Excursion Tickets Still Available for San Francisco Conference
Tickets are still available for the six excursions that have been planned for the 2007 ICA Conference in San Francisco, California, USA. In particular, ICA encourages conference attendees to register for the special evening reception at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco on Friday, May 25, at 7:00 pm.
The Asian Art Museum is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Western art. But it is more than just an art museum-it is your ticket to Asia. Travel through 6,000 years of history, trek across seven major regions, and sample the cultures of numerous countries. You can join your colleagues in a special evening reception. ICA has arranged to have the entire museum available to conference attendees for this one evening. The evening includes a spread of Asian-inspired food; premium beer, wine, and nonalcoholic beverages; and the Muramoto World Jazz Fusion Ensemble, a group that blends American jazz with traditional and contemporary Japanese music.
Also, a special exhibit will be opening during the weekend. From Edo to Meiji presents a hundred prints by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) dating from the turbulent last decades of Edo Japan to the westernizing Meiji era. The exhibition is built around two series that deal with the supernatural, one from the beginning of Yoshitoshi's career, the other from the end-stylistically so different that they could be by different artists. Through the prints, a picture emerges of traditional Japanese society moving at a breakneck speed into the modern world.
Tickets for the Museum reception are available for only $25.00 USD. (All attendees must be 21 years of age or older.) The Museum is located in the Civic Center, only nine blocks from the Hilton Hotel in Union Square; however, for those who do not wish to walk the nine blocks to the museum, special bus transportation will be provided. Buses will begin leaving the hotel at 6:40 p.m. and will begin returning from the museum at 8:15 p.m.
In addition to the reception at the Asian Art Museum, there are five other excursions available during the Conference:
Alcatraz and San Francisco City Tour
(Thursday, May 24, 12:30 - 5:00 pm)
Alcatraz Island is a 25-acre island located just 1 1/4 miles from San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Alcatraz is best known as the infamous and notorious former federal prison-home to the likes of Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelley, and Robert "The Birdman" Stroud. From 1933 to 1963, the Federal Bureau of Prisons used the facility as a maximum security prison. For 30 years it was the most infamous prison in the country. It housed prisoners too notorious or dangerous to be held elsewhere. It was closed in 1963 due to its expense.
Your trip to Alcatraz departs on a ferry from the dock at Fisherman's Wharf. The ferry across the San Francisco Bay takes about 10 minutes. Upon arrival, a National Park Ranger will provide a brief welcome and orientation. You are then free to explore the island and the prison at your own pace. We recommend that you stop at the theatre to see the Alcatraz video following the orientation. The video provides an excellent overview of what you will see. The 35-minute audio headset tour of the Alcatraz cell block is a real highlight (for those who purchase the ticket that includes the Audio Tour). This tour is available in six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. During the tour, you will hear stories from former inmates and prison guards as you walk through the cellblock. After the Cell Block tour, there is time to see all the sites around the island and visit the Alcatraz museum and bookshop.
Tickets are available for $60.00 USD (including R/T transportation, tour director, and tickets to Alcatraz with audio tour). Buses will pick up and drop off participants from the Hilton Hotel lobby.
Walking Tour of Chinatown and Dim Sum Luncheon
(Friday, May 25, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 26, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.)
The walking tour takes you past buildings of historical and architectural interest (admire our pagoda style buildings and hear about their history), including an Herbal Pharmacy, the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, Stockton Street Food Markets, and an authentic Buddhist Temple; Waverly Place, a famous Chinatown alley full of temples, private clubs, and secret societies); the Chinese Language School, a Tea Tasting Demonstration and Lecture at the only authentic tea house in the U.S. (subject to availability); an insider's list of recommended shopping and restaurants in Chinatown; and a hosted 10-course Dim Sum luncheon at one of Chinatown's most popular restaurants.
It's important that you anticipate and savor the wonderful Dim Sum dishes we've selected for you, so here is the menu. (If you have dietary restrictions, the restaurant can make substitutions upon your request): Deep Fried Minced Pork Dumpling, Pork and Shrimp Dumpling, Steamed Shanghai Baby Dumpling, Ha Gow Steamed Shrimp Dumpling, Steamed Pork Roll Wrapped with Bean Curd Skin, Steamed Barbecued Pork Bun, Platter of Seasonal Vegetables, Chicken Chow Mein, Dessert Sesame Ball filled with Black Bean Paste, and Specialty Teas: Jasmine and Chrysanthemum Tea.
The cost for the walking tour is $40.00 USD. Participants in either tour should meet in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel.
Media Education: Playfulness and Critical Citizens: An Interactive Tour @ ZEUM
(Saturday May 26; 6:30 p.m. -8:00 p.m.)
Sponsored by the Conference Theme Committee, this event is an opportunity to get to know ZEUM (http://www.zeum.org/), its way of working, and the vision of the people behind it.
Today's youth are confronted with an overwhelming amount of information from multiple media sources. They need the learning opportunities and literacy skills that will help them to navigate their rapidly changing world. ZEUM tries to provide youth with the opportunity to develop these skills. San Francisco's Arts and Technology Museum was founded on the assumption that the creative tools and processes associated with the arts and technology are especially useful for cultivating the kind of critical thinking and imagination youth need. ZEUM provides the environment for hands-on learning and creative self-expression, using animation, sound and video production, theatre and live performance, and visual arts, to encourage, build, and articulate the voice of children and youth. After a presentation of the ZEUM and a debate on the museum as a tool for stimulating media literacy, there is room for a guided tour. Hands on, of course!
Tickets are available for $20 USD (including a reception with appetizers, sweets, and soft drinks). ZEUM is located at 221 Fourth Street-the corner of Fourth and Howard-an easy 20-minute walk from the Hilton. When subscribing for this excursion, please indicate if you do not wish to walk.
Motorized Cable Car Tour of San Francisco
Sunday, May 27, 1:45 p.m.
Enjoy a 2 1/2 hour narrated tour aboard an authentic Motorized Cable Car or hop on and off of our San Francisco trolley car. See Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Nob Hill, Downtown, Chinatown, the Waterfront, Palace of Fine Arts, Union Square, Golden Gate Bridge, The Marina District, San Francisco Bay, Presidio National Park, Golden Gate Park, Cliff House, Ocean Beach and Pacific Ocean, Victorian Homes (Painted Ladies), Cable Cars, City Hall, Opera House, Financial District, Coit Tower, Twin Peaks, and Ghirardelli Square. During the tour their will be a couple of opportunities for the group to get off the trolley and take pictures of famous sights; stops are TBD, but typical photo stops include Ghiradelli Square, Golden Gate Park ( the cable car cannot go across the GG Bridge so stops on the city side for photos) Union Square, and Fisherman's Wharf.
Cost for the Cable Car tour is $40.00 USD. Participants should meet in the lobby at the Hilton Hotel at 1:30 p.m. Your tour director will meet you at 1:45, and you will board the motorized cable car at 2:00, returning at 5:00.
Musee Mechanique
Sunday May 27, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
This excursion is cosponsored by the ICA Game Studies Interest Group and the Theme Committee. The Musée Mechanique (http://www.museemecanique.org/) is one of the world's largest privately owned collections of mechanically operated musical instruments and antique arcade machines. Owner Dan Zelinsky will take you on a journey from turn of the century hand-cranked music boxes to modern video-arcade games. A surprise guest from the Games Studies Interest Group will give a talk on the games collection of the Musee Mechanique. You can look (and listen), but you can touch as well. Only a quarter a game.
Tickets for the Musee Mechanique are $15 USD. The museum is located at Pier 45 Shed A at the end of Taylor Street, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco. To keep things mechanical, we will take a cable car to the museum at Fisherman's Wharf. And back. Or maybe you'd rather stay and play?
For more information or to register for the Asian Art Museum any of the other conference excursions, visit the ICA Conference Registration site at http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2007/confregistration.asp.
Want to Exhibit at the ICA Conference? There's Still Time!
Plenty of exhibition space is still available for the 2007 ICA Conference in San Francisco, USA. Exhibitions can be reserved until May 1, 2007.
Exhibit booth locations are assigned based upon exhibitor's signed contract date. Conference sponsors receive preferential placement. We also offer joint exhibits to publishers/exhibitors who are unable to send a representative to the Conference. For a fee of $225 USD, ICA will exhibit up to three titles from any one publisher/exhibitor on tables shared with other joint exhibitors. It is the sole responsibility of the exhibitor to send materials to the San Francisco Hilton at Union Square. ICA will NOT be liable for any materials exhibited in this manner, nor will ICA return materials to the exhibitor. Interested publishers/exhibitors should send a letter requesting joint exhibition (including description of exhibited materials) to ICA headquarters.
Exhibitors/Advertisers may sponsor morning or afternoon refreshment breaks for a fee of $500 USD. These sponsors are recognized in the ICA Conference Program and in conference signage. ICA staff makes all necessary arrangements for the refreshments.
For information about advertising and exhibit space, or to send your exhibition registration form to ICA, contact: Kontina Zeigler, Exhibit Coordinator International Communication Association 1500 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20036 USA Or email kzeigler@icahdq.org. You can also find more details by clicking the "Exhibitor Information" link in the Conferences section of the ICA website (www.icahdq.org).
