Russian Journal of Communication

This title has ceased (2021).

Russian Journal of Communication (RJC) is an international peer-reviewed academic publication devoted to studies of communication in, with, and about Russia and Russian-speaking communities around the world. RJC welcomes both humanistic and social scientific scholarly approaches to communication, which is broadly construed to include mediated information as well as face-to-face interactions. RJC seeks papers and book reviews on topics including philosophy of communication, traditional and new media, film, literature, rhetoric, journalism, information-communication technologies, cultural practices, organizational and group dynamics, interpersonal communication, communication in instructional contexts, advertising, public relations, political campaigns, legal proceedings, environmental and health matters, and communication policy. RJC is open to all methodological perspectives and welcomes theoretical, empirical, critical, comparative, historical, and interdisciplinary studies.

RJC follows a double-blind peer review process to maintain its high standard of scholarship. All research materials published in RJC have undergone rigorous evaluation, based on initial editor screening and review by at least two anonymous referees. The turn-around review time is up to a maximum of three months. RJC will be published in three online issues per year. A print and bound copy of the volume will also be published annually.

RJC regularly includes a section entitled 'What? When? Where?', which lists up-to-date information about conferences and events of interest to the readers of RJC .

"What Red Square is to Russia, the Russian Journal of Communication is to the study of communication about Russia and Russian-speaking people. It is at the epicenter of Russian communication studies featuring high-quality research from outstanding scholars throughout the world." - Steven A. Beebe, Texas State University-San Marcos, USA; National Communication Association President

"Interdisciplinary in its core, thematically wide-ranging and unexpected, methodologically diverse and intellectually challenging, Russian Journal of Communication is indispensable reading for any responsible student of modern Russian culture and thought." - Evgeny Dobrenko, University of Sheffield, UK

" Russian Journal of Communication is as original and fascinating as the culture it represents. It enjoys a diversity of approaches and span of cultures and climes matched only by Russian itself. I am always pleasantly surprised and educated when I read its pages." - John Durham Peters, University of Iowa, USA

"Unique in its scope, Russian Journal of Communication encompasses interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approaches while remaining inspired by Russian letters. The journal brings to the fore the timelessness of the age-old tradition together with the novelty of cutting-edge research both inside and outside Russia. A must to read!" - Inna Semetsky, University of Waikato, New Zealand

"The influence of Russian scholarship on communication studies in the United States, from the work of Roman Jakobson, Mikhail Bakhtin, Lev Vygotsky to contemporary theorists, is substantial and often neglected in mainstream journals, but highlighted with all of its compelling nuances and applications in Russian Journal of Communication." - Andrew R. Smith , Edinboro University, USA

" Russian Journal of Communication is a unique forum for exchanging ideas and sharing perspectives on things Russian, across a wide range of subject matters, approaches and methodologies. It provides extraordinary opportunities for communication about Russian culture, language and society, and for furthering world-wide understanding of Russia, past and present. I believe it plays a vital role in all these areas." - Anna Wierzbicka, Australian National University