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College Station, Texas -- Dear Mass Communication Division Members, I would first like to thank our previous chair, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, for her terrific leadership. I would also like to thank all our MCD officers for their tireless service to the division. Special thanks to our publications and web editor, Nick Bowman, for his efforts in keeping us abreast of latest updates from our division through our newsletter and social media activities. The 101st NCA convention will be held in Las Vegas from Nov 19-22, 2015. The convention theme this year is “Embracing Opportunities.” Submissions are now accepted for our division. Please keep the deadline of March 25 (11:59 PM PACIFIC) in mind while planning to submit to the 2015 convention. More details about the convention can be found here. At MCD, we pride ourselves on our diversity in terms of including a wide range of topics, theoretical perspectives, and methodologies. We accept individual competitive papers, paper sessions, and panel discussions. Please read our convention call for papers here. I’d like to draw your attention to the new “Opportunity Series” for the 2015 convention. The six segments of this series will work towards pushing boundaries and exploring possibilities, and enabling us to think creatively about what can be and what should be. They are: Pedagogy, Research, Service, Technology and Community, Administration, and Beyond the Academy. Please note that these entries are NOT to be submitted to our division but directly to the series of your interest via the NCA Convention Central. Please click here to read the calls posted for the Opportunity Series. Please be sure to select MCD as one of your membership divisions when you renew your NCA membership this year. Your membership makes a difference. It provides the division benefits such as more sessions at the convention, greater number of representatives at the NCA Legislative Assembly and the best times/venues for our division's sessions. I look forward to meeting you in Las Vegas! In the meantime, be sure to keep up with MCD events and happenings through the Gatekeeper online, our MCD Facebook page, and twitter account (remember to add the hashtag #ncamcd to your tweets). Please do share any news and announcements that would be of relevance and interest to our members! Please feel free to write to me if you have any questions or ideas relating to our division. See you in Chicago!
The Gatekeeper: 20 years of MCD history
Morgantown, West Va. -- While of course the history of the Mass Communication goes much further past Winter 1996, we can trace back the history of our digital newsletter to that time. An excerpt from the inaugural Gatekeeper:
Although we haven't delivered on every promise in that first issue - there was a discussion about "Spotlight on..." profiles and a goal to deliver a bi-monthly newsletter - The Gatekeeper has continued to keep our 1000+ members connected with each other. Supplemented with a growing digital footprint to include MCD Facebook group as well as a growing Twitter hashtag (#ncamcd), MCD continues to look for ways to connect members beyond the week-long annual conference. While you're enjoying 20(1), consider reading through The Gatekeeper archives for a peak in to our last 20 years ... perhaps you'll get an idea of where the next 20 years will go? Thanks as always for reading, and please send any suggestions for the future of our publications along -- we'll communicate in as many channels as there are users. =)
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Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy Participants Announced Baton Rouge, La. -- Eighteen professors, administrators and communication professionals have been selected for the eighth annual Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy to be held June 7-11 at Louisiana State University’s Manship School of Mass Communication. The academy, co-sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation and the Manship School, brings together academics and professionals to learn administrative strategies and gain insight into academic leadership. The members of the 2015 Scripps Howard Leadership Academy class are:
For further information, visit http://www.manship.lsu.edu/shala.
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New Master's Degree in Media Literacy and Digital Culture @ Sacred Heart U Fairfield, Conn. -- Sacred Heart University is announcing a new master’s degree in media literacy and digital culture expected to launch in the fall of 2015. The new program will be administered by the Department of Communication and Media Studies and will be based at the university’s main campus in Fairfield.
Our media programs at Sacred Heart focus on not just how to create media, but also how media impacts individuals and society,” says Lori Bindig, assistant professor of communication and media studies and director of the media literacy and digital culture program. “As a culture, we spend more and more time with media, and so it becomes increasingly important to understand its impact on us, on our children, on our politics—it affects everything.” Bindig says the program entails a unique hands-on experience that allows students to create their own curriculum and material, depending on their interests. “For example, teachers might come up with particular lesson plans that they could use with their students,” she says. “Or health professionals could create a handout of best practices to distribute to parents or patients. Students can partner with a non-profit and work with them to raise awareness about a particular issue,” she says. The degree is also useful to media practitioners and corporate professionals who want to produce creative and ethical campaigns designed to reach a 21st century audience. Bindig says there are only a handful of media literacy programs in the country, “and none of the others are set up this way, with this sort of embedded hands-on learning experience that helps the students, but also gives back to the wider community.” Students will earn the degree in one of two tracks: Children, Health, and Media or Media and Social Justice. The master’s degree will consist of 36 credits that can be completed in as little as one year. Students may also enter the program for the purpose of earning a graduate certificate. Courses will include “Social Media and Culture,” “Children and Media,” “Media and Body Image,” “Sports, Culture, and Media,” “Media Ethics in a Professional Context,” “Media and Violence,” “Media and Social Movements” and “Multimedia Health Promotions.”The university will hire one additional full-time, tenure-track professor to bolster its faculty for the new program. Those interested in the new master’s in media literacy and digital culture degree may attend an information session at the main campus on March 28 at 9:00 a.m. For details, contact Eva Magnuson at 203-371-7884 or magnusone@sacredheart.edu. View the program's fact sheet here or information card here.
