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Studies in Communication Review The first number of Studies in Communication (Estudos em Comunicação), will be published in March 2007 by Labcom (Online Communication Lab of the University of Beira Interior, Portugal). The review will be mainly focused on media studies and in areas of interface between Social Theory and Communication Sciences. Each issue of the review will have a general subject of study and a thematic dossier. The general subject and the thematic dossier will be different in each issue. The general subject will include only academic and scientific essays. The thematic dossier, besides essays and papers, it may include also interviews, articles or statements on a subject of general interest to the Academy and to the study of Communication Sciences. a) General subject of this issue. The general subject of study of this first issue will be Communication and Politics. The Editors of Studies in Communication are seeking for original, previously unpublished and completed contributions on the general subject of Communication and Politics. The essays may include the following topics: 1) Journalism and public sphere (Press, Radio, Television, Webjournalism and Online Journalism), 2) Journalism and democratic deliberation, 3) Ethical and political problems concerning the representation of politics by news media, 4) Media regulation and Public Service Broadcasting, 5) The role of Public Relations and Communication Agencies in the public sphere and democratic deliberation, 6) The role of political advertising in the public sphere and democratic deliberation, 7) Rhetoric and democratic deliberation, 8) Theoretical approaches to the public sphere and democratic deliberation, 9) Impact of the Internet on democratic deliberation and representation. b) Thematic Dossier of this issue. The first issue of the review will accept also essays and articles to a thematic dossier on "The Teaching of 'Communication Sciences' in Europe after the Bologna Process". The essays and articles may include epistemological, institutional and pedagogic angles of approach, presenting relevant opinions, analysis, examples and study cases about the change of curricula, teaching methods and other matters related. Each paper should be no more than 30 pages in one and an half-space format, using font Times New Roman Size 12, including figures, graphs, and illustrations. All papers must include an abstract with fifteen lines and five keywords. All papers should be submitted in RTF format. To submit, send your paper to 1) joaocarloscorreia@ubi.pt; 2) agradim@ubi.pt; 3) jc.correia@netvisao.pt or to the following address: João Carlos Correia or Anabela Gradim, Revista Estudos em Comunicação, Departamento de Comunicação e Artes, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-001 Covilhã, Portugal. Manuscript submission: November 15, 2006 Acceptance notification: November 30, 2006 Publication: March 2007 Working languages: English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Director: João Carlos Correia Editor: Anabela Gradim