Guidelines for Contributors

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1. Media Asia publishes articles that deal with any aspect of media and communication in Asia. Contributions are accepted from the perspectives of both academics and media practitioners. An academic treatment should be around 6000 words in length whilst a perspective piece may be shorter. The minimum length is about 3000 words whilst the maximum is 8000.

2. All submissions should include an abstract of around 150 words and a short paragraph (~20-50 words) of biographical data for each author. Please also indicate any contact details that you want to be published.

3. If previously published materials are to be included, written permission from the publisher must be obtained and a copy of the letter of permission must be submitted to AMIC.

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4. Articles should be submitted as softcopy by email attachment to mediaasia@amic.org.sg. MSWord and Rich Text Formats are acceptable; please enquire about other formats.

5. Tables should be collected at the end of the document or in a separate file, with each presented on a separate page. They should all be numbered and given a short title. Indicate their position in the main text with the words "Table X about here" with a line or dashes above and below and separated from the adjacent text by a clear line return.

6. Images and illustrations may be embedded in the document for initial submission. If your paper is selected for publication you must be prepared to supply the original hi-resolution files for any photographs and the native files for any illustrations. Figures should be numbered and labelled as for tables.

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7. The document should be formatted in single-line spacing for A4-sized paper with adequate margins. Twelve point type should be used. Pages must be numbered. A maximum of three levels of heading should be employed.

8. The first page of the document should include the title of the article and the full names and mailing addresses of the authors (for mailing the journal to you). The second page should include the abstract, and the third should present the biographical data of the authors mentioned in point 2 above.

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9. Spell out acronyms the first time they appear in the text followed by their abbreviated form in parentheses.

10. Essential notes should be inserted as footnotes OR endnotes, don't mix the two. Lengthy notes should be avoided.

11. Citations should follow APA style. References should read thus: Wang (1977: 60-66), or (Wang & King, 1978). Use 'et al.' when citing work by more than two authors, e.g. Wang et al. (1980). The letters a, b, c etc. should be used to distinguish citations of different works by the same author in the same year, e.g. (Wang, 1985a, 1985b). All references cited should be listed alphabetically and presented in full after the notes, in the following style:

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
Martin, D. G., & Sengupta, S. (1998). Turning the 'domino theory' upside down in Asia: Advertising and Singapore's cultural evolution. Asian Journal of Communication, 8 (2), 148-166.

ARTICLES IN DAILY NEWSPAPERS; NO AUTHOR
A day of devotional frenzy. (1995, September 22). Hindustan Times, p. 1.

ARTICLES IN DAILY NEWSPAPERS; NAMED AUTHOR
Yeo, G. (1999, May 10). Rail network to cover all of S'pore. The Straits Times, p. 1.

BOOKS
Ratnam, J. P., & Richard, T. F. (1985). A sociology of violence. New York: John Wiley.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS
Lozare, J. B. (1989). The concept and values of Socioplay. In A. B. Cheong (Ed.), Social values in development (pp. 1-150). Chicago: Chicago University Press.

UNPUBLISHED WORKS
Anwar, S. E. (1968). Modernization and youth. PhD dissertation. Bangladesh: University of Dhaka.

12. Do not use abbreviations, except author's initials, in references; check information against the original article for accuracy, and ensure each reference is cited in the text by author's surname and year of publication. Any reference not cited in the text will be deleted. Ensure that the spelling of the author's name and year of publication in the text matches the information provided in the full reference.

Last revised: 30/7/2003
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