Volume 39, Number 3: April 2011

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 To Our Members in Japan

Dear ICA members from Japan: As the president of the International Communication Association, I wanted to extend all our sympathy to you regarding what is currently happening in your country. Like many other people around the world, I am watching how the situation is presently evolving and I cannot help...
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 The Road to Boston

First, a little institutional history. In the early 1990s I chaired an ICA Task Force on Diversity that was charged, among other things, with recommending ways to increase the attendance at conferences and participation in the organization by members of underrepresented minorities in the United States. The Task Force, whose...
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 President's Message: Redefining ICA's Board Members-at-Large

Our Boston conference is just 2 months away, with what will certainly be our biggest attendance ever. Hopefully this conference will also confirm a general trend of late, which is that ICA is getting more and more international, with scholars and graduate students coming from the four corners of the...
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 Center for Intercultural Dialogue Website Now Posting Researcher Profiles

The Center for Intercultural Dialogue serves members of any of the eight associations that jointly make up the Council of Communication Associations (NCA, ICA, AEJMC, ASJMC, BEA, ABC, AJHA, and BCCA). The mission of the Center is "To facilitate connections between Communication scholars interested in intercultural dialogue by encouraging international...
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 Placing the Aesthetic in Popular Culture: An International Communication Association Preconference

Placing the Aesthetic in Popular Culture: Quality, Value, and Beauty in Communication and Scholarship An International Communication Association Preconference Cosponsored by the Popular Communication, Philosophy of Communication, and Visual Communication Divisions 26 May 2011, Emerson College For many within the correlate fields of media, cultural, and communication studies, art, beauty,...
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 "What Kind of Communication is @ the Center?" Preconference of the Public Relations Division

"What Kind of Communication is @ the Center? An Investigation Into the Public Relations and Marketing Relationship" Sponsored by the ICA Public Relations Division Thursday, 26 May 12:00 - 17:00, Westin Waterfront Hotel Currently, marketing has subsumed public relations as the center of focus in communication departments in corporate, nonprofit, and...
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 History Remains Present on Boston's Freedom Trail

Boston, Massachusetts is one of the most important cities in the United States for academic education and research, finance, and technology-but it's also a key site in the history of the nation. Nicknamed "The Cradle of Liberty," Boston's colonial activism formed the catalyst for the American Revolution of the...
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 "Communication at the Center" Registrations Moving at a Fast Clip

The 61st conference registration numbers suggest this conference will see more than 2,200 attendees - and possibly even break New York's all-time record. Over 100 people registered the first weekend beginning 15 January. After the initial rush, registrations are now steadily coming in at an average of 25 per day, with...
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 Student Column: Plan for the 2011 ICA Conference in Boston!

Time is passing fast, and the 2011 ICA conference is quickly approaching. For ICA student members it is particularly exciting to travel to Boston, present scholarship, and interact with other scholars. Many student members might be involved in conference activities for the first time, and as such it is key...
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 News of Interest to the Profession


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 Division & Interest Group News


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 Call for Papers


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 Available Positions and Other Advertising


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What's Inside

Virtual Conference

"Matters of Communication"

2010 ICA Theme Book

Matters of Communication

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"Matters of Communication"

2010 ICA Theme Book

Matters of Communication

Order Your Copy When Registering
for the Boston Conference!

Or, click here.



To Reach ICA Editors

Journal of Communication
Malcolm Parks, Editor
U of Washington
Department of Communication
Box 353740
Seattle, WA 98195-3740 USA
macp@u.washington.edu


Human Communication Research
Jim Katz, Editor
Rutgers U
Department of Communication
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
jimkatz@scils.rutgers.edu


Communication Theory
Thomas Hanitzsch, Editor
U of Munich
Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research
Schellingstr. 3, 80799
Munich
GERMANY
hanitzsch@ifkw.lmu.de


Communication, Culture, & Critique
John Downing, Editor
Southern Illinois U - Carbondale
Global Media Research Center
College of Mass Communication
Carbondale, IL 62901 USA
jdowning@siu.edu


Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Maria Bakardjieva, Editor
U of Calgary
Faculty of Communication and Culture
2500 University Drive
Calgary, AB T2N1N4 CANADA
bakardji@ucalgary.ca


Communication Yearbook
Elisia Cohen, Editor
U of Kentucky
Department of Communication
231 Grehan Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0042 USA
commyear@uky.edu



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