AEJMC News January 2024

VOLUME 57.2 | JANUARY 2024
HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR ASSOCIATION
From the President
Page 2
AEJMC Journals
Translated Articles
Page 4
Nominate Now
AEJMC Award Calls
Page 12
2024 Conference
Paper Competition
Page 18

PAGE 2 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
From the President
IT’S OUR ASSOCIATION: LET’S SUPPORT AEJMC
By Linda Aldoory, American University
2023­24 AEJMC President
When I was little, my older, traditional parents (a Southern
Baptist from Oklahoma and a Muslim from Iraq) told me that
there were three things you should never talk about at the
dinner table: religion, politics, and money. I’m about to use
this platform to talk about two of these things: politics and
money. Because it’s time that AEJMC members support the
membership organization that has contributed to their personal
and professional lives in dozens of invisible yet valuable
ways, or that has not contributed as of yet but has the potential
to do so.
This is the time of year when giving to charities increases, but
when we think of those organizations to donate to, do we
think of AEJMC? I know that some of you do and thank you –
But I’m the first to admit that after an almost 30­year membership,
I’ve never donated before this year. I just submitted a
monetary gift to AEJMC for the first time, and here’s why: as
we begin to promote the 2024 conference season, I realize
that the organization that I take for granted has been the catalyst
for much of my professional networking, mentorship,
and friendships.
Let me ask you…
Who did you meet at an AEJMC conference that became
an external reviewer for your tenure file, and you did not
realize the impact you made on them?
How many times did you get to meet your academic idol
at an AEJMC panel whom you read so much of their research
as a student?
How many AEJMC committees and conference presentations
populate your CV?
Who did you meet at an AEJMC session that over time
became one of your most important mentors and job recommenders?
How many times did you use the job hub at a conference
or the online https://www.aejmc.com/jobads/ ?
Who met their life partner or best friend through AEJMC?
How many times did you need a favor, a reference, a
shoulder to cry on or a laugh, and it was someone you
met through AEJMC that you turned to for it?
If you experienced any of these scenarios, please consider donating
even the smallest of gifts: if each member donated
$20, AEJMC would raise $40,000. Here is the form to donate:
https://aejmc2.wufoo.com/forms/aejmc­donations. Or you
can email me or Amanda Caldwell directly, and we can work
with you.
In my current role as President, I’ve learned that AEJMC membership
dues and registration fees are low, and unfortunately
are not enough to cover the costs of maintaining the organization
and its services. Dues and fees stay low so that more
teachers and researchers have access to its resources and
conferences. However, a consequence of maintaining low fees
is the limited budget gained to sustain staff and expenses over
time. AEJMC has only seven staff members that do all the
management, logistics, membership, communications, publications,
finances, conference planning, awards coordination,
and all other tasks to run a professional membership organization.
Keeping staff small and fees low have had benefits, but
an outcome has been the need for a stronger fundraising
campaign.
I’m well aware that there are those of us, and I include myself
in this group, who complain about what’s wrong with AEJMC.
There is a lot that it can do better, for example with diversity
in membership, inclusive programming, and international perspectives.
Yet, I know that those who complain are often the
most committed to improving member experiences and increasing
the value that AEJMC can bring to the profession. No
matter what your current relationship with AEJMC, consider
how a gift to it can help change the things you complain
about, and can pay it forward to help a student or member
with resources, networking, and mentorship in the future.
Speaking of the future, it’s time to get ready for the 2024 conferences!
Please add the following events to your calendars
and promote them to your colleagues and students.
Join me at the AEJMC Midwinter Conference at the University
of Oklahoma, March 1­2. https://www.ou.edu/gaylord/newsevents
Also in March is the 49 th Annual AEJMC Southeast Colloquium,
March 7­9, at the University of Kentucky.
https://ci.uky.edu/AEJMCSoutheast2024

AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 3
AEJMC NEWS
Newsletter for the Association for Education
in Journalism and Mass Communication
www.aejmc.org
AEJMC 2023­2024 Board of Directors
AEJMC President
Linda Aldoory, American University
President­elect
Teresa Mastin, Michigan State University
Vice President
Bey­Ling Sha, California State University, Fullerton
Past President
Deb Aikat, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PF&R Committee Chair
Genelle Belmas, University of Kansas
Research Committee Chair
Gregory Perreault, University of South Florida
Teaching Committee Chair
Shearon Roberts, Xavier University of Louisiana
Publications Committee Chair
Scott Reinardy, University of Kansas
Council of Divisions Chair
Meredith D. Clark, Northeastern University
Council of Divisions Vice Chair
Avery Holton, University of Utah
Council of Affiliates Chair
Karla Gower, University of Alabama, Plank Center
ASJMC President
Johnny Sparks, Ball State University
ASJMC President­elect
Emily Metzgar, Kent State University
Commission on Graduate Education Chair
Patrick R. Johnson, Marquette University
Commission on the Status of Minorities Chair
Kathleen McElroy, University of Texas at Austin
Commission on the Status of Women Chair
Carolyn Nielsen, Western Washington University
AEJMC/ASJMC Executive Director
Amanda Caldwell
From the President Continued
Finally, make plans to join us in Philadelphia for the
next annual conference, August 7­11. We are excited
to announce the keynote speaker for the conference
will be Wajahat Ali, renowned journalist,
actor, comedian, and Daily Beast columnist. Ali is
author of the book, Go Back to Where You Came
From, and other helpful recommendations on becoming
American, and co­host of the “Democracyish”
podcast. His essays and interviews have
appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The
Washington Post, The Guardian, and New York Review
of Books. Ali will frame his remarks on the conference
theme of Representation and Voice: The
Future of Democracy.
