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Call for Papers for Volume 24 Issue 1 (June 2014)
Special Issue on Media Coverage of Elections in Asia

A free media is important for the conduct of free and fair elections. Fair and open access to information about political parties, candidates and policies allow voters to make an informed choice at the polls. However, many countries in the region, which have long serving incumbents at the political helm, have relied on media laws, control over media ownership, and associations with editors and interference in the news coverage to influence the agenda during elections.

This thematic issue, 'Media Coverage of Elections in Asia', will focus on the emerging free press environment in Asia and social media mobilizing the people to demand for political reforms. How have these momentums for change generated by the media significantly impacted on the elections in emerging democracies and post-conflict countries in the region?

APME invites media researchers, journalism educators, trainers, working journalists and those who have worked in the field to contribute research papers and commentaries to address the suggested topics below: (Contributors are welcomed to submit papers on other related topics)
• Responsible journalism and clean elections
• Social media and electoral campaign
• Accountable journalism and fair elections
• Portrayal of women / minority candidates in the media
• Training of journalists in election coverage
• Media testing the boundaries of press freedom in election coverage
• Accurate interpretation and reporting of political polling

The thematic issue will also include a featured section on the Malaysian 13th General Election held on May 8, 2013.

APME is a multi-disciplinary refereed journal, published by SAGE Publications (New Delhi) in cooperation with the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Online access at: http://ame.sagepub.com

APME focuses on generating discussions and dialogue between media educators and practitioners. The contents range from critical media commentaries to research papers on innovative teaching and training in journalism in the Asia Pacific.

Deadline for paper submission: March 30, 2014

Email your paper (in RTF format) to:

Guest Editor
Dr James Gomez
School of International Studies
College of Law, Government and International Studies
Universiti Utara Malaysia
Kedah 06010, Malaysia
Email: gomez@uum.edu.my

Send a duplicate copy to the Editor:

Dr Eric Loo
Journalism Program
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
University of Wollongong
NSW 2522, Australia
Email: eloo@uow.edu.au

Information for Contributors
• Articles should be informative and written in a style, which communicates clearly with readers from academic and non-academic backgrounds.
• Articles submitted for publication must be typed in double spacing. Leave 1.5 inches (or 3.5cms) for margins on all sides. The acceptable maximum length for academic research-based articles is 6,000 words including endnotes and references. For short journalistic commentaries, the maximum length is 3,500 words.
• Articles should be accompanied by a 150-word abstract.
• Titles and section headings should be brief and specified at the appropriate places. Quotations exceeding 50 words should be italicized and indented further into the text. Use double quotation marks. If dates are cited, use it in the form of 18 August 1996.
• All tables and figures should have short, descriptive titles. Footnotes to tables and their source should be placed below the tables. APME also accepts line art and half-tone artwork if they are central to the paper. Camera-ready artwork should be submitted.
• Further explanations to key points may be used and indicated by superscript numbers in the text and annotated on a single page at the end of the text in the form of Endnotes.
• All references cited in the text should be listed alphabetically and presented in full after the endnotes, beginning with the author's last name.
• Papers will be peer reviewed. Suggestions for improvements or changes will be sent to authors within 80 days of receipt. Accepted papers will appear in publication on average 6 months after they have been accepted and corrections made.
• Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures and related works published elsewhere. Articles under review for publication elsewhere or previously published are not eligible for consideration.
• On acceptance of articles for publishing, authors will then be requested to submit a copy of their article on disk (preferably in Macintosh format).

Author Information
• Include on the title page author's name, academic or professional title,institutional affiliation and e-mail address.

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