JOSSAMS is a multidisciplinary journal, which serves as a platform to create a link between local and global researches. It also aims at building linkages to form communities of learning practices. Keeping in view the indispensable role of a journal; the department of Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, SindhMadressatul Islam University (SMIU), has decided to launch its research journal entitled Journal of Social Sciences & Media Studies (JOSSAMS).