Guidelines for Paper Submission
Abstract
Announcement of peer-review, abstract, and conference management link will be made on 14th February, 2024.
The abstract should be in the following order: Title, Author(s) name and Affiliation, Abstract, and Keywords.
Abstract (not more than 600 words) must contain a brief introduction, objective of the research, methodology, results, and conclusion.
Only abstracts submitted through OpenConf will be acknowledged and considered for paper presentation and publication.
All abstracts are to be submitted through OpenConf in the link given below:
Pre-registration form to be submitted:
For any queries please write to: demmc.conf@pondiuni.ac.in
Presentation Slides
After receiving a notification of acceptance of the abstract, you are required to submit your paper presentation in the form of a slide deck of a maximum of
TEN slides to support your oral presentation of a maximum of SEVEN minutes.
Name the slide deck as follows:
Your full name- Title of paper
The subject of your email should be as follows:
Slide deck- Your full name
Attach your slide deck to an email and this should be sent to the conference organisers by 2 April 2024 to: demmc.conf@pondiuni.ac.in
Instruction to presenters
Your paper presentation/slide decks should be for a maximum of seven minutes. Three minutes are given for questions from participants. Maximum ten minutes for each presenter.
Full Research Article
The research paper should be structured in the following sequence: Title - Author(s) Name and Affiliation - Abstract -Keywords - Main Text (Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Analysis and Findings, Conclusion, Limitations, and References)- Acknowledgements (if applicable).
The full paper should be around 7000-8000 words including tables and references. The final length of the paper, if it is eligible to be published in one of the journals the conference collaborates with, will depend on the journal’s guidelines.
The article should be in Times New Roman 12 font, single-spaced; left/right-justified;
Bold topic headings with no space between heading and paragraph including title, abstract, and author's name/s; two spaces between the author’s name/s and abstract. italicised subheadings (no numbers).
Keywords should be italicized with the three (or more) key phrases.
Follow APA 7th edition format or a style appropriate to your discipline; references/bibliographies, which should be single-spaced.
Submit the research article in Microsoft Word and PDF.
The corresponding author should give a copyright declaration stating that the work is original and does not violate the rule of copyright.
All full papers submitted will be subject to a blind review process. Comments of the reviewers will be sent to the author(s).
All selected abstracts will be published in the conference souvenir. The accepted papers will also be considered for publication in the special issues of the selected journals, including Scopus indexed journals.
Publication Opportunities
Accepted papers will be subject to a blind review process and considered for publication in reputable journals such as Communication and Culture Review; Journal of Communication, Language and Culture; and Journal of Extreme Anthropology. This ensures that the scholarly contributions presented at the conference have the potential to make a lasting impact on the academic community.
The organisers will publish papers from the conference after they are peer-reviewed and implement revisions, if any, to conform to a high standard for publication. The selected journals include but are not limited to
Communication and Culture Review (ISSN: 2582-2829) - a peer-reviewed, bi-annual international journal that engages with realities, issues and ideas within the broad rubric of communication and culture studies. Breaking away from the strait-jacketed disciplinary canons, the journal aims to interweave communication with strands of cultural, sociological, anthropological, performative, computational, political, philosophical, linguistic, political economy and other interdisciplinary approaches in examining a wide range of mediatised and mediated phenomena. Communication and Culture Review is published by the Department of Electronic Media and Mass Communication, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India.
Journal of Communication, Language and Culture (eISSN: 2805-444X) - an open-access academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review and engages both emerging and established scholars from around the world. JCLC is a multidisciplinary journal that is centred on communication, language and culture and is open and welcoming to contributions from the many disciplines and approaches in these disciplines. Journal of Communication, Language and Culture is published by the Faculty of Applied Communication, Multimedia University, Malaysia.
Journal of Extreme Anthropology (ISSN: 2535-3241) - an international, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, open-access and indexed journal (DOAJ) that publishes articles written in the fields of anthropology, social sciences, humanities, philosophy and critical theory focusing in particular on extreme subjects, practices and theory. Journal of Extreme Anthropology is published by OsloMet, Norway.