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This class was a 200 level general education course.  It focused on how communication ethics and diversity were related.  Diversity was broadly defined.  The course included a group service learning project and blogging.  I've attached the reading list and the assignments.

Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award

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


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 2010 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@uni.edu

Application deadline is February 1, 2010.  Notification of the award will be sent out by May 31, 2010.

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@uni.edu

From Dr. Annette Holba:

The Communication Ethics Division invites completed papers, paper sessions, panel discussions, and other programs exploring the significance, impact, and necessity of communication ethics. We welcome submissions that focus on advocacy, research, theory, pedagogy and/or practice with special consideration given to programs and papers that address the 2010 convention theme, “Building Bridges” that 1) emphasize linking our scholarship with professions beyond our disciplinary borders; 2) bridge areas of scholarship and teaching; 3) connect research and pedagogy to community projects; and 4) maximize the potential benefits and overcome the difficulties of new technologies that make connecting with one another easier and at once, more complicated. Submissions open December 21, 2009. DEADLINE: On or before Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Programs that involve innovative formats emphasizing interaction among participants and audience members are also highly encouraged.

I. Competitive paper submissions should include a title and 75-150 word abstract. To ensure blind review, all author references should be removed from the manuscript. Papers need to be double-spaced, using a 12 pt. type and be no more than 7000 words (25 pages), exclusive of references, tables, and appendices. As a reminder, only one paper may be submitted by a principal author to the division. Papers will also be evaluated for possible inclusion in the Scholar-to-Scholar sessions. Those papers authored solely by students or persons who have not previously submitted to NCA should be identified with "student" or "debut" on the upper right hand corner of the title page. Formal recognition will be given to the top papers and a cash award to the top student paper.

II. Paper sessions, panel discussions, and other interactive session proposals need to include the title of the program, a rationale of approximately 250 words focusing on the substance of the panel, and the names and qualifications of the panelists. A short abstract for each panelist presentation, for paper sessions, is encouraged so that reviewers can evaluate the relevance and appropriateness of the submission.

III. Submission Protocol: As we are limited in the number of programs we can schedule, it is important to recognize that when you submit, you are making a commitment to attend the San Francisco convention upon notification of acceptance. Please specify requested audio visual equipment needs in the proposal. All papers and panels must be submitted online through the All Academic system using one of the following file formats: Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, PDF, Rich Text Format. Compressed or zip files will not be accepted.


Questions may be directed to the 2010 Communication Ethics Division Program Planner: Annette Holba, Communication and Media Studies, Plymouth State University, aholba@plymouth.edu or 603.536.3142



Dr. Annette Holba
Communication and Media Studies
Plymouth State University
Marketing Director, ECA 2010
MSC 60
17 High Street
Plymouth, NH 03264
603.535.3142
Hyde Hall 129A

CALL FOR PAPERS, GRADUATE FELLOWS, AND PANELS
ELEVENTH NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS CONFERENCE
JUNE 3-6, 2010 - DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH, PA

Extended Deadline: February 15, 2010

The Communication Ethics Division of the National Communication Association will hold its eleventh national conference from June 3-6, 2010 at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA.  Scholars from all related disciplines are invited to submit papers and panel proposals for inclusion in the conference.

The general theme of the conference is "'Communication Ethics as Loving Struggle':  Love, Family, and Social Responsibility in the Technological Age."  The conference seeks to have broad application to human communication while immersing itself in current ethical questions.  Papers may address a variety of contemporary issues and arise from multiple fields.  We welcome papers addressing all facets of communication ethics.  Of particular interest are papers relating to communication ethics in three threads which will be led by visiting scholars:
*       Philosophy of communication/ethics
*       Communication theory/ethics
*       Corporate communication/ethics
Papers: Submissions should be double-spaced, with a maximum of 30 pages including references.  Any citation style is permitted (e.g., MLA, APA) as long as the author utilizes it properly and consistently.  The author(s) should remove name(s) and all identifying data from the manuscript.  A separate title page with title, author name(s), and contact information should also be included.  Please indicate on the title page if the author is a graduate student and also if this is a debut submission, having never previously presented at a professional conference.  Send papers as attached files via email to cec@duq.edu.

Graduate Fellows: Single-authored papers submitted by graduate students (M.A. or Ph.D. programs) are eligible for a Graduate Fellowship at the conference.  Title sheets submitted with papers should identify the author as a graduate student.  Conference planners will select the top graduate student paper(s) and invite the author to participate in the conference as a Graduate Fellow(s).  Graduate Fellows present their papers in a spotlight session and are guests of honor at a special reception on the final evening of the conference.

Panel Proposals:  Panel proposals may include up to five participants (not including a respondent).  Please include one title page with a 500-word (maximum) abstract and rationale for the panel.  Each presenter should include a title, 200-word abstract, and working bibliography for his/her work.  Send the panel proposals as attached files to cec@duq.edu.

The Communication Ethics Division of the National Communication Association supports and promotes teaching, research, and advocacy of communication ethics and encourages the application of ethical communication practices in society at large.

