[Air-l] Couch Internet Research Award

[Mark D. Johns]

SECOND CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS
Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2007

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. Entries should not exceed 30 pages 
(approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and 
appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year.

The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 
2007 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) in 
Vancouver, BC. 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 AoIR conference, October 18-20, 2007.

Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word 
abstract, electronically to Mark D. Johns at mjohns at luther.edu 
Application deadline is April 30, 2007. 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: mjohns at luther.edu