International Journal of Communication

Deadline: February 15, 2021

The International Journal of Communication will publish a Forum timed to appear with the 120-year anniversary of Paul Lazarsfeld’s birth, in August 2021. We are inviting contributions of 1500- to 3000-word essays that reflect on the late sociologist’s legacy for communication research and for empirical social research more broadly.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Lazarsfeld and the institutionalization of social science research
• Lazarsfeld’s media research program, beyond the best-known studies of opinion leaders and personal influence
• Under-explored aspects of Lazarsfeld’s intellectual history
• Lazarsfeld as historian of empirical research methods
• The reception of Lazarsfeld’s research programs and methodological contributions around the world, including his native Europe
• Questions of credit and division of labor in Lazarsfeld-directed research projects
• Histories of lesser-known and uncompleted projects and proposals
• Lazarsfeld’s place in the remembered history of media and communication research

We aim to publish 4 to 5 open access essays in late summer 2021. Potential contributors should write to the Forum editors (Hynek Jeřábek and Jeff Pooley) with a 150- to 200-word abstract, by February 15, 2021. The deadline for completed drafts (1500 to 3000 words) is April 15, 2021.

Timeline

• February 15: Abstract (150 to 200 words) of proposed contribution
• April 15: Completed drafts (1500 to 3000 words)
• August: Forum publication in International Journal of Communication

Forum Editors

Hynek Jeřábek (Charles University) - hynek.jerabek@fsv.cuni.cz

Jeff Pooley (Muhlenberg College) - pooley@muhlenberg.edu