Ethnicity and Race in Communication (ERIC)

Dear All,

I am delighted to let you all know that ERIC was made a division of ICA by unanimous vote at the last board meeting!  Division status is granted to an interest group that maintains membership of 200 hundred or more members for two consecutive years, so this milestone is entirely due to your support.  On behalf of the ERIC executive board, my sincere thanks to all of you. 

We look forward to brighter and bigger things with your continued support. 

See you at Montreal!

Best,
Kumi Silva, Chair
k.silva@neu.edu

Information Systems

Believe it or not, next month we’ll all be meeting each other in Montreal for the 58th Annual Conference.  As you plan out your schedules, please remember the following two very special sessions:

The Best of Information Systems
Sunday, May 25 from 1:30-2:45pm in Salon C

In the Mood to Face the Facts: Positive Mood Promotes Systematic Processing of Self-Threatening Information
Enny Henrica Das (Free U Amsterdam), Bob M. Fennis (U of Twente)

Motivational Processing and Choice Behavior During Television Viewing: An Integrative Dynamic Approach
Zheng Joyce Wang (Ohio State U), Annie Lang (Indiana U), Jerome R Busemeyer (Indiana University)
 
The Impact of Attitude Accessibility and Decision Style on Adolescents’ Biased Processing of Antismoking PSAs
Lijiang Shen (U of Georgia), Jennifer Monahan (U of Georgia), Nancy Rhodes (U of Alabama), David R. Roskos-Ewoldsen (U of Alabama)

When Are Strong Arguments Stronger Than Weak Arguments? Deindividuation Effects on Message Elaboration in CMC
Eun-Ju Lee (Seoul National U)

Respondent: Michael D. Slater (Ohio State U)

This will be followed by the Information Systems Division meeting in the same room from 3-4:15pm.  Be sure to attend to find out what’s happening in Division #1!

Rob Potter, Vice-Chair
rfpotter@indiana.edu 

Intercultural Communication

The Intercultural Communication Division (ICD) has an excellent slate of programs for the 2008 conference in Montreal.  This year the division received 75 papers submissions and four panel proposals.  Thirty-four papers were accepted and programmed, for an acceptance rate of 45 percent.  Two of the panel proposals were accepted and programmed.  The ICD recognizes and thanks this year’s reviewers for their hard work and dedication. The ICD recognizes that there are few extrinsic rewards for their service and that it is largely their competence and commitment that determine the quality of our programming.  Thanks to Jerry Allen, Deborah Cai, Wai Hsien Cheah, Stephen Croucher, Jeffrey Child, Mike Hazen, Carmen Lee, Han Li, Yang Lin, Steven Mortenson, Rebecca Merkin, Hee-Sun Park, Jason Wrench, Young-ok Yum, and Qin Zhang. 

The ICD also extends its congratulations to the 2008 top ranked papers.  This year we have two top paper programs, including the top four ranked papers, and the top three  ranked student authored papers. The top four ranked papers will be presented on Sunday, May 25 at 3:00 pm in the Le Centre Sheraton, Lamartine room and include: Punctuated Equilibria of Ethnic Identity Development: The Case of Mexican-Heritage Youth in the United States by Masaki Matsunaga , Khadidiatou Ndiaye, Michael L. Hecht, and Elvira Elek; Differences Between White Americans and Asian Americans for Social Responsibility, Individual Right, and Intentions Regarding Organ Donation by Hee Sun Park, Yoon Sook Shin, and Doshik Yun; The Relationships Between Ethnocentrism and Cultural Identity, Self-Esteem, and Emotional Intelligence by Christine M. Collaco, Qingwen Dong, Mariela Vera, Danny Nuss, Ashley Dolezal, and Jaime Souza; and  A Comparative Analysis Between Muslim and Non-Muslim Self-Construals and Conflict Styles in France and Britain by Stephen Michael Croucher, Ian M. Borton, Deepa Oommen, Jacob Stephen Turner, and Samara Anarbaeva. The top three student papers will be presented on Saturday, May 24 at 3:00 pm in the Le Centre Sheraton, Lamartine room and include: Face Goals in Conflict Avoidance: A Cross-Cultural Analysis by Bing Han; The U.S. Military Ghetto and Modern Soundscape in Postwar Korea (1950s-1960s); Audible Memories of Postcolonial Melancholia by Yongwoo Lee; and Sticks and Stones: The Effects of Self-Construals on Assessing Appraisals, Attributions, and Consequences of Hurt Feelings by Robert Shota Tokunaga.  In addition to these panels, ICD has programmed nine other panels with an eclectic mix of scholarly papers.

All ICD members are encouraged to attend the annual ICD Business Meeting on Sunday, May 25 from 4:30 - 5:45 pm (immediately following the top four paper panel) in Le Centre Sheraton, Lamartine room.  An important agenda item this year is the passage of a new set of ICD By-laws.  Immediately following the business meeting on Sunday the ICD will host a reception from 6:00 to 7:15 pm in the same room. All ICA members are welcome.

In non-conference news, be on the look-out for the new ICD webpage coming soon!  Special thanks to Sam Luna for his patience and expertise in the endeavor.

Looking forward to seeing you in Montreal!
Jim Neuliep, Chair
jim.neuliep@snc.edu

Organizational Communication

Dear Members of NCA andICA Organizational Communication Divisions:

One of the very best things about being associated with Organizational Communication is the network of really smart, collaborative, open, and fun people that comprise our sub-discipline. We embrace and celebrate our scholarship in ways that are the envy of many others—even our business meetings are fun! We think this is the reason that so many of us remain very active in both NCA and ICA Organizational Communication Divisions. 

We hope you are one of those people.  If not, we encourage you to join both NCA and ICA Organizational Communication Divisions and attend the conferences. This year the ICA Conference is at Le Centre Sheraton Hotel, Montreal , Quebec , Canada from May 22-26, 2008.  The theme is "Communicating for Social Impact.”

The Organizational Communication Division has an exciting program scheduled. First, the Organizational Communication division is co-sponsoring with the Public Relations and LSI divisions a preconference on What is an Organization? Materiality, Agency and Discourse on May 21 & 22, 2008.  At the conference we have 19 panels programmed with something for every research interest and theoretical orientation. Panel topics include: values-based organizations; network research; group-based organizing; discursive approaches to organizing; organizational crisis and change; work-life issues; technology and organizing; the virtual organization; organizational leadership; social justice and organizations; and much more! In addition, our traditional Top Three Panel has as its respondent our very own ICA President-elect, Patrice Buzzanell.  Finally, come and join us for our annual Organizational Communication Division reception after the business meeting!  In keeping with our new tradition, the officers of the Division will buy all new members a drink.  We hope to see you there!

To register, please go to the ICA website: http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2008/2008confinfo.asp or for further information e-mail Cynthia Stohl at cstohl@comm.ucsb.edu or Dennis Mumby at mumby@email.unc.edu

For further information about the preconference go to http://www.groupelog.umontreal.ca/anglais/colloque/index.htm

Cheers,

Cynthia Stohl, Chair, ICA Org. Comm.
cstohl@comm.ucsb.edu