Submissions

RULES FOR PUBLICATION

Author Guidelines

1. The journal Comunicação, Mídia e Consumo accepts original and unpublished works (single- or co-authored), on a continuous basis, from authors holding a PhD, in the form of scientific articles, interviews, and reviews related to the field of Communication. PhD candidates, Master’s degree holders, and Master’s students may submit manuscripts only in co-authorship with PhD holders.

2. Manuscripts may be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish, English, or French.

3. When submitting a manuscript, authors must remove their names and any identifying references to ensure a double-blind peer review process. This includes clearing the “Author Properties” field.

   3.1. In cases of self-citation, manuscript authors must replace the “Author Name” with the word “Author” and remove the publication year from the citation. The same procedure must be adopted in the reference list.

   3.2. A short author biography for the author and any co-authors must be provided only in the submission form. The form must include institutional affiliation and academic degree. The affiliation must indicate: the main institution with which the author is affiliated; the name of the graduate program; the school/faculty and department. Under academic degree, authors must indicate their highest academic qualification and the awarding institution. For PhD and Master’s students, authors must indicate the level they are currently pursuing and the institution with which they are affiliated.

4. Submission of an ORCID iD is mandatory.

5. All manuscripts undergo a desk review process comprising two basic procedures: first, compliance with the formal requirements established in the submission guidelines of Comunicação, Mídia e Consumo is verified; second, plagiarism is checked using specific software. If plagiarism or any other non-compliance is identified, the manuscript is rejected and the author(s) duly informed. Once accepted at the first stage, with author identification removed, the manuscript is evaluated by two reviewers from the Scientific and Technical Board and/or ad hoc reviewers. In the event of divergent reviews, a third reviewer will be consulted. The outcome is communicated to the author(s), along with a synthesis of the reviews. The final decision regarding publication rests with the Editorial Coordination.

6. Authors are responsible for the content of articles, interviews, and reviews, including ethical aspects, originality, and image rights. Authors must also ensure that the manuscript is not under review by another journal.

7. Authors who have published in the journal must observe a 12-month interval from the publication date before submitting a new manuscript.

8. Any cases that may raise questions about potential personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial conflicts must be disclosed to the editors and in the manuscript. Authors must include, in a footnote, links to any associations with academic, commercial, or political institutions that collaborated in the study, indicating that there are no conflicts of interest affecting the results presented.

9. For manuscripts with two or more authors, a note must be included at the end of the manuscript specifying each author’s contribution.

10. Manuscripts deposited in preprint repositories are accepted. The corresponding author must register with the journal. During submission, the editor must be informed in the “comments to the editor” field that the manuscript is a preprint, and access information must be provided (DOI identifier or URL). Articles deposited as preprints will undergo single-blind or open peer review.

11. The journal prioritizes, for publication, articles that have not been published in conference proceedings. This is one of the criteria used in selecting the articles that will compose each issue.

Formatting Requirements for Submissions

1. Authors must submit the manuscript as a digital file (Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or RTF, not exceeding 2MB), in Times New Roman, A4 format, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing, via the journal’s SEER submission system.

2. Manuscripts are accepted in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.

3. Submissions must be sent as a digital file and must include the following items, in this order:

• Title, abstract, and keywords in Portuguese and in English. If the text is originally written in English or Spanish, these items must be presented in one of the other three languages accepted by the journal.

• Short titles and subtitles.

• The abstract must be no longer than ten lines.

• Keywords (three to five), separated by semicolons and without a final period.

Articles: manuscripts between 25,000 and 40,000 characters, including analysis, reflection, and conclusion on academic topics. Titles and subtitles should be short. Footnotes should be used only when indispensable, and must not exceed three (3) lines. Appendices and glossaries will not be accepted.

The character count (25,000 to 40,000 characters) includes the title, abstracts in both required languages, the body text, and the references. Character totals must be calculated using the Word word-count tool, considering characters (with spaces), including text boxes, footnotes, and endnotes.

If images are included, authors must indicate the insertion point in the manuscript and submit the images as separate files. Images must be high resolution (300 dpi, .jpg or .tif) and at least 10 cm wide (height proportional).

Interviews: texts between 4,200 and 7,000 characters, including a brief contextualization of the interviewee, whose work is relevant to the field of Communication and its articulations with media and consumption.

Reviews: texts between 4,200 and 7,000 characters, including a record and critical appraisal of books and theses.

Standardization Rules

Citations

Citations include: literal excerpts from an consulted author’s work; texts based on personal syntheses that reproduce the ideas of the consulted work’s author; and texts in which the author of the manuscript did not have access to the original.

Authors must be cited in the body of the text, using only the surname and the year of publication.

Example: (ADORNO, 1982)

• One author: Campbell, 1987 or (CAMPBELL, 1987)

• Two authors: Aspinwall and Tedeshi, 2010 or (ASPINWALL; TEDESHI, 2010)

• Three or more authors: Huygen et al., 2009 or (HUYGEN et al., 2009)

If publication dates coincide, distinguish them with letters according to the order of appearance in the manuscript: (1915a, 1915b…); Reeside, 1927a or (REESIDE, 1927b).

For compilations of texts by the same author in a single volume, cite the year of the text followed by the year of the edition used: (SCHUDSON, 1992/1997). Multiple works: (DREYFUSS, 1989, 1991, 1995).

For works with multiple authors, separate surnames with semicolons: (KATZ; LAZARSFELD, 1970).

