Communication Technology

The center for Digital Ethics & Policy at Loyola University Chicago (digitalethics.org) will be holding its second annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics on October 29^th, 2012.  The keynote speaker will be Professor Sherry Turkle from M.I.T.

We are looking for papers on digital ethics.  Topics might include privacy, anonymity, griefing, free speech, intellectual property, hacking, scamming, surveillance, information mining, transparency, digital citizenship, or anything else relating to ethical questions and digital technology, or ethical use of digital technologies in journalism, advertising and public relations.

Abstracts should propose original research that has not been presented or published elsewhere.

Authors of accepted papers will be eligible for up to $400 in travel funds to be able to attend the Chicago symposium.  The author(s) of the top student paper will be eligible for up to $1,000 in travel funds.

With the author’s consent, the best papers will be given top consideration for inclusion in a special issue of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics on digital ethics.

Abstracts are due by midnight CST on June 15^th, 2012, should follow APA or MLA style and be no longer than 500 words, not including references.

Send your submission in a MS Word document attachment to contact@digitalethics.org, and please write Digital Ethics Symposium submission in the subject line.

You can send questions to the same email address.

Don’t forget! The deadline to submit papers to the annual AEJMC Conference is this Sunday, April 1. For more information please click here.

The interdependence between the academy and the professional and industry organizations it serves provides an opportunity for collaboration on research that can benefit everyone.

The Council of Affiliates of AEJMC, which consists of 35 member organizations related to the fields of journalism and mass communication, is sponsoring an Industry Research Forum designed to strengthen that academy/industry link.

Council members have put forth several ideas for research that they feel would help the business. The council is inviting applications for two $1000 awards to researchers willing to take on one of their suggested topics or to develop a topic relevant to industry needs. The award can be used to assist in the research and/or travel to the AEJMC conference in Chicago August 9-12, 2012, to present the research. The session is slotted for Saturday, August 11, 8:15-9:45 a.m.

Applications should include a two to three-page abstract developing the topic and methodology, a timeline for the research and a brief bio illustrating why you have the background to complete this project. Applications are due by March 1, to Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, chair, AEJMC Council of Affiliates, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Florida International University, North Miami, FL 33181; 305-919-5203. Please send electronic version to kopenhav@fiu.edu.

For more information please click here.

Dear Colleagues,

With the AEJMC deadline of April 1 now quickly approaching, the Communication Technology division is seeking reviewers for its 2012 AEJMC paper competition. In the last two years, CTEC has received record numbers of submissions. As it is almost certain that CTEC will again field a very large number of paper submissions, I kindly ask that you volunteer to review for the division—and, in order to help keep your own commitment more manageable, recommend just one colleague to review as well.

The submission process will again proceed through the familiar online All-Academic system, which of course provides the option to print manuscripts for review. Reviewers will have slightly over one month to complete their reviews, and depending on the total number of submissions, I will attempt to assign no more than three papers per volunteer reviewer.

If you would like to serve as a reviewer, please take a few minutes to email me at ctec.research@gmail.com with the following information:

1. Your name and current email;
2. Your current affiliation;
3. Your area of specialization and preferred methodologies;
4. Your willingness to be a moderator and/or discussant for a CTEC panel.

As a general rule, we do not employ student reviewers for CTEC research papers, but do encourage students to submit their work to our division and participate in the Jung-Sook Lee student paper competition.

Thank you for your consideration. Your service to the division as paper reviewer and session moderator/discussant is deeply appreciated.

All the best,

Carmen

The Call for Papers for the AEJMC 2012 Midwinter Conference is available. To see submission guidelines and information please click here.

Dear CTEC members:

Though it seems like just yesterday we were meeting in St. Louis, it is already about time this year to request again for new panel proposal ideas for the 2012 AEJMC conference in Chicago.

Panels can be focused on research, PF&R and/or teaching. Attached is a sample form that you should use to propose your panels. You do not have to schedule possible panelists, since we will not be able to have all suggestions on the program. But be sure that your panel could be put together if selected. You can also suggest cooperation with other divisions.

Please send me your ideas no later than October 15. I will then provide you with a list of all proposed panels for a vote. I have to file all panels with AEJMC soon afterwards.

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

Best regards,

Jacob

Vice Head, CTEC division / AEJMC

The International Symposium on Online Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin is now welcoming paper submissions for 2012!

This unique international conference mixes academic research and industry oriented panel discussions, with scholars from universities around the world and journalists representing some of the most important media and news organizations from around the globe.

The International Symposium on Online Journalism welcomes all papers that clearly deal with original research into online journalism. Papers and/or abstracts that are submitted by December 15, 2011 will be blind reviewed by a panel of scholars from leading universities from around the world.

Please click on the image above to see the full call for papers and specific conference information.