AEJMC Political Communication Group 2013 Call for Papers

The Political Communication Interest Group invites submission of original, non-published research papers to be considered forpresentation at the AEJMC conference, August 8 to 11, 2013, in Washington, DC. The deadline for paper submissions is April 1, 2013, at 11:59 p.m.

We welcome both faculty and graduate student papers of all methodological approaches and levels of analysis. Research papers should be directly related to mediated political communication, broadly defined. Possible relevant topics include processes and effects of mediated political communication in relation to political news, political journalism, public policy, political figures and candidates, citizen engagement and mobilization, public opinion, campaigns and political advertising, advocacy, and political economy of the media. We especially welcome papers related to the 2012 election campaign. All submitted research papers should be clearly grounded in theory and methodology.

The Political Communication Interest Group has established the McCombs Shaw Award for Best Student Paper in Political Communication with a $100 prize to be given annually to the best graduate student paper submission. In addition, the interest group annually honors the top three papers in Political Communication; both faculty and graduate student paper submissions are eligible for this honor.

All entries should follow the guidelines of the AEJMC uniform paper competition. Paper length is limited to 25-pages, not including references, tables, figures or appendices. All submissions will undergo a blind review process by a panel of independent reviewers. Papers are accepted on the understanding that they have not been previously published or presented elsewhere. Paper authors must remove identifying information from paper. Failure to do so will lead to an automatic disqualification.

Click here to submit your paper 

If you have any questions, please contact research co-chairs Lauren Feldman (feldman@american.edu) or Emily Vraga (evraga@gmu.edu). 

Call for panels for AEJMC 2013 in Washington DC

Call for panels
Political Communication Interest Group (AEJMC)

The political communication interest group of AEJMC is inviting panel proposals
for the 2013 AEJMC conference in Washington, DC. We are seeking
teaching, research and PF&R panels. The panel can be either a
pre-conference or a conference panel. We
especially welcome co-sponsored panels.

Panels should focus on a specific topic within political
communications and can include such topics as diversity, social media,
elections, public opinion, political journalism, political
advertising, etc.   In addition, we welcome panel proposals that focus
on the 2012 Presidential Election and/or take advantage of the unique
setting of holding AEJMC in our nation’s political capital.

If you would like to submit a panel proposal, please follow the following steps:
Send us a one-page proposal with the following information:
            -Panel title and description.
            -Panel type (teaching, research or PF&R).
            -Panel sponsors (divisions within AEJMC).

-Abstract about the panel (a paragraph describing the key issues or
subject matter).
            -List of proposed panelists including affiliation.
            -Contact information for the organizer(s) of the panel,
including email and phone.

Please make sure that all proposed panelists are planning to attend
the AEJMC conference in Washington D.C.
All proposals are due on Oct 21st and should be mailed to Erik Nisbet
at nisbet.5@osu.edu
Please email me if you have any questions or need more information
about proposing a panel.

Erik Nisbet
PCIG Vice-head and Program Chair

PCIG Newsletter!

Our first newsletter finally here! Click to download [PDF]. Inside: 

• President's column
• News and comments about the upcoming AEJMC 2012 conference
• Graduate student spotlight
• Membership updates and information

Also, information about PCIG's first ever Distinguished Top Political Communication Paper Award! Send in your nominations by June 15. 

CORRECTIONS

The original PCIG newsletter listed incorrect dates and times for some of the PCIG panels. The correct listings are below. The PDF file was also updated to reflect the corrections. Apologies for the incorrect listings.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 3:15 – 4:45 pm

Four Decades of Agenda-Setting Research: Past and Future, Local and Global

Cosponsored with the Mass Communication & Society Division

This research panel will discuss the development of agenda-setting research over four decades.

PARTICIPANTS:

Agenda-setting founders Max McCombs, Texas and Donald Shaw, North Carolina; David Weaver, Indiana; Lars Willnat, Indiana; Guy Golan, Syracuse. Moderator: Ying Roselyn Du, Hong Kong Baptist.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 10 – 11:30 am

Presidential Election 2012 - Political Advertising Misinformation

Cosponsored with the Advertising Division

This panel will consider how well the American news media hold politicians and their surrogates accountable for their advertising claims. 

PARTICIPANTS:

Tom Feran, Editor, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio; Erika Franklin Fowler, Wesleyan University; Timothy Karr, Senior Director of Strategy, FreePress; Chris Mottola, Republican media strategist, former consultant for John McCain’s 2008 campaign. Moderator: Michelle Amazeen, Rider.
* Update: Due to a scheduling problem, Timothy Karr will be unable to attend this panel. John Stearns, Journalism and Public Media Campaign Director, will attend instead.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 11:45 – 1:15 pm

Ethnic Minority Groups in the Crosshairs of 2012 Electoral Campaigns

Cosponsored with the Minorities and Communication Division

The panel will analyze the racially insensitive campaign propaganda that has been going on as we approach the 2012 presidential campaign.  

PARTICIPANTS:

Federico Subervi, Texas State; H. Denis Wu, Boston & Tien-Tsung Lee, Kansas; Hub Brown & Bradley Gorham, Syracuse; Cristina Azocar, San Francisco State. Moderators: Diana Rios, Connecticut and Alex Tan, Washington State.

