MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION

Greetings! This is my last note to you as the chair of the Division. I would like to thank everyone who gave me insightful suggestions and valuable input throughout this year as the Division Chair.

I would also like to thank all of the Division officers. It is the officers’ hard work that allows the Division to continue to grow. Special thanks go to Vice-Chair, Elizabeth M. Perse, and the Research Chair, Mehdi Semati, for their commitment and dedication to put forth a great program for the 2002 NCA Convention. The hard work of the Vice-Chair Elect, James R. Walker, in reviewing award applications; Publications Editor, Glenda R. Balas, in putting out Division newsletters; as well as the Chair and members of the Nominations Committee (Zizi A. Papacharissi, Robert Avery, Cary Horvath, Tom Reichert, David Roskos-Ewolsen) in gathering the best nominees for Division officers election deserve special recognition.

Last, but not least, everyone who submitted a paper or panel for the 2002 NCA Convention, who is going to present a paper or panel, and who is going to the Convention all deserve a hearty thank you. It is your support that makes this Division the best unit in NCA!

As you are planning your convention activities, please be sure that you attend the Mass Communication Business Meeting, 12:30-1:45 p.m. Saturday, November 23, in Studio 9, Second Floor, at the Marriott. The Division Reception follows right after the Business Meeting at the same place, from 2:00-3:15 p.m.

Again, thank you for a wonderful year. It has been a great honor and privilege to serve you.

Shing-Ling Sarina Chen

Chair, Mass Communication Division, NCA

Department of Communication Studies

University of Northern Iowa

Mass Communication Division Business Meeting Information

Mark your calendars for the Mass Communication Division meeting. It will be held on Saturday, November 23, from 12:30‑1:45 p.m. in Studio 9, Second Floor, the Marriott. Immediately following the meeting, stay for a reception to meet new members, to network with colleagues, and to greet old friends. The reception will also be in Studio 9, Second Floor, of the Marriott, from 2:00‑3:15 p.m.

Tentative Agenda for Business Meeting

1. Call to order and distribution of agenda (Vice Chair: Elizabeth M. Perse)

2. Introduction of Mass Communication Division officers

3. Minutes of 2001 Business Meeting (Secretary: Kristen Harrison)

4. Reports from Mass Communication Division Committee Officers:

a. Nominating Committee and election of New Officers (Nominations Committee

Chair: Zizi A. Papacharissi)

b. Report: 2002 Convention Program (Vice Chair: Elizabeth M. Perse)

c. Awards: Top Paper, Student Paper Awards (Research Chair: Mehdi Semati)

d. Report: Legislative Council (Vice Chair: Elizabeth M. Perse)

5. Installation of New Officers (Chair: Elizabeth M. Perse)

6. 2003 Convention Program (Vice Chair: James R. Walker; Research Committee

Chair: Doug Ferguson)

7. New Business

Call for Nominations for Officers

The Mass Communication Division Nominations Committee is seeking nominations and self nominations for division officer positions for 2002-2003. Nominations are sought for the following offices:

Vice Chair Elect

Secretary

Research Committee

Nominations Committee

Publications Committee

Web Wizard

Graduate Student Representative

Representative to NCA Resolutions Committee

If you or someone you know is interesting in serving, please contact Zizi A. Papacharissi, Temple University (zpapacha@astro.temle.edu)

The following nominations have been received by the MCD Nominations Committee:

Vice Chair Elect

Glenda Balas, University of New Mexico

Glenda Balas is Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism at the University of New Mexico. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1999 and has research and teaching interests in media history, visual communication, criticism, and media theory. She has published several articles and book chapters about public media, and her book, Recovering a Public Vision for Public Television, will be released in February 2003 by Rowman & Littlefield. She has been a member of the NCA Mass Comm Division for several years and has served as Chair and Program Planner for the Mass Communication Division of Central States. She is the current editor of the MCD newsletter.

Debra Merskin, University of Oregon

Debra Merskin is Associate Professor of Communication Studies/Advertising at the School of Journalism & Communication at the University of Oregon. Her research interests focus on media representations of women and Native Americans. Her work has been published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Howard Journal of

Communication, Sex Roles, Dressing in Feathers: The construction of the

Indian in American popular culture (Liz Bird ed.), and Sexual Rhetoric:

Media perspectives on sexuality, gender, and identity (ed. Meta Carstarphen

& Susan Zavoina).

Mehdi Semati, Eastern Illinois University

Mehdi Semati, the current Research Committee Chair of Mass

Comm. Division, is Assistant Professor of Communication at Eastern Illinois University.

