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Volume 40, Number 7: September 2012 What's Inside 2013 Conference Paper Submission System Opens In Memoriam: Charles Atkin, 1945-2012 President's Message: The Development of ICA Newsletter 2.0 Michael Slater: ICA Presidential Candidate Statement Peter Vorderer: ICA Presidential Candidate Statement 2012 Division & Interest Group Election Candidates Conversations: Shame on Us Understanding Impact Factor Take Time to Use New MyICA Profile Features We Are Here to Listen and Take Meaningful Actions! Member News & Updates Division & Interest Group News Calls for Papers Available Positions & Other Advertising 2013 Conference Paper Submission System Opens: Tips for Your Submission Emily Karsnak, ICA Conference & Membership Coordinator Starting 1 September, the Paper Submission System for the ICA Annual Conference in London will open and all interested parties are invited to submit full papers, extended abstracts, interactive papers, extended session and panel proposals. The system will remain open for 8 weeks until 1 November, 23:00 EST. As You Prepare Your Submission, Consult the Call for Papers It is important to keep in mind that every division and interest group is different both in terms of subject matter and submission criteria. When deciding which section to apply to, make sure you understand the section’s scope. Learn more about ICA's sections... If you have any questions about whether your paper is a good fit for a particular section, you should e-mail the section leadership directly. Each section sets its own submission criteria. A few sections will accept extended abstracts, many will not. Some set their own word limit; others follow ICA’s general guideline of 8,000 words. Be sure to consult the London Call for Papers (available in PDF and HTML) and read both the section’s call and ICA’s general guidelines. This is the first and most crucial step you can take to ensure that your paper is eligible for consideration. New Guidelines New this year, all submissions must be uploaded in PDF format. This added requirement eliminates file conversion issues and ensures that the final content and formatting of your paper is as you intended. ICA Leadership Introduced last year, please keep in mind that each submitter/presenter is limited to Executive Committee five (5) peer reviewed submissions per year, including papers and panels. This Cynthia Stohl, President, U of California-Santa Barbara policy applies to all submissions, regardless of whether the submitter is listed as a first Francois Heinderyckx, President-Elect, U Libre de Bruxelles or seventh author. Submitting more than five submissions will disqualify the individual Larry Gross, Immediate Past President, U of from consideration. Southern California Francois Cooren, Past President, U de Montreal Barbie Zelizer, (ex-officio), Finance Chair, U of Submitter Pitfalls Pennsylvania Michael L. Haley (ex-officio), Executive Director Each year, there is a number of recurring submitter complications that can lead to a Members-at-Large Terry Flew, Queensland U of Technology paper’s disqualification. Please note the following: R.G. Lentz, McGill U Jiro Takai, Nagoya U 1. All submissions must be anonymous: Your name, affiliation, or any identifying Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Cardiff U Jonathan Cohen, U of Haifa information cannot be listed anywhere (header, footer, title page, etc.) on the Student Members uploaded PDF. If your name appears on your submission, section leaders have Sojung Claire Kim, U of Pennsylvania grounds to automatically reject your paper. Rahul Mitra, Purdue U Division Chairs & ICA Vice Presidents Amy B. Jordan, Children, Adolescents, and the Media, U of Pennsylvania 2. Avoid creating duplicate user profiles: If a submitter has more than one Kwan Min Lee, Communication & Technology, U account with ICA, that submitter will not be able to gain access to submissions, of Southern California Laura Stein, Communication Law & Policy, U of read completed paper reviews, or upload revised papers. There are two very Texas - Austin simple things a submitter can do to avoid creating a duplicate record: 1) When Roopali Mukherjee, Ethnicity and Race in Communication, CUNY - Queens College starting the submission process, always search for your name and record. By Radhika Gajjala, Feminist Scholarship, Bowling Green State U searching, you will know that you have located your record and also verify that no Antonio La Pastina, Global Communication and duplicate exists. Should you find more than one record for yourself, contact the Social Change, Texas A&M U Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Health Communication, Purdue ICA staff to merge these accounts before any of the aforementioned issues comes Elly A. Konijn, Information Systems, VU Amsterdam to pass. 2) If you