American Journal of Media Psychology: Measuring Individuals’ Cognitive Structures in a Mediated Context A Non-APSA Publication

Call for papers

Researchers with interests in such areas as cognitive processing, social cognition, social perception, schema research, and framing within the context of media, are invited to submit papers to the American Journal of Media Psychology for a special issue that focuses on methodological approaches that detail the procedures by which cognitive components and structures are identified and measured in such fields as advertising, marketing, political communications, and related areas. A manuscript submission is expected to detail a theoretically based methodological approach for the measurement of cognitive components and structures and provide empirical data that tests the approach used by the author(s).

The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2008

The American Journal of Media Psychology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes theoretical and empirical papers and essays and book reviews that advance an understanding of media effects and processes on individuals in society. Submissions should have a psychological focus, which means the level of analysis should focus on individuals and their interaction with or relationship to mass media content and institutions. All theoretical and methodological perspectives are welcomed.  For instructions on submitting a manuscript, please visit:

http://www.marquettejournals.org/submissionguidlines.html

Researchers who intend on making a submission to this special issue are encouraged to contact Dr. Michael Elasmar, Editor, American Journal of Media Psychology at elasmar@bu.edu and discuss their anticipated approach to this topic.