His research and teaching focus on communication media in international contexts. His writings have appeared as book chapters, and as articles in journals such as Critical Studies in Mass Communication, Journal of International Communication, Journal of Popular Film and Television, Transnational Broadcasting Studies, and Television & New Media. His co-edited book on media and terrorism is in press. He is currently editing a book entitled New Frontiers in International Communication.

Secretary

John Armstrong, Furman University

Narissra Punyanunt, Texas Tech University

Narissra Maria Punyanunt is Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University. She has been involved with the NCA Mass Communication Division for three years as a doctoral student serving as a reviewer. She would like to be even more involved with the Division. She recently graduated from Kent State University, where she worked with Rebecca and Alan Rubin. Her research interests combine mass communication with interpersonal communication.

Cassandra Van Buren, University of Utah

Cassandra Van Buren is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah. Her teaching and research specialty is New Media Studies. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin in Radio-TV-Film in 1999. Her research interests include interactive narrative, new media criticism, video game studies, mobile gaming, history of communication technology, cultural studies, gender studies, educational reform, and media literacy. Her production interests include video/computer games, computer animation, web design, experimental and avant garde media, documentary, and alternative media.

J. Emmett Winn, Auburn University

J. Emmett Winn is Associate Professor of Mass Communication at Auburn University. He has been active in NCA's Mass Communication Division for several years. He has experience as a division officer, having served as secretary, vice-president/program planner, and president in regional communication divisions. He has published scholarly articles in several journals and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Communication.

Louise Woodstock, University of Pennsylvania (Annenberg)

Research Committee

George Bagley, University of West Florida

Geoff Baym, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

Geoffrey Baym is Assistant Professor in the Department of Broadcasting and Cinema at UNC-Greensboro. He worked in television news for several years in Salt Lake City before earning a Ph.D. in communication at the University of Utah. His research interests lie in the changing styles and strategies of television news and American political discourse.

David Roskos-Ewolsen, University of Alabama

David Roskos-Ewoldsen is the Reese Phifer Professor of Communication Studies and Professor of Psychology at the University of Alabama. After completing his Ph.D. at Indiana University in 1990, he completed a postdoc in the Cognitive Sciences Program at Vanderbilt University. He takes a cognitive approach to studying media. Currently, his research focuses on how people build coherent representations of mediated stories and the cognitive underpinnings of media priming. He is co-editor of Media Psychology with Jennings Bryant. He has published in Human Communication Research, Communication

Yearbook, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Nominations Committee

Gretchen Barbatsis, Michigan State University

Janellen Hill, Regis University

Janellen Hill received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 1978. She advocates combining the traditional classroom experience with hands-on/behind

the scene learning activities. She has developed a series of summer travel learning courses to New York, Los Angeles, and London, as well as a month-long travel course to Italy that focuses on travel writing and Italian cinema. She teaches Television Programming and Criticism, Film Criticism, Mass Communication Law, News Reporting, and Advertising. Recently, she produced and directed a video about the Gerard Manley Hopkins Society with a Regis University student production crew in Ireland.

Cary Horvath, Westminster College

Dale Kunkle, University of California Santa Barabara

Hayg Oshagan, Wayne State University

A. Susan Owen, University of Puget Sound

Tom Reichert, University of Alabama

Tom Reichert (Ph.D., University of Arizona) is Assistant Professor in the College of Communication & Information Sciences at the University of Alabama, where he teaches advertising courses. His research interests include message and advertising effects, images of women and men in the media, and the impact of sexual appeals on persuasion. Reichert also serves on the Mass Communication Division's Nomination Committee.

Leah Vande Berg, California State University Sacramento

Publications Committee

Dale Cressman, Brigham Young University

Web Wizard

Phil Thompsen, West Chester University

Graduate Student Representative

Beth Fratkin, University of Utah

Chad Mahood, University of California Santa Barbara

Representative to NCA Resolutions Committee

Heather Hundley, California State University San Bernardino

Mass Communication Division Features 18 Conference Panels

This year’s program offers 18 panels that focus on a variety of perspective and topics. We are fortunate to have so many members participating this year, and we welcome our graduate student presenters, many of whom are showcased in a special panel highlighting graduate student papers. All panels meet in Studio 9, Second Floor, the Marriott. The full MCD conference schedule is shown below.

Thursday, November 21

The Vampire Slayer, the Sexy Lawyer, the Rock and the Funny Man: Performing Gender on the Small Screen, 8:00‑9:15 a.m.

International Perspectives on Women and the Media, 9:30‑10:45 a.m.

Non‑fiction Television: Critical Approaches and the Market(ing) of "Reality," 11:00‑12:15 p.m.

Media, Muscles, and Masculinity in Action, 12:30‑1:45 p.m.

Structural Equation Modeling in Mass Communication, 2:00‑3:15 p.m.

