Mass Communication Division - National Communication Association

Mass Communication Division
National Communication Association
March 2007
Published three times annually by the Mass Communication Division of NCA.
Publications Editor - Adam Earnheardt, Youngstown State University

Greetings to all members of the Mass Communication Division. I hope that you are all settling back into your routines after completing your NCA submissions for our 2007 convention in Chicago. I know that your submissions are in good hands with division Vice Chair Lance Holbert and Research Committee Chair Heather Hundley in charge of the selection process for our division.

I also extend a special welcome to our new members and our student members. We had a great turnout at our business meeting in San Antonio with many new faces apparent. This is further proof of our division’s vitality. I encourage all of you to attend our business meeting in Chicago and to get involved in the division by volunteering to serve on committees and/or nominating yourself for officer positions. I’ve found serving the division to be very rewarding.

One of the most rewarding aspects of serving the division is getting to know and work with top people in our field. For the two last years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with past chairs Mehdi Semati and Kristen Harrison. These folks are great leaders and I’ve learned a good deal from them. Thanks Mehdi and Kris!

The 2007 convention in Chicago promises to be very interesting. The theme is "Communicating Worldviews: Faith-Intellect-Ethics." I believe that mass communication scholars have a great deal to offer on this topic and I’m looking forward to seeing you all at our panels.

The division officers will be hard at work until we gather in Chicago. In the meantime, I hope that you will contact us with your ideas, questions, and concerns. Thank you for all of your help.

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 the MCD, must have taught for over ten years (post-graduate), and must have been recognized for teaching excellence by his/her 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 should include the Application for Candidate Nomination (completed online), the applicant's curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation (not to exceed two pages; one must be from a current or former student).

The MCD Service Award is designed to recognize excellence in service, using the term "service" in a broad sense. In order to be considered, the nominee must be a member of NCA and the MCD, must have served the NCA and MCD in a number of capacities, and must have evidence of exemplary service to several of the following: NCA, MCD, their profession, their community, their department, and/or their college/university.

If you have any further questions concerning the awards or the nomination process, please contact Mary Beth Earnheardt (Nominations Committee Chair) at mearnheardt@ysu.edu or (303)941-1655.

Nominations should be received by July 15. 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 September 1. 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.

Mass Communication Division Business Meeting Minutes
San Antonio, TX
Gonzalez Convention Center, RM 205

December 18, 2006

1) Call To Order: 2:05 (Kristen Harrison)

2) Distribution of ballots for Vice Chair Elect

3) Introduction of Mass Communication Division Officers
Current officers & Officers Elect

4) Minutes Distributed from 2005 meeting by Jennifer Aubrey
Motion to approve minute from 2005

Glenda Balas:
141 Competitive Papers submitted
103 Accepted
73% Acceptance Rate
Each paper reviewed by 3 separate reviewers

Emmett Winn:
20 panels submitted, 11 accepted
55% acceptance rate

7) Kristen Harrison announcement: thematic panel proposal
To make process easier, please submit a word file attachment with everything and attach as document in addition to the require uploads

12) Lance Holbert announces:
Nominations for teaching and service awards were: Zero
Suggestions requested regarding how to increase the number of submissions for this.
Nominations committee encouraged to take-on this task

13) Motion to add teaching and service awards to Nominations Committee
Motion Seconded
Vote Passes, No Opposition

15) Jane Banks & Stan Tickton Announcements
Announcements from Legislative Assembly:

16) Kristen Harrison Announcement regarding Legislative Assembly:
Theme for next year’s NCA: Communicating World Views: Faith, Intellect, Ethics

17) Distribution of ballots for Representative to NCA Legislative Assembly (2 year term)

21) Kristen Harrison: Planning the 2007 Convention Program
Discussion of Proposed Changes to Division bylaws

New bylaws that govern the Mass Communication Division were approved at the 2006 business meeting in San Antonio. To view the new bylaws, click on "MCD By-laws" in the left hand menu bar, or click here. Changes to the bylaws included:

The motion to accept bylaw changes was seconded and the motion carried (all votes in favor).

