Mass Communication
Thank you to all who have submitted papers to the Mass Communication Division this year, and a special thanks to those who have agreed to serve as reviewers of the over 220 papers we received!
As we wait for the review process to follow its course, we have another important order of business. It is just about time for the biannual Kyoon Hur Dissertation Award Competition to begin. Dissertations completed (i.e., dissertation defense has been held and passed) between November 1, 2006, and October 31, 2008 (inclusive), are eligible for consideration, and the nomination materials will be due March 1, 2009. I will be sending around a detailed call for nominations via the Mass Communication Division listserv, so please be on the look out for that announcement. The information will also be available on the Mass Communication Division's information page on the ICA website.
Robin Nabi, Chair
nabi@comm.ucsb.edu
Political Communication
Two hundred and thirty three papers and 18 panel proposals were submitted to the Political Communication Division for consideration for the Chicago conference. This represents a 17% increase in comparison to last year. We are expecting a competitive year as the increase in panel allocation was not as high as last year. 160 reviewers throughout the world are now evaluating these submissions. The deadline for reviews in our division is December 1st. The ICA office should send an email notifying all submitters of acceptance or rejection by January 20th.
Our division also submitted or co-sponsored two cross-divisional panel proposals, one on "The Utility of Effects as a Keyword in Communication Research" and another on "Framing as a Keyword in Communication Research". These cross-unit panels, a new initiative of ICA to bring together four different scholars representing four different units of ICA, will be evaluated by the conference theme chair and if accepted will appear on the program. A pre-conference we've co-sponsored on "Religion, Politics and the Media" was already accepted by ICA. The CFP for this preconference is available through the ICA website.
Yariv Tsfati, Vice Chair
ytsfati@com.haifa.ac.il
