Visual Communication visual essay guide
Submission of mss: four identical copies of the manuscript, each fully numbered, labelled and typed in double spacing throughout, on one side only of white A4 or US standard size paper, plus a CD-ROM version of the article, should be sent to either the UK/Europe editorial office:
Carey Jewitt
The Knowledge Lab (School of Culture, Language and Communication)
Institute of Education
University of London
23-29 Emerald Street
London WC1N 3QL
UK
[email: c.jewitt@ioe.ac.uk]
the US editorial office:
Michael Longford
Department of Design
York University, TEL 4008
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON M3J 1PE
Canada
[email: longford@yorku.ca]
or the Australasia and rest of the world editorial office:
Theo van Leeuwen
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123, Broadway
Sydney, NSW 2007
Australia
[email: theo.vanleeuwen@uts.edu.au]
Covering letter: please attach to every submission a letter confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal.
Format of mss: Each manuscript should contain:
(i) title page with full title and subtitle (if any).For the purposes of blind refereeing, full name of each author with current affiliation and full address/phone/fax/email details plus short biographical note should be supplied on a separate sheet.
(ii) abstract of 100 -150 words
(iii) up to 10 key words
(iv) main text and word count - suggested target is not exceeding 8000 words unless by prior agreement with the editors. Text to be clearly organized, with a clear hierarchy of headings and subheadings and quotations exceeding 40 words displayed, indented, in the text
(v) end notes, if necessary, should be signalled by superscript numbers in the main text and listed at the end of the text before the references
(vi) references in both the text and end notes should follow Harvard style.References should be cited in the text as:(author, date:page)
(vii) an alphabetical references section should follow the text (and end notes if any), using the Harvard system, as follows:
Book
Surname, X.X.and Surname, Y.(year)Title with Initial Caps:Subtitle with Initial Caps.Place:Publisher.
Article in book
Surname, X.X.(year)'Title of Chapter ', in X.Surname and Y.Surname (eds)Title of Book, pp.xxx -xxx.Place:Publisher.
Journal article
Surname, X.X.(year)'Title of Article ', Name of Journal vol.no.(issue no.): xx -xxx [page range ].
Paper
Surname, X.X.(year)'Title of Paper ', paper presented at Name of Conference, City, Month of presentation.
Website
Surname, X.(year)'Title of Article ', Name of Journal vol.no.(issue no.), URL (consulted Month, Year):http:/xxxx.xxxx.xx.xx/xxxx/xxxx
Tables:
tables should be typed (double line-spaced)on separate sheets and their position indicated by a marginal note in the text.All tables should have short descriptive captions with footnotes and their source(s) typed below the tables.
Illustrations:
all line diagrams and photographs are termed 'Figures ' and should be referred to as such in the manuscript.They should be numbered consecutively.Line diagrams should be presented in a form suitable for immediate reproduction (i.e.not requiring redrawing), each on a separate A4 sheet.They should be reproducible to a final printed text area of 205 mm x 142 mm.Illustrations on disk should be supplied as TIF or EPS files at high resolution.Photographs should preferably be submitted as clear, glossy, unmounted black and white prints with a good range of contrast.Slides are also acceptable.All figures should have short descriptive captions typed on a separate sheet.Further details are available on the journal website or from Journal Production, SAGE.
Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.Permission letters must be supplied to SAGE.
Style:
use a clear readable style, avoiding jargon.If technical terms or acronyms must be included, define them when first used.Use non- racist, non-sexist language and plurals rather than he/she.
Spellings:
UK or US spellings may be used with '-ize ' spellings as given in the Oxford English Dictionary (e.g.organize, recognize).
Punctuation:
use single quotation marks with double quotes inside single quotes.Present dates in the form 1 May 1998.Do not use points in abbreviations, contractions or acronyms (e.g.AD, USA, Dr, PhD).
CD-ROMs:
on acceptance of your manuscript for publication, you will be asked to supply another CD-ROM (IBM-compatible or Mac) of the final version.
Proofs and offprints:
authors will receive proofs of their articles and be asked to send corrections to Carey Jewitt, The Knowledge Lab, School of Culture, Language and Communication, Institute of Education, University of London, 23-29 Emerald Street, London WC1N 3QL, UK [email:c.jewitt@ioe.ac.uk] within 2 weeks.They will receive a complimentary copy of the journal and electronic offprints of their article.
Reviews:
Visual Communication includes a section in which books and other significant contributions to the field are reviewed.This includes both essay length and shorter contributions.Books for review and manuscripts of reviews should be sent to
Louise McWhinnie or Kate Sweetapple
Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123
Broadway, NSW 2007
Australia
kate.sweetapple@uts.edu.au
louise.mcwhinnie@uts.edu.au
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