PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES:

• Originality: Manuscripts must be original and not previously published or concurrently submitted elsewhere. Papers presented at conferences may be considered if disclosed appropriately.
• Language: The primary languages are Turkish and English. Submissions in German, Russian, Arabic, Persian, and French are subject to the Editorial Board's approval.
• Ethical Approval: "Ethics Committee Approval" is mandatory for all studies involving human participants (surveys, interviews, focus groups, etc.). The relevant certificate must be uploaded to the system, and ethical committee details (name of the committee, date, and protocol number) must be explicitly stated in the manuscript.
• Submission: All manuscripts must follow academic writing standards and be submitted through the official DergiPark portal.
• Peer Review Process: The journal employs a double-blind peer review system. Initial submissions must contain no identifying information to maintain anonymity. Articles undergo an initial editorial screening followed by review from at least two independent referees. All status updates are reported to the author online via the system.
• Thesis: Abstracts of master’s and doctoral theses may be submitted for review.
• Responsibility and Copyright:  Authors bear full legal and scientific responsibility for their work; the journal assumes no liability. All copyrights of published articles are transferred to Aksaray Journal of Communication, and no royalties are paid to authors.
• Conflict of Interest and Author(s) Contribution Statement: Authors must clearly specify their individual contributions to the study. In addition, authors are required to declare whether any conflicts of interest exist that could have influenced the preparation, evaluation, or publication of the manuscript. If no conflict of interest exists, the statement “The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.” should be included.
• Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-Assisted Technologies in the Writing Process: Authors must disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence or AI-assisted technologies in the preparation of the manuscript. Such tools may only be used for language editing, proofreading, or technical improvements. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the content.
   

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. Aksaray Journal of Communication, research on communication sciences, thoughts, practice-based research, etc. It is an academic national/international refereed journal with qualified articles. Articles submitted to the journal are pre-evaluated by the editorial board and published with the positive report of at least two referees determined by the board.

2. Aksaray Journal of Communication is published two times a year, in January and July.

3. Manuscripts must be original products that have not been published in a media or not yet in the publication stage. The presentation of the article in the form of a paper at a congress, symposium or meeting is not an obstacle for publication. Studies produced from master's and doctoral theses are included.

4. Our journal's writing style is Century Gothic. It is important that all studies to be sent to our journal are sent using the Article Template. The title of the article should be written at the beginning of the first page with only the first letters of the word capitalized, in bold and centered with Century Gothic writing style, 12 points. The name of the author should not be included in the article submission process. After the article is accepted, the name of the author should be written as a footnote (for example, GÖKHAN GÜLTEKİN), just below the title, aligned to the right, in 12 font size; If there is more than one author, their names should be written one under the other and the sequence numbers should follow each other. In addition, the academic title, post and e-mail address of the author or authors should be indicated at the bottom of the page in 9 font size as a footnote. (For example; Associate Professor Aksaray University Faculty of Communication, bilgehanaytac@aksaray.edu.tr)

5. Manuscripts should be written only on one side of A4 size paper, with the abstract and main text in 12-point lettering and as a word document in Century Gothic font. Manuscripts to be sent to the journal should be written using MS Word Program, with 1 line spacing. There should be spaces of 2.5 cm each on the top, bottom, left and right sides of the page. There should be extra space (spacing/after/0.6nk) between paragraphs in the 0.6 spacing.

6. Authors must become a member by logging into the system at https://dergipark.org.tr/aid. They are required to submit their studies through the system on this page.

7. The title and post of the authors should be indicated in the footnote.

8. Manuscripts, including abstracts, tables, figures and references, should be a a maximum of 8000 words.

9. The articles that have been decided to be published are presented as pdf on the journal web page.

10. The responsibility of the articles (primity in the publication, accuracy of the source, opinions put forward, etc.) within the specified principles belongs to the author.

11. All copyrights of the published articles belong to Journal of Aksaray Communication.

12. Articles should contain Turkish and English abstracts not exceeding 200 words, and keywords should be placed under the abstract.

13. It is appropriate for the study to follow the following order: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Title in Foreign Language, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Main Text, Conclusion and References.

14. The 6th edition of APA (American Psychological Association), which is the method of referencing the text, should be used for referencing. In both the citations and the bibliography part, the authors should follow the spelling rules and format specified in the American Psychological Association Publication Guide published by the American Psychological Association.

CITATIONS

1. Citations should be given in the main text by writing author surnames, dates and page numbers: (Aktan, 1996, p. 45) or (Kalender and Özodaşık, 1997, p. 63).

2. If there are more than two authors, the phrase “et al.” should be used after the surname of the first author: (Campbell et al., 1960, p. 28).

