Three Open-Rank Positions at UCLA

UCLA’s Department of Communication Studies invites nominations and applications for 3 open-rank positions over the next two years. Applicants should have high visibility and outstanding research in Mass Communication, Political Communication, Digital Media, related subject areas, or (ideally) work that combines these areas. Title, rank will be commensurate with credentials and experience. Salary will be competitive.

The appointments will begin in July 2015 or 2016. Responsibilities will include maintaining an active and impactful program of research, teaching at both the undergraduate and (in the near future) graduate level, and university service.

Qualifications: Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Communication or have distinguished themselves in a communication-related field of study. Applications are welcome from scholars with expertise including—but not limited to— the analysis of digital media, human-computer interaction, lab and field experiments, large-scale collections of data, media institutions, or visual information. We also encourage applications from scholars with demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching and graduate mentorship & advising.

Applicants are to apply for these positions online at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF00357. The requirements are: a cover letter; a statement of research and teaching interests; a curriculum vitae, 3- 4 letters of recommendation (or for especially distinguished figures, a list of 3-4 individuals who can serve as a reference). Review of applications will begin on October 20, 2014, but will continue until all three positions are filled.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

The Department of Communication Studies is committed to building a more diverse faculty, staff and student body as we respond to the changing population and educational needs of California and the nation.

Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position in Political Communication at The University of Kansas Communication

The University of Kansas Communication Studies Department invites candidates to apply for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Political Communication with an emphasis in social media or new media studies and a strong preference for candidates using quantitative methods of inquiry. Superior candidates will be those who can also compliment to other areas of department focus, including interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, rhetorical studies or organizational communication. Candidates should have a demonstrated record of research in the field and evidence of teaching excellence. This position is designed to fit within the university’s strategic initiatives that include: Sustaining the Planet, Powering the World; Promoting Well-Being, Finding Cures; Building Communities, Expanding Opportunities; Harnessing Information, Multiplying Knowledge. Application materials should speak to the ability of the candidate to meet one or more of these strategic initiatives. For more information see http://www.provost.ku.edu/strategic-plan/initiatives. Candidates will be expected to teach courses in the political communication track at both the undergraduate and graduate level as well as participate in departmental and university duties, including student advising and committee work.

The Communication Studies Department at the University of Kansas emphasizes the following: critical thinking in constructing and analyzing arguments, research and discourse; fostering understanding in the ways in which communication shapes and in turn shapes a diverse society; understanding of the relationship between community and communication; transfer of communication skills to public, professional and personal endeavors; and synthesis of existing communication theories and application to contemporary understandings. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply.

KU is a Research 1 (RU/VH) institution, the flagship of the Kansas system, and a member of the AAU. It is located in Lawrence, a thriving and progressive community a short drive from Kansas City.

Qualifications:

1.     A Ph.D. or ABD in Communication Studies or a related discipline from an accredited school is expected by the start date of the appointment [August 18, 2014].

2.     Demonstrated ability to work in interdisciplinary and collaborative environments.

3.     A proven record or demonstration for high potential in research and publications.

4.     Demonstrated ability to teach effectively at undergraduate and graduate levels.

For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to https://employment.ku.edu/academic/1697BR  or https://employment.ku.edu and click “Search Faculty Jobs”; search by key word [POLITICAL].  A complete online application includes the following materials:  cover letter, curriculum vitae, proof of teaching experience (e.g. course evaluations), teaching philosophy, research statement, and the names and contact information for three references. 

Initial review of applications will begin October 8, 2014 and will continue as long as needed to identify a qualified pool.

KU is an EO/AAE.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, genetic information or protected Veteran status.

Article of Interest: Crowd use of Techonology to Produce Organization

Please visit  http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rics20/17/2#.Uup6J_apphJ for Lance Bennett, Alexandra Segerberg and Shawn Walker's article regarding how crowds use technology to produce organization. The article is available open access.

Lance Bennett, Alexandra Segerberg and Shawn Walker, "Organization in the Crowd: Peer Production in Large-Scale Networked Protests." Information, Communication & Society, (2014), 17 (2) 

Call for papers: Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space University of Amsterdam June 18-20, 2014

 The main question driving the Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space Conference is how social media, looked at from different angles and scholarly approaches, are transforming concepts of public space or “publicness.” More particularly, we will ask how social media are involved in the transformation of particular domains, including news production, public broadcasting, activism, and law and order. Examples of possible topics follow below."

