Aims and Scope

Aims and Scope

Mdooter Journal of Communication and Digital Technologies is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to publishing rigorous, impactful scholarship at the intersection of media systems, human communication, and emerging computational environments. The journal provides a critical global forum for examining how communication practices, media institutions, and digital infrastructures evolve, interact, and shape societies worldwide, with a strong commitment to comparative scholarship, transnational digital ecosystems, and perspectives from both the Global South and the wider international academic community.

The journal publishes original empirical research, robust theoretical contributions, methodologically rigorous systematic reviews, and policy analyses that offer fresh conceptual insights to an international readership.

Editorial Transition Notice: International Scope (Effective Volume 4, Issue 1)

Important Editorial Policy Notice:

Beginning with Volume 4, Issue 1 (March 2027), Mdooter Journal of Communication and Digital Technologies formally transitioned from its initial national focus to become a fully international journal.

Prior volumes (Volumes 1 to 3) concentrated intentionally on domestic baseline research within Nigeria. In response to the globalised nature of digital communication infrastructures, algorithmic governance, and cross-border media flows, the journal’s governing board instituted an expanded international editorial mandate effective from Volume 4 onward. The journal now operates under a global charter, inviting contributions from researchers and institutions across all world regions.

Geographic Scope and International Diversity Policy

Mdooter Journal of Communication and Digital Technologies maintains an uncompromising commitment to global scholarly exchange. In alignment with its international transition, the journal actively invites submissions from researchers, academics, and practitioners worldwide.

To cultivate authentic international discourse, the journal actively prioritises:

Transnational, cross-border, and comparative empirical studies examining communication processes and technological integration across multiple national contexts.
Scholarly collaborations that bring together multi-country research teams and cross-institutional perspectives.
Country-specific case studies that are theoretically grounded and draw explicit, generalisable implications for the wider international scholarly community.

Submissions are evaluated solely on intellectual merit, methodological rigour, theoretical originality, and international relevance. No restrictions are placed on author nationality, geographic location, or institutional affiliation.

Thematic Scope

The journal invites manuscripts across two complementary thematic pillars:

1. Communication Studies, Media Systems, and Society

Transnational Media and Digital Journalism: Algorithmic news ecosystems, investigative practices, digital newsroom transformations, media freedom, censorship, and democratic resilience.
Political Communication and Public Sphere: Digital campaigning, platform governance, civic engagement, disinformation, state surveillance, and transnational political movements.
Strategic, Health, and Risk Communication: Global and regional health campaigns, corporate crisis management, environmental communication, public relations, and behaviour-change communication models.
Cultural, Gender, and Identity Politics in Media: Representation of marginalised communities, intersectionality, post-colonial media critique, indigenous knowledge systems, and social identity dynamics in digital public spaces.
Audience Reception and Media Psychology: Cognitive, emotional, and behavioural effects of networked communication, media literacy, digital fatigue, and algorithmic audience construction.

2. Digital Technologies, Infrastructure, and Computational Society

Artificial Intelligence and Computational Communication: Generative AI in media production, natural language processing, predictive analytics, algorithmic ethics, and automated decision-making systems.
Platform Studies and Digital Infrastructures: Platformisation, cloud infrastructure, cross-border data flows, telecommunications policy, and digital divide realities across developing and emerging economies.
Decentralised and Distributed Systems: Social and institutional impacts of Blockchain architectures, smart contracts, digital currencies, and Internet of Things (IoT) governance.
Immersive Technologies and Virtual Environments: Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality applications in communication, pedagogy, spatial computing, and digital human-computer interaction.
Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Digital Sovereignty: Data governance frameworks, surveillance capitalism, institutional cybersecurity postures, and citizen data rights in connected environments.

Types of Manuscripts Accepted

Original Research Articles (5,000–8,500 words): High-impact empirical investigations employing robust quantitative, qualitative, computational, or mixed-methods frameworks.
Review Articles (7,000–10,000 words): Systematic literature reviews, meta-analyses, and critical state-of-the-art syntheses addressing significant theoretical or technological questions.
Theoretical and Conceptual Papers (5,000–7,500 words): Rigorous explorations that advance, challenge, or reconstruct foundational communication and media theories.
Policy and Technology Perspectives (3,500–5,000 words): Evidence-based analytical assessments of international digital regulations, intellectual property laws, or algorithmic governance policies.

Overall Aim and Audience

The overarching mission of Mdooter Journal of Communication and Digital Technologies is to advance global knowledge by bridging rigorous empirical inquiry with actionable insights for an international audience of communication theorists, technology researchers, policymakers, regulatory authorities, and industry leaders navigating the digital transformation.

LAST UPDATED: 4 October 2026