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Focus and Scope

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry aims to facilitate in-depth studies (research article and review) of media and society from a communication perspective, specifically within the contexts of countries and regions in the Global South. By focusing on unique social, political, and cultural contexts, the journal provides a space for rich and inclusive scholarly dialogue to understand the communication dynamics that influence people's lives in the Global South. Fields and topics addressed within the journal include but are not limited to:

• Media and Gender
• Information and Media Literacy
• New Media and Communication Technology
• Big Data and Media Analysis
• Sociology Media and Network Society
• Communication for Social Change
• Environmental Communication
• Health Communication
• Science Communication
• Cross-Cultural Communication
• Business and Marketing Communication
• Political Communication
• Human-Machine Communication

Section Policies

Articles

Peer Review Process / Policy

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry maintains peer-review standards while improving process efficiency. Every submitted manuscript will be sent to the associate/section editor for initial review to ensure technical accuracy and fit for the journal's focus and scope. The manuscript will next be distributed to at least two peer reviewers to get the Double-Blind Peer Review Process. The peer reviewers will assess each paper based on its substantial details. Each reviewer must recommend an initial decision by selecting one of the following options:

• Accept Submission: The manuscript meets the standard and is ready for further processing for publication.
• Revisions Required: Minor revision (can be re-reviewed by the reviewer or directly accepted by the editor).
• Resubmit for Review: Major revision (need another round of peer-review process).
• Resubmit Elsewhere: It does not seem to fit the focus and journal scope.
• Decline or Reject Submission: Reject the submission due to many weaknesses and out-of-journal standards.

If revision is required, the manuscript will be returned to the author for adjustment. Hopefully, all of these processes will take 4 (four) months. The peer reviewers possess relevant knowledge and experience managing and publishing articles in prestigious journals nationally and internationally. The journal's editor makes all publication decisions based on the reviews and recommendations offered by peer reviewers. Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry will publish the selected papers under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Publication Frequency

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry is published twice yearly (April and October).

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global knowledge exchange. The published articles will be available on Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry’s website, and their full text can be downloaded freely.

Archiving

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry has electronic backup and preservation of access to its journals' content via the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN). It can be seen in the Publisher Manifest (LOCKSS).

Publication Ethics

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry is entirely concerned with the publication ethics of the publication process and all received articles. As a quality assurance of a journal, this journal assures the professionalism of every party, from the journal Management (publisher), authors, editors, and reviewers, by referring to the publication ethics and malpractice statements.

Publishing an article in a peer-reviewed is an essential building block in developing a coherent and respected knowledge network. It directly reflects the quality of the authors' work and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody scientific methods. It is, therefore, important to agree with the standards of expected ethical behaviour for all parties involved in the publishing process: the authors, the journal editors, the peer reviewers, and the publishers.

Universitas Diponegoro, as the publisher of Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry, takes its guardianship duties over all publishing stages seriously. We recognize our ethical and other responsibilities in ensuring that advertising, reprint, or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, the Universitas Diponegoro and Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers if necessary.

Duties of Editors

• Publication Decisions: The editor of the Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive the publishing process. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as it shall then be in force for libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers when making decisions.
• Peer review: The editor shall ensure that the peer review process is fair, unbiased, and timely. The manuscript must typically be reviewed by at least two external and independent reviewers; the editor should seek additional opinions where necessary. The editor shall select reviewers with suitable expertise in the relevant field, considering the need for appropriate, inclusive, and diverse representation. The editor shall follow best practices to avoid the selection of fraudulent peer reviewers. The editor shall review all disclosures of potential conflicts of interest and suggestions for self-citation by reviewers to determine whether there is any potential for bias.
• Process Control: The editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated for originality using appropriate software. After passing this test, the manuscript is forwarded to at least two reviewers or more for double-blind peer review. Each reviewer will recommend whether to accept, reject, or modify it. The review period will last at least 120 days and 4-5 months.
• Fair Play: The editor evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content at any time, regardless of the author's race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. When nominating potential editorial board members, the editor shall consider the need for appropriate, inclusive, and diverse representation.
• Journal metrics: The editor must not attempt to influence the journal's ranking by artificially increasing any journal metric. In particular, the editor shall not require that references to that (or any other) journal's articles be included except for genuine scholarly reasons. Authors should not be required to include references to the editor's articles or products and services in which the editor has an interest.
• Confidentiality: The editors and any editorial board members must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding authors, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher as appropriate. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's research without the author's written consent. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
• Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Any potential editorial conflicts of interest should be declared to the publisher in writing prior to the appointment of the editor and then updated if and when new conflicts arise. The publisher may publish such declarations in the journal. The editor must not be involved in decisions about manuscripts that s/he has written him/herself or have been written by family members or colleagues or related to products or services in which the editor has an interest. Further, any such submission must be subject to all of the journal's usual procedures, peer review must be handled independently of the relevant author/editor and their research groups, and there must be a clear statement to this effect on any published paper.
• Vigilance over the Published Record: The editor should work with the publisher to safeguard the integrity of the published record by reviewing and assessing reported or suspected misconduct (research, publication, reviewer, and editorial).