Competitive Papers in the Social Dimensions of the Media, 3:30‑4:45 p.m.

Friday, November 22

Competitive Papers in Media Production and Consumption, 8:00‑9:15 a.m.

Competitive Papers in Media and the Political Process, 9:30‑10:45 a.m.

Competitive Papers in the Cultural Production of Identities and the Social Space, 12:30‑1:45 p.m.

Competitive Papers in the Study of Primetime Television, 2:00‑3:15 p.m.

Showcasing Graduate Student Scholarship, 3:30‑4:45 p.m.

Competitive Papers in Race, Ethnicity, and the Media, 5:00‑6:15 p.m.

Saturday, November 23

Competitive Papers in Youth and the Media, 8:00‑9:15 a.m.

Competitive Papers in Media Analysis: From the Individual to the Socio‑political, 9:30‑10:45 a.m.

Competitive Papers in Media and Violence, 3:30‑4:45 p.m.

Sunday, November 24

Vicarious Experience: Victims in the Media, 8:00‑9:15 a.m.

Mediated Intimacy: Communication in (Parasocial Inter)action, 9:30‑10:45 a.m.

A Multi‑method Exploration of the Persuasion Used in Crossing Over with John Edward, 11:00‑12:15 p.m.

Listing of MCD Competitive Paper Panels

The division received a total of 60 competitive paper submissions this year. Forty of these papers were accepted and have been organized into the following competitive paper panels. These programs reflect a wide variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches to mass communication research. Thanks to all who submitted their work!

Thursday, November 21

3:30-4:45 p.m. “Competitive Papers in the Social Dimensions of the Media”

Chair: Heather Hundley, California State University-San Bernardino

“Role of Media Exposure in the Occupational Decision-Making of College Journalism Students”

Laura M. Trendle Polus, Illinois State University

“Nationwide Newspaper Coverage of Trying Juveniles as Adults: The Role of Crime Rate and Family Structure”

Kimberly Atwood, The College of New Jersey, Matthew Atwan, The College of New Jersey, Yvonne Lachmann, The College of New Jersey

“Contemporary Actuality and Historical Changes in Tourism Dialogue”

Carla A. Santos, University of Illinois

Respondent: Jane Banks, Indiana Purdue-Ft. Wayne

***

Friday, November 22

8:00-8:15 a.m. “Competitive Papers in Media Production and Consumption”

Chair: Judith Thorpe, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

“Motivation, Identification, and Perceptions of Quality as Factors in Audiences’ Selection of TV Programs”

Alice Hall, University of Missouri-St. Louis

“Flows of Content: A Multi-level Analysis of Online TV Fandoms”

Einat Temkin, University of Southern California

“Behind the Camera: Examining the Values of ‘Effective’ Broadcast Production (A Pilot Study)”

Brecken Chinn Swartz, University of Maryland

“Music As Communication: An Analysis of the Music Maker’s Experience”

Derek Thomas Tenbusch, EMI Music Distribution, Peter G. Ross, Central

Michigan University.

Respondent: J. Emmett Winn, Auburn University

***

9:30-10:45 a.m. “Competitive Papers in Media and the Political Process”

Chair: Bethami Dobkin, University of San Diego

“Baking Muffins and Bombing Countries: Stereotypes and Women Candidates for President”

Erika Falk, University of Pennsylvania

“Framing the Battle for the White House: A Comparison of Two National Newspapers’ Coverage of the 2000 United States Presidential Election”

Benjamin H. Detenber, Nanyang Technological University, Sze Sze Gan, Nanyang Technological University, Joo Leng Teo, Nanyang Technological University

“Effects of Information Sources on Issue Knowledge, Issue Salience, and Polarized Affect in the 2000 Presidential Campaign”

William L. Benoit, University of Missouri, Glenn J. Hansen, University of Missouri, R. Lance Holbert, University of Missouri

“Frames and Public and Private Politics,” Kevin M. Carragee

Suffolk University

Respondent: Cynthia King, California State University-Fullerton

***

12:30-1:45 p.m. “Competitive Papers in the Cultural Production of Identities and the Social Space”

Chair: Mehdi Semati, Eastern Illinois University

“Sport, Culture, and Identity: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Sport’s Talk”

Kenneth S. Zagacki, North Carolina Stat University, Dan Grano, Louisiana State University (Top Competitive Paper)

“Girls in Crisis: Newspaper Coverage of Adolescent Girls”

Sharon R. Mazzarella, Ithaca College, Norma Pecora, Ohio University

(Top Competitive Paper)

“Media Organizations and Internet Polls: Pseudo-Events and Symbolic Representation”