For more information please visit the following site: 

http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/upcoming-events/item/social-media-and-the-transformation-of-public-space.html

Call for AEJMC Submissions

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.

To submit your paper, please use the AEJMC website.

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 

If you have any questions, please contact research co-chairs Emily Vraga (evraga@gmu.edu) or Jasun Carr (carrd@susqu.edu).

Public Opinion Quarterly Special Issue

Public Opinion Quarterly seeks submissions for a special issue of the journal devoted to an examination of the 2012 election. The issue is scheduled to be published in January, 2014.

We invite contributions on all topics related to the 2012 election, and we especially welcome submissions that are both substantive and methodological in nature. Potential topics might include (but are not limited to): the performance of pre-election and exit polls; the impact of new technologies on election polling; measurement issues in evaluating policy attitudes; the estimation of campaign effects, including the impact of new and old media; and the implications of early voting and voter identification laws for election polling.

The deadline for manuscript submissions is extended to April 1, 2013. To submit a manuscript, please follow the manuscript preparation instructions provided at the journal’s website.  Blinded and unblinded electronic copies of the paper should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/poq, and it should be clearly stated in a cover letter that the manuscript is for consideration in the 2012 election special issue. Submissions will be peer-reviewed in accord with normal journal practice. For queries about this special issue, please feel free to contact the special issue guest editor, Michael Traugott at mtrau@umich.edu

THE 2013 SUMMER INSTITUTE IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY

THE 2013 SUMMER INSTITUTE IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
at Stanford University from July 14 – August 3, 2013

Applications are being accepted for the 21^st Annual Summer Institute in Political Psychology (SIPP), to be held at Stanford University July 14 to August 3, 2013.  The SIPP program takes up to 60 participants and is filling up; there are still some spots available.

The Summer Institute offers three weeks of intensive training in political psychology.  Political psychology is an exciting and thriving field that explores the origins of political behavior and the causes of political events, with a special focus on the psychological mechanisms at work. 

Research findings in political psychology advance basic theory of human cognitive and social behavior and are an important basis for political decision-making in practice.

SIPP was founded in 1991 at Ohio State University, and Stanford has hosted SIPP since 2005, with support from Stanford University and from the National Science Foundation.  Hundreds of participants have attended SIPP during these years.

The 2013 SIPP curriculum is designed to (1) provide broad exposure to theories, empirical findings, and research traditions; (2) illustrate successful cross-disciplinary research and integration; (3) enhance methodological pluralism; and (4) strengthen networks among scholars from around the world.

SIPP activities will include lectures by world-class faculty, discussion groups, research/interest group meetings, group projects, and an array of social activities.   

Some of the topics covered in past SIPP programs include race relations, conflict and dispute resolution, voting and elections, international conflict, decision-making by political elites, moral disengagement and violence, social networks, activism and social protest, political socialization, and justice.

In 2013, SIPP will accept up to 60 participants, including graduate students, faculty, professionals, and advanced undergraduates.

For detailed information and to apply, visit this website:

http://www.stanford.edu/group/sipp/

Applicants are accepted on a rolling basis until all slots are filled, so applying soon maximizes chances of acceptance. 

AEJMC Conference Call for Papers

The Political Communication Interest Group invites submission of original, non-published research papers to be considered for presentation at the AEJMC conference, August 8 to 11, 2013, in Washington, DC. The deadline for paper submissions is April 1, 2013, 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. We especially welcome papers related to the 2012 election campaign. 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. 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.

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. 

To submit your paper, please use AEJMC website: http://www.aejmc.org/home/2013/01/paper-call/
If you are interested in reviewing papers, please complete this brief survey (https://aucomms.us2.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_2u9fvkfpfyXUbch). 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 (and we encourage you to do so!). 

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to Lauren Feldman (lfeldman17@gmail.com) or Emily Vraga (ekvraga@gmail.com).

APSA Preconference Call for Papers

We invite proposals for the 11th Annual APSA Preconference on Political Communication to be held on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  This year's theme is Sentiment, Politics, and Citizenship.
 
The study of political communication is at an inflection point. As communication technology has become more individualized the quality of messages has become more personal and emotional. At the same time the sheer number of such messages has increased by an order of magnitude. Moreover, these messages have become more public and open to scholarly analysis. Prior to the inflection point scholars generally relied on qualitative methods for analyzing the emotive content of messages. Now the sheer number of messages available from sources such as Twitter allows quantitative mappings of very large datasets, frequently referred to as big data analysis. This scalar inversion has led to the increased study of sentiment and emotion as components of citizenship, politics, and public opinion.
We invite papers and panels that address this and related themes and the fresh approaches to research they suggest.  Comparative studies are encouraged and individual paper submissions as well as proposals for entire panels are invited. 