are adding a coauthor or member of a panel to your submission, Brandi N. Frisby, Instructional & Developmental be sure to search thoroughly for his or her record before creating a new one. If the Communication, U of Kentucky Steve T. Mortenson, Intercultural Communication, listed affiliation is not up-to-date, you should still add the record if you know it is for U of Delaware John P. Caughlin, Interpersonal Communication, the same person. That individual can easily update the affiliation when signing into U of Illinois the Paper Submission System. Stephanie Craft, Journalism Studies, U of Missouri Evelyn Y. Ho, Language & Social Interaction, U of San Francisco ICA is sensitive to the fact that the coming months are quite busy for many of our David Tewksbury, Mass Communication, U of Illinois members. We strongly encourage early submissions to ensure that the ICA staff has Ted Zorn, Organizational Communication, Massy ample time to answer any questions or problems that might arise. The system will U Laurie Ouellette, Philosophy of Communication, U remain open for 8 weeks until 1 November, 23:00 EST. In fairness to all submitters of Minnesota Claes H. De Vreese, Political Communication, U who meet the deadline, we will not accept any submissions past this date. ICA will of Amsterdam send out acceptance and rejection notifications in mid-January; at that time, Jonathan Alan Gray, Popular Communication, U of Wisconsin – Madison conference registration will open. Juan-Carlos Molleda, Public Relations, U of Florida If you have any questions as your prepare to submit, please send questions on call for Michael Griffin, Visual Communication Studies, Macalester College papers directly to section leadership and all other questions to ICA staff at Interest Group Chairs [email protected]. Philip Lodge, Communication History, Edinburgh Napier U Richard J. Doherty, Environmental Communication, U of Illinois Dmitri Williams, Game Studies, U of Southern California Image: "The Square Mile," City of London. Copyright David Iliff; License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 Vincent Doyle, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies, IE U Adrienne Shaw, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies, Temple U Liz Jones, Intergroup Communication, Chapman U Editorial & Advertising Emily Karsnak, ICA, Conference & Membership Coordinator Colleen Brady, ICA, Executive Assistant Michael J. West, ICA, Publications Manager In Memoriam: Charles Atkin, 1945-2012 ICA Newsletter is published 10 times annually (combining January-February and June-July Cynthia Stohl, ICA President, U of California - Santa Barbara issues) by the International Communication Association. On August 11, 2012 our discipline was profoundly shaken by the unexpected and untimely death of Charles (Chuck) Kenwood Atkin, professor and chair of the Department of Communication at Michigan State University. Chuck was an extraordinary scholar, an exceptional mentor, a beloved administrator, a loving husband, father, and grandfather, and a wonderful friend. He was also a spirited champion for the field of communication, the International Communication Association, Michigan State, his colleagues, and his students. A leading scholar of mass media, Chuck's work focused on the design and evaluation of persuasive media campaigns for the improvement of public health and safety, most recently the prevention of extreme drinking among college students and cancer detection, prevention, and treatment. He published 10 books and over 150 articles and book chapters. He was a leading investigator on more than 35 funded projects, including a current five year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Chuck received many accolades throughout his distinguished career. He was an ICA Fellow, MSU University Distinguished Professor, and the ICA/NCA Outstanding Health Communication Scholar. He received the NCA Applied Scholarship and Distinguished Book awards, the Distinguished Service award from the National Commission on Drunk Driving, and a Decade of Behavior award from the American Psychological Association. The reach and influence of his work were global and far-ranging. Chuck testified and consulted with subcommittees of the US Congress, Presidential and White House Commissions, the Surgeon General, and other federal and state agencies in the USA, as well as public agencies in Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, England, and Germany. Chuck served ICA in many capacities including being chair of the ICA Fellows, as an Associate Editor for Communication Theory and as a member of the editorial boards of Human Communication Research and the Journal of Communication. Most recently, immediately following our Phoenix conference, Chuck joined the ICA publication committee. His intellectual contributions as panel participant and