Duties of Reviewers

• Contribution to Editorial Decisions: At least two reviewers assist the editors in making editorial decisions, and editorial communications with the authors may also help them improve their papers.
• Promptness: Any invited reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should immediately notify the editors and decline the invitation to review so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.
• Confidentiality: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editors. This also applies to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.
• Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
• Disclosure and Conflict of Interest:  Reviewers should consult the editor before agreeing to review a paper with potential conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the manuscripts. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer reviews must be kept confidential and not used for personal interest. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts with conflicts of interest resulting from competition, collaboration, or other relationships or connections with any authors, companies, or institutions corresponding to the manuscripts.
• Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published works that the authors have not cited. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. Reviewers should also call the editor's attention to any substantial similarity or overlapping manuscript under consideration and any other published papers they have personal knowledge of.
• Alertness to Ethical Issues: Reviewers should be alert to potential ethical issues in the paper and bring these to the editor's attention, including any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which the reviewer has personal knowledge. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation.

Duties of Authors

• Reporting standards: Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed and an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient details and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constituting unethical behaviour are unacceptable.
• Data Access and Retention: Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study together with the manuscript for editorial review and should be prepared to make the data publicly available if practicable. In any event, authors should ensure accessibility of such data to other competent professionals for at least ten years after publication (preferably via an institutional or subject-based data repository or other data centre), provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and legal rights concerning proprietary data do not preclude their release.
• Originality and Plagiarism: The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works and used the work and/or words of others that are appropriately cited or quoted.
• Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication: Authors should not generally publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour, which is unacceptable.
• Acknowledgement of Sources: Proper acknowledgement of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported works.
• Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. If others have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they shall be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding authors should ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included in the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed with the submission for publication.
• Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects: If the work involves humans, procedures, or equipment with any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must identify these in the manuscript.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
• Fundamental errors in published work: When authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, the author should promptly notify the journal editors or publishers and cooperate with the editors to retract or correct the paper.

Duties of the Publisher

• Handling of unethical publishing behaviour: In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism, the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. It includes the prompt publication of an erratum, clarification, or, in the most severe case, the retraction of the affected work. The publisher and the editors shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred and under no circumstances encourage such misconduct or knowingly allow such misconduct to occur.
• Access to journal content: The publisher is committed to the permanent availability and preservation of scholarly research and ensures accessibility by partnering with organizations and maintaining our digital archive. For details on Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry’s archiving policy, please click here: https://ejournal2.undip.ac.id/index.php/southsight/about/editorialPolicies#archiving
• Safeguard editorial independence: We are committed to ensuring that the potential for advertising, reprint, or other commercial revenue does not impact or influence editorial decisions.

Allegations of Misconduct

Research misconduct includes fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, or plagiarism when conducting, performing, or reviewing research, writing an article by authors, or reporting research results. When authors are determined to have engaged in research misconduct or other significant irregularities regarding articles published in scientific journals, editors must maintain the scientific record's accuracy and integrity.

In cases of suspected misconduct, the editors and editorial board will resolve the complaint and address the misconduct fairly. It will include an investigation of the allegation by the editors. A submitted manuscript that is found to contain such misconduct will be rejected. In cases where a published paper contains such misconduct, a retraction can be published and linked to the original article.

The first step involves determining the allegation's validity and assessing whether the allegation is consistent with the definition of research misconduct. This initial step also involves determining whether the individuals alleging misconduct have relevant conflicts of interest.

Suppose scientific misconduct or other substantial research irregularities are possible. In that case, the allegations are shared with the corresponding author, who is requested to provide a detailed response on behalf of all co-authors. After the response is received and evaluated, additional review and involvement of experts (such as statistical reviewers) may be obtained. For cases in which it is unlikely that misconduct has occurred, clarifications, additional analyses, or both, published as letters to the editor, and often including a correction notice and correction to the published article, are sufficient.