President's Message
Ronald E. Rice (ICA President) and Linda Putnam (former ICA President)
Communication Journals
Just what really is a Communication Journal? It sort of depends on who's counting. But it does matter when issues of academic productivity, university and disciplinary stature, and the current National Research Council's national ranking procedures are considered.
These are the Communication journals that appeared in both The Iowa Guide (1998) and Thomson Scientific/Institute for Scientific Information's (ISI) Journal Citation Reports (1997). Three others that are included on only one of the lists were added as being clearly communication journals, as of 1997/1998.
| Communication Education |
Journalism and Mass Communication Educator |
| Communication Monographs |
Language and Communication |
| Communication Research |
New and Media Society (Iowa only) |
| Communication Theory (ISI only) |
Political Communication |
| Health Communication |
Public Relations Review |
| Human Communication Research |
Quarterly Journal of Speech |
|
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media (ISI only) |
Telecommunications Policy |
| Journal of Business and Technical Communication |
Western Journal of Communication |
| Journal of Communication |
|
I have not collated the overlap list using the most recent edition of the Iowa Guide. However, the full list of ISI Communication Journals for 2006 follows. These are used, along with the Sociology and Psychology journals, as the basis for the National Research Council productivity compilations for the Social and Behavioral Sciences (thanks to Charles Atkin at MSU):
| American Speech |
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly |
| Applied Linguistics |
Language |
| Bilingualism - Language and Cognition |
Language & Communication |
| Communication Monographs |
Language and Speech |
| Communication Research |
Language in Society |
| Communication Theory |
Learned Publishing |
| Critical Studies in Media Communication |
Management Communication Quarterly |
| Cyberpsychology & Behavior |
Media Culture & Society |
| Discourse & Society |
Media Psychology |
| Discourse Studies |
Modern Language Journal |
| English for Specific Purposes |
Narrative Inquiry |
| European Journal of Communication |
New Media & Society |
| Harvard International Journal of Press-Politics |
Phonetica |
| Health Communication |
Political Communication |
| Human Communication Research |
Public Culture |
| International Journal of Public Opinion Research |
Public Opinion Quarterly |
| Javnost-The Public |
Public Relations Review |
| Journal of Advertising |
Public Understanding of Science |
| Journal of Advertising Research |
Quarterly Journal of Speech |
| Journal of Applied Communication Research |
Research on Language and Social Interaction |
| Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media |
Science Communication |
| Journal of Business & Technical Communication |
Studies in Second Language Acquisition |
| Journal of Communication |
Technical Communication |
| Journal of Health Communication |
Text |
| Journal of Media Economics |
Word-Journal of the International Linguistic Association |
| Journal of Second Language Writing |
Written Communication |
| Journal of Social and Personal Relationships |
Zeitschrift Fur Dialektologie Und Linguistik |
| Journal of Sociolinguistics |
|
Alternatively, here's a list of journals typically considered Communication journals, with an indication of whether they are included in the ISI database or not (as of March 2007) (thanks to Linda Putnam at Texas A&M). Some of these have actually been included in ISI in prior years, but have been dropped for a variety of reasons. There are likely other titles that would or should be considered as Communication journals.
| Communication Journal [Y if included in ISI] |
| African Media Review |
| American Journalism Review |
| American Journalism |
| American Journal of Media Psychology |
| Argumentation |
| Argumentation and Advocacy - Journal of the American Forensic Association (formerly Argumentation) |
| Asian Communication Research |
| Asian Journal of Communication |
| Asian Media |
| Australian Journal of Communication |
| British Journalism Review |
| Broadcasting |
| Broadcasting and Telecommunications |
| Business Communication Quarterly |
| Broadcasting and the Law |
| Canadian Journal of Communication |
| Communication Reports |
| Columbia Journalism Review |
| Communicare: Journal of Communication Sciences in Southern Africa |
| Communications |
| Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies |
| Communication Education |
| Communication, Law & Policy |
| Communication Monographs [Y] |
| Communication Quarterly |
| Communication Research [Y] |
| Communication Research Reports |
| Communication Review |
| Communication Studies |
| Communication Teacher |
| Communication Theory [Y] |
| Communication and the Law |
| Communications - Paris |
| Communications Technology |
| Convergence - The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies |
| Continuum - Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
| Critical Studies in Communication (formerly Critical Studies in Mass Communication) [Y] |
| Critical Discourse Studies |
| Discourse - Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture |
| Discourse and Communication |
| Discourse Processes |
| Discourse and Society [Y] |
| Discourse Studies [Y] |
| Digital Media |
| Education, Communication, and Information |
| Emergences - Journal for the Study of Media and Composite Cultures |
| Electronic Journal of Communication |
| European Journal of Communication [Y] |
| Feminist Media Studies |
| Forensic of Pi Kappa Delta |
| Global Media and Communication |
| Global Media Journal |
| Harvard International Journal of Press-Politics [Y] |
| Health Communication [Y] |
| Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television [Y] |
| Howard Journal of Communications |
| Human Communication Research [Y] |
| ICB International Communication Bulletin |
| Info |
| Information, Communication & Society |
| Intermedia |
| International Communication Gazette (formerly Gazette) |
| International Journal of Advertising |
| International Journal of Communication |
| International Journal of Communications Law and Policy |
| International Journal of Electronic Communication [Y] |
| International Journal of Listening |
| International Journal of Media & Foreign Policy |
| International Journal of Media Management |
| International Journal of Public Opinion Research [Y] |
| Intercom |
| JAC - Quarterly Journal for Interdisciplinary Study of Rhetoric, Culture, and Politics |
| Javnost/The Public [Y] |
| Journal of Advertising [Y] |
| Journal of Advertising Education |
| Journal of Advertising Research [Y] |
| Journal of Applied Communication Research [Y] |
| Journal of Asian Pacific Communication |
| Journal of the Association for Communication Administration |
| Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media [Y] |
| Journal of Business and Technical Communication [Y] |
| Journal of Communication [Y] |
| Journal of Communication & Religion |
| Journal of Communication Inquiry |
| Journal of Communication Management - London |
| Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication |
| Journal of Communication Studies |
| Journal of Cultural Economics |
| Journal of Curent Issues & Research in Advertising |
| Journal of Family Communication |
| Journal of Global Mass Communication |
| Journal of Health Communication [Y] |
| Journal of Health & Mass Communication |
| Journal of Intercultural Communication Research |
| Journal of International Communication |
| Journal of Language Identity and Education |
| Journal of Language & Politics |
| Journal of Language & Social Psychology [Y] |
| Journal of Mass Communication Educator |
| Journal of Mass Media Ethics |
| Journal of Media & Religion |
| Journal of Media Economics [Y] |
| Journal of Media Law & Ethics |
| Journal of Media Practice |
| Journal of Media Sociology |
| Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development [Y] |
| Journal of Nonverbal Behavior [Y] |
| Journal of Online Space Communication |
| Journal of Popular Film and Television (formerly Journal of Popular Film) [Y] |
| Journal of Public Relations Research |
| Journal of Radio Studies |
| Journal of Technical Writing and Communication |
| Journal of Sociolinguistics [Y] |
| Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation |
| Journalism History |
| Journalism & Communication Monographs |
| Journalism and Mass Communication Educator |
| Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (formerly Journalism Quarterly) [Y] |
| Journalism Studies |
| Journalism - Theory Practice and Criticism |
| KEIO Communication Review |
| Language [Y] |
| Language & Cognitive Processes [Y] |
| Language & Communication in Israel |
| Language & Intercultural Communication |
| Language in Society [Y] |
| Listening - Journal of Religion and Culture |
| M/C - A Journal of Media and Culture |
| Management Communication Quarterly [Y] |
| Mass Communication and Society |
| Mass Commuinication Review |
| Media |
| Media & Methods |
| Media Asia |
| Media, Culture & Society |
| Media Development |
| Media History |
| Media International |
| Media Law and Practice |
| Media Psychology [Y] |
| Media Report to Women |
| Media Studies Journal |
| Mediation, Information & Communication |
| Multilingua - Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication |
| Narrative Inquiry [Y] |
| New Jersey Journal of Communication |
| New Media & Society [Y] |
| News Media & the Law |
| New Review of Film and TV Studies |
| New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia |
| Newspaper Research Journalism |
| NORDICOM Review of Nordic Research on Media and Communication |
| Philosophy and Rhetoric [Y] |
| Poetics [Y] |
| Political Communication [Y] |
| Popular Communication |
| Popular Culture Review |
| PR Reporter |
| Pre/text |
| Public Culture [Y] |
| Public Opinion Quarterly [Y] |
| Public Relations Quarterly |
| Public Relations Review [Y] |
| Public Relations Tactics |
| Quarterly Journal of Speech [Y] |
| Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media |
| Research on Language and Social Interaction [Y] |
| Rhetoric and Public Affairs |
| Rhetoric Review |
| Rhetoric Society Quarterly |
| Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric [Y] |
| Russian Journal of Communication |
| Science Communication [Y] |
| Southern Communication Journal |
| Southwestern Mass Communication Journal |
| Studies in Language |
| Technical Communication [Y] |
| Technical Communication Quarterly |
| Telecommunications Policy [Y] |
| Telematics & Informatics |
| Television |
| Television & New Media |
| Television International Broadcasting Studies |
| Television Quarterly [Y] |
| Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse [Y] |
| Text & Performance Quarterly |
| The European Journal of Communication Research |
| The Information Society |
| The Review of Communication |
| Visual Communication |
| Visual Studies |
| Vital Speeches of the Day |
| Western Journal of Communication |
| Women & Language |
| Women's Studies in Communication |
| Word & Image [Y] |
| World Communication |
| Written Communication [Y] |
So there are different lists of "Communication Journals" depending on who collects the information and what's considered "communication." However, the ISI's Social Science Citation Index (the basis for the social science Web of Science), and particularly the Core Communication Journal list in its annual Journal Citation Report, are currently the primary bases for computing citing totals, cited totals, impact factor, citation half-life, immediacy, and other measures. As you can see from above, what a flexible take on communication journals might come up with is somewhat different from what Thomson/ISI comes up with. So how are journals selected for inclusion?