If you are interested in serving as a panel facilitator, please let us know.  The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2013. Please send proposals to polcomm@uic.edu.

The preconference is jointly sponsored by the APSA Political Communication Division and the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The co-chairs are Andrew Rojecki and Zizi Papacharissi, both at UIC.

To register for the preconference, send a note to preconf@uic.edu. Please include your name, affiliation, and preferred email address.


Stephen Farnsworth
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg VA
 

ICA 2013 Political Communication Division Travel Fund Application

The political communication division offers travel grants for the London conference. Here is how to apply:

ICA 2013 Political Communication Division Travel Fund Application

Answers marked with a * are required.

1. Introduction To apply for a division travel grant, complete the following form by February 24, 2013 (late submissions not accepted). Notice of awards will go out by April 1. The awards are for the paper, and so those with more than one author require a completed application by each author and receive the same consideration and level of funding as those with one author.

To expand the pool of funds, the ICA matches division funding, but each applicant must apply to both ICA and the Division. Please apply first to ICA (see below). Because the deadline for the entire ICA process is March 1, the Political Communication Division has set an earlier deadline, which leaves time for divisional decisions. The deadline for completing the information in the following survey is Feb. 24, and notice of the division and ICA award decisions and combined amounts will reach you by April 1.

 1. I am an ICA Member. Note: You must be an ICA Member to apply for travel funds. *
 Yes
 No

2. I have completed the on-line travel grant application at the ICA website (go to the Travel Grant Request Form link). Note: You must fill out the travel grant application at the ICA before you submit this survey.
Yes
No

2. About You Please provide the following personal information.

3. Name (Last, First) *

4. E-Mail Address *

5. Mailing Address *

6. University *

7. Status *
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8. Number of Papers Ever Accepted to ICA (any Division) *
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9. Country Tier of Current Residence (To find the country tier, go to http://www.icahdq.org/membership/Countrytierchart.asp.) *
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10. Minority Status within current Country of Residence *
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3. About the Paper/Panel Please provide some information about the accepted paper or panel.


11. Title of accepted paper or panel *


12. Other Authors (If your paper is single-authored, please type None below.) *


4. About the Travel Please provide some information about the travel.


13. Distance from conference venue (hours of travel from your city to London) *
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Please fill in the form and return it by email Sophie Lecheler. If you have any questions, please also direct them to: s.k.lecheler@uva.nl

Thanks and best wishes,
Jesper Stromback (program planner 2013), Sophie Lecheler (division secretaty), and Claes de Vreese (division chair)

Call for Nominations: Murrary Edelman Career Achievement

The Murray Edelman career achievement award in political communication has shifted to a biennial award, and nominations for 2013 are now open. The committee (Lance Bennett, chair, Rosalee Clawson and Michael Delli Carpini) will consider nominations that are accompanied by a short statement of the nominee's contributions to our field. Nominations will be accepted until March 1, 2013. Please send all nominations to Lance Bennett: lbennett@uw.edu. 

Here are the past recipients of The Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award

for lifetime contribution to the study of political communication.

2011 Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania

2009 Daniel Hallin, University of California, San Diego

2008 Michael X. Delli Carpini, University of Pennsylvania

2007 Marion Just, Wellesley College (Co-recipient)

            W. Russell Neuman, University of Michigan (Co-recipient)

2006 Robert Entman, George Washington University

2005 Jay Blumler and Michael Gurevitch

2004 Michael Schudson 

2003 W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington

2002 Thomas E. Patterson, Harvard University

2001 the late Steven Chaffee, University of California, Santa Barbara

2001 Jack McLeod, University of Wisconsin, Madison

2000 Roderick Hart, University of Texas

1999 Bernard C. Cohen, University of Wisconsin

1998 Shanto Iyengar, University of California, Los Angeles

1997 Ellen Mickiewicz, Duke University

1996 Maxwell McCombs, University of Texas, Austin (Co-recipient)

Donald Shaw, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Co-recipient)

1995 Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania

1994 Kurt Lang and Gladys Lang, University of Washington

1993 Elihu Katz, Guttman Institute of Applied Social Research, Jerusalem, Israel

1992 Doris Graber, University of Illinois, Chicago

Call for Papers, Paris June 14th-15th 2013 Conference on Comparative Political Communication

On June 14th and 15th 2013, the Center for Comparative Studies in Political and Public Communication (Ceccopop) headed by Philippe J. Maarek, convenes a 2 days conference in Paris, just before the ICA conference in London on

"Comparing the French and American 2012 Presidential Campaigns: a new transnational model of campaigning or two specific patterns? Towards a modern congruence of Political Communication Campaigns?"

