Aim and Scope
Current Research in Communication (CRC) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing high-quality scholarship in communication, media, journalism, and related fields. The journal provides a platform for original research, review articles, short communications, theoretical papers, and interdisciplinary studies that contribute to understanding contemporary communication processes, media systems, technologies, institutions, cultures, and societies.
CRC particularly encourages research addressing communication and media issues within Africa and other emerging contexts while maintaining a broad international and comparative perspective.
The journal welcomes manuscripts in, but is not limited to, the following areas:
- Communication and Media Studies
- Journalism Studies
- Mass Communication
- Digital and Social Media
- Strategic Communication
- Corporate Communication
- Public Relations
- Advertising and Marketing Communication
- Organizational Communication
- Intercultural Communication
- Development Communication
- Health Communication
- Environmental and Climate Communication
- Crisis and Risk Communication
- Science Communication
- Political Communication
- Media, Culture and Society
- Media Ethics and Regulation
- Communication Policy
- Media Law and Governance
- Broadcasting and Multimedia
- Digital Journalism
- New Media and Communication Technologies
- Artificial Intelligence and Communication
- Mobile and Online Communication
- Audience and Reception Studies
- Media Effects and Public Opinion
- Visual Communication
- Film, Television and Screen Studies
- Gender and Communication
- Community Media
- Communication for Social Change
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Media Management and Economics
- Digital Culture and Society
- Emerging Trends in Communication Research