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Volume 48 No. 2 | January 2015

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The Newsletter of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

AEJMC Heads to San Francisco for 98th Annual Conference

AEJMC’s 2015 Journalism & Mass Com-munication Directory is going digital.

Members will be able to access the mem-bership roster by using a digital link withpassword, while listings for schools andjournalism organizations can be accessedon AEJMC’s website.

Look for further details via email mid-Jan-uary.

New Directory Will BeAvailable Online

Features ...2 President’s Column

3 ICD’s Student Competition

4 Under-40 and Mosse awards

5 Teaching Committee’s Competition

6 Bowles Award

8 Conference Uniform Paper Call

9 Conference Group Paper Calls

24 Placement

Make plans now to attend AEJMC’s 98th Annual Conference to be held in SanFrancisco Thursday, August 6, through Sunday, August 9.

Pre-conference day is Wednesday, August 5.

This year’s theme is “Global Bridges,” and many sessions will be global in scopewith international speakers. Conference programming got underway Nov. 21 atAEJMC Headquarters when AEJMC’s Council of Divisions Chair Bob Trumpbour,Penn State Altoona, and Council of Divisions Vice Chair Chris Roberts, Alabama,began the process of assigning more than 340 conference sessions with timeslotsin a lottery rotation. All sessions for divisions, interest groups, commissions andother programming units were scheduled for the San Francisco conference.

Headquarters hotel is the Marriott San Francisco Marquis, located at the corner ofFourth & Mission Street (780 Mission Street, 415-896-1600). A regular room in ourhotel block will be $194 single/$219 double while a student rate will be $150 sin-gle/$170 double. Rooms will be taxed 14% plus a 2.25% tourism fee and $0.25commerce fee.

Additional hotel and conference information will be available in late January on anAEJMC Conference microsite.

By Elizabeth Toth2014-15 AEJMC PresidentUniversity of Maryland

AEJMC and ASJMC announce the launch of the Institute for Di-verse Leadership in Journalism and Communication. They willbe seeking applications for Institute fellows in February.

The mission of the Institute is to increase racial, gender and eth-nic diversity in administrative and other senior-level positions injournalism and communication education.

While demographic data on journalism and communication col-lege, school, and department administrators is scarce, an Ameri-can Council on Education (ACE) studyi argued that the lack ofdiversity in university presidencies can be traced to a lack ofracial, ethnic, and gender diversity in the make-up of positionsthat are the recruiting grounds for presidencies, such as dean,director and chair positions.

The ACE study reported that racial and ethnic minorities repre-sented only 13 percent of college presidents. It reported slowprogress in gender diversity, but the 26 percentage of universityleaders who were female may look more impressive than it isbecause women leaders are mostly found in associate colleges.

ACE has a long-running year-long program to prepare future di-verse university administrators. The ACE program gives facultyof color and women training in fundraising, budgeting, commu-nity relations, assessment, accreditation, marketing, and strate-gic planning. ACE leadership program participants receivecareer mentoring, guidance on the application process andshadowing opportunities. The Institute for Diverse Leadershipin Journalism and Communication intends to do just the same –provide the knowledge needed to compete successfully foracademic leadership positions in journalism and communi-cation.

Background: The Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalismand Communication is based on the AEJMC/ASJMC Journalism

and Mass Communication Leadership Institute for Diversity(JLID) program that ran from 2000 to 2009, thanks to the visionof former AEJMC President Marilyn Kern-Foxworth and ASJMCPresident Shirley Staples Carter. The new proposed Institute willoffer a year-round program to identify, recruit, mentor and trainfuture leaders and administrators. Applicants must be AEJMCmembers and tenured associate or full professors of color orwomen interested in administration. It will be overseen by a six-member Advisory Board of JMC educators and administrators.Our goal is to select eight fellows a year for the program.

Key Components of the Institute:

Workshop Sessions — Four workshops for fellows will be heldduring the 2015 AEJMC Conference, the ASJMC winter work-shop, spring 2016 ACEJMC meeting and the 2016 AEJMC Confer-ence. Workshops will cover a variety of administrative issues,developed by the participants themselves, but includingfundraising, budgets, developing leadership, management styles,communicating up and down, and marketing one’s self in asearch.

MentorProgram —Each fellow willhave a JMC ad-ministratormentor for theyear of the pro-gram. The mentoring relationship consists of monthly contactvia telephone or email, and a week-long visit to the mentor’scampus for a first-hand look at administering a journalism/com-munication program.

Resource Networking — Each Institute fellow will be introducedto current JMC administrators during social and programmingsessions at their workshops. Mentors will introduce fellows toother administrators to help the fellow begin to establish a net-work of resources.

Phenomenal Success Rate: Of the 76 graduates of the JLIDclasses, 41 were people of color (54 percent), 35 were Caucasianwomen (46 percent); with a gender representation of 17 males,59 females. Forty-three graduates (56.5 percent) have becomedeans, directors, associate deans and department chairs. Theseplacements represent 22 people of color and 21 Caucasianwomen, with a gender representation of 11 males and 32 fe-males.

Some examples of these administrative placements include:Dwight Brooks, director of the School of Journalism at MiddleTennessee State University; Jennifer Greer, interim dean of theCollege of Communication and Information Sciences at the Uni-

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... The new proposed Institute willoffer a year-round program toidentify, recruit, mentor and trainfuture leaders and administrators.”

Launch of the Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalism and Communication Announced

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in AEJMC includes a subscription to AEJMC News. Annual subscription for nonmembers: U.S. $50;International via Airmail $70. ISSN# 0747-8909.The contents of this newsletter may not reflect the editor’s views or the association’s policies.

AEJMC PresidentElizabeth Toth, University of Maryland

President-electLori Bergen, Marquette University

Vice PresidentPaul Voakes, University of Colorado

Past PresidentPaula Poindexter, University of Texas at Austin

PF&R Committee ChairLee Hood, Loyola University Chicago

Research Committee ChairKimberly Bissell, University of Alabama

Teaching Committee ChairChris Roush, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Publications Committee ChairMaria Len-Ríos, University of Georgia

Council of Divisions ChairBob Trumpbour, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona

Council of Divisions Vice ChairChris Roberts, University of Alabama

Council of Affiliates ChairChris Barr, Knight Foundation

ASJMC PresidentAnn Brill, University of Kansas

ASJMC President-electBrad Rawlins, Arkansas State University

Commission on the Status of Minorities ChairSharon Stringer, Lock Haven University

Commission on the Status of Women ChairKatie Place, Quinnipiac University

AEJMC/ASJMC Executive DirectorJennifer H. McGill

AEJMC News [email protected] — Lillian S. Coleman

Desktop [email protected] — Felicia Greenlee Brown

Website Content [email protected] — Kysh Anthony

Association Business [email protected] — Kathy Bailey

Association Office [email protected] — Janet Harley

Membership [email protected] — Pamella Price

Public Relations/Marketing [email protected] — Samantha Higgins

Conference [email protected] — Fred L. Williams

AEJMC 2014-15 Board of Directors

International Communication Division Opens Multimedia Student Competition

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versity of Alabama; Marie Hardin, dean of the College of Communications at PennState University; Sherlynn Howard-Byrd, assistant vice president for academic af-fairs at Wiley College; and Birgit Wassmuth, director of the School of Journalism andMass Communication at Kansas State University.

AEJMC and ASJMC will introduce its first class of Institute fellows at the August2015 AEJMC San Francisco Conference. Together, AEJMC and ASJMC have pledged$100,000 to help fund the Institute for the next two years. The AEJMC nationalboard will be developing long-term funding efforts as well as seeking donations.You can donate directly by sending a check to AEJMC HQ earmarked for the Insti-tute for Diverse Leadership.

Quite simply, without diverse leadership at the top of journalism and communica-tion programs, we are challenged to have diverse students in our classrooms whowill be our industry future journalists and communication professionals. I hopeyou’ll be a supporter, volunteer mentor, or applicant for the Institute for DiverseLeadership in Journalism and Communication.

i The American College President Study: Key Findings and Takeaways, http://www.acenet.edu/the-presidency/columns-and-features/Pages/The-American-College-President-Study. aspx

AEJMC’s International Communication Division is accepting entries for its stu-dent contest in multimedia news story writing for the year 2014-15.

The contest is open to all undergraduate students. Entries must be nonfiction,journalistic stories with mutimedia support on a topic related to an internationalissue. The news story should have an international angle on a local story or it maybe an international story with a local angle. It should be a written story submittedas a class assignment and/or published on the university website or on a newsmedia website (stories published between April 6, 2014, and April 6, 2015, will beconsidered). Stories will be judged based on criteria such as originality, news val-ues, relevance of the story idea, journalistic merit and multimedia support. Thestory as well as the multimedia support should have been authored/executed by thesame student.

Rules:(1) Students may enter one news story with multimedia support.(2) All elements of the multimedia news story (defined as a journalistic, writ-

ten, online story supported by multimedia elements such as Flash, photography,audio and/or video) should be authored/executed by the same student.

(3) The completed entry form (one per entry) must be signed by a facultymember attesting to the originality of the multimedia news story and the accuracyof the information provided. The faculty member will have to attest that the storyis posted or had earlier been posted on a website and provide the correct URL.

(4) Submit a printed copy of the story and mention the correct URL or send adisk with the multimedia elements and send this along with the completed entryform via regular mail.

Cash awards of $100, $75 and $50 will be given to the top three entries. Foran entry form and/or more information, contact Dr. Sandy Rao, School of Journal-ism and Mass Communication, Texas State University, email: [email protected], tel.512-245-2656/3790. Postmark deadline is April 7.


Nominate Now for Under-40 Award

Nominations for AEJMC’s annual Krieghbaum Under-40Award are now being accepted.

The award honors AEJMC members under 40 years of agewho have shown outstanding achievement and effort in all threeAEJMC areas: teaching, research and public service. The lateHillier Krieghbaum, former New York University professor emeri-tus and 1972 AEJMC president, created and funded the award in1980. Nominees must be under 40 at the time of the April 1deadline. They must also be AEJMC members in good standingat the time of the nomination and during the preceding year.

AEJMC’s three elected standing committee chairs, or otherdesignees, and AEJMC’s executive director (non-voting) serve asthe award’s selection committee. Selection of the nominee isbased on the content of his/her packet of materials. This awarddoes not require the nominee to duplicate his/her tenure and pro-motion packet.

The committee reserves the right not to present the award.Nominations should contain:• a letter from an AEJMC member (other than the nominee)

describing in detail the candidate’s professional record in teaching,research and service;

• one additional letter of support from a colleague (on or offcampus) who is also an AEJMC member;

• a full vita.Additional materials:• no more than five total of any combination of the follow-

ing: abstracts of research findings, professional papers or pub-lished articles;

• no more than five course outlines or innovative teachingtools;

• no more than five teaching evaluations, citations or otherrecognitions pertaining to the nominee.

All entries should be submitted by email in several files (PDFor Word formats) by 5 p.m. (Eastern time) on April 1 to [email protected]. Type “Under-40 Award” in the email subject line.

For questions, contact Jennifer McGill at the above email ad-dress or 803-798-0271.

AEJMC is accepting applications for the 23rd Baskett MosseAward for Faculty Development.

The award recognizes an outstanding young or midcareerfaculty member in journalism or mass communication. Its recipi-ent is awarded a stipend to be used toward work on a develop-ment or enrichment activity in any appropriate aspect ofteaching, research or public service.

The proposed activity should be true enrichment-oriented,not just to assist in normal work or for attendance at a confer-ence.

Young or mid-career faculty members teaching in ACEJMC-accredited journalism programs are eligible to apply. Applicantsmust be current AEJMC members.

Applicants must submit the following:• a typed, double-spaced description of the activity toward

which the stipend will be applied. The description should not ex-ceed one page. The activity may be new or ongoing.

• a copy of the applicant’s curriculum vita.• a letter of recommendation for the applicant and activity

from the administrative head of the journalism program.No more than two applications from the same program will

be accepted the same year. If there are more than two potentialapplications from a program, the administrative head must ruleon which application to submit.

Selection of the winner is determined by the BaskettMosse Award Committee, composed of three AEJMC mem-bers (appointed by AEJMC’s president) and two ACEJMC mem-bers.

The committee reserves the right not to present the award.Winners of previous Baskett Mosse awards may not enter thecompetition again.

All entries should be submitted by email in several files(PDF or Word formats) by 5 p.m. (Eastern time) on April 1 [email protected]. Type “Baskett Mosse Award” in the emailsubject line.

For questions, contact Jennifer McGill at above email or803-798-0271.

Members Eligible to Apply for Mosse Award

JMCQ Issues Paper Call for Special IssueJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly seeks manuscripts for a special issue on “Information Access and Control in

an Age of Big Data.” The journal encourages submissions that approach this topic from a range of fields and research method-ologies within journalism and mass communication and also from other disciplines, with a focus on the implications of the topicto media and society. Papers may offer insights about technological, behavioral, policy, legal and other issues.

