Current Issue
Stream: Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication (ISSN: 1916-5897)
Stream is a peer-reviewed journal for communication studies that focus on work from top graduate students and emerging scholars in the broad tradition of critical theory. Submissions are welcome from all fields and disciplines that may overlap with communication studies. Primary consideration will be given to contributors who meaningfully challenge authority, defy convention, explore contradiction, contest presupposition, problematize established perspectives, deconstruct flawed projects, disrupt existing conditions, or critique the unjust. We are providing a platform for emerging critical scholars to share their ideas, which includes working papers as well as completed pieces. We are offering space to celebrate and reinvigorate the tradition of critical theory while expanding its influence and reasserting its prescience.
Stream Journal does not charge any fees for review or publication.
Mission
Stream’s mission is to publish peer-reviewed communications research produced by graduate and postdoctoral researchers in post-secondary institutions. Its purpose is to disseminate new knowledge and information while offering opportunities for students and emerging researchers to contribute to the field of communications studies.
Peer-Review process
Stream follows a double-blind peer-review process. Before publication, all submissions must be (in order): peer-reviewed by 2 anonymous reviewers, approved by the Submission Manager, and copy-edited. This process is organized and overseen by the Submissions Manager with the assistance of other Editorial Board members.
If you are interested in submitting papers for review, please register as an author and submit your paper(s) through the system.
Announcements
Special Issue: "Modulations" DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 15
Did you present at the 2026 CONDUITS Graduate Conference on May 8, 2026?
Do you have in-progress or completed work related to the topic of Modulations?
If so, the Stream Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication invites you to submit your paper, in progress research, extended abstracts, and/or multimedia works* for a joint special issue and CONDUITS Graduate Student Conference Proceedings.
We welcome submissions from all fields and disciplines that may overlap with communication studies. All papers should be 5-20 pages in length, submitted in Word (.doc or .docx) or rich text (.rtf) format.
Please note that only works entirely authored by students currently enrolled in master’s and/or doctoral program will be accepted. Texts co-authored by postdocs, working professionals, instructors, and/or professors do not qualify for publication with Stream.
For more information about the CONDUITS graduate conference, please visit https://www.conduits.ca/.
Deadline to submit: July 15
Author guidelines | Submit a paper
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
*If you wish to submit works using sound, video, databases, or other multimedia, please contact the editors.
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