Micheal L. Kent, Montclair State University, Tyler Harrison, Kean University, Muareen Taylor, Rutgers University

“Age and Irony: Toward a Public Sphere in Car Talk”

David Dzikowski, The Pennsylvania State University

Respondent: Matt McAllister, Virginia Tech

***

2:00-3:15 p.m. “Competitive Papers in the Study of Primetime Television”

Chair: Mary M. Step, Case Western Reserve University

“Aging on Television: The Nineties”

Nancy Signorielli, University of Delaware

“Prime-time Television’s Portrayals of Occupations, Job Characteristics, and Job Outcomes”

Rebecca M. Chory-Assad, West Virginia University, Ron Tamborini, Michigan State University

“The History of ‘Travelers’: Recycling American Prime Time Network Programming”

Chad Dell, Monmouth University

“Interest Me, Surprise Me, But Don’t Disgust Me: An Explanation of Professional Wrestling Enjoyment and Fandom”

Lisa M. Schroeder, Kent State University

Respondent: Dana E. Mastro, Boston College

***

3:30-4:45 p.m. “Showcasing Graduate Student Scholarship”

Chair: Mehdi Semati, Eastern Illinois University

“What is the Message: News Perceptions of Sensationalism and Medium”

Jennifer M. Proffitt, Pennsylvania State University, Hyeseung Yang, Pennsylvania State University, Joonho Hwang, Pennsylvania State University (Top Student Paper)

“Indications of the Digital Development Divide: A Meta-Analytic Framework for Assessing the Global Digital Divide”

Toby J. Arquette, Purdue University (Top Student Paper)

“Predicting the Effects of Mediated Therapeutic Communication; Oprah’s Change Your Life TV as a Prototype”

Mark T. Haynes, Illinois State University

“Watching Women with Attitude: How People Discuss Female Action-Adventure Series”

John McGuire, University of Missouri-Columbia

“Adolescent Sensation Seeking and Media Use”

Carlin Henry Barmada, University of Pennsylvania

Respondent: Rebecca M. Chory-Assad, West Virginia University

***

5:00-6:15 p.m. “Competitive Papers in Race, Ethnicity, and the Media”

Chair: Rebecca Lind, University of Illinois-Chicago

“Psychological Reactions to the Race of Perpetrators and Officers on Television News”

Travis L. Dixon, University of Michigan (Top Competitive Paper)

“Current Commercials, Dated Images? A Social Cognitive Look at Images of Race and Gender”

Dana E. Mastro, Boston College, Susannah R. Stern, Boston College

“The Western Elite Press Construction of Islam”

Nabil Oumais, Lebanese University, Hayg Oshagan, Wayne State University, Cristina L. Azocar, University of Michigan

“Public Journalism: The Role of the Press in Setting the Public Agenda”

John D. Emig, California State University San Bernardino

Respondent: Zizi Papachariss, Temple University

***

Saturday, November 23

8:00-9:15 a.m. “Competitive Papers in Youth and the Media”

Chair: Robbin D. Crabtree, Fairfield University

“Sex Differences Among Young Adults’ Video Game Use and Preference”

Kristen Lucas, Purdue University, John L. Sherry, Purdue University

“Shaping the Effects of Television on Adolescents’ Body Image Disturbance: The Role of Parental Mediation”

Amy I. Nathanson, Ohio State University, Renee A. Botta, Cleveland State University

“Are Advertisers Targeting Youth With Sexual Appeals? Assessing the Prevalence of Sexual Imagery in Ads Targeted Toward Young Adults”

Tom Reichert, University of Alabama

“Preaching to the Choir? Parents’ Use of TV Ratings to Mediate Children’s Viewing”

Ron Warren, University of Arkansas

Respondent: Kristen Harrison, University of Illinois

***

9:30-10:45 a.m. “Competitive Papers in Media Analysis: From the Individual to the Socio-Political”

Chair: Cristina Azocar, University of Michigan

“Responses to the Events of September 11^th: News Diffusion, Emotion, and Coping”

Cynthia Hoffner, Georgia State University, Yuki Fujioka, Georgia State University, Amal Ibrahim, Georgia State University, Jiali Ye, Georgia State University

(Top Competitive Paper)

“Media and Interpersonal Storytelling after September 11^th: The Influence on Civic Actions”

Elisia L. Cohen, University of Southern California, Joo-Young Jung, University of Southern California, Yong-Chan Kim, University of Southern California

“Nationwide Newspaper Coverage of Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: A Community Structure Approach”

Daniel Salimbene, The College of New Jersey, Matthew Marhefka, The College of New Jersey

“From Willie Horton to OZ: U.S. Television and Images of the Incarcerated”

Bill Yousman, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Respondent: Cary Horvath, Slippery Rock University

