Peter Vorderer was elected President-Elect Select by the members of the International Communication Association in the 2012 ICA online election. Upon election, Vorderer automatically becomes a member of the association's Executive Committee. He will additionally serve as Program Chair for the 2014 ICA Conference in Seattle, Washington, USA, at the conclusion of which he will become President of ICA.

Vorderer is a professor of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Mannheim. His research interests include film reception, media engagement and political participation, particularly among young people and within new and interactive media. 

Vorderer’s platform focused on the importance of globalization and expanding the reach of communication studies research.  By the end of his term, he envisions “an organization that embraces a globalized perspective, that looks at questions and uses theories and methods that are developed wherever communication research takes place around the globe, to do fundamental as well as applied research that relate to the most relevant and pressing issues we currently face.”

In other association-wide elections, Sonia Virginia Moreira (State U of Rio de Janeiro), won the 3-year office of Board Member-at-Large for the Americas. Anne Kaun (Sodertorn U) will serve the 2-year term as Student Board Member.

In addition, 22 officers were elected across 20 Divisions and Interest Groups, four of which also offered bylaw amendments for voter approval. Results of these elections are listed below:

Divisions:

• Sahara Byrne: Vice Chair for the Children, Adolescents, and the Media Division
• Federico Subervi: Vice Chair for the Ethnicity and Race in Communication Division
• Natalia Rybas: Vice Chair for the Feminist Scholarship Division
• Terry Flew: Vice Chair for the Global Communication and Social Change Division
• Kevin Wise: Vice Chair for the Information Systems Division
• Michelle Violanti: Secretary for the Instructional and Developmental Communication Division
• Stephen M. Croucher: Vice Chair for the Intercultural Communication Division
• Ascan Koerner: Vice Chair for the Interpersonal Communication Division
• Amanda Denes: Secretary for the Interpersonal Communication Division
• Alena L. Vasilyeva: Vice Chair for the Language and Social Interaction Division
• R. Lance Holbert: Vice Chair for the Mass Communication Division
• Keri Stephens: Secretary for the Organizational Communication Division
• Alison Hearn: Vice Chair for the Philosophy, Theory, and Critique Divison
• Melissa Aronczyk: Secretary for the Popular Communication Division
• Chiara Valentini: Vice Chair for the Public Relations Division
• Giorgia Aiello: Vice Chair for the Visual Communication Studies Division

Interest Groups:

• Nicole Maurantonio: Secretary for the Communication History Interest Group
• Merav Katz-Kimchi: Vice Chair for the Environmental Communication Interest Group
• Janel Schuh: Secretary for the Environmental Communication Interest Group
• Nicholas Bowman: Vice Chair for the Game Studies Interest Group
• D. Travers Scott: Co-Chair for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies Interest Group
• Janice L. Raup-Krieger: Vice Chair of the Intergroup Communication Interest Group

Other:

• The Intercultural Communication Division approved a bylaw amendment
• The Mass Communication Division approved a bylaw amendment
• The Organizational Communication Division approved a bylaw amendment
• The Environmental Communication Interest Group approved a bylaw amendment