Call for submissions: Journal of Communication Special issue: Time in Communication Research and Theories. Deadline: 15 March 2024.
Guest Editors: Tai-Quan “Winson” Peng (Michigan State University, USA) and Zheng Joyce Wang (Ohio State University, USA)
Communication research embraces a constant ebb and flow of emerging and changing technologies, phenomena, concepts, methods, and theories. Trends evolve, ideas emerge, and paradigms shift. Amidst this ever-changing landscape of research, one constant remains unwavering: time. Time shapes the way we conceptualize, examine, and understand the complexities of communication representations, structures, relations, changes, and processes.
This special issue aims to propel time into the forefront of communication research. The guest editors encourage scholars to transcend mere methodological considerations and to challenge prevailing conceptions of time in communication research, such as viewing time solely as a limited resource or a linear progression. They invite communication scholars to explicate, elaborate, or conceptualize this fundamental dimension of communication, to delve into its intricacies and complexities, to explore its multifaceted meanings, and to construct and advance communication theories. Submissions should place time at the core of their research, shifting it from a mere backdrop or a control variable to a primary focus in theorizing or modeling communication.
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