About us

Mediální studia / Media studies is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author (with proper referencing). This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Based in the disciplines of media and communication studies, it focuses on analyses of media texts, media cultures, media professionals’ practices, and media audiences’ behavior. We especially support the emphasis on the dynamics of local and global knowledge of media and their mutual connections.

The journal is published by the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Abstracting and Indexing

Scopus

Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL)

European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS)

Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLA)

Access and Licensing

The journal and its full content are published in accordance with open-access rules and licensed under Creative Commons CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Full versions of the texts are available on the journal’s website and in the CEEOL database.

Mediální studia / Media studies are financially supported by Ministry of Culture Czech Republic and Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University.

Editorial Board

PhDr. Petr Bednařík, Ph.D. (Charles University) – chairman

prof. PhDr. Jan Jirák, Ph.D. (Charles University)

PhDr. Jakub Končelík, Ph.D. (Charles University)

Mgr. Marek Lapčík, Ph.D. (Palacky University)

prof. Mgr. et Mgr. Peter Mikuláš, Ph.D. (Constantine the Philosopher University)

PhDr. Jaromír Volek, Ph.D. (FOCUS)

doc. Mgr. Lenka Waschková Císařová, Ph.D. (Masaryk University)

doc. Mgr. Renáta Sedláková, Ph.D. (Palacky University)

doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (Charles University)

Advisory Board

ass. prof. Aysu Arsoy, Ph.D. (Eastern Mediterranean University Cyprus)

prof. Sercan Hamza Bağlama, Ph.D. (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University) 

Iván Zatz-Díaz, Ph.D. (Pratt Institute) 

prof. Christine Evans, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) 

ass. prof. Michał Głowacki, Dr. hab. (University of Warsaw)

prof. Ann Gray (University of Lincoln) 

prof. Matt Hills, Ph.D. (University of Huddersfield) 

prof. Yongsuk Hwang, Ph.D. (Konkuk University) 

prof. Dejan Jontes, Ph.D. (University of Ljubljana) 

Yong-Chan Kim, Ph.D. (Yonsei University)

prof. Eric Kramer, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma) 

prof. Valentina E. Marinescu, Ph.D. (University of Bucharest) 

Monika Metyková, Ph.D. (University of Sussex) 

prof. Pedro Pinto de Oliveira (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil)

prof. Zrinjka Peruško, Ph.D. (University of Zagreb) 

prof. Boguslawa Dobek Ostrowska (University of Wroclaw, Silesia University of Education) 

Josef Seethaler, D.Phil. (Austrian Academy of Sciences | University of Klagenfurt)

prof. Winfried Schulz (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) 

prof. Andra Siibak, Ph.D. (University of Tartu) 

Marquard Smith, Ph.D. (University College London)

prof. Michele Sorice (Sapienza University of Rome)

ass. prof. Ilija Tomanić-Trivundža, Ph.D. (University of Ljubljana)