The Environmental Communication Yearbook

Note: As of 2007, the Environmental Communication Yearbook will become the new journal: Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture

Editor, Volumes I and II

• Susan Senecah, State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry, ssenecah@mailbox.syr.edu

Editor, Volume III and IV

• Stephen Depoe, University of Cincinnati, depoe@uc.edu

Editorial Board Members

• Bernie Ankney, Temple University
• Connie Bullis,University of Utah
• Pete Bsumek, James Madison University
• James Cantrill, Northern Michigan University
• Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Terence Check, St. John's (MN) University
• Cindy Christen, Colorado State University
• Julia B. Corbett, University of Utah
• Robert Cox, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Brian Day, International Institute for Environmental Communication
• Kevin DeLuca, University of Georgia
• Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Walter Leal Filho, Technical University of Hamburg
• William Griswold, University of Georgia
• Jennifer Hamilton, University of Cincinnati
• Robert Heath, University of Houston
• Judith Hendry, University of New Mexico
• Diane Hope, Rochester Institute of Technology
• William Kinsella, Lewis & Clark College
• Patrick Lawler, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
• Marie Mater, Houston Baptist University
• Katherine McComas, Cornell University
• Mark Meisner, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
• Mark Meister, North Dakota State University
• Gene (Olin E., Jr.) Meyers, Huxley College, Western Washington University
• Mark Moore, Oregon State University
• Mark Neuzil, University of St. Thomas (Associate Editor for Volumes I and II)
• Rosemary O'Leary, Syracuse University
• Andrew Opel, Florida State University
• Jennifer Peeples, Utah State University
• Tarla Peterson, University of Utah
• Phaedra Pezzullo, Indiana University
• Dan Phillipon, University of Minnesota
• Donnalyn Pompper, Florida State University
• Jean Retzinger, University of California at Berkeley
• Steve Schwarze, University of Montana
• James Shanahan, Cornell University
• Brant Short, Northern Arizona University
• Brian C. Taylor, University of Colorado at Boulder
• Robert Thomas, Loyola University
• Craig Trumbo, University of Missouri
• Cornelius B. (Ben) Tyson, Central Connecticut State University
• Craig Waddell, Michigan Technical University
• Gregg Walker, Oregon State University (Associate Editor for Volumes I and II)
• Bruce Weaver, Albion College
• Barb Willard, DePaul University
• Caitlin Wills-Toker, Gainesville College
• William Wilmot, University of Montana
• Michaela Zint, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Publisher

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Home Page

http://www.erlbaum.com/ecy.htm

Editorial Scope

The Environmental Communication Yearbook is a multidisciplinary forum through which a broad audience of academics, professionals, and practitioners can share and build theoretical, critical, and applied scholarship addressing environmental communication in a variety of contexts. This peerreviewed annual publication invites submissions that showcase and/or advance our understanding of the production, reception, contexts, or processes of human communication regarding environmental issues. Theoretical expositions, literature reviews, case studies, cultural and mass media studies, best practices, and essays on emerging issues are welcome, as are both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Areas of topical coverage will include:

• Participatory processes: public participation, collaborative decision making, dispute resolution, consensus building processes, regulatory negotiations, community dialogue, building civic capacity.
  
• Journalism and mass communication: newspaper, magazine, book and other forms of printed mass media; advertising and public relations; media studies; and radio, television and Internet broadcasting.
  
• Communication studies: rhetorical/historical case studies, organizational analyses, public relations/issues management; interpersonal/relational dimensions, risk communication, and psychological/cognitive research, all of which examine the origins, content, structure, and outcomes of discourse about environmental issues.

Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis for inclusion in volumes published annually each fall, beginning in 2003.

Audience

Researchers, scholars, students, and practitioners in environmental communication, journalism, rhetoric, public relations, mass communication, risk analysis, political science, environmental education, environmental studies, public administration; policy makers; others interested in environmental issues and the communication channels used for discourse and information dissemination on the topic.

