• ICA 2010 in Singapore: A Peek at the Plenary Sessions
• SingaporeBUZZ: Keeping Up With the ICA Conference
• President's Message: Notes From the Midyear Board Meeting
• First Doctoral Consortium of the ICA Communication and Technology Division: 22 June 2010
• An Opportunity to Learn About Research on ICT Uses in Emerging Asia (And Make ICA 2010 More Affordable)
• Media Development and Democratization: July 5-16, 2010
• Third International Workshop on Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction
• Singapore's Orchard Road a Favorite for Shoppers and Tourists
• "Matters of Communication" Online Program Debuts; Conference Preregistration Open Until 07 May 2010
• Student Column: Boredom
• News of Interest to the Profession
• Division & Interest Group News
• Call for Papers
• Available Positions & Other Advertising

We are 3 months away from our Conference in Singapore and we (ICA and the local organizers) are doing everything we can to make it a great event that you will remember for a long time. The program has now been finalized and you can already book your hotel and make flight reservations!

Let me give you some insights about the four plenary sessions, as well as the four miniplenaries, that have been scheduled.

Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (Stanford U, USA) will be our first speaker with his opening plenary session scheduled on Tuesday evening. His keynote, titled "Infinite Availability: About Hyper-Communication [and Old Age]," will propose an interesting reflection on the dramatic increase of opportunities to communicate, a function of technical devices whose effects neutralize the consequences of physical - and sometimes temporal - distance. Gumbrecht is the author of the book The Production of Presence: What Meaning Cannot Convey (2003, Stanford U Press), which I think is a great contribution to the reflection on materiality and communication.

The second speaker, whose talk is scheduled on Wednesday, is Ien Ang (U of Western Sydney, Australia). Ang is one of the leaders in cultural studies worldwide and the founding director of the Center for Cultural Research (CCR) at her University (see her website: http://www.uws.edu.au/centre_for_cultural_research/ccr/people/researchers/professor_ien_ang). Her presentation, cosponsored by Singapore's Asian Media Information and Communication (AMIC) Center and ICA, is titled "The Transnational Communication of 'Racism': Migration, Media, and the Shaping of International Relations." Based on a series of attacks on Indian students in Australia, Ang's talk will show how the complex entanglement of cultural nationalism and transnational mobility is mediated through inherited discourses of race and "racism," in a time when (post)colonial power hierarchies are being unsettled in a rapidly changing world, especially in the Asia Pacific region.

Our third speaker, ICA president Barbie Zelizer (U of Pennsylvania, USA), will present the ICA presidential address, which is scheduled on Friday evening. Her presentation is titled "Journalism in the Service of Communication."

Finally, the Singapore conference will end with a closing plenary titled "New Media and Its Impact on Censorship" with (so far) two keynote speakers, Peng Hwa Ang (Nanyang Technological U, Singapore) and Joseph Chan (Chinese U of Hong Kong). Using examples from within and without Asia, this panel of distinguished speakers will explore how state and self-censorship are changing as a result of the interaction among traditional media, new media, state policies, and social formation.

In addition to these four plenary sessions, we also organized four miniplenaries, which are concomitantly scheduled on Thursday, June 24 at 1:00pm.

The first one, titled "Queer in Asia: Issues, Identities, and Communication," will address the situations of GLBT individuals and communities in Southeast Asia, and the role of media, old and new, in creating and potentially transforming matters. It will be chaired by Mark Cenite (Nanyang Technological U, Singapore) and will feature Alex Au (Yawning Bread, Singapore) and Audrey Yue (U of Melbourne, Australia). John Erni (Lingnan U, Hong Kong) and Larry Gross (U of South California, USA) will act as respondents.

The second miniplenary, titled "Im/material Principles, Material Practices: The Women's Movement and its Media in Asia," will present case studies of the women's movement's varied use of mediated cultural forms in the Philippines, China, Myanmar, and India. Presenters on this panel will work together to fill a gaping hole in our knowledge of feminist agency in Asia. They will be Lisa Brooten (Southern Illinois U Carbondale, USA), representing Myanmar; Sylvia Estrada-Claudio (U of Philippines), representing the Philippines; Dana Lam (AWARE, Singapore) representing Singapore; Hongmei Li (U of Georgia, USA) representing China; as well as Sunitha Chitrapu (Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai, India) and Radhika Parameswaran (Indiana U, USA), both representing India. Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green State U, USA) will chair this miniplenary panel.

The third miniplenary, titled "Urban Communication in Singapore in an Age of Globalization" and chaired by Gary Gumpert (Urban Communication Foundation, USA) will feature Singaporean representatives from Land Transport Authority, Public Utilities Board, and Urban Redevelopment Authority. All of these miniplenary speakers are from government agencies that are tasked with managing urban planning, water, and traffic in Singapore. They will explain how Singapore addresses the issues it faces and how a number of the solutions are being emulated by other countries around the world.

Finally, the fourth plenary session will be featuring four of our new ICA Fellows. Titled "Matters of Communication: Making a Difference with Research," it will be chaired by Linda Putnam (U of California-Santa Barbara, USA) and honor Robert T. Craig (U of Colorado, Boulder, USA), Barbie Zelizer (U of Pennsylvania, USA), Youichi Ito (Akita International U, Japan) and Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach (U of South California, USA). These four Fellows will present overviews of their work on the underpinnings of the discipline in interpersonal, intercultural, and mediated contexts. This panel will address ongoing challenges for us as communication scholars, and will pose questions about the future of our discipline in the international arena.

Hope to see you soon in Singapore!

At this year’s Annual Conference in Singapore, ICA is utilizing social media trends to help conference goers connect before, during, and after conference. This is a new venture for ICA and we hope you'll take advantage of several of the new options available.

Before Conference: Texting, Twitter, and Social Networking

Before conference starts, you will have the option to sign up for updates sent directly to your mobile phone during conference. You can expect a few texts each day with vital information, such as last minute room changes or reminders for highly anticipated scheduled events.  The ICA staff will judiciously select the announcements to ensure that you receive only the most important news without flooding your inbox. You can sign up now by emailing your name and mobile phone number to conference@icahdq.org. You will also be able to access these messages with your cell phone or laptop computer by checking ICA’s Twitter account, “ICAHDQ”.  Staff members will update the page throughout the day to help keep you informed.

If you use Facebook or LinkedIn, consider adding ICA to your groups. On both of these sites, ICA members have created and populated groups that provide forums for members to share information. You can find and meet other conference goers, exchange travel plans and tips, or even potentially find a roommate.  Neither of the ICA groups on Facebook and LinkedIn are affiliated with ICA headquarters or leadership, and are driven solely by interested members.

At Conference: Photo Sharing and Blogging

ICA wants to see conference from your perspective. While walking the halls of the Suntec Convention Centre or exploring the city, take a camera along with you. A photo upload station will be setup at the convention center so that can you can share your experience with us. We are always looking for new pictures to keep our website interesting and reflective of our membership—your photos could be selected for display on the site or other promotional materials.