Do you study mass communication? Are you interested in submitting "something" to NCA? Great! The Mass Communication Division (MCD) accepts two kinds of submissions: papers and panels. This website is set up to help with the paper submission process. If you are interested in submitting a panel, please refer to the panel submission guidelines in the current call for papers (available at the NCA website: www.natcom.org). If you are interested in submitting a paper, then the following information may prove helpful.

The Department of Communication invites applications for a one-year visiting position in Communication beginning August 2007, Ph.D. preferred, ABD considered. We seek a dedicated educator who will teach some combination of Media Literacy, Critical Methods, Media Law, Public Speaking, Introduction to Communication Studies, Public Speaking, and additional courses, perhaps in Communication Ethics. The standard teaching load is 3 courses per semester. Our program integrates ethical issues and service to society through courses in media, relationships, rhetoric, and culture. Wittenberg is a national liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Applications including a cover letter addressing the above criteria, a vita, three letters of reference, teaching evaluations, and statement of teaching philosophy should be sent to Dr. Matthew J. Smith, Department of Communication, Wittenberg University, P.O. Box 720, Springfield, OH 45501. Review of application will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Please direct questions to msmith@wittenberg.edu. EOE/AA. Wittenberg is committed to creating a diverse community.

Seven New Communication Journals
(thanks Rebecca M. Chory, West Virginia University)

Seven outstanding scholars in the fields of mass communication and communication studies have been selected to edit seven new peer-reviewed scholarly journals that will publish their first issues in 2008. The journals and editors are (in alphabetical order):

Journal of Health & Mass Communication: Fiona Chew (Ph.D., Communications, University of Washington) is a professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, where she teaches television research, programming, persuasive writing, and global communications. She researches the impact of mass media in promoting health among various publics from information processing and message construction perspectives. Another specialization is the diffusion of information technology among health professionals.

Journal of Global Mass Communication: Arnold S. de Beer is a professor extraordinary in the Department of Journalism at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He is publisher and founding editor of Ecquid Novi, the African journal for journalism studies, and founding editor of the on-line Global Media Journal – Africa. He is African coordinator and co-author for the AEJMC World Conference on Journalism Education’s project on global journalism education and is research director of the Institute for Media Analysis in South Africa (iMasa); co-founder, board member and newsletter editor of the Trans African Council for Communication Education.

Journal of Media Law & Ethics: Eric B. Easton (J.D. University of Maryland School of Law) is professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he has taught Communications Law and other subjects for 15 years. Before joining the UB faculty, he taught media law and other subjects at Loyola College in Maryland. He has also taught comparative media law and copyright law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Shandong University, China, respectively. He has also been a visiting scholar at the Journalism Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

American Journal of Media Psychology: Michael G. Elasmar (Ph.D. Mass Media Research, Michigan State University) is director of the Communication Research Center at Boston University, a position he has held since 1994. He is also associate professor of communication research at Boston University. His personal research programs include studying the impact of cross-border communication on audience members. He has published and/or presented over 40 manuscripts, several of which have won top prizes at paper competitions.
International Journal of Media & Foreign Policy: Peter Gross (Ph.D. Mass Communication, The University of Iowa) is director and professor of the School of Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee. He came to UT from the University of Oklahoma, where he served as a professor and Gaylord Family Endowed Chair in International Communication at OU's Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He also served as the director of the school's Institute for Research and Training and the head of the college's journalism area. In 2005, the University of Bucharest, Romania, awarded Gross the Doctor Honoris Causa for his contributions to Eastern European media studies.

Journal of Communication Studies: Lawrence W. Hugenberg (Ph.D., Communication, The Ohio State University) is a professor of communication studies in the School of Communication Studies at Kent State University. He teaches graduate courses in communication research methods, instructional communication, and political communication. He also teaches undergraduate courses in organizational communication and communication theory. His research interests include organizational communication, instruction, popular culture, and applied communication. Specifically, he is interested in communication and organizational influences on sports fans, local communities, and other stakeholders. He also delivered the keynote address during a recent Florida Communication Association convention.

