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Upcoming Conferences and Calls for Papers
Newest APA journal Psychology of Popular Media Culture (PPMC) open for submissions
Dear Colleagues,
I am thrilled to introduce the first APA published journal in media psychology-Psychology of Popular Media Culture (PPMC). James Kaufman and I are the founding co-editors. The journal is officially open for business and accepting submissions. PPMC focuses upon empirical research and papers on how popular culture and general media influence individual, group, and system behavior. The journal's official website with manuscript submission instructions can be found at http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ppm.
Best regards,
Joanne Broder Sumerson, Ph.D.
Research Psychologist
Affiliate Professor, Organization Development and Leadership Program, St. Joseph's University
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Announcement for the American Edition of Global Media Journal
Deadline: August 1, 2011
The Global Media Journal is issuing a call for papers for its Fall 2011 issue which
is featuring a special issue on Intelligent Networking and Global Media Communication. The combination of new media technologies and telecommunications has collapsed
the time and distance factors that once separated nations, people and business organizations. The focus of this issue will look at the importance of intelligent networkingwhich provides the technology and electronic pathways that makes
global communication possible. A basic assumption of this planned issue is that the intelligent network is not one network, but a series of networks designed to enhance worldwide communication for organizations and individual users alike. What gives
the network its unique intelligence are the people and users of the system and the
value-added contributions they bring to the system via critical gateway points.
As guest editors, we are interested in all areas of intelligent networking. Articles might address, but are not limited to such topics as:
- Electronic commerce
- Social networking
- Network security issues (i.e., privacy, cyberterrorism, intellectual property)
- Artificial intelligence and communication
- Smart phones and wireless networking
- Broadband television delivery.
Graduate student research: In keeping with the mission of the journal to provide opportunities for graduate student publication, this special issue of Global Media Journal will have a graduate research section. For submission guidelines, please go to http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/gmj/gmj_submission_guidelines.htm All papers must be submitted via electronic attachment.
Please direct all inquires and submissions to Dr. Richard A. Gershon, Western Michigan University Richard.Gershon@wmich.edu. Graduate student submissions and queries should
be directed to Dr. Lawrence Wood, Ohio University, woodl@ohio.edu
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Journal of Communication - Call for Special Issue on “Social Media and Political Change”
Deadline: August 15, 2011
Submission site is accessible here.
Guest co-Editor: Dr. Philip N. Howard, University of Washington
Editor: Dr. Malcolm Parks, University of Washington
The “Arab Spring” as well as recent events in other parts of the world have demonstrated that new communication technologies, such as mobile phones and the internet, are simultaneously new tools for social movement organizing and new tools for surveillance by authoritarian regimes. Though communication theory necessarily transcends particular technologies, software, and websites, digital media have clearly become an important part of the toolkit available to political actors. These technologies are also becoming part of the research toolkit for scholars interested in studying the changing patterns in interpersonal, political, and global communication.
How have changing patterns of interpersonal, political, and global communication created new opportunities for social movements, or new means of social control by political elites? The role of social media in new patterns of communication is especially dramatic across North Africa and the Middle East, where decades of authoritarian rule have been challenged - with varying degrees of success. Social media - broadly understood as a range of communication technologies that allow individuals to manage the flow of content across their own networks of family, friends and other social contacts - seem to have had a crucial role in the political upheaval and social protest in several countries. Mass communication has not ceased to be important, but is now joined with a variety of other media with very different properties that may reinforce, displace, counteract, or create fresh new phenomena.
This Special Issue seeks original qualitative, comparative, and quantitative research on social media and political change, particularly as related to events in North Africa and the Middle East, but we are also receptive to work on political change in other parts of the developing world. We would welcome manuscripts from a diverse range of methodologies, and covering diverse communities and cultures. Methodological innovations or mixed method approaches are particularly encouraged, and manuscripts on the interpersonal and intergroup aspects of social movement organizing are central interest. Whatever the approach, our goal is to select manuscripts that are grounded in the actual use of social media in promoting or resisting political change in developing countries and regions. If you have questions regarding the appropriateness of a potential submission, please contact Prof. Philip N. Howard (pnhoward@uw.edu).