This special issue lends itself to research from a variety of cultural and international perspectives, and therefore paperswith international and intercultural approaches are particularly encouraged. We welcome both qualitative and quantitative ap-proaches to the topic.

Papers will undergo blind peer review. Those selected will be published online in January 2016 and in print in summer2016. The deadline for full paper submissions is June 1.

For questions regarding this special issue, please see the full Call for Papers at http://jmq.sagepub.com/site/misc/JMCQ_Special_Issue_CFP_Nov2014.pdf. You may also contact the guest editors: Edward L. Carter, Brigham Young University,[email protected]; and Laurie Thomas Lee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected].

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Committee on Teaching Announces Best Practices CompetitionDeadline: Entries should be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time, March 20.

For the 10th year, the AEJMC Elected Committee on Teaching is looking to honor innovative teaching ideas from our col-leagues. Each year, the committee selects three winners in a themed competition highlighting different areas across the jour-nalism and mass communication curriculum.

The 2015 Best Practices competition will focus on Online and Blended Learning; we seek entries that explain how you haveused innovative online or blended learning techniques and systems in your journalism and mass communication courses. Thisarea is broad, and ideas are welcomed from all disciplines represented among our membership. Teaching areas appropriate forthis competition include, but are not limited to, media and society; print, broadcast, reporting and editing; public relations; ad-vertising; media law; media ethics; visual communication; and photojournalism.

The AEJMC Teaching Committee will select winning entries for publication in our eighth annual AEJMC Best Practices in Teach-ing competition that will be published in an e-booklet. Winners are required to share their entries during a teaching session atthe AEJMC annual conference in San Francisco, CA, Aug. 5-9. Winners also will receive certificates and a cash prize: First: $300,Second: $200, Third: $100. Honorable mentions may also be awarded, but no cash will be provided for those entries.

Submission GuidelinesYour entry must be in one single Word file (.doc or .docx) or Text (.txt) file. PDFs will not be accepted as we need text files tofacilitate publication of the e-booklet containing the winning ideas. The first page of your entry should be a cover sheet withname, affiliation, contact information, entry title and a 125-word bio (written in third person). We will delete this cover sheetwhen we combine entries to facilitate blind judging. Do not include author name or any other identifying information in thedescription section of your entry.

The description section of your entry should be a TWO-PAGE executive summary and should include:Title100-word abstractExplanation of the teaching practice or activityRationaleOutcomes

Under no circumstances should the description exceed two pages in 12-point type with one-inch page margins. You may in-clude up to two additional pages in the Word or Text document with examples of student work or other supporting materials.However, the entire entry should not exceed five pages and must be in a single Word file with no identifying information otherthan on the title page. Submit your entry as an attachment by email to Chris Roush at [email protected]. (The subject lineshould be “2015 AEJMC Online Teaching [YOUR NAME].”) Copy the email entry to yourself as proof of submission. Confirma-tion of entry receipt will be sent via email within 48 hours of your submission. If you do not receive this, please call Chris Roushat 919-962-4092.

Criteria for JudgingThe criteria to evaluate entries are outlined below:

Relevance of entry to the theme of Online and Blended Learning (10 points).Creativity or innovation (30 points).Real-world applications of relevant teaching theories, concepts and principles (15 points).Interactivity and evidence of active and collaborative learning techniques (25 points).Compliance with format in Call for papers (10 points): (i). Explanation of teaching/methodology, (ii). Rationale, and

(iii). OutcomesOverall impression or assessment (10 points)

JudgingThe AEJMC Teaching Committee’s panel of judges will decide the winners. All entries will be blind judged. Judges will not haveaccess to any identifying information about entrants. The judges reserve the right not to award prizes. Competition results willbe announced by April 30.


The Advertising Educational Foundation (AEF) invites applications for its 2015 Visiting Professor Program (VPP).The VPP is a two-week fellowship for tenured or tenure-track professors of advertising, marketing, communications and the lib-

eral arts. In 2014, 15 professors were hosted by advertising agencies in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. Whether a professoris placed with an agency, a marketing or media company depends upon his/her area of expertise. The number of placements in theVPP is contingent upon the number of companies willing to host a pro-fessor. Preference is given to professors with little or no industry experi-ence and to those who have not already participated in the program.Professors who are placed should know that programs will differ; no twoprograms will be alike. The program is only offered to professors teach-ing in the United States.

The VPP’s objective is to expose professors to day-to-day opera-tions of an advertising agency, marketing or media company; and to pro-vide a forum for the exchange of ideas between academia and industry. The VPP gives professors a greater understanding of andappreciation for the industry while host companies have an opportunity to develop closer ties to academia.

The program will run from June 1-12 and begins with an orientation followed by individual fellowships. Apply only if your aca-demic and personal responsibilities allow you to participate for the full two weeks. Notification will be made in April. Housing isprovided to professors who are traveling from another state. Professors who reside in the host city (Chicago, Los Angeles, NYC, etc.)are expected to provide their own housing. All professors will receive a per diem. Professors pay for travel to and from the hostcity, as well as out-of-pocket expenses.

Visit the On-Campus section on www.aef.com to apply and submit your CV and statement. Letter of recommendation (onschool letterhead) must be mailed and postmarked by Jan. 31. Letter of recommendation is not accepted via fax or email. For moreinformation, contact Sharon Hudson, vice president, program manager, at [email protected] or 212-986-8060.

AEF Offers 2015 Visiting Professor Program

AEJMC is accepting nominations for the Dorothy Bowles Award for Outstanding Public Service.This award will recognize an AEJMC member who has a sustained and significant public-service record that has helped

build bridges between academics and professionals in mass communications, either nationally or locally, and been activelyengaged within the association.

Ideally the award will go to an AEJMC member who has been active in one or more divisions/interest groups, electedstanding committees or other association leadership positions AND who has engaged with other communication industry-related organizations (such as the Student Press Law Center, Society of Professional Journalists, Journalism Education Associa-tion, Public Relations Society of America, National Association of Broadcasters, etc.) OR done other work locally to promoteinteraction between academics and professionals.

This award is designed to recognize someone who has not been recognized or honored for his/her public service in thepast. Members who have served on the AEJMC Board are not eligible to be considered for the award until they have been offthe Board for at least four years. When merited, one award will be presented per year. The recipient will receive $1,000 incash and an award.

The award will be presented during the AEJMC Business Meeting at the San Francisco Conference.Nominees must be fulltime classroom teachers (not administrators) for the previous 10 years; must teach in an area of

journalism/mass communication; must have been members of AEJMC for the past three years; must have a sustained and sig-nificant record of public service to AEJMC; and must have a sustained and significant record of service to programs or activi-ties that promote connections between the academy and JMC industries (either on his/her home campus, or through otherprofessional-based associations).

Nominations, including self-nominations, should contain a two-page letter that describes the nominee’s service to bothareas of public service; two additional letters of support affirming the nominee’s service (one from each area); a 500-wordstatement from the nominee describing his/her views on how public service activities (in general or his/her particular serviceactivities) complement the traditional teaching, research, and service roles of higher education faculty (the statement fromthe award recipient will be published in the September issue of AEJMC News); and full vita of the nominee.

Nominations should be received by April 1. Send nominations via email to Jennifer McGill at [email protected]. Forquestions, contact McGill.

Nominate Now for AEJMC’s Bowles Award for Outstanding Public Service

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Mass Communication & Society Announces Call for Papers: “Climate and Sustainability Communication”Guest Editor: Donnalyn Pompper, Temple University

This Mass Communication & Society special issue shall open new conversations for integrating arenas of science and environ-mental communication, political communication, health communication and their respective theory and research methodsets. Links between communication and sustainability have garnered significantly greater attention among scholars inEurope and Scandinavia than in North America. Reasons for this and implications of such outcomes have yet to be thoroughlyexamined. Collectively, business-case approaches far outnumber critical approaches among U.S.-based research on sustain-ability.

Complex problems and opportunities associated with globalization and power inequities require interdisciplinary, creativeapproaches. MC&S, a highly-ranked SSCI journal, offers a perfect forum for inspiring new conversations and advancing cli-mate and sustainability communication research.

The aim of this special issue is to build upon traditional approaches to mass media’s role in shaping and amplifyingclimate/sustainability issues by opening new space for including diverse perspectives of multiple opinion leaders (includingNGOs and institutions) shaped by cultural orientations — and by shaping media used to communicate about them. Suggestedfoci include:

• Role of culture and nation in framing climate and sustainability campaigns• Negotiating power inequities in setting and acting upon sustainability campaign agendas — local, regional, national, global• How have climate/sustainability campaigns and NGOs succeeded, failed, and retrenched? • In what ways do economic systems shape climate and sustainability discourse? • What are the roles of mass media and other communication forms with regard to climate and sustainability programs?• Which have been the most effective techniques (e.g., frames) for advancing sustainability and climate activism and behav-ior change through communication and why?• How can insider-activism (employees as moral actors) work to inspire multinational corporations to reform operations im-pacting climate and sustainability communication?• How might a global ethic interplay with climate/sustainability issues which defy definition or universal acknowledgement? • How can conflicts among cultures and lack of global, ethical and legal regulatory policy with regard to climate and sustain-ability be negotiated in the short- and long-term?• What is the role of theory building in communication beyond supporting “window dressing” and “greenwashing”; deeply-entrenched critiques of sustainability campaigns?• Power of documentaries’ persuasive appeals about climate change and sustainability • In what ways do advertisers assess effectiveness of green marketing campaigns?

Mass Communication & Society invites submissions for this special issue devoted to a symposium on “Climate and Sustain-ability Communication.” A wide range of manuscripts using varied research methods and theoretical frameworks is wel-comed.

Encouraged are empirical studies which bear on the issues described above. Submit only original manuscripts that are notunder consideration with other journals or books.

Deadline for submissions: Manuscripts are to be submitted by June 30 via the Mass Communication & Society online systemat http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mcas following the standard journal submission procedures. Authors should note intheir cover letters that the submission is for the special issue devoted to “Climate and Sustainability Communication.”Final publication will be in Volume 19 (2016).

In addition to the electronic submission process, please send one hard copy to: Donnalyn Pompper, Department of StrategicCommunication, School of Media & Communication, Temple University, 218 Weiss Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Any ques-tions concerning this call for papers may be directed to Donnalyn Pompper, [email protected].

2015 AEJMC San Francisco Conference Uniform Paper Call


Important Paper Submissions Information

The programming groups within AEJMC’s Council of Divi-sions invite submission of original, non-published, English lan-guage only research papers to be considered for presentationat the AEJMC Conference Aug. 6-9 in San Francisco, CA. Spe-cific requirements for each competition — including limits onpaper length — are spelled out in the listing of groups and re-search chairs that appear below. Papers are to be submittedin English only.

All research papers must be uploaded through an onlineserver to the group appropriate to the paper’s topic via a linkon the AEJMC website: www.aejmc.org. The following uni-form call will apply to ALL AEJMC paper competitions. Addi-tional information specific to an individual group’s call isavailable at the end of the uniform call information.

1. Submit the paper via the AEJMC website link(www.aejmc.org) to the AEJMC group appropriate to thepaper’s topic. Format should be Word, WordPerfect or a PDF.PDF format is strongly encouraged.

2. The paper must be uploaded to the server no laterthan 11:59 p.m. (Central Daylight Time) Wednesday, April 1.

3. Also upload a paper abstract of no more than 75 words.4. Completely fill out the online submission form with

author(s) name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone num-ber, and email address. The title should be printed on the firstpage of the text and on running heads on each page of text, aswell as on the title page. Do NOT include author’s name onrunning heads or title page.

5. Papers uploaded with author’s identifying informationWILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW AND WILL AUTOMAT-ICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITION. ALLAEJMC DIVISIONS, INTEREST GROUPS AND COMMISSIONPAPER SUBMISSIONS WILL ABIDE BY THIS RULE WITHOUT EX-CEPTION. NOTE: Follow instructions on how to submit a cleanpaper for blind reviewing.

6. Papers are accepted for peer review on the understand-ing that they are not already under review for other conferencesand that they have been submitted to only ONE AEJMC groupfor evaluation. Papers accepted for the AEJMC Conferenceshould not have been presented to other conferences or publish-ed in scholarly or trade journals prior to presentation at the con-ference.

7. Student papers compete on an equal footing in open papercompetitions unless otherwise specified by the individual divisionor interest group. Individual group specifications are appended tothis uniform call.

8. Papers submitted with both faculty and student authorswill be considered faculty papers and are not eligible for studentcompetitions.

9. At least one author of an accepted faculty paper must at-tend the conference to present the paper. If student authors can-not be present, they must make arrangements for the paper to bepresented.

10. If a paper is accepted, and the faculty author does notpresent the paper at the conference, and if a student author doesnot make arrangements for his/her paper to be presented by an-other, then that paper’s acceptance status is revoked. It may notbe included on a vita.