Political Communication seems more and more global, particularly during campaigns. While in the past Political Marketing advisors and Politicians on both side of the Atlantic had to travel to each other to learn the new strategies and tools of winning campaigns, today's media globalization, emphasized by Internet growth has accelerated this globalization process, making it nearly instantaneous.

One of the most visible occurrence of this evolution has been the similarity of Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama winning presidential runs in 2007-2008, both based on "storytelling". Barack Obama was matching his own personal path to the history of the United States, and Nicolas Sarkozy was displaying publicly his personal life and family history, and in so doing, they seem to have set new campaigning rules. Later, their presidential communication pattern has also taken a comparable turn, to the surprise of the French journalists and politicians, in particular, who were not used to unceasing media intervention from their Presidents. Similarly too, Barack Obama's wife Michelle frequent interventions in the U.S. media, and the public exposure of Nicolas Sarkozy new marriage may also be noticed.

The 2012 elections in both countries seem to have taken a different turn: Barack Obama has been reelected, Nicolas Sarkozy not. But have the campaigns been so different? Could it be that François Hollande winning strike has been helped by an unsaid identical kind of communication strategy? When he advocated his "normalcy", wasn't it the same kind of storytelling but with a different kind of story, trying to establish a proximity from the voters? Also, how did French politicians manage to cope with their strong legal restriction of access to media and did it make so much difference from the exponential increase of spending allowed by the 2011 Supreme Court ruling? How come political campaigns in those two countries seem less and less different in spite of apparently non negligible differences? And can some of these findings be extended more generally to other countries and even as a new transnational model, or are there French and American specifics?

These are some of the questions which will address political communication specialists from both side of the Atlantic, scholars and professional from the field, at the Paris Conference on Political Communication which will take place on June 14th and 15th, just before the start of the ICA conference in London. The conference is hosted by Philippe J. Maarek, Professor in Political Communication, former Chair of IPSA and then IAMCR Political Communication Research Groups, within the frame of the Center for Comparative Studies in Political and Public Communication of the University Paris East (Ceccopop/Largotec).
Collegues interested in presenting a paper should send an application, before February 16th to maarek@u-pec.fr . Proposals should include a 200-500 words abstracts and a short 1 page vitae.

The scientific board of the Conference is composed of:
Donatella Campus, University of Bologna, Italy Ann Crigler, University of Southern California, United States of America Christina Holtz-Bacha, University of Nurenberg-Erlangen, Germany Philippe J. Maarek, University Paris Est, France Eric Maigret, University Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, France Arnaud Mercier, University of Lorraine in Metz, France Richard Nadeau, University of Montreal, Canada David L. Paletz, Duke University, United States of America Claes de Vreese, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Dominic Wring, University of Loughborough, United Kingdom

The Organizating Committee is composed of :
Brigitte Sebbah, Philippe J. Maarek and Susanne Merkle, Paris East University.

Political Communication online

The 3rd issue of Political Communication is online: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/upcp20/current

Call for Papers

Special Issue of Journalism Studies on the Mediatization of Politics

Mediatization is in the process of becoming a key concept in research on the media’s influence in different spheres of social and political life. However, it is only recently that scholars have moved beyond using mediatization as a catchall concept. Although there is still not one authoritative definition, most observers agree that ultimately, mediatization of politics refers to media-induced changes in the public representation of politics and the adaptive behaviors of political actors and institutions.

In this process, the role of the news media is central. Theoretically, the process of mediatization of politics gains pace when the news media increase their independence from politics and when news journalism increasingly is shaped by the news media’s own logic and standards of newsworthiness. Since the news media have become the most important communicative link in political circles and to the public, the incentives to adapt to the operating logic of media become stronger, to the extent that media logic may eventually subsume political logic. Hence, on a theoretical level of analysis the news media and news journalism both shape and are shaped by processes of mediatization.