Criteria for ISI Selection (summarized from The Thomson Scientific Journal Selection Process, January 2004, and from Linda Putnam)
ISI indexes and collects bibliographic, abstract and cited references data for over 8,700 journals worldwide (and over 7,000 books and proceedings) in the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities. They do not index every journal, as research shows that most (85%) published and cited (95%) articles are included in a core of about 2,000 journals. Thus they accept only about 10-12% of the 2,000 new journal titles evaluated annually. And journals already indexed that fail to continue meet the criteria may be dropped.
The criteria for selection of ISI are both quantitative and qualitative. However, ISI relies heavily on impact factors. The evaluation of the journal will begin when at least three consecutively published, on-time issues are received along with a formal request for consideration letter. Evaluation typically takes a full year with issues being sent on a regular basis. Criteria for selection include:
a. Timeliness - publish on time, not chronically late.
b. Adheres to international editorial conventions-informative titles, published in multiple languages, use of author keyword, abstracts for articles, etc.
c. Use of peer review process - completeness of cited references.
d. Editorial content - journals that publish emerging topics or new areas are given special consideration.
e. International Diversity - covers international topics, includes international editorial board, publishes authors based internationally.
f. Citation Data - overall citation rate, impact factor, and immediacy index. ISI folks consider the publishing record of the journal's authors and the editorial board members, noting where articles have been published and if their work has been cited. It also examines citations from its own ISI database. So the calculations are based on being cited in the journals currently included in ISI.
g. E-journals must meet the same criteria for evaluation.
h. ISI's www.isinet.com
As of March, 2007, ISI just accepted Management Communication Quarterly into its Communication database, and is currently reviewing three journals: Journalism History, Text and Performance Quarterly, and Asian Journal of Communication. New Media & Society was added a few years ago.
Impact Ratings Based on Articles Published and Articles Cited
Impact Ratings are the ratio of number of citations received to articles in that journal, divided by number articles published in that journal two years prior. For example, in 2005, the Journal of Communication had an impact factor of 1.134. This was based on the number of citations to articles published in JoC in 2003 (61) and 2004 (32), or 93, and the number of articles published in JoC in 2004 (39) and 2003 (43), or 82. 93/82=1.134. Cited Half-Life is the number of years it takes for half of all the citations to articles in that journal to have been received.
In general, there is an extensive literature on the uses, meanings, and problems of citation datae. The October 14, 2005 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education contained a report on the uses and abuses of impact factors. Thomson Scientific (http://www.thomson.com/solutions/scientific/scientific.jsp, April 2005) cautions against using citation data without qualifications. Citations are influenced by a variety of factors, including "language, journal history and format, publication schedule, and subject specialty." Impact ratings change noticeably across years. Articles considered for counting citations do not include editorials, letters, news items and meeting abstracts. Published articles are coded by document type, but their citations are not, so you can't tell if citations are to letters, reviews, or original research (although only review and original research articles are used in computing impact factors). Journals may change their size; for example a journal that expands from four to six issues will typically have substantially lower impact the following year, as citations tend to increase in the second year, but the number of articles used in the impact denominator in the first year are already higher. It takes two years after a journal changes its title for the journal data to be fully allocated to the new title. Again, the impact factor may be lower for the new title, and higher for the old title, during the transition. Finally, some journals are not indexed as source journals (for a variety of reasons), so only citations to them are totalled in the JCR. Such cited-only journals do not include self-citations, again reducing their impact factor.
Ranking of Communication Journals by Impact Rating, 1998-2002 (thanks to Sam Luna at ICA)
| Title |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
| Public Opinion Quarterly |
1 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
| J Health Comm |
2 |
6 |
24 |
15 |
-- |
| Public Culture |
3 |
8 |
28 |
10 |
18 |
| J Comm |
4 |
9 |
18 |
6 |
1 |
| Human Comm Res |
5 |
26 |
10 |
7 |
16 |
| Public Underst Sci |
6 |
16 |
4 |
-- |
-- |
| Polit Comm |
7 |
12 |
8 |
9 |
27 |
| Narrat Inq |
8 |
23 |
32 |
31 |
-- |
| Comm Research |
9 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
11 |
| Tech Comm |
10 |
2 |
29 |
26 |
-- |
| Discourse Soc |
11 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Media Psychology |
12 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| J Soc Pers Relat |
13 |
7 |
16 |
14 |
10 |
| J Advertising Res |
14 |
18 |
20 |
11 |
8 |
| Cyberpsychol Behav |
15 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Journalism Mass Comm |
16 |
24 |
26 |
18 |
19 |
| Health Comm |
17 |
12 |
15 |
20 |
11 |
| Res Lang Soc Inter |
18 |
15 |
19 |
30 |
6 |
| Comm Monographs |
19 |
27 |
3 |
22 |
13 |
| Sci Comm |
20 |
21 |
25 |
38 |
30 |
| Harv Int J Press/Pol |
21 |
39 |
23 |
-- |
-- |
| Int J Public Opin R |
22 |
30 |
39 |
36 |
23 |
| Telecomm Policy |
23 |
14 |
7 |
24 |
7 |
| J Broadcast Electron |
24 |
19 |
22 |
12 |
15 |
| Eur J Comm |
25 |
34 |
11 |
29 |
31 |
| Comm Theory |
26 |
11 |
6 |
16 |
4 |
| Int J Lang Comm Dis |
27 |
3 |
33 |
25 |
-- |
| J Advertising |
28 |
10 |
13 |
8 |
17 |
| J Media Econ |
29 |
33 |
36 |
27 |
23 |
| Int J Confl Management |
30 |
31 |
12 |
33 |
14 |
| Writ Comm |
31 |
28 |
17 |
2 |
3 |
| Javnost-Public |
32 |
43 |
42 |
41 |
35 |
| Learn Publ |
33 |
17 |
35 |
39 |
26 |
| Lang Comm |
34 |
35 |
14 |
35 |
21 |
| Crit Stud Media Comm |
35 |
55 |
43 |
-- |
-- |
| J Bus Tech Comm |
36 |
32 |
27 |
32 |
34 |
| Media Cult Soc |
37 |
20 |
30 |
21 |
22 |
| Public Relat Rev |
38 |
25 |
20 |
19 |
32 |
| J Appl Comm Res |
39 |
38 |
9 |
28 |
29 |
| Media Stud J |
40 |
41 |
41 |
42 |
38 |
| Western J Comm |
41 |
29 |
38 |
37 |
28 |
| Publish Res Q |
42 |
42 |
40 |
43 |
36 |
| Crit Stud Mass Comm |
-- |
36 |
37 |
17 |
25 |
| Q J Speech |
-- |
37 |
31 |
34 |
9 |
| Comm Educ |
-- |
40 |
34 |
13 |
20 |
| Eur J Disorder Comm |
-- |
-- |
-- |
23 |
33 |
| J Narrat Life Hist |
-- |
-- |
-- |
40 |
37 |
Impact Ratings and Cited Half-Life of Communication Journals, 2000
| Journal |
Impact Rating |
Cited Half-Life |
| Discourse Soc |
1.8 |
4.1 |
| Commun Res |
1.1 |
8.7 |
| Comm Monogr |
1.05 |
10.0 |
| Public Underst Sci |
.9 |
5.0 |
| Public Opin Quart |
.9 |
>10.0 |
| Comm Theory |
.8 |
6.0 |
| Telecomm Policy |
.7 |
4.8 |
| Polit Comm |
.7 |
5.1 |
| J Appl Commun Res |
.7 |
-- |
| Hum Comm Res |
.7 |
8.9 |
| Eur J Commun |
.6 |
-- |
| Int J Confl Manage |
.6 |
-- |
| J Advertising |
.6 |
9.1 |
| Lang Commun |
.6 |
>10.0 |
| Health Commun |
.6 |
6.4 |
| J Soc Pers Relat |
.6 |
8.0 |
| Writ Commun |
.5 |
8.3 |
| J Commun |
.5 |
>10.0 |
| Res Lang Soc Interac |
.5 |
5.8 |
| J Advertising Res |
.5 |
9.8 |
| Public Relat Rev |
.5 |
6.8 |
| J Broadcast Electron |
.5 |
>10.0 |
| Harv Int J Press/Pol |
.5 |
-- |
| J Health Commun |
.5 |
-- |
| Sci Comm |
.4 |
-- |
| Journalism Mass Comm |
.5 |
3.6 |
| J Bus Tech Commun |
.4 |
-- |
| Public Culture |
.4 |
6.6 |
| Tech Commun |
.4 |
7.4 |
| Media Cult Soc |
.4 |
7.4 |
| Q J Speech |
.4 |
>10.0 |
| Narrat Inq |
.4 |
-- |
| Int J Lang Comm Dis |
.4 |
-- |
| Commun Educ |
.4 |
>10.0 |
| Learn Publ |
.3 |
-- |
| J Media Econ |
.3 |
-- |
| Crit Stud Mass Comm |
.2 |
9.6 |
| Wester J Comm |
.2 |
-- |
| Int J Public Opin R |
.1 |
-- |
| Publish Res Q |
.05 |
-- |
| Media Stud J |
.04 |
-- |
| Javnost Public |
.02 |
-- |
Impact Ratings of ICA Journals, 2000-2005 (summarized from Thomson Scientific web pages)
| ICA Journal |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2001 |
2000 |
| Comm Theory |
1.47 |
1.26 |
.68 |
.38 |
.65 |
| Hum Comm Res |
1.08 |
1.53 |
1.61 |
1.07 |
.42 |
| J Commun |
1.13 |
1.21 |
.79 |
1.16 |
.69 |
You can see that the three ICA journals have generally been increasing their impact ratings, especially compared to 2000. Paradoxically, in order to get higher impact ratings, a journal has to be (a) included in the ISI indexing database, (b) included in the JCR Core Communication Journal listing, and (c) receive sufficient citations from other journals already included in the ISI database. So current and new journals aspiring to be included in the ISI database - and thus become in some ways official communication journals -- have considerable challenges!
