Special Issue of American Journal of Media Psychology on "Quantifying the Processes Involved in International Public Diplomacy" Call for Submissions

There was a time when much of international public diplomacy took place among diplomats and opinion leaders of various countries. Today, international public diplomacy entails explicit and implicit messages sent by a government in one country to members of a general public in another country for the purpose of shaping their attitudes toward some aspect of the sending country. What processes can best describe attitude formation and/or attitude change as it relates to international public diplomacy in a global media environment? What role, if any, do the international media networks (news and entertainment, traditional and Web-based) play in this context? Researchers with interests in such areas as attitude formation and change, media psychology, social psychology, cross-cultural communication, political communication, public opinion, international communication, news exposure, international relations, media effects and related topics are invited to submit papers to the American Journal of Media Psychology for a special issue that focuses on explaining attitude formation and attitude change as related to international public diplomacy within a global media environment. Submissions sought are ones that tackle this topic by either focusing exclusively on applying psychology and/or communication theories to this topic area, and/or conducting comprehensive literature reviews of studies that have findings that are applicable to this topic area, and/or carrying out theory-driven empirical investigations that focus on this topic. The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2007. For more instructions on submitting a manuscript, please visit http://www.marquettejournals.org/mediapsychology.html. Questions about this call for manuscripts can be directed to Dr. Michael Elasmar, Editor, American Journal of Media Psychology at elasmar@bu.edu.

Midwest Popular Culture Association/ Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference Call for Papers
Send paper, abstract, or proposal to the appropriate Area Chair listed on the accompanying sheet (also available at http://www.mpcaaca.org). Deadline for receipt is April 30, 2007. Please include name, affiliation, postal address, and e-mail address of each author/participant. Indicate any information that you do not want published in the program schedule (a preliminary version of the schedule will be posted on our website; the final version will be distributed in hard copy at the conference). For more information on becoming a member of the Association, download and fill out this membership form (.doc). For more information on the Area Chairs for the Conference, download information here (.doc).
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Media Development and Media Policy in a Global World: An International Symposium Call for Papers

Shanghai University’s Center for International Communication Studies and Center for Media Policy Studies will jointly hold the “Media Development and Media Policy in a Global World” symposium between June 16 and 17, 2007. On behalf of the organizing committee of the “Media Development and Media Policy in a Global World” symposium, we extend our warm welcome to scholars of media and media policy studies around the world to participate in the symposium with a recent paper of yours on the topics specified in the attached document.
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Feature Interview with ICD Member: Elanie Steyn, Research Chair
Get to know your fellow colleagues. ICD Members share their thoughts on their involvement in the organization and international communication. If you are interested in being a featured ICD member for the website, email aejmciicd@aejmcicd.org.
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Feature Interview with ICD Member: Sanjay Asthana, Vice-Head Program Chair
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2007 AEJMC Convention - ICD Call for Papers
Dear ICD members and others,
I hope you are all doing fine. Although the deadline is April 1, 2007, I like to share some information with this early reminder for paper call. As most of you might be aware, beginning this year, the paper submissions to the International Communication Division, AEJMC will have to be done via an online process. We now have a redesigned ICD website that provides you with all the necessary information. The paper call information is also listed on the website. Here is the link: http://www.aejmcicd.org/. If you like to review papers and/or moderate sessions, please contact Elanie Steyn. And if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any ICD officer. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Sanjay Asthana
Vice Head and Program Chair

 

More Details About ICD Call for Papers
The International Communication Division welcomes all papers that clearly deal with international aspects of mass communication. Any theoretical orientations and methodological approaches appropriate to the research are acceptable and encouraged. While papers dealing with research and teaching are welcome, this year we wish to especially encourage submissions that deal with Teaching and Professional Freedom and Responsibility (PF&R). These PF&R areas include Free Expression; Ethics; Media Criticism and Accountability; Racial, Gender, and Cultural Inclusiveness and/or Public Service. Papers are submitted either to the open competition (faculty and student-faculty) or the Markham competition (strictly student-authored papers). All research papers must be uploaded through an online server to the group appropriate to the paper's topic via a link on the AEJMC website: www.aejmc.org/07convention. In addition to guidelines that apply to ALL AEJMC paper competitions, ICD’s specific guidelines are listed below. Submit the paper via the AEJMC website link (www.aejmc.org/07convention) to the AEJMC group appropriate to the paper's topic. Format should be Word, WordPerfect, or a PDF.
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2007 AEJMC Midwinter Conference Call for Paper Abstracts and Panel Proposals
February 23-24, 2007

 

The AEJMC Midwinter Conference is an annual forum for the presentation of research in areas relevant to the nine AEJMC divisions sponsoring the conference. The conference follows a rather informal structure that allows for presentations and extended discussions in a relaxed setting. In 2007, ten AEJMC divisions and interest groups are sponsoring this year’s conference, scheduled for Feb. 23-24, 2007 (Friday & Saturday), at the Reynolds School of Journalism in Reno. The location offers participants many winter diversions outside the conference activities, from gaming and nightlife to world-class ski resorts at nearby Lake Tahoe.

Questions about paper proposal submissions to specific divisions and interest groups can be directed to the appropriate contacts below. General questions about the conference can be sent to Jennifer Greer, Conference Site Host (jdgreer@unr.edu) and Jim Benjamin, Communication Technology Division Midwinter Chair (jbenjam@ut.net.utoledo.edu).

Paper submissions: Authors should submit research paper proposals consisting of a 300- to 500-word abstract. Do not submit full papers. The abstracts should give a clear sense of the scope of the research and the method of inquiry used. Conclusions should be highlighted for works that have been completed by the submission deadline. Do not send full research papers for consideration. However, authors of proposals accepted for presentation at the conference must submit complete research papers, not exceeding 30 pages, to their discussant two weeks prior to the conference.

Panel submissions: Panel organizers should submit proposals indicating the panel title, a description of the session’s focus, the issues to be discussed, and a list of panelists (potential and confirmed), including affiliation.

Format: Identify the paper’s author(s) or panel’s organizer(s) on the title page only and include the mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address of the person to whom inquiries should be addressed. The title should be on the first page of the text and on running heads on each page of text. Include your abstract or proposal as an attachment in a standard word-processing format (preferably Word or RTF). Also, please ensure that you remove any identifying information from your document (with the exception of the title page).

Deadline: All abstracts and panel proposals must be e-mailed to the appropriate division’s midwinter paper chair (see below) by December 20, 2006. Send abstracts and proposals to the appropriate division contact below. Please include an e-mail address so that the midwinter paper chair of the division can notify you. You will be notified by January 10.