This Special Issue of Journalism Studies on the Mediatization of Politics will thus focus on the role of the news media and of news journalism in the processes of the mediatization of politics. We invite theoretical as well as empirical articles that focus on different aspects on the role of the news media and news journalism in the processes of the mediatization of the politics, including:

– the production of news and the relationship between news media and political actors;
– the content of news journalism and the extent to which it is shaped by different logics;
– the news media as an institution;
– the extent to which as well as how political actors adapt to the news media;
– the implications of the rise of digital media for the mediatization of politics.

Prospective authors should email an abstract of approximately 500 words to Jesper Strömbäck (jesper.stromback@miun.se) and Frank Esser (f.esser@ipmz.uzh.ch). The editors will review all submissions, and successful authors will be invited to submit a full manuscript. Selected papers will be subjected to peer review.

• Deadline for abstracts: December 15, 2012.

• Deadline for submission of full articles: June 2013

Call for Special Issue

The United States Presidential Election 2012
Perspectives from Election Studies, Political and Communication Sciences

Edited by Christoph Bieber & Klaus Kamps

With Barack Obama and Mitt Romney engaged in a tight race for the White House, the 2012 US Presidential Election will offer a broad range of starting-points for academic scrutiny. Especially, the use of media (old and new) will be crucial for the candidates, as well as for the public perception of the political system as a whole. The role of the US in international politics, an enduring global economic crisis, a struggling European Union, and the emergence of a set of new players on the global political stage provide the context for various analyses from different perspectives in the Social Sciences. In the US, the polarized party system with some new undercurrents (Tea Party Patriots, Occupy Movement), the advent of the SuperPACs, and the rise of social media have significantly changed the foundations for political campaigning.
The book will examine the complex aspects of the US presidential election, reflecting it as a multi-faceted communication process in the context of current societal conditions. Within the German-speaking social sciences, some monographs are concerned with e.g. the electoral system or electoral demographics in the US, but there is no integrated approach combining the resources and methods from different disciplines. This collection promises a comprehensive approach and provides additional perspectives for further (e.g. comparative) research.
The book will be published by Springer VS in the summer of 2013, editors are Christoph Bieber (University of Duisburg-Essen / Germany) & Klaus Kamps (University of Erfurt / Germany); papers may be written (and will be published) in English or German.
To give a few examples of what individual chapters might include:

Basics, for example:
- Recent Trends in Presidential Elections
- Recent Trends in US-political Culture
- Role and Function of Midterm Elections
- Lobbying and Campaign Financing
- Reform of Campaign Finance: “Citizens United” and the Rise of SuperPACs
- Third parties? Tea Party, Organizing for America, #Occupy
- Early Voting, Electronic Voting and Other Ways of Modernizing the Electoral Process

Election studies, for example:
- Election Outcome and Electoral Behavior
- Sociology of Electoral Behavior from a Historical Perspective
- Dynamics of Electoral Agendas

Studies on the protagonists and communicative strategies, for example
- Campaign Strategies, Dynamics of Campaign Communication
- Campaign Events (e.g. Conventions, Debates)
- Perception of Campaigns
- Innovations in Campaigning
- Elections and Transparency (e.g. OpenSecrets, Sunlight Foundation)
- Campaign Coverage

Governmental studies, for example:
- Transition: From Election Day to Inauguration
- The Rhetoric Presidency / The Presidential Party

Contributions may address one or more of these aspects and may be delivered in German as well as in English (APA6 style).
Subject to funding, a symposium of authors will be held in Duisburg in February 2013, where authors will be invited to discuss their chapters.

Deadlines:
Deadline for EXTENDED ABSTRACTS (max. 1,500 words) is October 15th, 2012.
Deadline for contributions to the symposium of authors (about 5,000 words) is January 31st, 2013.
Deadline for the first version of the FINAL MANUSCRIPT is April 15th, 2013.
Deadline for the last version of the FINAL MANUSCRIPT is May 15th, 2013.

Please send your proposals to:
christoph.bieber@uni-due.de
klaus.kamps@uni-erfurt.de

Virtual Panel on Mobilization, Activism, and Communication Technologies

Mobilization, Activism, and Communication Technologies , a co-sponsored panel of Division 40, Information Technology and Politics, and Division 38, Political Communications has scheduled a virtual panel for October 2, 2012 at 10:00 .a.m. CST.

The URL for the virtual panel is http://www.anymeeting.com/conferencepdyuz1 . The forum that our panel is using is anymeeting. Our virtual conference room has the ability to accommodate 25 presenters and attendees. There will be approximately 15 openings for attendees.

For additional information about this panel please contact Charles Mitchell at mitchellc@gram.edu.