Multiple works by different authors cited together must be separated by semicolons, in alphabetical order: (LE GOFF; TRUONG, 2012; FONSECA, 1995; PAIVA, 1997; SILVA, 1997).

Direct quotations up to three lines must appear within double quotation marks. Single quotation marks are used for a quotation within a quotation.

Barbour (1971, p. 35) describes: “The study of the morphology of terrains […] active […]”.
“The ‘furious’ expression of this statue mentioned by Rabelais also corresponds to reality.” (BAKHTIN, 1987, p. 388).

For direct quotations from magazine or newspaper articles, include the article title, the magazine/newspaper name, city, page number, and publication date.

“Ascending socially and acquiring products that symbolized the status achieved.” (Folha de S. Paulo, p. 4, Apr. 2, 1995).

Direct quotations longer than three lines must be set as a block quote with a 4 cm left indent, 10-point font, no quotation marks, single spacing. Leave one 1.5-spaced line between the running text and the block quote.

Do not use the expressions op. cit., ibid., ibidem, id., idem.
Do not use apud; prefer using in.

Tables, Figures, and Boxes

• Box (Quadro): formed by horizontal and vertical lines (closed). Identification appears above, preceded by the number and the word “BOX”. Below, include the source (mandatory even if produced by the author), legend, notes, and other necessary information, in 10-point font.

• Table (Tabela): formed only by vertical lines (open). The table number and title appear above; the source appears below in 10-point font.

• Figure (Figura): includes graphs, illustrations, drawings, photos, and any material not classified as a box or table. Figure number and title appear above; the source appears below in 10-point font.

References

References must be listed in alphabetical order by the author’s last surname in uppercase.

Example:
EWEN, S. …
SILVERSTONE, R. …

Book: Surname in uppercase, initials, title in italics, city, publisher, year.
FOUCAULT, M. Microfísica do poder. Rio de Janeiro: Graal, 1984.

Two or more authors:
DAVIS, M.; AQUILANO, N. J.; CHASE, R. B. Fundamentos da Administração da Produção. 3. ed. Porto Alegre: Bookman, 2001. 598 p.

Book chapter: Surname in uppercase, initials, chapter title, followed by “In:” + editor surname in uppercase, initials, and (Org.)/(Coord.)/(Ed.). Then book title in italics, city, publisher, year, pages.
ROMANO, G. Imagens da juventude na era moderna. In: LEVI, G.; SCHMIDT, J. (Org.). História dos jovens 2: a época contemporânea. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1996. p. 7–16.

Scientific journal article: Surname in uppercase, initials, article title, journal title in italics, city, volume, issue, page range, month and year.
GURGEL, C. Reforma do Estado e segurança pública. Política e Administração, Rio de Janeiro, v. 3, n. 2, p. 15–21, Aug./Dec. 1997.

Newspaper article: Surname in uppercase, initials, article title, newspaper title in italics, place and date, section/supplement, pages.
NAVES, P. Lagos andinos dão banho de beleza. Folha de S. Paulo, São Paulo, Jun. 28, 1999. Folha Turismo, Caderno 8, p. 13.
(No author): A FLOR Prometida. Folha de S. Paulo, São Paulo, p. 4, Apr. 2, 1995.

Conference proceedings paper: Surname in uppercase, initials; title: subtitle (if any). In: Event name, edition, year, location. Proceedings… Publication location: publisher, year. pages.
AMARAL, L. A. … In: CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO…, 4., 2001, Curitiba. Anais… Curitiba: SOBAMA, 2001. p. 30–31.

Thesis or dissertation: Surname in uppercase, initials. Title: subtitle (if any) in italics. Defense date. Total pages. Thesis (PhD) or Dissertation (MA) – Institution. Place. Year.
FANTUCCI, I. Contribuição do alerta…. 2001. 130 f. Tese (Doutorado…) – Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2001.

Moving image:
MARKETING e vendas do século… São Paulo: Commit, [1999?]. 1 videocassette (53 min), VHS, NTSC, sound, color.
BLADE RUNNER. Director: Ridley Scott… Los Angeles: Warner Brothers, c1991. 1 DVD (117 min)…

Iconographic document:
KOBAYASHI, Doenças dos Xavantes. 1980. 1 photograph, color, 16 cm x 56 cm.
GOLDIM, R. Ética, ética médica e biomética… 2001. 13 PowerPoint slides, color.

Corporate author:
ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE NORMAS TÉCNICAS. NBR 10520: informação e documentação: apresentação. Rio de Janeiro, 2002.

Website reference: Add “Available at:” + URL and access date preceded by “Accessed on:”.
SILVA, Ives Gandra da. Pena de morte para o nascituro. O Estado de S. Paulo, São Paulo, Sep. 19, 1998. Available at: … Accessed on: Sep. 19, 1998.

Submission Conditions

As part of the submission process, authors must verify that the submission complies with all items listed below. Submissions that do not comply will be returned to the authors.

• The manuscript is original and unpublished and is not under review by another journal.

• The submission file is in Microsoft Word format (not exceeding 2MB).

• All URLs for references have been provided and verified.

• The manuscript follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in the Author Guidelines, on the “About the Journal” page.

• Author identification has been removed from the file and from Word “Properties,” ensuring the confidentiality required for peer review, as per the instructions in “Ensuring Blind Peer Review.”

• The “Institution” and “Biography Summary” fields have been completed according to the Author Guidelines.

• The content of the manuscript is the sole responsibility of the authors, who grant the journal the copyright license in advance.

• Comunicação, Mídia e Consumo adopts a double-blind peer review system in the evaluation process of submitted articles.