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Focus and Scope
Paranalar International Journal of Communication (PIJoC) publishes original scholarship across the broad field of communication studies. The journal welcomes theoretical, empirical, methodological, and critical research examining communication processes, practices, institutions, technologies, and their relationships with social, cultural, political, and economic life.
PIJoC encourages interdisciplinary perspectives and gives particular attention to research concerning Indonesia, Southeast Asia, the Global South, and comparative international contexts.
Core Areas
- Communication Theory and Critical Communication Studies
Communication theory, discourse, ideology, power, identity, representation, participation, ethics, and social change. - Development Communication and Communication for Social Change
Community participation, empowerment, sustainable development, social and behavioural change, and communication with marginalized communities. - Digital Media and Platform Studies
Social media, online communities, algorithms, artificial intelligence, digital participation, platform governance, creator cultures, and digital inequality. - Political Communication and Public Discourse
Political campaigns, public opinion, democratic participation, activism, misinformation, polarization, public diplomacy, and institutional trust. - Strategic Communication and Public Relations
Corporate, government, nonprofit, crisis, risk, reputation, advocacy, stakeholder, and public-engagement communication. - Organizational Communication
Organizational culture and identity, leadership communication, workplace interaction, collaboration, conflict, and technology-mediated work. - Journalism and News Studies
Journalism practice, media institutions, news production, framing, credibility, audiences, community media, and emerging news environments. - Communication Technology and Society
Human–machine communication, digital transformation, technology adoption, accessibility, governance, ethics, and technological inequality. - Communication Research Methods and Emerging Approaches
Quantitative, qualitative, mixed-method, ethnographic, visual, multimodal, social-network, computational, and other innovative approaches.
Manuscript Types
PIJoC considers original research articles, theoretical and conceptual articles, review articles, critical essays, and scholarly book reviews that make a clear contribution to communication scholarship.
