rachel Holloway - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Judith Hoover - Western Kentucky University, USA
Joel Iverson - Texas A&M University, USA
Kathryn Kelly - Metropolitan State University, USA
Joann Keyton - University of Kansas, USA
Erika L. Kirby - Creighton University, USA Michael W. Kramer - University of Missouri-Columbia, USA Gary L. Kreps - George Mason University, USA
Renee Meyers - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Robert McPhee - Arizona State University, USA
Michael Morgan - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Susan E. Morgan - Purdue University, USA
Timothy P. Mottett - Texas State University-San Marcos, USA
Paul E. Nelson - North Dakota State University, USA
Anne Nicotera - University of Maryland, USA
Jon Nussbaum - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Amy O'onnor - North Dakota State University, USA
Dan H. O'Hair - University of Oklahoma, USA James A. Rada - Howard University, USA
Steven Ralston - Northern Illinois University, USA
Sally Ray - Western Kentucky University, USA
Randall G. Rogan - Wake Forest University, USA
Karen Ross - Coventry University, UK
Katherine E. Rowan - George Mason University, USA
Robert Rowland - University of Kansas, USA
Matthew Seeger - Wayne State University, USA
Heather L. Seipke - The University of Michigan-Flint, USA
Michelle Shumate - North Dakota State University, USA
Cheri Simonds - Illinois State University, USA
J. W. Smith - Ohio University, USA
Lisa Sparks - George Mason University, USA
Jeffrey K. Springston - University of Georgia, USA
Lance Strate -?em>Fordham University, USA
Sunwolf - Santa Clara University, USA
Maureen Taylor - Rutgers University, USA
Scott Titsworth - Ohio University, USA
Paula S. Tompkins - Saint Cloud State University, USA
Kristen Treinen - Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA
Robert Ulmer - University of Arkansas-Little Rock, USA
Kathleen Valde - Northern Illinois University, USA
John T. Warren - Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA
Susanne Williams - Minnesota State University, Moorhead, USA
Debra Worley - Indiana State University, USA
Theodore E. Zorn, Jr.? University of Waikato, USA
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