Submissions

Author Guidelines

For all submissions to MedieKultur, the following applies: The text must not be under consideration for publication with other journals or conferences, but should be original work not previously published.

Please note that your submission will not proceed into review before it complies with the following guidelines.

Article guidelines

• Length: 5,000-8,000 words including end notes and headers (excluding reference list and 150-word abstract).
• Languages: English, Danish, Norwegian or Swedish.
• Title and section headings should be brief and clear. Only the first word of the article's title should be capitalised.
• All articles must be submitted in the APA reference style.  Remember to include DOI when available. A guide can be found here.
• The article should be submitted with an abstract (150 words) stating the article's theme, focus and conclusion.
• The article should be submitted with 4-6 relevant keywords identifying the general themes and content of the article.
• The text may contain two levels of headings. These must be clearly indicated with consistent use of the same font style and size. 

How to make a submission

You can find a guide on how to make a submission in our journal system here.

You can find a guide on how to make a revision or upload a full manuscript in extension of an accepted abstract here.

Anonymize your manuscript

To ensure the integrity of the double-blind peer-review for submissions to MedieKultur, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers to be known to each other. This involved the authors, editors and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text and replaced it with "author" and year in the references. Author identification should also be removed from file properties.

General format and language

• The text should be submitted in docx format.
• Illustrations must be submitted as separate files. Indicate clearly in the main text where the illustrations are to be placed. Ensure that you have the right to publish the illustrations. Include only illustrations necessary for the overall argument of the article.
• Illustrations should be of a quality sufficient for online publication, accepted formats are PNG, JPEG or TIFF format.
• British as well as American English are accepted but should be used consistently.
• Paragraphs of more than half a page should be avoided.
• Any emphasis should be added by italics only; do not use underlining or bold text for this purpose. Bullet lists are permitted.
• When the manuscript has been revised in accordance with reviewers’ comments and accepted for publication author info should be added. Author name(s) should be added right after the manuscript title along with affiliation and Orcid ID (alternatively email).

Notes

• The use of notes should be limited to the greatest possible extent – include the information in the main text instead.
• Notes, if any, should be entered as endnotes.

Quotations

• Quotations of less than two lines should be written as continuous text indicated by "...".
• Quotations within quotations should be indicated by '...'.
• Longer quotations (40 words or more) should be indented and presented without quotation marks, with an extra empty line before and after the quotation. These indented quotations should not be italicised. In quotations, an omitted section should be indicated by square brackets: [...].

Book review guidelines

• Length: 800-1,000 words, double reviews max. 1500 words.
• Languages: If the reviewed work is in a Nordic language (Danish, Norwegian or Swedish), the review must also be in a Nordic language (of the reviewer's own choice). All other reviewed works (typically in English) should be reviewed in English.
• The review title should correspond to the title of the reviewed work, according to the following model: Author(s): Publication title. City/place: Publisher. Date of publication.
• Headings and subheadings should not be used in the review.
• If you quote from the reviewed work, the page numbers should be indicated as follows: (p. xx)
• The review should conclude with author information in the language in which the review is written including Name, Affiliation, and Orcid ID (alternatively email)

The use of generative artificial intelligence / GAI 

Authors are permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GAI) large language models (LLM) to improve the readability of their own writing. However, authors must review and edit the output resulting from generative AI and are accountable for the accuracy of their publications. Authors are not permitted to use AI to create or alter images or videos, (unless this is part of the research design in which case a statement is required explaining what was created or altered, with which tools, how, and for what reason). Finally, AI use by reviewers and editors is not permitted and violates confidentiality and proprietary rights and may breach data privacy rights. In conclusion, scientific writing and peer review is the responsibility of humans.

Authors are required to:

1. Clearly indicate the use of language models in the manuscript, including which model was used and for what purpose. Please use the methods or acknowledgements section, as appropriate.
2. Verify the accuracy, validity, and appropriateness of the content and any citations and references generated by language models and correct any errors or inconsistencies.
3. Be conscious of the potential for plagiarism where the GAI may have reproduced substantial text from other sources. Check the original sources to be sure you are not plagiarising someone else’s work.
4. Acknowledge the limitations of language models in the manuscript, including the potential for bias, errors, and gaps in knowledge.
5. Please note that GAI such as ChatGPT should not be listed as an author on your submission.
6. Authors must add a statement to the end of their manuscript, prior to the References, under the subheading, “Declaration of Generative AI and AI-assisted Technologies in the Writing Process.” The statement must include the following language: During the preparation of this work, the author(s) used [NAME OF MODEL OR TOOL USED AND VERSION AND EXTENSION NUMBERS] in order to [REASON].

Guidelines for editors and reviewers

Editors and Reviewers must uphold the confidentiality of the peer review process. Editors must not share information about submitted manuscripts or peer review reports with generative AI or LLMs such a ChatGPT. Reviewers must not use artificial intelligence tools to generate review reports, including but not limited to ChatGPT.