Information Systems
We’re just about a month away from the 58th Annual ICA Conference and soon communication scholars from around the world will be planning their schedules for which sessions to attend in Montreal. If you’re new to ICA—or even if you’re not—you might be wondering “What exactly is Information Systems?”
Here’s how the Division likes to describe itself:
The Information Systems Division of the International Communication Association is primarily concerned with information, language and cognitive processing. Our members represent a wide range of interests and specialties and share the goal of promoting the development of general theories of complex systems and quantitative methodologies that can be applied to communication research in a variety of domains.
Member interests include studies of:
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information flows;
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the human interface with communication technologies;
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cognitive and/or affective information processing of direct and mediated communication;
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artificial intelligence applications in language, logic and reasoning; and
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modeling interaction systems.
Our members have pioneered analytical techniques in areas of network analysis, information theory, structural modeling, interaction analysis, content analysis and linguistic data processing systems. Issues in the philosophy of science, cybernetic epistemology, theory and ethics are regular concerns, as well.
Information Systems members love research and we have fun! We invite you to check out our sessions, including the Best of Information Systems Sunday, May 25th, 1:30-2:45pm, Le Centre Sheraton, Salon C.
Oh, and if you want to find out more about us ahead of time, visit the Division website—which our Webmaster Francesca Dillman Carpentier has been working hard on.
That URL is:
http://www.icahdq.org/sections/cms/infosys/default.asp?contentID=1
Rob Potter, Vice-Chair
rfpotter@indiana.edu
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Instructional and Developmental Communication
The planning for the Montreal program is complete. We were able to accept 65% of the paper submissions (48 out of 74) and 22% of the panel submissions (2 out of 9). Congratulations to everyone whose work was accepted.
I would like to offer congratulations to our Top Paper winners. The top faculty papers were:
“Age differences in adults' emotional motivations for exposure to films” by Marie-Louise Mares (U of Wisconsin-Madison), Mary Beth Oliver (Penn State U), and Joanne Cantor (U of Wisconsin-Madison)
“The effect of teacher confirmation on student communication and learning outcomes” by Alan Goodboy (Bloomsburg U) and Scott Myers (West Virginia U)
“Student nagging behavior in the college classroom” by Katie Dunleavy (LaSalle U), Matthew Martin (West Virginia U), Maria Brann (West Virginia U), Melanie Booth-Butterfield (West Virginia U), Scott Myers (West Virginia U), and Keith Weber (West Virginia U)
In addition, the Top Student Paper was “Incidental language acquisition from television, video games, and music: An empirical study with Flemish youngsters” by An Kuppens (U of Antwerp)
I look forward to seeing everyone in Montreal!
Amy Nathanson, Chair
nathanson.7@osu.edu
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Philosophy of Communication
Dear Phil Comm members,
Nick Couldry and I look forward to seeing many of in Montreal!
I would like to invite you to the Phil Comm business meeting which will take place on Friday, May 23, 4.30 - 5.45, in Room 716 , Le Centre Sheraton, Montreal.
The business meeting will be followed by our Phil Comm reception (venue for the reception will be announced in Montreal).
Agenda:
1. Acceptance of minutes of business meeting in 2007
2. Chair’s Report (Ingrid Volkmer)
3. Program 08 Chair’s Report (Nick Couldry)
4. Routledge/Taylor and Francis US$300.- prize for best paper (Nick Couldry)
5. Treasurer’s Report (Des Freedman)
6. Internationalization Strategy for 2008/2009
7. Other business
Ingrid Volkmer, Chair
ivolkmer@unimelb.edu.au