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Communication Theory
This special issue will be coedited by Brian G. Southwell and Marco C. Yzer, both of the U of Minnesota's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Half a century ago, Katz and Lazarsfeld presaged the trajectory of late-20th-century mass communication research and its move away from an assumption that media exposure dictates people's behavior directly. They noted that information often does not flow from media outlets directly to atomized individuals but instead travels via intermediary processes that are conversational in nature. Despite recent interest in interpersonal networks, however, the roles of conversational networks in media effects have lain surprisingly underappreciated in theoretical work in the past 50 years. Communication Theory will dedicate a special issue on "Conversation and Campaigns" to restart the relatively dormant discussion in this area.
Discussions of a wide range of dimensions relevant to this topic are invited, with a special emphasis on explicitly theoretical work that discerns the various roles that interpersonal conversation can play with regard to mass-media campaigns relevant to politics, health, or any other domain, or clarifies the conditions under which we can expect those roles. For example, we need to know more about various possible roles for talk, for example as mediator or moderator, and about important caveats, such as the importance of group composition and conversation content. We actively encourage submissions from a range of subareas, as scholars studying interpersonal communication, language and social interaction researchers, and those who primarily investigate mass communication, for example, have much to learn from one another. This special issue offers a way to connect different groups of researchers in a way that is long overdue.
Manuscripts can be submitted electronically via Communication Theory's web site on Manuscript Central at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/comth. If you are a new user, you may create an account by clicking on "Create Account" in the top right-hand corner of the screen and following the step-by-step instructions. Returning users may log in by clicking on "Log In" in the top right-hand corner of the screen. Manuscripts are submitted through the Author Center. Manuscripts will be considered for this issue if they are received no later than September 1, 2007. Manuscripts should not exceed 30 pages, including text, references, notes, tables, and figures, and must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition). The cover letter should indicate that the manuscript is for consideration for the "Conversation and Campaigns" special issue.
Complimentary University Membership to ICA
Karen Ross, Coventry U
In 2004, ICA created the "complimentary university membership scheme," which was intended to encourage a greater participation in ICA amongst scholars from "B" and "C" countries. For various reasons, take-up so far has been limited, so we have looked again at the scheme and simplified the application process. Here are some answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the scheme.
FAQ1: What does the complimentary membership include?
Answer: the faculty member who leads a successful application will be awarded a free membership to ICA for three years; her or his department will be able to send up to three faculty or student members to the ICA annual conference and pay for registration at the ICA members' rate.
FAQ2: Who gets the journals associated with ICA membership?
Answer: the faculty member who leads a successful application will be the named person to receive journals, but she or he is expected to share such resources amongst faculty and students, including accessing colleagues to 'soft' resources available from the ICA website.
FAQ3: Who is eligible to apply?
Answer: scholars in any university are eligible to apply, although those located in B- or C-Tier countries, as identified by the United Nations, will be given priority. The applicant scholar's department should be a media or communication department or have a strong focus on these areas. Any full-time faculty member can be the lead applicant.
FAQ4: How do I apply?
Answer: there is no formal application form, but the letter of application should include an indication of the benefits which will be gained by the department if the application is successful. The letter should be no longer than 2 pages (or around 750 words) and should not include attachments. The lead applicant must identify a full-time faculty member who will take on an active liaison role between ICA and the university: usually this will be the lead applicant her or himself.
FAQ5: OK, I'm interested. What next?
Answer: Scholars interested in applying to the scheme should send their letter of application to Michael Haley at ICA (mhaley@icahdq.org) by 30 June 2007. If successful, the complimentary membership will commence in October 2007 for three years.
FAQ6: What happens at the end of the period of complimentary membership?
Answer: When the complimentary membership period ends, an award-holder will be asked to write a short report on the impact that the membership has had on the research culture of her or his department and any collaborative developments which have emerged as a result of the relationship with ICA and its members.
FAQ7: If I've been successful once, can I reapply?
Answer: Successful applicants can reapply to the scheme at the end of their complimentary membership period, although new applicants will always be given priority.
FAQ8: How many complimentary memberships will be available each year?
Answer: The maximum is three per year: If there are more than three applications per year, the Internationalization Committee (which will also include at least one student board member), will consider all applications and select up to three to be awarded the complimentary membership.
Around San Francisco: Golden Gate Park
Michael J. West, ICA Staff
On the west side of San Francisco, stretching all the way from the Pacific Ocean to a point near the geographic center of the city, lies a rectangular park that covers 1,017 acres-174 more than New York's Central Park. This, covered with horse stables, over 1 million trees, and every kind of garden one could imagine, is Golden Gate Park. Running the length of 52 city blocks, Golden Gate Park receives more than 75,000 visitors on an average weekend, a welcome and beloved respite from San Francisco's bustling city life.
The park began life in the 1860s, after major mining discoveries and the transcontinental railroad had transformed San Francisco from a Pacific seaport to the most important metropolis on America's West Coast. Its citizens, while proud of their isolation from the East Coast, were keenly aware of their city's shortcomings in comparison to New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, one of them being a great urban park. That, combined with the growing population crowding the city, led to the population demanding a secluded place to which they could escape from their working lives. However, the land that the city deeded for park development in 1870 was almost universally despised: it was a long swath of sand and shore dunes that locals knew as the "Outside Lands."
However, the park's visionary planners-William Hammond Hall and his assistant (and successor) John McLaren-blanketed the barren seaside with thousands of trees, grasses, and plants from all over the world. Fifteen years after its initial creation, Golden Gate Park had transformed into a pastoral oasis, accommodating up to a fifth of the city's population in a single afternoon. Its first buildings, the Conservatory of Flowers and the Fine Arts Building (later known as the De Young Museum), arrived in 1879 and 1894, respectively.
Today, Golden Gate Park is a symbol of the city and a point of civic pride. In addition to its many gardens and the De Young Museum, the park offers an incredible breadth of things to do, including fishing pools, golf courses and other athletic fields, and outdoor monuments and sculptures. The highlights presented here are some of the most popular and interesting, but represent a tiny fraction of what's available in Golden Gate Park.
 The east entrance to the park is John F. Kennedy Memorial Drive, which is a busy thoroughfare but has a pedestrian and bicycle path running alongside it all through the park (and is closed to automobiles on Sundays). A short walk up JFK leads to the Conservatory of Flowers, a large glass-and-wood greenhouse that is the oldest public conservatory in the Western Hemisphere. The Victorian building serves as an enormous "flower museum," showcasing approximately 1,700 plant species from dozens of countries-including highland and lowland tropics, aquatic plants, and potted plants. In particular, the conservatory has the world's largest collection of high-altitude orchids, with 700 of 1,000 known species.
Farther down JFK Drive, the road intersects with Tea Garden Drive, which leads to several of the most famous and widely visited sites in the park. The first is the Music Concourse: an open plaza filled with maple trees and three large fountains. On the southwest end of the Concourse is the Spreckels Temple of Music, a large neoclassical bandstand built in 1900. Every Sunday afternoon at 1:00, the Golden Gate Park Band-a concert band that covers everything from opera to marches to swing music-gives a free two-hour performance at the Temple of Music.
The Music Concourse is sandwiched between two major museums. The California Academy of Sciences, one of the largest natural history museums in the world and the home of the Steinhart Aquarium and the Morrison Planetarium, is currently closed for major reconstruction. (It will reopen in 2008, and until then the museum's exhibits have a temporary home in San Francisco's South of Market district.) The other museum is the De Young Museum, the first fine arts museum in San Francisco (first built in 1894, although badly damaged in the 1989 earthquake and completely redesigned and rebuilt in 2005). The architecture of building by itself has merit as art: its postmodern structure is covered entirely in sheet copper and resembles a low earthen cliff in the park's natural setting-with the notable exception of a twisted 144-foot tower and observation deck at the top. Inside the museum are American decorative pieces, textiles, and paintings from the Rockefeller Collection of American Art, as well as African and Oceanic collections.
