Volume 37, Number 8: October 2009
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 Planning for ICA 2010 in Singapore

The planning for the Singapore conference is already under way and we have some important information to share, as well as some very good news. First, I would like to remind of a few important dates: Friday, November 6, 2009, which is the deadline to submit papers and panel proposals...
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 Vanni Tjernstrom, Kalmar U, 1942 - 2009

Vanni Tjernstrom, associate professor, senior lecturer, and academic advisor in journalism at the Kalmar University, Sweden, passed away on September 16. She was 67 years old. Tjernstrom received her Ph.D. from Umea University in 2002. Her research centered on the press coverage of European politics, particularly the work of the...
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 President's Message: Celebrating Our Heterogeneity

Variety is a peculiar thing, and many among us have argued for clarifying what we value in this shared endeavor called communication. For a long time, for instance, we've debated whether communication constitutes a discipline or a field, with one suggesting regimented and somewhat closed knowledge, the other a porous...
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 Call for Papers: Communication Yearbook 35

CY 35 is a forum for the exchange of interdisciplinary and internationally diverse scholarship relating to communication in its many forms. Specifically, we are seeking state-of-the-discipline literature reviews and essays that advance knowledge and understanding of communication systems, processes, and impacts. Manuscripts should provide a rigorous assessment of the status...
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 MeCCSA Conference 10: 6-8 January 2010

MeCCSA holds its next conference from 6-8 January 2010, hosted by the Deparment of Media and Communications, LSE and held at LSE. The Call for Papers and full details about the conference are available from Monday, 23 June 2009. Abstract submission deadline is the 18 September 2009. Speakers will include...
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 October Brings a Flurry of ICA Events: Membership Renewal, Paper Submission Opens, ICA Officer Elections

October marks a busy time for ICA members. Whether you are beginning a new term or well into one, this time of year introduces a new cycle of activities for ICA including membership renewal, officer elections, conference paper submissions and award nominations. Division and interest group chairs and conference planners...
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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION 2009 - 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive Committee
Barbie Zelizer, President, U of Pennsylvania
Francois Cooren, President-Elect, U de Montreal
Patrice Buzzanell, Immediate Past President, Purdue U
Sonia Livingstone, Past President, London School of Economics
Ronald E. Rice, (ex-oficio), Finance Chair, U of California - Santa Barbara
Michael L. Haley (ex-oficio), Executive Director

Members-at-Large
Aldo Vasquez Rios, U de San Martin Porres, Peru
Eun-Ju Lee, Seoul National U
Rohan Samarajiva, LIRNEasia
Gianpetro Mazzoleni, U of Milan
Juliet Roper, U of Waikato

Student Members
Michele Khoo, Nanyang Technological U
Malte Hinrichsen, U of Amsterdam

Division Chairs & ICA Vice Presidents
S Shyam Sundar, Communication & Technology, Pennsylvania State U
Stephen McDowell, Communication Law & Policy, Florida State U
Myria Georgiou, Ethnicity and Race in Communication, Leeds U
Diana Rios, Feminist Scholarship, U of Connecticut
Robert Huesca, Global Communication and Social Change, Trinity U
Dave Buller, Health Communication, Klein-Buendel
Robert F. Potter, Information Systems, Indiana U
Kristen Harrison, Instructional & Developmental Communication, U of Illinois
Ling Chen, Intercultural Communication, Hong Kong Baptist U
Walid Afifi, Interpersonal Communication, U of California - Santa Barbara
Maria Elizabeth Grabe, Journalism Studies, Indiana U
Richard Buttny, Language & Social Interaction, Syracuse U
David R. Ewoldsen, Mass Communication, Ohio State U
Dennis Mumby, Organizational Communication, U of North Carolina
Nick Couldry, Philosophy of Communication, Goldsmiths College, London U
Kevin Barnhurst, Political Communication, U of Illinois - Chicago
Cornel Sandvoss, Popular Communication, U of Surrey
Craig Carroll, Public Relations, U of North Carolina
Luc Pauwels, Visual Communication, U of Antwerp

Special Interest Group Chairs
J. Alison Bryant, Children, Adolescents amd the Media, Nickelodeon/MTV
David Park, Communication History, Lake Forest College
John Sherry, Game Studies, Michigan State U
Lynn Comella, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies, U of Nevada - Las Vegas
Vincent Doyle, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies, IE U
Margaret J. Pitt, Intergroup Communication, Old Dominion U

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

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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
Jim Katz, Editor
Rutgers U
Department of Communication
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
jimkatz@scils.rutgers.edu


Communication Theory
Angharad N. Valdivia, Editor
U of Illinois
228 Gregory Hall
801 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801 USA
valdivia@uiuc.edu


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
Charles T. Salmon, Editor
Michigan State U
College of Communication Arts amd Sciences
287 Comm Arts Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 USA
CY34@msu.edu



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