Call for submissions for a special issue of the Journal of Family Communication on Communication in Global Families Deadline for abstract: 15 October 2024; deadline for full manuscripts: 1 January 2025.
Special issue editors: Haley Kranstuber Horstman (University of Missouri) and Meng Li (Loyola Marymount University)
The purpose of this special issue is to spotlight scholarship on communication in global families. The editors seek research on family communication that 1) demonstrates global diversities in communication within and about the family and/or 2) reveals the impact of globalization (i.e., the movement of people, ideas, images, capital, goods, and risks on a global scale) on family communication. They call for research that would continue the efforts of the Journal of Family Communication to increase the diversity and inclusivity of family communication scholarship, which has primarily focused on families in the United States.
This special issue will celebrate and encourage current momentum in research on communication in global families. Diverse methodological approaches and innovative theoretical perspectives that reflect the complexities and diversities of communication in global families will be included. The editors encourage researchers from a wide range of fields (e.g., communication studies, ethnic studies, family studies, health fields, psychology, sociology, and women’s and gender studies) to submit. They seek two types of papers: data-based and critical reflections.
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