Launched in 2023 as part of the International Symposium on the Search for New Forms and Methodologies in Academic Studies/Publishing, CINEMEDIA Text & Audiovisual Journal is waiting for your classic text-based articles and national/international video articles in the fields of cinema and media for its second issue!

CINEMEDIA Text & Audiovisual Journal is an open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes research in the field of film studies and media in accordance with scientific rules. It is published biannually in Turkish and English.

CINEMEDIA Text & Audiovisual Journal is the first journal in Turkey to publish not only classic text-based articles on cinema and media, but also national and international video articles. The journal encourages innovative approaches in the field of cinema, media and cultural studies, and aims to reflect and convey the outputs of scientific research on cinema as an art through its own material. In line with this mission, in accordance with academic standards, it aims to contribute to the ontological and intellectual development of academic articles and to be a useful resource by emphasizing the importance of not only consuming but also producing aspects of visual literacy.

In the publication process, CINEMEDIA Text & Audiovisual Journal takes into account the issues specified in the Interuniversity Council Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive from authors, referees and editors. All responsibility for the articles published in the journal belongs to the author.

Note: The decision to publish the studies belongs to the editors. Studies accepted as a result of referee evaluations are not obliged to be published. The editors have the right to leave the accepted studies to the next issue in order to ensure harmony between the journal issues.

Submission for paper and audiovisual works.

Before the submission, you can visit “Submission Conditions, Writing Rules, and Technical Criteria for Audiovisual Works” and“For Authors” sections on our website.

CINEMEDIA Text & Audiovisual Journal is an open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes research in the field of film studies and media in accordance with scientific rules. It is published as 2 issue per year.

CINEMEDIA Text & Audiovisual Journal is the first journal in Turkey to include text-based classical articles in the field of cinema and media as well as national and international video articles. CINEMEDIA Text & Audiovisual Journal is a structure that prioritizes new approaches in the field of cinema, media and cultural studies, and aims to think and transfer the scientific research outputs of cinema as an art with its own material. With this core mission; without deviating from scientific standards, it aims to contribute to the ontological development and intellectual ground of academic articles and to be a useful resource in order to fill the ‘authorship’ part of the concept of visual literacy as well as ‘readership’.

Editor Prof. Dr. Hülya Önal
Foundation Year 2023
ISSN 3023-5960
DOI Prefix  
Owner Prof. Dr. Hülya Önal
Publisher

Prof. Dr. Hülya Önal

E-mail: cinemediajournal@gmail.com

Tel: +90 537 250 77 79

Address  Cevatpaşa Mah. Arıburnu Sk. 8/1 Çanakkale / Türkiye
Editor
Prof. Dr. Hülya Önal – Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Türkiye
Editorial Board

Prof. Dr. Aslıhan Topçu – Mersin University

Prof. Dr. Iliana Pavlova – St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo

Assoc. Prof. Deane Williams – Monash University, Australia

Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Tuğba Elmacı – Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

 

Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Aykut Arıkan – Turkish-German University

Prof. Dr. Banu Manav – Kadir Has University

Prof. Dr. Cem Sütçü – Marmara University

Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Aytekin – Marmara University

Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Şahin Taşkın – Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Prof. Dr. Deniz Yengin – Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Prof. Dr. Ebru Özgen – Marmara University

Prof. Dr. Erhan Akyazı – Marmara University

Prof. Dr. Gökhan Gökgöz – Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Prof. Dr. Günseli Bayraktutan – Giresun University

Prof. Dr. Hasan Akbulut – İstanbul University

Prof. Dr. Hasan Saygın – İstanbul Aydin University

Prof. Héctor J. Pérez –  Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Prof. Dr. İlke Evin Gencel – İzmir Demokrasi University

Prof. Dr. Kathleen Loock – Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Özçağlayan – Marmara University

Prof. Dr. Meltem Huri Baturay, Atılım University

Prof. Dr. Mutlu Binark – Hacettepe University

Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Team – İstanbul University

Prof. Dr. Okan Ormanlı – Kültür University

Prof. Dr. Recep Tayfun – Maltepe University

Prof. Dr. Ryszard W. Kluszczyński – University of Lodz, Poland

Prof. Dr. Sadi Seferoğlu – Hacettepe University

Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Oktan – Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University

Assoc. Prof. Alan O’Leary – Aarhus University, Denmark

Assoc. Prof. Asım Evren Yantaç – Koç University

Assoc. Prof. Duygu Özsoy Taylan – Mersin University

Assoc. Prof. Elif Akçalı – Kadir Has University

Assoc. Prof. Mathias Bonde Korsgaard – Aarhus University, Denmark

Assoc. Prof. Polina Golovátina-Mora – NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Assoc. Prof. Sevcan Sönmez – Yaşar University

