About the Journal

		Journal title	:	MediaCommPedia: Journal of Communication and Digital Media Studies
		Initials	:	MediaCommPedia
		Abbreviation	:	MediaCommPedia J. Commun. Digit. Media Stud.
		Frequency	:	12 issues per year
		DOI	:	https://doi.org/10.55681/aspirasidigital by Crossref
		Online ISSN	:	xxxx-xxxx
		Editor-in-Chief	:	Winda Eprilia, S.Pd.,Gr.,M.Pd
		Publisher	:	LPPM Institut Teknologi dan Kesehatan Aspirasi
		Citation Analysis	:	[Sinta] [Google Scholar]

MediaCommPedia: Journal of Communication and Digital Media Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access international journal dedicated to examining the profound transformations within the global media landscape, communication dynamics, and digital ecosystems. Positioned at the vanguard of contemporary media sociology, cyber-communication, and cultural studies, the journal serves as a critical intellectual forum for scholars, computational social scientists, media practitioners, and communication policy analysts. MediaCommPedia prioritizes macro-level philosophical inquires, cutting-edge empirical research, and interdisciplinary framework analyses that address the socio-political, cultural, and cognitive impacts of digital acceleration. By bridging legacy communication theories with emergent algorithmic structures, the journal fosters a holistic understanding of how human interaction, public spheres, and symbolic meaning are reconstructed in a networked world.

Scope and Topics

The journal welcomes high-quality original research articles, critical reviews, and conceptual papers that offer significant contributions to the following thematic areas:

• Digital Culture & Cyber-Sociology: Virtual communities, identity construction in digital environments, social media dynamics, meme culture, and the gamification of communication.

• Political Communication & Digital Public Sphere: Algorithmic governance, data surveillance, political campaigning in the digital age, state-media relations, disinformation, echo chambers, and citizen journalism.

• Mass Communication & Journalism Paradigms: The evolution of legacy media, convergence journalism, data-driven journalism, automated newsrooms, and the political economy of media conglomerates.

• Emerging Digital Media Technologies: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), the ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in media generation, virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) communication, and automated text analysis.

• Media Literacy, Ethics & Public Policy: Global digital divides, intellectual property rights in digital spaces, media regulation frameworks, and digital well-being.

Publication Frequency

To ensure rigorous editorial oversight, thorough peer review, and timely dissemination of cutting-edge research, MediaCommPedia is published semi-annually (2 issues per year, typically scheduled for release in June and December). Special thematic issues targeting emerging disruptions in communication technologies may be commissioned by the Editorial Board.

Peer Review Process

MediaCommPedia enforces a strict double-blind peer review policy to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity and objectivity.

1. Initial Desk Evaluation: Every submission undergoes a preliminary screening by the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor to assess thematic alignment, methodological consistency, and structural integrity. Plagiarism screening (via Turnitin/iThenticate) is strictly executed at this stage, requiring a similarity index below the journal's maximum threshold.

2. Expert Peer Review: Manuscripts passing the desk evaluation are anonymized and assigned to at least two independent international reviewers who are experts in the specific domain of communication and digital media studies.

3. Editorial Decision: Based on the reviewers' recommendations, the Editorial Board renders one of four decisions: Acceptance, Revisions Required (Minor/Major), Resubmit for Review, or Rejection. The final decision rests entirely on the intellectual merit, theoretical novelty, and empirical rigor of the work.

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Mission Statement: "is to deconstruct and critically analyze the evolving architectures of human and mediated communication within an increasingly digitalized global society. Grounded in the philosophy that communication is both a foundational social anchor and a rapidly changing technological artifact, the journal aims to democratize media knowledge by providing an unrestricted, high-impact platform for global scholarly dialogue. Through the promotion of diverse methodological approaches—ranging from traditional ethnography to advanced computational social science—MediaCommPedia seeks to empower media educators, inspire ethical technology development, and shape progressive policies in digital media governance."