[Air-l] Couch Award Deadline Extended
Mark D. Johns
johnsmar at luther.edu
Sun Apr 18 19:07:35 PDT 2004
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 Smith, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Lori Kendall, SUNY-Purchase
Dr. Mary Chayko, College of Saint Elizabeth
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 2004 International Conference of the
Association of Internet Researchers at University of Sussex, England. The
top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300, runner up
will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $200, and a third paper will
receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100. All three authors will be
invited to present their work at a session of the A.o.I.R. conference,
September 19-22, 2004.
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 has been extended to May 15, 2004. 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
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