Plaridel is an international biannual journal of communication, media and society published by the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC). Contents include substantive and research-based articles on communication; reviews of film, websites, television and radio programs, media-related books and other printed matter; selected documents and texts on communication and media; and in-depth interviews with key players in the field.
Plaridel has been classified by the Commission on Higher Education as a Category A-2 publication under its new Journal Accreditation System (JAS). This high categorization reflects the Journal's commitment to excellence in academic scholarship in communication and media studies in the country.
Plaridel accepts articles that exhibit a high degree of scholarship and those that make a significant contribution to knowledge in the field of communication studies. Manuscripts submitted to Plaridel for consideration undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. Manuscript reviewers are selected based on their demonstrated expertise and publication record in the area within which the manuscript is relevant.
For the February 2011 issue of Plaridel, the journal focuses on the theme, Filipino Youth and the Media.
It cannot be denied that there is a continuing rapid development in the technologies used for the media. The media has, for the longest time, evolved ways of looking at, experiencing, and learning about the world and Philippine society. In fact, the advent of new media has enhanced the production, delivery and processing of information, knowledge, and learning. It has also emerged new production cultures and aesthetics for entertainment and the creation of various narratives for a many peoples. The enhancement is in the form of on-demand access to content at any time and in any place, providing the interactivity of the user with the content and it encourages feedback, participation, and community formation within the context of the media content. This New Media has also been known to democratize the access to information and the creation of digital content that encourages people, especially the youth to tell their stories and create their realities.
The Filipino youth, is a constantly evolving media audience as the term "youth" goes through shifting constructions as affirmed by changing technologies, markets, influences, and cultural expectations. It will be timely and relevant to explore and study Filipino youth cultures within the context of the contemporary media sphere in the Philippines (e.g. the Internet, mobile telephony, new television, digital filmmaking, new radio, online newspapers, blog sites, social, political, cultural networking sites, Podcasts, etc)
Some questions that are worth thinking about are:
1. How does the Filipino youth consume mass media?
2. How does the Filipino youth access traditional and new media and evolve their own cultures and sub-cultures?
3. What is the impact of new media on the way the Filipino youth creates new formations of community and identity?
4. What is the pattern of media use of the Filipino youth?
5. How has media enabled the Filipino youth to create their cultural and social capital?
6. How do the Filipino youth evolve/develop their identities through media?
7. How are communities formed through media?
8. How have Social, Political, and Cultural networking sites affected or made an affect on the Filipino youth?
9. How do Filipino youth define themselves through the media?
10. Is there an engendered mass media?
Submissions may be written in English or Filipino. All manuscripts should be written with proper citations done in strict compliance with the APA style manual. Articles are typically 5,000 words in length, while reviews are around 1,500 words. Papers can be submitted in either English or Filipino. All submissions should be accompanied by an abstract of 100 to 150 words. (Abstracts for contributions written in Filipino must be written in English and must have 200 to 250 words). Accompanying pictures, artworks, graphics, and other similar materials must not be smaller than 5 x 7 inches in size and must have high resolution (at least 200dpi).
Authors submitting manuscripts should not simultaneously submit them to another publication. Manuscripts should not have been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content. Authors are responsible for gaining permission for including any copyrighted material that needs permission, including quotations of more than 300 words.
Send your submissions to DR. ARMINDA V. SANTIAGO, the February 2011 Issue Editor for Plaridel Journal in the form of an attachment to armisan2004@yahoo.com or armisan2009@gmail.com.
Deadline for submissions for the February 2011 Issue is October 29, 2010.
Plaridel Journal is published by the UPCMC Office of Research and Publication (ORP). For further information, call (632) 981-8500 loc. 2668 or email Dr. Clarissa C. David (ORP Director) or Ms. Berinice I. Zamora (ORP Editorial Assistant) at plarideljournal@gmail.com.
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