AEJMC STAFF
AEJMC/ASJMC Executive Director
Amanda Caldwell — Amanda@aejmc.org
AEJMC/ASJMC Assistant Director
Felicia Greenlee Brown — Felicia@aejmc.org
Conference & Events Coordinator
Cassidy Baird — Cassidy@aejmc.org
Website Content/Graphic Designer
Kyshia Brown — Kyshia@aejmc.org
Project Director
Lillian S. Coleman — Lillian@aejmc.org
Communications Director
Samantha Higgins — Samantha@aejmc.org
Membership Coordinator
Saviela Thorne — Saviela@aejmc.org
AEJMC News, a publication of AEJMC, is published four times a year.
AEJMC membership includes a subscription to AEJMC News.
The contents of this newsletter may not reflect
the editor’s views or the association’s policies.
ISSN# 07478909

PAGE 4 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
AEJMC TRANSLATES JOURNAL ABSTRACTS
TO REACH GLOBAL SCHOLARS
Association News
By Shahira S. Fahmy
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
2022­2023 Chair of the Standing Committee on Publications
In a groundbreaking move to break down language barriers
and make its research more accessible to scholars
worldwide, AEJMC has launched an initiative. Starting in
June 2023, abstracts from AEJMC’s journals, Journalism &
Communication Monographs, Journalism & Mass Communication
Quarterly, and Journalism & Mass Communication
Educator, have been translated into Chinese,
Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish.
This translation initiative reflects AEJMC’s commitment to
global engagement and aims to reach a wider audience of
scholars and researchers. By providing translations in multiple
languages, the organization seeks to increase the visibility
and accessibility of its refereed scholarship to
those who may not have institutional subscriptions to the
journals.
The enthusiasm and support for this initiative from the
editors of AEJMC’s journals are palpable. Linda Steiner,
the editor of Journalism & Communication Monographs,
sees this as the first step in building global bridges and extending
the organization’s global commitments. She believes
that the translated abstracts will not only make the
research more known but also more accessible to
scholars around the world. Steiner explains, “I’m confident
that these abstracts will make our research more
known to and accessible by scholars around the world. It’s
the first step in building some global bridges.”
Daniela Dimitrova, the editor of Journalism & Mass Communication
Quarterly, is thrilled to witness AEJMC expanding
its global reach through various initiatives. She
emphasizes that translating the abstracts of journal articles
will make the research more accessible to authors
and readers worldwide, regardless of their institutional
subscriptions. This initiative, along with the recent Global
South Mentorship program, demonstrates AEJMC’s commitment
to multiculturalism and internationalization. Dimitrova
says, “Along with the recent Global South
Mentorship program that JMCQ has launched in partnership
with the Publications Committee, this initiative
shows AEJMC’s commitment to multiculturalism and internationalization
as a whole.”
Jami Fullerton, the editor of Journalism & Mass Communication
Educator, believes that the translated abstracts will
provide international scholars with greater access to
JMCE research. Fullerton sees this initiative as a significant
contribution to the global scope of AEJMC publications.
Fullerton explains, “It also contributes to making
the AEJMC publications more global in scope.”
AEJMC remains committed to continuing this translation
program and exploring additional ways to make its research
accessible to scholars from all corners of the
world. This initiative is expected to have a positive impact
on the organization and the global academic community,
fostering a more inclusive and diverse scholarly environment.
As the former chair of the Publications Committee, I am
grateful to all those who have supported this initiative, including
the translation fellows and all of the members of
the Publications Committee and the AEJMC Board of Directors.
With their dedication and the support of the editors,
AEJMC’s translation initiative is set to enhance the
global reach of the organization and make its research
more accessible to scholars worldwide. Together, we are
breaking barriers and opening doors to knowledge for
scholars around the globe.

Call for Editor: Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
Applications are now being accepted for the editorship of Journalism & Mass Communication Educator.
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 5
Responsibilities include the prompt processing of all manuscripts submitted to Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
(either by solicitation or submission); coordinating four issues per year; handling all correspondence relative to the publication;
cooperating with the AEJMC Central Office on business and budget matters affecting the journal; reporting to and working with
the Publications Committee on the continuous development of the journal; and preparing an annual report. The editor will
work with the production and promotion representatives of the publisher.
The editor receives an annual honorarium of $5,000. The editor will receive additional funding to support an editorial assistant
and travel. Editors are appointed for four­year terms.
Applicants must be AEJMC members in good standing. They should also be able to write and edit clearly and concisely; possess
a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; have an understanding and appreciation of a broad range of research
methods; have extensive knowledge of the literature of mass communication; and be housed in a department or school eager
to cooperate in this publishing venture with special reference to such considerations as office space, travel, use of equipment
and provision of student and/or staff assistance.
Applications must be received by March 1, 2024, via email, to Teri Finneman, Publications Committee editor search chair, at
finnemte@gmail.com. Applicants should submit a CV and a 2­page letter that outlines interest in the position, qualifications
and what institutional support the applicant would have. Finalists will be asked to provide an official letter of support from their
institution.
