Please submit four copies of your manuscript for peer review, with all author identifications removed. Always keep your own copy of the manuscript. Do not send a disc at this stage.
If accepted for publication you will be asked to email the file to the Production Editor.
Provide an abstract of no more than 150 words.
Provide full author details, including email address, on a separate sheet.
Use A4 paper, typed on one side only.
Double-space the entire manuscript; use extra line space between paragraphs.
Leave wide margins for editorial use.
Keep the title of your paper short. Suggestions for sub-heads are most welcome.
Any photographs or graphics to accompany the article are also welcomed, but permission must be obtained by the author.
NB: MIA's editorial policy allows authors only one opportunity to revise.
A. Notes and References
1. General
MIA uses the Harvard author-date system of referencing. MIA does not use footnotes. Avoid using endnotes if a short reference can be incorporated in the text (see 'Textual References' below).
Multiple authorship: give two authors in full (joined by 'and'; if there are more than two authors, give the name of the first followed by 'et al.'.
2. Textual References
Kress (1983: 43); (Kress and Button, 1985: 191); (The Age, 5 September 1995)
3. List of References (Bibliography)
(a) Book
- Name of author(s), editor(s), compiler(s), beginning with surname, followed by a comma, followed by Christian name(s) or initial(s), followed by 'ed.', 'eds', 'comp.', 'comps' in brackets, followed by a comma;
- year of publication, followed by a comma;
- title in italics (italicised or underlined in typescript), with capitalised head words, followed, if applicable, by the subtitle preceded by a colon followed by a comma; or by
- series title; and/or
- volume (if one from a multi-volume work), or volumes (total number of), separated by a comma and followed by a comma;
- edition (if not the first), followed by a comma;
- publisher's name, followed by a comma;
- city of publication, followed by a comma;
- page number(s), if applicable, followed by a full stop.
For example:
Fischer, Heinz-Dietrich (ed.), 1990, The Pulitzer Prize Archive, Part B, Vol IV: Political Editorial 19161988, K.G. Saur, Munich.
(b) Article in book
- Name of author(s) in the same format as for books;
- year of publication, followed by a comma;
- title of article in upper and lower case, between single quotation marks, followed by a comma & 'in';
- name of editor(s) preceded by ed(s) followed by a comma;
- title of book, series title and volume number/s in the same format as for books (see above);
- edition (if not first), city of publication, publisher, year & page no(s) as for books.
For example:
Honniball, Jack, 1985, 'Cinemas 18961985', in (eds) T. O'Regan and B. Shoesmith, The Moving Image: The History of Film and Television in Western Australia, History and Film Association of Western Australia, Perth.
(c) Article in periodical
- Name of author(s);
- year of publication, followed by a comma;
- title of article between single quotation marks with capitalised head words and subtitle separated by a colon, followed by a comma;
- title of periodical in italics, or underlined in typescript, followed by a comma;
- volume number (in roman numerals), followed by a comma;
- issue number,
- page number(s), followed by a full stop.
For example:
Goot, M., 1995, 'Pluralism in the Polls: Australian Attitudes to Media Ownership, 194895', Media International Australia, no. 77, August, pp. 514.
B. Use of Capitals and Lower Case
Please avoid excessive use of capitals. Use them in full proper names, honorifics, first, last and head words in titles:
Professor J.R. Howard; Commissioner Howard; Prime Minister Keating (but: the prime minister) the State Film Library (but: the library); the Department of Science (but: the department); Mr J. McGuire; the Queen Victoria Building; 'The Sociology of Change'; Understanding the Media: A Guide to Australia's Print and Electronic Media
Use capitals also to avoid confusion: the Chief Censor
Use lower case in: the state elections; the federal opposition; the Australian government; the chairman of the department; a professor of politics
C. Italics
Indicate italics in your typescript either by italicising or by underlining (don't underline headings except where they should appear in italics).
Use italics for: titles of book-length publications, periodicals, plays, films, radio and television programs; names of ships and works of art; emphasis.
D. Abbreviations and Contractions
Do not use full stops for: NSW, Qld, ABC, ABA, AFTRS, eds, edn, comps, TV (not Tv, tv), nd, pa, ns, vols, ch, vs, viz, nos, am, pm, Mr, Ms, Prof, MA, PhD, BA, BSc, pb, hb
Use for: ed., comp., pp., vol., no., Helen S. Booth, T.S. Smith, et al., e.g., i.e., a.m., p.m.
E. Numbers
Do not begin a sentence with a numeral. In general, spell out numbers from one to nine; then use numerals.
Use numerals for percentages, sums of money, time and measurements: 9 per cent, $5.25, $25 million, 10.30 pm, 56 kilometres
Format for dates: 5 June 2003; 5-6 June 2003.
Also note: 1980s (not 'the '80s'), 4000, 25 000 000, one-third, Channel 10, in the twenty-first century,
a twentieth-century invention, a 14-year-old boy
F. Quotation Marks
Use single quotation marks for titles of articles and for citations. Use double quotation marks within single ones:
Lewis, P., 'The "Unfreedom" of the Press'
G. Spelling
program (not programme); inquiry (not enquiry); judgment and acknowledgment (not judgement and acknowledgement); appendixes and indexes (not -ices); cooperate, re-enter (but coauthor and reappraise; use hyphen in case of same vowels adjoining); benefited; focused; end verbs in -ise (not -ize) and nouns in -isation (not -ization).
H. Other Usage
Use 'media' and 'data' as plural nouns; refer to the SBS, the ABC, the AFTRS (not SBS, ABC, AFTRS), except when using the term adjectivally, e.g. SBS news, ABC drama, AFTRS programs; Southeast Asia, northwestern districts of New South Wales; the EC; pay TV.
I. URL Addresses
http://brisbook.com.au
URLs should be presented as normal text, not live links.
