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June 2006:
RadioAsia conference - 20th -23rd June 2006
Following the success of RadioAsia 2005, the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and Singapore Exhibition Services (SES) are holding the RadioAsia 2006 Conference, which will commemorate the 100th anniversary of radio broadcasting. The conference will be held in Singapore in conjunction with 'Broadcast Asia 2006', an International Media Technology Exhibition & Conference.
The conference will consist of a half-day of workshops conducted by two of the most reputed radio training institutions in the world - the Deutsche Welle - Akademie/Radio Training Centre from Germany and the Radio Netherlands Training Centre. It will be followed by a three-day conference where leading radio experts will be delivering papers and presentations.
For further information on RadioAsia 2006 please visit: www.amic.org.sg/
36th Annual Convention of the Communication Association of Japan
The Communication Association of Japan's annual conference is being held at Obirin University in Machida, Tokyo on 17-18 June 2006. The theme is "Communication and the Literal Arts: Reading Cultural Texts". Visit the society website at www.caj1971.com/.
The Communication Association of Japan is an association of scholars, researchers, practitioners and educators in Japan who have an interest in human communicative interaction. The Association was founded in 1971 as the Communication Association of the Pacific-Japan with the current name taking effect in 1985.
Merger of European Communication Associations
The European Communication Association and the European Consortium for Communication Research have merged to create the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA).
The merger was initially announced in November 2005 at the First European Communication Conference held in Amsterdam.
As well as arranging workshops and conferences, ECREA will provide opportunities to exchange information and collaborate with researchers active in different countries and/or in different disciplines within the field of communication. It will assist members in finding partners and opportunities for international research projects. ECREA will provide its members with relevant information regarding scientific, institutional and practical aspects of their work and at the different stages of their career. Special attention will be given to the specific needs and expectations of young scholars (summer schools, network). ECREA will also become the link to and from the community of professors and researchers active in communication and information studies.
Further information on the Association is available on its website: www.eccr.info/ecrea/
April 2006:
NEW JOURNAL FOR 2006
Social Influence is a new journal published by Psychology Press, a member of the Taylor and Francis Group.
Social Influence provides an integrated focus for research into this important, dynamic, and multi-disciplinary field and covers: conformity, norms, social influence tactics such as norm of reciprocity, altercasting, and scarcity, interpersonal influence, persuasion, power, advertising, mass media effects, persuasion in democracy, propaganda, comparative influence, compliance, minority influence, influence in groups, cultic influence, social movements, social contagions, rumors, resistance to influence, influence across cultures, and the history of influence research.
Further information on Social Influence
NCA Non-Serial Publications Editor named and call for proposals
Gust A. Yep, based at San Francisco University, has been named as the first editor of the NCA's Non-Serial Publications. Yep will serve a three-year term which commenced on 1st January 2006.
His appointment reflects a reorganisation and revitalisation of the non-serials publications program which is currently calling for proposal submissions for book-length projects focusing on theoretical and/or pedagogical issues related to the study and practice of human communication in a variety of contexts. Further details on the Call for Proposals can be viewed here.
March 2006:
CALL FOR EDITORS
During 2006, the NCA's Publications Board will nominate editors for four journals: Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication Monographs, Critical Studies in Media Communication, and Communication Teacher. The newly appointed editors will begin processing manuscripts later in the year and will publish the volumes for 2008-2010. Self-nominations are welcome. View further details and nomination requirements here.
NEW EDITORSHIPS
Incoming editors for 2006:
Communication Education - Patricia Kearney, California State University, Long Beach, USA
Journal of Applied Communication Research - Tim Sellnow, North Dakota State University, USA
Southern Communication Journal - John C. Meyer, University of Southern Mississippi
Incoming editors for 2007:
Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies - John Sloop, Vanderbilt University, USA takes on the editorship in 2007
Text and Performance Quarterly - Bruce Henderson
The Review of Communication - Raymie McKerrow
SPECIAL ISSUE
Journal of Applied Communication Research is publishing a special issue on the Atlantic Hurricane Season this autumn. The issue will focus on applied communication issues associated with hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. This includes a wide range of methodological approaches and theoretical orientations, including qualitative, critical, and quantitative. For more information on this journal, visit the homepage: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00909882.asp
MEMBER BENEFITS
As a membership benefit during 2006, National Communication Association (NCA) members can receive free online access to one of the following journals:
Learning, Media and Technology
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
Social Movement Studies
The Communication Review
For more information, please visit www.natcom.org/nca/Template2.asp
NEW ACQUISITIONS FOR ROUTLEDGE
For 2006, Routledge has commenced publishing the Southern Communication Journal on behalf of the Southern States Communication Association. This title complements the portfolio of journals already published on behalf of the Central States Communication Association, Eastern Communication Association, Western States Communication Association and also the National Communication Association.
Another acquisition to Routledge this year includes the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, a publication of the World Communication Association.
Rhetoric Society Quarterly, the official journal of the Rhetoric Society of America, is the final acquisition added for 2006, further strengthening the communication list published by Routledge.
NCA SPONSORED SUMMER CONFERENCES
The National Communication Association is sponsoring three summer conferences that are currently accepting registrations. Click here for further information on all three:
- 2006 NCA Hope at Luther Conference for Faculty Development - five seminars are scheduled for 23-29 July
- 2006 NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar
- NCA Summer Institute: Constructionist Approaches to the Discipline
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