The editorial staff of the journal "Media Business Culture" accepts for publication  original (previously unpublished) theoretical and empirical articles compatible with the thematic profile of the journal and reviews and reports relevant to the area of ​​the discipline of social communication and media. Texts can be submitted in English and Polish. All submitted papers are reviewed by renowned scientists, observing good practices and respecting the objective principles, as set out by the form for reviewers of the Media Business Culture journal (the form). The condition for the publication of an article in the journal is the author's obtaining two positive reviews and submitting a statement on the consent to publish the article free of charge and to index it in databases. The accepted articles are placed by the editorial staff in specific thematic sections of each issue of the journal.

Deadlines for sending texts

As a semi-annual, the journal is published twice a year, in autumn and spring, in a hard copy   (reference) version and in an electronic format. Deadlines for sending articles to particular numbers are January 15 (the first issue in a specific year) and April 15 (the other issue in a  year).

Editorial requirements

You are kindly requested to submit the texts electronically, via the editorial panel.

When writing the text, please note the following guidelines:

1. Text volume: from 20 000  to 40 000 characters (including spaces)
   
   
2. Text editor: Word doc or docx format
   
   
3. Basic font – Times New Roman CE, 12 points
   
   
4. Line spacing  – 1.5; text justification
   
   
5. Margins  – 2.5 cm
   
   
6. Layout of the text
   
   
   • author, academic degree, affiliation, ORCID
     
     
   • title (in Polish and English) – bold (14 pts)
     
     
   • key words (5) in Polish and English (10 pts)
     
     
   • abstract in Polish and English (10 pts)
     
     
   • text division  (introduction, subchapters, summary)
     
     
   • traditional footnotes at the bottom, following the further presented pattern– bibliography with reference to the current literature on the subject  (alphabetical arrangement – 10 pts)
     
     
7. Tables, charts, photographs
   
   
   • continuous numbering within the text, separate for diagrams, drawings and photographs 
     
     
   • table titles above the object (12 pts)
     
     
   • titles of diagrams, drawings and photographs below the object (10 pts)
     
     
   • drawings in the form of raster graphics (BMP, JPG, TIFF) should be made at a minimum resolution of 600 dpi, photographs being contrast and sharp; vector graphics is preferred.
     
     The authors are required to provide reliable sources under illustrations, tables, charts, etc. In the case of borrowed works being used in their papers, they should attach to the submitted materials a permission for reprint or adaptation of a specific work or a fragment thereof, given by the people or institutions holding the reprint rights. 
     
     
8. Bibliography – an alphabetical list of literature, as per the following model: 
   
   
   1. Books
      • Polish monographs
        Nowak E., Ustanawianie agendy politycznej przez media. Efekt newsa w Polsce, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Lublin 2014.
        
        
      • Translated monographs
        McCombs M., Ustanawianie agendy. Media masowe i opinia publiczna, translated by B. Radwan, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2008.
        
        
      • Work edited
        Media i Kościół. Polityka informacyjna Kościoła, M. Przybysz, K. Marcyński (eds.), Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa, Warszawa 2011.
        
        
   2. Chapters from books
      Chojka J., Moda i historia. Notatki o teatrzyku Bim-Bom [in:] Zbigniew Cybulski. Aktor XX wieku, J. Ciechowicz, T. Szczepański (eds.), Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 1997.
      
      
   3. Articles from journals
      Szczepański D., Geneza powstania partii politycznej na przykładzie Kongresu Liberalno--Demokratycznego (1983–1990), „Polityka i Społeczeństwo” 2009, No. 6, pp. 103–112.
      
      
   4. Internet sources
      
      Tobolska K., Radiowy złoty środek, https://www.przewodnik-katolicki.pl/Archiwum/2010/Przewodnik-Katolicki-12-2010/Wiara-i-Kosciol/Radiowy-zloty-srodek (accessed on 07.07.2018).
      
      
9. Footnotes as per the following pattern:
   1. Books
      • Polish monographs
        E. Nowak, Ustanawianie agendy politycznej przez media. Efekt newsa w Polsce, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Lublin 2014.
        
        
      • Translated monographs
        M. McCombs, Ustanawianie agendy. Media masowe i opinia publiczna, translated by B. Radwan, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2008.
        
        
      • Edited work
        Media i Kościół. Polityka informacyjna Kościoła,  M. Przybysz, K. Marcyński (eds.), Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa, Warszawa 2011.
        
        
   2. Chapters from books
      J. Chojka, Moda i historia. Notatki o teatrzyku Bim-Bom [in:] Zbigniew Cybulski. Aktor XX wieku, J. Ciechowicz, T. Szczepański (eds.), Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 1997.
      
      
   3. Articles from journals
      D. Szczepański, Geneza powstania partii politycznej na przykładzie Kongresu Liberalno-Demokratycznego (1983–1990), „Polityka i Społeczeństwo” 2009, No. 6, pp. 103–112.
      
      
   4. Internet sources
      K. Tobolska, Radiowy złoty środek, https://www.przewodnik-katolicki.pl/Archiwum/2010/Przewodnik-Katolicki-12-2010/Wiara-i-Kosciol/Radiowy-zloty-srodek (accessed on 07.07.2018).