Guidelines for Contributors to Young
1. An electronic version of the manuscript should be sent to the Editorial Assistant, Veronika Honkasalo, email: veronika.honkasalo@helsinki.fi. Once an article has been accepted for publication, please send a revised disk version and an identical hard copy of the manuscript, fully numbered, labelled and typed in double spacing throughout, on one side only of white A4 or US standard size paper. Articles should be in English.
2. Every submission must contain 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.
3. 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 (50-100 words) should be supplied on a separate sheet.
(ii) abstract of 100-150 words
(iii) 5-8 key words
(iv) main text and word count - suggested target is about 5000-8000 words for articles and 1000-3000 words for review articles/debates. Text to be clearly organized, with only two levels of headings, with no letters or numbers, and quotations exceeding 40 words displayed, indented, in the text
(v) end notes should be kept to a minimum and should be signaled 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 whereby references should be cited in the text as (author, date: page) and an alphabetical references section
follows the text. Examples below:
Book
Surname, Xxxxx and Surname, Yyyyy (year) Title with Initial Caps: Subtitle with Initial Caps. Place: Publisher.
Article in book
Surname, Xxxxx (year) 'Title of Chapter', in Xxxxx Surname and Yyyyy Surname (eds) Title of Book, pp. xxx-xxx. Place: Publisher.
Journal article
Surname, Xxxxx (year) 'Title of Article', Name of Journal vol.no.(issue no.): xx-xxx [page range].
Paper
Surname, Xxxxx (year) 'Title of Paper', paper presented at Name of Conference, City, Month of presentation.
Website
Surname, Xxxxx (year) 'Title of Article', Name of Journal vol.no.(issue no.), URL (consulted Month, Year): http:/xxxx.xxxx.xx.xx/xxxx/xxxx
4. 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.
5. 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 190 mm x 120 mm. Illustrations on disk should be supplied as TIFF 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 Publications.
6. 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 Publications.
7. 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. Use as few italics as possible. Do not italicize foreign words or repeated foreign vocabulary.
8. UK or US spellings may be used with '-ize' spellings as given in the Oxford English Dictionary (e.g. organize, recognize).
9. 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).
10. YOUNG includes a section in which books and other significant contributions to the field are reviewed. This includes both essay length and shorter contributions. Suggested target is
1000-4000 words for review articles and debates and up to 1000 words for book reviews. Books for review and manuscripts of book reviews should be sent to Göran Bolin, Media & Communication Studies, Södertörns högskola (University College), S-141 89 Huddinge, Sweden [email: goran.bolin@sh.se]
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