11. Authors will be advised whether their paper has been ac-cepted by May 20 and may access a copy of reviewers’ commentsfrom the online server. Contact the paper chair if you are not noti-fied or have questions about paper acceptance.

Special note: Authors who have submitted papers and havenot been notified by May 20 MUST contact the division or interestgroup paper chair for acceptance information. The AEJMC CentralOffice may not have this information available.

12. Authors of accepted papers retain copyright of their pa-pers and are free to submit them for publication after presentationat the conference.

• Upload papers for the AEJMC 2015 San Francisco, CA, Conference beginning Jan. 15. Paper submitters should follow instruc-tions on the front page of the submission site to create their accounts and complete the information required.• Deadline for paper submissions is April 1 at 11:59 p.m. CDT. Any submissions after this time will not be accepted.• Before submitting your paper, please make certain that all author-identifying information has been removed and that all in-structions have been followed per the AEJMC uniform paper call.• A COVER SHEET or a sheet with the 75-word required ABSTRACT that is included with a paper upload should be EXCLUDEDfrom the page number limits set by all AEJMC Groups.

Papers uploaded with author’s identifying information displayed WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW AND WILL AUTOMATI-CALLY BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITION. All AEJMC Divisions, Interest Groups and Commissions will abide by the rulesbelow WITHOUT EXCEPTION.NOTE: Follow online instructions on how to submit a clean paper for blind review at aejmc.org/home/papers. Contact FeliciaGreenlee-Brown with comments, concerns and other Conference Paper Call inquiries at [email protected]


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DIVISIONS

Advertising DivisionThe AEJMC Advertising Division in-

vites submissions of original papers thatclearly focus on some aspect of advertis-ing or advertising education. Various theo-retical orientations and methodologicalapproaches are welcome. Individual papersubmissions should not exceed 30 typed,double spaced pages (including all notes,references, tables, and figures) and shouldbe submitted to only one competitivepaper category in the Advertising Division:1) Advertising Research, 2) AdvertisingTeaching, 3) Professional Freedom & Re-sponsibility, 4) Special Topics, or 5) Stu-dent Papers. Papers exceeding 30 pages,or papers submitted to more than onepaper competition within the division, willnot be reviewed for consideration. For2014, the Advertising Division would liketo encourage submissions to the PF&Rcompetition of papers dealing with all as-pects of professional competencies anddevelopment within the advertising indus-try.

Research Papers: Submissionsshould be consistent with the style andformat of the Journalism & Mass Commu-nication Quarterly, the Journal of Advertis-ing or the International Journal ofAdvertising. Research papers that examinevarious aspects of advertising will be con-sidered. The topics for the Research PaperCategory could include advertising effec-tiveness, cross-cultural advertising, globaladvertising issues, advertising ethics, oreconomic, political, social and environ-mental aspects of advertising. For ques-tions, please contact George Anghelcev,Teaching Paper Chair, Penn State Univer-sity. Email: [email protected]. Tel:814.865.4354.

Teaching Papers: Teaching papersare invited on any research that addressesteaching: innovations, effective ap-proaches, pedagogy, survey of the field,adoption of new technologies in the class-room, etc. However, keep in mind thiscompetition is for research papers onteaching, rather than teaching tips or per-sonal reflections. The style and format ofthe paper should conform to those in theJournal of Advertising Education or Jour-

nalism & Mass Communication Educator.Papers submitted to the teaching compe-tition will be considered for review by theJournal of Advertising Education. For ques-tions, please contact John Wirtz, TeachingPaper Chair, University of Illinois at Ur-bana-Champaign. Email:[email protected]. Tel: 217.300.0368.

Professional Freedom & Responsi-bility (PF&R) Papers: Often referred to asthe conscience of AEJMC, the goal of PF&Rpapers is to extend knowledge about andunderstanding of gender, race, ethics, so-cial, and cultural influences; values; andfree expression. Submissions may take theform of traditional research papers, butessays or critical analyses are also wel-come. Historical as well as contemporarytopics are appropriate. Many of the pa-pers that were submitted last year to theresearch and teaching competitions wouldhave been eligible for the PF&R category.Examples of advertising topics related tothe PF&R mission could include papersabout food and tobacco advertising whichaddress ethical issues, minority represen-tation in advertising content, as well asthe degree of diversity in the advertisingbusiness, which ties into the racial, gen-der, and cultural inclusiveness mission ofPF&R. The style and format of the papershould conform to those in the Journal ofAdvertising or Journalism & Mass Commu-nication. Paper submissions should bemaximum 30 pages in length, 12 pointTimes New Roman or equivalent font, in-cluding tables and references). Before up-loading your paper, remove all authoridentification from the document, includ-ing any file properties. Authors are en-couraged to submit at least a day or twobefore the deadline because, in the eventof the inclusion of self-identifying informa-tion, an early submission will allow resub-mission prior to the deadline. Forquestions, please contact Kelty Logan,PF&R Paper Chair, University of Coloradoat Boulder. E-mail: [email protected], Tel: (303-492-2224).

Special Topics Papers: The specialtopics paper competition is a place for pio-neering subjects, methods, and presenta-tions. New approaches, innovation, andcreativity are encouraged. A variety of ad-vertising and advertising education topicsare welcome. For example, we live intimes of unprecedented technological in-novation. This technological revolution

has created new platforms for the commu-nication of brand messages; it has acceler-ated the globalization of brands andaudience segments; it has changed theway people consume media and the wayconsumers interact with one another; andit has changed the way we teach and doresearch in advertising. Papers which focuson the challenges posed by these recenttransformations to the practice of adver-tising are especially welcome. We alsowelcome exploratory and qualitative ap-proaches, such as case histories, ethnogra-phies, critical studies, visual essays, andmethodologically innovative research onmore traditional topics. Empirical re-search, critical reviews and conceptualpieces can be submitted. Submissionsmust be full papers (no abstracts or ex-tended abstracts). To be considered, thepapers should be maximum 30 pages inlength (double-spaced, 12 point TimesNew Roman or equivalent font, includingtables and references) and should conformto the Chicago or APA style. If you haveany questions regarding the fit of yourpaper with this competition, or any otherinquiries, please contact Keith Quesen-berry, Special Topics Paper Chair, JohnsHopkins University. Email: [email protected]. Tel: 717.421.1414.

Student Papers: Graduate and un-dergraduate students are invited to submitoriginal research dealing with any advertis-ing-related topic. All sole- or co-authors ofthese papers must be students; papers co-authored by students and faculty shouldbe submitted to the Research Paper com-petition. The style and format of the papershould conform to those in Journalism &Mass Communication Quarterly, the Jour-nal of Advertising or the International Jour-nal of Advertising. A cash award from thedivision and an additional award ($200)sponsored by the International Journal ofAdvertising will be given during the SanFrancisco conference to the top studentpaper. For questions, please contact Pad-mini Patwardhan, Student Paper Chair,Winthrop University. Email: [email protected]. Tel: 803.323.4526.

Communicating Science, Health, Environ-ment, and Risk Division

The Communicating Science, Health,Environment, and Risk Division invitespaper submissions that represent original

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research related to science, health, envi-ronment, risk, and other topics relevant tothe communication of scientific informa-tion to the general public or specific popu-lations.

ComSHER welcomes papers that fol-low any disciplinary approaches and allmethodological orientations, both quanti-tative and qualitative.

To acknowledge research excellence,ComSHER offers the $1,000 Eason Prizefor the top student paper, which is thelargest paper award given to graduatestudents at AEJMC. Students competingfor top student paper and the accompany-ing $1,000 Eason Prize will be judged to-gether with other ComSHER facultysubmissions. The Eason Prize is awardedin memory of former University of Texasdoctoral candidate Lori Eason (1957-2002). Papers competing for the EasonPrize cannot be co-authored with faculty,and authors must identify their submis-sion as an Eason Prize entry on the coverpage.

In any one year, an individual can ap-pear as author or co-author on a maxi-mum of two (2) submitted researchpapers. If one individual appears as au-thor or co-author on more than two (2)submitted research papers, the ComSHERExecutive Committee will have the rightto disqualify some or all of the papers inquestion from the research competition.

All accepted papers must be pre-sented by a listed author, unless approvedin advance by the Executive Committee.Failure to appear to present can result inauthor(s) losing eligibility to submit to theDivision for one year.

Paper submissions should follow theAEJMC Uniform Paper Call Guidelines (nomore than 25 pages of double-spacedtext, plus references, tables, figures, andappendices). Note that due to policychanges across AEJMC, submissions withany residual identifying information willbe rejected. Before uploading your paper,exercise extra diligence to remove all au-thor identification from the document, in-cluding any file properties or obviousreference to self-citations.

See www.aejmc.org/home/papersfor tips on keeping your submission

anonymous. Direct questions to ResearchChair Anthony Dudo at [email protected] 608-695-5932.

Communication Technology DivisionThe Communication Technology Divi-

sion encourages research submissionswhere the central focus is technology andchanges in the communication process re-sulting from technology. The division wel-comes theoretical and conceptual papersand a diversity of methodological ap-proaches.

Student Papers: Papers solely au-thored by students are especially encour-aged and are eligible to be entered for theJung-Sook Lee Student Paper competition.The Jung-Sook Lee Award recognizes thebest student paper, which makes “a sub-stantial contribution to the substance ormethod on a topic related to communica-tion technology and policy.” The awardhonors the division’s 1997-1998 researchchair, Jung-Sook Lee of the University ofSouthwestern Louisiana, who died soonafter the Baltimore conference in 1998.Authors of the top three student paperswill receive a cash award. In addition, theauthor of the best student paper will havehis or her conference registration fee paidby the division. For a paper to be consid-ered for this award, all of the authorsmust be undergraduate or graduate stu-dents enrolled during the 2014-2016 aca-demic year. Authors must type “Jung-SookLee Competition” in the upper-right cor-ner of the first page of text to be consid-ered for the award.

Faculty Papers: The division ispleased to present the annual Gene BurdTop Faculty Research Paper Award, madepossible by the generosity of Prof. Burdfrom the University of Texas – Austin. The$1,000 award recognizes the best facultypaper submitted to the division. For apaper to be considered for this award, atleast one of the authors must be faculty.Authors must type “Gene Burd Competi-tion” in the upper-right corner of the firstpage of text to be considered for theaward.

Winners of both awards will receivetheir prize and be recognized at the SanFrancisco, CA conference. Submissionsthat do not win recognition in the Jung-Sook Lee Award or the Gene Burd Awardare still considered for acceptance alongwith open competition submissions.

Open Competition: All other paperssubmitted to the division will be reviewedin an open competition. Please limit pa-pers to no more than 25 pages (double-spaced) in length, excluding tables andreferences. If you have any questions orrequire more information about thesubmission process, please contactPorismita Borah, CTEC research chair,at [email protected]

Communication Theory and Methodology Division

The CTAM Division accepts originalresearch papers that advance the litera-ture in mass communication theory, re-search methods, or both. CTAM welcomesboth conceptual and data-based papersand is open to all methodological ap-proaches. The division especially encour-ages submissions of papers that address“Global Bridges,” the 2015 San Franciscoconference theme. Please refer to theSummer 2014 CTAM newsletter for a com-plete list of topics and papers presentedlast year to get a better idea of the poten-tial “fit” of your paper:http://aejmc.us/ctm/wp-content/up-loads/sites/21/2014/08/CTMConcepts_Summer2014.pdf.

Recent CTAM papers include re-search in political communication, healthcommunication, environmental communi-cation, computer-mediated communica-tion, international communication, andbroader media effects.

Paper Competitions: Papers submit-ted to CTAM can be submitted to theopen-call competition or the studentpaper competition. Winners of all awardswill be recognized in the conference pro-gram and/or at the CTAM members’meeting in San Francisco. In addition tothe open-call and student competitions,CTAM recognizes the top theoretical sub-mission to the division each year. A theorypaper may extend what is known aboutthe current workings of a theory by includ-ing a data analysis section, or strictly ex-tend the current theory literature withoutincluding data. Papers submitted in thetop theory paper competition will also beconsidered for awards in the open-call andstudent competitions, as applicable. To beconsidered for the theory paper competi-tion, the author(s) must type “TheoryPaper Competition” in the upper right-hand corner of the first page of text.



We strongly encourage submissionsby students. Winners of the Chaffee-McLeod Award for Top Student Paper willbe awarded $250; two additional top stu-dent papers will also receive cash prizes.To be considered for the student papercompetition, all authors must be stu-dents, and the author(s) must type “Stu-dent Paper Competition” in the upperright-hand corner of the first page oftext.

