Division & Interest Group News
Ethnicity and Race in Communication Division
Hello ERIC members,
I'm writing with a few updates from the Division:
1. Our 2012 Call for Papers is now available on the Division's website at http://www.icahdq.org/divisions/eric/index.html. There are several important changes in submission procedures for next year, so please read the CFP carefully before you submit your work. All submissions are due 1 November, 2011.
2. ERIC is working with five other ICA divisions to co-host a daylong preconference entitled "BORDERS, MIGRATION, COMMUNITY: ARIZONA AND BEYOND" to be held on 23 May 2012 in Phoenix. The event brings together scholars, artists, and activists working on border/migrant issues in Arizona, the United States, and across the globe. Additional detail on the event will be available soon on ERIC's website. I sincerely hope that you will attend this important event.
To reach us with questions about the 2012 conference and preconference, please write to ERIC chair, Roopali Mukherjee at roopalimukherjee@gmail.com or ERIC vice-chair, Miyase Christensen at miyase.christensen@kau.se.
3. If you haven't done so yet, please...
RENEW YOUR ICA MEMBERSHIP at: http://www.icahdq.org. Remember to select ERIC among your ICA divisional affiliations. The larger our membership, the more panels we can program next year so please renew and encourage new folks to join.
VOLUNTEER TO REVIEW FOR 2012 CONFERENCE. Please follow the link on your member page (after you have renewed your ERIC membership) to add yourself to the reviewer pool. Your service as reviewer for ERIC is absolutely essential to ensuring a rich and dynamic program for next year's conference.
CHECK OUT ERIC's NEW WEBSITE and BLOG at: http://www.icahdq.org/divisions/eric/index.html. Find announcements and calls, links to blogs on ethnicity and race, and the latest news from ERIC. The Division is also pleased to announce its new LISTSERVE geared to keeping everyone informed about conferences, opportunities, research, and contacts related to ethnicity and race in communication. Please join the listserve by sending a blank email to: ERIC-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Follow the instructions you receive to be added to the group. To make sure you're not a spammer, the site will ask why you're interested in joining-- just give us your name and school affiliation.
If you have questions or suggestions to enhance our online profile, please contact ERIC's secretaries, Aymar Jean Christian at ajean@asc.upenn.edu or Khadijah White at kwhite@asc.upenn.edu.
That's all for now--
Roopali Mukherjee
Chair, Ethnicity and Race in Communication
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Language & Social Interaction Division
The Language and Social Interaction Division is pleased to offer 4 different submission types for 2012's Phoenix Conference and 1 pre-conference to participate in. Email LSI Program Planner & Chair Evelyn Ho eyho@usfca.edu, with any questions about submissions. Email questions about the preconference to Vice-Chair Theresa Castor castor@uwp.edu
Submissions Now Being Accepted
1) Paper & Extended Abstracts. Individual paper authors should submit either a full paper (~25 pages) or a well-developed extended abstract similar to a conference-presentation length paper (1500-3000 words). All paper submissions (full papers & extended abstracts) will be judged together, however, only full papers will be considered for the Top Paper and Top Student Paper Awards. Extended abstracts should at minimum include a rationale/background, description of methods (if appropriate), and at least some initial analysis (as appropriate).
2) Panels. Panel proposals will also be considered. Panel proposals should include a title, 150-word abstract, 400-word rationale for the panel as well as abstracts from each panelist if appropriate. Because LSI accepts extended abstracts, higher-ranking panel proposals should use the panel format in innovative ways (so not just four papers on a similar topic).
3) Virtual Panel. ICA will continue the Virtual Overlay feature for the Phoenix conference. If you have an idea for a panel that would work well virtually or if know you cannot attend the conference but would still like to participate, present, and get feedback on your work, submit an abstract or panel and check the Virtual Overlay option for your submission. Virtual Overlay submissions will still be competitively selected in the LSI Division and included in the program. All presenters for this virtual session panel will receive official letters of acceptance for their participation as presenters in the conference.
4) Extended Session Abstracts. New for 2012, ICA will be debuting special 2.5 hour extended sessions. The Language and Social Interaction Division decided at the Boston 2011 business meeting to host a data/technology session for our extended session. In the first half of the session 2-3 participants will provide data to share with the whole group including transcripts + video/audio. Participants will work through multiple hearings/viewings with the transcripts to offer comments and suggestions. The second half of the session will be devoted to sharing audio/video best practices-- latest recording, editing, and/or presentation strategies. Submit a short abstract (200 words with the title "EXTENDED SESSION ABSTRACT") describing an audio/video best practice to present. Possibilities include audio/video recording devices, recording apps (for mobiles/tablets), audio/video editing software, presentation software. All presenters for this extended session panel will receive official letters of acceptance for their participation as presenters in the conference.
Preconference: Talk In and For Action: Connecting Communities through Discourse
The purpose of this preconference is to gather scholars who are interested in researching language and social interaction (LSI) for the purpose of helping communication practices within specific communities. As indicated through the conference theme, communication is central to the "constitution, development, maintenance, and dissolution of community." Given the strong focus of LSI research on talk in interaction and of calling attention to the taken for granted aspects of naturally-occurring communication, LSI is especially well-poised to use and apply research for the benefit of individuals and groups in the community. This preconference aims to bring together scholars with an interest in studying talk, discourse, or naturally occurring communication with community groups or on topics that can directly have a positive impact on an important social issue.
Strands or subthemes for the preconference include (1) examples of projects that successfully bridge LSI research and action research in communities, (2) strategies for building community connections, designing successful projects, and sharing results with the partnering community group and academic research community, (3) seeking, and obtaining grant funding.
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Visual Communication Studies Division
Publishing Successes for Michael Griffin
Our current Chair, Michael Griffin, received news that his article "Media Images of War" published in Media, War & Conflict, was the most downloaded article in 2010 in this journal (of all articles published in 2009 and 2010).This comes on the heels of his learning that his 2004 article "Picturing America's 'War on Terrorism' in Afghanistan and Iraq: Photographic Motifs as News Frames" ranked as the second most cited article in the twelve-year history (Jan. 2000-May 2011) of the journal Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism (London). The article 'Media Images of War' is freely accessible at: http://mwc.sagepub.com/content/3/1/7.full.pdf+html?ijkey=q5f3ubxfg8eRY&keytype=ref&siteid=spmwc&utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1J22
New Book Coedited by Luc Pauwels (Immediate Past Chair):
The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods
This book captures the state of the art in visual research. Margolis and Pauwels have brought together, in one volume, a unique survey of the field of visual research that will be essential reading for scholars and students across the social sciences, arts, and humanities.
The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods encompasses the breadth and depth of the field, and points the way to future research possibilities.
It illustrates "cutting edge" as well as long-standing and recognized practices. This book is not only "about" research, it is also an example of the way that the visual can be incorporated into data collection and the presentation of research findings. Chapters describe a methodology or analytical framework, its strengths and limitations, possible fields of application and practical guidelines on how to apply the method or technique.
The Handbook is organized into seven main sections:
For further information, please visit: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book233039