The Political Communication Interest Group invites
submission of original, non-published research papers to be considered for
presentation at the AEJMC conference, August 6 to 9, 2014, in Montreal, Canada.
The deadline for paper submissions is April 1, 2014, at 11:59 p.m.
We welcome both faculty and graduate student papers of all methodological
approaches and levels of analysis. Research papers should be directly related
to mediated political communication, broadly defined. Possible relevant topics
include processes and effects of mediated political communication in relation
to political news, political journalism, public policy, political figures and
candidates; citizen engagement and mobilization; public opinion; campaigns and
political advertising; advocacy; and political economy of the media. All
submitted research papers should be clearly grounded in theory and methodology.
The Political Communication Interest Group has established
the McCombs Shaw Award for Best Student Paper in Political Communication with a
$100 prize to be given annually to the best graduate student paper submission.
Student papers may not include any faculty authors/co-authors
and must be clearly labeled as “Graduate Student Paper” on the cover page. In
addition, the interest group annually honors the top three papers in political
communication; both faculty and graduate student paper submissions are eligible
for this honor.
2014 Special Topics Paper Call: Big Data
The use of Big Data as a tool to target, reach, and
influence increasingly specific and complex segments of the population
represents a growing trend within the field of political communication.
Therefore, the Political Communication Interest Group, as part of a
multi-session exploration of this trend, extends a special call for papers that
engage the use of Big Data within the confines of political communication,
either as the basis for original academic research or from a critical/cultural
analysis of the practice. Please indicate your desire to be included within
this group on the cover page of the manuscript.
All entries should follow the guidelines of the AEJMC
uniform paper competition. Paper length is limited to 25-pages, not including
references, tables, figures or appendices. All submissions will undergo a blind
review process by a panel of independent reviewers. Papers are accepted on the
understanding that they have not been previously published or presented
elsewhere. Paper authors must remove identifying information from paper.
Failure to do so will lead to an automatic disqualification.
If you are interested in reviewing,
please complete this brief survey. Your
participation in the survey will allow us to make reviewer assignments with
your area(s) of expertise in mind. If you agree to serve as a
reviewer, you should expect to receive manuscripts to review during the
first week of April, and completed reviews will be due by April 30. Note that
participation in the review process does not disqualify you from submitting
papers to the PCIG paper competition
