Focus and Scope

Media Action – Studies in Communication, Society and Culture (Estudos em Comunicação, Sociedade e Cultura) is an online journal of scientific dissemination linked to the Graduate Program in Communication of Federal University of Parana. With biannual frequency, the purpose is to make room to expand discussions on research in communication and encourage scientific production. The publication covers articles related to a thematic dossier defined for each edition, besides sections of continuous demand and reviews. The editorial policy of the journal prioritizes works which are close to the lines of research of UFPR program: communication, education, social and cultural training & communication, politics and collective actors. The journal is aimed at researchers, professionals, professors and students of this and correlated fields.

Peer Review Process

In order to ensure the integrity of blind peer review, it is recommended to take all possible care with submissions to the journal so that the identity of authors and evaluators is not revealed during the process. This requires that authors, editors and reviewers (likely to send documents to the system as part of the evaluation process) take some precautions to text and document properties, such as:

1. The authors of the document must obligatorily delete from the text their names, so replacing them with the word author and the year in references, footnotes etc. The title of the article must also be suppressed.

2. In documents of Microsoft Office, the identification of the authors must be removed from the properties of the document (in the menu File > Properties), beginning in File > Save as... > Tools (or Options in Mac) > Security Options... > Remove personal information from file on save > OK > Save.

3. In PDFs, the names of the authors must also be removed from Document Properties, in File, in the main menu of Adobe Acrobat.

Open Access Policy

This journal offers immediate and open access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to audience provides further worldwide knowledge democratization.