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Journalism of Mass Communication Quarterly (@LouisaHaJMCQ) Bowling Green, Ohio -- Louisa Ha, editor of Journalism of Mass Communication Quarterly, tweets about JMCQ new initiatives and new articles @LouisaHaJMCQ. You are welcome to follow it and retweet the tweets. Read her editorial essay at http://jmq.sagepub.com/content/92/1/5.full.pdf+html. Her article, “Use of Survey Research in Top Mass Communication Journals 2001-2010 and The Total Survey Error Paradigm,” is published In the March issue of the Review of Communication http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2015.1014401 and is free to all NCA members.
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Have a conference or call you'd like to add to The Gatekeeper? Volume 20(1) will be online through to June/July 2015. Send your information to Webmaster Nick Bowman (Nicholas.Bowman@mail.wvu.edu) and we'll get it posted (and shared to the MCD Facebook group). Call for Nominations The Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards program recognizes new scholars who have recently completed their dissertation. The Selection Committee shall be charged with soliciting and evaluating the most outstanding dissertations completed in the field between June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2014. Please note starting in 2016, the date range for completed dissertations eligible for the award will change to cover the previous calendar year (January 1 through December 31). Up to three awards may be given in any year. Typically, but not necessarily, dissertation awards are given for different areas of study or employing methods of inquiry. Nominations must be sent to the selection committee chair by a faculty member from the department in which the dissertation was completed. The review committee will evaluate the nominated dissertations through a process of blind review. All material should be submitted in PDF (a single MS Word file acceptable for dissertation itself), with all identifying information removed (e.g., title pages, file property information, etc.). In writing nominating letters, the writer should omit self-references, department references, and the name and affiliation of the dissertation’s author. The nomination package must consist of the following 2 files:
No coauthored materials will be considered, and no bound copies of the dissertation should be submitted because none of the materials will be returned to the nominees. Submission Information Please email the two documents as attachments to the committee chair. Please use "Gerald R. Miller Award" in the subject line of the email and provide your full contact information. Send nominations to the selection committee chair at crscott@rutgers.edu. Committee Members
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Promotions, Awards, and Publications Publications and Presentations Nichola Gutgold (Pennsylvania State University) co-authored a children’s book (for ages 6-12) based on my communication research on women and the United State Presidency. The book, co-authored with a Penn State Schreyer Scholar Abigail Kennedy is Madam President: Five Women Who Paved the Way (Eifrig Publishing, 2015). Research conducted shows that when children see examples of non-traditional leaders they are more likely to believe that they can become something yet unachieved.
In January 2015, a documentary produced as part of a film course in the University of Memphis Department of Communication was awarded a regional Emmy by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The half-hour documentary, “Inside Story,” broadcast by public television station WKNO-TV (last summer), explores the compelling work of activist and storyteller Elaine Blanchard, who goes into the women’s prison in Memphis and teaches inmates how to write about their lives before they were incarcerated. Students researched and photographed the film under the direction of Associate Professor Craig Leake, whose documentaries have received nine Emmys and other awards. For the talented students on the production team, graduating seniors Kimberly Gill, Jeremy Donaldson, and Ranetta Jackson, and graduate student April Phillips, “Inside Story” was the first of their projects to become an Emmy award-winning television program. Volume 20(1) will be online through to June/July 2015. Send our information to Webmaster Nick Bowman (Nicholas.Bowman@mail.wvu.edu) and we'll get it posted (and shared to the MCD Facebook group). We publish promotion and appointment information, award and grant information, as well as recent publications. Don't be shy - share your accomplishments with your fellow MCD members! <<back to top>>
Norfolk State University POSITION: The AEJMC accredited Mass Communications and Journalism Department of Norfolk State University is seeking applicants for a nine-month, full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of assistant professor. The position is for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Public Relations, Advertising, Media Sales, Strategic and Crises Communications, Society and Mass Communications, Mass Media Research and advising the department PRSSA Chapter. RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsibilities include teaching a 9-12 hour course QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in a relevant field, bona-fide professional public relations and advertising media experience along with strong teaching, research and scholarship credentials. Familiarization with AEJMC accreditation standards and procedures is desired. SALARY: Commensurate and competitive with qualifications regarding professional media, teaching and research experience. EFFECTIVE DATE: August 15, 2015 or until filled APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 1, 2015 or until closed APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Candidates should send a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, official transcripts of both undergraduate and graduate course work and three current letters of recommendation by above date(s) to: Dr. Wanda Brockington, Chairperson of the Department of Mass Communications and Journalism, at the above address. (NCA Convention Contact Dr. Stan Tickton) Individuals with disabilities and requiring accommodation in the application process should call the Compliance/Affirmative Action Office at (757) 823-9159 (Voice) (757) 823-2876 (TDD). An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity University <<back to top>>
NCA's RFP Tracker identifies funding opportunities (including research grants, residential fellowships, travel funds, awards, etc.) for communication scholars. There are many grant opportunities for those interested in mass communication research. The RFP Tracker lists funding and fellowship opportunities for graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and people outside of the academy. Check out the RFP Tracker website at http://www.natcom.org/index.asp?bid=10977 and download the most recent report. <<back to top>>
Julie Driver of the National Communication Association main office is looking for MCD members interested in serving as Subject Matter Experts to be contacted by news media organizations. If you are interested in this opportunity, please e-mail Julie (jdriver@natcom.org) with the following information:
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