Anyone with questions can contact Finneman for more information.
General Session Minutes
from the AEJMC 2023 Conference
Wednesday, August 9 • Washington, D.C.
Deb Aikat of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill called
the meeting to order at 10 am. He welcomed everyone to the
AEJMC Conference.
Aikat thanked and recognized the AEJMC staff who were presented
with the AEJMC Presidential Stellar Service Award in December
2022. He then presented Assistant Director Felicia
Greenlee Brown with the AEJMC Presidential Leadership Excellence
Award for 30 years of service.
Aikat presented a report on the State of the Association. It featured
a series of slides outlining key programs; division, interest
group and commission group information; and general association
statistics. He reported conference attendance of approximately
1,800 attendees.
Aikat presented several AEJMC Awards.
Baskett Mosse Award for Faculty Development: Amy Simons,
Missouri
Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research Award: Patricia
Moy, Washington
2023 AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award: Department of Journalism
and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis,
Award accepted by David Arant, chair
Dorothy Bowles Public Service Award: Matt Ragas, DePaul
James A. Tankard Jr. Book Award: Journalistic Autonomy: The
Genealogy of a Concept [University of Missouri Press], Henrik
Örnebring and Michael Karlsson, Karlstad University
Hillier Krieghbaum Mid­Career Award: Ryan Thomas, Washington
State
AEJMC­Knudson Latin America Prize: Special Issue: Towards a
Latin American Perspective in PR Theory and Practice [May
2022, Public Relations Inquiry, Sage Publications] edited by
Claudia Labarca, Gabriel Sadi and Damion Waymer, Alabama
Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in JMC Research:
Jane Singer, City, University of London
Nafziger­White­Salwen Dissertation Award: Chelsea Peterson­Salahuddin,
Michigan
Lionel C. Barrow, Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement in
Diversity Research and Education: Bey­Ling Sha, California State­
Fullerton
2023 Gene Burd Urban Journalism Award: Yvonne Latty, director,
Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting, Temple
University
2023 Gene Burd Award for Research in Urban Journalism
Studies: Parachute Journalism: How Local and Regional U.S.
Journalists Construct and Perceive National Coverage of Crises in
their Communities, Kelsey N. Whipple, Massachusetts­Amherst
Aikat installed Linda Aldoory, American University, as the 2023­
2024 AEJMC President. Aldoory thanked Aikat for his service as
president and presented him with a leadership award from the
association.
An “In Memoriam” video was presented honoring members that
passed since our last in­person conference.
There being no additional business, Aldoory adjourned the meeting
at 11:00 am.

PAGE 6 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
Teaching Tips
AEJMC Elected Committee on Teaching
THE NEED FOR MORE ATTENTION TO TEACHING
AND LEARNING IN DOCTORAL STUDY
By Patrick R. Johnson, Marquette University
Head of the AEJMC Commission on Graduate Education
“I’ve never heard of a think­pair­share,” one of my former students
said after introducing an activity in my social media for
social change course. She explained that she hadn’t heard of
many of the types of activities we did in class. This led to several
members of my class talking about what we were doing instructionally
rather than what we discussed regarding curricular
content. It felt foreign to me that some of these activities were
new to my students, especially since they were commonplace
in my education coursework and experiences. I then realized
how uncommon it is in our JMC world to have been a teacher
in my previous work.
I’m fortunate that I walked into my Ph.D. life with degrees in
education. Returning to grad school, I was surprised by how uncommon
it was to have formalized training still included in a
doctoral curriculum. I learned this from conversations with
graduate students nationwide, primarily due to my role as the
head of the newly formed Commission on Graduate Education.
In these same conversations, I learned that it is something
graduate students are begging for; they are comfortable with
their research training but not comfortable with their ability to
teach. Therefore, this column is a call to action for our AEJMC
community to revisit our need to provide explicit instruction in
teaching and learning in our doctoral programs.
Journalism and mass communication programs should provide
doctoral students with pedagogy training through a course and
consistent internal professional development experiences, such
as teaching observations, workshops, and assessment creation.
For example, my alma mater, the University of Iowa, chose to
make this investment. They identified the courses their graduate
students were most likely to teach and then designed three
one­credit courses to give graduate students the skills for
teaching those courses. Additionally, they established a graduate
teaching fellow program within the School of Journalism
and Mass Communication to elevate teaching excellence and
have continued support for teaching and learning. This includes
teaching observations, professional development opportunities,
and consistent conversations about pedagogy.
Requiring a Ph.D. course in pedagogy, curriculum, and instruction
should also lead to more concentrated efforts in the scholarship
of teaching and learning and more programmatic decisions
for continued in­house support for teaching and learning.
Suppose we are to put resources into teaching our future faculty
how to teach, which could also mean allowing adjuncts to
take this course as part of their onboarding to our programs;
we must be willing to encourage our faculty to be scholars and
practitioners of teaching and learning. While it may mean pulling
away a faculty member from a class they traditionally teach,
it also means we’re putting our money where our mouths are
and standing behind the lifeblood of our organization.
Many universities offer teaching certificates through their
schools of education or centers for teaching and learning. And,
yes, those certificates can provide a general framework for curriculum
and instruction. Yet, what we do requires a different kind
of instructional and pedagogical practice. Providing explicit training
to doctoral students means emphasizing specific instruction
in production­centered (i.e., writing, design, photography, multimedia,
audio, video) teaching opportunities and designing assessments
reflective of the diversity of our discipline.
