Call for papers Quaderns del CAC No. 53 – February 2027.
Monographic theme. Humour: debates, potential and uses
** Deadline for submitting articles: 13 July 2026**
Articles can be submitted via the Quaderns del CAC OJS platform on RACO.
The next issue of Quaderns del CAC aims to explore into the study of humour, a highly fertile field for the development of communication research.
Humour allows us to say the unsayable, generates complicity with the audience, breaks with the usual meaning and significance of concepts and provides new insights. Furthermore, no one doubts its ability to help us understand complex issues such as social dynamics, identity references, and power relations.
For this and other reasons, humour is common in many communicative contexts. In fiction, news and entertainment, there are formats and genres defined by the dominance of the humorous component. But humour is a highly complex subject of study.
Humorous content is, in this sense, malleable and highly dependent on its context. Thus, current social, cultural, economic and technological transformations force us to ask ourselves the question ‘what do we laugh at?’ from new perspectives. The debate between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture remains relevant and necessary and must now take place in relation to the conditions implied by the digital platformisation of cultural offerings. Furthermore, we cannot ignore either the worrying international political context or the potential of humour as a tool in social struggles and digital activism.
From Quaderns del CAC we encourage you to send us proposals about humour and communication, papers to the open sector and your book reviews.
More information here.
Instructions for authors
Initial considerations
- Before starting the submission process, it is recommended to review all the sections of the About the journal section:
- Open Access Policy
- Peer Review Process
- Code of ethics and good practice
- Anti-plagiarism
- Texts must be originals and unpublished and not assessed in other publications. By submitting a text to Quaderns del CAC, every author states that these requirements are met, being the author responsible of any reclaim due to the non-fulfilment of this warranty.
- Articles must be submitted in digital format, preferably in Word or compatible format. Each page should be about 30 lines long, in font size 12.
- Languages: the journal accepts articles and book reviews in Catalan, Spanish and English. We undertake the correction and translation of the texts in the three languages. There are no article submission or processing charges to submit or publish in this journal.
The journal accepts both empirical and theoretical articles for the monographic section and for the miscellaneous section. Texts can make contributions in the field of audiovisual communication and culture research, from different disciplinary perspectives, with a particular focus on European and international research
Submission
Articles must be submitted through RACO's OJS platform. Please contact the journal if you have any problems during the process of registering or creating your user profile, accessing the platform or submitting your article: quadernsdelcac@gencat.cat.
The Editorial Board of the journal will first assess the quality and suitability of the papers received. Afterwards, those articles accepted must overcome a double blind peer-review process prior its publication.
Length
The maximum length should not exceed 7,500 words, notes and references included.
Title
When submitting, the title must be a maximum of 20 words. Additional information can be added later through the subtitle.
Abstract and keywords
The article has to include an abstract of 150 words and at least five keywords (maximum ten).
Languages
The journal accepts papers in Catalan, Spanish and English.
Authorship
The article must be submitted anonymised, without any reference to the names of the authors or any details that could identify them in the text or notes, as well as in the properties and metadata of the file.
Please attach in a separate file the title of the article, and the following details of the authors of the article, which will be included as part of the content of the article in case of publication:
- Full academic name
- Institution and affiliation
- E-mail address (preferably institutional)
- ORCID
References
The bibliographic citation must follow the criteria establish by APA 7.0. If the document has a DOI name, write it down at the end of the reference. All URL must be shortened with http://bitly.com or similar.
The list of references has to be placed at the end of every article, in alphabetical order. References in the text must appear into brackets with the name of the author, the year of edition and the pages: (Name, year).
Endnotes
Endnotes are acceptable but should be used sparingly and as little as possible.
Tables, figures and images
Tables and figures have to be provided with short, descriptive titles and also in Arabic numbers. Place all footnotes to tables and their source(s) under the tables.
They must be inserted not as an image but in an editable format (e.g. in Excel). They also should be placed in the appropriate place in the text, not at the end of the article.
Colour figures, tables and graphs are admitted and they all should have the source well identified. Authors must hold their rights of reproduction.
Images can be attached in png or jpg format via the OJS system when submitting.
Copyright notice
The journal is licenced under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) and in accordance with the spirit of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI Declaration).
Instructions for authors
Initial considerations
- Before starting the submission process, it is recommended to review all the sections of the About the journal section:
- Open Access Policy
- Peer Review Process
- Code of ethics and good practice
- Anti-plagiarism
- Texts must be originals and unpublished and not assessed in other publications. By submitting a text to Quaderns del CAC, every author states that these requirements are met, being the author responsible of any reclaim due to the non-fulfilment of this warranty.
- Articles must be submitted in digital format, preferably in Word or compatible format. Each page should be about 30 lines long, in font size 12.
- Languages: the journal accepts articles and book reviews in Catalan, Spanish and English. We undertake the correction and translation of the texts in the three languages. There are no article submission or processing charges to submit or publish in this journal.
Books reviewed
Quaderns del CAC has a special section dedicated to reviewing significant new publications in the field of communication, and in particular, in the audiovisual sector. The works reviewed must be current; they must have been published in the last two full years, although an earlier book may be included if justified.
Length
The maximum length is 1,300 words.
Title
In addition to the corresponding bibliographic citation, the review must have a title of a maximum of 10 words summarising the content.
Authorship
The following details of the authors of the article must be included in the review, which will appear as part of the content in case of publication:
- Full academic name
- Institution and affiliation
- E-mail address (preferably institutional)
- ORCID
Submission
Reviews must be submitted through RACO's OJS platform. Please contact the journal if you have any problems during the process of registering or creating your user profile, accessing the platform or submitting your review: quadernsdelcac@gencat.cat.
Recommendations
- The text must provide the reader with a general idea of the content of the book reviewed, as well as a personal assessment of the interest of the work. Therefore, it should include a description and analysis of the work, as well as conclusions that point out to the reader the value and significance of the book.
- It is recommended that the author of the book be briefly introduced by means of a commentary on his or her career or most recent works.
- The summary and content analysis is the most important part of the review, so it is necessary to explain the thematic field in which the work is situated, the perspective and objectives proposed by the author, and the fundamental thesis of the book and its development.
- The critical evaluation is generally positive, but it can also be negative, in both cases an adequate argumentation is required. The reader must be informed about the value, interest and usefulness of the book reviewed. Details such as the use of sources, documentation, the bibliography used by the author, the formal presentation of the book, etc. can be included if necessary.
- The citation model of the bibliographic record must follow the APA 7.0 criteria. If the document has a DOI, it must be included at the end of the reference. All URL addresses should be given with a shortened address such as http://bitly.com or similar.
- Any quotations from the book reviewed should be written in inverted commas. The page number should be included in brackets after the quotation. "Text of the quotation" (p. XX).
Copyright notice
The journal is licenced under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) and in accordance with the spirit of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI Declaration).