If you have a blog, intend to write about conference or have ideas about blogging topics, we want to hear from you! Your blog could be featured on ICA’s website. Send ideas and information about your blog to conference@icahdq.org for consideration.

For more news on Singapore, keep an eye out for our Conference Newsletter...coming soon! 

The smooth running of any association depends on a matrix of behind-the-scenes activity that ensures the flow of its many projects, and ICA is no exception. One such activity is the mid-year online board meeting, where members of the Executive Committee, representatives of all divisions and interest groups, and representatives of the various ICA task forces and committees meet in virtual space for two weeks to address the association's ongoing business.

Last month, the Board met online for 14 days and addressed the following issues:

New Editor for JoC
Confirming Malcolm Parks of the U of Washington as the incoming editor of the Journal of Communication. An active member of ICA for 35 years, former head of the Interpersonal Communication Division, and active member of CAT, Parks promises to bring to the journal a "discernment for important issues," to further internationalize its editorial board, and to address innovative ways of offsetting a backlog of accepted articles. Parks will begin his tenure in January 2011, together with an approved increase in the number of issues of JoC to six per year.

Discussions About New Procedures for ICA Journals
Considering new procedures for ICA journals, including establishing a differential stipend for ICA journal editors, dependent on workload, and establishing criteria for a more widespread internationalization of the journals' editorial boards. These procedures were referred back to the publications committee for further clarification.

Task Force on New ICA Logo Design
Supporting the task force recommendation that Rashee Rohagi develop a design for a new ICA logo, to be presented to the EC and the board later this year.

New Task Force on Limiting Conference Submissions per Member
Supporting the appointment of a task force to consider a possible cap on the number of papers an ICA member may submit during any one conference submission cycle. Though no limit now exists, ICA has grown in size and diversity, increasing the possibility that one ICA member can appear on the program repeatedly while others are denied a spot on the conference schedule altogether. A task force has been appointed and will report to the board on this issue at the conference in Singapore.

Task Force on Establishing an ICA Press Officer
Authorizing the appointment of a smaller committee from the original task force to continue addressing the establishment of an ICA Press Officer, so as to strengthen the public visibility of the organization and its members' scholarship. A committee has been appointed to address the nature of the role, its international scope and its cost, and it will report to the board in Singapore.

Task Force on Greening ICA
Ratifying a draft of the task force's deliberations on greening ICA. The task force will now move its document into final form, for presentation to the board in June.

Ad Hoc Committee on Fair Use and Academic Freedom
Ratifying a draft of the ad hoc committee on fair use and academic freedom. The committee will now draft the report into a best practices statement that can be made into ICA policy. It will be presented in Singapore.

Motion to Implement Yearly Conference Panels on Methods/Statistics
Referring this issue back to the divisional and interest group level, for decision by each unit as to whether or not it wanted to program initiatives on this topic rather than doing so on an association-wide level.

Other Business Approved by Board

• 2009-1010 finance committee report by Finance Chair Ron Rice, which put ICA in overall very good financial condition.
• 2010 conference update and President-Elect Francois Cooren's report, which had the conference at 2,212 submissions and a 54% acceptance rate.
• 2011 conference update from President-Elect-Select Larry Gross, whose theme "Communication @ the Center" will drive the conference in Boston, 22-26 May 2011.
• 2014-2015 conference site selection report from Executive Director Michael Haley. The board approved Seattle, Washington for ICA 2014 and either Puerto Rico or Washington, DC for 2015, both of which will be further investigated before a choice is made in time for the board meeting in Singapore.
• 2009 theme session book update, which is currently in press and will be released in Singapore.

As this list demonstrates, ICA board meetings provide opportunities to conduct extensive business. But they also provide the chance for members to be involved in the affairs of the association. Our next board meeting in Singapore is scheduled for Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 1:00-5:00, and the last hour of that meeting is open to all ICA members. Hope to see you there.

The Communication and Technology (CAT) Division proudly announces the first-ever Doctoral Consortium to be held in conjunction with the 2010 Conference of the International Communication Association. The consortium will be held at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore on 22 June.

Goal of the Doctoral Consortium
The consortium intends to bring together PhD candidates working on Communication and Technology to give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive and international atmosphere. The goals of the event are to provide feedback and advice to participating PhD candidates on their in-progress research thesis. Moreover, the doctoral consortium will provide the opportunity to meet experts as well as fellow PhD candidates from different backgrounds working on related topics.

During the consortium, students will be invited to present their work, following which they will receive feedback from their fellow students and faculty participants, all of whom will have read the proposals in advance of the Doctoral Consortium. In addition, one faculty participant will be assigned to respond in detail to each proposal. Besides the presentations of proposals, there will also be discussion of other topics such as ethics, research methods, publishing the thesis, and positioning one's work for the job market. There will also be a variety of social activities in the program.

The Communication and Technology Division within ICA
The Communication and Technology (CAT) Division is primarily concerned with the role played by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the process of communication. It is committed to enhancing theory and methodology pertaining to adoption, usage, effects, and policy of ICTs. Areas of research include human-computer interaction, computer-mediated communication, mobile communication, and other technologically mediated social interaction and networking in all contexts (interpersonal, group, organizational, societal/cultural) and at all levels of analyses.

Organization
The Doctoral Consortium will be hosted by the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore on 22 June. Once a proposal is accepted students can register through the ICA website. Costs for participation are $50 USD per person. This includes transportation and catering which are cosponsored by Nanyang Technological U in Singapore and U of Twente in The Netherlands.

Program Committee
Benjamin Detenber, Nanyang Technological U, Singapore
James Katz, Rutgers U, USA
Miriam Metzger, U of California, USA
Ron E. Rice, U of California, USA
S. Shyam Sundar, Pennsylvania State U, USA
Lidwien van de Wijngaert, U of Twente, The Netherlands

How many at the bottom of the pyramid in Asia have heard of the Internet? In which countries has the phone overtaken the radio among the poor? How are people juggling multiple numbers and making "missed calls"? How are mobile phones reducing leakage of Social Security payments in Indian villages? Why are cell broadcasts of early warnings superior to SMS warnings? How can one buy a camel using just a simple mobile phone? How are farmers learning about market prices?

These are some questions that will be answered at a dissemination event jointly organized by LIRNEasia (a regional ICT think tank) and the Communication and New Media Department at the National University of Singapore, at the NUS Kent Ridge Campus on the morning of 22 July 2010, for research supported by the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC) and the Department for International Development of the UK (DFID). In addition to IDRC and DFID, the NUS Department of Communication and New Media is supporting the dissemination event and the associated tutorial.

The first 20 ICA attendees registering for the dissemination event will have 1 day's per diem (adjusted for any meals provided) reimbursed. The Singapore Dollar equivalent of around USD $265 is intended to assist in meeting the incremental cost of participation.