Requirements: Please limit papersto no more than 25-pages (double-spaced) in length, excluding tables andreferences. Papers should follow APAstyle, have 1-inch margins, and use 12point Times New Roman font. Please limitpapers to a total of 35 pages total (includ-ing text, tables, and references). Pleaserefer to the AEJMC general paper call forthis year’s online submission guidelines.Please make sure there is no identifyinginformation in the body of the paper or inthe document properties. Co-authors can-not be added after a paper has been re-viewed. At least one author of anaccepted faculty paper must attend theconference to present the paper. If stu-dent authors cannot be present, theymust make arrangements for the paper tobe presented by someone else. Failure tobe present or provide a presenter for anypaper will result in a one-year ban on thereview of papers for all of the authors in-volved. Authors of accepted papers arerequired to forward papers to discussantsprior to the conference.

If you have any questions, please di-rect them to the research chair, JörgMatthes ([email protected]).

Cultural and Critical Studies DivisionThe Cultural and Critical Studies Divi-

sion welcomes faculty and student sub-missions of original research thatcontributes to the study of journalism andmedia communication from a cultural andcritical perspective. The Division acceptssubmissions that include critical inquirythat cuts across theoretical and method-ological boundaries. Papers that do notmeet the AEJMC Uniform Call for Papersrequirements will not be accepted.

The Division invites research on a va-riety of topics and approaches including,but not limited to, historical studies, gen-der, race and class analyses of media,news analysis, audience analysis, political

economy, literary analysis with a mediafoundation, philosophy of communication,ethics, and media criticism in general. CCSalso encourages work that challenges con-ventional approaches to media, examinesparadigmatic assumptions, and exploresinnovative ways of theorizing both newsand entertainment media.

The Division presents awards to theauthors of the top-ranking faculty andstudent submissions. Only one paper perauthor is accepted for review and sub-missions must not be under consider-ation elsewhere for presentation orpublication.

Faculty and student submissions un-dergo separate blind review processes byfaculty-only judges. Student authors – un-dergraduate and graduate students en-rolled during the 2014-2015 school year –should include a cover sheet that clearlystates that the paper is a student submis-sion. Student papers with faculty co-au-thors are reviewed in the facultycompetition and should not be designatedas student-authored papers.

Preferred paper length is 7,500words (approx. 25-pages, excluding tables,figures, and references). Abstracts mustbe no more than 75 words. Be sure thatsubmissions contain no identifying infor-mation, such as name, university affilia-tion, job title, etc. either in the text of thepaper or in the document properties. Anyidentifying information found on the sub-mission results in an immediate disquali-fication of the paper.

Questions concerning submissionsshould be directed to research co-chairsAdina Schneeweis ([email protected]) or Suman Mishra ([email protected]).

Electronic News Division (formally Radio-Television Journalism Division)

The Electronic News Division wel-comes faculty and students to submit orig-inal research on any aspect of broadcastjournalism or electronic communicationwith a journalism emphasis. The divisionwelcomes a variety of subjects andmethodological approaches.

Papers submitted to the 2015 Elec-tronic News Division competition shouldbe no longer than 25-pages of manuscript,excluding tables, figures, references andappendices, and should be submitted inone of the generally approved academic

bibliographic styles. Papers should be in12-point, Times New Roman font, double-spaced and with one-inch margins.

Please be sure to submit a “clean”paper, otherwise it will be disqualified.Please refer to AEJMC’s Uniform Paper Callon how to upload “clean” papers.

The Electronic News Division acceptsonly one paper per author. This is trueeven if you are primary author on onepaper and co-author on another. In thatcase, please submit one of the papers toanother division.

The division offers cash prizes for topstudent and top faculty paper submissions.Please note the student papers must becompletely authored by students. Stu-dents with a faculty member as a co-au-thor will not be judged as a student paper.Authors of all selected papers are ex-pected to present their work in San Fran-cisco. Cash awards for winning papers willonly be awarded if the authors presenttheir work at the conference. Please notethat if your paper is presented in San Fran-cisco, it will automatically be forwarded tothe editors of Electronic News unless youchoose to opt out of submitting it to thatjournal. Questions concerning submissionsshould be directed to Indira S. Somani,Howard University. Phone: 202-806-5118.Email: [email protected].

History Division The History Division invites submis-

sions of original research papers and histo-riographical essays on all aspects of mediahistory for the AEJMC 2015 conference inSan Francisco, CA. All research methodolo-gies are welcome.

Papers will be evaluated on original-ity and importance of topic; literature re-view; clarity of research purpose; focus;use of evidence to support the paper’spurpose and conclusions; and the degreeto which the paper contributes to the fieldof journalism and mass communicationhistory. The Division presents awards forthe top three faculty papers.

Papers should be no more than 25double-spaced pages, not including notes,references or appendices. Papers shouldhave 1-inch margins, and use 12 pointTimes New Roman font. Authors shouldalso submit a 75-word abstract. Multiplesubmissions to the Division are not al-lowed and only one paper per author will



be accepted for presentation in the His-tory Division’s research sessions. Authorsof accepted papers are required to for-ward papers to discussants and modera-tors prior to the conference.

Papers must be electronically sub-mitted using the services of All-Academic;you can find the link at www.aejmc.org.The deadline is 11:59 p.m. (Central Day-light Time) Wednesday, April 1, 2015.Please make sure there is no identifyinginformation in the body of the paper orin the electronic file properties. Papersuploaded with author’s identifying infor-mation will not be considered for reviewand will automatically be disqualifiedfrom the competition. Please refer to theAEJMC general paper call for this year’sonline submission guidelines especially forhow to submit a clean paper for blind re-view.

Student Papers: Undergraduate andgraduate students enrolled during the2014-15 academic year may enter theWarren Price Student Paper Competition.The Price Award recognizes the History Di-vision’s best student paper and is namedfor Warren Price, who was the Division’sfirst chair.

Student papers should include a sep-arate cover sheet that indicates their stu-dent status but omits the author’s nameor other identifying information. Studentswho submit top papers are eligible forsmall travel grants from the Edwin EmeryFund. Only full-time students not receiv-ing departmental travel grants are eligiblefor these grants.

Call for Reviewers: If you are willingto review papers for the History Divisionresearch competition, please contact Kim-berly Voss at [email protected] indicate your areas of expertiseand/or interest. We will need approxi-mately 85 reviewers for the competition.Graduate students are not eligible toserve as reviewers and, in general, review-ers should not have submitted their ownresearch into the competition.

Contact information: For more in-formation, contact History Division ViceHead and Research Chair Kimberly Voss(University of Central Florida) at [email protected]

International Communication DivisionRobert L. Stevenson Open Paper

Competition & Markham Student PaperCompetition: The International Communi-cation Division welcomes original, unpub-lished research papers that focus clearlyon international aspects of journalism andmass communication. Papers that merelyexamine communication phenomena out-side of the United States do not necessar-ily fit in this division. Any theoretical andmethodological approaches appropriate tocommunication research are welcome. Pa-pers are submitted either to the Robert L.Stevenson open paper competition (fac-ulty and student-faculty) or the Markhamstudent competition (strictly student-au-thored papers). All submissions must beuploaded through the AEJMC conferencewebsite. Be sure to note whether you aresubmitting to the Stevenson open papercompetition or the Markham studentpaper competition. Authors will be noti-fied about acceptance in early May. In ad-dition to guidelines stated in AEJMC’suniform call, please note ICD’s specific in-structions below.

Guidelines: Papers should be submit-ted in Word or PDF format. Do not includeany identifying information about the au-thors anywhere in the paper or in the doc-ument properties. Papers with identifyinginformation of any kind will be automati-cally disqualified. Papers must include anabstract of no more than 75 words. Thetitle should be clearly presented on thefirst page of text and on running headsthroughout the document. ICD accepts pa-pers of up to 25-pages, exclusive of refer-ences, tables, and figures. Tables andfigures should be placed at the end of thedocument as reviewers will be instructedto stop reading text after page 25. Fontshould be 12-point, text should be double-spaced, and margins should be no lessthan one inch on all sides. Authors shoulduse a style appropriate for the discipline,including APA, Chicago, and Harvard. Wewill review up to two papers per author,whether the author appears as a single au-thor or as one of several authors.

Consult AEJMC’s Uniform Paper Callfor specific instructions on removing iden-tifying information from the documentthat you submit. Please contact the re-search chair before submitting the paper ifyou have any questions, Ammina Kothari:[email protected]

Authors are responsible for followingthe guidelines for paper submissions out-lined in the AEJMC uniform paper call andthe additional ICD guidelines listed here.Papers that do not meet guidelines willnot be reviewed. Submissions will beblind-reviewed by three reviewers; selec-tions are based on merit.

Awards: ICD awards cash prizes forthe top three faculty papers (Stevensoncompetition) and the top three studentpapers (Markham competition). Studentwinners will also receive free conferenceregistration. Both The Asian Journal ofCommunication and African JournalismStudies also sponsor a “Best Paper Award”with cash prizes. (Cash prizes are forfeitedif an author fails to present her or his workat the conference.) The Latino/Latin Amer-ican Research Award sponsored by FloridaInternational University School of Journal-ism and Mass Communication will honorthree top papers in the International Com-munication or Minorities and Communica-tion divisions with cash prizes andconference registration waivers. All win-ners of all the aforementioned awards willbe notified in advance and all awards willbe presented at the ICD business meetingduring the conference.

Asian Journal of CommunicationBest Paper Award: The AJC Best PaperAward is presented annually by the AsianJournal of Communication (AJC), a refer-eed international publication of the AsianMedia Information and CommunicationCentre (AMIC) and the Wee Kim WeeSchool of Communication and Informationat Nanyang Technological University inSingapore, to an outstanding paper se-lected from the AEJMC International Com-munication Division’s Open PaperCompetition. Established in 2003, theaward is aimed at promoting mass com-munication research focused on the Asia-Pacific region. All papers submitted toICD’s Stevenson open paper competitionare eligible for the AJC Best Paper Awardand will be reviewed automatically for theaward. All research methodologies arewelcome.

African Journalism Studies BestPaper Award for Journalism Research:The ICD’s “Best Paper Award for Journal-ism Research” is sponsored annually byAfrican Journalism Studies for the mostoutstanding paper selected from the sub-missions to the AEJMC International Com-


munication Division’s Open Paper Compe-tition. Established in 2003, the award isaimed at promoting research in globaljournalism which will enhance and enrichunderstanding of issues such as interna-tional news flow, news theory, mediaethics, media education, gender, and race,as well as specific topics, such as themedia and AIDS. In line with ICD’s interna-tional character, the award is also aimedat promoting research that addressesNorth-South and South-South journalismissues.

Latino/Latin American ResearchAward. Sponsored by Florida InternationalUniversity School of Journalism and MassCommunication, this award honors thetop three research papers submitted to ei-ther the International Communication orthe Minorities in Communication divisionsby Hispanic scholars for journalism andmass media research relevant to theircommunities in Latin America, theCaribbean, the United States, Canada, orthe Iberian Peninsula, including domesticand international communication. Topicsinclude Inter-American or Iberian-Ameri-can communication, news media flows,media theory, media technology or newmedia, communication for developmentand social change, media law and ethics,media education, ethnic or gender mediaand integration, media economics, mediaand the environment, political communi-cation, critical media studies, popular cul-ture, and cultural studies, among others.The award recognizes all researchmethodologies. Eligible scholars regardthemselves as members of the Latino, His-panic or Latin American community. Thecompetition is open to AEJMC membersand non-members, students and faculty.

If you have questions about the callor the 2015 ICD research competition atany time please contact: Robert L. Steven-son Open Paper Competition Chair – Am-mina Kothari, Rochester Institute ofTechnology, [email protected] or MarkhamStudent Competition Chair – MohammedAl-Azdee, University of Bridgeport,[email protected]

Law and Policy Division The Law and Policy Division invites

submission of original research papers oncommunications law and policy for the2015 AEJMC Conference in San Francisco,CA. Papers may focus on any topic related

to communications law and/or policy, in-cluding defamation, privacy, FCC issues,intellectual property, obscenity, freedomof information, and a myriad of othermedia law and policy topics. Papers out-side the scope of communications law andpolicy will be rejected.

The Division welcomes a variety oftheoretical orientations and any methodappropriate to the research question. Apanel of judges will blind-referee all sub-missions, and selection will be basedstrictly on merit. Authors need not beAEJMC or Law and Policy Division mem-bers, but they must attend the conferenceto present accepted papers.

Paper authors should submit via theonline submission process as described inthe Uniform Paper Call. Law and Policy Di-vision papers must be no longer than 50-double-spaced pages with one-inchmargins and 12-point font, including coverpage, appendices, tables, footnotesand/or endnotes, and end-of-paper refer-ence list, if applicable. (Footnotes and/orendnotes and reference list may be single-spaced.) Papers that exceed 50 totalpages or are not double-spaced will be au-tomatically rejected without review. Al-though Bluebook citation format ispreferred, authors may employ any recog-nized and uniform format for referencingauthorities, including APA, Chicago, orMLA styles.

Papers that include author-identify-ing information within the text, in head-ers, or within the embedded electronicfile properties will be automatically re-jected (review instructions on AEJMC’swebsite for stripping identifying informa-tion from electronic file properties). Au-thors are solely responsible for checkingthe final uploaded version of their paperfor any and all author identifying informa-tion. Submitting before the conferencedeadline will allow you to fully check yoursubmissions as they are entered into thesystem so that a resubmission prior to thedeadline is possible if necessary.