Assoc. Prof. Tuğba Elmacı – Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Assoc. Prof. Veneta Hristova – “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” University of Veliko, Bulgaria

Asst. Prof. Ayça Çiftçi – Bilgi University

Asst. Prof. Emre Ahmet Seçmen – Beykoz University

Asst. Prof. Ersan Ocak – TED University

Dr. Elisabeth Brun – Høyskolen Kristiania | Kristiania University College, Norway

Dr. Estrella Sendra Fernandez – Londra SOAS University, England

Dr. Farshad Zahedi – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Asst. Prof. İhsan Koluaçık – Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University

Asst. Prof. İpek Gürkan – Istanbul Gelişim University

Asst. Prof. Kevser Akyol Otan – Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University

Asst. Prof. Murad Özdemir – Galatasaray University

Asst. Prof. Nina Szczygiel – University of Aveiro, Portugal

Asst. Prof. Ozan Otan – Dokuz Eylül University

Asst. Prof. Parichay Patra – IIT Jodhpur, India

Dr. Patricia Castello – Branco NOVA Institute, Portugal

CINEMEDIA Text & Audiovisual Journal is not indexed yet.

Submission Conditions, Writing Rules, and Technical Criteria for Audiovisual Works 

  • The work should not be under consideration for academic peer-reviewed publication elsewhere.
  • The work cannot be used in another academic peer-reviewed publication after it has been published in the journal.
  • Researchers applying for a video article submission must share the non-generic version of their video article including an online viewing link and password (such as Vimeo) within the supporting text.
  • During submission, a maximum of 100 words abstract, 150 words author biography, and a supporting text between 1500-3000 words discussing the theoretical framework of the work are required.
  • The abstract, author biography, and supporting text should be submitted through https://cinemediaj.ejournal.gen.tr/.
  • No fees will be requested at any stage of the publication.
  • Submissions to the journal are subjected to blind peer review.
  • The process for works evaluated by at least two referees is completed within a maximum of 2 months.
  • Works accepted must upload their generic-added versions to the Cinelab platform within a maximum of 15 days.
  • Works given corrections by referees must be uploaded to the Cinelab platform within 30 days.
  • Works not uploaded on time will not be published.
  • The process begins with the editor’s preliminary review of video articles.
  • Works found suitable in terms of writing rules and technical criteria are sent to blind referees.
  • Following the evaluation process, the editor decides on the acceptance or rejection of the video article based on the referees’ reports.
  • Referees may give minor and major revisions to video articles.
  • The creator/author retains the rights to their video articles and supporting texts, granting Cinemedia the right to publish.
  • CINEMEDIA Written & Visual-Audio Journal adheres to the “Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International” copyright principles.
  • CINEMEDIA allows the creator/author to determine their copyright terms based on their residence while encouraging creators/authors to license their works under Creative Commons.
  • All copyright responsibility belongs to the creator/author.
  • A Copyright Responsibility Agreement document must be submitted during application.
  • Works violating copyright will be removed from publication.

Audiovisual Works Writing Rules

  • A synopsis (max. 50 words), abstract (max. 100 words), creator/author biography (max. 150 words), and supporting text (between 1500-3000 words) are required for the work.
  • The synopsis, abstract, and creator/author biography should be prepared in both Turkish and English.
  • Texts should be written in Calibri font, 12 point size, with 1.5 line spacing. Margins of the texts should be 2.5 cm, justified, without indentations at paragraph beginnings, and paragraphs should be clearly separated by a single line space.
  • The creator/author’s statement and abstract must adhere to APA 6 standards.

Technical Criteria For Audiovisual Works 

  • Must be in 1920×1080 resolution.
  • The size of the work must not exceed 1 GB.
  • The format of the work must be in .mp4 or .mov.
  • One 1920X1080 thumbnail (cover image) and one A3 size poster work are required. Works must be in 300 DPI resolution, in .jpeg, .png, or .pdf format.

Supporting Text Content – Framework For Audiovisual Works 

  • The supporting text is expected to explain the theoretical background of the video article. It should not be a transcription of the presentation or the narrated version of the video article.
  • The text should include: The title of the work (bold) Author and their full affiliation Abstract (150 words in Turkish / 150 words in English) Keywords (five words, arranged alphabetically) Text (1500 – 3000 words) References and Filmography (cited according to the format below for written visual-audio sources.) The supporting text must be prepared according to scientific study standards, thus including a research question, method, findings, and conclusion within the text. Additionally, a references section should be at the end of the text, listing all the works cited in the text.

