About IJLM

 

Editors

David Buckingham is Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Tara McPherson is Associate Professor of Critical Studies at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California and founding editor of Vectors.

Ellen Seiter is Professor of Critical Studies and the Nenno Chair of Television Studies at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California.

Former Editor

Katie Salen is Associate Professor, Design and Technology Department at Parsons The New School for Design and the Executive Director of the Institute of Play.

Aim

The International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM) provides a forum for scholars, researchers, and practitioners to examine the changing relationships between learning and media across a wide range of forms and settings. Our focus is particularly, but by no means exclusively, on young people, and we understand learning in broad terms to include informal and everyday contexts as well as institutions such as schools. We are especially interested in the broader social and cultural dimensions of these issues and in new and emerging media technologies, forms, and practices. We are particularly keen to promote international and intercultural exchange and dialogue in the field and encourage contributions from a variety of academic disciplines and perspectives, including papers from practitioners and policy-makers. Through scholarly articles, editorials, case studies, and an active online network, IJLM seeks to provide a premier forum for emerging interdisciplinary research and debate and to help shape the development of the field around the world. We publish contributions that address the theoretical, textual, historical, and sociological dimensions of media and learning, as well as the practical and political issues at stake. While retaining the peer review process of a traditional academic journal, we also provide opportunities for more topical and polemical writing, for visual and multimedia presentations, and for online dialogues. The journal is supported through the MacArthur Foundation's program on Digital Media and Learning. The journal builds on six "state of the art" volumes of research in the field published by The MIT Press early in 2008. All submissions will be evaluated based on originality, correctness, relevance, and readability.

 

Submissions

Structure of the Journal

Four sections make up each issue of IJLM:

Keywords 4,000-6,000 word definitional essays on keywords shaping the landscape of learning and media by senior scholars. By invitation from the editors.

Missives Shorter essays or op-ed pieces (typically 1,200-3,000 words) on issues of a topical or timely nature. Contributors interested in writing for this section should submit a 500 word abstract on a proposed topic for review by the editors.

Formulations and Findings 8,000-15,000 word papers with a research and/or theory orientation. Submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Only original work that has not been published elsewhere will be accepted for publication and are subject to peer-review.

Knowing and Doing The journal's online format allows for publication of materials that exceed the boundaries of the printed page. Rich media contributions representing key research findings, contexts, audiences, or environments in learning and media are appropriate. Contributors are encouraged to work with existing platforms such as Flickr, Diver, or YouTube or to develop written contributions supplemented by the inclusion of data sets, video clips, simulations, or other interactive elements. Video, graphic, or photo essays are also acceptable formats. Contributors interested in writing for this section should submit a 500 word abstract on a proposed topic and format for review by the editors. 

Contributor Guidelines Papers and proposals must be submitted electronically in PDF format and must follow CMS15 author-date (See CMS15: 16.90-16.120); interactive and/or media rich submissions may be submitted as PDFs, URLs, or other electronic formats as determined through consultation with the editors. Download complete guidelines here.

Deadlines and Requirements Submissions will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Please provide your name, affiliation, full mailing address, telephone/fax number and email address. All MSS. and abstracts/proposals must be submitted at https://mss-mitpj.mit.edu/index.php/ijlm

Author Guidelines and Manuscript Submission: https://mss-mitpj.mit.edu/index.php/ijlm/about/submissions#onlineSubmiss...

Editorial Board

Rebecca Allen, UCLA Design | Media
John Anderson, Department of Education, Northern Ireland
Dan Atkins, NSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure
Lance Bennett, University of Washington
Justine Cassell, Northwestern University
Mary Cullinane, Microsoft Corporation
Cathy Davidson, Duke University
Kirsten Drotner, University of Southern Denmark
Anna Everett, University of California at Santa Barbara
Keri Facer, Futurelab
Andrew Flanagin, University of California, Santa Barbara
Mary Flanagan, Hunter College
Howard Gardner, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
Jim Gee, Arizona State University
Brian Goldfarb, University of California, San Diego
Guillermo Orozco Gomez, University of Guadalajara
John Hartley, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Mimi Ito, University of Southern California
Genevieve Jacquinot, University of Paris VIII/CNRS
Henry Jenkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yasmin Kafai, University of California, Los Angeles
Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics
Carmen Luke, Queensland University of Technology
Mary Kearney, University of Texas
Michael Levine, Joan Ganz Cooney Center for Children's Media and Research
Jackie Marsh, University of Sheffield
Miriam Metzger, University of California, Santa Barbara
Claudia Mitchell, McGill University/University of Kwazulu-Natal
Shin Mizukoshi, Tokyo University
Kathryn Montgomery, American University
Helen Nixon, University of South Australia
Roy Pea, Stanford University
Nichole Pinkard, University of Chicago Urban Education Institute
Deb Polson, Australasian Center for Interaction Design
Neil Selwyn, London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, University of London
Warren Simmons, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University
Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Douglas Thomas, University of Southern California
Kathleen Tyner, University of Texas
Tapio Varis, Tampere University.

 

Focus and Coverage

The scope of the journal is broad and ambitious, and we intend to push beyond the confines of traditional disciplinary approaches. This includes the publication of work in non-traditional, media-rich formats that might embed still images, video, audio, or experiment with non-linear writing and/or other forms of interactivity. We envisage topics to include, but not be limited to:

  • shifting notions of literacy and participation
  • media and civic engagement
  • historical perspectives on media and learning
  • digital divides and participation gaps
  • identity, media, and learning
  • changing views of creativity and innovation
  • technologies of the imagination
  • media literacy and media education
  • representation, race, and ethnicity
  • designing learning environments
  • the political economy of media and education
  • social and cultural dimensions of media and learning
  • DIY and participatory media
  • children's culture and youth culture
  • new approaches to assessment
  • games and learning
  • generational conflicts and connections
  • theories of technology, learning, and culture
  • policy and regulatory issues
  • rethinking media production and consumption
  • media in the classroom
  • lifelong learning
  • media, play, and learning

Publisher

IJLM is published quarterly by The MIT Press, in partnership with the Monterey Institute for Technology in Education. The MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/ijlm. The publication of this journal was made possible by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in connection with its grantmaking initiative on Digital Media and Learning. For more information on this initiative visit www.macfound.org.

Subscriptions

Annual subscriptions for IJLM are online-only and available for both individuals and institutions. Subscriptions are for four issues and include online access to all back content. Individual subscriptions are $25; institutional subscriptions are $125. Please click here to order

Contact

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