[Air-L] Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award

[Mark D. Johns]

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS

Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award

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

The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for research papers and 
published works (i.e., books or articles) to be considered for Clifford 
G. Christians Ethics Research Award.  To be considered for the 
Christians Award, submissions should interpret or address important 
theoretical issues in the areas of ethics, mass communication theory, 
and the relationship between media and technology and culture; interpret 
and apply concepts employed in Christians' work in new and insightful 
ways.  Submissions will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery 
of Christians’ approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) 
organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. 
Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four:

	Dr. Lee Wilkins, University of Missouri
	Dr. Robert Fortner, Calvin College
	Dr. Deni Elliott, University of South Florida
	Dr. Ronald Arnett, Duquesne University

Both single and co-authored works are accepted.  Applications may only 
be submitted for award consideration once.  Published materials 
submitted must have appeared no earlier than eighteen months prior to 
each year’s application.   The Award winner will receive a Christians 
Award plaque to be presented in the 2008 Annual Convention of the 
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 
or the National Communication Association (NCA).

Those interested please send six copies of the research papers or 
published works (if the publication is a book, six copies of the table 
of contents and of one chapter is sufficient) with a 100-word abstract to:

Shing-Ling S. Chen
Dept. of Communication Studies
Univ. of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614
Tel: 319-273-6021
E-mail: chen at cccsir.org

Application deadline is February 29, 2008.  Notification of the award 
will be sent out by May 31, 2008.

Questions and comments about Christians Award application, please 
contact Shing-Ling S. Chen, Dept. of Communication Studies, Univ. of 
Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614; Tel: 319-273-6021; E-mail: 
chen at cccsir.org