Critical Studies in Media Communication (CSMC) is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering media and mass communication from a cultural studies and critical perspective. The journal is published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the National Communication Association. CSMC publishes original scholarship in mediated and mass communication from a cultural studies and/or critical perspective. It particularly welcomes submissions that enrich debates among various critical traditions, methodological and analytical approaches, and theoretical standpoints.

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Discipline	Communication studies
Language	English
Publication details
Former name(s)	Critical Studies in Mass Communication (1984 - 1999)
History	1984-present
Publisher	Taylor & Francis on behalf of the National Communication Association
Frequency	5/year
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Crit. Stud. Media Commun.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	1529-5036 (print) 1479-5809 (web)
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CSMC takes an inclusive view of media and welcomes scholarship on topics such as:

• media audiences
• representations
• institutions
• digital technologies
• social media
• gaming
• professional practices and ethics
• production studies
• media history
• political economy