***

3:30-4:45 p.m. “Competitive Papers in Media and Violence”

Chair: Cynthia Hoffner, Georgia State University

“Developing a Model of Viewer Interpretations of Violence”

W. James Potter, University of California, Santa Barbara, Chad Mahood, University of California, Santa Barbara

“Emotional Involvement with Media on September 11”

Mary M. Step, Case Western Reserve University, Margaret O. Finucane, John Carroll University, Cary W. Horvath, Slippery Rock University

“Predicting Exposure to and Liking of Television Violence: A Use and Gratifications Approach”

Marina Krcmar, University of Connecticut, Kathryn Greene, Rutgers University

“Examining the Impact of Victim Age and Viewer Gender on Children’s Fright Responses to a Violent News Story”

Stacy L. Smith, Michigan State University, Aaron R. Boyson, Michigan State University, Emily Moyer, Michigan State University, Barbara J. Wilson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Respondent: Mary Beth Oliver, Penn State University

Call for Papers—NCA 2003

The Division invites competitive papers and thematic panel proposals for program sessions addressing theory, research, or methodological issues in mass communication.

Send Completed Paper Submissions to:

Douglas Ferguson, College of Charleston, Department of Communication, 5 College Way
Charleston, SC 29401; 843 953-7854 (o); fergusond@cofc.edu

Copies: 5

Submission method: Traditional

Deadline: February 1, 2003

Specify student papers: yes

Specify debut papers: no

Maximum length: 25 pages (excluding tables and references)

The Division Research Committee will evaluate papers anonymously and those selected will be critiqued by a respondent. Paper length is limited to 25 pages excluding tables and references, double-spaced. Longer papers will not be considered. Paper submissions must include the following: (1) a title page showing author(s) name(s), complete mailing address, telephone number, email address, and any A/V requirements; (2) a separate 100-150 word abstract. Student papers (whose author(s) must all be students) should be prominently marked “Student” on the title page, the abstract page, and the first page of the text. Please note that identifying information should be included only on the title page. Fax and email submissions cannot be accepted. A/V requests must be made at the time of submission; we regret that late requests cannot be accommodated.

Send Thematic Panel Submissions to:

James R. Walker, Department of Communication, Saint Xavier University, 3700 W. 103^rd St., Chicago, IL, 60655, 773-298-3370 (o); walker@sxu.edu

Copies: 5

Deadline: February 1, 2003

Specify student papers: yes

Specify debut papers: no

Proposals for thematic panels must include the following: (1) a title page showing the name, address, telephone number and email address for the chair/respondent, and all panel participants, and any A/V requirements; (2) brief abstract of the proposed program; (3) a brief agreement to attend. Fax and email submissions cannot be accepted. A/V requests must be made at the time of submission; we regret that late requests cannot be accommodated.

NCA's Mass Communication Division Invites Nominations for

Teaching and Service Awards

The MCD Teaching Award is designed to recognize excellence in teaching, using the term "teacher" in a broad sense. In order to be considered, the nominee must be a member of NCA and MCD, have taught for over ten years, and have been recognized for their teaching excellence by their department, unit, college/university, or other group or association. This includes, but is not limited to, awards, merit evaluations, student recognition, etc. Self-nomination is encouraged in addition to nominations by others. The nomination packet may not exceed 25 pages and should include (1) a single, detailed letter of nomination addressing the qualifications of the nominee; (2) the teacher's curriculum vitae; (3) three letters of recommendation; and (4) representative publications or presentations dealing with teaching and/or curriculum, course outlines/syllabuses, innovative teaching ideas or tools, teaching evaluations and citations, evidence of mentoring and/or advising, or other forms of recognition pertaining to the nominee.

The MCD Service Award is designed to recognize exemplary service in the field. In order to be considered, the nominee must be a member of NCA and MCD, have served the NCA and MCD in a number of capacities, and have evidence of exemplary service to several of the following: NCA, MCD, the profession, the community, the department, the college or university. The nomination packet may not exceed 25 pages and should include (1) a single detailed letter of nomination addressing the qualifications of the nominee; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) three letters of recommendation; and (4) evidence of service.

Send five copies of the packet to James R. Walker, Department of Communication, Saint Xavier University, 3700 West 103^rd Street, Chicago, IL 60655. Faxed or electronic submissions will not be accepted.

Nominations should be received by May 15, 2003. Over the summer, an award committee will discuss the nominations. The award committee will consist of the immediate past chair, chair, vice-chair, vice-chair elect and secretary of the MCD. The final decision will be made by August 15. The award recipient will be contacted and asked to attend the MCD Business Meeting during the NCA annual convention to receive the award. The MCD reserves the right to not give any awards.