There is no limit on the number ofsubmissions authors may make to the Di-vision. Any paper previously published orpresented at a conference except theAEJMC Southeast Colloquium or theAEJMC Midwinter Conference is not eligi-ble for the competition.

In 2015, the Division will againaward the Top Debut Faculty Paper. The

top paper accepted by a faculty memberwho has never had a paper accepted bythe Division will be awarded a prize of$150 and will receive free conference reg-istration. For papers with multiple authors,multiple faculty and/or faculty and stu-dent, to be eligible none of the authors ofthe paper may have previously had apaper accepted by the Division at thenational conference. In addition, onlythe faculty author presenting the paperwill be eligible for free conference regis-tration.

Student authors should clearly indi-cate their student status on the coverpage. Student-only submissions will beconsidered for the $100 Whitney andShirley Mundt Award, given to the top stu-dent paper. Co-authored papers are eligi-ble for the competition so long as allauthors are students. The Law and PolicyDivision will also cover conference regis-tration fees for the top three studentpaper presenters. In the case of co-au-thored student papers, only the studentauthor presenting the paper will be eligi-ble for free conference registration.

If you have questions, please contactCourtney Barclay, Law and Policy DivisionResearch Chair, Jacksonville University,Department of Communication, 2800 Uni-versity Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32211.Phone: (904) 256-7114; email:[email protected].

Magazine DivisionThe Magazine Division invites sub-

missions of original research papers andtheoretical essays that advance magazinescholarship or scholarly knowledge of in-terpretive readership communities withinthe context of mass communication. Allmethodologies and theoretical frame-works are welcome. Authors need not beAEJMC or Magazine Division members, butif their paper(s) is/are accepted, they mustattend the conference to present their re-search.

Scope. Submissions may address arange of aspects of magazine media—whether online, on mobile platforms, orprint—including editorial and advertisingcontent, production, and audience recep-tion. Submissions that deal with lifestyleand literary journalism outside the con-fines of mainstream magazine media—such as fashion blogs and long-form online



publications—are strongly encouraged.Magazine Division papers presented atpast conferences have included contentor discourse analyses of magazine edito-rial or advertising content; ethnographiesof magazine newsrooms, with an empha-sis on their digital transitions; historicalanalyses of individual magazines or maga-zine coverage of controversial topics overtime; rhetorical analyses of literary jour-nalism; and experiments investigating theeffects of page layout and other magazinecontent features.

Awards. Three prizes of $200 will beawarded at the conference in San Fran-cisco: (a) Best faculty paper; (b) Best stu-dent paper; and (c) Best paper resultingfrom the division’s Research Paper Co-Au-thorship Program for Practitioners and Re-search Faculty. Papers will be evaluatedon methodology, theoretical framework,importance and originality of topic; litera-ture review; significance of findings andhow they support the paper’s conclusions;focus, writing, and organization; and over-all contribution to magazine research. Au-thors will be automatically entered in theaward competitions based on their statusand paper topic.

Submissions. Preferred paper lengthis up to 8,000 words, not including notes,references, and tables. There is no limiton the number of papers authors maysubmit for presentation in the MagazineDivision research sessions. Multiple sub-missions of the same paper(s) to other di-visions will be disqualified. Please followthe submission requirements in theAEJMC Uniform Paper Call, and be sure toremove all identifying information. Papersthat contain authors’ identifying informa-tion will not be considered for review andwill be automatically disqualified. Instruc-tions for submitting a clean paper withoutany identifiers (including in the electronicproperties of the file) can be found atwww.aejmc.org/home/papers. Early sub-missions are encouraged. The deadline forall submissions is April 1, 2015.

Please direct any questions to thedivision’s research chair, MiglenaSternadori, University of South Dakota,[email protected] or 605-760-0995.


Mass Communication and Society Division

The Mass Communication and Soci-ety Division seeks research paper submis-sions from both faculty and students forthe 2015 AEJMC annual convention in SanFrancisco. Submissions to the Mass Com-munication and Society Division can be onany topic related to mass communicationprocesses and effects with the goal of con-tributing to a theoretical base of knowl-edge. The Division accepts researchsubmissions from a variety of theoreticaland methodological perspectives. Submis-sions should be consistent with the styleand format of the journal Mass Communi-cation & Society. Papers should be submit-ted to only one competitive papercategory in the division: 1) Open Competi-tion, 2) Student Competition, or 3) MoellerStudent Paper Competition. Papers mustnot be under consideration elsewhere forpresentation or publication.

Submission Procedures: Individualpaper submissions should not exceed 30-double-spaced pages (count and formatincludes title page, abstract, notes, refer-ences, tables, and figures). Double spaceall material including title page, abstract,text, quotations, acknowledgements, ref-erences, appendices, tables, figure cap-tions and footnotes. All papers must besubmitted in PDF format through theAEJMC website link (www.aejmc.org) tothe Division. Papers should follow the Pub-lication Manual of the American Psycho-logical Association (updated 6th ed.), have1-inch margins, and use 12 point TimesNew Roman, Times or Arial font. Abstractsmust be no more than 75 words. The titleshould be on the first page with pagenumbers and running heads on each pageof text. Hard copy or electronic version ofpapers submitted individually to the Re-search Co-chairs will not be accepted.

Author-identifying informationMUST NOT appear anywhere in the at-tached paper file. Identifying informationincludes (1) listing of authors’ namesand/or affiliations, (2) references to au-thors’ previous work in a way that revealsauthorship of the current work, (3) keep-ing author-identifying information withinthe text, in headers, or within the embed-ded electronic file properties and (4) linksto authors’ websites, email addresses, orsocial media accounts. Inclusion of identi-fying information will result in automatic

disqualification of the paper (please re-view the instructions on the AEJMC web-site for stripping identifying informationfrom the electronic file properties). Au-thors are solely responsible for checkingthe final uploaded version of their paperfor any and all author identifying informa-tion.

Authorship: When submitting co-au-thored papers, permission to submit thepaper should be sought and obtainedfrom all authors on the paper prior to sub-mission. Paper authorship cannot beadded, deleted, or changed after reviewof the paper.

Two-paper limit: In any one year, anindividual can appear as author or co-au-thor on a maximum of two (2) submittedresearch papers to the Division. If one in-dividual appears as author or co-author onmore than two (2) submitted research pa-pers, the Division Executive Committeehas the right to disqualify the third ormore submitted paper.

Author Information: Completely fillout the online submission form with au-thor(s) name, affiliation, mailing address,telephone number and email address. Allauthors and co-authors, their institutionalaffiliations and contact information mustbe included WHEN REGISTERING on thepaper submission system. If there arethree co-authors, for example, informa-tion about all three must be included inthe registration.

Student Competition: Graduate andundergraduate students are invited tosubmit original research regarding anytopic related to mass communication andsociety. For a paper to be considered for astudent paper award, all of the coauthorsmust be students. The paper must be cor-rectly submitted to the Student Competi-tion category online. Papers submitted forthe Student Competition must clearly notethe competition on the title page. A fac-ulty member as co-author automaticallymoves the paper to the Open Competi-tion. At least one author of the winningpaper is asked to attend the Mass Com-munication and Society Business Meetingto receive the award.

Moeller Student Paper Competi-tion: Students who submit a paper writtenfor a class during the previous year are eli-gible for the Mass Communication and So-ciety Moeller Student Paper Competition.Moeller Competition papers must be



nominated by the faculty member whotaught the class. To nominate a studentpaper faculty should send an email verify-ing that the paper was completed for aclass to the research chair(s). Papers sub-mitted for the Moeller Competition mustclearly note the competition on the titlepage. Please remember that the MoellerCompetition is separate from our StudentPaper Competition. The paper must becorrectly submitted to the Moeller Com-petition category online. At least one au-thor of the winning paper is asked toattend the Mass Communication and Soci-ety Business Meeting to receive theaward.

Open Competition: All other paperssubmitted to the Division will be reviewedin the Open Competition. At least one au-thor of the winning paper is asked to at-tend the Mass Communication andSociety Business Meeting to receive theaward.

Top Paper Recognition: To acknowl-edge research excellence, the Divisionprovides cash awards and waives oneAEJMC conference registration fee for thetop four winners in each research papercompetition. All research paper submis-sions, regardless of faculty or student au-thorship, are judged together as generalpapers. However, the top papers in theOpen and Student categories are recog-nized separately.

Presentation obligation: At least oneauthor of an accepted faculty paper mustattend the conference to present thepaper. If student authors cannot be pres-ent, they must make arrangements for thepaper to be presented by someone else.Failure to be present or provide a presen-ter for any paper will result in author(s)losing eligibility to submit to the divisionfor one year. The author(s) will also not beeligible to count that presentation onhis/her vita. Authors of accepted papersare required to forward papers to discus-sants and moderators prior to the confer-ence.

At least one author of each toppaper is asked to attend the Mass Com-munication and Society Business Meetingto receive their awards.

Authors are responsible for followingthe guidelines for paper submissions out-lined in the AEJMC Uniform Paper Call andadditional Division’s guidelines listed inthis call. For questions, please contact re-

search co-chairs Gang (Kevin) Han at IowaState University ([email protected], 515-294-0482) or Sei-Hill Kim at the Universityof South Carolina ([email protected],803-777-7037).

Media Ethics DivisionThe AEJMC Media Ethics Division

seeks a diverse range of original facultyand graduate student paper submissionsrelated to ethics. The division encouragessubmission of papers that address a broadspectrum of ethics-related topics and con-cerns, which may include, but are not lim-ited to, the relationship betweenjournalism and democracy, media ac-countability systems, ethical decision-making, morality and moral development,truth-telling and deception, privacy, credi-bility, the impact of technology and eco-nomics on ethics, newsroom norms androutines, and the relationship betweenlaw and ethics.

The division is open to the broadestpossible range of scholarship, looking atethics across a range of communicativecontexts (e.g., journalism, advertising,public relations, entertainment media,new media, social media, etc.), from arange of theoretical/paradigmatic ap-proaches (e.g., philosophical, critical, soci-ological, psychological, etc.) and using arange of methods (e.g., qualitative, quan-titative, mixed-method, etc.) Theoreti-cal/normative essays grounded in ethicstheory are also welcome, as are manu-scripts related to the teaching of ethics.

In addition to our regular call, the Di-vision is sponsoring a special call focusingon “New Horizons in Media Ethics.” Wealso have awards for top faculty paper,top graduate student paper, and a profes-sional relevance award. All submissionswill be evaluated in the general papercompetition. Authors wishing to be con-sidered for any of the special calls shouldsubmit their paper only once. There is nolimit on the amount of papers an authorcan submit to the division.

In addition to supporting the CarolBurnett Award winners, the Media EthicsDivision will offer small travel stipends forthe top student submissions.

All papers must be no more than 25-pages (excluding title page, references,figures, illustrations, and/or appendices)and must otherwise conform to the rulesoutlined in the AEJMC Uniform Call for Pa-

pers. Papers that do not conform to theserules, or which contain information identi-fying the author(s), will be disqualified.Authors should use APA style (6th ed.).

Submitting a paper to the MediaEthics Division implies that the author (or,one of the authors or a proxy) intends topresent the paper in person.

Special Call for New Horizons in Media Ethics

In addition to our regular call, theMedia Ethics Division is sponsoring a spe-cial call for papers pertaining to “newhorizons in media ethics.” Where is mediaethics headed as a field? Where ought thefield head?

Papers may address, but are by nomeans limited to, the following:

What is the role of normative theoryin the broader canon of mass communica-tion theory? Are there questions of legiti-macy for normative theory, and howmight they be overcome? What is “theo-retical” about normative theory? Is nor-mative theory complementary oroppositional to empiricism?

How do we construct and defendnormative theory in an age of moral rela-tivism?

In a changing media landscape,where an unstable economy and techno-logical innovation have seemingly trans-formed journalism and other forms ofmediated communication, how does thisimpact how we theorize journalism,media, and communication from a norma-tive perspective? How can ethicists con-tribute to the debate on “new media” andits technologies? What do we gain in thenew media environment, and what do welose?

How ought we theorize “change”from a normative perspective? What dotrends in existing ethics scholarship indi-cate about where we are headed as afield? How proficient is current ethicsscholarship in addressing the changingmedia environment? How do we needto adapt our scholarship? What con-cepts/topics/issues ought we be address-ing?

How might ethics scholarship beenriched with dialogues from otherfields/sub-fields/literatures (e.g., moralpsychology, political economy, critical the-ory, media sociology, media effects, media



criticism, democratic theory)? Likewise,how might these other traditions be en-riched by engagement with our scholar-ship? Are there, on the other hand, limitsto this? What are the “boundaries” ofethics scholarship?