Institutions are expected to conduct an appropriate and thorough investigation of allegations of scientific misconduct. Ultimately, authors, journals, and institutions have an essential obligation to ensure the accuracy of the scientific record. By responding appropriately to concerns about scientific misconduct and taking necessary actions based on evaluating these concerns, such as corrections, retractions with replacement, and retractions, Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry will continue to fulfil the responsibilities of ensuring the validity and integrity of the scientific record.

Author Contributions

For transparency, we encourage authors to write an author statement file outlining their individual contributions to the paper using the relevant CRediT roles: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Roles/Writing - original draft; Writing - review & editing. Please turn to the CRediT taxonomy for the term explanation. Authorship must be limited to those who have contributed substantially to the work reported. Authorship statements should be formatted with the CRediT role(s) first and the initial of authors following.

Sample CRedit Author statement:

The following statements should be used “Conceptualization, X.X. and Y.Y.; methodology, X.X.; software, X.X.; validation, X.X., Y.Y. and Z.Z.; formal analysis, X.X.; investigation, X.X.; resources, X.X.; data curation, X.X.; writing—original draft preparation, X.X.; writing—review and editing, X.X.; visualization, X.X.; supervision, X.X.; project administration, X.X.; funding acquisition, Y.Y. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.”

Appeals and Complaint

This procedure applies to complaints about the policies, procedures, or actions of the Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry editorial board. We welcome complaints as they provide an opportunity and a spur for improvement, and we aim to respond quickly, courteously, and constructively. The complaint must be about something within the responsibility of the Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry editorial board—i.e., content or process. The procedure outlined below aims to be fair to both those making complaints and those complained about.

Policy and Process

The below procedure applies to appeals to editorial decisions, complaints about the failure of processes such as long delays in handling papers, and complaints about publication ethics. In the first instance, the complaint should be handled by the Editor-in-Chief(s) responsible for the journal and/or the editor who handled the paper. If they are the subject of the complaint, please contact the in-house publishing contact. (Please check the contacts page on the journal homepage. If no publishing contact is identified, send the query to southsight@live.undip.ac.id.

Complaint about scientific content, e.g. an appeal against rejection

The Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor considers the authors’ argument, and the reviewer reports and decides whether

• The decision to reject should stand
• Another independent opinion is required
• The appeal should be considered.

The complainant is informed of the decision with an explanation if appropriate. Decisions on appeals are final, and new submissions are given priority over appeals.

Complaints about processes, e.g. time taken to review

The Editor-in-Chief, the Managing Editor (where appropriate), and/or in-house contact (where appropriate) will investigate the matter. The complainant will be given appropriate feedback. Feedback is provided to relevant stakeholders to improve processes and procedures.

Complaints about publication ethics, e.g., researcher's author's, or reviewer's conduct

The Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor may ask the publisher for advice on difficult or complicated cases via their in-house contact. The Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor decides on a course of action and provides feedback to the complainant.

Correction, Retraction & Withdrawal

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry has the same policy regarding corrections and retractions. We differentiate between Erratum, Corrigendum, Retraction, Addendum, Article Removal, and Article Withdrawal. Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry takes responsibility to seriously maintain the integrity and completeness of the scholarly record of our content for all end users. Changes to articles after they have been published online may only be made under the circumstances outlined below. Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry places great importance on the authority of articles after publication, and our policy is based on best practices in the academic publishing community.

Erratum (Publisher Correction): An erratum refers to a correction of errors introduced to the article by the publisher. All publisher-introduced changes are highlighted to the author at the proof stage, and any errors are ideally identified by the author and corrected by the publisher before final publication. Errata should be published for scientifically relevant formatting changes or changes to authorship if the author or contributor list is incorrect, when a deserving author has been omitted, or when somebody who does not meet authorship criteria has been included. Scientifically relevant formatting issues that require an Erratum might include missing or unclear figures or errors introduced during proofreading (e.g., missing text). Minor errors that do not affect readability or meaning (e.g., spelling or grammatical errors) do not qualify for an Erratum. All authors should proofread the final version carefully.

Corrigendum (Author Correction): A corrigendum refers to a change to an article that the author wishes to publish at any time after acceptance. Authors should contact the journal's editor, who will determine the impact of the change and decide on the appropriate course of action. Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry will only instigate a corrigendum to a published article after receiving approval and instructions from the editor.

