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Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Published on behalf of the International Communication Association

Edited by:
Kevin B. Wright, University of Oklahoma

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The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC) is a web-based, peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Its focus is social science research on computer-mediated communication via the Internet, the World Wide Web, and wireless technologies. Within that general purview, the journal is broadly interdisciplinary, publishing work by scholars in communication, business, education, political science, sociology, media studies, information science, and other disciplines. Acceptable formats for submission include original research articles, meta-analyses of prior research, synthesizing literature surveys, and proposals for special issues.

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Electronic Office - click here to submit or review a paper for the journal.

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication is available online only. All articles are free to view.

TopNews and Announcements

Read ICA Journal Abstracts in 6 Different Languages!
To better serve the international scholarly community, the ICA provides translated article abstracts in 6 foreign languages: French, German, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, and English. Foreign language abstracts are available online for the following 3 journals: Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, and Human Communication Research.

New ICA journal published in 2008
Communication, Culture & Critique
Editor: Karen Ross, Coventry School of Art and Design, Coventry University

New subscription model:  Institutional subscriptions now include all ICA journals - Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, Human Communication Research, and  Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, the online-only, open access journal of the ICA! From 2006, your subscription will also include electronic access to back issues from all four journals, from 1997 onward. 

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New from Global Networks

SPECIAL ISSUE
Return to Cyberia: Technology and the Social Worlds of Transnational Migrants
Guest Editors: Anastasia Panagakos and Heather Horst

We are pleased to offer the following article from this special issue free online. Click on the article title below to read it: 

FREE ARTICLE: The blessings and burdens of communication: cell phones in Jamaican transnational social fields, by Heather A. Horst. 

Click here for more information and the table of contents.

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TopHighlights

Online Communities: Design, Theory, and Practice
Jenny Preece & Diane Maloney-Krichmar

Community Networks: Where Offline Communities Meet Online
Andrea Kavanaugh, John M. Carroll, Mary Beth Rosson, Than Than Zin, & Debbie Denise Reese

Internet Community Group Participation: Psychosocial Benefits for Women with Breast Cancer
Shelly Rodgers & Qimei Chen

Using Social Psychology to Motivate Contributions to Online Communities
Kimberly Ling, Gerard Beenen, Pamela Ludford, Xiaoqing Wang, Klarissa Chang, Xin Li, Dan Cosley, Dan Frakowski, Loren Terveen, Al Manumur Rashid, Paul Resnick, & Robert Kraut

Instant Messaging for Collaboration: A Case Study of a High-Tech Firm
Anabel Quan-Haase, Joseph Cothrel, & Barry Wellman

Online Infidelity: Aspects of Dyadic Satisfaction, Self-Disclosure and Narcissism
Ilan Aviram & Yair Amichai-Hamburger

Gender, Identity, and Language Use in Teenage Blogs
David Huffaker & Sandra Calvert

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