Postdoctoral Scholar in Community-Based Campaign Communications

The University of Kentucky is pleased to announce a postdoctoral scholar
position in Community-Based Campaign Communications in the Department of
Community and Leadership Development. The position seeks a candidate to
work with Dr. Seungahn Nah and Dr. Kang Namkoong through the University
of Kentucky’s Community Communication Research Group (UK-CCRG). This
is a one-year, 12-month position with a possibility of a single year
renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance and availability of
funding. The position includes a competitive stipend plus benefits and
is available July 1 with a negotiable starting date no later than August
24, 2012.

The successful candidate will be expected to develop a research program
with the research team focusing on the community-based campaign
communications (e.g., health, science, environmental, risk communication
and/or civic, political, and nonprofit communication).

Qualifications:
• An earned doctorate in communication, journalism, media studies,
sociology, anthropology, public health, information studies, computer
science or related discipline (the Ph.D. must be completed prior to
appointment).
• Demonstrated research productivity.
• Ability to compete for external funding.
• Interpersonal skills to interact effectively with a variety of
audiences and stakeholders.

Review of applicants will begin on May 21 and continue until a suitable
candidate is found. Interested candidates should send a letter of
interest, a curriculum vita, a representative writing sample, and
contact information of three references to: Dr. Seungahn Nah, Associate
Professor of Community Communication, Department of Community and
Leadership Development, 500 Garrigus Bldg., University of Kentucky,
Lexington, KY 40546-0215 (phone: 859-257-1509; e-mail:
seungahn.nah@uky.edu [7]). The University of Kentucky is an Equal
Opportunity Employer. Applications from minorities and females are
encouraged.

Book Review Editor

The editor of Political Communication and the Joint Publications
Committee of APSA and ICA invite applications for the position of Book
Review Editor, effective January 1, 2013.

If you are interested or know someone who is interested in this
position:

The Book Review Editor is responsible for working with book publishers,
reviewers, the journal editor, and a production manager to produce
review essays for each quarterly issue. The duties include identifying
appropriate reviewers, distributing books for review, and editing review
essays submitted electronically. The Book Review editor works with the
journal editor to meet the publication cycle for quarterly publication.

Interested applicants should forward, by 15 June 2012, a letter of
application as well as a CV indicating relevant experience. The term of
appointment is three years, beginning January 1, 2013, though the
editor-elect would work during the transition period (September through
December 2012) with the current editor. The Book Review editor receives
a small annual stipend from Taylor & Francis.

Please direct all queries and expressions of interest to the chair of
the Joint Publications Committee, Patricia Moy (pmoy@uw.edu).

Call for Papers: Communication Methods and Measures

Journal of the Communication Theory and Methodology Division of the AEJMC

Special Issue on Empirical Approaches to the Study of Selective Exposure

Deadline: September 1, 2012

Changes over the last few decades in the media landscape and the
technology by which information is delivered have made it possible for
people to custom tailor their exposure to media content in ways no one
could have foreseen a generation ago. As a result, scholars from
communication, political science, psychology, and other disciplines have
speculated about and empirically examined selective tailoring and
exposure. A variety of factors causing selective exposure have been
studied, including partisanship, utility considerations, moods, and
personality characteristics, for example. Moreover, various outcomes of
interest have been investigated, including political participation,
learning, accessibility of attitudes about the self and others, and
consumer behavior, among others. Yet there has been little to no
systematic treatment of the various approaches available to researchers
on how to empirically measure such selective exposure and the relative
strengths and weaknesses of those approaches.

COMMUNICATION METHODS AND MEASURES, published by Routledge, Taylor &
Francis, is issuing a call for a special issue on empirical approaches
to the study of selective exposure. Manuscripts that focus on survey and
experimental approaches to the study of selective exposure are
especially sought, although all research traditions and methods are
welcomed. Submissions should focus on the methodology of selective
exposure research rather than empirically documenting the existence of
selective exposure effects. Manuscripts can be data driven or not, but
must emphasize methodology so as to guide future researchers interested
in studying selective exposure.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SPECIAL ISSUE CAN BE DIRECTED TO ANDREW F. HAYES,
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The deadline for submission for consideration is SEPTEMBER 1, 2012.
Submitters should include a statement in the cover letter that the
manuscript is being submitted for the special issue on selective
exposure research. Articles will be peer reviewed and a decision
rendered within 90 days, with a target publication date of summer 2013.
Instructions for authors and a description of the online submission
process can be found on the journal’s home page at
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/HCMS

The SAGE Handbook of Political Communication

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