Graduate students who are among the first 20 registrants, and who also register for and attend a full-day tutorial on policy-relevant research on 21 June 2010, will be reimbursed 2 days of adjusted per diem. Tutorial participants will include graduate students and young faculty associated with an Asia Pacific capacity-building initiative, Communication Policy Research South. Tentative programs and information on how to apply can be found at http://www.cprsouth.org/node/128. Space and resources are limited, so register early.

Additional information, including research reports and videos on the Mobile 2.0 research, are at http://lirneasia.net/projects/2008-2010/. Queries may be directed to info@cprsouth.org.

 Third International Workshop on Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction

Third International Workshop on Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction

Montreal (QC), Canada - 30-31 May 2010

Organized by GigaNet, in cooperation with The Canadian Communication Association and Media@McGill Co-sponsored by GigaNet, ACC-CCA, Media@McGill, LIP6/CNRS and UPMC

The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) invites you to participate in its third scholarly workshop to be held in Montreal (QC), Canada, on 30-31 May 2010. This workshop is organized in cooperation with the Canadian Communication Association and Media@McGill, during the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) 2010 Congress week in Montreal.

Building on the success of its first two editions, respectively in Paris, France in June 2008 and in Brussels, Belgium in May 2009, the purpose of this third GigaNet workshop is twofold:

The first day will be dedicated to outreach sessions aimed at increasing the interest in the Global Internet Governance field among both various academic disciplines and the civil society at large, including but not limited to NGOs and civil society groups active in related fields. These outreach sessions will include academic tutorials on Global Internet Governance as well as information and discussion led by experts in the field on current Global Internet Governance debates and their relevance to public policy making.

Detailed information on the outreach sessions' program will be distributed closer to the event itself.

The second day will feature thematic presentations selected upon submissions made in response to this call for contributions. We invite scholars to present and discuss their work- in-progress in Internet Governance-related research, with the aim to identify emerging research themes and design a research agenda. Rather than featuring academic paper presentations, the workshop aims at providing a survey of current academic activities in the field, in order to share ideas and forge possible collaborations.

Submissions are expected to focus on presenting problematics, research designs, preliminary empirical results and conclusions in the aim of stimulating reflection and discussion amongst the audience. Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following topics: involved actors and their interactions; Internet governance institutions and regimes; legal, socio-economical, behavioral and technical regulation means; Internet governance policy issues.

Submissions in view of thematic presentations should be sent by 20 March 2010 to Meryem Marzouki (Meryem.Marzouki@lip6.fr). They should be written in English and include the name, affiliation, e-mail address and short bio of author(s), along with no more than 500 words of research work description. The program committee will notify applicants by 20 April 2010. To encourage knowledge dissemination, relevant submissions will be published on the workshop website. Authors of selected submissions will be invited to present their work in the workshop thematic sessions.

Program Committee:
Laura DeNardis, Yale U, USA; Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & U Pierre et Marie Curie, France; Milton Mueller, Syracuse U, USA & Delft Technical U, The Netherlands; Claudia Padovani, Padova U, Italy & McGill U., Canada; Jeremy Shtern, Ryerson U, Canada.

Local Organizing Committee:
Juliana Dalley, McGill U, Canada; Becky Lentz, McGill U, Canada; Daniel Paré, U of Ottawa, Canada; Claire Roberge, McGill U, Canada.

There is no registration fee for this event. A registration form will be circulated with the program.

Workshop website: http://giga-net.org/page/2010-international-workshop

GigaNet: http://giga-net.org 

ACC-CCA: http://www.acc-cca.ca 

Media@McGill: http://media.mcgill.ca.

To receive further workshop updates, and other GigaNet news, please subscribe to the information dissemination mailing list: info-giganet (http://www-rp.lip6.fr/wws/info/info-giganet)

Our monthly series of articles investigating the sites and activities of Singapore has thus far ventured near (Asia's Convention City, the immediate neighborhood of the 2010 ICA Conference) and far (Bangkok, Thailand and Angkor Wat, Cambodia-sites of ICA's postconference tours). This month, we pick up in the heart of the city of Singapore, at its liveliest and poshest spot: Orchard Road.

Once upon a time, the strip was literally a road that cut through a series of nutmeg orchards, lined with the mansions of the plantations' owners. It began to transform in 1917, when the Singapore Cold Storage Company opened a food market on Orchard Road. Soon after came another market and some car-repair services, followed by a department store, entertainment complexes, and eateries. By the 1970s, Orchard Road had become the city-state's center for popular and consumer culture. The following decade, the government constructed three stations for the MRT-Singapore's mass transit system-along the road, increasing its accessibility and, therefore, its popularity.

Today, Orchard Road bursts with shopping centers and retail outlets, high-end apartments and hotels, offices, and tourist attractions. The street itself underwent an SGD $40 million beautification process last year, and thus has been fitted with new street lamps, planter boxes, street tiling, flower totem poles, and green space. It is such a fixture in Singapore that the city district based around the road is simply known as "Orchard" (also the name of the northernmost of the street's three MRT stations).

Orchard Road is a one-way street, running southeast from Tanglin Road-the primary corridor for the nearby Tanglin district-which becomes Orchard just outside the campus of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. Appropriately, at that spot are two large shopping centers: Tanglin Shopping Centre and Delfi Orchard Mall. The latter is one of the flagship shopping venues of Orchard Road: It includes over 70 stores, among them beauty shops and spas; clothiers for men, women, children, and maternity; toys; music and language schools; a gymnasium; hobby shops; restaurants; jewelers; bridal stores; and other specialty retailers.

All told, there are 24 shopping malls on Orchard Road, including Ngee Ann City, the largest in Singapore; Lucky Plaza, which primarily caters to the island's Filipino population; and ION Orchard, with the flagship Singapore stores for six high-end retailers: Prada, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, and Cartier. Indeed, the retailers at Orchard Road tend in general toward high-end and unique specialty shops; another Orchard mall, the award-winning Centrepoint, is famous for its stores that specialize in all sorts of unusual themes-- classical music and high-end food among them. (The Centrepoint also includes Cold Storage, the supermarket that was the first business on Orchard Road.) However, the Far East Plaza is a favorite of college students because of its low-price food and clothing outlets.

Orchard Road is also the entertainment hub of Singapore. Within its many complexes are a theatrical and performance stage, arcades and bars, and three enormous cineplexes with a total of 30 screens between them. One of the shopping malls, the Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, is a spectacular entertainment center known simply as the "Cine." The Cine is designed with a movie-set theme, so that concourses and entrances to the stores look like backdrops for various film studios. Until recently, it was also the largest Cineplex in Singapore, with 12 massive screens that were recently voted the best in the nation. But that's just the core of the complex; in addition, there is a multilevel food court, youth-oriented shopping, a karaoke lounge, an arcade, and e-gaming center.

That said, one of the liveliest and most visible amusements of Orchard Road is the thick crowd of street performers that line it from end to end. The street is notorious and beloved for its volume and variety of buskers. Every few meters, one is likely to encounter music from both individual guitarists and full-on bands (one favorite is the 15-piece Brazilian percussion band Sambiesta); portrait artists; dance troupes; acrobats and gymnasts; jugglers and sword swallowers; and even comedians and magicians. Though their venues don't say so, the performers take their work very seriously and often give professional-caliber performances; if you enjoy what you see, take a moment to leave them a tip.

