How to Publish Your Communication Research: An Insider’s Guide

Well-known journal editors and Communication scholars Alison Alexander and W. James Potter provide an insider′s guide to getting published in scholarly communication journals. Alexander and Potter begin with a review of the manuscript submission process followed by coverage of writing traps that should be avoided. Additional chapters, written by eight other distinguished journal editors, tell prospective authors what editors and reviewers look for when deciding which articles should be published and which should not.

Researchers, students, and professionals will find helpful and practical discussions on writing literature reviews, theoretical essays, quantitative and qualitative studies, interpretive inquiries, and critical, cultural and historical essays. 

Education
Ph.D., (Communication) Ohio State University, 1979
M.A., (Communication) University of Kentucky, 1974
B.A., (Education) Marshall University, 1971 (Magna Cum Laude)                                                                                                                                                 

Teaching Specialties
She has taught research methods, writing, media and society, and seminars in children and television.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Research Interests and Activities
Her research interests are in children′s television and audience research.                                                                                                                                              

Miscellaneous
She′s served as past-president of the Association for Communication Administration and past-president of the Eastern Communication Association and as Editor of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.

W. James Potter, professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, holds one PhD in Communication Studies and another in Instructional Technology. He has been teaching media courses for more than two decades in the areas of effects on individuals and society, content narratives, structure and economics of media industries, advertising, and journalism. He has served as editor of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media and is the author of many journal articles and several dozen books, including: Media Effects; Media Literacy, 11th edition; The 11 Myths of Media Violence; Major Theories of Media Effects; Becoming a Strategic Thinker: Developing Skills for Success; and 7 Skills of Media Literacy.