Volume 36, Number 2: March 2008
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 Filmmaker-in-Residence Featured at the 2008 Opening Plenary in Montreal

It is with such great pleasure that I am able to extend the invitation to all 2008 ICA conference attendees to attend our Opening Plenary Session on the Filmmaker-in-Residence on Thursday evening, 22 May 2008. Our Opening Reception will follow this interactive plenary session! What is the Filmmaker-in-Residence? It is...
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 Seven Miniplenary Conference Sessions in 2008!

We have programmed 7 miniplenary sessions featuring community activists, international researchers, and new media designers and producers, as well as our own distinguished members, the ICA Fellows. These sessions are dedicated to our conference theme of Communicating for Social Impact but in very different ways. As a set, they touch...
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 President's Message: Theme Book Published!

Presidential actions at ICA take their time to unfold. Under Ron Rice's presidency, the idea of publishing a theme book to accompany the annual conference theme - which is proposed each year by the incoming President-Elect and Conference Chair - was first approved. This year, following the San Francisco conference, with its...
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 APA Style Sheet Available at ICA Web Site

There has been some debate within ICA over our strict adherence to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, long the association's policy for publication style. Ultimately, however, no change has been made to that policy. The APA style remains the standard of all ICA publications, including this Newsletter...
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 Montreal Preconferences: An Overview

Eight preconferences have been scheduled in Montreal on May 21, the day immediately preceding the ICA Conference, and its opening day of May 22, 2008. Six will take place at the Le Centre Sheraton, site of ICA's conference; the other two will take place on the campuses of nearby universities...
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 In Montreal: St. Catherine Street

One doesn't often view major metropolises as having one main street. However, Rue Ste.-Catherine-St. Catherine Street, in English-is the unquestionable center of life in Montreal. The city's most famous corridor runs all the way through the downtown district, beginning in the ritzy Museum Quarter on the west, and...
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 ICA 2008 Conference Online Program Launches

The International Communication Association 58th Annual Conference program is now available online. You can go to the conference paper submission link on the ICA homepage or directly to http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ica/ica08/ Once on this page, you will see the "Search the Program" link. This year there are several features: search for your...
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 Student Column: What to Expect in the Publishing Process: An Interview With Norma Pecora

This month's column, written by Rebecca Hains, features an interview with Norma Pecora on the academic publishing process. Norma Pecora is a professor in the School of Telecommunications at Ohio University. She is a former editor of the journal Popular Communication, which she cofounded and coedited with Sharon Mazzarella of...
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 News of Interest to the Profession


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 Division & Interest Group News


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 Call for Papers


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 Available Positions & Other Advertising


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International Communication Association 2007-2008 Board of Directors

Executive Committee
Sonia Livingstone, President, London School of Economics
Ronald E. Rice, Immediate Past President, U of California - Santa Barbara
Patrice Buzzanell, President-Elect, Purdue U
Barbie Zelizer, President-Elect/Select, U of Pennsylvania
Jon Nussbaum, Past President, Pennsylvania State U
Wolf Donsbach (ex-oficio), Finance Chair, Technical U Dresden
Michael L. Haley (ex-oficio), Executive Director

Members-at-Large
Sherry Ferguson, U of Ottowa
Yu-li-Liu, National Chengchi U
Elena E. Pernia, U of the Philippines, Dilman
Gianpetro Mazzoleni, U of Milan
Juliet Roper, U of Waikato

Student Members
Rebecca Hains, Temple U
Mikaela Marlow, U of California - Santa Barbara

Division Chairs & ICA Vice Presidents
Paul Bolls, Information Systems, U of Missouri - Columbia
Pamela Kalbfleish, Interpersonal Communication, U of North Dakota
Robin Nabi, Mass Communication, U of California – Santa Barbara
Cynthia Stohl, Organizational Communication, U of California - Santa Barbara
Jim Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, St. Norbert College
Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Global Communication and Social Change, Bowling Green State U
Patricia Moy, Political Communication, U of Washington
Amy Nathanson, Instructional & Developmental Communication, Ohio State U
Douglas Storey, Health Communication, Johns Hopkins U
Ingrid Volkmer, Philosophy of Communication, U of Melbourne
Jan A.G.M. Van Dijk, Communication & Technology, U of Twente
Lynn Schofield Clark, Popular Communication, U of Denver
Betteke van Ruler, Public Relations, U of Amsterdam
Vicki Mayer, Feminist Scholarship, Tulane U
Sharon Strover, Communication Law & Policy, U of Texas - Austin
Mark Aakhus, Language & Social Interaction - Rutgers U
Marion G. Mueller, Visual Communication, Jacobs U - Bremen
John Newhagen, Journalism Studies, U of Maryland

Special Interest Group Chairs
David J. Phillips, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies, U of Texas - Austin
Bernadette Watson, Intergroup Communication, U of Queensland
Kumarini Silva, Ethnicity and Race in Communication, Northeastern U
John Sherry, Game Studies, Michigan State U
David Park, History of Communication, Lake Forest College

Editorial & Advertising
Michael J. West, ICA, Publications Manager

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Have You Published A Book Recently?

Have you recently published a book in communication? If so, your publisher should be exhibiting with ICA during the Montreal conference in 2008 and advertising in upcoming Newsletter and conference materials. Maybe your publisher would like to schedule a book signing or reception during the conference. Contact Michael Haley at mhaley@icahdq.org to discuss the possibilities!



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To Reach ICA Editors

Journal of Communication
Michael J. Cody, Editor
School of Communication
Annenberg School of Communication
3502 Wyatt Way
U of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281 USA
cody@usc.edu


Human Communication Research
Jake Harwood, Editor
Department of Communication
U of Arizona
211 Communication Building
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
jharwood@u.arizona.edu


Communication Theory
Francois Cooren, Editor
Department of Communication
U de Montreal
CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville
Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7 CANADA
communicationtheory@umontreal.ca


Communication Culture & Critique
Karen Ross, Editor
School of Politics and Communication Studies
U of Liverpool
Roxby Building
Liverpool L69 7ZT UNITED KINGDOM
karen.ross@liverpool.ac.uk

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Kevin B. Wright, Editor
U of Oklahoma
610 Elm Avenue, Room 101
Norman, OK 73019 USA
kbwright@ou.edu


Communication Yearbook
Christina S. Beck, Editor
Ohio U
School of Communication Studies
210 Lasher Hall
Athens, OH 45701 USA
BECK@ohio.edu



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