[Air-l] Award Call - Couch Student Award

[Mark D. Johns]

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.

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) in 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 Johns at johnsmar at luther.edu 
Submission deadline is May 1, 2006. 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