James W. Carey Media Research Award 2009

Sponsored by the
Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research
http://www.cccsir.org/

The Carl Couch Center invites self-nominations for works to be considered for its annual James W. Carey Media Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes works on topics that have been central to Carey's scholarship. Among others, submissions might focus on technology, time, space and communications, the nature of public life, the relation between journalism and popular culture. Applications will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Carey's approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of six:

   Prof. Stuart Adam, Poynter Institute for Media Studies
   Prof. Theodore L. Glasser, Stanford University
   Prof. John Pauly, Marquette University
   Prof. Jeff Pooley, Muhlenberg College
   Prof. Linda Steiner, University of Maryland
   Prof. Lance Strate, Fordham University

Both single and multiple authored works will be accepted. All submissions must be works that have been published or have been accepted for publication in a book or journal. To be considered for the 2009 award, works should have been published or accepted in 2007 or 2008.

Those interested please submit a copy of their works electronically to Mark D. Johns, executive director of CCCSIR, at mjohns@luther.edu in plain text, Microsoft Word, or Corel WordPerfect format. If the work submitted is a paper, a 100-word abstract needs to be included. Paper length is limited to 30 pages plus references. If a book is submitted, a copy of the table of contents and one chapter are sufficient. The application deadline is April 1, 2009. Notification of award application will be sent out by June 15.

The Award winner will receive the Carey Award plaque to be presented at the winner's choice of the 2009 annual convention of the International Communication Association (ICA), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), or National Communication Association (NCA).

Questions and comments about the Carey Award, please contact:

Mark D. Johns

Dept. of Communication Studies

Luther College

Decorah, IA 52101

Tel: (563) 387-1347
E-mail: mjohns@luther.edu

Shing-Ling S. Chen

Dept. of Communication Studies

Univ. of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614

Tel: (319) 273-6021

E-mail: chen@cccsir.org