Supporting Text Formal Features

  • An abstract (max. 150 words), creator/author biography (max. 150 words), and creator/author supporting text (between 1500-3000 words) are required.
  • The abstract and creator/author biography should be prepared in both Turkish and English.
  • Texts should be written in Calibri font, 11 point size, with 1.5 line spacing. Margins of the texts should be 2.5 cm, justified, without indentations at paragraph beginnings, and paragraphs should be clearly separated by a single line space.
  • The creator/author’s theoretical text and abstract must adhere to APA 7 standards.
  • The supporting text must be in Turkish or English.

Creative Directive For Audiovisual Works 

  • The visual-audio narrative used in the video article should not be a verbatim voiced/visualized version of the supporting text.
  • Video articles should be a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 30 minutes.
  • The video article should balance scientific and artistic styles.
  • Cinematographic narrative should be emphasized, and the video article should not be a recorded version of a presentation in front of a camera.
  • The video article should avoid narratives detached from content and scientific context.
  • The video article should not contain elements that constitute racist propaganda, terrorism propaganda, or similar crimes, nor should it contain visual-audio elements encouraging banned substances.
  • Editors can place age and content descriptive markers at the beginning of the video article if deemed necessary.
  • Visual-audio content in the video article can be created with artificial intelligence tools, but the producer is responsible for any copyright issues that may arise.
  • Citations made in the video article must adhere to the citation format provided below.
  • The video article must have original content and contribute new perspectives to the field.
  • The video article must present its argument clearly, without ambiguity.

Direct Quote From Film

@misc{serenity2019,

  author = {Knight, S.},

  title = {Serenity},

  howpublished = {Film},

  year = {2019},

  publisher = {Global Road Entertainment},

  note = {Timecode: 00:09:10 – 00:11:08},

  url = {https://edutv.informit.com.au/watch-screen.php?videoID=3390687}

}

Derived Quote From Film (The case of transferring one or more frames of the film to the work through manipulation.)

@misc{dogru2023serenity,

  author = {Dogru, Ç.},

  title = {Derived work from Serenity},

  year = {2023},

  note = {Timecode: 00:17:10 – 00:18:08, Derived from Serenity, directed by S. Knight, 2019, Global Road Entertainment. Original timecode: 00:09:10 – 00:11:08},

  url = {https://edutv.informit.com.au/watch-screen.php?videoID=3390687}

}

Quotes Derived From Various Sources (The case of manipulating and simultaneously transferring written, visual/audio original works.)

@misc{dogru2023multi,

  author = {Dogru, Ç.},

  title = {Multimodal derivation from various sources},

  year = {2023},

  note = {Timecode: 00:20:10 – 00:22:08, Generated from the film Serenity, directed by S. Knight (2019), Global Road Entertainment, timecode 00:09:10 – 00:11:08, available at https://edutv.informit.com.au/watch-screen.php?videoID=3390687. As cited in Agrios, G.N. (2005). Plant pathology (5th ed.), Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 67-89.},

  url = {https://edutv.informit.com.au/watch-screen.php?videoID=3390687}

}

Quotes Generated with Artificial Intelligence

@misc{ai_generated_citation,

  author = {Author Name or AI Program Name},

  title = {Title of the Generated Work},

  year = {Year of Creation},

  howpublished = {Medium of the Work},

  note = {Details about the generation process or the dataset used for training the AI, if applicable},

  url = {URL to access the work, if available}

}

FULL TEXT GUIDELINES

The texts to be sent should be written in MS Word program with a vertical A4 page size, with Calibri 11 font, and 1.5 spacing.

The page margins of the texts should be 2.5 cm, they should be aligned, no indentation should be made for the beginning of the paragraph, and paragraph spacing should be signalized by giving 1 line of space.

Page numbering should not be done.

Footnotes should be written in 9 font size with a single line spacing, and no spaces should be left between the footnotes.

Author names should be indicated under the title and author information should be indicated in the footnote (*) as title, institution, e-mail address.

1 cm indentation should be left for numbering or bullets to be made in the text.

 

GUIDELINES FOR MAIN AND SUBTITLES

All of the main titles should be written in capital letters and in bold.

Indentation should not be made when writing the main titles.

The main titles should not be given letters or numbers.

