The Minorities and Communication Division invites submissions of original research on any topic related to minorities in communication.

Submissions employing any generally regarded scholarly method of inquiry are invited. Papers should include appropriate literature reviews, methodology, findings and discussion. Only one paper per primary author will be accepted.

The term “minorities” has been defined to include Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. Therefore, papers examining how these groups present images, news and/or other information about themselves, as well as those examining how issues and/or perspectives related to race/ethnicity and diversity are featured in mainstream or other specialized media, would generally fall into this division’s area of interest.

Papers should not be more than 25-pages, excluding references, tables, figures, and other graphics. If it is not historical research, APA reference style is preferred.

Student and faculty research will go through separate competitions. Students must identify their papers as such (“Student Paper”) on the title page of their submission. All sole- or co-authors of these papers must be students; papers co-authored by students and faculty should be submitted to the Faculty Research Paper competition. If these rules are not follow-ed, papers are subject to disqualification.

The MAC Division is sponsoring two “Award Winning Paper” competitions at this year’s conference: Top faculty and the Alan Bussel Award for Top Student Paper. The “top” three faculty papers and the “top” student paper will be selected from among the refereed papers submitted to the MAC Division’s competitions. A first-place winner in the “top” faculty paper competition will receive $200. The second-place winner will receive $100 and the third-place winner $75. The student winner will receive a complimentary ticket for the MAC luncheon during this year’s conference, free AEJMC Convention registration and $100.

Certificates will be awarded to each of the winners, whose prizes are furnished by a grant from Indiana Wesleyan University. In addition, the other outstanding student papers will have the opportunity to participate in a scholar-to-scholar session.

Faculty Competition Contact: Kyle Huckins, Faculty Research Chair, Indiana Wesleyan University. Phone: 765-677-1947. Email: kyle.huckins@indwes.edu; Student Competition Contact: Masudul Biswas, Student Research Chair, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Phone: 717-477-1517. Email: mkbiswas@ship.edu.

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The Media Management & Economics Division invites original research paper submissions to be considered for presentation at the 2013 AEJMC conference in Washington, DC, August 8-11, 2013. Researchers interested in any aspect of media management or media economics are encouraged to submit papers. The division welcomes the use of diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to relevant topics. Papers presented at the Midwinter Conference and then revised also are welcome for submission.

Faculty and student papers compete on an equal footing. The division gives named awards to recognize the top three submissions from faculty, and the top three from graduate students (faculty members cannot be included on student competition papers). Top graduate papers also receive monetary awards to help offset the cost of attending the conference.

Some examples of relevant topics in media management and economics are: analysis of economic or management questions affecting media firms; media ownership, management and economic issues from the public-interest perspective (e.g., effects on reporting or content); historical discussions of interesting and important developments in the field; policy issues from a legal, regulatory or economic perspective; technology and its effects on management or economics; political economy; effects of changes in the environment where media firms operate; international and cross-cultural studies; the sociology and culture of media organizations; teaching media management and economics; and other related topics.

Paper submissions should be a maximum of 25-pages, excluding references and tables. All papers must be submitted electronically at the AEJMC Web site to access the All Academic Web site available via the AEJMC Web site link. Papers must be uploaded to the All Academic Web server no later than 11:59 P.M. (Central Daylight Time) Friday, April 1, 2013. All submissions must follow the guidelines for the uniform call for all paper competitions.

For questions about submissions, contact Research Chair Charlene Simmons, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, via e-mail at Charlene-Simmons@utc.edu.

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From ethical issues facing journalists to questions in entertainment, public relations and advertising, the Media Ethics Division seeks a diverse range of faculty and graduate student paper submissions related to ethics. The Division encourages submissions of all media-ethics research, regardless of methodological approach. We encourage submissions that use surveys, experiments, interviews, or other data-collection methods as well as submissions that use a rhetorical or theory-building essay style. Submissions may use a variety of theoretical approaches, relying on normative or descriptive theory, using communication, philosophy, sociological, psychological or other theoretical approaches. The division is sponsoring a special call in addition to our regular call and our graduate student award.

All papers must be no more than 25-pages long (excluding bibliography and appendices) and must otherwise conform to the rules outlined in the AEJMC Uniform Call for Papers. Submitting a paper to the MED implies that the author (or one of the authors) intends to present the paper in person or will make arrangements for the paper to be presented by a colleague familiar with the work.

The Division offers recognition in a number of areas. Except for the Burnett award, all competitions are open to both faculty and students. All submissions will be evaluated in the general paper competition. Authors wishing to be considered for the special competitions described below should only submit their paper once.

In addition to supporting the Carol Burnett award winners, MED will offer small travel stipends for the top student submissions.

Special Call For Entertainment Ethics: In addition to our regular call, the Media Ethics Division is sponsoring a special call for papers related to entertainment ethics. Papers may consider entertainment ethics related to film, social networking, music, television, video games, books, comics, or other areas of entertainment media. Papers may use a variety of methodological approaches such as quantitative, qualitative, rhetorical, etc.

Special call papers must be marked “Special Call” on the title page (and ONLY on the title page).

