This week, we're celebrating our fantastic Editorial Board, a nearly 50-scholar strong group of dedicated folks that really make our journal work. Board members have completed more than 100 reviewers, and *every single Board member* has reviewed for us so far - averaging 25 days to complete.

Earlier today, Editor-in-Chief @bowmanspartan.bsky.social spoke with more than 120 students and early career scholars from Kenya, Nigeria, and other African nations on dispelling myths about academic publishing.

Y'all, we are growing very quickly. In fact, we're going to probably need to expand our Editorial Board before too long, to keep up with the steady uptick in submissions.

Global Perspectives in Communication - Editorial Team

Are you interested in joining the editorial team for Global Perspectives in Communication? If so, please answer a few short questions below so that we can get you set up in our editorial systems. As w...

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🚨NEW SUBMISSION TYPE! 🚨 Very recently, we've been asked by more and more authors about the types of articles we accept. We've mostly asked Authors to submit completed studies rooted in some finished product: some finalized analysis that contributes to the published scholarly record.

Curious about our journal but still not *quite sure* you get what we're looking for? In partnership with @icahdq.bsky.social, we've asked our Editor-in-Chief @bowmanspartan.bsky.social to give a bit of insight into GPC. Read more, at academic.oup.com/gpc/pages/me...

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear colleagues,  My name is Dr. Nick Bowman, and I'm the launch editor of the newest journal of the International Communication Association, Global Persp

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Just out: Vol. 1, Issue 2—open access and global in scope. The latest issue features research on: Media exposure and trust in Vietnam - academic.oup.com/gpc/article/...

Trust the state, trust the media: online media exposure, trust in the government, and media trust in Vietnam

Drawing on a nationwide online survey of Vietnamese media users, the article by Diep and colleagues uncovers how trust in the government, patterns of onlin

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Okay, folks! Our team is back from #ICA26 and diving back into the editorial system now. Very special thanks for everyone's patience as we catch up on the submission backlog. If you have *any* questions, know that you can contact @bowmanspartan.bsky.social directly, or ping us here.

Morning, folks! Our team is off to @icahdq.bsky.social's 76th conference today and so, we'll be in #ICA26 Cape Town until June 10th. Most of our team will be there also, so we'll be a bit slower to process manuscripts until we get back.

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A sneak peek and overview of what we've been up to at @gpccomm.bsky.social . =) We'll have a version of this on display at #ICA26 Cape Town!

Oh heck! Our editor @bowmanspartan.bsky.social got so caught up in the semester than he just now realized - Issue 2 is rolling out. =)

So ... we heard a rumor that both the @nat-com.bsky.social and @aejmc.bsky.social manuscript submissions are right about now (#NCA26 passed, #AEJMC26 coming up). Sounds to us like The Best Time to send those papers right over to Global Perspectives in Communication, eh? All COM, all open-access. =)

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As you get those #NCA26 papers submitted, don't forget that we are a *fantastic* open-access option for a wide range of communication and related areas of work. We publish work across epistemologies and methodologies, and we turn things around very quickly: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gpcomm

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🎉A big moment for communication research! @icahdq.bsky.social launches Global Perspectives in Communication, a fully open‑access journal. The first issue is out now! 🌍📚 Dive into fresh global insights & explore the future of communication🚀: oxford.ly/4bMERV8 @gpccomm.bsky.social

Very much loving the bump in submissions to @gpccomm.bsky.social after the publication of our debut issue. Absolutely we've got plenty of room for your manuscripts - we're filling up 1(2) and we're already building 1(3), so get 'em to us. =) Submissions at: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gpcomm

In our debut issue, editor-in-chief @bowmanspartan.bsky.social offers context for our Global charge and gives a bit of history on the role that journals play in the health of disciplines and associations: academic.oup.com/gpc/article/... For us? 75+ years into @icahdq.bsky.social. =)

How do we get "lost" in a story? Is it the same in places like Poland, Peru, or Japan? 📖🌍 We validated the Narrative Transportability Scale in a global sample: ✅ 8,800+ participants ✅ 50 countries ✅ 21 languages Out now in the inaugural issue of @gpccomm.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/gpco...