Only the first letters of the words in the subtitle should be capitalized, left aligned, and the entire title should be written in bold.

Subtitles should not be numbered, the first letters of the second level subtitle words should be written in capital letters, left aligned, italic and bold; the third level subtitle should be written in italic letters with capital letters and not in bold left aligned.

 

REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED TO ATTACH TABLES, GRAPHICS, FIGURES AND PICTURES

Each table, graphic, figure, and picture should be attached to the text on the aforementioned page.

Tables, graphics, figures and pictures should be arranged in accordance with colour printing and should be used in high resolution considering the print quality.

Tables, graphics, figures and pictures should have titles and be numbered.

These headings and numbers should be written in bold, with capital letters centre aligned and 11 font size.

The information to be written in it should be 9 font size.

 

REFERENCE/CITATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHY GUIDELINES

APA rules should be taken as a basis when referencing/citing the text and preparing bibliography.

You can find detailed information on the rules here: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/

Every work quoted should be included in the bibliography, and every work in the bibliography should be referenced in the relevant part of the text.

The bibliography should be indicated as the main title at the end of the text and should be edited by selecting the hanging indent format.

In case of using appendix in the text, each annex should be given after the bibliography on separate pages, the title of “APPENDIX” should be written in capital letters, in bold and left aligned, and should be numbered separately. The first letter of each word in appendix title must be capitalized. For example; APPENDIX 1: Appendix Title.

When preparing the bibliography, alphabetical order should be followed through the surnames of the referenced authors.

 

While making an in-text citation, the surname of the author (s), the date of the work and the page number should be included in parentheses after the quoted statement.

  1. It is used when the author quotes in quotation marks (Aslan, 2005: 14) for a certain term, concept, or paragraph in the form of “………….”.
  2. b) In case of more than one research to which the author quotes, reference should be made to the order of the authors’ surnames.
  3. A comma is placed between the surnames of the authors: (Aslan, 2015; Batmaz, 2018; Ulusoy, 2019).
  4. c) If the author uses a certain part of the source, it should be shown as (Aslan, 2015: 13-25) or (Aslan, 2015: 13, etc.).

 

Single Author or Editorial Book

While making an in-text citation, the surname of the author (s), the date of the book and the page number quoted are written in parentheses. In the bibliography, after the title of the book is written with the author information, the publisher information should be included.

In-text: (Aladag, 2010: 45) or only (Aladag, 2010). (Cline, 2005: 12) or (Cline, 2005).

Bibliography: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the Work. Publisher: Place.

Aladağ, M. (2010). 21.Yüzyılda Pazarlama Teknikleri. Ankara University Press: Ankara.

 

Book Chapter

While making an in-text citation, the surname of the author (s), the date of the book and the page number quoted are written in parentheses. In the bibliography, after the title of the book is written with the editor/compiler information, the relevant part should be written in brackets.

In-text: (Önal, 2018: 264) or only (Önal, 2018).

Bibliography: Author, A. A. and Author, B. B. (Year). “Title of the Work”. Initial of Name. Surname (ed). Book name in. (pp. page numbers). Publisher: Year.

Önal, Hülya. (2018). “Gangsters in Turkish Cinema”. G. Larke-Walsh (ed.). in A Companion to the Gangster Film. (pp.262-282). Wiley Blackwell.

 

Book with Two Authors or Editors

In these types of citations, “and” should be added between the authors in the text. In the bibliography, “ve” is added to the authors for Turkish sources and “and” is added to the authors for English sources. Editor/compiler information in the bibliography should be written before the date.

In-text: (Mutlu and Health, 2012: 23) or only (Mutlu and Health, 2012). (Hill and Song, 2018: 32) or only (Hill and Song, 2018)

Bibliography: Mutlu, C. and Health, D. (Ed.). (2012). Güncel Gelişmeler Işığında Liderlik. Eski Press: Ankara.

 

Books with Multiple Authors (Three or More Authors)

While showing the in-text source, “et al.” should be added after the surname of the first author. In the bibliography, the information of all authors is included.

In-text: (Tuna et al., 2000: 28) or only (Tuna, et al., 2000).

Bibliography: Tuna, P., Kalın, A., Gerçek, C. and Günes, S. (2000). Oyun Teorisi. Ekin Press: Bursa.

 

Books with an Unknown Author

When making an in-text citation, the name of the work should be written instead of the author’s name in parentheses.

In the bibliography, the number of volumes and issues, if any, should be included before the date, based on the source name in alphabetical order.

In-text: (Judgement of Eight Chamber Council of State, Vol. 5, 2001).

