Medijska istraživanja Media Research Croatian journal for the media and journalism The Journal was first published in 1995 – it is regulary publiched two times a year in Englich and Croatian Publicher1995 – 2006 Doron LTD & Faculty of Political sciences University of Zagreb University of Zadar, Department of Information and Communication Studies

The audience It is not oriented only to the national audience but to a much wider readership in the region with many emerging democracies It is oriented towards media experts and researchers To the students of communicatin studies, as well as to the general public

Contents From we have published: 151 paper (with 2 or 3 peer rewiev – from we collaborated with 69 expert for the peer rewievof papers) 54 from Croatian authors 38 from abroad: Slovenia (21), Bosnia and Hercegovina, Turky, Finland, Neatherlands, Sweden, Frach, Poland, Macedoniy, USA(4), CH, GB (3))

Language Each article has a title and abstract in English, as well as table of contents and instruction to authors in English Articles are published in English or in Croatian (2 in 2005 were published in Frenach) Editorial staff carries a lot about the language Intention is next year 2007 edit Media Research only in English

Editorial Policy: Aim The aim of the Journal is as a 1. to promote the media and mass communication theory by stimulating various types of interdisciplinary research in this field and 2. - becoming a forum for the presentation and exchange of different national experiences in the media, theoretical schools and concepts and new media phenomena

Issues: Themes The journal carries theoretical contributions, empirical research, book reviews, symposia proceedings, as well as information on regional and international education programs and schools in journalism and communication. Special attention is paid to the media in Croatia, as well as in other Central and Eastern European countries. Temated issues were: Media Ethics, Media Litercy, Media and Advertising Society, Media and EU Enlargement

Resulats Before 1995, Croatian media research was published in local publications and books, which were not accessible to the general scientific communication community We believe that in these twelve years of existence, the Medijska istraživanja/Media Research has become a key publication in Croatia and in the region, presenting important research to the mainstream science

Others similar journals in region To the best of our knowledge, there is no journal with similar profile and scope. Another Croatian journal from social and behavioral sciences in ISI databases is Društvena istraživanja/Journal for General Social Issues (ISSN , Publisher: Institute for Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb) is oriented towards general social issues. The journal from neighboring Slovenia, Javnost/The Public (ISSN , Publisher: European Institute for Communication and Culture) is also not covering topics as our Journal because Javnost is not so much oriented as we are towards the regional problems in the media theory, as well as practice and research into the development of communication education and media literacy.

Abstracted/indexed The Journal Media Research is indexed in the following bibliographic databases: Sociological Abstracts (SA) u Linguistic and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) and Social Planning/Policy& Development Abstracts (SOPODA) It is the journal of the 1 A Group – it means with international editorial staff and with international peer reviewer

GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO MEDIJSKA ISTRAŽIVANJA/ MEDIA RESEARCH Croatian journal for journalism and the media We cordially invite you to join us Guidelines for contributors as well as other information abou the journal Media Research you can find on-line In addition on the web site you can find all issues published from the 1995 –2006

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Dr.sc. Nada Zgrabljić Rotar Editor-in-Chief Thank you!