Russian Journal of Communication: Igor Klyukanov (Doctor of Philology, Saratov State University, Russia) is associate professor of communication studies at Eastern Washington University, where he teaches numerous undergraduate and graduate communication courses and directs the Master of Science in Communications program. His research interests include semiotics, the relationships between culture and communication, and communication theory as a field. His works have been published in The American Journal of Semiotics, Studies in Humanities, Contrastes: Revista Interdisciplinar de FilosofÍa, New Dimensions in Communication, Arobase: A Journal of Literature and Human Sciences, International Journal of Applied Semiotics, and Discourse and Society. His book Principles of Intercultural Communication published in 2005 has received positive reviews in Spain, Russia, England, Canada, and the United States. (Note: The Russian Journal of Communication is being published in cooperation with the Russian Communication Association of Moscow. A separate news release to be issued soon will provide more details on this arrangement.)

Marquette Books is still seeking an editor for the Journal of Media Sociology. David Demers, associate professor of communication at Washington State University and publisher of Marquette Books, is serving as interim editor.

Currently the journal editors are selecting their editorial boards. They also are accepting manuscripts for review. The journals will publish their first issues in 2008. All of the journals are priced at rates substantially (up to 90% less) less than competing journals in the social sciences. They are being published in hard copy and electronic formats.

For more complete biographies of the editors or for more information about the journals, including submission requirements, please visit the journals Web site at www.MarquetteJournals.org.

CFP - Ohio Communication Association
Adam Earnheardt, Youngstown State University

71st ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Holiday Inn in Boardman, OH
www.hiboardman.com
(15 minutes from Youngstown State University)

Change, Challenge & Opportunity: Communication in the 21st Century

Researching and understanding the role of communication in our daily lives is an ongoing process. As teachers and scholars of communication, we are continually challenged to address the changes that impact the ways in which we interact with one another. One example of a challenge that has emerged involves exploring the role of computer-mediated communication and the ways in which it has changed how we create and share meanings. Another example of a challenge to our interactions is the result of our increased ability to communicate with those from other cultures. With these challenges come opportunities for the ways in which we teach and research communication across contexts. The prospects for revising existing theories and developing new explanations for communication phenomena are endless.

The 2007 Ohio Communication Association convention theme invites scholars and teachers to address the changes experienced within our discipline, identify the challenges that have resulted from these changes, and explore opportunities for teaching and researching these issues.

The Ohio Communication Association offers professors, graduates, and undergraduate students an opportunity to share ideas for teaching and research, and to develop relationships with Ohio communication professionals. OCA is open to all communication professionals, and we believe you have so much to offer. Plan to share your talents with OCA in 2007.

Submissions are encouraged in the following areas:

Submission Guidelines

Submissions of Completed Papers Should Include:

1) A cover page with the title of the paper and the author’s university affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address.

2) On the cover page, mark “Debut” if the author has not presented previously at a sate, regional, or national convention, and mark “Undergraduate Student” if the author is an undergraduate or “Graduate Student” if the author is a graduate student.

3) A one-page abstract on the second page not to exceed 150 words.

4) Statement of professional responsibility on the second page below the abstract:

“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 and programmed. I/We further recognize that all who attend and present at OCA’s annual conference must register and pay required fees.”

5) Papers should be e-mailed to acearnheardt@ysu.edu in MS WORD by 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 26, 2007.

6) Upon receipt, the submitting author will be informed that the paper was received. If you have not received confirmation of your paper’s receipt by Monday, May 28, 2007 please call Adam Earnheardt at (330) 941-1845 to check on the status of your paper.

Submissions of Completed Panels Should Include:

1) The title of the workshop or panel.

2) A complete list of all participants with appropriate contact information (name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number). Also include contact information for the chair, if appropriate.