MCD Member Offers NCA Short Course and Media Forum

MCD member Mary-Lou Galician (Head of Media Analysis & Criticism in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication at Arizona State University) invites friends and colleagues to attend two special NCA/New Orleans programs of interest to mass communicators:

Short Course #18 — Teaching “Sex, Love, & Romance in the Mass Media: Analysis and Criticism of Unrealistic Portrayals and Their Influence.” Using an multidisciplinary approach incorporating a variety of research and pedagogical traditions in an inclusive accessible model, Mary-Lou Galician offers class-tested content and strategies for a course or unit suitable for Mass Communication, Interpersonal, Critical/Cultural, Family, Group, Theory, Research, Visual Communication, and Rhetorical Criticism. The research-based action-oriented course model for “dis-illusioning” unrealistic portrayals is two-part: (1) foundations (myths and stereotypes; cognitive-behavioral rational models of peer coupleship; print and electronic mass media story-telling devices; mass media effects; and a 7-step process for analysis and criticism that adds reframing, reflection, and action) and (2) applications (centered around 12 major mass media myths synthesized in Dr. FUN!'s Mass Media Love QUIZ© — presented by Mary-Lou on national network television as well as in an NCA Media Forum several years ago). Tips will be offered for adapting the course to small seminar formats or mega-sections as well as introductory level or senior/graduate level — and to instructors’ own disciplines and expertise. Handouts include syllabus, lesson plans, media examples, exercises and assignments, case studies, “dis-illusioning” worksheets, and “Dis-illusioning Digests” from the instructor/author’s 316-page textbook.

When: Saturday, November 23, 8:00-10:45 a.m.

Where: Salon 821, Eighth Floor, Sheraton.

Media Forum Series—“Cue the Soda Can: Product Placements and Promotions in the Mass Media” (Special double session) Product placement is a widespread and controversial practice in movies and television. This program--a follow-up to a 2000 NCA Media Forum in Seattle--offers an unusual opportunity to examine the wider contexts and varied texts of product placements and related media marketing strategies and audience impacts. The program features video and still-frame illustrations, research findings, and brief comments by 14 contributors to a new book on product placement, including related historical, legal, and ethical issues. Emphasis of this special two-session program is on audience interaction and discussion, and applicability to teaching and research.

When: Saturday, November 23, 2:00-4:45 p.m.

Where: Balcony L, Fourth Floor, Marriott.

Spotlight on Scholarship…

Satish Kolluri, Assistant Professor of Communication, Pace University

This section of the MCD Newsletter will address the current work of one of our members. In this issue, we look at Satish Kolluri (M.A. Cornell University, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst) and his research in the area of critical cultural studies. Kolluri is currently researching the “war on terror,” as well as the rhetoric of religious fundamentalism. He is also working with a group of Pace students to produce visual documentation of the vernacular forms of Harlem Jazz Dance and recently edited a special issue of the journal Cultural Dynamics, focusing on secularism in postcolonial contexts.

Kolluri reports that his department is working to further develop its media studies and organizational communication programs, which will combine the study of critical cultural studies and the use of digital video technology in areas of service learning and media literacy. The goal, he says, is to develop a production program with a “critical conscience” in the media-saturated environment of New York. Pace intends to introduce new courses in Documentary, Film Theory, Experimental Cinema, and Advanced Editing during the coming semesters. Kolluri is one of several department members who have been charged with giving a distinctly new identity to the department, especially in areas of media studies and DV production.

Kolluri’s teaching responsibilities include such courses as Mass Communication Theory, Media Criticism, Rhetorical Criticism, Cultural Studies, and Video Production. He notes that he changed the content and pedagogical style of his Intercultural Communication course after September 11^th to better “suit the changing political realities of our world.” He observes that the “post-9/11 world has made our jobs as teachers, researchers, and activists more important than ever, and has taken us back in interesting ways to the origins of Mass Communication and the study of propaganda.”

Call for Book Reviewers

Popular Communication, the new Erlbaum journal edited by Sharon R. Mazzarella

and Norma Pecora, is soliciting scholars interested in reviewing books relevant to

popular culture and popular communcation. As described by the journal's website

(http://www.erlbaum.com/Journals/journals/PC/pc.htm), "Popular Communication is

intended for scholars, researchers, and educators in mass communication, advertising,

media studies, visual communication, and cultural studies. It will also appeal to readers in

family studies, gender studies, race/ethnic studies, sociology, social psychology,

women's studies, American studies, and other disciplines with an emphasis on or interest

in popular communication."

