Citation and Bibliographic Guidelines

Beginning with issue 61/2025 (from January 1, 2025), Kultura Media Teologia (KMT) adopts the APA 7th edition citation and reference style: https://apastyle.apa.org/.
Examples of APA 7 usage can be found at: https://www.grafiati.com/pl/info/apa-7/examples/.

For non-standard bibliographic sources, information on the method of citation is provided in the description of the thematic issue prepared by the issue’s academic editor.

Examples of in-text bibliographic references

• Source information should include the author’s surname and year of publication, e.g., (Kowalski, 2023). When referring to a specific passage, page numbers should also be indicated, e.g., (Kowalski, 2023, s. 14–17).
• Multiple cited sources should be separated by semicolons, e.g., (Mearsheimer & Walt, 2007; Brzezinski, 2010).
• For video games, the bibliographic reference should follow this format: Developer (year of release). Title of the game [platform]. Publisher.
  In the text, only the developer and year of release should be cited.

Reference List

The reference list should be arranged alphabetically, regardless of the type of publication.

Examples of correctly formatted entries

Sehl, A., Cornia, A., & Nielsen, R. (2017). Developing digital news in public service media. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

Algarra, M. M., & Gaitano, N. G. (1997). The political role of the Spanish journalist. Political Communication, 14(4), 481–495.

González Gaitano, N. (2016). Public opinion in the Church. A communicative and ecclesiological reflection. Church, Communication and Culture, 1(1), 173–205.

Leśniczak, R. (2021). Realizacja funkcji informacyjnej i interpretacyjnej przez katolickie media archidiecezji łódzkiej. Wybrane refleksje medioznawcze. In A. Gralczyk (Ed.), Media lokalne. Doświadczenie i przyszłość (s. 157–176). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego.

Game World. (2008). S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Czyste Niebo [PC]. Deep Silver.

Language and DOI Formatting

Abbreviations used in bibliographic entries should be written in the language of the cited publication, e.g.:

Roberson, J. (2022). Catholicism, Polish Victimhood, and Nationalist Histories in Partitioned and Contemporary Poland. In C. Schapkow & F. Jacob (Eds.), Nationalism and Populism. Expressions of Fear or Political Strategies? (pp. 235–252). Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110729740-011

Pokorna-Ignatowicz, K. (2007). Media katolickie w III RP i ich wkład w budowę polskiej demokracji. W L. Pokrzycka & W. Mich (Red.), Media a demokracja (ss. 119–130). Lublin: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej.

All bibliographic records of cited publications must include the DOI number in link format when available.