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

by Alison Alexander

• ISBN13: 9780761921806
• ISBN10: 076192180X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-23
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
The Manuscript Submission Process	1	(12)
Alison Alexander
Avoiding Writing Traps	13	(10)
W. James Potter
The Challenge of Writing the Literature Review: Synthesizing Research for Theory and Practice	23	(24)
Steven Chaffee
Debra Lieberman
The Challenge of Writing the Theoretical Essay	47	(10)
Judee K. Burgoon
The Challenge of Writing the Quantitative Study	57	(20)
Alan M. Rubin
The Challenge of Writing the Qualitative Study	77	(20)
Thomas R. Lindlof
The Challenge of Writing the Interpretive Inquiry	97	(16)
James A. Anderson
The Challenge of Writing the Critical/Cultural Essay	113	(18)
Clifford G. Christians
The Challenge of Writing the Historical Essay	131	(20)
Jean Folkerts
Index	151	(6)
About the Editors	157	(2)
About the Authors	159