Graduate Student Interest Group

(updated 1.28.13)

The Graduate Student Interest Group (GSIG) invites graduate students to submit research papers for the 2012 AEJMC convention in Washington D.C.

Because the interest group’s focus is on its student constituency and not a topic area, the group accepts research by graduate students addressing any topic in journalism, media, or mass communication. We are dedicated to providing opportunities for graduate students to present research in the conference setting. We also accept research conducted using numerous and varied methodological approaches, both qualitative and quantitative. We strive to offer the highest level of feedback on submitted and accepted work.

The top-ranked student submission will receive the annual Guido Stempel Award and will receive a $100 award check, a commemorative plaque, and conference registration reimbursement. Authors of the top four papers will have the opportunity to present at a special GSIG-sponsored research panel highlighting graduate student research. Authors are not required to be a member of GSIG to submit a paper, but those whose papers are accepted are obligated to join the interest group (annual membership fee: $7) before presenting their research at the conference in August.

GSIG is also pleased to announce the second-annual Carson B Wagner Scholar-to-Scholar Award for the best poster presentation submitted to GSIG at the conference. Recipients of the award will receive a $100 check.

Papers with any faculty co-author(s) are not eligible and will be rejected.

All entries should follow the guidelines of the AEJMC uniform paper competition. Papers should be no more than 30 pages, not counting references, tables or appendices. All submissions will undergo a blind review process by a panel of independent readers. Papers are accepted on the understanding that they have not been previously published or presented elsewhere (with the exception of the AEJMC Midwinter Conference or AEJMC Southeast Colloquium) and are not under consideration by any scholarly journal of trade organization.

Questions regarding submission should be directed to J.J. De Simone, Research Chair, at .

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Media Management & Economics Division

The Media Management & Economics Division invites original research paper submissions to be considered for presentation at the 2013 AEJMC conference in Washington, DC, August 8-11, 2013. Researchers interested in any aspect of media management or media economics are encouraged to submit papers. The division welcomes the use of diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to relevant topics. Papers presented at the Midwinter Conference and then revised also are welcome for submission.

Faculty and student papers compete on an equal footing. The division gives named awards to recognize the top three submissions from faculty, and the top three from graduate students (faculty members cannot be included on student competition papers). Top graduate papers also receive monetary awards to help offset the cost of attending the conference.

Some examples of relevant topics in media management and economics are: analysis of economic or management questions affecting media firms; media ownership, management and economic issues from the public-interest perspective (e.g., effects on reporting or content); historical discussions of interesting and important developments in the field; policy issues from a legal, regulatory or economic perspective; technology and its effects on management or economics; political economy; effects of changes in the environment where media firms operate; international and cross-cultural studies; the sociology and culture of media organizations; teaching media management and economics; and other related topics.

Paper submissions should be a maximum of 25-pages, excluding references and tables. All papers must be submitted electronically at the AEJMC Web site to access the All Academic Web site available via the AEJMC Web site link. Papers must be uploaded to the All Academic Web server no later than 11:59 P.M. (Central Daylight Time) Friday, April 1, 2013. All submissions must follow the guidelines for the uniform call for all paper competitions.

For questions about submissions, contact Research Chair Charlene Simmons, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, via e-mail at .

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Law and Policy Division

The Law and Policy Division invites submission of original research papers on communications law and policy for the 2013 AEJMC Conference in Washington, D.C. Papers may focus on any topic related to communications law and/or policy, including defamation, privacy, FCC issues, intellectual property, obscenity, freedom of information, and a myriad of other media law and policy topics. Papers outside the scope of communications law and policy will be rejected.

The Division welcomes a variety of theoretical orientations and any method appropriate to the research question. A panel of judges will blind-referee all submissions, and selection will be based strictly on merit. Authors need not be AEJMC or Law and Policy Division members, but they must attend the conference to present accepted papers.

Paper authors should submit via the online submission process as described in the Uniform Paper Call.

Law and Policy Division papers must be no longer than 50–double-spaced pages with one-inch margins and 12-point font, including cover page, appendices, tables, footnotes and/or endnotes, and end-of-paper reference list, if applicable. (Footnotes and/or endnotes and reference list may be single-spaced.) Papers that exceed 50 total pages or are not double-spaced will be automatically rejected without review. Although Bluebook citation format is preferred, authors may employ any recognized and uniform format for referencing authorities, including APA, Chicago, or MLA styles.

Papers that include author-identifying information within the text, in headers, or within the embedded electronic file properties will be automatically rejected (review the instructions on the AEJMC Web site for stripping identifying information from the electronic file properties). Authors are solely responsible for checking the final uploaded version of their paper for any and all author identifying information.

There is no limit on the number of submissions authors may make to the Division. Any paper previously published or presented at a conference except the AEJMC Southeast Colloquium or the AEJMC Midwinter Conference are not eligible for the competition.

In 2013, the Division is introducing a Top Debut Faculty Paper Award. The top paper accepted by a faculty member who has never had a paper accepted by the Division will be awarded a prize of $150 and will receive free conference registration. For papers with multiple authors, multiple faculty and/or faculty and student, to be eligible none of the authors of the paper may have previously had a paper accepted by the Division at the national conference. In addition, only the faculty author presenting the paper will be eligible for free conference registration.

Student authors of single-authored papers should clearly indicate their student status on the cover page. Student submissions will be considered for the $100 Whitney and Shirley Mundt Award, given to the top student paper. The Law and Policy Division will also cover conference registration fees for the top three student paper presenters.

If you have questions, please contact: Chip Stewart, Law and Policy Division Research Chair, Schieffer School of Journalism, TCU Box 298060, Fort Worth, TX 76129. Phone: (817) 257-5291; email: .

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Commission on the Status of Women Officers

Terms expire October 2010 or later

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Chair
Jennifer L. Rauch
Long Island University

Vice Chair/Program Chair
Stacey Hust
Washington State University

Secretary
Barbara Friedman
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Research Chair
Barbara Barnett
The University of Kansas

Newsletter Editor
Katie Reynolds Place
University of Maryland

Midwinter Conference Chair
Tracy Everbach
University of North Texas

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Media Management & Economics Division Officers

Terms expire October 2010 or later

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Head
Gracie Lawson-Borders
University of Wyoming

Vice Head/Convention Program Chair
Todd Chambers
Texas Tech University

Research Chair/Paper Competition Chair
Dane S. Claussen
Point Park University

Research Committee Vice-Chair/ Midwinter Conference Paper Competition Chair
Sue Wescott Alessandri
Suffolk University

Newsletter Editor
Jim Eggensperger
Iona College

PF&R Committee Chair
Fred Schiff

Teaching Committee Chair
Amy Jo Coffey
University of Florida

Secretary
Jennifer Wood Adams
Auburn University

Immediate Past Division Head
Hugh J. Martin
Ohio University

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Mass Communication & Society Division Officers

Terms expire October 2010 or later

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Head
Donnalyn Pompper
Temple University

Vice Head & Program Chair
Francesca R. Dillman Carpentier
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Secretary & Newsletter Editor
W. Joann Wong
Indiana University

PF&R Chair
Lisa M. Paulin-Cid
North Carolina Central University

Research Committee Co-Chairs
Seungahn Nah
University of Kentucky

Bu Zhong
Pennsylvania State University

Teaching Committee Chair
Frank E. Dardis
Pennsylvania State University

Midwinter Conference Chair
Janet Bridges
Sam Houston State University

Graduate Student Liaison
Seth C. Lewis
University of Texas at Austin

Webmaster
Kevin Williams
Mississippi State University

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