There's also no shortage of street fare when it comes to dining on Orchard Road. Just as dense as the performers are the popular kiosks of ice cream and chestnuts, as well as ethnic tidbits from India, China, Mongolia, Indonesia, and the Phillipines. But of course there are plenty of restaurants and cafes on Orchard Road, ranging from fine dining to trendy joints to cuisine as casual as the street hawkers (McDonald's, Burger King, and Starbucks are everywhere to be found). In fact, Straits Kitchen-the restaurant on the ground floor of the Grand Hyatt Singapore hotel-specializes in recreating both the flavors and the atmospheres of the street but in a clean, comfortable indoor setting. At the other end of the spectrum is Din Tai Fung. The Taiwanese restaurant, located in the Paragon Shopping Center, has been named one of the World's Top Ten Restaurants by The New York Times newspaper; it focuses on simple dishes prepared in simple cooking styles, including the signature dishes of steamed pork dumplings and chicken soup.

Finally, two of Singapore's most prominent tourist attractions are located on or near Orchard Road. Adjacent to the street's north end lies Singapore Botanic Gardens, a 157-acre, 64-hectare park containing six gardens, three lakes, and a rainforest. The most popular attraction is Singapore's National Orchid Garden, which displays over 3,000 varieties (both primary species and hybrids) of the national flower. To the south is the Istana, the official residence and office of the President of Singapore. Built in 1869 as the home of the British colonial governor, the mansion is rarely occupied by Singapore's head of state and is instead used for ceremonial purposes (although the President does work in his office in the mansion, and the Prime Minister's office is in an annex to the main building).

Orchard Road offers a taste, if not a full feast, of the finer things in Singaporean life. For anyone who wants a day out on the town shopping or partaking in the city's entertainment, or even visiting the local attractions, this famous street is a must-visit.

"Matters of Communication" Online Program Debuts Conference Preregistration Open Until 07 May 2010 The online All Academic program for the 60th Annual ICA Conference, "Matters of Communication: Political, Cultural, and Technological Challenges" is now available on our web site: http://convention3.allacademic.com/one/ica/ica10/. Should you log in first, you will notice the "Add to My Schedule" link in the upper right corner of the program. Use that feature to create a customized personal program, listing only those sessions and events of interest to you.

This year's conference in Singapore will be another exciting event with the usual scholarly discourse along with exotic Singaporean surroundings! Visit our web site to get conference event information, airline information, hotel reservation links, information about visas to Singapore, and much more. Go to http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2010/index.asp to obtain more information. T

he Singapore Host Committee has also launched a conference web site with a plethora of information that will come in quite handy as you get ready for your trip. Read about everything from what documents you need for visiting Singapore to sightseeing opportunities and eating venues. Find information and links to various alternative hotels including price and distance to the convention center, information on travel to Singapore and to its many surrounding countries, and even travel within Singapore. Visit them at: http://www.ica2010.sg/.

As always, conference attendees can register for the conference on ICA's web site and take advantage of discounted rates for the conference. As well, membership in ICA plus a conference registration may be advantageous-especially for pre-Ph.D. students-as members also receive full membership benefits, including subscriptions to all of the ICA journals! If your membership has lapsed, the system will take you through a search for outstanding dues invoices and facilitate the renewal process. If no invoice is found, a link to rejoin ICA is available on the search results page. Once that is done, you will see a link to continue on to the conference registration forms.

This year, aside from the main conference event, 12 preconference workshops are being offered. Some preconferences will be held at the Suntec International Conference and Exhibitor Center, as will the main ICA conference. Others will be held at various locations throughout Singapore and three additional preconferences will be held in Brisbane, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; and Hong Kong!

One new event is a closing dinner. In the tradition of Singapore, ICA is offering a conference closing dinner that will feature performances reflecting the cultures and talents of the finest of Singapore. A four-course meal will be offered that is halal certified (no pork or pork byproducts) with beef, fish, and vegetarian options. Join us as we celebrate the successes of the Singapore conference.

We look forward to greeting you in Singapore!

Many seminars and courses bore students to death. This will come as no surprise to anybody reading this article. But uninspiring-or uninspired-teaching is caused as much by the larger academic and even cultural environment as by the teacher him or herself. It is not by chance that the term "boredom"didn't enter the English language until the late 18th century; it was a feeling that surely reached new heights in weighing the age-old process of scholarship against the new acceleration of life at that time.

Interestingly, the professors that I now value the most were the ones who seemed the most boring when I was a student. In hindsight, the reason for this is rather simple: Teaching students had become tedious. They were bored too! They preferred working on their books (interestingly they had a tendency to writing books instead of articles) instead of wasting time and energy on students who more or less wanted to be entertained, or discuss their half-baked ideas, rather than be educated.

At the time of Smith, Kant, or Hegel, the process was simpler: Professors would talk; students would write down every word they said, and at the end of the term the professor would go around and ask the students how much they were willing to pay for what they had learned. Of course, hardly anyone could absorb what Hegel, Kant, or Smith had said - but students enrolled in their classes more to celebrate the greatness of their minds than to understand them. That's what those thinkers' books were for, and the more books they had written, the better.

Today, things are different. Students apparently have shorter attention spans, and are certainly less apt to sit still and concentrate through two hours of lectures. Even Ritalin does not help there. And the halos of the professors seem to gleam less. The new model for professors is that of the show master: role-playing, clever jokes, and game experiments that are coordinated so as to engage and motivate by entertaining. Officially, that is called "student-centered and output-oriented teaching."

You don't need books for that - or reading. The modern seminar does not culminate in a "right answer" that some know-it-all professor puts elegantly on paper, but in the motivation of the students to think and study more about the topic. In order to achieve this purpose the professor has to think about techniques for engaging the students - not about books that should be written. This approach is not wrong: Students should learn how to think about a subject or idea, not what to think about it.

Still, in the end, it's still very important to work with those professors who concentrate on writing good books for good publishers (more so even than writing the best articles in the best journals), even if they can not inspire. These people have shown that they can sit down and endure the silence: They slogged through the boredom of not knowing and came out the other side having made something out of it.

Ulrike Rohn, U of Tartu. has just published her new book, Cultural Barriers to the Success of Foreign Media Content: Western Media in China, India, and Japan, with Peter Lang. http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vLang=E&vSiteID=8&vSiteName=BookDetail.cfm&VID=59430

Paul D'Angelo (The College of New Jersey) and Jim A. Kuypers (Virginia Tech) have coedited Doing News Framing Analysis: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives (2010, Routledge), a volume whose 15 chapters provide interpretive guides to news frames--what they are, how they can be observed in news texts, and how framing effects are uncovered and substantiated in cultural, group, and individual sites.

Global Communication and Social Change Division

CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS for AWARDS

International Communication Association

Division of Global Communication and Social Change

DEADLINE: all materials must be received by April 1, 2010.

