2010 ICA Elections Begin 1 September
Michael J. West, ICA Staff
On 1 September, ICA members will begin voting for association-wide and Division/Interest Group officers. As in years past, the vote will take place using an online-only ballot that is easy to use, expense free, and green. This form of balloting has generated increasingly high voter turnout since its introduction in...
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ICA Updates Its Logo
Michael Haley, ICA Executive Director
Some time ago, ICA began hearing criticism about our logo: It was looking dated; it didn't reflect who we were or what we were trying to accomplish as an organization. We took this feedback very seriously. In the summer of 2009, then-ICA President Barbie Zelizer appointed a task force to...
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President's Message: Reflections on Singapore
Francois Cooren, U de Montreal
As I am writing my first presidential column, I realize that a month is already (and sadly) separating us from our five terrific conference days in Singapore. This event was certainly a success with 1,466 preregistrations and 225 on-site registrations, for a total of 1,691 participants, making this conference the...
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New Editor Named for Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Michael J. West, ICA Staff
The ICA Publications Committee has chosen Maria Bakardjieva to be the new editor of ICA's online publication, The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. Her 3-year term as editor of JCMC will begin with the journal's Volume 16. Bakardjieva is currently an Associate Professor of Communication and Culture at the University of...
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JOC Editor-Elect: "My Vision for Journal of Communication"
Malcolm Parks, U of Washington
As the transition to my editorship begins I'd like to share with you some of my aspirations for the Journal of Communication. My goals are to enhance participation by non-U.S. scholars, to increase access, and to extend the reach of the Journal of Communication while at the same time enhancing...
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Nussbaum Wins 2010 Fisher Mentorship Award
Michael J. West, ICA Newsletter Editor
Jon F. Nussbaum, Professor of Communication at Penn State University, was selected to receive the prestigious 2010 B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award. The Award recognizes outstanding scholars, teachers, and advisors who serve as role models in those capacities and who have had a major impact on the field of communication,...
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Katz, Dayan Win Fellows Book Award
Michael J. West, ICA Newsletter Editor
Media Events: The Live Broadcasting of History (1992, Harvard University Press) by Elihu Katz, U of Pennsylvania, and Daniel Dayan, Centre National de la Research Scientifique (France), was selected to receive the 2010 ICA Fellows Book Award. The award recognizes those books that have made a substantial contribution to the...
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Annual ICA Research Awards Presented in Singapore
Michael J. West, ICA Newsletter Editor
The International Communication Association presented seven prestigious research awards to eight communication scholars at its annual business meeting in Singapore on Friday, 25 June. Claes de Vreese (U of Amsterdam) chaired the ICA Research Awards Committee, which selected the winners. The 2010 honorees included Maria Elizabeth Grabe and Erik...
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Top 2010 Posters Honored in Singapore
Michael J. West, ICA Staff
Over 150 posters - representing the very best of every Division and Interest Group - were exhibited as part of the Friday, 25 June Plenary Interactive Poster Session of the 2010 ICA Conference in Singapore. This year's judges for the Top Poster Awards were ICA Past Presidents Patrice Buzzanell (Purdue...
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Frederick D. Williams, ICA Past President, 1933 - 2010
Dr. Frederick Dowell Williams, Sr., former President of the International Communication Association (1978-79), and founding Dean of the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California (1979-1985), died on May 29, 2010 in Houston, Texas. In addition to consulting, he lectured on communications for the U.S. International Communication...
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In Memoriam: Dale E. Brashers, Ph.D.
Dave Buller, Klein Buendel
Dale E. Brashers, Ph.D., Professor and Head of the Department of Communication and Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, died unexpectedly on 5 July 2010. Dale had assumed the Chair of the Health Communication Division at the Singapore meeting, after planning the Division's panels for the...
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Entering the 21st Century at the Boston Conference
Larry Gross, ICA President-Elect
Following a successful experiment in online conferencing coinciding with the 2010 Singapore conference (http://icaconference.wordpress.com/), the 2011 Boston conference will feature a full-fledged excursion into 21st century conferencing. The Singapore experiment attracted 531 registrants, many of whom were not at the physical conference, and it has continued to attract visitors - a...
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Conference is Over and, Yes, It's Membership Renewal Season
Sam Luna, ICA Director of Member Services
What a conference! If you went to Singapore, I don't have to tell you that the conference was quite an event! From the panels and paper sessions, to the conference bags (all of which were distributed and are reusable), to the incredible food offerings during the lunch breaks-everything was...
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Student Column: Reflections on the Past, Hopes for the Future
Malte Hinrichsen, U of Amsterdam and Diana Nastasia, U of North Dakota
I am writing my first article for the ICA newsletter, as the new student representative of this organization, with emotion and excitement. Emotion for the past, excitement for the future. Speaking about the past, it is time to bid farewell to the energetic representative Michelle Khoo. She served as one...
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