About the Journal

Mediapolis – Journal of Communication, Journalism and Public Sphere is the scientific publication of the Group of Investigation in Communication, Journalism and Public Sphere, from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies - CEIS20, and it intends to be a reference in the Lusophone and Latin-American world, publishing articles and researches, related to the Media of Journalism, giving a particular emphasis to the aspects related with its influence in the public sphere, political systems and in democracy. Is one of the privileged poles of diffusion and internationalization of the research work of the Group of Investigation in Communication, Journalism and Public Sphere, giving a specific attention to the development of new lines of investigation and to the promotion of young researchers. Without compromising in essential scientific matters, Mediapolis – Journal of Communication, Journalism and Public Sphere intends to be a project available to an open public that is interested in communication issues and in the promotion of scientific culture in the area of Communication Sciences, journalism and media. The Journal will privilege the digital format and will affirm its role in the international context prioritizing the broadcasting of texts in Portuguese. Texts in English, French and Spanish will be accepted, providing they come with a Portuguese translation. The editorial project already takes on an interdisciplinary nature in the investigation centre to which it belongs, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies - CEIS20, trying to analyse the media and journalism fields starting from various theoretical and methodological tools from Social and Human Sciences and from other scientific areas, that may contribute to the opening of new perspectives and to the developing of knowledge in Communication Sciences. It is one of goals of Mediapolis to establish partnerships and to create projects with other publications and similar investigation centres, aiming, simultaneously: the promotion and internationalization of researchers and research made in Portuguese; the dissemination of researches and scientific texts of international importance in the Lusophone world. The Journal has a biannual periodicity.

This journal is funded by national funds through the FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of the project UIDB/00460/2020.

 Peer Review Process

All items accepted by the Editorial Board will be submitted to a system of anonymous referees, entrusted to two external reviewers. If necessary, a third reviewer will be auscultated. In light of advice received the Editorial Board may determine that the authors adopt the suggestions contained in them and, ultimately, may decline to accept the text.

Open Access Policy

This journal offers immediate free access to its contents. We strongly believe that free and public access to scientific knowledge is fundamental for democratizing that knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and allows them to create permanent archives of the journal for its preservation and restoration. Know more

Fees for submission and articles publication

Mediapolis journal doesn't charge any fee from authors to articles submission, peer review, revision, journal publishing, and distribution, publication and download in the World Wide Web. 

ISSN

Digital: 2183-6019

Print version: 2183-5918