Eurasian Communication Association of North America at National
Communication Association
As a result of increasing interest in the development of
communication studies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet
republics, including the independent countries of Central Asia, the
voting members of the former North American Russian Communication
Association (NARCA) unanimously came to an agreement to change its
name to the Eurasian Communication Association of North America
(ECANA). According to the revised constitution, the purposes of the
new organization are 1) to promote the study, criticism, research,
teaching, and application of the artistic, humanistic, and
scientific principles of communication in Central and Eastern
Europe, Russia, the Baltic states, Central Asia and other
Post-Soviet states; and 2) to encourage collaborative work between
communication scholars in North American and the aforementioned
regions. ECANA, a not-for-profit organization, exists for
educational, scientific, and literary purposes only. We welcome
participation of all professionals and students who are involved in
communication-related disciplines, including:
Interpersonal communication
Communication in small groups
Journalism and mass communications
Business and professional communication
Intercultural and international communication
Communication in political, rhetorical, and other discourses
Communicative aspects of public relations
Communication and conflict resolution
Computer-mediated communication
Health communication
Risk and crisis communication
Communicative aspects of marketing
Producing and interpreting messages
Semantics and pragmatics of discourse
Linguistic and psychological parameters of communicants
Theoretical and applied aspects of persuasion and argumentation,
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For more information, contact: the 2010-2011 NCA co-planners of ECANA:
Sergei A. Samoilenko, George Mason University
(<https://mail.gmu.edu//java_script:main.compose('new','t=t-link-abbreviated')>(ssamoyle /at/ gmu.edu);
1-703-993-1090) or
Mike Hazen, Wake Forest University
(<https://mail.gmu.edu//java_script:main.compose('new','t=t-link-abbreviated')>(hazen /at/ wfu.edu)
; 1-336-758-5404).