3) A brief rationale and description of the workshop or panel suitable for inclusion in the program.

4) A description of any specific materials participants will receive (workshops only).

5) A description of your audio visual needs for the session.

6) Statement of professional responsibility on the first page below the panel’s title:

“In submitting the attached panel proposal, I/We recognize that this submission is considered a professional responsibility. I/We agree to present the proposed panel if it is accepted and programmed. I/We further recognize that all who attend and present at OCA’s annual conference must register and pay required fees.”

7) Panels should be e-mailed to acearnheardt@ysu.edu in MS WORD by 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 26, 2007.

8) Upon receipt, the individual who submits the panel will be informed that the panel was received. If you have not received confirmation of your panel’s receipt by Monday, May 28, 2007 – please call Adam Earnheardt at (330) 941-1845 to check on the status of your panel.

Grounded in cultural studies, books in this series will study the cultures, artifacts, and media of children, tweens, teens, and college-aged youth. Whether studying television, popular music, fashion, sports, toys, the Internet, self-publishing, leisure, clubs, school, cultures/activities, film, dance, language, tie-in merchandising, concerts, subcultures, or other forms of popular culture, books in this series go beyond the dominant paradigm of traditional scholarship on the effects of media/culture on youth. Instead, authors endeavor to understand the complex relationship between youth and popular culture. Relevant studies would include, but are not limited to studies of how youth negotiate their way through the maze of corporately produced mass culture; how they themselves have become cultural producers; how youth create “safe spaces” for themselves within the broader culture; the political economy of youth culture industries; the representational politics inherent in mediated coverage and portrayals of youth; and so on. Books that provide a forum for the “voices” of the young are particularly encouraged. The source of such voices can range from in-depth interviews and other ethnographic studies to textual analyses of cultural artifacts created by youth.

For further information about the series and submitting manuscripts, please contact:

To order other books in this series, please contact our Customer Service Department at:

Appointments
John Arnold, Howard University - recently appointed to Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Howard University, John H, Johnson School of Communication, Dept of Journalism, in Washington, DC.

Publications
Linda K. Fuller, Worcester State College - Fuller, K. F. (Ed.). (2007). Sport, rhetoric, and gender: Historical perspectives and media representations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Sharon Mazzarella, Clemson University - Mazzarella, S. R. (Ed.). (2007). 20 Questions about youth and the media. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Educational Video
Kathleen E. Kendall, University of Maryland - Kendall, Research Professor in the Dept. of Communication at the University of Maryland, has produced an educational video/DVD about the presidential primary campaigns. The title of the video is "Primaries: Defining the Battle in New Hampshire." Kendall is the Executive Producer. The Supervising Producer is Ramona Diaz. The video is 22 minutes long. The distributor is Films for the Humanities and Sciences, www.filmsmediagroup.com. You can go to the site and under "Search" type "primaries." This will enable you to see a clip of the first 5 minutes of the video, as well as checking out the reviews. The purpose of the video is to inform people about communication in the presidential primaries, and to engage young people especially in the political process.

Helen Sun, University of Texas-Permian Basin - recently produced an educational video on Asian women breast health. The purpose of this video is to create and promote breast cancer awareness among minority women in Dallas/Richardson areas and provide information and help for those who do not have or can not afford insurance to do the necessary annual mammography. The video production project was funded by the Asian Breast Health Outreach Project associated with the Richardson Regional Medical Center and is widely distributed and shown in Asian communities in the Greater Dallas area. Helen Sun served as both writer and director for this educational video.