Carol Burnett Award for Graduate Students: All graduate students who submit papers to the Media Ethics Division are encouraged to enter their paper in the Carol Burnett Award competition. The Media Ethics Division teams with the University of Hawaii and the Carol Burnett Fund for Responsible Journalism to sponsor this special paper competition for graduate students. Students are invited to submit papers on any topic related to media ethics: public relations, entertainment, journalism, advertising, etc.

The winning paper will receive the Carol Burnett/University of Hawaii/AEJMC Prize, which includes a $350 cash award. The runner-up will receive a $150 cash award. Authors for the top two submissions will receive a small travel assistance stipend and will be invited to present their papers at the 2013 conference in Washington D.C. The winner will be invited to accept his or her prize at the KTA Awards Luncheon at the conference.

Burnett competition papers must be marked “Burnett Competition” on the title page (and ONLY the title page).

Professional Relevance Award: Special recognition will be given to the paper that is judged to be the most relevant to working professionals. The recipient will be selected from the general paper competition.

Top Faculty Paper: Special recognition will be given to the faculty paper judged to be the best paper submitted among faculty authors. The recipient will be selected from the general paper competition.

All questions should be directed to the research chair Jenn Burleson Mackay, Virginia Tech, email: jemackay@vt.edu, phone 540-231-1663.

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The Mass Communication and Society Division seeks research paper submissions from both faculty and students for the 2013 AEJMC national conference in Washington, D.C. Submissions to the Mass Communication and Society Division can be on any topic related to mass communication and society. The division accepts research submissions from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives and any accepted citation style.

Top Paper Recognition: The division provides cash awards and waives one AEJMC conference registration fee for the top four winners in each research paper competition. For a paper to be considered for a student paper award, all of the authors must be students. A faculty member as co-author automatically moves the paper to faculty competition. All MC&S research submissions, regardless of faculty or student authorship, are judged together as general papers. However, the top papers in the faculty and student categories are recognized separately. At least one author of each winning paper is asked to attend the Mass Communication and Society business meeting to receive their awards.

Moeller Student Paper Competition: Students who submit a paper written for a class during the previous year are eligible for the Mass Communication and Society Moeller paper competition. Moeller Competition papers must be nominated by the faculty member who taught the class; who must send a letter or email verifying that the paper was completed for a class. Papers submitted for the special call or the Moeller Competition must clearly note the competition on the title page. Please remember that the Moeller Competition is separate from our student top paper competition. At least one author of the winning paper is asked to attend the Mass Communication and Society business meeting to receive the award.

Papers should be submitted to the AEJMC site in Word, WordPerfect or PDF format (PDF preferred). An abstract of 75 words should also be uploaded. Text and supporting documents (appendices, references, tables, etc.) should not exceed 30 double-spaced pages. According to AEJMC submissions guidelines the manuscript title should be printed on the title page, the first page of the text and on running heads on each page of text. Do NOT include author’s name anywhere in the document. Papers uploaded with author’s identifying information displayed WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITION.

Papers that have been previously presented or published, are under review for publication, or have been submitted to another AEJMC division will not be accepted. In addition, authors may submit no more than two papers (including co-authored papers) to the division.

Submission Procedures: All papers must be submitted through the AEJMC on-line process by the deadline. Please see the 2013 AEJMC Uniform Call for Papers for submission instructions regarding removal of identifying author information. All MC&S submissions must adhere to the AEJMC submission guidelines to receive full consideration. Hard copy papers or papers submitted electronically to the research co-chairs will not be accepted. For questions, contact one of the Mass Communication and Society research co-chairs: Jensen Moore at Louisiana State University (jmoore5@lsu.edu, 225-578-6686) or Kevin Williams at Mississippi State University (kwilliams@comm.msstate.edu, 662-325-8330).

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The AEJMC Magazine Division invites submissions of original research papers on any topic related to print and online magazines to the AEJMC 2013 conference.

Three prizes of $200 will be awarded at the conference in Washington, D.C. They will be for best faculty paper, best student paper, and best paper related to online or digital magazines. You do not need to specify if you would like to be considered for one of these top paper awards. You will be automatically entered based on your status and the nature of your paper.

All papers must be no more than 7,500 words (about 25-double-spaced pages) plus notes. Papers longer than 7,500 words will not be sent out for review. Only one paper per author will be accepted for presentation in the Magazine Division research sessions. Multiple submissions of the same paper to other divisions are not allowed. All research methodologies and theoretical frameworks are welcome, as is any research related to print or online magazines. Papers presented in this division at earlier conferences included but were not limited to content analyses of topics or advertisements using magazines as the source of data; qualitative investigations of business and editing practices at an online magazine; historical analyses of specific magazines, genres, or topics; experimental work on page layout and magazine design; new business models for the industry; and rhetorical analyses of literary journalism.

Papers will be evaluated on originality and importance of topic; quality of literature review; clarity of research purpose; focus; use of original and primary sources and how they support the paper’s purpose and conclusions; quality of writing and organization; and extent of contribution to the field of magazine research.

Follow submission requirements in the AEJMC Uniform Paper Call. Pay particular attention to the details of removing any identifying information, which means not only excluding your name and institution throughout the document but also deleting identifying information in file properties.

Specific questions should be directed to the division’s research chair, Elizabeth Hendrickson, University of Tennessee, ehendri2@utk.edu or by phone at 573-489-1689.

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