| ICA Election Results In: Francois Heinderyckx Elected President-Elect/Select
Francois Heinderyckx was elected President-Elect/Select by the members of the International Communication Association in the 2011 ICA online election. Upon election, Heinderyckx automatically becomes a member of the association's Executive Committee. He will additionally serve as Program Chair for the 2013 ICA Conference in London, UK, at the conclusion of.... More. . .
Nominations for Fellows, Fisher, Research Awards Due 31 January
31 January 2012 is the uniform deadline for nominations for the nine association-wide 2012 research awards, the B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award, the Fellows Book Award, and ICA Fellows. All nominations, except those for ICA Fellows, must be submitted through the ICA website at URL HERE between 1 November 2011 and 11:00 p.m. EST 31 January 2012. More. . .
President's Message: Rethinking the Academic Mission
The dawn of our present era - decade, century, millennium - seems particularly ripe for radical rethinking. The past few decades have witnessed unprecedented shifts in the global landscape, as the new technologies of the digital age have fast-tracked worldwide economic shifts and the concurrent societal upheavals. More. . .
Phoenix Conference Update
As I write this newsletter column many of us are putting the finishing touches on our ICA papers. The deadline for submissions is 1 November, 2011, 11 PM EST. Meanwhile, the ICA board, division officers, and staff are busy working on special events for the conference that will be held at the Phoenix Sheraton Downtown 24-28 May, 2012. More. . .
The ICA Conference Program Goes Mobile
Schedules, Maps, Twitter and more on your mobile device for the Phoenix Conference - and it's completely free... More. . .
Barbie Zelizer Wins AEJMC's 2011 Tankard Award
Congratulations to ICA Past President Barbie Zelizer for winning the 2011 Tankard Award at AEJMC's Conference in St. Louis. Zelizer received the award for her book About to Die: How News Images Move the Public (Oxford 2010). More. . .
In Memoriam: Hanno Hardt (1934-2011)
Hanno Hardt, Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies, Journalism, and Mass Communication at the U of Iowa and a Professor of Communication Studies at the U of Ljubljana, passed away Tuesday, 11 October 2011 after a short period of illness. More. . .
Submissions End, Renewal Period Ends, Nominations Begin
This is the last chance to renew for the incoming membership term. Thank you to those 59% of you who have renewed. While we see a decrease in numbers at the end of our renewal period, many members reactivate their memberships as we move closer to conference. Total membership surpassed 4500 for during our 2010 - 2011 membership term... More. . .
Student Column: The Social Impact of Communication Scholarship
While finalizing proposals for ICA's 2012 annual conference, many of us have thought about the impact of our scholarship. Should we focus on contributing to a dialogue within the scholarly community or should we primarily aim at benefitting broader communities? Should communication scholarship address social issues? If so, which ones, to what extent, and in what formats? More. . .
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Division & Interest Group News
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Call for Papers
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