Volume 40, Number 4: May 2012

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 Conference Update: Enhancing our Global Connectivity While Building our Scholarly Community in Phoenix

Enhancing our global connectivity while building our scholarly community in Phoenix. That's what the last year of planning has been all about. With only a month to go, all 1,000 hotel rooms are sold out in the Sheraton (if you still need a room, check out the Spring Hill Suites...
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 A Message from the Communication Director: Swimming in Information

We are just weeks away from jamming ourselves in line for coffee at the Starbucks, getting lost in conference halls and misplacing our conference bags somewhere in the exhibit hall. And we do this for one very important reason, to share research on the most rigorous stage in the Communication...
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 President's Message: Facing the Future

The duties of an ICA president are not really very onerous. Once the task of organizing the annual conference is accomplished, and the gavel is ritually handed over - and then quickly removed back to storage, lest the incumbent president actually try to use it - the rest is relatively...
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 Conference City Sites: Restaurants in Phoenix

As the capital of the Southwestern United States, Phoenix has long been renowned for "Southwestern style" cuisine: authentic Mexican food, and Mexican-inspired American fare. However, the explosion in the city's population over the past 2 decades increased the ethnic and international diversity of Phoenix. These newcomers brought their culinary traditions...
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 Master Classes: This Month Featuring Curran and Deetz

In each Newsletter leading up to the conference, we will highlight two of the fascinating master classes that have been planned for Phoenix. Master lecturers will feature Mark Knapp (U of Texas-Austin), Chin-Chuan Lee (City U of Hong Kong), Dafna Lemish (Southern Illinois U-Carbondale), Jack McLeod (U of Wisconsin), James...
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 Eco-Friendly Tips for Phoenix

ICA is committed to minimizing its environmental impact. To accomplish this goal we've taken several steps that will impact this year's conference in Phoenix. You may have noticed the question at the end of your registration asking whether you came by plane, train, automobile, or bus. The Task Force...
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 Preconferences Focus on Video Games, Technology, Health and Community

In each Newsletter leading up to the conference, we will highlight a few of the exciting preconferences that have been planned for Phoenix. This month, learn more about "It's More Than Just A Game: Best Practices In Video Game Research Design and Methodology," "Third Communication and Technology Doctoral Consortium," "Health...
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 Extended Session Preview: Mass Comm, Org Comm, Poli Comm, Pop Comm, PR, and Visual Comm Studies

New to the ICA Conference this year is the Extended Session - a conference slot of 2.5 hours that gives each Division and Interest Group the opportunity to go beyond the typical four- or five-paper presentation and respondent format. The goal of the extended session is to enable more dialogue...
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 Excursions: Red Rocks of Sedona and Night Hiking

Red Rocks of Sedona Tour Sedona; Thursday, 24 May & Tuesday, 29 May 2012; Time: 9am - 5pm; Price: $85.00 per person; 25 person minimum Known worldwide for its brilliant red rock mountains, breathtaking scenery and quaint artisan shops and galleries, Sedona is a "must see" destination for visitors to...
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 Student Column: Don't Miss These Activities at the 2012 ICA Conference in Phoenix!

We are hoping that, by now, student members of the International Communication Association have their plane tickets purchased and their hotel rooms booked for the annual conference of the organization to be held in Phoenix, AZ, 24-28 May, 20012. There will be numerous activities organized just for students that they...
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 News of Interest to the Profession


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 Division and Interest Group News


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 Available Positions & Other Advertising


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What's Inside
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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