[Air-l] Carl Couch Internet Research Award reminder

Mark D. Johns johnsmar at luther.edu
Thu Apr 10 18:20:22 PDT 2003


CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS

Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award

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

    The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for
student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch
Internet Research Award.  The Couch Center welcomes both
theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic
interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2)
demonstrate interactive relationships between social
interaction and communication technologies as advocated by
Couch, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts
in new directions.  Papers will be evaluated based on the
quality of (1) mastery of Symbolic Interactionist approaches
and concepts and Couch's theses, (2) originality, (3)
organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of
knowledge.

    Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of
four:

    Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College
    Dr. Katherine M. Clegg, University of Illinois, Chicago
    Dr. Lori Kendall, SUNY-Purchase
    Dr. Shing-Ling S. Chen, University of Northern Iowa

    Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students
of all disciplines.  Works that are published or accepted
for publication are not eligible for award consideration.
The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be
presented at the 2003 International Conference of the
Association of Internet Researchers in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.  The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a
cash prize of $150, runner up will receive a certificate and
a cash prize of $100, and a third paper will receive a
certificate and a cash prize of $50.  All three authors will
be invited to present their work at a session of the
A.o.I.R. conference, October 16-19, 2003.

    Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with
a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark Johns at
johnsmar at luther.edu .  Application deadline is May 1, 2003.
   Notification of award will be sent by June 15.

    Those with questions or comments about Couch Award
application, please contact:
    Mark D. Johns
    Dept. of Communication/Linguistics
    Luther College
    Decorah, IA 52101
    Tel: (563) 387-1347
    E-mail: johnsmar at luther.edu
-- 
Mark D. Johns, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor of Communication/Linguistics,
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/
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