2012 Distinguished Political Communication Research Award

ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION IN JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION

POLITICAL COMMUNICATION INTEREST GROUP

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

2012 Distinguished Political Communication Research Award

The Political Communication Interest Group at AEJMC announces its inaugural Distinguished Political Communication Research Award, which recognizes the author of an outstanding scholarly journal article in political communication. Political communication includes a range of topics that examine mediated interactions among citizens, press, candidates, public officials, and government. We welcome any type of methodology including: quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, critical and rhetorical approaches. We also welcome American and international political communication articles. Only articles published between January 2011 and December 2011 are eligible for consideration. All nominations must be accompanied by a letter of nomination describing how the article makes, or promises to make, a significant contribution to political communication theory, research, and/or practice. Self-nominations are welcome. The nomination letter should include name, title, affiliation, and contact info of the article’s author. The nomination letter and a .pdf of the nominated article should be emailed by June 15, 2012 to Jason Zenor (jason.zenor@oswego.edu), Chair of the Distinguished Political Communication Research Award Committee.

Mass Communication and Society CFP: Symposium on Entertainment Media and Politics

Mass Communication & Society

Call for Papers

Symposium: Entertainment Media and Politics

Guest Editor: R. Lance Holbert, The Ohio State University

A wide range of studies encompassing a variety of epistemological frameworks have been published on the topic of entertainment media and politics. There exists a critical mass of scholars who are devoting much effort to provide new understanding on a myriad of roles played by entertainment media in various political processes. Now that a sufficient level of scholarly activity has been generated, this area of research is at a pivotal moment in its evolution. While much knowledge has been obtained, several crucial issues remain that must be addressed in order to advance this mass communication sub-field. One, there is a lack of organizational power. Various research projects tend to focus on a single media outlet and often in relation to unique communication processes. As a result, it is difficult to gain a sense of how any one study functions alongside other works to produce a deeper understanding of political entertainment media. Two, there has been no systematic effort to explicate "political entertainment media." What types of media content fall within the bounds of this area of study? How might the boundaries of this concept be shifting with the new media environment (e.g., rise of user-generated content)? Three, there is strong work being conducted by empirical and critical-cultural scholars alike on the same types of political entertainment media, but there has been little effort to link these seemingly disparate areas of research. How might we go about building stronger ties? Four, no strong theoretical foundations have emerged to define this area of study. There is a need for theoretical diversity, but there is also much to be gained from building theoretically-grounded lines of research conducted by multiple researchers with different research agendas. If more cogent lines of research are to emerge, which theories might best serve this area of study?

Mass Communication & Society invites submissions for a special issue devoted to a symposium on entertainment media and politics. A wide range of research questions, theories, and methodologies are welcome, and the submission of research conducted outside of the United States is highly encouraged. Individual submissions may focus on a single political entertainment media outlet, but works of this kind should also speak to broader theoretical concerns (i.e., lack of organizational power, defining the boundaries of political entertainment media, bridging epistemological divides, lack of theory). Manuscripts focused on the 2012 American election cycle are also welcome, but submissions of this kind should attend to a broader set of theoretical concerns that step beyond the influence of specific media outlets at a single moment in time.

Deadline for submissions

Manuscripts are to be submitted by September 30, 2013 via the Mass Communication and Society online system athttp://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mcas following the standard journal submission procedures. Authors should note in their cover letters that the submission is for the Entertainment Media and Politics Symposium. Final publication will be in Volume 17 (2014). In addition to the electronic submission process, please send one hard copy of each submission to: R. Lance Holbert, School of Communication, The Ohio State University, 3016 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall, Columbus OH 43210. Any questions concerning this call for papers can be directed to R. Lance Holbert, holbert.27@osu.edu, 614-247-7644 (office).

AEJMC 2012 PCIG paper call

As the AEJMC deadline approaches, just a reminder of our paper call for the 2012 AEJMC conference in Chicago.

The political communication interest group invites submission of original, non-published research papers to be considered for presentation at the AEJMC conference, August 9 to 12, 2012, in Chicago, IL. We welcome both faculty and graduate student papers of all methodological approaches and levels of analysis. Research papers should be directly related to mediated political communication, broadly defined. Possible relevant topics include processes and effects of mediated political communication in relation to political news, political journalism, public policy, political figures and candidates, citizen engagement and mobilization, public opinion, campaigns and political advertising, advocacy, and political economy of the media. All submitted research papers should be clearly grounded in theory and methodology.

The political communication interest group has established the McCombs Shaw Award for Best Student Paper in Political Communication with a $100 prize to be given annually to the best student paper submission. In addition, the interest group also annually honors the Best Faculty Paper in Political Communication with a $50 cash prize. All entries should follow the guidelines of the AEJMC uniform paper competition. Papers length is limited to 25-pages not including references, tables or appendices.

All submissions will undergo a blind review process by a panel of independent reviewers. Papers are accepted on the understanding that they have not been previously published or presented elsewhere (with the exception of the AEJMC Midwinter Conference). Paper authors must remove identifying information from paper. Failure to do so will lead to an automatic disqualification. If you have any questions, please contact research co-chairs Erik Nisbet (nisbet5@osu.edu) or Lauren Feldman (feldman@american.edu).

PCIG Graduate Student Guide

Are you a graduate student? Are you interested in Political Communication? Check out our Graduate Student Guide (pdf), and be sure to share it with your friends! PCIG is committed to reaching graduate students and faculty alike, so let us know what else we can do to get you involved!