This ensures our Ph.D. students have experience producing
content, such as writing or technology, and how to teach the
knowledge and skills for producing content. Beyond that, these
pedagogy courses should include not just the practice of the
knowledge and skills but the capacity to design curriculum and
instruction around the process of the production experience.
We must train our future faculty to teach and to metacognitively
reflect upon the purpose of teaching these production
elements. After all, not every Ph.D. student comes to our programs
with previous experience in a media job.
A doctoral course in JMC pedagogy should move beyond teaching
statements and readings related to others’ experiences in
the classroom. While both matter in the long run, neither provides
an on­the­ground experience where Ph.D. students are
asked to develop materials for their first teaching opportunity.
This includes training our future faculty in pedagogical frameworks
such as Wiggins and McTighes’ Understanding by Design
(UbD) and Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
UbD is a framework that teaches us how to design our curricu­
Continued on page 9

AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 7
19 th Annual AEJMC Best Practices in Teaching Competition
Submissions deadline is February 15, 2024
For the 19th year, the AEJMC Elected Committee on Teaching
will honor innovative teaching ideas from our colleagues. Each
year, the committee selects winners in a themed competition
highlighting different areas across the journalism and mass
communication curriculum. The deadline is February 15, 2024,
and winners will be announced by March 15 to enable submission
to DIG GIFT competitions.
The 2024 Best Practices competition will focus on creative
ideas for teaching the development of voice in a democratic
context, which ties into our conference theme: “Representation
and Voice: The Future of Democracy.” We are seeking
teaching ideas that engage students in the public sphere (including
learning about communication surrounding social issues),
help students find their voice, equip students with
strategies for exercising their voice in a political context, build
resilience to forces that could subdue their free speech, or analyze
the voices of historical or contemporary leaders while including
an element that links the analysis to the development
of students’ voices.
We are particularly interested in examples of teaching that
showcase representation and voice through one or more of
the following ways:
• Innovative student assignments, including but not limited
to activities focused on amplifying students’ voice
• Writing and media production activities for exercising students’
voice in the public sphere
• Interdisciplinary methods for teaching journalism, media,
or communication and social issues
• Experiential or service learning as a form of democratic engagement
The AEJMC Elected Committee on Teaching will select winning
entries for publication in our 19 th annual Best Practices in
Teaching competition, which will be published in an e­booklet.
Winners also will receive certificates and a cash prize: First:
$300, Second: $200, Third: $100. Honorable mentions may also
be awarded, but no cash will be provided for those entries.
The Teaching committee will also invite a large number of
highly scored entries to participate in our Great Ideas for
Teaching Poster Session at the AEJMC annual conference in
August 2024. Through the GIFT poster session, we hope to
showcase teaching approaches for this year’s conference
theme.
Submission requirements are as follows:
• The entry must be in two Word files consisting of (1) the
cover page and (2) the anonymized Best Practices in
Teaching entry. PDFs will not be accepted because we
need text files to facilitate the publication of the e­booklet,
which contains the winning ideas.
• The first document is the cover page, which should include
the entry title, followed by your name, affiliation, email
address, and a 125­word bio (written in third person).
• The second document is the Best Practice for Teaching description.
To avoid disqualification, the anonymized entry
should exclude the author’s name and any other identifying
information, including in the Properties section of the
file (File > Properties > Summary tab (delete your name
and institution). The GIFT entry should be a two­page executive
summary that includes the following information:
• Title
• 100­word abstract
• Explanation of the teaching practice or activity
• Rationale
• Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes section should include evidence
such as qualitative feedback from students,
pre­/post­assignment testing of learning
objective(s), and/or c) improvement in assignment
scores. Other forms of evidence are welcome.
Qualitative or quantitative data
presentation will be accepted. Tables/figures, if
used, must follow APA (7th ed.) formatting.
• Under no circumstances should the description exceed
two single­spaced pages in 12­point type with one­inch
page margins.
• You may include up to two additional pages in the Word
document with examples of anonymized student work or
other supporting materials.
You will receive confirmation of your submission when you
submit the form with your work attached. Please save a copy
of the form as proof of submission.
Entries should be submitted electronically by February 15,
2024, at the following link:
https://forms.gle/QfWdBCbAe2qHRcf89
Please direct any questions to the competition coordinator, Tiffany
Gallicano, at Tiffany.Gallicano@charlotte.edu The committee
looks forward to reviewing your entry.

PAGE 8 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
AEJMC SCHOLARSOURCING SERIES
WITH PETER LANG CELEBRATES TEN YEARS
Association News
By Carolyn Bronstein, Series Editor
DePaul University
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the AEJMC Scholarsourcing
book publishing series launched in spring 2014 in conjunction
with publisher Peter Lang. Based on the concept of
crowdsourcing, the Scholarsourcing series now boasts a stable
of books showcasing some of the most dynamic research in the
fields of journalism and mass communication.
The publishing partnership was introduced by 2013­14 AEJMC
President Paula Poindexter, Texas, in collaboration with Mary
Savigar, then a Senior Acquisitions Editor for Peter Lang. Savigar
suggested a crowdsourcing model, reimagining the way that academic
books are proposed, peer­reviewed and approved for
contract. The idea intrigued
Poindexter as she realized it
would allow AEJMC members to
participate in the publication
process and endorse “books that
matter to our field,” and she
coined the name “Scholarsourcing”
to describe the process.
