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 U) and Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics), and ICA President-Elect Larry Gross (U of Southern California).
Following is an explanation of the judges' ranking process:
First, they obtained the respective divisions' rankings of each paper to be exhibited in the interactive paper session. Buzzanell, Livingstone, and Gross then read the top-ranked papers in every division. They ranked each paper using three standard rating dimensions (on a 1-10 scale): significance (30%), concepts and theory (30%), and analysis (20%), and entered the values into a spreadsheet program. A fourth dimension, presentation and style (20%), was also entered, but left blank until the actual presentation during the plenary session.
When averaged, the judges' ratings on the first three dimensions, produced 10 top papers, to which "Top Poster" certificates were attached at the poster session held on Sunday, 25 June. It was at that time that Buzzanell, Livingston, and Gross filled in the "Presentation and Style" rating dimension for the top 10 papers, after visiting and closely viewing each of them. Once they had finished, the judges entered their ratings into the spreadsheet that contained the rankings of the posters and recalculated the overall scores.
ICA President Barbie Zelizer announced the winners near the end of the session:
1ST PLACE ($500):
Introducing an Investigative Framework for Young People's Commercialized Media Environment
Moniek Buijzen, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Eva van Reijmersdal, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Laura Helen Owen, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
2ND PLACE ($250):
Hate Speech and the Abuse Clause in the European Human Rights Convention: A Bad Pair
Hannes Cannie, Ghent U, BELGIUM
Dirk Voorhoof, U of Gent, BELGIUM
3RD PLACE ($100):
The Pyramid Scheme: Visual Metaphors and the USDA's Food Guides
Alison Perelman, U of Pennsylvania, USA
In addition, the judges also gave an award for the Best Visual Display, designed to look at all of the posters in the Interactive Poster session with regard to aesthetic appeal and display of research. The criteria for this award included clarity, flow between sections, relationship of text to image, and visual appeal. The recipient of this award receives $100.
BEST VISUAL DISPLAY ($100):
Bollywood and Turkish Film in Belgium: A Structural Comparative Approach of Diasporic Cinema in Antwerp
Iris Vandevelde, U of Antwerp, BELGIUM
Kevin Smets, U of Antwerp, BELGIUM
Philippe Meers, U of Antwerp, BELGIUM
Roel Vande Winkel, U of Gent, BELGIUM
Sofie Van Bauwel, U of Gent, BELGIUM
The International Communication Association congratulates all presenters at the poster session, as well as all of the award winners.