Instructions to Contributors

The Environmental Communication Yearbook is a multi-disciplinary forum through which a broad audience of academics, professionals, and practitioners can share and build theoretical, critical, and applied scholarship addressing environmental communication in a variety of contexts. This peer-reviewed annual publication invites submissions that showcase and/or advance our understanding of the production, reception, contexts, or processes of human communication regarding environmental issues. We welcome a variety of submissions, including theoretical expositions, literature reviews, case studies, cultural and mass media studies, best practices, and essays on emerging issues; as well as both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Articles should be interesting and readable. They should avoid technical or academic jargon when plain language will suffice. Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis for inclusion in volumes published annually. Target date for publication of Volume III is November, 2005. Essays to be considered for inclusion in Volume III must be submitted no later than October 1, 2004.

Manuscript Submission

Authors are encouraged to submit their work electronically to the e-mail address listed below. Essays submitted electronically should be sent in WORD or PDF format. If submitting via regular mail, authors need to send four copies of the manuscript, plus cover page with contact information, to:

Stephen P. Depoe
Editor, Environmental Communication Yearbook
Department of Communication
P. O. Box 210184
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati OH 45221-0184
e-mail: depoesp@email.uc.edu

Peer Review and Author Identification

Manuscripts will be received and reviewed throughout the year. Submitted articles undergo masked peer review. Authors should take care that the manuscript contains no clues as to identity. To facilitate anonymous review, only the article title should appear on the first page of the article. For paper submittals, an attached cover page must contain the title, authorship, authors' affiliations, any statements of credit or research support, and mailing addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and fax numbers of the authors. Essays submitted in electronic format must not include author name or affiliation in the file. Authors must submit a separate electronic file containing the title, authorship, authors' affiliations, any statements of credit or research support, and mailing addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and fax numbers of the authors.

Only original manuscripts submitted to Environmental Communication Yearbook will be considered for publication. The cover letter should include a statement that the manuscript is original, has not been previously published, and has not been submitted elsewhere simultaneously. Include a self-addressed postcard for notification of receipt. Manuscripts will not be returned.

Format and Organization

Manuscripts should be prepared according to the guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition). They should be double spaced and should not exceed 8000 words, excluding references, tables, figures, and notes. Following the title page, the second page should include the manuscript title, an abstract of 100 to 150 words, a list of key words for use in indexing, and a manuscript word count. Avoid using new technical words, psychological jargon or slang, or terminology not consistent with the style guidelines in the Publication Manual of the APA. Abbreviations and acronyms should be defined with their initial use. Manuscripts that do not conform to these guidelines may be returned to the author prior to review.

Permissions

Authors are responsible for all statements made in their work and for obtaining permission from copyright owners to use a lengthy quotation (500 words or more from a book-length work) or to reprint or adapt a table or figure published elsewhere. Authors should contact author(s) and publisher of such material to request nonexclusive world rights in all languages for use in the article. Provide copies of all permissions and credit lines obtained.

Tables, Figures, Exhibits, and References

Clean copies of tables, figures, and exhibits should accompany the manuscript. Upon acceptance of an article, authors must provide camera-ready art work. Tables, figures, and exhibits should be double-spaced on separate pages. Notes keyed to tables and figures should use letters rather than numbers or asterisks. Exhibits (employed in place of appendices) should also be typed double-spaced on separate pages. All tables, figures, and exhibits should have short, clear, descriptive titles and must be called out in the text of the article. Clearly visible notes within the text should indicate approximate placement of figures and tables. Type table and figure captions on a separate sheet. Refer to the Publication Manual of the APA for format of tables. Compile references alphabetically (see the Publication Manual of the APA for multiple-author citations and references). Spell out names of journals. Provide page numbers of chapters in edited books. Text citations must correspond accurately to the references in the reference list.

Production Notes

After a manuscript is accepted for publication, authors will be required to submit an electronic copy of the manuscript on diskette. Specific publication preparation guidelines will be sent with the acceptance letter. Manuscripts are copyedited, and authors are allowed to make final revisions to the manuscript after it has been copyedited. The corrected manuscript pages are then typeset into page proofs. Authors are sent page proofs of their manuscripts and are asked to proofread them for printer's errors and other defects. Correction of typographical errors will be made without charge; other alterations made to the page proofs will be charged to the author.