Highlights of Chicago: Theme Programming
Barbie Zelizer, ICA President-Elect
The theme of the Chicago conference, Keywords in Communication, offers ICA members a chance to engage with some of the key terms that have evolved as central to our development as a field. In addition to the plenary and miniplenary sessions outlined in last month's newsletter, two kinds of programming...
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Michael W. Pfau, 1945 - 2009
R. Lance Holbert & David R. Ewoldsen, Ohio State U
It is with deep sadness that we write of the passing of Dr. Michael Pfau on March 12, 2009 after a brief illness. Michael was a long-time faculty member at Augustana College (1975-1993), was housed in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1993...
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President's Message: Making the Most of Your ICA Membership
Patrice Buzzanell, Purdue U
We are quickly approaching our May conference in Chicago. The final version of our program is being sent to the printer by the end of this week. As part of our "green" initiatives, the program will be available on flash drives. As this process is moving along, members of the...
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Fair Use and Academic Freedom: Asserting Fair Use Rights in Communication
Patricia Aufderheide, American U
Fair Use and Academic Freedom: Asserting Fair Use Rights in Communication
Pre-conference, Thursday May 21th, 1-5 pm, 2009
A graduate student tries to file his M.A. thesis, but his data set, in an appendix, is a collection of print advertisements for children's fashion. The university decides that he can't...
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ICA Preconference: "Addressing Communication Keywords Communicatively"
Brenda Dervin, Ohio State U
Addressing Communication Keywords Communicatively: Multicontext Exemplars and Interrogations of the Uses of Dervin's Sense-Making Methodology If examined through the typical lenses we use in our field, this preconference is a mess. Its 39 presenters come from myriad discourse communities, for example: audience reception, collaboration, communication and the arts, environmental communication...
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Preconference: CSR and Communication
Jennifer Bartlett, Queensland U of Technology
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is emerging as a central issue for business, and the academy and public relations is taking an active role in aligning stakeholder and community concerns with the changing relationships between business, government, and society. Public relations practitioners are often those responsible for carrying out CSR initiatives...
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Recent Communication Scholarship in Singapore
Hichang Cho, National U of Singapore
Introduction The 2010 ICA annual conference will be held in Singapore (from June 22th to 26th, 2010). However many of you may have little information about Communication Scholarship in Singapore. In this article, I would like to briefly describe the present state and future directions of Communication Studies (CS) in...
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ASU's Consortium for Strategic Communication (CSC) Receives Grant, Postdoc Fellowships Available
Steve Corman, Arizona State U
The Consortium for Strategic Communication (CSC) at Arizona State University has received a grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to study extremist narratives in populations targeted by terrorists. The project is led by CSC Director Steve Corman. Bud Goodall, Angela Trethewey, and Pauline Hope Cheong from the Hugh...
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Geert Hofstede Consortium Launches Master in International Communication
Sarah Pagels, Hanze U Groningen
A meeting at an EAIE* Conference in Italy laid the foundation for the Geert Hofstede Consortium. "We had longstanding partnerships at a bachelor level", explains Consortium chair Iekje Smit of the Hanze University Groningen, "and we saw the development of a joint master's program in International Communication as an exciting...
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Ethnic Diversity Occupies Chicago Neighborhoods
Michael J. West, ICA Staff
Chicago, perhaps more than any other city in the United States, is a "city of neighborhoods." This month we continue our series investigating the sites and activities of Chicago by stepping into those neighborhoods, and specifically into some of the most ethnically rich in the city. The Windy City is...
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Student Column: Graduate Student Guide to the Upcoming Conference
Mikaela Marlow, U of Idaho, and Michele Khoo, Nanyang Technological U
This year, the 59th annual conference of the International Communication Association will be in Chicago, the Windy City! The conference will be taking place between May 20th and May 25th, 2009 at the Chicago Marriott Hotel. The city is ideally located next to the beautiful Lake Michigan and maintains a...
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