The Renaissance of Academic Publishing: The Deconstruction of the Journal into a Pragmatic Manifestation of a Postmodernist Set of Discourses
- Submitting institution
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York St John University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 477
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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- Book title
- Semiotics and Visual Communication: Concepts and Practices
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars
- ISBN
- 9781443854689
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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http://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/3707/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Research Rationale
This project examined the overall design, and especially the page architecture of the academic journal Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture and Media Studies. The research insights revealed that to be appealing to an art and design audience, an academic journal would have to embrace a somewhat distinctive appearance and present the content in a comprehensive manner. The materiality of the publication was found to be very significant in the engagement of wider audiences. The project emphasized that graphic design incorporation could eventually attract many more art and design practitioners, which could lead to an incorporation of academic research into their practice and potentially nurture an interest towards authorship.
Methodology
The research project followed a qualitative methodology for the first part of the investigation, including a focus group, an online survey, two interviews, and two case studies. During the second part of data collection, the author employed a self-reflective approach, including an observation phase (consisting of a number of smaller case studies), an information stage (consisting of an interview), an evaluation and testing phase (consisting of a focus group), and an action and reflection phase (consisting of a self-evaluation and self-reflection journal).
Dissemination
In 2011, the project was presented as a paper at the 1st International Conference on Semiotics and Visual Communication: From Theory to Practice in Limassol, Cyprus. In 2014, the project was published as a chapter in the peer-reviewed Semiotics and Visual Communication: Concepts and Practices (ISBN 1-4438-5468-9). In 2020, the project was presented as a paper once again at the International Conference of the College Art Association of America (CAA2020) in Chicago, US. The paper was one of the three papers presented during the session ‘Designing Scholarship: Communication Design and Academic Journal Publishing Practices’.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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