The manuscript should be written in English with simple lay out (12 font size, Times New Roman). There should be no decorative borders anywhere in the text, including the title page. Manuscripts in general should be organized in the following manner:

• Title: The title page should contain a brief title, name(s) of author(s) and their institutional affiliations, telephone number with country code and email address. The title of the manuscript should be without any abbreviations.

• Abstract
  The abstract should be concise and informative. It should not exceed 250 words in length. It should cover the main objective of the study, methods and materials, key results, conclusion and key recommendations. No references should be cited in the abstract. Generally, non-standard abbreviations should not be used; if necessary, they should be clearly defined in the abstract, at first use.

• Keywords: Immediately after the abstract, about 5-6 keywords should be given. Use of abbreviations should be avoided; only standard abbreviations, well-known in the established area may be used, if appropriate.

• Introduction: Provide a background, brief literature survey, proposed solution and justification of the work done.

• Statement of the Problem: Clearly define the problem. However, authors are permitted to merge the problem with the introduction.

• Research Objectives/Questions: Clearly state the objectives and research questions, which must be itemized. Contributors are free to either state only the objectives or only the research questions.

• Research Hypothesis (If any)

• Conceptual Clarification (If any)

• Review of Related Literature (Which must include review of empirical studies).

• Theoretical Framework: Authors are to provide theoretical basis for their studies; maximum of two theories. The theories used must be aligned with the findings, where necessary in the discussion of findings.

• Methodology: The methodology should cover research design, research population, which must be stated in figures; the sample size determined from the population, sampling technique, method of data collection and analysis. For content analysis, in addition to the foregoing, authors should include units of analysis, content categories and inter-coder reliability.

• Data Presentation/Analysis: Data should be well presented and analysed. Authors should avoid table reading while analyzing data; the readers are not blind, they can see the data in the tables; so, emphasis should be on the implications of the data in the table, not repeating the obvious.

• Discussion of Findings: The discussion should provide detailed interpretation of data. This should interpret the significance of the findings of the work. Citations should be given appropriately and the theoretical framework should be aligned with the findings, where necessary.

• Conclusion: This should briefly state the major findings and conclude based on the findings. Tell the readers the conclusion of the matter based on the findings. With this in mind, you do not need to cite any author(s) in the conclusion.

• Recommendations: Recommendations must be in tandem with the findings and conclusion. Give a minimum of three recommendations.

• Articles should not exceed 20 pages with references.

• Use British spelling all through. Avoid American spelling.

• References: The latest APA style should be used. No citation less than year 2000 should be used, except for the year a theory was propounded, cited in fresh work or formula for sample size determination.

Authors are advised to carefully go through the guidelines before submitting their papers as papers not in line with the guidelines will not be reviewed.

1. A confirmation email will be sent to the author(s) after the paper has been received.
2. Manuscript will be checked on plagiarism checker software.
3. Manuscript will be sent for peer review after a contributor pays an assessment fee of N5000.00.
4. Based on the peer review, the Editorial Board will take decision which will be communicated to the author(s). The paper can either be accepted without revisions;   resubmitted with major/minor revisions or rejected.
5. If the paper is accepted, the author(s) will proceed to pay N20,000.00 publication fee into the following bank account:



Bank Name	Fidelity Bank
Account Number	6220016631
Account Name	Department of Mass Communication



6. Two copies of the journal will be given to the author(s) for each article.

CORRESPONDENCE

• All correspondence should be directed to:

The Editor, Mass Media Review, Department of Mass Communication,
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria

E-mail: editor@massmediareview.net