Call for papers - JANUS 2017 The next edition of the journal Janus, to be published in 2017, aims to encourage research integrating International Relations and Communication Science. The referred scientific fields are here understood in their widest sense, since our goal is to provide a creative and interdisciplinary space for dialogue. Janus, the precursor of janus.net, an indexed journal, aims at scientific dissemination by providing the public with in-depth articles on international themes. We invite submissions on this interdisciplinary field for peer-review until 31 january 2015. All submissions will go through a peer-review process. The manuscripts of selected abstracts, due until 28 February 2016, should not exceed 12,000 characters. Publication norms will be made available soon. Examples of appropriate topics include, but are not limited to, the following: The discourse of international organizations Terrorism and the Media Cyber activism Refugee representations in the Media Political regimes and freedom of speech Communication in transnational companies International press systems Crowdsourcing Agenda setting and international events Global culture and the Media Globalization and glocalization Diaspora and the Media The international public sphere E-governance E-terrorism Possible fields in Communication to be discussed from an international perspective: Children, adolescents and the Media Communication and Technology History of Communication Communication Law and Policy Environmental Communication Ethnic groups and Race in Communication Game Studies Global Communication and Social Changes Health Communication Information systems Communication for Education and Development Intercultural Communication Intergroup Communication Interpersonal Communication Journalism Language and Social Interaction Mass Communication Media studies Mobile Communication Organizational Communication Philosophy, Theory and Criticism Political Communication Popular Communication Public Relations Sports Communication Visual Communication Abstract should be send to editors Luísa Godinho (lgodinho@ual.pt) and Inês Amaral (iamaral@ual.pt) until 31 january 2015.