The series took shape under the
creative leadership of founding
editor Jane Singer, City, University
of London. Each year, AEJMC
members are invited to submit
brief book proposals for feedback from the general membership,
with those receiving the most favorable reviews moving
on to a second­round extended proposal. The extended proposals
are evaluated by the AEJMC Scholarsourcing editorial committee,
which extends one to two book contracts per year in
consultation with Peter Lang. Singer recalls the immediate appeal
of “giving organization members a voice in commissioning
book­length work they see as valuable.”
“The Scholarsourcing collaboration
between AEJMC and Peter Lang has
been a fantastic initiative, showcasing
the creativity of our community
and the scope of our scholarship.”
– Jane Singer, Founding Editor
David Perlmutter, Texas Tech, founding editorial board member,
notes that works published under the imprint “have immediately
become influential and useful in research, teaching and
practice.” The first Scholarsourcing book, Global Communication
and Media Research, by Alexis Tan, Washington, emphasized
international research perspectives and theory­building,
also visible in later volumes such as Agendamelding: News, Social
Media, Audiences, and Civic Community by the late Donald
L. Shaw, North Carolina, et al.; PR Women with Influence, by
Juan Meng, Georgia, and Marlene S. Neill, Baylor; and Reporting
Beyond the Problem, edited by Karen McIntrye Hopkinson,
VCU, and Nicole Smith Dahmen, Oregon. The second book published,
Social Justice Journalism, by Linda J. Lumsden, Arizona,
laid a foundation for a core of historical scholarship, followed
by Promoting Monopoly about public relations at AT&T from
1876­1941 by Karen Miller Russell, Georgia, and Editor Emory
O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights
in Alabama, 1940­1975 by Kimberley Mangun, Utah.
In addition to journalism and
mass communication history and
theory, the Scholarsourcing
series has developed two additional
areas of strength: research
on the emerging field of
artificial intelligence and scholarship
centering on diversity,
equity and inclusion. The newest
Scholarsourcing volume, Algorithmic
Audience in the Age of
Artificial Intelligence by Roselyn
Du, Cal State Fullerton, is the
series’ first in this rapidly­emerging
area. Two additional AI­related projects are under contract,
including a handbook for journalists and scholars that offers a
framework for researching and reporting on artificial intelligence.
The series’ DEI emphasis materialized with the publication
of Lumsden and Mangun’s social movement­focused
studies and continues with three contracted projects focused
on diverse JMC practitioners, scholars and audiences. George
Daniels, Alabama, is currently writing a Scholarsourcing book
about AEJMC “barrier breakers” who have worked to diversify
JMC education and professional communication fields.
The series features senior journalism and mass communication
researchers and also welcomes first­time book authors and
newer scholars. In the forthcoming Crisis Communication Case
Studies on COVID­19, editors Sarah Smith­Frigerio, Tampa, and
Mildred Perreault, USF, incorporate research from 40 contrib­

utors, including undergraduate and graduate students. Scholarsourcing
author and editorial board member Meng believes
that crowdsourcing has helped to “diversify the collected topics
in the series” by “encouraging members, from junior to senior
scholars, to propose research ideas based on their expertise.”
Editorial board member Carolyn Kitch, Temple, concurs, noting
that the series “has become a conversation among scholars—
new and established—about some of the most pressing issues
of our profession.”
Looking back over the last ten years, past­president Poindexter
concludes that she “couldn’t be prouder to be a part of Scholarsourcing’s
history,” a sentiment shared by many AEJMC
members who have contributed to the series’ success. Founding
editor Singer observes: “The Scholarsourcing collaboration
between AEJMC and Peter Lang has been a fantastic initiative,
showcasing the creativity of our community and the scope of
our scholarship.”
BOOKS PUBLISHED
Scholarsourcing Continued
Past And Present
Editorial Board Members:
Carolyn Bronstein 2014­2018 • David Perlmutter
2014­2019 • Paula Poindexter 2014­2019 • Richard
Waters 2014­2019 • *Carolyn Kitch 2018­present •
Radhika Parameswaran 2018­2022 • Gregory Pitts
2019­2022 • Katie Place 2020­2023 • *Meghan
Sanders 2020­present • *Kimberley Mangun, 2023­
present • *Juan Meng, 2023­present
*denotes current member
Algorithmic Audience in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Tailored
Communication, Information Cocoons, Algorithmic Literacy,
and News Literacy | Roselyn Du, 2023
Reporting Beyond the Problem: From Civic Journalism to Solutions
Journalism | Karen McIntyre Hopkinson and Nicole
Smith Dahmen, Eds., 2021
PR Women with Influence: Breaking Through the Ethical and
Leadership Challenges | Juan Meng and Marlene S. Neill, 2021
Promoting Monopoly: AT&T and the Politics of Public Relations,
1876­1941 | Karen Miller Russell, 2020
Editor Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the
Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama, 1940­1975 | Kimberley Mangun,
2019
Agendamelding: News, Social Media, Audiences, and Civic
Community | Donald L. Shaw, Milad Minooie, Deb Aikat, Chris J.
