CSAR – Communication Studies and Applied Research
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About the Journal
CSAR – Communication Studies and Applied Research is a scholarly journal that publishes applied and interdisciplinary research in communication studies, media studies, digital communication, public relations, journalism, strategic communication, and communication technology. The journal is designed as an academic platform for researchers, lecturers, communication professionals, media practitioners, and postgraduate students who examine communication phenomena in contemporary social, institutional, cultural, political, and digital contexts. CSAR emphasizes research that connects communication theory with practical application, especially studies that explain how messages, media systems, audiences, technologies, and communication strategies shape public understanding, organizational performance, social behavior, and civic engagement.
Aims and Scope
CSAR aims to promote theoretically informed and methodologically rigorous research that contributes to the development of communication studies and applied communication practice. The journal welcomes studies on interpersonal communication, organizational communication, public relations, advertising, journalism, media literacy, political communication, health communication, crisis communication, digital media, social media, intercultural communication, and communication ethics. Its scope includes qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, experimental, computational, and case-study approaches. CSAR prioritizes manuscripts that offer clear conceptual contribution, practical relevance, and contextual sensitivity, particularly in relation to emerging media technologies, audience behavior, public discourse, institutional communication, and mediated social change.
Topic Covered
Topics covered by CSAR include communication theory, media studies, digital communication, journalism, public relations, advertising, strategic communication, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, political communication, health communication, crisis communication, social media studies, media literacy, audience research, communication technology, campaign evaluation, visual communication, communication ethics, and communication for social change.
Call for Papers
CSAR invites original manuscripts from scholars, researchers, practitioners, and postgraduate students working in communication and media-related fields. The journal welcomes empirical studies, theoretical papers, applied research, case studies, content analyses, audience studies, campaign evaluations, and methodological papers. Submissions should demonstrate clear relevance to communication scholarship and practice, with strong attention to research design, theoretical framing, contextual explanation, and practical implications. CSAR particularly encourages papers examining digital transformation, media convergence, public communication, social media behavior, strategic communication campaigns, and communication challenges in institutional, cultural, political, and community settings.
Conference
CSAR welcomes collaboration with academic conferences, communication forums, media symposiums, and professional seminars in the field of communication studies and applied media research. Selected conference papers may be considered for publication after editorial screening and peer review. Conference themes may include digital communication, public relations, journalism transformation, media literacy, political communication, crisis communication, health communication, and communication for social impact. Through conference collaboration, CSAR seeks to strengthen academic exchange between researchers, communication practitioners, policymakers, and media institutions, while encouraging conference papers to be developed into full scholarly articles with stronger theoretical and methodological quality.
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