Chair - J. Emmett Winn Dept. of Communication & Journalism 217 Tichenor Hall Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849 winnjoh@auburn.edu (334) 844-2761	Vice Chair - R. Lance Holbert Department of Communication 250 Pearson Hall Newark, DE 19716 University of Delaware holbert@udel.edu (302) 831-8041
Vice Chair Elect - Travis L. Dixon Dept. of Speech Comm. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 702 S. Wright St. #244 Lincoln Urbana, IL 61801 tldixon@uiuc.edu (217) 244-0104 (phone) (217) 244-1598 (fax)	Past Chair - Kristen Harrison Dept of Speech Communication University of Illinois 131 Lincoln Hall, 702 S. Wright St. Urbana IL 61801 krishar@uiuc.edu (217) 244-7536 (phone) (217) 244-1598 (fax)
Secretary - Dana E. Mastro Department of Communication University of Arizona Building 25, Room 317 Tucson, AZ 85721 mastro@email.arizona.edu (520) 307-0697	Secretary Elect - Jae-Hwa Shin University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism Box 5121 Hattiesburg, MS 39406 jaehwashin@yahoo.com (601) 266-4282
Publications/Web Editor - Adam Earnheardt (term expires November 2009) Youngstown State University Dept. of Communication 1 University Plaza Youngstown, OH 44555 acearnheardt@ysu.edu (330) 941-1845	Graduate Student Rep - Cortney Moriarty Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dept. of Speech Comm. 702 S. Wright St. #244 Lincoln Urbana, IL 61801 cmoriart@uiuc.edu (217) 333-9106
Research Committee
Research Committee Chair - Heather Hundley Dept of Communication Studies California State University, San Bernardino 5500 University Parkway San Bernardino, CA 92704 hhundley@csusb.edu (909) 880-7377	Research Committee Vice Chair - Sharon R. Mazzarella Communication Studies Dept Clemson University 410 Strode Tower Clemson, SC 29634-0533 smazzar@clemson.edu (864) 656-4399
Research Committee Vice Chair Elect - Rebecca M. Chory Department of Communication Studies 108 Armstrong Hall, P.O. Box 6293 Morgantown, WV 26506-6293 West Virginia University rchoryas@wvu.edu (304) 293-3905
Nominations Committee
Chair - Mary Beth Earnheardt Youngstown State University Department of English 1 University Plaza Youngstown, OH 44555 mearnheardt@ysu.edu (330) 941-1655	Meghan Sanders Louisiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication Louisiana State University 211 Journalism Bldg. Baton Rouge, LA 70803 msand@lsu.edu (225) 578-7380
Sahara Byrne U.C., Santa Barbara Dept. of Communication Santa Barbara, CA 93106 saharabyrne@umail.ucsb.edu (805) 893-2393	Janellen Hill Department of Communication Arts Regis University 3333 Regis Blvd, E-8 Denver, CO 80221 jhill@regis.edu (303) 458-4969
Rebecca Verser University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Communication 115 Switzler Hall Columbia, MO 65211 verserr@missouri.edu (573) 882-4431
NCA
Legislative Assembly - Stan Tickton (term expires November 2008) Mass Communication/Journalism 700 Park Ave., Unit 3249 Norfolk State University Norfolk, Virginia 23504 stickton@nsu.edu (757) 823-2383	Legislative Assembly - Jeff Tyus (term expires November 2007) Sinclair Community College Communication Dept 444 W 3rd St Dayton, OH 45402-1421 jeffrey.tyus@sinclair.edu (937) 512-3119
Resolutions Committee - Andrew Billings Dept. of Communication Studies Clemson University 409 Strode Tower Clemson, SC 29634 acbilng@clemson.edu (864) 656-1477	Nominating Committee - Dana E. Mastro Department of Communication University of Arizona Building 25, Room 317 Tucson, AZ 85721 mastro@email.arizona.edu (520) 307-0697

Send your updates to The Gatekeeper
Adam Earnheardt, Youngstown State University

The next issue of the Gatekeeper (newsletter for the NCA Mass Communication Division) is coming in July 2007 and we need your news. Please provide me with any content you would like considered for publication in the newsletter (position announcements, new books, appointments, etc.). Please provide me with all content by June 1, 2007. Send updates to Adam Earnheardt at acearnheardt@ysu.edu or call 330-941-1845 and leave a message.