SUBMISSIONS: Nomination packages should be sent electronically to Professor Robert Huesca (rhuesca@trinity.edu) and hard copy to Trinity University, Dept. of Communication, San Antonio, TX  78212

1. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD  The Award honors established scholars in any one or more of the research fields that pertain to the division.* A full nomination package should comprise a signed rationale from the nominator (who shall not be the person nominated), a signed, supporting statement and rationale from one other person (who shall not be the person nominated), a resume of the person nominated including a complete list of his or her publications. While submissions are electronic, the Awards Committee also requires that signed hard copies of the nominator’s rationale, and the supporting statement be snail-mailed.

2. BEST BOOK AWARD FOR 2008 AND 2009 The Award honors any sole or jointly authored book (edited or co-edited volumes shall not be included), carrying a date of publication from either 2008 or 2009. The Book should represent a major contribution to research in any one or more of the research fields that pertain to the division*. A full nomination package should comprise a signed rationale from the nominator (who shall not be the person nominated), a signed, supporting statement and rationale from one other person (who shall not be the person nominated), a resume of the person (or persons) whose book has been nominated including a complete list of his or her publications, a summary of the book and copies of any two chapters from it. While submissions are electronic (including copies of book chapters), the Awards Committee also requires that signed hard copies of the nominator’s rationale, and the supporting statement be snail-mailed.

3. BEST JOURNAL ARTICLE AWARD FOR 2009 The Award honors any sole or jointly authored research article published in a reputable scholarly journal that carries a 2009 date of publication. The article should represent a major contribution to research in any one or more of the research fields that pertain to the division.* A full nomination package should comprise a signed rationale from the nominator (who shall not be the person nominated), a signed, supporting statement and rationale from one other person (who shall not be the person nominated), a resume of the person (or persons) whose article has been nominated including a complete list of his or her publications, and a full copy of the article. While submissions are electronic (including the copy of the article), the Awards Committee also requires that signed hard copies of the nominator’s rationale, and the supporting statement be snail-mailed.

* Division Mission
The Division for Global Communication and Social Change exists to encourage and debate research on issues of production, distribution, content and reception of communications media at global, “glocal,” transnational, transcultural, international and regional levels. Within this purview it encompasses work across a wide variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, concerning issues of media/mediated communication in cultural, economic, political or social contexts, including strategic mediated communication for development, social change or social justice.

Robert Huesca, Chair
ROBERT.HUESCA@Trinity.edu

Information Systems Division

THE BEST OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Best student paper:
"Discrete Affect and Extended Parallel Process Model"
Wanda Luen Wun Siu (Chinese U - Hong Kong)

Three best faculty papers:

1. "Extensional Mapping-Chains for Studying Concept Drift in Political Ontologies"
   Shenghui Wang (VU Amsterdam), Janet Heleen Takens (VU Amsterdam), Wouter van Atteveldt (VU Amsterdam), Jan Kleinnijenhuis (VU Amsterdam), Stefan Schlobach (VU Amsterdam)
    
2. "Mixing Advertising and Editorial Content in Radio Programs: Appreciation and Memory of Brand Placements Versus Commercials"
   Eva van Reijmersdal (U of Amsterdam)
    
3. "The Datasetting Effect: Learning Facts about the Real World from Viewing Fiction"
   Jan Van den Bulck (Catholic U - Leuven)

Scheduled Presentations at Conference:
Fri, Jun 25 - 10:00am - 11:15am 
SUNTEC International Convention Centre, Room 325
Chair: Elly A. Konijn (VU Amsterdam)                          

Elly Konijn, Vice Chair
ea.konijn@fsw.vu.nl

CALLS FOR PAPERS/ABSTRACTS

Electronic Journal of Communication (http://www.cios.org/www/ejcmain.htm). Special Issue:  Learning from the 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis. This special issue will examine the communicative dimensions of the global financial crisis that became manifest in 2008. The roots of the crisis encompass evolving organizational strategies and cultures, the development of innovative financial instruments, promotion of new attitudes toward risk and regulation, and the globalization of markets.  The legacies of this crisis may persist and evolve for years to come. Lessons are to be learned in the areas of government regulation and oversight; corporate governance and social responsibility; public relations and crisis communication; traditional and new media reporting; stakeholder communication; communication ethics; and organizational systems, culture, and strategy. Deadline:  31 March 2010.  See complete call at: http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/calls/financialcrisis.htm.  For more information, contact issue editor William J. Kinsella, North Carolina State University (wjkinsel@ncsu.edu).

The Global Media Journal, Fall 2010 U.S. edition, is inviting article submissions.  The CFP, together with guidelines for authors, can be viewed at http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/gmj/.  This peer reviewed journal publishes theoretical, conceptual, qualitative, and quantitative work by both established scholars and graduate students.  In particular demand for the Fall 2010 edition are papers concerned with the political economy of gatekeeping and agenda setting practices in cross cultural contexts, and their relevance to citizen journalism as enabled by blogs and similar electronically mediated news channels.  Graduate student work or inquiries should be addressed to jia@chapman.edu.  Other material or inquiries should be addressed to gpayne@chapman.edu.  All submissions must be made electronically.

Call for Papers. The Journal of Media And Communication Studies (JMCS) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that will be published monthly by Academic Journals (http://www.academicjournals.org/JMCS). JMCS is dedicated to increasing the depth of the subject across disciplines with the ultimate aim of expanding knowledge of the subject. JMCS will cover all areas of the subject. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and will publish:

• Original articles in basic and applied research
• Case studies
• Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries, and essays

We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to JMCS@acadjourn.org for publication. Our objective is to inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s) within four weeks of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will normally be published in the next issue. Instruction for authors and other details are available on our website; http://www.academicjournals.org/JMCS/Instruction.htm

tripleC - Cognition, Communication, Co-operation: Journal for a Sustainable Information Society. tripleC provides a forum to discuss the challenges humanity is facing today. It promotes contributions within an emerging science of the information age with a special interest in critical studies following the highest standards of peer review. It is the journal's mission to encourage uncommon sense, fresh perspectives and unconventional ideas, and connect leading thinkers and young scholars in inspiring reflections. Papers should reflect on how the presented findings contribute to the illumination of conditions that foster or hinder the advancement of a global sustainable and participatory information society.
For more information, and online submission, see: http://triplec.at.

Call for Manuscripts:  American Journal of Media Psychology (AJMP). The American Journal of Media Psychology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes theoretical and empirical papers that advance an understanding of media effects and processes on individuals in society. AJMP seeks submissions that have a psychological focus, which means the level of analysis should focus on individuals and their interaction with or relationship to mass media content and institutions. All theoretical and methodological perspectives are welcomed.  For instructions on submitting a manuscript, please visit: http://www.marquettejournals.org/mediapsychology. Questions about this call for manuscripts can be directed to Dr. Michael Elasmar, Editor, American Journal of Media Psychology at elasmar@bu.edu.