 Behind the De Young and the Temple of Music is one of the most famous and exotic spots in Golden Gate Park: the Japanese Tea Garden. The five-acre garden, built in 1894 for the San Francisco World's Fair, is a carefully manicured landscape of paths, ponds, bridges, and sculptures, with a small teahouse in the center. The garden proper is comprised of a variety of Chinese and Japanese plants, including cherry trees, bonsai, azaleas, and topiary trees cut in the forms of dragons and Mt. Fiji-it was specifically designed as an overly romanticized Western vision of Asian gardens. And, although the garden is immensely popular, it is generally sparsely populated and free of noisy guided tours.
Upon returning to JFK Drive just north of the Tea Garden, you will soon arrive at Stow Lake and Strawberry Hill. Stow Lake is a circular, manmade lake, in which you can rent a number of different kinds of rowboats, paddleboats, and electric boats and see sweeping views of the park's interior. At the center of the lake is Strawberry Hill, an island that rises up to the highest point in Golden Gate Park. Strawberry Hill is accessible by two stone bridges that cross Stow Lake on either side. The winding trails leading away from the bridges culminate at the top, which offers a panorama of the entire park. At the edge of the island sits an isolated Chinese moon-watching pavilion, from which you can feed the ducks who swim the lake.
Continuing through the park from Stow Lake, one passes through many of the recreational features of the park: bike trails, running and walking paths, baseball diamonds, soccer fields, and fly casting pools. There are also three meadows: Speedway, Marx, and Lindley Meadows, all popular with picnickers and volleyball players. You can also see the Golden Gate Park Stables, formerly a public horseback riding school and now a long-term equestrian community. Nearby is Spreckels Lake, a smaller lake that is reserved for radio controlled model power boat and sail boat racing (although gas-powered boat racing takes place on the southern side of the lake).
 Near the western end of the park is a paddock that holds the Golden Gate Park Bison: a herd of 11 of the large animals, introduced to the park in 1891 when bison were endangered. First-time visitors are often startled at the sight of intimidating wild animals in a big-city park, but their reserve in Golden Gate Park is a point of great pride for San Franciscans.
Finally, just past the golf course and archery ranges on JFK Drive is the west edge of Golden Gate Park-the Pacific shore. Here, by the ocean, are the Beach Chalet-home of the Golden Gate Park Visitor Center and the Beach Chalet Brewery and Restaurant-and the Cliff House, a restaurant, bar, and observation point that rises above the ocean waves on a seaside cliff. In particular, the Cliff House is a popular destination for whale-watchers and history buffs (not only is the House itself historical, it also overlooks the ruins of the Sutro Baths, used by bathers at the turn of the 20th Century), and is renowned for its delicious California cuisine.
 These favorite spots in Golden Gate Park could be enough to have you exploring and enjoying the park for hours; however, there are scores of other opportunities for fun and interest, making the park an invaluable place to venture. Sundays are best, with no cars running through the park, but any day offers an abundance of unique experiences. Golden Gate Park is accessible by Muni train or taxi, and nearly all bus or coach tours of San Francisco spend plenty of time in the park (and usually make lots of stops). If you have time during the busy ICA conference calendar, don't miss this beautiful urban oasis.
Photos:
Conservatory of Flowers published under the GNU Free Documentation License
Japanese Tea Garden by SFCVB/Phillip H. Coblentz
Bison by Jesse Leake
Cliff House by SFCVB/John Lund
Stanford Preconference #5: Setting the Agenda for Communication Research
Student Column
by Qi Wang, Villanova University and Rebecca Hains, Salem State College
The spring is around the corner, and the San Francisco Conference is not far away, either. If you are planning your conference trip and schedule, consider coming to these sessions that we've prepared especially for you!
New Member and Graduate Student Orientation to ICA and the Conference
Time: Fri, May 25, 9-10:15 am
Location: Hilton Hotel/ Continental Ballroom 5
This session is designed for newcomers to ICA, though all members interested in learning more about the organization are welcome. The session will include: (a) a general overview of ICA as an organization; (b) an overview of the conference; and (c) opportunities for participation in ICA. Questions and discussion are encouraged throughout the session. Each year we receive positive feedback about this session; even some acquainted conference goers claimed that they regretted not attending such an orientation earlier.
Graduate Student Reception
Time: Fri, May 25, 9-11 pm
Location: To be announced
At our annual Graduate Student Reception, we love to party! We'll continue our annual tradition of taking over a local nightclub and providing ICA graduate students with free drinks from a full bar. This is an occasion for relaxation and networking. Consider it a reward for your hardworking attending the conference. At our two most recent conferences in New York and Dresden, this event drew about 200 attendees each, and we have received very positive feedback. Faculty members and friends are welcome, as well. Thanks to Temple University (http://www.temple.edu/mmc) and Villanova University (http://www.villanova.edu) for their generous sponsorship of this event. Come, and have fun!
Student Lounge
Time: Thurs-Sat, all day
Location: A designated area out of the ballroom
We have asked the conference organizers to assign this area as the "Student Lounge." Besides the student reception during which you may network, we set this area so that students can sit and talk during the conference. If you want to relax between sessions, talk to a friend, discuss research work, or simply want to network with other graduate students, this is an area just for you! You may have planned your schedule already, but these events are, again, specifically tailored for student participants. Each year we have more attendants to these events. We are extending our invitation to you again this year; join us!
Coming Soon:
In our next column, we'll provide details about the student lounge and the graduate student reception. We'll also invite a local student to suggest on cheap but fun places/ events you should not miss in San Francisco. Tune in, please!
Call for Volunteers:
To facilitate the student events, we need your help. If you are interested in any of the student events, please contact Qi at qwang@villanova.edu or Rebecca at rhains@salemstate.edu.
News of Interest to the Profession
ICA congratulates Kim Stoltzfus, U of California-Santa Barbara, on winning the ICA Newsletter/DK Eyewitness Travel Crossword Puzzle contest. Kim will receive a free conference registration. Thanks also to all other entrants!
Annenberg Workshop on Games for Learning, Development & Change is delighted to announce the launch of its new Website: http://games.uscannenberg.org/AWGHome.php.
Professor Thomas J. Knutson, Department of Communication Studies at California State U, Sacramento, USA, received the Phi Beta Delta 2007 Award for Outstanding Contributions to International Education. Phi Beta Delta is the honor society for international scholars. Knutson is also Adjunct Professor of Graduate Studies at Bangkok U, Thailand.
Ming Jhang, 2006 M.A. graduate, U of Illinois at Chicago, is now working at Monroe Mendelsohn Research, New York City, as a marketing and media research project director for clients such as Bayer and Dove.
Patricia Harkin, U of Illinois at Chicago, will receive an inaugural Graduate Mentoring Award for 2007 at the Graduate Faculty Annual Meeting, April 25, 1 p.m., 613 SCE. The citation calls her "an outstanding and dedicated mentor to masters students in Communication, assuring their successful transition to advanced study."
Jim Sosnoski, U of Illinois at Chicago, Invited group organizer, Second Life virtual reality, Linden Lab.
Kevin Barnhurst, U of Illinois at Chicago, was nominated for the C. Peter Magrath Engagement Award, from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. His 2005 HUD-funded project with the North Lawndale Community News could win up to about $30,000 for use in expanding outreach in the qualitative methods course.
Jim Danowski, U of Illinois at Chicago, Participation Stipend, 2007 Online Conference for Teaching and Learning, Illinois Online Network (ION), February 14-16, 2007. Completed Master Online Teacher Certification, Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality (MVCR) Program, ION. Filed a Report of Research Discovery, “Software tools for word co-occurrence network analysis of large textual corpora” (Tech. ID No. DA070), with the UIC Office of Technology Management on January 25, 2007. Co-PI (with
Julia Gluesing, Katherine W. McCain, and Kenneth R. Riopelle) on a $750,000 NSF proposal submitted on Feb. 21, on “Mapping Perceptual, Semantic, and Citation Networks Associated with Generation of Scientific Innovations in NanoTechnology, Microbiology, and Biotechnology.” Extensive excerpt of his 1993 book chapter, “Network Analysis of Message Content,” forthcoming in a Content Analysis anthology by Klaus Krippendorff of the U of Pennsylvania.
Steve Jones, U of Illinois at Chicago, co-PI (with Jason Leigh, Andrew E. Johnson, Luc Renambot, Thomas A. DeFanti), won a NSF grant of $497,372 over 3 years to fund the project, "Collaborative Research: Towards Life-like Computer Interfaces that Learn" (Award No. CNS-0703916). He appeared on WLUP (97.9 FM) Jonathan Brandmeier Show, Feb. 28, to discuss technology, popular culture, privacy and the Internet.