All papers and panel proposals must be received by midnight February 15, 2010 to be considered for inclusion in the conference.  Notification of decisions will begin in March.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Erik Garrett; Director
Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies
Duquesne University
600 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
P: (412)396-1428
E: garrette@duq.edu

Maryl R. Roberts; Co-Director
Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies
Duquesne University
600 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
P: (412)396-5038
E: marylroberts@gmail.com

The information below is copied from the Page Center website, which you can reach directly through http://pagecenter.comm.psu.edu/

Applicants for Page and Johnson Legacy Scholar Awards should submit three copies of the following:
Cover Page.  The cover page should include the following:
1. Title of the proposal
2. Name of applicant(s)
3. Job title, position or affiliation, name of institution, organization, or business
4. E-mail address, phone and fax number
5. Contact information for the Office of Sponsored Research at your institution
6. Amount of requested funding
Project proposal.
A description (not more than five pages, typed and double-spaced) of the proposed research, educational or service activity and how it furthers the mission of the Page Center to foster ethics and responsibility in public communication. Appropriate appendices that support the proposed project may be included. Applicants may wish to attach an optional selected bibliography of scholarly or other works, other than the applicant’s own, that place the project in its intellectual framework (not more than two pages, typed and single-spaced).
Project Abstract.
An abstract or summary of the proposed project that includes the applicant’s name, project title, and amount of funding requested.
Curriculum vitae or professional resume.
Budget.
The amount of the grant being requested and a short description – preferably by line item – of how it will be expended.  The grants may be used for legitimate scholarly purposes approved by the Center, such as field research, purchase of research materials, release time and assistants, but not for any commercial purpose.
The Center does not allow the following costs:
Overhead or F&A costs
Fringe benefits
Any expenses to attend conferences
Publication costs
Equipment
Budgets should be realistic and commensurate with the project proposed.  Applicants are strongly encouraged to list only real and necessary costs in the proposed budget. Any request to fund release time should be explicitly linked to the actual completion of the proposed project. The Page Center may offer funding at a different level than that requested. Applicants and awardees must disclose any other source of funding for the project.
Where applicable, proposals should be processed through the Office of Sponsored Research of the applicant’s institution to avoid lengthy delays in awarding funds.
               
Applications should be sent to The Arthur W. Page Center, College of Communications, 201 Carnegie Building, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802.  Application materials must be received at the Page Center on or before March 5, 2010.  Applicants will be notified of the selection committee’s decisions by approximately May 18, 2010.

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Once again, many thanks to the Ethica editor, Christina McDowell, for her hard work in getting this together and sent out. 

This is vol. 22 no. 2 (Fall 2009)

[There is no additional fee to participate]

Looks great, Roy!

For those looking to sign up, this is listed as (SS04) in the Scholar's Seminars series.  Details on the NCA Website can be found here: LINK.

Here are the general details on the Scholars' Seminar series:

Expand and advance your understanding of specific communication areas as you participate in these invitation-only sessions. The Scholar’s Seminars are half-day or full-day sessions held on Wednesday, November 11 that bring together individuals from a variety of interest areas for the purpose of studying a particular theoretical topic, perspective, question, controversy, and/or scholarly contribution.

Organizers have each issued a separate/additional call for participation. Those wishing to respond to the Scholar’s Seminar call should follow the instructions for application per the individual call below. There is no additional fee to participate in a Scholar’s Seminar.

 

ANNOUNCING

Campaign Ethics: Lessons from 2008 for 2012


NCA Preconference Seminar
Wednesday, November 11
1:00 – 5:30 PM

A year ago the presidential campaign was raging forward and there were members of our profession who where deeply concerned about what were unethical campaigning. Worse, such communication seemed to be taken for granted or written off as politics as usual.

In the midst of that, Professor Ed Schiappa wrote to several dozen department chairpersons urging that we get involved to make a point on behalf of ethics. He wanted us, as experts, to take some kind of public stand against lying, exaggeration, and personal attacks.  As he put it,

“Making decisions in a democracy requires an informed electorate.  The health of our democracy and our ability to make a good decision about who should lead our nation require the very best in communication practices, not the worst.”

In the end, over 150 departmental chairs and other professors signed a document decrying attempts to label Barrack Obama a terrorist. Some others were heard to be concerned about media bias around Sarah Palin. These matters have surfaced off and on in the Communication Ethics division as well as among the rhetoricians and people in the debate community. And of course there is no division in our association in which people do not care about and teach about ethics.

But, for all of that concern, for all of the fact that it is often our alumni who are intimately involved in politics, we have no collective voice to offer any kind of national conscience on the way communication is used to the political process. And, I believe Ed learned that, if we speak out on our own, far too many of us fear reprisals from our institutions and our legislators.

This NCA seminar is in direct response to Ed and also the all of us what care about how politicians position themselves to get elected. The vision for this preconference seminar is to begin a dialogue that could progress through the next two conventions to consider what we might do, if anything, to put us in a position to exercise a collective voice of ethics during the presidential campaign in 2012.


This first seminar will address two questions:

1)   What is the state of ethics in presidential campaigning in America? And
2)   What, if anything, should this association and/or its members do to advance the cause of ethical campaigning

The seminar will be organized as follows:

1:30

Facilitator: Roy Wood, University of Denver

Keynote: Edward Schiappa, University of Minnesota

Charge: Tammy Swenson Lepper, Winona State University
Charge: David Zarefsky, Northwestern University.

2:30    Discussion

3:15    Sub Group Meetings

4:00    Considering an Action Plan

5:30    Adjourn

We need you! Please join us in Chicago!


Roy Wood
University of Denver
303-596-8947
rvwood@du.edu

2008-2009 Award Announcement!

The Communication Ethics Division of NCA invites nominations for top edited book, top single author book, and top journal article with a communication ethics focus. To make a nomination, please submit a cover letter outlining why you think the work should be considered for an award, along with appropriate copies as indicated below.

For books, please send at least one copy (two preferred) to: Ken Chase/ Immediate Past Chair-Communication Ethics Division, NCA/ Communication Department/ Wheaton College/ 501 College Ave./ Wheaton, IL 60187

For journal articles, please submit a PDF file copy to Kenneth.R.Chase@wheaton.edu. If a PDF copy is not available, please send three paper copies to the address above.

Nominations are due September 10, 2009.  Publication must have occurred during the last 12 months (between August 2008-July 2009). Awards will be presented at the Communication Ethics Division business meeting in Chicago, November 13, 2009.