Deadline for Submission is August 15th, 2011, through http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcom. Manuscripts must confirm to all JOC guidelines, including the use of APA 6th edition format and a limit of 30 pages total manuscript length. Please indicate your desire to be considered for the special issue in your cover letter.
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103rd Annual Eastern Communication Assocation - Call for Papers
Media Communication Interest Group
Deadline: October 15, 2011
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Royal Sonesta Hotel
April 26-29, 2012
The Media Communication Interest Group of the Eastern Communication Association invites the submission of competitive papers, thematic program/panel proposals, and innovative programming alternatives (e.g., roundtables, symposia, debates, open forums, and community programs) for the 103rd annual convention of the ECA. The 2012 convention's theme, "Transitions," calls to mind change and movement, topics familiar to media communication scholars. Transitions in media communication might be positive or negative, and they might take place in content, technology, job roles and responsibilities, and ownership. We welcome all media communication-related submissions, but particularly encourage those that address the conference theme.
The 103rd ECA convention will feature programming on the convention theme, short courses, poster sessions, roundtables and panels. Special events include a Welcome Reception on Thursday evening (April 26th), an awards banquet on Friday (April 27th), and the President's Reception on Saturday (April 28th). The second annual James C. McCroskey and Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference will also be held during the convention (USC submission deadline Dec. 17). For more information about the 2012 convention and the Undergraduate Scholars Conference, please see http://www.ecasite.org/.
*In order to receive full consideration, completed papers and program/panel proposals to the Media Communication Interest Group must be received by October 15, 2011.*
Submissions to the Media Communication Interest Group must be sent via e-mail, with attachment(s) in MS Word format, to the 2012 Program Planner:
Marsha Ducey, The College at Brockport, mducey@brockport.edu
Submissions to the Media Communication Interest Group should adhere to the following guidelines:
Competitive Papers
Authors are invited to submit competitive papers on any aspect of media communication from any theoretical, critical, or methodological perspective. A paper's publication and/or conference presentation history should be acknowledged at the time of submission. Competitive papers should be submitted via e-mail as two Word files.
The first file should contain:
1. A title page with the title of the paper, names of all authors, their institutional affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses. In cases of multiple authorship, please indicate who will be presenting at the convention.
2. A statement of professional responsibility, as follows: "In submitting the attached paper, I/We recognize that this submission is considered a professional responsibility. I/We agree to present this paper if it is accepted. I/We further recognize that all who attend and present at ECA's annual meeting must register and pay required fees." Papers that do not include this statement will not be programmed.
3. An abstract of the paper of 100-150 words.
The second file should contain the completed paper without a title page and with no information that identifies the author. Excluding notes and references, papers should be no longer than 25 double-spaced pages. Papers longer than 25 pages may not be reviewed. Authors who have not presented a paper at a convention should include the word "DEBUT" in the upper right-hand corner of the title page. Papers authored by current undergraduate or graduate students should include the word "STUDENT" in the upper right-hand corner of the title page.
Panels and Other Programs
Panels can be devoted to any cohesive theme related to media communication. Members are encouraged to be innovative when it comes to format and to encourage interaction among panelists and audience members.
Panels and other programs that could be co-sponsored with other interest groups are also welcome.
Panel and other program proposals should include the following:
1. Title and rationale for the panel/program;
2. Title and 100 word abstract of each presentation;
3. Names, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of all participants;
4. The same information for designated chairs and, if deemed appropriate, respondents;
5. Copy, for the convention program, that includes a 75 word description of the program and is presented as it would appear in the convention program;
6. A statement of professional responsibility: "In submitting the attached program proposal, we recognize that this submission is considered a professional responsibility. We agree to present this program if it is accepted. We further recognize that all who attend and present at ECA's annual meeting must register and pay required fees."
7. Requests for Technology must be made at the time of submission. Any requests made after that time will not be honored.
8. Proposals must be submitted in Microsoft Word. Only electronic submissions will be reviewed.
Submissions and questions should be e-mailed to Marsha Ducey, the Media Communication Interest Group program planner, at mducey@brockport.edu. Submissions must be received by October 15, 2011.
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