[Air-l] DEADLINE EXTENDED Carl Couch Internet Research Award

[Mark D. Johns]

DEADLINE EXTENDED CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS
Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2006

A student award competition
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, Decorah, Iowa
Dr. Katherine M. Clegg Smith, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Lori Kendall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Dennis Waskul, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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 2006 meeting of the National 
Communication Association (NCA) San Antonio, Texas. The top paper will 
be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US, runner up will 
receive a certificate and a cash prize of $200 US, and a third paper 
will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100 US. All three 
authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the NCA 
conference, November 16-19, 2006

Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word 
abstract, electronically to Mark D. Johns at johnsmar at luther.edu. 
Application deadline is May 10, 2006 (extended). 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 Studies
Luther College
Decorah, IA 52101
Tel: (563) 387-1347
E-mail: johnsmar at luther.edu