Communication Law & Policy Division

The Communication Law and Policy Division invites people to also submit position papers to the CL&P extended session.  We had several excellent suggestions for extended session topics.  We selected one that we think is both thought provoking and potentially inclusive of a broad range of issues of interest to CL&P members.  This year’s extended session is titled “Changing Media Regimes, Changing Media Law and Policy?”  We invite short, two page position papers that address what has changed, or should change, in approaches to media law and policy given developments in media industries, technologies, environments and political contexts over the last few decades.  Are new theories or approaches needed to understand law and policy in this changing environment?  How have societal changes and developments interacted with different areas of law and policy and with what implications?  The aim of this extended session is to encourage cross-area dialog about broader trends in technology design and use, media industry organization and practice, socio-political developments, and their implications for communication law and policy. Applicants should submit their short position papers as an “extended abstract” on the ICA system.

The Division is cosponsoring “Imposing Freedoms: The role of copyright, privacy and censorship governance in the re/definitions of rights in digital media,” an ECREA 2012 pre-conference on October 23 in Istanbul.  More information available at: http://www.ecrea2012istanbul.eu/pre-conference/imposing-freedoms.html
The division has a new website that members can view by clicking on “Sections,” “Communication Law and Policy,” and “Click to view website” from the ICA web page.  The website includes information about the division’s officers, the 2013 conference, past meeting minutes, the C. Edwin Baker Award, and other conferences, calls and opportunities.

Instructional and Development Communication Division

The Instructional and Developmental Communication Division is seeking volunteers to serve on two committees:

The Awards Committee
The awards committee will consist of four IDD members – one chair and 3 committee members – to receive, organize, and evaluate the award nominations for three awards: 1) Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2) Outstanding Dissertation Award, and 3) Outstanding Thesis Award. This committee will be responsible for evaluating the nominees and selecting the winners of each award to be given at the business meeting at ICA London 2013. Awards nominations will be due on January 1st, 2013 and award selections from the committee will be submitted by February 15th, 2013.

The Bylaws Committee
The bylaws committee will consist of three IDD members – one chair and 2 committee members – to review and update our division bylaws. This committee may begin their charge as soon as the committee is established and will present a draft of the updated bylaws to the business meeting at ICA London 2013.
If you are interested in serving on either committee, please email chair/planner Brandi Frisby at brandi.frisby@uky.edu. Thank you in advance for your service to the division!

Organizational Communication Division

The Organizational Communication Division is developing an exciting line-up of programmes for the 2013 London ICA conference, so be sure to make plans to attend.

First, we will again sponsor a doctoral consortium as a preconference in London. The event will involve 10-15 faculty mentors for approximately 25 doctoral students who have completed coursework but have not yet finished their degree.  This year’s theme is “Expanding Your Scholarly Comfort Zone”. We’ll be providing more details in coming newsletters. The doctoral consortium promises to be a great opportunity for current PhD students to meet and learn from top scholars in the field as well as get to know other doctoral students studying organizational communication from around the world (contact Craig Scott for details: crscott@rutgers@edu).

Second, we are planning another preconference to be jointly sponsored with the Public Relations Division focused on dialogue and stakeholder engagement, likely to be held in Edinburgh two days before the main conference begins (contact Juliet Roper for details: jroper@waikato.ac.nz).

Third, we will repeat the “Research Escalator” session, given its resounding success at the Phoenix conference; this is a great opportunity for junior scholars, scholars new to publishing in international journals or new to publishing in English to get extensive feedback and coaching on a piece of research in progress from an experienced scholar.

Fourth, Waveland Press will once again offer a $500 prize for top interactive display presentation (i.e., poster presentation) submitted to the OCD. Please consider indicating a willingness or preference to present as an interactive display. Participants in the 2012 panels using interactive displays were overwhelmingly positive in evaluating their experience.

Finally, we hope to continue our tradition of fun and unusual off-site division receptions, so if anyone has a suggestion for an interesting venue not too far from the hotel, please contact Ted Zorn (t.e.zorn@massey.ac.nz).
For more details on our plans, visit the Org Comm Division’s London Conference page: http://org.icahdq.org/ohana/website/?p=33789809.

Visual Communication Studies

Visual Communication Quarterly : Call for Papers/Visual Portfolio: Domestic Images in the Digital, Online, and Viral Era

GLBT Studies Interest Group

ICA election time has begun. We'd like to call special attention to our own election for a new co-chair as this is Vincent's last conference cycle. Travers Scott from Clemson U is running for the post. His candidate statement is available here:
https://www.icahdq.org/elections/candidate_statements_2012.pdf and you can cast your votes here after logging in: http://www.icahdq.org/elections/annual
The election deadline is October 15th.