The dimensionality and cross-cultural invariance of narrative transportability: evidence from 50 countries and 21 languages

Narrative transportability - the trait of being susceptible to immersion in stories - plays a key role in how media shapes beliefs and behavior. Highly tra

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I have wondered about global differences in narrative transportation for years! Am genuinely surprised they find cross-cultural stability - 8,814ppl, 50 countries & 21 languages. - 4-dimensions: cognitive involvement, cognitive-emotional imagination, sensory imagination, & personal involvement

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Malecki and colleagues looked at the "narrative transportability scale" with more than 8000 participants in 21 languages in a truly Global scale validation. academic.oup.com/gpc/article/...

The first issue in the history of @gpccomm.bsky.social is online! 🎆 Edited by @bowmanspartan.bsky.social, this journal is dedicated to fostering diverse perspectives, fresh insights, and open‑ended inquiries that drive communication research forward. ➡️ academic.oup.com/gpc/issue/1/1

About nine months ago, we asked ourselves "what does it mean to be Global in the 21st Century?" We pondered this with @icahdq.bsky.social and @academic.oup.com and the end result? Volume 1, Issue 1 of Global Perspectives in Communication.

As you're planning your #ICA26, we're bringing back our Peer Review Workshop from #ICA25. It's scheduled for Monday 8 June, 13:30 in Ballroom West. The workshop is led by our Editor-in-Chief @bowmanspartan.bsky.social and he'll walk through the theory and practice of peer review. Don't miss it!

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For the start of the year, we thought we'd do a quick update on the journal from launch to date, rather than just the last two months. How are we looking 8 months in? Let's check it out! So ... for some (ac)counting ...

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Save the date, y'all. Via @academic.oup.com, big things are happening on 10 March at 9AM UTC. =)

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A question we often get, "is it okay if our data comes from the United States?" Absolutely. For us, "Global" means "everywhere." Ours is an inclusive journal looking for work that speaks to communication scholarship from everywhere. Our hope? Work from all perspectives is side-by-side at GPC. =)

Llamada de artículos de la nueva revista @gpccomm.bsky.social de @icahdq.bsky.social disponible en español y otros idiomas 👇

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We hope you're enjoying the first few days of 2026, and we *know* that we are! We're well on our way to filling our inaugural issue as well as the issue after that, and we're excited to see more scholarship submitted our way. To read our call in several languages: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A sincerely congratulations to our many peers from around the world who had their manuscripts and other submissions accepted for the #ICA26 conference in Cape Town. We'll definitely see you there!

We hope you're enjoying the first few days of 2026, and we *know* that we are! We're well on our way to filling our inaugural issue as well as the issue after that, and we're excited to see more scholarship submitted our way. To read our call in several languages: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

GPC Call For Papers | Translated

fGPC General Call For Papers | Translated To use this list, click the hyperlinks for the different languages, and feel free to share widely by either (a) copy-pasting the text elsewhere or (b) sharing...

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We're still building our Starter Pack for @gpccomm.bsky.social but here's a sampling of those folks on our board and part of our journal. =)

We've been asked what makes our editorial process different. Well ... in some ways, we're not so unique. We're aspiring to be a top-tier journal of International Communication Association (ICA Official Page) and we're generally open to anything that fits "under the ICA umbrella."

It's time again for our bi-monthly reporting! Since we're still in our first hear, we've chosen to do these as "year-to-date" reports to give a full picture of the journal to this point in 2025. A few highlights as we thread along.

We get it. We're a very new journal & folks are still learning how we are. Check out this 5-minute explanation from Launch Editor @bowmanspartan.bsky.social, as he sat down with @academic.oup.com to talk about who we are as @icahdq.bsky.social's newest publication: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TF5...

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