Estudos do Século XX (20th Century studies) is a journal subject to peer review, the purpose of which is to disseminate the findings of research performed in Portuguese Contemporary History.

The editorial office is now preparing Issue no. 15, to be released in 2015, on the subject of “Communication, Journalism and Public Space in the Digital Era” and will focus on the fundamental topics of the present time. Characterised by the digitalization of the communication flows, these are times of deep changes in the field of communication and media, with significant impact on different societal spheres and scopes. While, on the one hand, the proposed views on communicational processes are revisited and the concepts and other methodological tools for studying media and the public space are reviewed, on the other hand, the analyses of the languages, the place and the role of media and journalism in hyper-complex societies are updated. This edition is intended particularly to assemble the original inputs of this emerging and often scattered productive activity. Our aim is also to foster interdisciplinary discussion, which will help strengthen research in this field. We thus welcome all submissions fitting within the following guiding topics:

  1. New theories for new communication processes;
  2. Journalism in the digital age;
  3. Organizational communication in the digital age;
  4. Public opinion and public space in the digital age;

The journal Estudos do Século XX therefore calls for paper submission, in the form of scientific articles or recensions, on one of the aforementioned topics.

The papers’ draft titles, abstracts consisting of a maximum of 100 words and biographical notes (including name, academic degree and institution where said degree was obtained, affiliation and complete address of the institution, telephone/fax number, email and up to 5 recent publications) must be submitted via email ceis20_bib[at]ci.uc.pt until 31 January 2015. Furthermore, interested parties are also required to specify the theme under which they wish to submit their papers.