Vargo, 2019
Social Justice Journalism: A Cultural History of Social Movement
Media from Abolition to #womensmarch | Linda J. Lumsden,
2019
Global Communication and Media Research | Alexis S. Tan,
2018
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 9
Teaching Tips Continued
lum with the end in mind and then to go backward. We
start with an essential question that guides the course
and the outcomes that students will be expected to be
proficient in (or master) by the end of the course. Once
we establish the end, we work backward to design our
class. ZPD helps us to determine how to design individualized
content for learners, mainly how to get them where
they are and where we need them at the end of the
course. Operating from this framework helps us design
courses that scaffold learning and support students who
may need additional assistance.
These courses should be built to include opportunities to
critique and design lessons that utilize various instructional
strategies, such as discussion techniques and
reading strategies, within the frameworks. When we do
this, we prepare our faculty to recognize the importance
of scaffolding, essential questions, assessment diversity,
and designing curriculum for diverse learners and differentiation.
Recently, I taught a multi­week workshop where we
worked to develop a course syllabus for a class that graduate
students could teach within the school’s curriculum.
We focused on different facets of instructional design
each week and used the syllabus to guide our study. In
the first week, we explored backward design and interrogated
what course titles and descriptions say to students.
We also wrote several essential questions and
whittled them down to the most holistic and processed
focused that responded to the course description and
needs of the school. We then spent time talking about
scaffolding, growth mechanisms, and objectives. To do
this, we discussed Vygotsky and Bloom’s Taxonomy and
designed objectives built on the taxonomy’s varied levels
of lower to higher­order concerns. We then built the
structure of the course schedule and matched the places
where objectives could be developed, reinforced, revised,
and assessed. Here is where we addressed the impact of
student experience when we try to put too much into a
course and how we work to build on previous curriculum
and lessons each week (we call this spiral design) to revisit
and reinforce learnings. What would have followed if
we had more time would be text selection and assessment
design.
This workshop was just one way to address the growing
need for the successful integration of teaching and learning
practices into the experience of doctoral students. It is
especially possible if schools and colleges don’t have the
resources to add a course immediately. We also can
create something as an AEJMC organization to support
our members, which we intend to do in Philadelphia with
pre­conference programming. But it doesn’t replace the
need for us to build pedagogy coursework into our doctoral
curricula.

PAGE 10 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
Association News
WE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS OF NEWS ENGAGEMENT DAY
WITH 5 STUDENTS WINNING THE “NED COLLEGE VIDEO
COMPETITION” & BEING AWARDED A $200 CASH PRIZE
PLUS A DIGITAL NEWS GIFT SUBSCRIPTION
By Paula M. Poindexter, Founder of News Engagement Day
The University of Texas at Austin
“Celebrating 10 Years of News Engagement Day!” was our
theme for 2023. The celebration began in Washington, D.C.,
during a special NED session at our AEJMC Conference that included
a keynote address by Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes
Research Director Richard Wike who shared data on
whether the U.S. and 18 other countries view social media as
a “good thing” or “bad thing” for democracy. Additionally, we
created and distributed a souvenir program that reminded us
of NED’s history and spoke to a future in which the public is
smarter about news and more informed.
“Since News Engagement Day was founded in 2014, a new
generation, Gen Z, born 1997 through 2012, has come of age
as disinformation has been vigorously pushed on social
media, cable TV, and other platforms to purposely misinform
the public about facts, history, and news, including the results
of the 2020 presidential election. Today in our social mediasmartphone
news landscape, polluted with disinformation,
News Engagement Day is more important than ever but we
have to do more. We have to ensure the public is also
equipped to distinguish credible news from made­up information
pretending to be news in order to trick the public into
believing lies over verified fact­based news reported by journalists
and news organizations guided by the highest ethical
principles.”
Although a small step, we responded to our call “to do more”
by expanding our “NED College Video Competition.” In addition
to a $200 cash prize for each of the five winners, for the
first time, we gave digital news gift subscriptions to the
winners. Two winners received digital subscriptions to the
New York Times and three received Washington Post digital
news subscriptions.
The five winners were: Kayley Decina, Syracuse University
(Professor: Keonte Coleman); Kelsey Johnson, Missouri Western
State University (Professor: James Carviou); Meghan
McCloskey, Syracuse University (Professor: Keonte Coleman);
Madeline Ricard, Jacksonville State University (Professor: Kate
Stewart); MacKenzie White, Arkansas State University (Professor:
Ronald Sitton). The winners’ videos can be viewed on the
AEJMC website
(www.aejmc.com/home/events/newsengagementday).
Past AEJMC President and News Engagement Day Founder Paula Poindexter
celebrates 10 Years of #NewsEngagementDay with her “Journalism, Society,
and the Citizen Journalist” class at the University of Texas at Austin (Oct. 3,
2023).
With Gen Z coming of age at a time when engaging with news
is no longer as simple as turning on the TV for news or reading
a print newspaper delivered to your driveway or front door, in
a congratulatory email to the winners, I encouraged them to
try my six ideas to get the most out of their digital news subscription
and become smarter about news. My ideas were:
• Download the news app on your phone and activate the
notification. The notification will alert you to important
breaking news which you can click on to learn more.

• Familiarize yourself with the news outlet’s platforms. News
outlets use a variety of platforms and presentations to deliver
news in an engaging and convenient way; they include news
app, website, social media, newsletter, video, podcast, etc.