The Communication Review solicits papers in the interdisciplinary field of
media studies. We particularly encourage historical work, feminist work, and visual work, and invite submissions from those employing critical theoretical and empirical approaches to a range of topics under the general rubric of communication and media studies research. The Communication Review also functions as a review of current work in the field.  Towards this end, the editors are always open to proposals for special issues that interrogate and examine current controversies in the field.  We also welcome non-traditionally constructed articles which critically examine and review current subfields of and controversies within communication and media studies; we offer an expedited review process for timely statements. Please direct your papers, suggestions for special issues and queries to Tatiana Omeltchenko, Managing Editor, at to3y@virginia.edu. For more information about the journal and submission guidelines, please see the journal's website at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10714421.html.

Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC)
Launching in 2008, Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC) is a new venture of scholarly publication aimed at elevating Chinese communication studies along theoretical, empirical, and methodological dimensions. The new refereed journal will be an important international platform for students and scholars in Chinese communication studies to exchange ideas and research results. Interdisciplinary in scope, it will examine subjects in all Chinese societies in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, and the global Chinese diaspora. The CJoC welcomes research articles using social scientific or humanistic approaches on such topics as mass communication, journalism studies, telecommunications, rhetoric, cultural studies, media effects, new communication technologies, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, advertising and PR, political communication, communications law and policy, and so on. Articles employing historical and comparative analysis focused on traditional Chinese culture as well as contemporary processes such as globalization, deregulation, and democratization are also welcome. Published by Routledge, CJoC is institutionally based at the Communication Research Centre, the School of Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. For more information and submission instructions, please visit http://www.informaworld.com/cjoc.

Journal of Children and Media is an interdisciplinary and multimethod peer-reviewed publication that provides a space for discusion by scholars and professionals from around the world and across theoretical and empirical traditions who are engaged in the study of media in the lives of children. Submissions: Submissions should be delivered as an email attachment to Dafna Lemish, Editor at: lemish@post.tau.ac.il. Manuscripts must conform to the American Psychological Association (APA) style with a maximum length of 8,000 words, including notes and references. The manuscript should be accompanied by an abstract of up to 150 words, biographical information for each author of up to 75 words each, and up to 10 keywords. For further information please visit: http://www.informaworld.com/jocam. 

International Journal of Strategic Communication is issuing a call for papers for its fourth and subsequent issues. The journal provides a forum for multidisciplinary and multiparadigmatic research about the role of communication, broadly defined, in achieving the goals of a wide range of communicative entities for-profit organizations, nonprofit organizations, social movements, political parties or politicians, governments, government agencies, personalities. For communication to be strategic is has to be purposeful and planned. The aim of the journal is to bring diverse approaches together with the purpose of developing an international, coherent and holistic approach to the field. Scholars in a broad range of communication specialities addressing strategic communication by organizations are invited to submit articles. Articles are blind-reviewed by three members of the editorial board, which consists of 34 scholars from 15 countries representing a broad array of theoretical and methodological perspectives.Submissions are electronic via the journal's website at ijosc@lamar.colostate.edu. Manuscripts should be no longer than 30 word-processed pages and adhere to the APA Publications Manual. For more information, contact editors Derina Holtzhausen, University of South Florida, dholtzha@cas.usf.edu or Kirk Hallahan, Colorado State University, kirk.hallahan@colostate.edu.

Feminist Media Studies. Authors in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean: submit to Lisa McLaughlin, Editor; e-mail: mclauglm@muohio.edu. Authors in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia: submit to Cynthia Carter, Editor; e-mail: cartercl@cardiff.ac.uk.

Education Review of Business Communication. Mss. info: http://www.senatehall.com/business_communication/index.html.

 
Journal of Communication Studies, National Council of Development Communication. Soliciting research papers, abstracts. E-mail: Shveta Sharma, communication@jcs@yahoo.com.

 
Hampton Book Series: Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity. Jan Servaes, Hampton Book Series Editor, c/o School of Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia. Phone: +61 (7) 3365 6115 or 3088. Fax: +61 (7) 3365 1377. E-mail: j.servaes@uq.edu.au.

Manuscripts. Subject Matters: A Journal of Communications and the Self. E-mail: subjectmatters@londonmet.ac.uk.

Submissions. Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (JMEWS). Info: Marcia C. Inhorn, Director of the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, U of Michigan, and Mary N. Layoun, Chair of Comparative Literature, U of Wisconsin, Editors. Web: http://iupjournals.org/jmews/.

Communication Review. The Communication Review solicits papers in the interdisciplinary field of media studies. We are interested in papers discussing any aspect of media: media history, globalization of media, media institutions, media analysis, media criticism, media policy, media economics. We also invite essays about the nature of media studies as an emergent, interdisciplinary field. Please direct papers to Andrea L. Press and Bruce A. Williams, Editors, Media Studies Program, University of Virginia. E-mail: alp5n@virginia.edu, baw5n@b.mail.virginia.edu. For more information about the journal and submission guidelines, please see the journal's website at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10714421.asp.

Call for Manuscripts - The Journal of Native Aging & Health publishes articles that address Native aging, health, and related issues. All theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome. Original research and studies should apply existing theory and research to Native Americans, Alaskan, Hawaiian, Islanders and First Nations Peoples, or should illuminate how knowledge informs and reforms exiting theories and research on Native populations, aging, and health. No material identifying the author(s) should appear in the body of the paper. The paper must not have appeared in any other published form. Each submission should include a separate cover page with the name of the author(s); present academic title or other current position; academic department and university (if appropriate); and complete address, telephone number, and e-mail address (if available). The submission also must include a single-paragraph abstract of no more than 120 words on a separate page. Manuscripts, abstracts, references, figures, and tables must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, Fifth Edition) guidelines. Contributors are encouraged to be familiar with the Manual's guidelines for avoiding bias in language used to express ideas int he manuscript. By submitting to JNAH, authors warrant that they will not submit their manuscript to any other publication without first withdrawing the manuscript from consideration by JNAH, that the work is original, and that appropriate credit has been given to other contributors in the project. Reports of the original research and papers may not exceed 25 pages (including references, tables, figures, and appendixes). Copies of submissions will not be returned to the author(s). Send four paper copies of complete papers to Pamela J. Kalbfleish, Editor, Journal of Native Aging & Health, School of Communication, University of North Dakota, 202A O'Kelly Hall, Grand Forks, ND 58202. Along with your paper copies, include a disk with your submission in Word document format or attach an electronic copy of your manuscript to an e-mail sent to the editorial office. Questions may be directed to the editorial office via e-mail at yearbook@und.nodak.edu, telephone 701-777-2673, or fax 701-777-3955. Ordering Information: To order a copy of the Journal, contact: Dr. Pamela J. Kalbfleisch, Editor, Journal of Native Aging & Health, School of Communication, University of North Dakota, Box 7169, 202A O'Kelly Hall, Grand Forks, ND 58202. $25.00 a copy / $40.00 year subscription.

