[ecrea] AEJMC Political Communication Group 2014 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 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 at 
http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aejmc/aejmc14/

If you are interested in reviewing, see our call for reviewers at 
http://aejmcpolcomm.blogspot.com/2014/02/pcig-is-seeking-paper-reviewers-for.html
If you have any questions, please contact research co-chairs Emily Vraga 
((evraga /at/ gmu.edu)) or Jasun Carr ((carrd /at/ susqu.edu)).

Itay Gabay
Communication Officer
Political Communication Interest Group
AEJMC
http://aejmcpolcomm.blogspot.com/



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