The Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS) Best Paper Award for 2025 has been awarded to Guillaume Zumofen (University of Bern) for his article Bringing content into the equation: Using a Wordscores method to compare the effect of newspaper and television on vote choice in referendums (Vol. 25, Issue 2).
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Editors: Sina Blassnig, Jolanta Drzewiecka, Katharina Lobinger, & Thilo von Pape | Journal Manager: Philipp Bachmann | Book Review Editor: Philip di Salvo | Hosted by HOPE | Publishing house: Seismo Verlag | ISSN: 1424-4896 (print) | ISSN: 2296-4150 (online)
Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS) is a peer-reviewed, platinum open-access journal dedicated to advancing academic research and debate in communication and media research. Focused on building bridges between different research cultures, SComS welcomes high-quality original articles from various communication-related disciplines. The journal publishes research that crosses disciplinary boundaries and encourages contributions in English, German, French, and Italian.
As SComS is based in Switzerland at the German, French, and Italian-speaking intersections of the world, the journal is particularly interested in showcasing developments in communication sciences in these language areas. However, SComS welcomes original and innovative research from any part of the world and any major area or subfield of communication science that makes a theoretical, methodological, and/or empirical contribution.
SComS publishes full papers as well as short articles, e.g. position papers, event reports, and book reviews. Authors are invited to submit original papers that are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
The journal, founded in 2001, is jointly edited by the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM) and the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI Lugano).
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Editorial Team
Prof. Dr. Sina Blassnig, University of Fribourg and University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Jolanta Drzewiecka, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Katharina Lobinger, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Thilo von Pape, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Journal Manager / Social Media Manager
Dr. Philipp Bachmann, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), Switzerland
Book Review Editors
Dr. Philip Di Salvo, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Editorial Team
Sina Blassnig
Jolanta Drzewiecka
Katharina Lobinger
Thilo von Pape
Journal Manager
Philipp Bachmann
Book Review Editors
Philip Di Salvo
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