What scholars or philosophical tradi-tions possess rich terrain for ethics schol-ars but have generally been overlooked?How might this work be revived? What isthe contribution to theory of these over-looked literatures?

Special call papers should be theo-retical/normative, rather than empirical,although references to empirical work assupport for the arguments made are ofcourse welcome. Papers must be theoreti-cally grounded. Special call papers mustbe marked “Special Call” on the title page.All papers must conform to the style andlength rules outlined above and in theAEJMC Uniform Call for Papers.

Carol Burnett Award for GraduateStudents: The Media Ethics Division iscommitted to supporting and promotingpromising graduate students with an in-terest in media ethics. All graduate stu-dents who submit papers to the MediaEthics Division are encouraged to enterthe Carol Burnett Award competition. TheMedia Ethics Division teams with the Uni-versity of Hawaii and the Carol BurnettFund for Responsible Journalism to spon-sor this special paper competition forgraduate students. Students are invited tosubmit papers on any topic related tomedia ethics, from any theoretical ap-proach, using any method or combinationof methods.

The winning paper will receive theCarol Burnett/University of Hawaii/AEJMCPrize, which includes a $350 cash award.The runner-up will receive a $150 cashaward. Authors for the top two submis-sions will also receive a small travel assis-tance stipend. The winner will be invitedto accept his or her prize at the Kappa TauAlpha Awards Luncheon at the AEJMCconference. Burnett competition papersmust be marked “Burnett Competition”on the title page.

The Burnett Award is reserved forgraduate students; papers containing fac-ulty members as co-authors are ineligible.

Professional Relevance Award: Spe-cial recognition will be given to the paperthat is judged to be the most relevant toworking professionals (journalists, adver-tisers, etc.). The recipient will be selectedfrom the general paper competition.

Top Faculty Paper: Special recogni-tion will be given to the faculty paperjudged to be the best paper submittedamong faculty authors. The recipient willbe selected from the general paper com-petition.

All questions should be directed tothe Media Ethics Division research chairRyan Thomas, University of Missouri-Co-lumbia, email: [email protected],phone 573-882-1455.

Media Management and Economics Division

The Media Management, Economics,and Entrepreneurship Division (MMEE) in-vites original research paper submissionsto be considered for presentation at the2015 AEJMC conference in San Francisco,CA, August 6-9, 2015. Researchers inter-ested in any aspect of media managementor media economics are encouraged tosubmit papers. The division welcomes theuse of diverse theoretical and method-ological approaches to relevant topics.Papers presented at the Midwinter Con-ference and then revised also are wel-come for submission.

Faculty and student papers competeon an equal footing. The division givesnamed awards to recognize the top threesubmissions from faculty, and the topthree from graduate students (facultymembers cannot be included on studentcompetition papers). Top graduate papersalso receive monetary awards to help off-set the cost of attending the conference.

Some examples of relevant topics inmedia management and economics are:analysis of economic or managementquestions affecting media firms; mediaownership, management and economic is-sues from the public-interest perspective(e.g., effects on reporting or content); his-torical discussions of interesting and im-portant developments in the field; policyissues from a legal, regulatory or eco-nomic perspective; technology and its ef-fects on management or economics;political economy; effects of changes inthe environment where media firms oper-ate; international and cross-cultural stud-

ies; the sociology and culture of media or-ganizations; teaching media managementand economics; and other related topics.

In 2014 the division changed itsname to expand its focus on a new re-lated area: entrepreneurship. We also en-courage and welcome submissions withinthe following topics: opportunities andchallenges for media startups; intrapre-neurship and innovation within legacymedia companies; role of higher educa-tion in the context of media entrepreneur-ship; and other media entrepreneurshiprelated topics.

Please note that advertising and/orpublic relations companies are not consid-ered “media firms” by MMEE Division;therefore, papers on the management ofadvertising agencies and/or public rela-tions agencies should be submitted to theAdvertising Division or Public Relations Di-vision. Papers not appropriate for theMMEE Division will be disqualified beforejudging.

Paper submissions should be a maxi-mum of 25-pages, excluding referencesand tables. All papers must be submittedelectronically at the AEJMC Web site toaccess the All-Academic Web site availablevia the AEJMC Web site link. Papers mustbe uploaded to the All-Academic Webserver no later than Wednesday, April 1,2015, 11:59 p.m. (CDT). All submissionsmust follow the guidelines for the uniformcall for all paper competitions.

Please remove all potentially identi-fying author information from submis-sions. Failure to do so will automaticallydisqualify the paper from consideration.Examples of information to be removedinclude citations of the author’s previouswork, individually or with co-authors; re-lated reference list information; and fileproperties. Instructions for how to removeidentifying information from files can befound on the AEJMC web site.

For questions about submissions,contact MMEE Research Chair AxelRoepnack, Fordham University,[email protected]

Minorities and Communication Division

The Minorities and CommunicationDivision invites submissions of original re-search on any topic related to minoritiesin communication. Submissions employingany generally regarded scholarly method


of inquiry are invited. Papers should in-clude appropriate literature reviews,methodology, findings and discussion.Only one paper per primary author will beaccepted.

The term “minorities” has been de-fined to include Latinos, African Ameri-cans, Asian Americans, and NativeAmericans. Therefore, papers examininghow these groups present images, newsand/or other information about them-selves, as well as those examining how is-sues and/or perspectives related torace/ethnicity and diversity are featuredin mainstream or other specialized media,would generally fall into this division’sarea of interest.

Papers should not be more than 25-pages, excluding references, tables, fig-ures, and other graphics. If it is nothistorical research, APA reference style ispreferred.

Student and faculty research will gothrough separate competitions. Studentsmust identify their papers as such (“Stu-dent Paper”) on the title page of their sub-mission. All sole- or co-authors of thesepapers must be students; papers co-au-thored by students and faculty should besubmitted to the Faculty Research Papercompetition. If these rules are not fol-lowed, papers are subject to disqualifica-tion. Also, follow the instruction in the2015 AEJMC paper competition uniformcall.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please carefullycheck your manuscript for self-identifyinginformation of any kind, including follow-ing a particular style guide’s directions onmatters of self-citation. Please avoid sub-mitting your paper on the deadline day.An early submission will allow you tofully check the submission as they are en-tered into the system so that, if neces-sary, a resubmission prior to the deadlineis possible.

Awards: The MAC Division offersawards for top three faculty and top threestudent papers. Certificate along with acheck will be awarded to each of the win-ners. Questions? Faculty CompetitionContact: Josh Grimm, Faculty ResearchChair, Louisiana State University. Phone:225.578.5198. Email: [email protected];Student Competition Contact: Mia Moody-Ramirez, Student Research Chair, BaylorUniversity. Phone: 254.710.7247. Email:[email protected].

Newspaper and Online News Division

The Newspaper and Online New Di-vision (NOND) of the Association for Jour-nalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)invites submissions of original, unpub-lished research papers for considerationto be presented at the AEJMC Annual Con-ference, Aug. 6-9, 2015, in San Francisco,California. We welcome all categories oftheoretical grounding and methodologiesinvestigating newspaper and online news,broadly defined, including (but not limitedto):

Social media and information diffu-sion

News analyticsNews coverageLawEthicsHistoryEffects researchDiversity and fairness issuesAdoption and creation of technologyEconomic challenges and opportuni-

tiesNorms and routinesDigital and news literacy, etc.The top 3 papers are recognized with

a monetary award (1st, $100; 2nd, $75;3rd, $50).

Newspaper and Online News Divi-sion is again partnering with the AmericanCopy Editors Society to encourage re-search related to copy editing. Papers oncopy editing topics will be considered forthis award, which comes with a $100prize. To be considered for this award, au-thors should include “ACES Award” on thetop of the submission.

Students may apply for the Mac-Dougall Student Paper Award. Authorsshould include “MacDougall StudentPaper Award” on the top of the submis-sion. MacDougall winners will be awarded$200 and a certificate of recognition dur-ing the conference.

To submit: Interested authors mustsubmit their papers using the All Aca-demic System; NOND does not accepthard copies. All papers must follow theAEJMC uniform paper competition guide-lines. Papers should be no more than7500 words, including tables, references,and appendices. All submissions undergoa blind review process by a panel of inde-pendent reviewers. Papers are acceptedon the understanding that they have not

been previously published or presentedelsewhere and that they have been sub-mitted only to NOND for evaluation. Au-thors must remove all identifyinginformation from their papers or they willbe automatically disqualified from thecompetition. Authors will be required tosubmit an abstract of their paper in whichthey must include: 3-5 keywords and thekind of methodology used (qualitative,quantitative, mixed).

Papers are due by 11:59 p.m. (CDT)April 1, 2015. Questions? Please contact:Jasmine McNealy, University of Kentucky,[email protected] or Frederick Schiff,University of Houston, [email protected]

Public Relations DivisionSubmitters should carefully review

the specific details and directions for thePublic Relations Division as well as thegeneral requirements contained in theAEJMC Uniform Paper Call.

Submission Categories: A paper maybe submitted in one of the three PRD cat-egories: (1) open, (2) student or (3) teach-ing.

Top Research, Teaching, and Gradu-ate Student Papers: Monetary awards aregiven for the top three papers in each ofthe three categories. Thanks to a generousgift from Dennis Wilcox, Professor Emeri-tus, San Jose State University, top papersin open and teaching categories will beawarded: $500 for the top paper, $300 forthe second-place paper, and $100 for thethird-place paper. Top teaching paperswill also receive expedited review in theJournal of Public Relations Education, pro-vided they are submitted by December 31,2015. Thanks to the generous support ofThe Plank Center for Leadership in PublicRelations at the University of Alabama,the first author of each of the top threegraduate student research papers will re-ceive $300, $200, and $100, respectively.

Submission Limitations: No morethan two papers may be submitted by anyone author or co-author across the threePRD categories. If it is found that one per-son is author and/or co-author of morethan two submissions across the threePRD categories, all of the submissions willbe automatically disqualified.

A paper may NOT be under review:(1) simultaneously with more than one ofthe three PRD categories, (2) simultane-




ously with more than one division withinAEJMC, (3) simultaneously with theAEJMC conference and any other confer-ence, or (4) simultaneously with theAEJMC conference and any potential pub-lication, including refereed journals, bookchapters, etc.

Authorship: When submitting co-authored papers, permission to submitthe paper should be sought and obtain-ed from all authors on the paper. Paperauthorship cannot be added, deleted,or changed after submission of thepaper.

Author Identification: All authorsand co-authors, their institutional affilia-tions and contact information must be in-cluded WHEN REGISTERING on the onlinesystem. If there are three co-authors, forexample, information about all three mustbe included in the registration. Studentpapers must be authored or co-authoredby students ONLY (no faculty co-authors),and all student papers must have theword “STUDENT” on the title page and inthe running head.

Author-identifying informationMUST NOT appear anywhere in the at-tached paper file. Identifying informationincludes (1) listing of authors’ namesand/or affiliations, (2) references to au-thors’ previous work in a way that revealsauthorship of the current work, and (3)links to authors’ websites, e-mail ad-dresses, or social media accounts. Inclu-sion of identifying information will resultin automatic disqualification of thepaper. It is the responsibility of thepaper author(s) to verify that no identify-ing information is contained in the papertext or in the document file properties.Please follow the directions for removingyour identifying information from theproperties. This will need to be doneEACH time you submit your paper to All-Academic.

Paper Content: Any recognized re-search method and citation style may beused. Papers should include appropriateliterature reviews, methodology, findingsand discussion. Papers should test, refineor expand public relations theory or prac-tice; critically review issues relevant topublic relations theory and research; or

explore methods of effective public rela-tions practice. Teaching papers shouldtest, refine or expand principles or prac-tices associated with public relations ped-agogy. All submissions should representresearch COMPLETED by the conferencesubmission deadline, not research propos-als or reports on research in progress.

Paper Formatting: A paper cannotexceed 25 pages EXCLUDING abstract, ref-erences, figures and tables. Papers mustbe typed in a 12-point font, using TimesNew Roman, Times, or Arial font. Papertext must be formatted with double linespacing with 1-inch margins on all sides ofthe document; references may be singlespaced, with a double space between cita-tion entries. All papers must contain con-tinuous page numbers; if multiple files aremerged for the paper, then the authormust ensure that the page numbers arecontinuous and do not repeat or start overfrom page 1.

Because of past conversion issueswith the All-Academic system that re-sulted in papers being longer than the es-tablished requirement, all papers must besubmitted in PDF format. For those usingthe newest version of Microsoft Word,you can save your paper as a PDF file usingthe “Save As” function. For those notusing this version, you may use a free webservice, such as www.freepdfconvert.com.Failure to follow these formatting guide-lines will result in an automatic disqualifi-cation of the paper.

Presentation Requirement: At leastone author of an accepted faculty papermust attend the conference to present thepaper. If student authors cannot be pres-ent, they must make arrangements for thepaper to be presented by someone else.Failure to be present or provide a presen-ter for any paper will result in a one-yearban on the review of papers for all of theauthors involved. Authors of accepted pa-pers are required to forward papers to dis-cussants and moderators prior to theconference. Presentations at AEJMC con-ference may be disseminated via socialmedia; presenters may opt out of socialmedia dissemination by requesting so atthe time of presentation.

