Intercultural & Development Communication:

Division Awards

 

2000 Award Winners

Presented at the Intercultural/International Division Meeting

Acapulco, Mexico, June 2, 2000

Top Paper Awards

Intercultural Communication:

"Face and Facework in Conflict:
A Cross-cultural Comparison of China, Germany, Japan, and the United States."
John Oetzel, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (USA)
Stella Ting-Toomey, California State University, Fullerton (USA)
Tomoko Masumoto and Yumiko Yokochi, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (USA)
Xiaohui Pan, Harbin Engineering University at Harbin, (HONG KONG, SAR, PRC)
Jiro Takai, Nagoya City University, Nagoya (JAPAN)
Richard Wilcox, Fachhochschule Nurtingen (GERMANY).

International Communication:

"Broadcast Policies of the European Union:
Economically or Culturally Bound?"
Kenneth Rogerson, Duke University, Durham, NC (USA)
Paula L'Ecuyer, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (USA).

Development Communication:

"Resignifying Developmentalism at the Local Level:
The Mediated Publicness of Operation Bootstrap in Puerto Rico."
Ilia Rodriguez, New Orleans, LA (USA)

Student Awards:

Intercultural Communication:

"Generation Ñ: Acculturation and Hispanic Youth."
David M. Duty, University of Oklahoma, OK (USA)

International Communication:

"We are French, Too, But Different:
Radio, Music, and the Articulation of Difference Among Young North Africans in France.
Nabil Echchaibi, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (USA).

Development Communication:

"The Westernizer, the Developer, and the Azmari:
Journalism Discourses in Ethiopia."
Melissa A. Wall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (USA).


Lifetime Achievement Award

Everett M. Rogers

The Division Five first lifetime award winner was Everett M. Rogers. Joseph Rota highlighted some of the many reasons Rogers was named, including his role as:

  • the most frequently cited scholar in our field;
  • the author of the most cited communication book ever (Diffusion of Innovations);
  • the author of 28 additional books, not counting translations into many other languages;
  • the author or co-author of hundreds of articles;
  • the recipient of numerous awards from leading scientific and academic organizations;
  • an influence on many other fields such as marketing, public health, and sociology;
  • a mentor of generations of communication scholars.

Minutes of the presentation ceremony

 

Awards Presented in the Division

Top Paper in Intercultural Communication
Top Paper in International Communication
Top Paper in Development Communication

 

Top Student in Intercultural Communication
Top Student in International Communication
Top Student in Development Communication

 

 

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By-laws

Rules governing awards are covered in ARTICLE VI of the division by-laws:

ARTICLE VI: AWARDS

In addition to the Top Paper awards in Intercultural, Development  and International Communication,  the ICD may institute additional awards for scholarly performance.  All awards will be judged by a three panel committee of  peers  appointed by the Chair.  The Chair will announce a Call for nominations and procedures for nomination in the ICA newsletter. Nominations will include a cover letter stating why the person should be recognized by the ICD, the nominee's vitae, and  letters of recommendation.  The nature of the award will depend on ICD funds.

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