Popular Communication will publish 3-4 book reviews per issue. If you are interested

in being a book reviewer for the journal, please send contact information as well as a

description of academic background, research interests and expertise to:

Dr. Matthew P. McAllister

Book Review Editor, Popular Communication

c/o Department of Communication Studies

Shanks Hall (0311)

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA

phone: 540-231-9830

fax: 540-231-9817

email: mattm@vt.edu

GLAAD Seeks Research Proposals

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Center for the Study of Media & Society (CSMS) is currently accepting proposals for two research initiatives and three commissioned papers with grants to be awarded throughout 2003. Projects are defined by their unique contributions to LGBT media studies and their ability to build alliances between academia and GLAAD’s media activism. To see examples of the Center's most recent projects please visit the website at www.glaad.org. For more information on funding priorities and application methods, contact Van M. Cagle at cagle@glaad.org.

New Book by MCD Members

Trevy McDonald, Mark P. Orbe, and T. Ford-Ahmed announce the recent publication of their edited volume, Building Diverse Communities: Applications of Communication Research. Published by Hampton Press, the book is part of the Communication and Social Change Series. The anthology is a collection of qualitative research methodologies utilizing humanistic approaches for developing communication strategies in diverse settings. The editors have provided naturalistic, semiotic, phenomenological, narrative, ethnographic and hermeneutic examples.

Job Posting: Fairfield University

Instructors in Communication

The Department of Communication at Fairfield University invites applications for part-time, renewable, adjunct instructors in public speaking, interpersonal, organizational, and/or introductory mass communication. Responsibilities include teaching 1-2 courses per semester, some or all in the evening, and maintaining a minimum of three office hours per week. Qualified candidates will have a master’s degree in communication plus professional experience and/or doctoral coursework. We welcome applications from ABD and doctoral students. Interested candidates should send (1) letter of application outlining interest in and qualifications for the position, (2) updated curriculum vitae, (3) evidence of effective teaching (syllabi, evaluations, etc.), and (4) at least two letters of recommendation to: Robbin D. Crabtree, Chair, Department of Communication, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT 06430. Review of applications will be ongoing. Fairfield University is a comprehensive Jesuit university with 3,400 full-time undergraduates, 1000 graduate students, and 1,000 continuing education students. The beautiful 200-acre campus is located in southern Connecticut along Long Island Sound; we are 40 miles from NYC’s La Guardia airport, and 55 miles from Hartford. Fairfield University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, and applications from members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

Job Posting: The College of New Jersey

Position Announcement--The College of New Jersey: The Department of Communication Studies invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position to begin Fall of 2003. Applicants must have a demonstrated commitment to teaching, scholarship and service and hold a Ph.D. by the time of

appointment.

The Department seeks to hire an outstanding teacher and productive scholar for both introductory and advanced level courses. Candidates with expertise in mass media theory, media effects, or media and public policy are preferred, as well as those who will seek to strengthen interdisciplinary connections to other programs. The Department of Communication Studies offers a rigorous and diversified curriculum in an undergraduate liberal arts setting. Students within the major select specializations in Public and Mass Communication, Corporate and Organizational Communication, or Radio and Television.

The College of New Jersey, a highly selective, comprehensive residential institution, is recognized as one of the outstanding colleges in the country. Its 265 acre tree-lined campus, located in suburban Ewing Township between New York and Philadelphia, draws upon the rich scholarly, scientific and cultural resources of the region. There are approximately 5,800 undergraduate students and 900 graduate students enrolled at The College of New Jersey.

Curriculum vitae, cover letter and three references should be sent to the Chair of the search committee, Professor John Pollock, The College of New Jersey Department of Communication Studies, P.O. Box 7718, Ewing, NJ 08628-0718. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The College is an EEO/AA/ADA employer. For information about TCNJ consult our web site: http://www.tchnj.edu

Job Posting: College of Charleston

The Department of Communication at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, announces two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions, to begin August 2003. Ph.D. required by time of appointment.

The first position requires a specialty in quantitative research methods and journalistic writing. Teaching responsibilities include four courses per semester, which include at least one section each of research methods, introductory writing, and advanced writing. The second position requires a specialty in organizational communication and technology. Teaching responsibilities include two organizational communication courses plus two each semester from the following: communication theory, new communication technology, computer-mediated communication, organizational use of the Internet, or other courses related to new communication technology.

Evidence of effective teaching (e.g., syllabi, examples of student work, student evaluations, or letters from colleagues attesting to your teaching ability), a description of your commitment to the most recent pedagogical and technological advances, and evidence of scholarly potential (e.g., annotated bibliography of previous work) are

helpful. Interested candidates should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, unofficial transcripts, and three letters of reference to:

Dr. Kirk Stone (for the Research/Media Studies position)

Dr. Julie Davis (for the Organizational Communication position)

Department of Communication

College of Charleston

66 George Street

Charleston, South Carolina 29424

Review of materials has begun and will continue until the position is filled; inquiries welcome. The College of Charleston is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), a national alliance of leading liberal arts colleges in the public sector. To learn more about the College of Charleston, located in the historic downtown area, visit our web page at http://www.cofc.edu/communication.