Questions? Please contact researchchairs, Eyun-Jung Ki, The University ofAlabama, [email protected] or WeiwuZhang, Texas Tech University, [email protected]

Scholastic Journalism Division The Scholastic Journalism Division of

AEJMC is accepting submissions of re-search papers for the 2015 conference inSan Francisco.

Papers can be on any topic related tojournalism education (at all levels); thestudent press; media, news, and civic liter-acy; youth journalism; or related fields.We welcome submissions from all theo-retical and methodological perspectives.

Both faculty and student papers ac-cepted will be eligible for top paperawards to be presented at the AEJMCConference in August. Faculty papers witha student co-author or student paperswith a faculty co-author will be judged inthe faculty competition. The best papersshould be theoretically based, method-ologically rigorous, and clearly relate to anissue in journalism and/or civics educa-tion.

Expectations for all papers: Papersshould be in 12-point type, Times NewRoman, double-spaced. Papers should notexceed 25 pages in length, not countingreferences, tables, and appendices.

Style should follow either the Publi-cation Manual of the American Psycholog-ical Association or the Chicago Manual ofStyle. Include an abstract of no more than75 words. At least one author will be ex-pected to attend the meeting to presentthe paper.

All research papers must be submit-ted online via a link on the AEJMC Website. Do not put the author’s name on thetitle page of the document you upload tothe submission site. Reviews are blind.The site will also ask for author’s name, af-filiation, and e-mail address separately.You will be asked for your abstract, too.

For more information or questions,contact Scholastic Journalism Division Re-search Chair Genelle Belmas at (785) 864-7667 or [email protected].

Visual Communication DivisionThe Visual Communication Division

of AEJMC invites faculty and students tosubmit competitive papers devoted totheoretically based studies of visual com-munications, and to issues concerning theprofessional practice of visual media pro-duction, for presentation at the associa-tion’s annual conference. Visual is broadlydefined as and includes photography, film,television, web design, graphic design, il-


lustration, and digital imaging, as well asother visual phenomena.

The division encourages submissionof papers that address a broad spectrumof methodology and application, bothqualitative and quantitative, on all typesof visual media: advertising, broadcast,digital imaging, film, graphic design, multi-media and web design, photojournalism,propaganda images, visual images and cul-ture, visual literacy, and visual aspects ofpolitical campaigns, etc. Research inmedia history, law, policy, effects,processes, uses and ethics regarding visu-als are also welcome. All submissions willbe blind refereed by a panel of independ-ent readers. Student papers will be as-sessed along with faculty papers. A $100award will be given to the top studentcontribution. The top three faculty paperswill be recognized in the AEJMC annualconference program.

Papers are accepted for peer reviewon the understanding that they are not al-ready under review for other conventionsand that they have been submitted to onlyone AEJMC group for evaluation. Papersaccepted for the AEJMC Conferenceshould not have been presented to an-other convention or published in scholarlyor trade journals prior to presentation atthe conference. Authors may submit morethan one paper to the Visual Communica-tion Division.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: All re-search papers must be uploaded throughAEJMC’s ALL ACADEMIC website. Makesure to upload through the link marked Vi-sual Communication Division. All papersmust be uploaded to the server no laterthan 11:59 p.m. (Central Daylight Time)Monday, April 1, 2015, and should complywith all of the AEJMC submission guide-lines.

All papers must be type-written anddouble-spaced with one-inch margins. Thepage limit is 30-pages, inclusive of all ref-erences, notes, tables, illustrations, andappendices. Manuscripts must conformto one of the four listed reference styles:APA, Chicago, MLA, or Turabian for confe-rence submissions.

All authors will be advised whethertheir paper has been accepted and will re-ceive a copy of the reviewers’ commentsby May 19, 2015. At least one author of anaccepted paper must attend the confer-ence to present the paper. Failure to at-

tend the conference will disqualify an au-thor from the next year’s competition. Formore information about submissions tothe Visual Communication Division, pleasecontact Gabriel B. Tait, Ph.D., ArkansasState University, [email protected].

INTEREST GROUPS

Community Journalism Interest GroupThe Community Journalism Interest

Group (CJIG) is seeking original, non-pub-lished research papers to be consideredfor presentation at the 2015 AEJMC na-tional conference in San Francisco. Thedeadline for paper submissions is April 1,2015.

CJIG’S goal is to identify and presentoriginal, meaningful research that ad-vances the understanding of the role ofjournalists and news organizations asmembers of communities, geographic ordigital. We emphasize that communityneed not just be defined as within tradi-tional geographical or social boundaries,but that given technological advances itmay also be applied to journalism and itsrelationship to communities of interestonline. Papers could address issues suchas how “community’” is defined or how itsmeaning changes in an increasingly digitalmedia environment.

The top submissions relating to thetheme will have the opportunity to beconsidered for submission to the peer-re-viewed journal Community Journalism,CJIG’S official publication. Paper submis-sions should include a 100- to 150-wordabstract and not exceed 8,000 words, in-cluding references, tables and notes. Allpapers should conform to APA style, SixthEdition. Graduate students are encour-aged to submit papers. All research pa-pers must be uploaded to the group via alink on the AEJMC website. Please seeAEJMC’s Paper Competition Uniform Callfor more information. Additional ques-tions should be directed to CJIG ResearchCommittee Chair David Schreindl([email protected]).

Entertainment Studies Interest GroupThe Entertainment Studies Interest

Group invites faculty and graduate stu-dents to electronically submit papers forthe 2015 AEJMC conference. The themefor the 2015 conference is Global Bridges,about. Papers that deal with any aspect of

mediated entertainment, including (butnot limited to) narrative film, fictional tel-evision, fictional books, popular maga-zines, music, video games, new media,genre studies, celebrity studies and fanstudies may be submitted to ESIG. Allmethods (qualitative, quantitative, histori-cal, critical) of inquiry are encouraged. Pa-pers may not exceed 25-pages, excludingtables, figures, and references. All entriesshould follow the AEJMC uniform papercompetition. All submissions will undergoa blind review process by a panel of inde-pendent readers.

Although all papers compete on anequal footing, the first author of the top-ranked student paper sent to ESIG will beawarded the Cooper-Chen ResearchAward at the ESIG Business Meeting. Stu-dents who wish to be eligible for thisaward must indicate when submittingelectronically that the paper was writtenexclusively by one or more students. Onlystudents are eligible for this prize; paperswith any faculty co-author(s) are not eli-gible. The top-ranked faculty paper will berecognized. Authors are not required tobe a member of ESIG to submit a paper.The same author(s) can submit more thanone paper to ESIG.

Specific Guidelines: Papers may notexceed 25-pages [standard margins], ex-cluding tables, figures, and references.APA or MLA are acceptable styles for ref-erences. At least one author of an ac-cepted faculty paper must attend theconference to present the paper. If stu-dent authors cannot be present, theymust make arrangements for the paper tobe presented.

Questions regarding submissionsshould be directed to the research chair,Amy Muckleroy Carwile, e-mail: [email protected]

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Interest Group

AEJMC’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual andTransgender (GLBT) Interest Group seekssubmissions of original research on anytopic related to sexual orientation, genderidentity, or gender orientation, and jour-nalism or mass communication for the2015 AEJMC national conference. Bothfaculty and students are strongly encour-aged to submit their unpublished work,and papers employing all methods of in-




quiry and theoretical frameworks are wel-comed.

In previous conferences, papers in-cluded quantitative analyses pertaining tonews coverage of same-sex couples’health insurance benefits and professionalathletes’ coming out stories, as well ascritical/cultural analyses of GLBT images instrategic communication campaigns andhistorical analyses of GLBT individuals andmedia institutions. We especially welcomescholarship dealing with – but not limitedto – topics such as:

1) GLBT content, consumption, andproduction across traditional and newmedia platforms;

2) transgender, queer, and/or gen-derqueer individuals and communities;

3) GLBT activism and advocacy, in-cluding local, state, and/or federal legisla-tive (in)action (i.e., marriage equality,ENDA, safe schools initiatives, immigra-tion, post-DADT, hate crimes, etc.);

4) sexual and gender identity withininstitutions (academia, collegiate and pro-fessional sports, the military, etc.).

Communication scholarship with tiesto the 2015 AEJMC Conference site, SanFrancisco, is particularly encouraged.Paper submissions must comply with theAEJMC uniform paper call; may be nolonger than 25 pages, excluding tables,figures, and references; and contain noidentifying information. Please refer tohttp://www.aejmc.org/home/scholar-ship/submit-clean-paper/ for detailed in-formation on submitting papers for blindreview.

The GLBT Interest Group is pleasedto provide monetary awards and recogni-tion for top student and faculty papers:

Top Student Paper Award: The GLBTInterest Group encourages graduate stu-dent submissions in its Top Student Papercompetition. To be considered for thecompetition, papers must be wholly thework of students. The author(s) of the topstudent paper award will receive $200and a certificate in recognition of theirwork.

Top Faculty Paper Award: The topfaculty paper submitted to the GLBT Inter-est Group will also receive an award. Pa-pers written solely by faculty, or papers

co-authored by faculty members and stu-dents, are eligible. The author(s) of the topfaculty paper award will receive $200and a certificate in recognition of theirwork.

Additional information aboutthe GLBT Interest Group can be foundat http://glbtaejmc.wordpress.com/.Questions regarding submissions shouldbe e-mailed to the GLBT Interest GroupResearch Chair, Laurie P. Honda([email protected]).

Graduate Student Interest GroupThe Graduate Student Interest Group

(GSIG) invites graduate students to submitresearch papers for the 2015 AEJMC an-nual convention in San Francisco. GSIG isdedicated to providing opportunities forgraduate students to present research inthe conference setting. Author(s) may beat any point in their graduate education,from master’s through Ph.D.

GSIG accepts research from a varietyof theoretical and methodological per-spectives that address any topic in journal-ism, media, or mass communication. Thetop-ranked submission will receive the an-nual Guido Stempel Award and will re-ceive a cash prize, award plaque, andconference registration reimbursementfor the lead author. Authors of the topfour papers will have the opportunity topresent at a special GSIG-sponsored re-search panel highlighting graduate studentresearch. In addition, the top studentposter will receive the Carson B WagnerAward, which includes a cash prize andaward certificate. To be considered forGSIG awards, author(s) must be graduatestudents at the time of submission.

Authors are not required to be amember of GSIG to submit a paper, butauthors of accepted papers must be mem-bers before presenting their research atthe convention in August. Our member-ship fee is one of the most affordable ofall AEJMC divisions and interest groups at$7 per year.

Papers should be submitted to theAEJMC site in Word, WordPerfect or PDFformat (PDF preferred). An abstract of 75words should also be uploaded at the timeof submission. Papers should be no morethan 25-pages, not counting references,tables or appendices. Authors should useTimes New Roman in 12-point font, with1-inch margins, double-spaced and in APA

style. According to AEJMC submissionsguidelines, the manuscript title should beprinted on the title page, the first page ofthe text, and on running heads on eachpage of text. Do NOT include author’sname anywhere in the document. Papersuploaded with author’s identifying infor-mation displayed WILL NOT BE CONSID-ERED FOR REVIEW AND WILL AUTO-MATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THECOMPETITION. Please refer to the AEJMCuniform paper call for more information.

All submissions will undergo a blindreview process by a panel of independentreviewers. Papers are accepted on the un-derstanding that they have not been pre-viously published or presented elsewhere(with the exception of the AEJMC Midwin-ter Conference) and are not under consid-eration by any scholarly journal or tradeorganization. Only one paper per primaryauthor will be accepted.

Questions regarding submissionshould be directed to GSIG ResearchChair, Holly Cowart ([email protected]).

Internships and Careers Interest GroupThe ICIG of AEJMC is accepting sub-

missions of research papers from both fac-ulty and students for the 2015 conferencein San Francisco, CA. Papers may be onany topic related to internships and ca-reers. We are particularly interested inpapers on:

* Careers in communications/jour-nalism/advertising/PR

* Internships in communications/journalism/advertising/PR

* New communications/journalism/Advertising/PR career trends

* Internship assessment/pedagogypractices

* Communications industry evalua-tion/measurement techniques

The interest group is offering a freeconference registration to the authors(maximum 4) of the top student paper.Entries should be no longer than 30-pages. On all other requirements, authorsshould follow the AEJMC Uniform Call forPapers. Questions should be directed toresearch chair, Michele Fogg, College ofSouthern Nevada at 702-651-5618 [email protected].

Participatory Journalism Interest Group The Participatory Journalism Interest

Group - PJIG invites research paper sub-


missions for the 2015 AEJMC Conference,August 6-9 in San Francisco, CA.

The deadline for paper submissionsis April 1, 2015, at 11: 59 p.m. (CDT).

