Volume 38, Number 5: June 2010

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 Highlights of ICA 2010 Conference in Singapore

This is the final countdown before the beginning of the 2010 ICA conference on 22 June 2010. Everything has been organized to make this event a memorable and enriching experience and we hope that you will enjoy your stay with us in the vibrant city of Singapore. This year's conference...
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 General Information for Attendees of the 2010 Singapore Conference

Below is a summary of the basic information about the SUNTEC International Conference Centre, and the Conference itself, that ICA members who are planning to attend the 2010 conference may need to know. This information will also be available in the front of your Conference program. SUNTEC International Conference Centre...
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 President's Message: Fulfillment, Humility, and Anticipation

Though the American essayist Henry David Thoreau was rumored to have warned his cronies never to look back unless they planned to go there, the act of looking back nonetheless has value. As I consider this past year as ICA President, I am flooded with contradictory but distinct emotions - fulfillment,...
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 Travelling Around Singapore is a Cinch!

An efficient public transportation network of taxis, buses and the modern Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) rail system ensures that getting from point A to point B is hassle-free and extremely affordable. You can also explore Singapore via our public transport system with The Singapore Tourist Pass. The Singapore Tourist Pass...
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 Preconference on Intercultural Dialogue: In Singapore or From Your Own Home...

In 2008, Europe sponsored the Year of Intercultural Dialogue. In 2009, the National Communication Association created a summer conference on Intercultural Dialogue drawing together an international group of scholars and professionals working on policy, research, and advocacy in the area of intercultural dialogue. And in 2010, ICA will host a...
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 "Global Public Relations & Strategic Communication" - An ICA Preconference

Eastern and Western public communication experts take advantage of the international setting to explore how diverse cultural perspectives impact communication with publics in a pre-conference session: Global Public Relations & Strategic Communication: Envisioning the Interplay of Culture and Communication outside the Two-Way Symmetrical Box. The day-long session is being sponsored...
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 Singapore's Changi Airport Offers an Experience All Its Own

If you are attending the 2010 ICA conference in Singapore, your first and last encounters with the island nation will likely occur in the same place: Changi International Airport, Singapore's major commercial airport. Changi is one of the most important transportation hubs in Asia, the continent's fifth busiest airport (and...
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 Political Communication Publisher Accepts Modified CIC Addendum to Publication Agreements

Taylor & Francis, publisher of Political Communication, now will accept a modified addendum crafted by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and recommended for authors at its member universities. The existing publication agreement allows Political Communication authors to post a preprint version online or in an institutional repository immediately after...
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 News of Interest to the Profession


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 Division & Interest Group News


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 Call for Papers


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 Available Positions & Other Advertising


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What's Inside
NOTICE

Effective 1 July 2010, all ICA journals accept only submissions that are formatted according to the Style Guide of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition (2009).



SingaporeBUZZ

In 2010, ICA is plugged in with the latest social media trends to keep you connected before, during, and after conference.

Tweets and Texts?
Access important conference updates and last minute changes during the conference by checking out ICA's Tweets on Twitter. Or, sign up to have text messages sent directly to you during conference by e-mailing your name and mobile phone number to conference@icahdq.org.

See Singapore Differently
Share your experience and photography skills by uploading conference pictures on our photo docking station at the convention centre. Your photos could be displayed on ICA’s website and other promotional materials.

Connect with Fellow Conference Goers
ICA is now on Facebook and Linked In - search for ICA, join our group, and use the forums to meet other attendees, swap travel plans, or find a roommate.

Got a blog?
If you do, and you're writing about conference, let us know! Your blog could be featured on ICA's website. Send information about your blog to conference@icahdq.org.



INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION 2009-2010

Executive Committee
Barbie Zelizer, President, U of Pennsylvania
Francois Cooren, President-Elect, U de Montreal
Larry Gross, President-Elect/Select, U of Southern California
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, Smartypants.com
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

ICA Newsletter (ISSN0018876X) is published 10 times annually (combining January-February and June-July issues) by the International Communication Association, 1500 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 USA; phone: (01) 202-955-1444; fax: (01) 202-955-1448; email: publications@icahdq.org; website: http://www.icahdq.org. ICA dues include $30 for a subscription to the ICA Newsletter for one year. The Newsletter is available to nonmembers for $30 per year. Direct requests for ad rates and other inquiries to Michael J. West, Editor, at the address listed above. News and advertising deadlines are Jan. 15 for the January-February issue; Feb. 15 for March; Mar. 15 for April; Apr. 15 for May; June 15 for June-July; July 15 for August; August 15 for September; September 15 for October; October 15 for November; Nov. 15 for December.



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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