[Air-L] 2012 Christians Ethics Research Award Call

[Shing-Ling (Sarina) Chen]

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS





Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award



Sponsored by
Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research

http://www.cccsir.com/





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, International Center for Media
Studies

                        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 2012 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: sarina.chen at uni.edu



Application deadline is *March 31, 2012*.  Notification of the award will
be sent out by June 30, 2012.



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: sarina.chen at uni.edu



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