 
Journal of Marketing and Communication Management. The Managing Editors, JMCM, Department of Marketing and Communication Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Info: http://www.jmcm.co.za. E-mail: Professor C H van Heerden, nheerden@hakuna.up.ac.za, or Professor Anske Grobler, anske@postino.up.ac.za. 

 
Submissions. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception. Info: http://www.participations.org/.

 
Essays. Bad Subjects: Iraq War Culture Review Essays. Email: Joe Lockard, Joe.Lockard@asu.edu. Info: http://bad.eserver.org.

Proposals. Alternatives Within the Mainstream II: Queer Theatre in Britain. Info: Dimple Godiwala-McGowan, Senior Lecturer, York St. John College (U of Leeds). E-mail: DimpleGodiwala@aol.com. 

 
Deadline extended. Papers. Journal of Middle East Media (JMEM), Center for International Media Education (CIME) at Georgia State U and the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE). Mohammed el-Naway, Senior Editor, Department of Communication, One Park Place South, 10th Floor, Georgia State U, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA. E-mail: jouman@langate.gsu.edu.

New Journal - Communication for Development and Social Change. A new journal, Communication for Development and Social Change, is seeking papers that will present empirical research, theory, and practice-oriented approaches on subjects relevant to development communication and social change. Authors may submit inquiries and manuscripts electronically to Jan Servaes, Department of Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, at j.sarvaes@uq.edu.au.

 

CONFERENCES

24-25 March 2010. We are pleased to invite you to an international Symposium Transnational Connections: Challenges and Opportunities for Political Communication to take place at the IE University in Segovia, Spain on 24-25 March 2010. For more information visit http://www.transnationalconnections.ie.edu/ or contact:
magdalena.wojcieszak@ie.edu or  communication@ie.edu.

18 April 2010. "Jung and Film: Post-Jungian takes on the Moving Image." www.jungandfilm.com. School of African and Oriental Studies, Brunei Gallery, London, UK.

23-24 April 2010. Call for Research Papers - 2010 Symposium. The International Symposium on Online Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin is now welcoming paper submissions for 2010!
This unique international conference mixes academic research and industry oriented panel discussions, with scholars from universities around the world and journalists representing some of the most important media and news organizations from around the globe.
The International Symposium on Online Journalism welcomes all papers that clearly deal with original research into online journalism. All presentations will take place on the second day of the conference. The first day is devoted to presentations and panels of online journalism professionals. Papers and/or abstracts that are submitted by the deadline below will be blind reviewed by a panel of scholars from leading universities from around the world.

26-27 May 2010. "Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction Third International Workshop," 26-27 May 2010, Montreal, Quebec. Thomson House, McGill University, Montreal. Organized by The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet, http://giganet.igloogroups.org), in cooperation with The Canadian Communication Association (CCA, http://www.acc-cca.ca). Co-sponsored by Media@McGill (http://media.mcgill.ca),  CCA (http://www.acc-cca.ca), LIP6/CNRS(http://www.lip6.fr>http://www.lip6.fr), and UPMC (<http://www.upmc.fr>http://www.upmc.fr). Building on the success of its previous two editions in Paris, June 2008 and Brussels, May 2009, this 3rd GigaNet workshop on Global Internet Governance will be a great opportunity for the international scientific community to discuss work-in-progress in Internet Governance-related research, with the aim to identify emerging research themes and design a research agenda. Presentation of national and regional projects, research networks, academic syllabi and other education programs dedicated to these issues are also most welcome in order to share ideas and forge possible collaborations.
Participation to the workshop is free of charge. Call for Papers forthcoming. Information on previous workshop editions at: http://giganet.igloogroups.org/cosponsore. To receive the call for paper, further workshop updates, and other GigaNet news, please subscribe to the information dissemination mailing list: http://www-rp.lip6.fr/wws/info/info-giganet.

5th International Maastricht-Lodz Duo Colloquium on "Translation and Meaning" 2010. May
19-22, Maastricht, The Netherlands: Maastricht Session of the 5th International Maastricht-Lodz Duo Colloquium on "Translation and Meaning."
Information: Drs Marcel Thelen, Department of Translation and Interpreting, Maastricht School of International Communication, Hogeschool Zuyd.
P.O. Box 634, 6200 AP Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Tel.: + 31 43 346 6471, Fax: + 31 43 346 6609.
E-mail: m.m.g.j.thelen@hszuyd.nl
Web site: http://www.translation-and-meaning.nl

September
16-19, Lodz, Poland: Lodz Session of the 5th International Maastricht-Lodz Duo Colloquium on "Translation and Meaning."
Information: Prof. Dr habil. Barbara-Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, Department of English Language, University of Lodz.
Al. Kosciuszki 65, 90-514 Lodz, Poland.
Tel.: + 48 42 636 6337, Fax: + 48 42 636 6337/6872.
E-mail: duoduo@uni.lodz.pl
Web site: http://www.translation-and-meaning.nl

7 - 12 September 2010. "Communication Spaces: Ranges, Limits, Resources" - Fifth International Conference of the Russian Communication Association. The Russian Communication Association (RCA) in collaboration with the North American Russian Communication Association (NARCA) and Tver State University (TvSU) announce the Fifth International Conference Communication Spaces: Ranges, Limits, Resources (Communication-2010) to be held in Tver, Russia on September 7-12, 2010. National Communication Association, International Communication Association, European Communication Research and Education Association, and Polish Communication Association are international partners of the Conference. The deadline for conference registration and abstracts submission is 30 March 2010. The Conference working languages are English and Russian. More information and submission instructions at: http://agora.guru.ru/RCA-2010/eng.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Sexuality Studies: A book series by Temple University Press. The coeditors of Sexuality Studies-Janice Irvine and Regina Kunzel-are currently soliciting book manuscripts. The series features work in sexuality studies, in its social, cultural, and political dimensions, and in both historical and contemporary formations. The editors seek books that will appeal to a broad, cross-disciplinary audience of both academic and nonacademic readers. Submissions to Sexuality Studies are welcome through Janet Francendese, Editor in Chief, Temple University Press (janet.francendese@temple.edu). Information on how to submit manuscripts can be found at: http://www.temple.edu/tempress/submissions.html. Initial inquiries about proposals can also be sent to: Janice Irvine, University of Massachusetts, Department of Sociology. irvine@soc.umass.edu; or, Regina Kunzel, University of Minnesota, Departments of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies and History rkunzel@williams.edu.

The IABC Research Foundation is offering a grant for US $50,000 for Research on Communication Department Structure and Best Practices. Proposal guidelines can be found on the Research Foundation website http://www.iabc.com/rf/. The IABC Research Foundation serves as the non-profit research and development arm of IABC (International Association of Business Communicators). The Foundation is dedicated to contributing new findings, knowledge and understanding to the communication profession, and to helping organizations and communicators maximize organizational success. Through the generosity of donors, corporate sponsors and volunteers, the Foundation delivers original communication research and tools not available in the commercial marketplace.