Bibliography: Judgement of Eight Chamber Council of State, (Vol. 3). (1985). İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası

 

Books with Institutional or Organizational Author

When making an in-text citation, the name of the institution or organization should be written instead of the author’s name.

In-text: (TUIK, 2007: 11) or only (TUIK, 2007)

BibliographyRegional Data, (2007). Ankara: Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

 

 

Multivolume Books

In the bibliography, the number of volumes in the works consisting of more than one volume should be given in parentheses after the name of the work.

In-text: (Menekşe, 2014: 45) or only (Menekşe, 2014).

Bibliography: Menekşe, E. (2014). Klasik Türk Edebiyatında Öyküler (Vol 4). Bor Press: İstanbul.

 

Translated Books

The names of translator or translators should be written after the name of the work in the bibliography. If a book chapter is translated, the editor of the book should also be included in the bibliography.

In-text: (North, 2009: 21) or only (North, 2009).

Bibliography: North, M. (2001). The chronicler’s history. H. G. M. Williamson (trans.). David A. Clines and Philip R. Davies (eds.). Sheffield Academic Press: U.S.A.

 

Periodicals (Articles)

When reference is made to periodicals, the article name is written in quotation marks in the bibliography.

The name and other information of the periodical in which the article has been published are added in the following order; Author Surname, Name. (Year). “the name of the article”. Name of the journal, Volume Number, page numbers.

In-text: (Gürbüz, 1999: 89) or only (Gürbüz, 1999).

Bibliography: Gürbüz, Ç. (1999). “Sosyal değişim”. Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 4 (2), 184-188. (doi number, if applicable).

Congress and Symposium Proceedings

In the published congress and symposium papers, citations and resources are shown as “periodicals”.

Author, A. A. (Year). Paper or poster title, Symposium name, Date, Location information. Page Number.

In-text: (Adil et al., 1995: 48) or only (Adil, et al., 1995).

Bibliography: Adil, Ö., Günay, T. ve Güzel, B. (2008). “Öğretmen adaylarının öğrenciye yönelik tutumları ile öğrenci başarısı”, V. National Educational Sciences Congress, 3-5 June 2008, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale. 115-120.

 

Encyclopaedia Items

While the information obtained from the encyclopaedias is included in the bibliography, the name of the encyclopaedia and its editor, if any, are included.

 In-text: (Frost, 2001: 525) or only (Frost, 2001).

Bibliography: Frost, A. (2001). Religion. Encyclopaedia of religion. Daniel A. Stout (ed.). New York: Routledge.

 

Unpublished Theses

Unpublished theses should be shown in the bibliography as follows; Author, A. (Year). Title of Thesis. MA-MS / PhD. Thesis. University Name, Institute Name, City.

In-text: (Durgun, 2012: 45) or (Durgun, 2012).

Bibliography: Durgun, P. (2012). Sosyo-Ekolojik Gelişmeler Perspektifinde Kırsal Turizm Algısının Ölçülmesine Yönelik Bir Araştırma. Unpublished MA Thesis. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, School of Graduate Studies, Çanakkale.

 

Electronic Resources

Date of access date should be included in the bibliography when referencing from electronic sources.

In-text: (MEB, 2008: 125) or only (MEB, 2008)

Bibliography: MEB (2008). Comparative education programs. Science High School Curriculum (pp. 209-239) Accessed: 12 August 2008, http://dogm.meb.gov.tr/www/ogretim- programlari/icerik/14.

 

 

Reports

In-text: (TCMB, 2012: 5) or only (TCMB, 2012)

Bibliography: TCMB (2012). Annual report. Accessed:10 June 2012, http://www.tcmb.gov.tr.

 

Audio and Visual Resources

In-text: (Akın, 2005).

Bibliography: Akın, F. (Director). (2005). Anadolu Ezgileri [Film]. İstanbul: NBC.

 

Internet Sources

When referring to internet sources, if the date of the source is not known, the expression “n.d.” should be used.

 In-text: (“Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University”, n.d.), “İnternette 1 saniyede neler oluyor?”, 2017)

Bibliography: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. (n.d.). Mission, vision and values http://comu.edu.tr/hakkinda/misyonvizyondegerler

İnternette 1 saniyede neler oluyor? (2017, 4 January). Access address: http://www.ntv.com.tr/galeri/teknoloji/internette-1-saniyede-neler- oluyor, XUH_UVqM80GODfAK20z Q/mfBzmt1kgUm2CCL1b5iFfg

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