Job Announcement: University of California Berkeley

UC Berkeley's interdisciplinary Group Major in Mass Communications is looking for a candidate to fill a full-time, one-year lecturer position for the 2003-2004 academic year, with the possibility of renewal. Mass Communications at Berkeley is one of twelve major programs in the Office of Undergraduate & Interdisciplinary Studies. Candidates should be able to teach courses that examine media institutions, technologies, texts, and/or audiences from a historical and analytical perspective. Expertise and teaching experience in any the following areas are particularly desirable: media history, international media, research methods, television criticism. A full-time teaching load is six classes, or five classes plus some advising. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

To be considered for the position, candidates must have a Ph.D. in hand by August 2003 and should send curriculum vitae, teaching evaluations, sample course syllabi, and at least three letters of recommendation by February 28th, 2003 to:

Jean P. Retzinger, Assistant Director, Mass Communications

301 Campbell Hall #2922

University of California

Berkeley, CA 94720-2922

For further information about the program or about applying, please e-mail Jean Retzinger at jpretz@uclink4.berkeley.edu

The University of California is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Job Posting: Regis University

Assistant Professor of Communication

The Regis University Department of Communication invites applications for a tenure-track position to teach some combination of Media Writing, Research Methods, and Public Relations and/or other courses that interface with the mission of the department and University. Faculty may be asked to teach the core hybrid communication course, as well as participate in the college core seminar program. The normal teaching load is seven courses annually. Salary, benefits, and working conditions are maintained through a faculty status agreement. Budget approval for this position is pending. Starting date: August 2003. Applicants must be committed to and enthusiastic about undergraduate teaching. Ph.D. in hand by June 2003 required. Send letter, vita, and 3 letters of recommendation to:

Dr. Janellen Hill

Regis University

c/o Dean of College, E-24

3333 Regis Blvd.

Denver, CO 80221-1099

Application deadline is December 2, 2002

Regis University is dedicated to the Jesuit educational tradition emphasizing personal values and social responsibility. At Regis University, the term diversity affirms our faith-inspired commitment to build an inclusive community that values the dignity and contributions of all our members. In this community, human differences thrive in a learning environment characterized by the Jesuit traditions of mutual respect and the pursuit of justice. Age, gender, race/ethnicity, class, disability, sexual orientation, religion, and other human difference contribute to the richness and vitality of our living community.

Job Announcement: Slippery Rock University

Slippery Rock University is seeking applicants for a tenure track position in Communication at the Assistant/Associate Professor rank, with an emphasis in Broadcast and Electronic Media, beginning August 2003. Duties include teaching courses in television and radio production and related areas; advising the student production organization; and teaching/developing courses such as communication law, public speaking, new media journalism, or other areas depending on the candidate’s interests. Applicants must be able to teach in at least two of the following: Video Production, Digital Audio Production, New Media Journalism, Editing for Video, Television News and Studio Production, and Television News and Field Production.

Requirements: A doctoral degree in communication or an electronic media

field. An ABD will be considered, with the requirement that the degree be completed by Dec. 31, 2004. Successful performance in an on-campus interview including a teaching session, evidence of teaching effectiveness and professional competence, knowledge of production hardware and software, and evidence of scholarly development and potential.

Send letter of interest, vita, teaching evaluations, transcripts (official transcripts will be required before hiring), and the names, addresses and phone numbers of three references to:

Electronic Media Search Committee

C/o Department of Communication

Slippery Rock University

Slippery Rock, PA 16057

(724) 738-2032

Fax: (724) 738-4547=A0

Review of applications will begin Dec. 2, 2002 and continue until position is filled.

Slippery Rock University of PA is a member of the State System of Higher Education and is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Visit our web page at www.sru.edu.

Entertainment Studies Tenure-Track & Advertising Lecturer

Job Announcement

California State University, Fullerton invites applicants for two full-time positions in Communications: 1) a tenure track assistant professor and 2) a lecturer.

1) The tenure track assistant professor will teach in a new and rapidly growing Entertainment Studies Concentration. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in communications or a related field with an entertainment-focused academic background and/or related professional experience. Preference will be given to candidates with research and experience relevant to various types of entertainment and/or to candidates who also have the background and ability to teach mass communication, advertising, journalism, photo communications or public relations courses.

2) The lecturer position is a three-year renewable full-time contract in the Advertising