 
The Canadian Journal of Communication (CJC) is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal committed to publishing outstanding scholarship in communications, media and cultural studies, journalism, and information studies. CJC is looking for theoretically innovative and methodologically challenging original manuscripts, in English or French, for immediate peer-review. To submit an article for peer-review go to the CJC website http://www.cjc-online.ca and click on the "submit" button. Articles for peer-review should be approximately 6,000 to 8,000 words in length. In addition to the traditional peer-reviewed article the CJC will develop innovative forms and formats for discussions of current practices including: media reviews, research overviews of current projects, and polemical commentaries. These submissions are shorter in length and may be either more descriptive or experimental in tone. Please direct ideas and inquiries to editor@cjconline.ca. For information on book reviews please contact our book review editor, Leslie Regan Shade, at review_editor@cjconline.ca. Info on CJC: Kim Sawchuk, Editor, CJC, editor@cjc-online.ca.

 
Visiting doctoral fellowships. The Media Management and Transformation Center (MMTC) at Jonkoping International Business School, Jonkoping University, Sweden, in the field of media business and media economics for advanced doctoral students. Dr. Cinzia dal Zotto, Research Manager, Media Management and Transformation Center, Jonkoping International Business School, P.O. Box 1026, SE-551 11 Jonkoping, SWEDEN. Info: http://www.jibs.se/mmtc. Email for more information: cinzia.dalzotto@ihh.hj.se.

NCI Fellowship in Health Communication and Informatics
The Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch (HCIRB) is accepting Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) applicants for a Paid Fellowship Opportunity. HCIRB contributes to the reduction in death and suffering due to cancer by supporting research and development of a seamless health communication and informatics infrastructure. Through internal and extramural programs, the Branch supports basic and translational research across the cancer continuum. This CRTA fellowship offers outstanding training opportunities in health communication. The CRTA fellow will be a welcomed member of a team of passionate scientists, psychologists, and health communication researchers. Appropriate to the fellow's interests, participation and leadership opportunities are offered in Information Technology projects, marketing and dissemination, health trends survey design and analysis, peer-reviewed journal articles, and travel to national meetings and conferences.

Master or bachelor level degree, preferably in health communication, health informatics, public health, or related field; strong organizational, planning, problem solving, and project management skills; excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work independently and creatively. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or resident aliens; be available 40 hours per week, for a six-month minimum. Some flexibility in work hours is allowed. The fellowship is renewable for up to two years and is based on demonstrated progress by mutual agreement among the fellow and supervisor.

For more details including how to apply: http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/brp/about/docs/HCIRBCRTAFellowship.pdf

UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY, SUNY
Assistant or Associate Professor in Communication

The Department of Communication at the University at Albany is seeking applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of assistant or associate professor to conduct original research and teach courses in health communication. Research interests focusing on topics such as patient-provider interaction, social networks, support groups, families, intercultural contexts, life-span and relational contexts are especially welcome as are other health topics that support the Department's strengths in interpersonal/intercultural, political, and/or organizational communication.

At the associate professor level, Ph.D. and teaching experience are required, as well as an established record of scholarship and evidence of a fundable program of research. At the assistant professor level, applicants must have a PhD, or expect to receive it by Sept. 2010, and provide evidence of teaching experience and potential for significant scholarship.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications; duties begin in Fall 2010 or January 2011. Review of applications begins March 9, 2010, and continues until the position is filled. Position is contingent on final budget approval. For full position description, see: http://albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=17269. Applicants should upload a letter of application, a CV, and contact information for three references to the following URL: https://albany.interviewexchange.com/candapply.jsp?JOBID=17269 For further information about the position, please contact: Teresa M. Harrison, Chair; Department of Communication, SS 351; University at Albany; Albany, NY 12222. Phone: 518-442-4883. Fax: 518-442-3884, email: Harrison@albany.edu. The University at Albany is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY

Full-time Faculty Position
Professor in Media and Communication
Digital Media and Communication

The Department of Information Technology and Media at Mid Sweden University invites applications for a position as Professor in Media and Communication with a specialization in digital media and communication.
 
Qualifications: Applicants must have an established record of scholarship and teaching appropriate to appointment to full professor. As much attention will be given to the assessment of teaching proficiency as to the assessment of research proficiency.

Information: For more information about this position and the University, please consult our website, https://www.miun.se/Mittuniversitetet/Nyheter/Lediga-jobb/
Application: The following documents should be attached to the application: an attested list of qualifications, an account of research and teaching activities including certificates of teaching qualifications, a complete list of publications and a maximum of ten scientific publications which the applicant would like to refer to. Mid Sweden University’s appointments procedure and quality criteria for appointment to Professor can be found at www.miun.se. The application papers should be submitted in four identical sets to Registrator, Mittuniversitetet, 851 70 Sundsvall. Quote Reference number 2009/2016. The application should arrive at Mid Sweden University no later than 31 March 2010.

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UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL (UNINE)
Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines
L’Universite de Neuchatel met au concours un poste de
Professeur-e ordinaire
EN SCIENCES DE L’INFORMATION ET DE LA COMMUNICATION
SPECIALISATION EN FORMATION DE L'OPINION PUBLIQUE

La personne nommee a ce poste contribuera, au sein de l’Institut des Sciences du langage et de la communication, a la recherche et a l’enseignement sur la formation de l’opinion publique, le changement d’opinion, la persuasion et l’influence, la croyance et les processus cognitifs et sociaux conduisant a la diffusion des representations sociales et culturelles.

Le-la candidat-e dispose d’une experience de recherche theorique et empirique significative, faisant intervenir une diversite de methodes et portant la marque d’une sensibilite interdisciplinaire.

Le-la candidat-e enseignera dans le pilier des Sciences de l’information et de la communication au niveau bachelor, au niveau master, en programme doctoral, dans des cours magistraux comme dans des seminaires, et accompagnera des travaux de recherche et de seminaire, au niveau du bachelor, du master (notamment memoires), et du doctorat (theses).

Entree en fonction : 1er août 2010 ou a convenir.

Les candidat-e-s, titulaires d’un doctorat,sont invité-e-s à adresser leur dossier avant le 12 avril 2010
au professeur Louis de Saussure, président du comité de recrutement, Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, chaire de linguistique et analyse du discours, Espace Louis-Agassiz 1, 2000 Neuchâtel, avec une version électronique (format pdf uniquement) à l’adresse : louis.desaussure@unine.ch.

Le dossier comprendra une lettre de motivation, un curriculum vitae, une liste des publications, la copie des derniers diplômes obtenus, une vision scientifique (3 pages max.). Les candidat-e-s demanderont à trois experts d’envoyer une lettre de recommandation au président du comite de recrutement. L’envoi de publication sera demande dans un deuxieme temps.

L’Universite de Neuchatel encourage les candidatures féminines.

D’autres renseignements peuvent etre obtenus aupres du president du comite de recrutement de la FLSH, Espace Louis-Agassiz 1, CH-2000 Neuchatel (louis.desaussure@unine.ch) ou sur le site

www.unine.ch/infocom.
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