খুব শিগগিরিই সাংবাদিকতা, মিডিয়া ও যোগাযোগ বিষয়ে গবেষণামূলক জার্নাল 'Media and Messages' ইংরেজীতে প্রকাশিত হতে যাছ্ছে। বাংলায়ও লেখা গ্রহণ করা হবে। তবে তা ইংরেজীতে অনুবাদ করে ছাপানো হবে যদি তা ভাল article হয়। ঢাকা, রাজশাহী, চট্রগ্রাম ও বিদেশের কয়েকটি ভাসিটির শিক্ষক এবং দেশের কিছু সাংবাদিক ও গবেষক এ জার্নালের সাথে জড়িত। ব্লগ বিষয়ে ভাল লেখা গুরুত্ব দিয়ে ছাপা হবে। বিস্তারিত জানার জন্য Editorial Policy for Media and Messages সহ নিচের অংশটুকু ভালভাবে পড়তে হবে। জানালের জন্য যেভাবে লেখা আহ্বান করা হয়েছে তা প্রায় হুবহু দেয়া হলো এখানে। Call for papers for Media and Messages We are pleased to inform you that Communication and Media Research Initiative (Camri), a newly launched communication and media research organisation, is going to publish an annual research journal, 'Media and Messages' to explore the fields of communication and journalism in the context of Bangladesh. Therefore, Camri invites articles from academics, students and media professionals for the first issue of the journal to be published soon. Research articles related to communication, communication and culture, development communication, health communication, journalism, advertising, public relations, traditional media, hybrid and alternative media and new communication technologies are welcome for the issue. The article style and editorial policy attached herewith should be followed properly. A process is underway to obtain International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) before publication of the first issue to ensure the international and professional acceptability of the published articles. Contact: Communication and Media Research Initiative (Camri) Janani, (3rd floor) 68/4, Sonalibagh, Boro Moghbazar, Dhaka-1217, Phone: 88-02-9352045, Cell: 01715833033, 01718008268 Email: Editorial Policy for Media and Messages The write-up must be original. Any manuscript submitted to the journal must not have already been published in another journal or be under consideration by any other journal. Authors are required to ensure that no material submitted as part of a manuscript infringes the existing copyrights, or the rights of a third party. Manuscripts may be rejected if the editorial office considers that the research has not been carried out within an ethical framework. Instructions for Contributors Submission Process: An MS Word copy of the manuscript must be emailed in an attached file to while its one hardcopy be sent through a regular mail to The Editor, Media and Messages, Janani (3rd floor, right), 68/4, Sonalibagh, Boro Moghbazar, Dhaka, 1217. The article must be typed out with double space on one side of every A4 size paper using Times New Roman Font (font size 13). The article should not exceed 7,000 words, including footnotes and references. All pages should be numbered. Footnotes to text should be used under each page. The manuscripts of research articles should be divided into the following sections: i) Title page (title of the article, name of the author, designation, mailing address and email address and mobile/phone numbers on a separate page); ii) abstract within 250 words; iii) introduction; iv) methods and materials; v) results and discussion; vi) conclusion and recommendations and vii) references on a separate page. Author/s must strictly follow the reference and citation style of the journal described below. Reference Citations in the Text: Reference citations should not appear in titles or headings. Author/s must strictly follow the APA style for reference and citation in the text as below. The basic format for an APA parenthetical reference is (author’s last name, followed by a space and the year in which the work was published). For example: Surprisingly, television is probably more conservative than other media in its portrayal of family life (Albada, 2000). But when a reference contains a direct quotation, a page number has to be included such: (Albada, 2000. p. 148). If the work has three or more authors, then it should include the names of all the authors the first time in the text and for subsequent references it should include only the first author’s name followed by “et al.” (meaning “and others”), followed by a space and the date. For example: first time:-(Mattson, Allen, Ryan & Miller, 2000) and second times:-(Mattson et al., 2000). If the quotation exceeds 40 words in length, it should be indented the lines from left. While citing a single work by an author of two or more works in the text that should include suffixes a, b, c, and so forth after the year. Example: (Rogers, 1999a), (Rogers, 1999b), (Rogers, 1999c) etc. For citing online materials please see: http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.htm1 References: All references must be numbered consecutively. Notes/footnotes are not allowed in reference section. Book with Authors: Wilmot, W.W., & Hocker, J.L.(2000). Interpersonal conflict (6th ed.). Book with Editors: Jablin, F.M.,& Putnam, L.L.(Eds.).(2000). The new handbook of organizational communication: Advances in theory, research, and methods. Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage. A Work in a Book: Eisenberg, E.M., & Riley, P. (2001). Organizational culture. In F.M. Jablin & L.L. Putnam (Eds.), The new handbook of organizational communication: Advances in theory, research, and methods. (pp.291-322). Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage. Article with Authors: Tewksbury, D., & Althaus, S.L. (2000). An examination of motivations for using the World Wide Web. Communication Research Reports, 17,127-138. Encyclopedia or Dictionary: Bergman, P.G. (1993). Relativity. In the new Encyclopedia Britannica (vol.26, pp.501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica. A Translation: Aristotle. (1954). The Rhetoric (W.R. Roberts, Trans.). New York: Modern Library. (Original work published 330 B.C.E.) Format for Online Materials: Author’s last name, first initial or organization’s name. (Date of publication or indicate ‘No date’) Title of specific article. In Name of Website or Electronic Source [Online]. Name of Sponsoring Institution. Available: complete electronic address/URL [access date]. For example: The Wireless Foundation. (No date). Call for protecting virus [Online]. In The Wireless Foundation Home Page. Available: http://www.wirelessfoundation.org [2001, March 21]. ধন্যবাদ।