New and Forthcoming publications from Sage:
Robert T. Craig (U of Colorado at Boulder) & Heidi L. Muller (U of Northern Colorado), Theorizing Communication: Readings Across Traditions, SAGE, 544pp, 978-1-4129-5237-8 (paper)
Eric M. Eisenberg (U of South Florida), Strategic Ambiguities: Essays on Communication, Organization, and Identity, SAGE, 328pp, 978-1-4129-2687-4 (cloth), 978-1-4129-2688-1 (paper)
Gail Fairhurst (U of Cincinnati), Discursive Leadership: In Conversation with Leadership Psychology, SAGE, 256pp, 978-1-4129-0424-7 (cloth), 978-1-4129-0425-4 (paper)
Laura K. Guerrero (Arizona State U), Peter A. Andersen (San Diego State U) & Walid A. Afifi (U of California, Santa Barbara), Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships, Second Edition, SAGE, 432p, 978-1-4129-4953-8 (paper), 978-1-4129-5750-2 (instructor’s resource CD-ROM)
Jake Harwood (U of Arizona), Understanding Communication and Aging: Developing Knowledge and Awareness, SAGE, 328pp, 978-1-4129-2609-6 (paper)
Tom Kelleher (U of Hawaii), Public Relations Online: Lasting Concepts for Changing Media, SAGE, 196pp, 978-1-4129-1417-8 (paper)
Joseph D. Straubhaar (U of Texas at Austin), World Television: From Global to Local, SAGE, 328pp, 978-0-8039-5462-5 (cloth); 978-0-8039-5463-2 (paper)
Division & Interest Group News
Intercultural and Development Communication
The new era has begun for the Intercultural and Development Communication Division! With the 75% "yes" votes, our division (previously with two subdivisions) will now assume the status of two independent divisions in the ICA: (1) Intercultural Communication Division, (2) International/Development Communication. As two independent divisions, we can look forward to exciting challenges and rewards in the years ahead.
In this transition time, here are some plans for the upcoming ICA:
(1) We will hold the "farewell" reception, jointly sponsored by the Intercultural Communication Division and the International/Development Communication Division.
Farewell Reception
Friday, May 25th 6:00 to 7:00 pm Hilton Hotel/Union Square 17 & 18
(2) The two divisions will hold separate Top-Paper panels.
Top Three Papers in Intercultural Communication
Sat. May 26th, 12:00 to 1:15 pm Hilton Hotel/Union Square 17 & 18
Top Two Papers in International/Development Communication
Sun, May 27 - 3:00pm - 4:15pm, Building/Room: Hilton Hotel / Union Square 19 & 20
(3) The two divisions will hold separate business meetings to discuss the future directions as independent divisions. Here are some issues to be discussed in the respective business meetings:
(A) Intercultural Communication Division (presided by Min-Sun Kim): Introduction of a new Vice-Chair, James Neuliep. Future plans regarding awards such as Top Scholar Award, Top Dissertation Award. Changes in the by-law,etc.
Intercultural Communication Business Meeting
Friday, May 25th 4:30 to 5:45 pm Hilton Hotel/Union Square 17 & 18
(B) International/Development Communication Division (Presided by Oliver Boyd-Barrett):(Potential name change of the division, changes in the by-laws, elections for vice-chair, future arrangements regarding awards such as Top Scholar Award, Top Dissertation Award).
International/Development Communication Business Meeting
Sunday, May 27 4:30-5:45 pm, Hilton Hotel, Union Square 19 & 20
Please let us know if you are interested in adding any important agendas for the respective business meetings. We especially encourage our members' greater involvement this year and invite the discussion of any issues that concern the reorganization of our division.
To keep the status of two independent divisions, it is vital that we continue our membership and encourage our colleagues to become the members of either or both of these two divisions.
We hope to see many more productive years ahead for these two division. See you in San Francisco!
Min-Sun Kim, Chair
kmin@hawaii.edu
Calls for Papers
CALLS FOR PAPERS/ABSTRACTS
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. James W. Neuliep, Editor-elect, JICR, Department of Communication, St. Norbert College, 100 Grant St., De Pere, WI 54114. Email: jicr@snc.edu.
Feminist Media Studies. Authors in North America, Latin America, and the Caribben: submit to Lisa McLaughlin, Editor; e-mail: mclauglm@muohio.edu. Authors in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia: submit to Cynthia Carter, Editor; e-mail: cartercl@cardiff.ac.uk.
Education Review of Business Communication. Mss. info: http://www.senatehall.com/business_communication/index.html.
Journal of Communication Studies, National Council of Development Communication. Soliciting research papers, abstracts. E-mail: Shveta Sharma, communication@jcs@yahoo.com.
Hampton Book Series: Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity. Jan Servaes, Hampton Book Series Editor, c/o School of Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia. Phone: +61 (7) 3365 6115 or 3088. Fax: +61 (7) 3365 1377. Email: j.servaes@uq.edu.au.
Manuscripts. Subject Matters: A Journal of Communications and the Self. E-mail: subjectmatters@londonmet.ac.uk.
Submissions. Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (JMEWS). Info: Marcia C. Inhorn, Director of the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, U of Michigan, and Mary N. Layoun, Chair of Comparative Literature, U of Wisconsin, Editors. Web: http://iupjournals.org/jmews/.
Communication Review. The Communication Review solicits papers in the interdisciplinary field of media studies. We are interested in papers discussing any aspect of media: media history, globalization of media, media institutions, media analysis, media criticism, media policy, media economics. We also invite essays about the nature of media studies as an emergent, interdisciplinary field. Please direct papers to Andrea L. Press and Bruce A. Williams, Editors, Media Studies Program, Unviersity of Virginia. Email: alp5n@virginia.edu, baw5n@b.mail.virginia.edu. For more information about the journal and submission guidelines, please see the journal's website at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10714421.asp.
Call for Manuscripts - The Journal of Native Aging & Health publishes articels that address Native aging, health, and related issues. All theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome. Original research and studies should apply existing theory and research to Native Americans, Alaskan, Hawaiian, Islanders and First Nations Peoples, or should illuminate how knowledge informs and reforms exiting theories and research on Native populations, aging, and health. No material identifying the author(s) should appear in the body of the paper. The paper must not have appeared in any other published form. Each submission should include a separate cover page with the name of the author(s); present academic title or other current position; academic department and university (if appropriate); and complete address, telephone number, and e-mail address (if available). The submission also must include a single-paragraph abstract of no more than 120 words on a separate page. Manuscripts, abstracts, references, figures, and tables must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, Fifth Edition) guidelines. Contributors are encouraged to be familiar with the Manual's guidelines for avoiding bias in language used to express ideas int he manuscript. By submitting to JNAH, authors warrant that they will not submit their manuscript to any other publication without first withdrawing the manuscript from consideration by JNAH, that the work is original, and that appropriate credit has been given to other contributors in the project. Reports of the original research and papers may not exceed 25 pages (including references, tables, figures, and appendixes). Copies of submissions will not be returned to the author(s). Send four paper copies of complete papers to Pamela J. Kalbfleish, Editor, Journal of Native Aging & Health, School of Communication, University of North Dakota, 202A O'Kelly Hall, Grand Forks, ND 58202. Along with your paper copies, include a disk with your submission in Word document format or attach an electronic copy of your manuscript to an e-mail sent to the editorial office. Questions may be directed to the editorial office via email at yearbook@und.nodak.edu, telephone 701-777-2673, or fax 701-777-3955. Ordering Information: To order a copy of the Journal, contact: Dr. Pamela J. Kalbfleisch, Editor, Journal of Native Aging & Health, School of Communication, University of North Dakota, Box 7169, 202A O'Kelly Hall, Grand Forks, ND 58202. $25.00 a copy / $40.00 year subscription.
Journal of Marketing and Communication Management. The Managing Editors, JMCM, Department of Marketing and Communication Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Info: http://www.jmcm.co.za. Email: Professor C H van Heerden, nheerden@hakuna.up.ac.za, or Professor Anske Grobler, anske@postino.up.ac.za.
Submissions. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception. Info: http://www.participations.org/.
Essays. Bad Subjects: Iraq War Culture Review Essays. Email: Joe Lockard, Joe.Lockard@asu.edu. Info: http://bad.eserver.org.
Proposals. Alternatives Within the Mainstream II: Queer Theatre in Britain. Info: Dimple Godiwala-McGowan, Senior Lecturer, York St. John College (U of Leeds). E-mail: DimpleGodiwala@aol.com.
Deadline extended. Papers. Journal of Middle East Media (JMEM), Center for International Media Education (CIME) at Georgia State U and the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE). Mohammed el-Naway, Senior Editor, Department of Communication, One Park Place South, 10th Floor, Georgia State U, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA. E-mail: jouman@langate.gsu.edu.
New Journal - Communication for Development and Social Change. A new journal, Communication for Development and Social Change, is seeking papers that will present empirical research, theory, and practice-oriented approaches on subjects relevant to development communication and social change. Authors may submit inquiries and manuscripts electronically to Jan Servaes, Department of Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, at j.sarvaes@uq.edu.au.