With your digital news subscription, you can access news on
any platform you choose.
• Check out different news sections & topics. Scan the news
outlet’s sections and topics and identify those you may want
to check regularly. And, consider picking an additional section
that you may not have thought about before but want to
learn about and maybe share with others.
• Establish a news engagement routine. If you don’t already
have a news engagement routine, it’s important to establish
one. A news engagement routine matters according to the national
survey I conducted for my forthcoming book, Gen Z, Social
Media, and News: Implications for the Future of News
Engagement, Journalism, the U.S., and Democracy. Overall,
those who have a routine engage with news significantly
more than those without a routine.
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 11
• Watch out for disinformation. Even though the New York
Times and Washington Post are trusted outlets for news, it’s
still important to be cognizant of disinformation (also, called
misinformation by the news media). For my journalism
classes, I use Merriam­Webster’s definition of disinformation:
“False information deliberately and often covertly spread (as
by the planting of rumors) in order to influence public opinion
or obscure the truth.” False information can be misleading
statements, conspiracy theories, deceptive claims, and outright
lies.
• Think & vet before you click & share. This is especially true
for social media and YouTube as well as platforms in the cable
news and podcast landscapes. The more you engage with
news from credible outlets, the easier it is to detect disinformation.
And because there are no educational requirements
to become a journalist, vetting relies more on previous news
outlets worked for, reporting expertise, and the journalism
principles and ethical guidelines news organizations
expect their journalist employees to
follow.
2024 CALL: News Audience Research Paper Award
Cash Prize of $1,000. The News Audience Research Paper Award encourages research about the news audience and recognizes
the best AEJMC conference paper on the audience for news. Accepted 2024 AEJMC conference papers about some
aspect of the news audience are automatically eligible to be reviewed by a specially appointed committee for this important
award. In addition to receiving a certificate, the author(s) of the winning paper will receive a $1,000 cash prize.
There is no separate submission process for this award. Papers on the news audience should be submitted to the division,
commission or interest group that is the best fit for the paper. After the review process has been completed by each group,
accepted papers will go through a separate review process for the News Audience Research Paper Award.
Eligibility. Research papers eligible for this award should use audience­focused methodologies to provide insight about news
audience engagement, attitudes, uses and gratifications, avoidances, socialization, political participation, etc. The papers may
focus on news audiences in general, news audiences by platform, content or mobile devices, news audiences defined by age,
race, ethnicity, gender, education, generation, political party, ideology, or other social characteristic. Research papers that
provide insight into the impact of news literacy initiatives as well as the effects of disinformation campaigns on informed voting
and democracies are encouraged.
Background. Created and funded by AEJMC Past President Paula Poindexter as a complement to her 2013­2014 presidential
initiative News Engagement Day, which is held annually on the first Tuesday in October, the award’s goal is to encourage more
research and discussion about the news audience. The papers will be judged on their contributions to understanding the
news audience as well as their research design, execution, theoretical grounding, quality of writing, and implications for the
news industry, society as a whole, and our democracy.
2023 Winning Papers. After two very different research papers received exceptional reviews and almost perfect scores, the
2023 AEJMC News Audience Research Paper Award was given to two research papers: (1) “Comparing Effects of News Subscription
Motivation and News Lifestyle and Their Impact on Subscription Retention” by Weiyue Chen, Butler University, and
Esther Thorson, Michigan State University; (2) “News for the Ages: An Examination of Trust Factors by Generational Cohort”
by Amy Jo Coffey and Chris DeFelice, University of Florida. The $1,000 cash prize for each paper was split between the paper’s
co­authors and each co­author received a certificate.
For More Information. Please email paula.poindexter@austin.utexas.edu.

PAGE 12 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
Professional Freedom & Responsibility Committee Award Calls
AEJMC MEMBERS MAY SUBMIT
NOMINATIONS FOR THESE AWARDS
Dorothy Bowles Award
for Outstanding Public Service
Nominations are due March 1, 2024.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 Dorothy
Bowles Award for Outstanding Public Service.
The Dorothy Bowles Award for Outstanding Public Service
recognizes an AEJMC member who has a sustained and significant
public­service record that has helped build bridges between
academics and professionals in mass communications,
either nationally or locally, and been actively engaged within
the association.
Ideally the award will go to an AEJMC member who has been
active in one or more divisions/interest groups, elected standing
committees or other association leadership positions AND
who has engaged with other communication industry­related
organizations (such as the Student Press Law Center, Society
of Professional Journalists, Journalism Education Association,
Public Relations Society of America, National Association of
Broadcasters, etc.) OR done other work locally to promote interaction
between academics and professionals.
When merited, one award will be presented per year. The recipient
will receive $1,000 in cash and an award plaque.
The award will be presented during AEJMC’s annual conference.
Nomination criteria:
• The nominee must have been an AEJMC member for
the past three years.
• The nominee must have a sustained and significant
record of public service to AEJMC; and must have a sustained
and significant record of service to programs or
activities that promote connections between the
academy and JMC industries (either on nominee’s
home campus, or through other professional­based associations).
• The nominee must have been a full­time classroom
teacher (not an administrator) for at least the past 10
years and teach in an area of journalism/mass communication.
• The nominee cannot have been previously recognized
or honored by AEJMC for public service.