Papers must be submitted in accor-dance with all requirements of AEJMC andits uniform paper call and electronic sub-mission process. Paper length is limited to25-pages, not including references, tables,figures or appendices. Font size should be12 pt., margins at least 1-inch on all sides,and the researchers should use a style ap-propriate to their research goals. Papersare accepted on the understanding theyhave not been published.

All submissions undergo a blind re-view process. Authors should ensure thattheir papers do not contain identifying ref-erences. For a detailed explanation, pleasesee “submitting a clean paper” under theuniform paper call on the AEJMC website.Submitters: Carefully check manuscriptsfor self-identifying information of anykind, including following a particular styleguide’s directions on self-citation. Weurge you to submit at least two days be-fore the deadline so you can check youruploaded document for self-identifyinginformation and resubmit prior to thedeadline. For more information seewww.aejmc.org/home/papers

Papers submitted will be eligible forfour separate awards: top faculty paper($151), top poster ($100), first- and sec-ond-place student paper awards ($151and $75 respectively). The poster awardwill be given after the conference and isbased on the quality of the research andposter presentation. Because of the sepa-rate competition for students, graduatestudents should be careful to identify theirpapers as “student papers” in the submis-sion process. Papers co-authored with fac-ulty members do not qualify for thestudent competition.

PJIG is interested in research that ex-amines the emergence, practice, suste-nance and/or teaching modes ofparticipatory journalism. Authors areurged to submit papers that generallyconform to this group’s interests. Papersshould make sure to include discussionsof news within the context of participa-tory/civic/citizen/entrepreneurial journal-ism.

Suggested paper topics include: Par-ticipatory/citizen/civic journalism in politi-cal campaigns, citizen media (including

news consumers as news producers), civicmapping, community conversations,newsroom projects, entrepreneurial jour-nalism, legal and ethical issues in partici-patory/civic/citizen journalism,crowdsourcing versus traditional “gate-keeper” journalism, participatory/civic/citizen journalism in a multicultural envi-ronment, participatory/civic/citizen jour-nalism and new technologies,history/philosophy of participatory jour-nalism and its civic or citizen components,the changing newspaper industry econ-omy and its effect on the development ofparticipatory/civic/citizen journalismmovements, media convergence and par-ticipatory journalism, the missions andmeanings of “participatory,” “civic” or“citizen” journalism, teaching journalismin those categories, and use of polls, focusgroups and other methods in civic report-ing.

Please direct questions to PJIGResearch Chair Anne Hoag ([email protected]).

Political Communication Interest Group The Political Communication Interest

Group invites submission of original, non-published research papers to be consid-ered for presentation at the 2015 AEJMCconference, August 5 to 9, 2015, in SanFrancisco, CA. The deadline for paper sub-missions is April 1, 2014, at 11:59 p.m. Wewelcome both faculty and graduate stu-dent papers of all methodological ap-proaches and levels of analysis. Researchpapers should be directly related to medi-ated political communication, broadly de-fined. In particular, as part of ourbi-annual exploration of the Americanelectoral process, the Political Communi-cation Interest Group invites the submis-sion of manuscripts that focus on the2014 U.S. Elections. Possible relevant top-ics include processes and effects of medi-ated political communication in relation topolitical news, political journalism, publicpolicy, political figures and candidates; cit-izen engagement and mobilization; publicopinion; campaigns and political advertis-ing; advocacy; and political economy ofthe media. All submitted research papersshould be clearly grounded in theory andmethodology.

The Political Communication InterestGroup has established the McCombs ShawAward for Best Student Paper in Political

Communication with a $100 prize to begiven annually to the best graduate stu-dent paper submission. Student papersmay not include any faculty authors/co-authors and must be clearly labeled as“Graduate Student Paper” on the coverpage. In addition, the interest group annu-ally honors the top three papers in politi-cal communication; both faculty andgraduate student paper submissions areeligible for this honor.

All entries should follow the guide-lines of the AEJMC uniform paper compe-tition. Paper length is limited to 25-pages,not including references, tables, figures orappendices. All submissions will undergo ablind review process by a panel of inde-pendent reviewers. Papers are acceptedon the understanding that they have notbeen previously published or presentedelsewhere. Paper authors must removeidentifying information from paper. Fail-ure to do so will lead to an automatic dis-qualification.

If you have any questions, pleasecontact research co-chairs Jasun Carr ([email protected]) or Amy Bree Becker([email protected]).

Religion and Media Interest GroupThe Religion and Media Interest

Group (RMIG) invites submission of re-search papers on topics that incorporatethemes related to religion and media.RMIG will consider papers using quantita-tive, qualitative or historical researchmethods and accepts any recognized cita-tion style (although APA is preferred).Please note that essays, commentaries, orsimple literature reviews will not be con-sidered.

Possible areas of research focus in-clude (but are not limited to): studies ofreligious group members and uses of reli-gious or secular media; exploration ofmedia coverage of religious issues andgroups; analysis of audiences for religiousnews; media strategies of religious organi-zations; religious advertising; religiousand spiritual content in popular culture;etc. Papers focusing on historicallyunderrepresented religions, denomina-tions and/or groups as well as religiouscontexts outside the U.S. are stronglyencouraged. For more about RMIG andits mission, please see http://www.religionandmedia.org/our-mission-and-



goals/. Papers will be considered for pres-entation as traditional research panelsand poster sessions.

The maximum length of research pa-pers is 25-pages, excluding endnotes andtables. The Religion and Media InterestGroup also sponsors a Top Paper competi-tion for both student and faculty papers.(Note: student papers may not have a fac-ulty co-author.) The top student and fac-ulty papers will be awarded $100 each,with the second-place student and facultypapers receiving $50 each. Co-authors willsplit the monetary awards, but each willreceive a plaque. The awards will not begiven if the selected papers are not pre-sented at the conference. In order to beconsidered for the Top Paper competition,please specify either a student submissionor a faculty submission on the cover pageof the paper. Student papers that are notclearly identified as student submissionswill not be considered for the student TopPaper Competition. All paper submissionsmust follow the 2015 AEJMC UniformPaper Call.

Please pay particular attention tothe following section of that call:

Before submitting your paper,please make certain that all author-iden-tifying information has been removedand that all instructions have been fol-lowed per the AEJMC uniform papercall. Papers uploaded with author’s iden-tifying information displayed WILL NOTBE CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW AND WILLAUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIEDFROM THE COMPETITION. ALL AEJMC DI-VISIONS, INTEREST GROUPS AND COM-MISSION PAPER SUBMISSIONS WILLABIDE BY THIS RULE WITHOUT EXCEP-TION.

Questions should be submitted tothe RMIG Research Chair Joel Campbell [email protected]. Type “RMIGResearch Paper” in the subject line whencommunicating via e-mail.

Small Programs Interest Group The AEJMC Small Programs Interest

Group invites submission of original, non-published research papers that focus onthe relationship between teaching and re-search, to be considered for presentation

at the AEJMC Conference, August 6 to 9,2015 in San Francisco.

We invite members of all divisionsand interest groups to contribute researchpapers – using any methodology, whetherquantitative or qualitative—that focus ontelling a story across many platforms (con-vergence) in journalism and mass commu-nication. We especially encourage authorsto submit studies on pedagogy approachesand the effects on students and faculty in-side and outside of the classroom. Mem-bers of this division are particularlyinterested in smaller, teacher-orientedprograms.

GUIDELINES: See the AEJMC GeneralPaper Call for instructions to upload toAll-Academic Site. The paper must be up-loaded to the server no later than 11:59p.m. (Central Daylight Time) Wednesday,April 1, 2015. The competition is open tofaculty and to graduate students; no sepa-rate student competition is held.

The paper must be formatted in Mi-crosoft WORD or PDF. PDF format isstrongly encouraged. Authors must com-pletely fill out the online submission form,including author’s name, affiliation, mail-ing address, telephone numbers (acade-mic, home and cell), and preferred emailaddress. The title must be on the first pageof the manuscript and on the runningheads on every page. However DO NOTINCLUDE author’s name or affiliationwithin the running heads or title page orany pop-up options that may be containedin PDF submissions. Papers uploaded withauthor’s identifying information WILL NOTBE CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW AND WILLAUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED FROMTHE COMPETITION. Follow instructions onhow to submit a clean paper for blind re-viewing.

SPIG requests a paper length of NOMORE than 25-pages (excluding refer-ences) and the document must be double-spaced and typed in 11-point Arial fontor Times Roman font-and follow APAstyle guidelines. Researchers must also up-load an Abstract of no more than 75words.

Authors must heed the AEJMC Gen-eral Paper Regulations and Deadlines. Forexample, papers submitted to the wrongdivision or that do not meet ALL the aboveguidelines will not be reviewed (for exam-ple, submission of an abstract by thedeadline but a paper AFTER the deadline,

will result in the paper NOT being ac-cepted). However, SPIG research co-chairswill make every effort to contact authorswho do not meet guidelines so that theywill be aware as early as possible thattheir paper has not been accepted and thereasons why.

Papers are accepted for peer reviewwith the understanding that they are NOTunder review (or being submitted duringthe AEJMC review period) to a second di-vision or interest group OR to a journal orother publication. Papers submitted to the2015 conference should NOT have beenpresented to another conference and nei-ther should they have been published orbe in the publication process BEFORE thedate of the 2015 Conference in August.

For more information, contact theSPIG Research Co-Chairs: Mia Moody-Ramirez of Baylor University at:[email protected] or PatrickSutherland of Bethany College at:[email protected] Phone: 304829-7716.

Sports Communication Interest Group The Sports Communication Interest

Group invites faculty and student submis-sion of original research papers that focuson sports. Submissions must contain aclear media dimension such as traditionalmedia (newspapers, TV, radio), digital orsocial media or strategic communication(PR, advertising, or sports marketing).Submissions should be theoreticallygrounded and offer tangible evidence ofscholarly rigor. We welcome qualitativeand quantitative research methods; weencourage a broad spectrum of ap-proaches, including sociological, historical,critical, pedagogical, and cultural research.Only one paper per author will be ac-cepted for review. Submissions must notbe under consideration elsewhere forpresentation or publication.

Please see the AEJMC Uniform Callfor Papers for applicable submission re-quirements and instructions to upload tothe All-Academic site and on how to suc-cessfully remove identifying information.We strongly recommend submitting earlyso you have time to check your uploadeddocument to ensure no identifying infor-mation is included. Papers should be nolonger than 25 pages, double-spaced (notincluding tables, figures and references),using a standard 12-point font. Papers



that do not meet the AEJMC Uniform Callfor Papers requirements will not be ac-cepted.

Faculty and student submissions willundergo separate blind review processesby faculty-only judges. Student papers co-authored by faculty will be inserted intothe faculty pool, regardless of lead authorstatus. Student authors — undergraduateand graduate students enrolled during the2014-2015 school year — should include acover sheet that clearly states the paper isa student submission. Submissions shouldcontain no identifying information, such asname, university affiliation, or job title.Please be certain that any identificationthat may occur via electronic means isfully removed, as the presence of anyidentifying information, whether intendedor unintended, will result in removal fromconsideration.

Please direct questions about sub-missions to John Carvalho at Auburn Uni-versity ([email protected]) or AnneOsborne at Syracuse University ([email protected]).

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Commission on the Status of WomenThe Commission on the Status of

Women invites submissions of researchfor competitive paper sessions that arebased on issues of gender and communi-cation. We welcome papers in which gen-der is a main analytic focus and inviteprojects that use a variety of approachesand research methods, including but notlimited to critical, empirical, ethnographic,historical, legal and semiotic analyses. It isexpected that the research will demon-strate a familiarity with feminist commu-nication theory. Examples of relevanttopics include: representations of womenin the news; the role of gender in news-rooms or classrooms; effects of massmedia on women and girls; feminist ap-proaches to teaching and communication;women’s use of/production of media;gender equality in the profession or theacademy; how gender influences or mat-ters in health, risk, and crisis public rela-tions campaigns, etc.

Suggested paper length is 25-pages(double-spaced, 12-point type), excludingtables, references, figures or illustrations.We especially encourage submissions bygraduate students. The winner of the topstudent paper will be awarded $100, andthe winner of the second place studentpaper will receive $50. Authors of the toppapers will be recognized in the confer-ence program and at the CSW businessmeeting at the conference.

This paper call is part of the overallAEJMC call for research papers; all submis-sions must adhere to the general guide-lines put forth by AEJMC. Please consultthe AEJMC 2015 Paper Competition Uni-form Call for information about paper for-matting, submission deadline, creating a“clean” paper, and other guidelines. CSWwishes to stress that papers containingany identifying author information willbe disqualified. Please forward anyquestions regarding uploading a “clean”paper or other queries to JenniferVardeman-Winter, CSW Research Chair,at [email protected].

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Preferred qualifications: Earned Ph.D. inmass communication. Experience in teachingsocial media courses as well as broadcast jour-nalism courses.

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