Journal of Children and Media. Special Issue: "Children, Media, and Conflict" Vol. 2, No. 3 (September 2008), Guest editors: Cynthia Carter and Stephanie Hemelryk Donald. Direct experiences of war and conflict are part of everyday life for millions of children around the world. In Iraq, for instance, children are often caught in the middle of striggles between military forces and insurgents. Indigenous children in Australia are disadvantaged by unresolved wars that still play out in the discursive voice of the popular press. In Northern Ireland, the "troubles" are only (just) (perhaps) over. For many other children, war and conflict are primarily experienced through news and current affairs media. This special issue seeks research papers investigating various aspects of the relationship between children, media, and conflict - for example: the news media's use of images of chidren; children and young people's active participation as media producers of alternative news content; the changing nature of the relationship between child news audiences and news and current affairs organisations; the media channels thorugh which children and young people are expressing their opinions and demanding to have them heard and taken seriously; the possible range of effects (fear reactions, learning information, political socialisation, etc.) as a result of children and young people's exposure to news about war and conflict.
Contributions to this special issue are welcomed from a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, regarding children and young people. We are particularly keen to receive proposals from a broad range of cultural zones and regional perspectives. In the first instance, expressions of interest accompanied by a 300-word abstract should be submitted to BOTH guest editors no later than 1 May 2007. Authors of accepted abstracts will then be invited to submit a full paper to the guest editors of no more than 8,000 words including notes and references by no later than 1 October 2007. All papers will be subject to anonymous peer review. Please email abstracts to: Cynthia Carter: cartercl@cardiff.ac.uk AND Stephanie Hemelryk Donald: Stephanie.Donald@uts.edu.au. Journal of Children and Media website address: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17482798.asp.
April 30, 2007. Media Psychology Call for Manuscripts. A special issue of Media Psychology is scheduled to be published in December 2007, focusing on the role of emotion in media effects processes. Empirical pieces, extensions of existing theories, and development of new theoretical perspectives are sought. Emotion, rather than arousal or physiological response, should be the focus of all submissions. Specific topics might include, but are not limited to: (1) emotion(s) as explanatory mechanisms within established media effects theory; (2) how audience emotion(s) influence media message selection; (3) how audience emotion(s) impact the processing of various media messages; (4) emotional experiences as the outcomes of interactions with the media; (5) the interplay between emotion and cognition in media contexts; (6) the structure and/or content of media messages and emotional response. Manuscripts must be submitted by April 30, 2007 via the Media Psychology submission website: http://www.editorialmanager.com/mep/. In their cover letter, authors should indicate the submission is intended for special issue consideration. Inquiries may be directed to either co-editor of the special issue: Robin Nabi, UC-Santa Barbara, nabi@comm.ucsb.edu, or Werner Wirth, University of Zurich, w.wirth@ipmz.unizh.ch.
May 1, 2007 - Call for Papers: Special relaunch issue of Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies. The journal Ecquid Novi is entering a new phase in its history. As from this year, editorship of the journal has passed to Herman Wasserman (Newcastle University/ Stellenbosch University). The founding and former editor, Arnold de Beer, will become the publisher. A new editorial board has been appointed. The (newly redesigned) journal's revised title – Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies – reflects the journal's main focus on journalism within the African context. Although there is a preference for manuscripts dealing with journalism on the continent, comparative studies of journalism in the Global South, or of comparative articles on journalism in other regions that have a bearing on Africa, will also be welcomed. All theoretical and methodological approaches are invited, although there is a preference for critical approaches and qualitative methodologies.
Articles are invited for the relaunch issue, 28(1&2), with the theme 'The Local and the Global in African Journalism Studies.' Articles that address this theme from any theoretical or methodological perspective are welcomed. Send the manuscript, together with a separate cover sheet with your name, affiliation and contact details to Herman Wasserman at hwasser@sun.ac.za.
May 1, 2007. Call for Papers: Special issue of the Electronic Journal of Communication - News Framing in a New Media Age. How frames emerge in public discourses and how frames affect individuals, groups, and public opinion are the topics of a great deal of scholarship in mass communication and political communication. In general, this scholarship focuses on the role that news stories play as a conduit of frames, which are thought to be coconstructed by news personnel and news organizations, and by advocates, politicians, and other elites who have access to, or cultivate access with, news personnel and news organizations. The hypermedia, interactive, and/or networking aspects of the World Wide Web appear to offer new ways to theorize and empirically examine the framing process. This special issue of EJC invites scholarship that explores framing in the new media environment. Theoretical integration essays that pose hypotheses and directions for future research are welcomed, as are empirical articles that examine content and/or effects of frames in the new media environment. For more information, contact Paul D'Angelo, dangelo@tcnj.edu. For the complete call for papers, consult: http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/calls/newsframing.htm.
May 4, 2007. Feminist Media Studies Commentary and Criticism & Reviews Section. We invite short essays for the Commentary and Criticism section of Feminist Media Studies on any of the following topics. Potential contributors can write to the co-editors, Jane Arthurs (jane.arthurs@blueyonder.co.uk) and Usha Zacharias (usha.zacharias@gmail.com), to express preliminary interest in writing a brief article of about 1500 words. In addition, we invite you to address any other questions that are relevant to Feminist Media Studies. We also welcome reviews up to 1,000 words of books or other media (films, documentaries, videos) potentially of interest to feminist scholars. Contributors should follow the Harvard style of reference and guidelines for submission of manuscripts outlined on our website, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14680777.asp. The title page of the manuscript must contain the complete mailing address, institutional affiliation, and full contact information including phone and fax numbers of the author(s). Submissions must be saved and e-mailed as a Word attachment to both jane.arthurs@blueyonder.co.uk and to usha.zacharias@gmail.com. The deadline for submissions is May 4th, 2007.
June 1, 2007. Call for Papers. International Journal of Listening Special Issue on
COMMUNICATION, ETHICS & LISTENING. The Communication Ethics Division of the National Communication Association is hosting a special issue of the International Journal of Listening on the theme of Communication, Ethics, and Listening. Submissions from all areas of communication studies are welcome. Submissions must not have been previously published nor be under consideration by another publication. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with APA style and length should not exceed 9,000 words (including bibliography). Nonsexist language should be used. Author identification should appear on the title page only and a 100 word abstract should be included with the essay. Submissions should be sent as e-mail attachments to the guest editors, Pat Gehrke and Lisbeth Lipari, at IJLEthicsIssue@gmail.com. Please attach the cover page as a separate file and be careful to ensure that the file containing the essay and abstract is free from any identification of the author(s). Submissions may be sent in any of the following formats: Open Document, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, or StarWriter. Confirmation of receipt and editorial communications will be sent by return e-mail. All essays must be received by June 1, 2007 in order to receive full consideration. Questions may also be sent to the address.
June 1, 2007. Call for Manuscripts. Special Issue, American Journal of Media Psychology: "Media Psychology and International Public Diplomacy." Can Communication and Psychology Theories Describe, Explain, and Predict the Processes Involved in International Public Diplomacy? Researchers with interests in such areas as attitude formation and change, media psychology, social psychology, cross-cultural communication, political communication, public opinion, international communication, news exposure, international relations, media effects and related topics are invited to submit papers to the American Journal of Media Psychology for a special issue that focuses on explaining attitude formation and attitude change as related to international public diplomacy within a global media environment. Submissions sought are ones that tackle this topic by either focusing exclusively on applying psychology and/or communication theories to this topic area, and/or conducting comprehensive literature reviews of studies that have findings that are applicable to this topic area, and/or carrying out theory-driven empirical investigations that focus on this topic.
Journal of Film and Video. Call for Manuscripts. Special Double Issue on Animated Sitcoms. The Journal of Film and Video invites the submission of manuscripts for a special double issue of the journal to be published in Volume 61 (Summer 2009/Fall 2009). Guest Editors for the issue, Mary M. Dalton and Laura R. Linder, seek essays from a variety of critical perspectives examining animated sitcoms. Topics may include studies of particular animated series, the role of cable networks in advancing the form, common themes across programs, audiences and reception, and marketing and product tie-ins. Submissions are due February 15, 2008. A final decision on submissions will be made by May 15, 2008 with revisions due August 1, 2008. Manuscripts of 12-35 typewritten pages intended for review for this issue should be sent in triplicate to Stephen Tropiano, Editor, Journal of Film and Video, Ithaca College Los Angeles Program, 3800 Barham Blvd. Suite 305, Los Angeles, California 90068; UFVAjournal@aol.com . Manuscripts and reviews should be prepared following the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing by Joseph Gibaldi (Fifth Edition, 1999). Submit one original and two hard copies of the manuscript for consideration. It is important that the name(s) of the
author(s) not appear anywhere on the two copies of the manuscript submitted to Stephen Tropiano to ensure blind review by the guest editors of this issue. Notes and list of works cited are to appear on pages at the conclusion of the article. The Journal is committed to a policy of nonsexist language; authors are urged to keep this in mind. The editors reserve the right to alter phrasing and punctuation in articles accepted for publication.
May 21 & 22, 2008. Call For Papers. "What is an Organization? Materiality, Agency and Discourse," Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada (right before the start of the 2008 meeting of the ICA in Montreal). Agency is a concept that is receiving increasing attention from organization scholars. While some approach this notion from a discursive point of view, others propose a more hybrid view that also takes into account materiality. Organized in honor of James R. Taylor's contributions to the study of organizing, this conference aims to engender new, thought-provoking views on this debate. See also: http://www.groupelog.umontreal.ca/anglais/colloque/index.htm. Guidelines for Submission: All submissions and conference communications will be conducted via email. Prospective contributors interested in presenting a paper should send an abstract of approx. 1,000 words to the conference organizers by October 1, 2007. Notification of acceptance of papers will be given by December 15, 2007. Authors will need to send full papers by April 1, 2008 if they want their paper to be included in the conference proceedings. Abstracts should be typed, double spaced, and include a title, name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), and author contact information. Copies of submissions should be sent as an email attachment (saved as a Word document) to the LOG email address at: groupelog@umontreal.ca. The organizers are currently discussing the possibility of publishing the best contributions as book chapters in an edited book with a book publisher.