Author Name Change Policy: Some authors might wish to change their name following publication. In such cases, Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry will update and republish the article and re-deliver the updated metadata to the appropriate indexing services (please note that all updates depend on the databases' policies). Our teams know that name changes can be sensitive and/or private for various reasons, including alignment with gender identity, marriage, divorce, or religious conversion. Therefore, an Erratum will not be published to protect the author's identity, and co-authors will not be notified. Authors should contact the journal's Editorial Office (email to: southsight@live.undip.ac.id) with their name change request.

Retraction: Notification of erroneous results that have the potential to undermine the trustworthiness of a previously published publication. Although the original publication has been retracted, it is still available to readers, and the retraction statement informing readers of the invalidity of the published work is bidirectional and connected to the original published document.

Addendum: If crucial results (e.g., additional affiliation, clarify some aspect of methods/analysis, etc.) were unintentionally omitted from the original publication, the original article can be amended through an Addendum reporting these previously omitted results. The addendum will be published in the journal's current issue, with article numbers added. A hyperlink to the addendum will also be added to the original publication, but the original paper does not need to be updated.

Article Removal: An article removal will be issued in rare circumstances where the problems are very serious and cannot be addressed by a Retraction or Correction notice. Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry will consider removing a published article from very limited circumstances, such as 1) If the article contains content that could pose a serious risk if followed or acted upon. 2) If the article contains content that violates the rights to privacy of a study participant. 3) If the article is defamatory or infringes other legal rights. 4) If an article is subject to a court order. A removal notice will be issued if an article is removed from Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry.

Withdrawal Policy: Some writers request that their submissions be removed from the publication process after submitting them. Withdrawing submissions from consideration for publication wastes valuable resources and an enormous amount of work the editors, reviewers, and editorial staff put forward while processing the manuscripts. As a result, submission of an article to Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry indicates that the work has not been published or submitted elsewhere; as a result, the journal is highly opposed to the unethical removal of an article from the publication process after it has been submitted. Once an article has been submitted, the author provides the editorial board with complete publishing rights, and the editorial board has the exclusive authority to decide whether or not an article should be withdrawn from publication.

Data Sharing Policy

Data Sharing

Sharing the full data sets underlying the results in your article brings many benefits. It enables reuse, reduces research waste, and promotes collaboration. Greater transparency increases trust in research results by allowing results to be independently verified. These benefits lead to a more reliable evidence base and a healthier world. Authors submitting their research article to this journal are encouraged to deposit research data as a supplementary file during submission or in a relevant data repository and cite and link to this dataset in their article. If this is not possible, authors are encouraged to make a statement explaining why research data cannot be shared. Sharing your data helps you get credit for your work and make your data accessible and discoverable for your peers.

The policies on data sharing:

• We require that the data generated by your research that supports your article be made openly and publicly available upon publication. Where it is not possible or viable to make data openly available (due to confidentiality or sensitivity issues), it should be shared through a controlled access repository.
• We strongly encourage the release of data generated by your research that supports your article as soon as possible, wherever legally and ethically possible.

Data Availability Statement

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry requires a Data Availability Statement for submitted research articles. On submission, authors are asked to select at least one of the standardized Data Availability Statements text options below in bold as applicable and to supplement these statements with additional information noted in the guidance below. Authors can select multiple statements if they have data under different conditions.

These statements will be published under the "Data Availability Statement" section of the final published article.

• Data are available in a public, open-access repository. Please state the repository name, the persistent URL, and any conditions for reuse (e.g., license, embargo). All data publicly available and used in the writing of an article should be cited in the text and the reference list, whether they are data generated by the author(s) or by other researchers.
• Data are available upon reasonable request. Please state what the data are (e.g., deidentified participant data), who the data are available from, their publishable contact details (e.g., a generic lab email address or an individual ORCID identifier, please ensure you have permission), and under what conditions permit reuse. Is there additional information available (e.g. protocols, statistical analysis plans)?
• Data may be obtained from a third party and are not publicly available. Please state what the data are (e.g., deidentified participant data), who the data are available from, their publishable contact details (e.g., a generic lab email address or an individual ORCID identifier, please ensure you have permission), and under what conditions permit reuse. Is there additional information available (e.g. protocols, statistical analysis plans)
• All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information. Please ensure this does not include respondent-identifiable data. Please state "Not applicable."
• Data sharing is not applicable as no datasets were generated and/or analyzed for this study. Please state "Not applicable.
• No data are available. Please state "Not applicable."

Data availability statements commonly take one of the following forms:

• The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available in the [NAME] repository, [PERSISTENT WEB LINK TO DATASETS].
• The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
• All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article (and its supplementary information files).
• The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due to [REASON(S) WHY DATA ARE NOT PUBLIC] but are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
• Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.
• The data supporting this study's findings are available from [THIRD PARTY NAME]. However, restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under license for the current study and are not publicly available. Data are, however, available from the authors upon reasonable request and with permission of [THIRD PARTY NAME].

