Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
Homepage: http://jcmc.indiana.edu
Mission statement:
JCMC is one of the oldest web-based Internet studies journals in existence, having been published quarterly continuously since June 1995.
Scope:
The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC) is a web-based, peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Its focus is social science research on computer-mediated communication via the Internet, the World Wide Web, and wireless technologies. Within that general purview, the journal is broadly interdisciplinary, publishing work by scholars in communication, business, education, political science, sociology, media studies, information science, and other disciplines. Acceptable formats for submission include original research articles, meta-analyses of prior research, synthesizing literature surveys, and proposals for special issues.
Availability: Free online
Editor: Susan C. Herring, Indiana University
Link to editorial board: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/editors.html
Special issus:
- 12(4), July 2007 - Includes special section on Blogging
- 12(3), April 2007 - Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions of Search Engines / Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Religion and Computer-Mediated Communication
- 12(2), January 2007 - e-Science
- 12(1), October 2006 - War Coverage in Cyberspace
- 11(1), October 2005 - Culture and Computer-Mediated Communication
- 10(4), July 2005 - Online Communities / Computer-Mediated Collaborative Practices
- 9(1), November 2003 - The Multilingual Internet
- 8(4), July 2003 - Internet Networks: The Form and the Feel
- 8(3), April 2003 - Electronic Networks and Democracy
- 7(2), January 2002 - Internet Adoption in the Asia-Pacific
- 6(4), July 2001 - Health and New Media
- 6(1), September 2000 - Persistent Questions in Internet Research
- 5(4), June 2000 - Computer-Mediated Visual Communication
- 5(3), March 2000 - Computer-Mediated Markets: New Participants and Structures
- 5(2), December 1999 - Electronic Commerce and the Web
- 5(1), September 1999 - Searching for Cyberspace
- 4(4), June 1999 - Persistent Conversation
- 4(3), March 1999 - CMC and Higher Education
- 4(2), December 1998 - CMC and Higher Education
- 4(1), September 1998 - Online Journalism
- 3(4), June 1998 - Virtual Organizations
- 3(3), December 1997 - Virtual Environments, Part 2
- 3(2), September 1997 - Virtual Environments, Part 1
- 3(1), June 1997 - Studying the Net
- 2(4), March 1997 - Network and Netplay
- 2(3), December 1996 - Communication in Information Spaces
- 2(2), September 1996 - Emerging Law on the Electronic Frontier, I
- 2(1), June 1996 - Emerging Law on the Electronic Frontier, II
- 1(4), March 1996 - Symposium on the Net
- 1(3), December 1995 - Electronic Commerce
- 1(2), September 1995 - Play and Performance in CMC
- 1(1), June 1995 - Collaborative Universities
Publication Frequency (x times per year): 3
Publisher: Blackwell
Lifespan: 1995

