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