Instructional & Developmental Communication
The planning for the San Francisco program is now complete. We were able to accept 50% of the paper submissions (33 out of 66) and 38% of the panel submissions (3 out of 8). Congratulations to everyone whose work was accepted.
I would like to thank the reviewers for all of their hard work in evaluating the papers and panels: Jerry Allen, Hans Beentjes, Kristen Berkos, Sahara Byrne, Rebecca Chory, Cochece Davis, Steven Eggermont, Lynn Gregory, Eun Joo Kim, Deborah Linebarger, Don Martin, Lynda McCroskey, Ute Ritterfeld, Sarah Rosaen, and Kathy Rowan.
In addition, I would like to offer congratulations to our Top Paper winners. The top faculty papers were:
"Does Children's Advertising Exposure Contribute to an Unhealthy Diet? Refining the Big Food Advertising Effects Hypothesis" by Moniek Buijzen (U of Amsterdam)
"Adolescents' Online Communication and their Well-Being: Testing the Stimulation Versus the Displacement Hypothesis" by Patti Valkenburg & Jochen Peter (U of Amsterdam)
"Interactivity in a Web Conferencing Learning Environment: Effects on Trainers and Trainees" by Keri Stephens & Timothy Mottet (Texas State U)
The Top Student Paper went to "A Human-Centered Approach Towards Instructional Technology: Impact of Presence and Engagement on Satisfaction in Online Courses" by Bimal Balakrishnan and Keston Pierre (Penn State U). I look forward to seeing everyone in San Francisco!
Amy Nathanson, Chair
nathanson.7@osu.edu
Mass Communication
Kyoon Hur Dissertation Award
Nominations for the 2007 Kyoon Hur Dissertation Award are invited from programs and institutions granting PhD in any aspect of mass communications. The rules for this year's competition are as follows:
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Dissertations completed between November 1, 2004, and October 31, 2006 (inclusive), are eligible for consideration (i.e., dissertation defense has been held and passed).
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The following materials MUST be submitted with the nomination: (a) a cover letter with the name, address, telephone, and e-mail address of the nominee and his or her advisor(s), (b) a manuscript prepared for blind review that acts as an integrated summary of the thesis or dissertation not exceeding 30 (thirty) pages excluding references, tables and figures. Full theses or dissertations or chapters of theses or dissertations will not be accepted for review.
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All materials must be received by March 1, 2007, and should be sent to (electronic sumission is preferred): Robin Nabi,
nabi@comm.ucsb.edu.
PLEASE NOTE: Dissertation advisors and department heads should be highly selective in their nominations as this is a very competitive award among the very best dissertations of the past two years. A cash prize will be presented to the winner at the 2007 ICA annual meeting in San Francisco. Please contact Robin Nabi at nabi@comm.ucsb.edu with any questions.
Top Conference Papers
The Mass Communication Division received 260 papers and 24 panel proposals for the San Francisco meeting this May, making for a very competitive selection process. We'd like to thank all those who submitted their fine work, and especially the 134 reviewers who gave generously of their time and energy to allow the review process to proceed smoothly and efficiently.
We were delighted with the quality of the papers and are proud to announce the top faculty papers as follows:
The Influence of Television News Depictions of the Images of War
Michael Pfau (U of Oklahoma), Michel M. Haigh (Pennsylvania State University)
Capital, Consumption, Communication, and Citizenship: The Social Positioning of Taste and Civic Culture in the U.S.
Lewis A. Friedland, Dhavan Shah, Nam-Jin Lee, Mark Andrew Rademacher, Lucy Atkinson, Thomas Hove (U of Wisconsin Madison)
Adolescents' Exposure to Sexually Explicit Online Material and Sexual Uncertainty: Investigating Perceptions of Pornography as Underlying Mechanisms
Jochen Peter, Patti M. Valkenburg (U of Amsterdam)
Perceptions of Effectiveness Versus Markers of Actual Effectiveness in Adolescents' Reactions to Antitobacco Ads
Erica W. Austin, Myiah Hutchens Hively, Yi-Chun "Yvonnes" Chen, Rebecca Van de Vord, Jared Dawson, Rakhee Gupta (Washington State U), Bruce Pinkleton (Washington State U)
The top student papers include:
The Watchdog's Bite: Viewer Reactions to Uncivil News Interviews
Eran N. Ben-Porath (U of Pennsylvania)
Fantasy Theme Analysis of the Rhetorical Visions Embedded in the Blogs of Expatriates in Taiwan
Yea-Wen Chen (U of New Mexico)
The Effect of Late-Night TV Comedy Viewing on Adolescents' Civic Participation: Political Efficacy as a Mediating Mechanism
Lindsay H. Hoffman, Tiffany Lynn Thomson (Ohio State U)
Unintended Construct Activation: A Cognitive Developmental Explanation for the Boomerang Effect in Response to Strategic Messages
Sahara Byrne (U of California - Santa Barbara)
Our congratulations to these authors! We have a great diversity of panels scheduled for the San Francisco meeting, and we look forward to a stimulating exchange of ideas this May. We would like to encourage all members of the Mass Communication Division to attend the Business Meeting which will take place after the Top Paper Panel. See you in San Francisco!
Robin L. Nabi, Vice-Chair
nabi@comm.ucsb.edu
Philosophy of Communication
The Philosophy of Communication program for 2007 is very exciting. We have a number of papers which draw on Habermas' presentation in Dresden, and - in so far as there is an overall theme - it is that of the global public sphere. We welcome submissions on a wide range of topics, in the belief that our division is the place where enquiry about the presuppositions of various discipline areas has a home. The pressure on referees is intense. We invite those of you who consider submitting to the Division to sign up for the Division, and sign up as referees.
On a lighter note, the Chair and Deputy Chair, Ingrid Volkmer, welcomed Michael Haley to Melbourne on 10 February. As a Division whose executive is not, on the whole, based in the US, we are particularly grateful to Michael and his team for their help
Christie Slade, Chair
Christina.Slade@humn.mq.edu.au