Without specific instructions from a journal, editor authors can use or adapt the statement(s) above. Depending on the nature of the research, several statements may need to be combined.

Deposit Policy (Self-archiving)

Authors can deposit all versions of their papers in institutional or subject repositories, embargo not applied.

The paper version includes the following:

• Preprint
• Author's accepted manuscript
• Published article (Version of record)

Authors may deposit and use the paper version as follows:

• on the personal website
• on the company or institutional repository
• on subject repositories
• with individuals requesting personal use for teaching and training within the author's institution and also as part of an author's grant applications

Reference Management

All the served data or quotes in the article taken from the other author's articles should attach the reference sources. The references should use a reference application management such as Mendeley, End Note, or Zotero. The writing format used in Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry follows the format applied by APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Association).

Plagiarism Policy

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry will not tolerate any plagiarism. Therefore, the author (s) should check their manuscript through a plagiarism checker application before submitting it.

Manuscripts submitted to Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry will be screened for plagiarism using the Turnitin plagiarism detection tool. Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism and return them to the authors for correction.

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry wants to ensure that all authors are careful and comply with international standards for academic integrity, particularly regarding plagiarism.

Plagiarism occurs when an author takes ideas, information, or words from another source without proper credit to the source. Even when it occurs unintentionally, plagiarism is still a serious academic violation and unacceptable in international academic publications.

A citation is required when the author learns specific information from a specific source (name, date, place, statistical number, or other detailed information).

When the author takes an idea from another author, a citation is required even if the author develops the idea further. It might be an idea about how to interpret the data, what methodology to use or what conclusion to draw. It might be about broad developments in a field or general information. Regardless of the idea, authors should cite their sources. In cases where the author develops the idea further, it is still necessary to cite the source. Then, in a subsequent sentence, the author can explain her or his more developed idea.

When the author takes words from another author, citations and quotation marks are required. Whenever four or more consecutive words are identical to a source the author has read, the author must use quotation marks to denote the use of another author's original words; just a citation is no longer enough.

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry takes academic integrity very seriously, and the editors reserve the right to withdraw acceptance from a paper that violates any of the standards above. Potential authors can contact the editorial office at southsight@live.undip.ac.id for further information.

Direct Marketing Policy

Attracting high-quality submissions is critical to the success of a journal. That's why our publishing teams work closely to increase visibility and promote the research we publish. The marketing campaigns we develop are targeted and data-driven to help our journal reach potential authors and readers and maximize its success. In promoting the journal and publications to the public, Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry attempts to avoid actions detrimental to other parties (e.g., spreading spam) and to avoid misleading information between prospective authors and publishers.

Our goals are to raise awareness, drive submissions, and Increase readership. The strategy we do:

Discoverability of Journal Homepage

The fundamental goal of the discoverability of the journal homepage is to drive submissions by:

• Showcasing the journal, its contents, and the editorial team.
• Helping authors navigate the submission and publication process.

The journal homepage provides a unique platform highlighting the journal's aims and scope, important news, content, and journal insights (e.g., publication times)

Search Engine Optimization

The discoverability of our journal homepage and the content hosted on our various platforms is significantly improved, largely thanks to the contributions of search engines like Google. We optimize our website's content to achieve a higher position in the rankings of the major search engines. Through the optimization of keywords, images, and headlines, we make sure that the homepage of our journal is accessible to the largest and most relevant audience possible. This results in increased visibility of our sites and the individual journals we publish.

Social Media

For researchers, using social media has become a routine part of their lives. To meet the rising demand created by this trend, we have created social media channels on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to promote new research and issue calls for submissions across a wide variety of subject areas. These channels increase the traffic to journals' homepages, allow researchers to interact with us directly, and speed up networking within their respective communities.

We have a fantastic opportunity to collaborate through social media. It will allow us to provide researchers with the information they want and need to know, raise awareness of research and announcements, and attract submissions for the journal. As an editor, we strongly recommend that you promote the Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry on various social media platforms.

Advertising Policy

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry does not accept advertising from any parties nor endorse any product or service marked as an advertisement or promotion in its publications. 

Revenue Stream

Southsight: Journal of Media and Society Inquiry does not accept revenue from various sources. The journal only accepts funding from publisher support to ensure wide and affordable access while maintaining high-quality standards and full editorial independence.