Guidelines for Contributors:

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The Journal of Applied Communication Research publishes original scholarship that addresses or challenges the relationship between theory and practice in understanding communication in applied contexts. All theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome, as are all contextual areas. Original research studies should apply existing theory and research to practical situations, problems, and practices; should illuminate how embodied activities inform and reform existing theory; or should contribute to theory development. Research articles should offer critical summaries of theory and/or research and demonstrate ways in which the critiques can be used to explain, improve, or understand communication practices or processes in a specific context. Commentaries on applied communication issues may also be submitted. Although manuscripts from any perspective and addressing any communicative situation are invited, particularly welcome are studies of how communication defines, regulates, alters, and sheds light on contemporary social issues. All manuscripts must include a separate section detailing the intended or potential practical applications of findings, critique, or commentary.

The editor is also interested in receiving conceptual articles that propose applied research agendas developed from critical analyses of relevant literature. In this type of manuscript, authors should develop and present a coherent framework of propositions that can be empirically tested to advance our understanding of applied communication practice. Such articles must be comprehensive and original in analysis, grounded in extant theory and literature, and innovative propositions and structure.

Manuscripts whose content is within the scope of the journal will be anonymously peer-reviewed; no material identifying the author(s) should appear in the body of the paper. The paper must not have appeared in any other published form. Each submission should include camera-ready figures and a separate cover page with the name of the author(s), present academic title or other current position, academic department and university, and complete address, telephone number and email address.

If any part of the manuscript has been previously presented, that fact must be communicated at the time the manuscript is submitted for consideration. The place, date, and form of its previous presentation, and which of the present material is duplicated or substantially revised from the earlier presentation should be made clear in a letter accompanying the manuscript. If the material submitted is drawn from an author's thesis or dissertation, please indicate so on the title page of the manuscript. In the letter of transmittal, please indicate who provided assistance or review in the development of the thesis or dissertation.

Each submission should include a single-paragraph abstract of no more than 120 words on a separate page. Manuscripts, abstracts, references, figure and tables must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, Fifth Edition) guidelines. Contributors are encouraged to follow the Manual's guidelines for avoiding bias in language. By submitting to JACR, authors warrant that (a) they will not submit their manuscript to any other publication while the manuscript is under review with JACR, (b) the work is original, and (c) appropriate credit has been given to other contributors, including students, to the project. Reports of original research should not exceed 30 double-spaced pages (12-pt. Times New Roman, 1" margins, double-spaced; excluding references, tables, figures, and appendixes); commentaries should be no longer than 8 double-spaced pages. Copies of submissions will not be returned to the author(s).

Free article access: Corresponding authors can receive 50 free reprints, free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Complimentary reprints are available through Rightslink® and additional reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk

In submitting, authors agree to assign copyright of their manuscripts, if accepted, to NCA. All submissions should be made online at the Journal of Applied Communication Research's Manuscript Central site to facilitate rapid accessibility of your work to readers. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre. The editor may be contacted at jacr@uky.edu