3. Citations to more than one publication at the same time all publications should be separated by semicolons: (Fiske, 1996, s. 72; Bostancı, 1995, s. 121; Bon, 1979, s. 3) 

4. Only the references cited in the main text should be included in the bibliography and should be in alphabetical order according to the surname of the author.

5. If more than one sources of the same author is to be cited at the same time, it should be sorted from oldest to newest according to publication date. For studies made in the same year, the phrases "a, b, c..." should be used and they should be the same for references made in the text.

6. The way of specifying the studies in the bibliography should be as follows.

WEB PAGE (In-Text Display)

If author and detailed date are known: 
(Slat, 2019)
(Slat ve Worp, 2019)

If the author and only the year are known: 
(Slat, 2019)
(Slat and Worp, 2019)

If the author is known but the detailed date or year is unknown: 
(Slat, n.d.)
(Slat and Worp, n.d.)

If the author is an institution/organization unknown and the detailed date is known: 
(The Ocean Cleanup, 2019)

If the author is an institution/organization and only the year is known: 
(The Ocean Cleanup, 2019)

If the author is an institution/organisation, but the detailed date or year is unknown: 
(The Ocean Cleanup, n.d.)

If the author is unknown but the detailed date is known: 
(“Whales Great Pacific”, 2019)

*The first three words of the article title can be given in quotation marks.

If the author is unknown but only the year is known: 
(“Whales Great Pacific”, 2019)

*The first three words of the article title can be given in quotation marks.

If both author and date are unknown: 
(“Whales Great Pacific”, n.d.)
*The first three words of the article title can be given in quotation marks.

WEB PAGE (Represented in bibliography)
If author and detailed date are known: 
Slat, B. (2019, April 10). Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. The Ocean Cleanup. Retrieved from https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/ 
If the author and only the year are known:
Slat, B. (2019). Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. The Ocean Cleanup. Retrieved from https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/ 
If the author is known but the detailed date or year is unknown:
Slat, B. (n.d.). Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. The Ocean Cleanup. Retrieved August 15, 2020 from https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/
If the author is an institution/organization and the detailed date is known:
The Ocean Cleanup. (2019, April 10). Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. Retrieved from https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/
If the author is an institution/organization and only the year is known:
The Ocean Cleanup. (2019). Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. Retrieved from https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/
If the author is an institution/organization but the detailed date or year is unknown:
The Ocean Cleanup. (n.d.). Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. Retrieved August 15, 2020 from https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/
If the author is unknown but the detailed date is known:
Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. (2019, April 10). The Ocean Cleanup. Retrieved from https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/
If the author is unknown but only the year is known:
Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. (2019). The Ocean Cleanup. Retrieved from https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/
If both author and date are unknown:
Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. (n.d.). The Ocean Cleanup. Retrieved August 15, 2020 from https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/

Book
Akar, E. (2011). Sosyal Medya Pazarlaması: Sosyal Web'te Pazarlama Stratejileri. Ankara: Efil Publications.
Aktan, E. (2017). Sosyal Medya ve Siyasal Katılım. Konya: Eğitim Publications.

Translation book
Briggs, A., & Burke, P. (2011). Medyanın Toplumsal Tarihi Gutenberg'den İnternet'e... (Ü. H. Yolsal, & E. Uzun, Çev.) İstanbul: Kırmızı Publications.

Edited Books
Eldeniz, L. (2010). İkinci Medya Çağında Etkileşimin Rolü ve Web 2.0. F. Aydoğan, & A. Akyüz in, İkinci Medya Çağında İnternet (p. 18-35). İstanbul: Publications.

Articles 
Güçdemir, Y. (2003). Bilgisayar Ağları İnternetin Gelişimi ve Bilgi Kirlenmesi. İstanbul Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi, 371-378.

Karaçor, S. (2009). Yeni iletişim teknolojileri, siyasal katılım, demokrasi. Yönetim ve Ekonomi: Celal Bayar Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 16(2), 121-131.

Khanzode, C. A., & Sarode, R. D. (2016). Evolution of The World Wide Web: From Web 1.0 To 6.0. International Journal of Digital Library Services, 6(2), 1-11.

Thesis
Işık, U. (2007). Medya Bağımlılığı Teorisi Doğrultusunda İnternet Kullanımının Etkileri ve İnternet Bağımlılığı. Konya: Selcuk University Institute of Social Sciences Unpublished Doctoral Thesis..

Proceedings
Nath, K., & Iswary, R. (2015). What Comes after Web 3.0? Web 4.0 and the Future. Proceedings of the International Conference and Communication System (I3CS’15) (s. 337-341). India: Shillong.