[Air-L] Julien is Winner of 2017 Couch Award

[Mark D. Johns]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- June 14, 2017

Contact: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Executive Director
Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research
c/o Department of Communication Studies
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA 52101
email: mjohns at luther.edu

Julien is Winner of Couch Award

DECORAH, Iowa -- Chris Julien, a Ph.D. student in Sociology at The
Pennsylvania State University, is the winner of the 2017 Carl J. Couch
Internet Research Award. The Couch Award is presented annually by the Carl
Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (www.cccsir.com) and
recognizes excellent student-authored papers.
Julien's paper, "The Information-Technological Media of Imgur, Reddit and
Twitter," uses Couch’s foundational work on information technologies to
evaluate some sociological research since the time of his writing, and to
argue that each unique website studied constitutes a distinct
information-technological medium.
Julien holds a BA in Religious Studies from Grove City College in
Pennsylvania, and recently completed his MA in Sociology at the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The Couch Award was established by the Couch Center in 2002 as the
centerpiece of an extensive awards program. Competition is open to graduate
or undergraduate students of all disciplines, and winners are selected by a
committee of university professors. The winner receives a cash award as
well as the opportunity to present the paper at the international
conference of the Association of Internet Researchers in October.
 The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research is a non-profit
organization established to promote the scholarship of the late Carl J.
Couch and his academic associates. The Center provides networking
opportunities for students and scholars who conduct social and Internet
research inspired by Couch's work.
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