CONFERENCES
Sept. 6-7, 2007. Members of the Popular Communication Division of ICA are invited to participate in the conference, "Transforming Audiences: Identity/Creativity/Everyday Life" to take place Sept. 6-7, 2007 at the University of Westminster, UK. Send paper proposals to Eric Spindler (e.spindler@wmin.ac.uk) prior to April 20, 2007. See the announcement in the Call for Papers of this newsletter for further information. The Popular Communication division is serving as a sponsor of this event. See full details at www.transformingaudiences.org.uk.
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
2007 Biennial Conference of the International Academy for Intercultural Research, July 9-12, 2007. University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. Conference Theme: "Globalization and Diversity: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives." The Academy is an interdisciplinary group founded in 1997 to foster high-level research and scholarship on intercultural issues. To submit paper and panel proposals, use the online absgtract form available at the Academy website: http://www.interculturalacademy.org/groningen_2007.html.
The IABC Research Foundation is offering a grant for US $50,000 for Research on Communication Department Structure and Best Practices. Proposal guidelines can be found on the Research Foundation website http://www.iabc.com/rf/. The IABC Research Foundation serves as the non-profit research and development arm of IABC (International Association of Business Communicators). The Foundation is dedicated to contributing new findings, knowledge and understanding to the communication profession, and to helping organizations and communicators maximize organizational success. Through the generosity of donors, corporate sponsors and volunteers, the Foundation delivers original communication research and tools not available in the commercial marketplace.
Journal of Children and Media is an interdisciplinary and multimethod peer-reviewed publication that provides a space for discusion by scholars and professionals from around the world and across theoretical and empirical traditions who are engaged in the study of media in the lives of children. Manuscripts (APA style, 8,000 words maximum) for the "Review and Commentary" section (up to 2,000 words) should be e-mail-delivered to Charlotte Cole, Review and Commentary Editor, charlotte.cole@sesameworkshop.org.
The Canadian Journal of Communication (CJC) is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal committed to publishing outstanding scholarship in communications, media and cultural studies, journalism, and information studies. CJC is looking for theoretically innovative and methodologically challenging original manuscripts, in English or French, for immediate peer-review. To submit an article for peer-review go to the CJC website http://www.cjc-online.ca and click on the "submit" button. Articles for peer-review should be approximately 6,000 to 8,000 words in length. In addition to the traditional peer-reviewed article the CJC will develop innovative forms and formats for discussions of current practices including: media reviews, research overviews of current projects, and polemical commentaries. These submissions are shorter in length and may be either more descriptive or experimental in tone. Please direct ideas and inquiries to editor@cjconline.ca. For information on book reviews please contact our book review editor, Leslie Regan Shade, at review_editor@cjconline.ca. Info on CJC: Kim Sawchuk, Editor, CJC, editor@cjc-online.ca.
Visiting doctoral fellowships. The Media Management and Transformation Center (MMTC) at Jonkoping International Business School, Jonkoping University, Sweden, in the field of media business and media economics for advanced doctoral students. Dr. Cinzia dal Zotto, Research Manager, Media Management and Transformation Center, Jonkoping International Business School, P.O. Box 1026, SE-551 11 Jonkoping, SWEDEN. Info: http://www.jibs.se/mmtc. Email for more information: cinzia.dalzotto@ihh.hj.se.
Fellowship opportunity. The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is accepting applications for its Academic Fellows antiterrorism training program. This program provides university professors with a detailed understanding of the teror threat that faces our nation and sister democracies. Centered on a 10-day course taught in conjunction with Tel Aviv U, the program takes place entirely in Israel and runs May 27-June 7 (travel inclusive). Participants interact with academics, diplomats, military and intelligence officials, and politicians from Israel, Jordan, India, Turkey, and the United States. They also visit military bases, border zones, and other security installations to learn the practical side of deterring terrorist attacks. All expenses are paid by FDD. For more information please visit: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/programs/programs_list.htm?attrib_id=7403 or call Audra Ozols at 202-207-0190.
Available Positions & Other Advertising
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
Four Positions, Amsterdam School of Communications Research
The Department of Communication Science, the Media and Communication teaching institute, and The Amsterdam School of Communications Research ASCoR at the University of Amsterdam invite applications for:
1 Associate Professor Methods of Communication Science
3 Assistant Professors:
Assistant Professor Journalism Studies (position 1)
Assistant Professor Political Communication (position 2)
Profile:
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PhD degree in Social Sciences, preferably Communication Science (excellent ABDs/last-stage PhD candidates may be considered);
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Experience with research in journalism studies (position 1) or political communication research (position 2);
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For position 1 please note that we are not looking for candidates to teach journalistic skills, but for scholars with an interest and track record in journalism studies and research;
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Experience with advanced social sciences methods and data analysis;
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Publication record, in particular in international peer reviewed journals
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Teaching experience (graduate and undergraduate) and skills;
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Team spirit;
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Organizational skills;
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Excellent English spoken and written, Dutch not initially required but should be learned in the first two years.
Tasks:
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Teaching in the BA program in Communication Science;
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Teaching in the MA program in Communication Science, in particular in the fields of journalism studies (position 1) and political communication (position 2), both in the MA track "Media, Journalism and Public Opinion";
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Supervision of BA and MA theses;
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Research within ASCoR in the field of journalism and public opinion (position 1) and political communication (position 2) leading to publications in international outlets;
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Cosupervision of ASCoR PhD projects;
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Contributing to the acquisition of research funding;
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Committee work and management activities.
Associate Professor Methods of Communication Science (position 3)
Assistant Professor Methods of Communication Science (position 4)
Profile:
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PhD degree in Social Sciences (for position 4, excellent ABDs/last-stage PhD candidates may be considered);
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Extensive expertise in social scientific research methods;
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Knowledge about theories and methods of communication science;
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Specialist knowledge of one or more specific qualitative or quantitative research methods is an advantage (examples include content analysis, surveys, experiments, life style and sub-culture research)
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Publication record in communication science or social sciences; - Teaching experience (graduate and undergraduate) and skills;
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Team spirit;
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Organizational skills;
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Position 3 (associate professor): experience with organization of research and teaching and successful research acquisition;
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Excellent English spoken and written, Dutch not initially required but should be learned in the first two years.
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Teaching methods of communication science in the regular Bachelor curriculum of the Department of Communication;
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Teaching methods of communication science in the Research Masters of the Department of Communication;
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Supervision of BA and MA theses;
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Research within one of the ASCoR program groups;
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Advising and co-supervising ASCoR PhD candidates;
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Committee work;
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Department, teaching and ASCoR (management) activities;
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Position 3: leading role in further developing the curriculum in research methods and data analysis of communication science.
For additional information and contact persons see 'vacancies' at www.fmg.uva.nl/ascor.
Application reviewing commences April 21, 2007.
Applications for all positions: Application packages (letter, CV, publication list, full name and contact details of three references) for all four positions to be submitted to Management Assistant Ardy Grefhorst (a.grefhorst@uva.nl), Department of Communication Science, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Phone +3120 525 3989.
For more information about the teaching curricula, see www.fmg.uva.nl/education/ (English) and http://www.fmg.uva.nl/mci/ (Dutch). For more information about the ASCoR research program, see www.fmg.uva.nl/ascor.
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
Assistant Professor – Journalism & Mass Communication (Tenure Track) - Search Extended
Department: School of Communication
Start Date: August 20, 2007
Duties: Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in journalism writing and
reporting; coordinate and supervise the student laboratory newspaper, The
Cleveland Stater; write, publish and conduct research or engage in creative
activities appropriate to their expertise; give service to professional, community,
school, and university programs and activities.
Qualifications:
Minimum: Candidate must have completed a Ph.D. in journalism and mass
communication or communication-related discipline by August 20, 2007; Candidate
must have professional background in print journalism.
Preferred: Teaching experience in journalism; extensive recent professional full-time
experience as a print and online/new media journalist; familiarity with media
convergence and/or design; experience in using one or more of the following:
InDesign, Photoshop, or similar software; a social/behavioral science background;
strong background in mass communication theory; an ability to communicate
effectively with an ethnically and culturally diverse university community.
Applications: Submit a letter of application, vita, three letters of recommendation
under separate cover and a transcript or list of all graduate courses taken.Candidates
are also strongly encouraged to send, if available, evidence of teaching effectiveness
and samples of their writing. Review of applications will begin April 30, 2007 and
continue until position is filled.
Address: Apply to Dr. Edward Horowitz, Journalism Search Committee Chair,
School of Communication, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, MU
233, Cleveland, Ohio 44115.
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
For More Info: (216) 687-3996 or email: e.horowitz1@csuohio.edu
CSU is an AA/EOE institution committed to non-discrimination in employment and education. M/F/D/V encouraged.
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