Visioning and Positioning AJMC Towards a Journal for Communication and Media Studies Reference in Asia
The Asian Journal of Media and Communication (AJMC) was born with the spirit of filling the void of communication studies in Indonesia, which is still dominated by certain paradigms and fields of analysis. The domination in question, for example, is the dominance of public relations studies or the dominance of positivism. Suppose we refer to the International Communication Association (ICA) field of study. In that case, it will immediately be seen that many areas of study are not sufficiently developed in Indonesia.
AJMC was born with a vision to become a reference journal for communication and media studies in Asia. “Asia” in the AJMC can refer to several things (open for discussion): Asia as a perspective or Asia as a study area. As a study area, Asia can be discussed by anyone, or by Asians themselves, or Indonesian academics talking about Asia.
This refresh of AJMC’s vision and positioning was one of the conclusions at the Editorial Meeting of the AJMC editors on September 13, 2021, via the Zoom Meeting Conference Application. On occasion were editors from various campuses and institutions both from Indonesia and outside Indonesia. For example, there are editors from Northwestern University (USA), Lund University (Sweden), Tartu University (Estonia), Multimedia Nusantara University, UII, Diponegoro University, Atma Jaya University Yogyakarta, Univ. Syiah Kuala, and The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Switzerland. And the institute for communication and media studies: Remotivi.
Here it is are the arrangement of Editors of AJMC (Period 2021-2023) based on Dean’s Decree FPSB UII Number: 12/SK-DEK/DURT/IV/2021.
- Alfi Rahman, M.Si., Ph.D., Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Universitas Syiah Kuala and a researcher at the Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC) of Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Indonesia
- Ignatius Haryanto, Mhum., Multimedia Nusantara University, Indonesia
- Lintang Ratri Rahmiaji, Dr., M.Si., S.Sos. (Scopus ID: 57205339118) Department of Communication Science, Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia
- Luthfi Adam, Ph.D, Northwestern University
- Dr. Rer. Soc. Masduki Masduki, Dr. Rer. Soc., Universitas Islam Indonesia Department of Communication, Indonesia
- Mario Antonius Birowo, Ph.D., Department of Communication, Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Indonesia
- Muhammad Heychael, M.Si., Researcher of Remotivi, Center of Communication and Media Studies, Indonesia
- Roy Thaniago, M.Sc., The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland
- Zaki Habibi, Dr., Researcher at Lund University | Universitas Islam Indonesia
AJMC was born with an “international” orientation aimed at a global audience in English. Therefore, the governance and direction of the journal must be consistent with “international indexing and citation.” With these minimal standards, things outside of it can be tolerated (corrected in the editorial process at AJMC). For example, articles with fewer or more words or inadequate English. By meeting these minimum standards, it is hoped that shortly (the next few years), AJMC can become a “benchmark” for media and communication studies journals in Indonesia or even Southeast Asia. In addition to meeting these minimum standards, AJMC must be published regularly or on time to become a benchmark.
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Written by Muzayin Nazaruddin, Editor In Chief AJMC UII 2021-2023.
Edited by A. Pambudi W