• The nominee cannot have served on the AEJMC Board
of Directors for the past four years.
Nominations, including self­nominations, should contain a
two­page letter that describes the nominee’s service to both
areas of public service; two additional letters of support affirming
the nominee’s service (one from each area); a 500­
word statement from the nominee describing the nominee’s
views on how public service activities (in general or the nominee’s
particular service activities) complement the traditional
teaching, research and service roles of higher education faculty;
and full vita of the nominee.
Nominations should be received by 5 PM EST on March 1,
2024. Send nominations via email to Lillian Coleman at lillian@aejmc.org.
For questions, contact Lillian Coleman at lillian@aejmc.org.
AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award
Nominations are due April 15, 2024.
AEJMC is seeking nominations (applications and self­nominations
are welcome) for the 2024 AEJMC Equity & Diversity
Award, which recognizes journalism and mass communication
academic units that are working toward, and have attained
measurable success, in increasing equity and diversity among
their faculty, staff and students. The unit must display progress
and innovation in racial, gender, and ethnic equality and
diversity during the previous three years.
The AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award has been presented each
year since 2009, with the most recent recipient for 2023
being the Department of Journalism and Strategic Media at
the University of Memphis. A full listing of the previous recipients
is available on our website at
https://www.aejmc.org/home/scholarship/award­recipients/
The 2024 AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award will be presented
during AEJMC’s Philadelphia Conference to be held Aug. 7­11.
The AEJMC president also will travel to the winning academic
unit during the 2024­25 academic year to make an on­campus
presentation of the award. The AEJMC Equity & Diversity
Award selection committee will expect applications to address
all the items listed as the committee will evaluate efforts
over the past three years (2021­2022, 2022­2023 and
2023­2024) in these following areas:
Hiring and Recruitment: The academic unit illustrates efforts
in recruiting, hiring and retaining qualified faculty from

AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 13
Professional Freedom & Responsibility Committee Award Calls
groups historically underrepresented in U.S. academia and/or
from groups that reflect the communities that the unit serves.
Evidence may include description of the unit’s protocols for
recruitment, hiring and retention. Recent faculty hires that
contribute to the unit’s diversity should be noted and the percentage
of diverse faculty in the unit as a whole should be calculated
and included.
Status of Current Faculty: The academic unit illustrates equitable
representation among full­time and part­time faculty
that include groups historically underrepresented in U.S. academia
and/or groups that reflect the communities that the
unit serves. Evidence should include retention efforts, recent
tenure and promotion rates, mentoring, and faculty participation
in service/activities.
Climate: The academic unit illustrates a supportive climate.
The unit strives to be free of discrimination. Evidence should
include curriculum and programming, faculty/student perceptions,
and decreasing number of grievances.
Institutionally Embedded Support: The academic unit offers
formal support for equity and diversity initiatives. Evidence
should include mentorship activities and graduate student
support.
Other Initiatives to Foster Diversity: The academic unit has
initiated other diversity efforts not listed above. Evidence
should include specific details of such initiatives.
Applications may be submitted by any AEJMC or ASJMC
member, by any faculty member within the nominated unit,
or by the head of the nominated unit. However, ONLY ONE
APPLICATION may be submitted by a single university’s communication
or journalism/mass communication unit. If multiple
applications from the same college or school are
submitted, they will be returned to the college to determine
which SINGLE application the university would like considered.
The following application materials are required:
(a) A cover letter or emailed text that includes contact person’s
name, phone numbers and email address; title
and address of nominated unit and institution; and
name and title of unit’s head.
(b) A completed EDA Demographics Form for each of the
THREE previous years being considered for the 2024
Award (2021­2022, 2022­2023 and 2023­2024) that
provides a description of the unit’s faculty and students,
its degrees conferred, and other information.
The form is available on the AEJMC website at
http://www.aejmc.com/home/wpcontent/uploads/2023/12/EDA_DemForm2024.pdf
(c) A narrative, which describes the equity and diversity efforts
of the academic unit. The narrative might include
goals, actions, steps and outcomes toward achieving a
work environment that promotes equity and diversity.
(d) A letter from the unit head supporting the nomination.
(e) At least (3) additional letters of support/recommendation.
Applications may include additional materials, such as description
of specific institutional policies or legislation outlining
diversity opportunities or barriers, and documentation of
other awards received. The full application should not exceed
25 pages (excluding letters of recommendation/support).
Complete applications MUST BE COLLATED into ONE DIGITAL
FILE AS A PDF FILE and sent only once as an email attachment
to AEJMC at the FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
lillian@aejmc.org. Mention “AEJMC diversity” in the subject
line of the email submission. Only emailed applications will be
accepted. Applications that are incomplete (i.e. without completed
data charts for the three years under consideration)
will not be considered. Important: Applications remain active
and eligible for three years; BUT reconsidered academic units
MUST SUBMIT updated data charts for the three years under
consideration. Previous Equity & Diversity Award recipients
may apply again after 10 years of receiving the award.
The application deadline is 5 p.m. EDT, April 15, 2024. Per
the decision of the AEJMC Board of Directors, this (and all
other association awards) deadline will NOT be extended.
Late or missing application materials will not be accepted.
Nominators or applicants are encouraged to make sure applications
are complete before submitting. An e­mail acknowledgment
of the receipt of a completed application will be
sent no later than 10 days following the April 15 th deadline.
Late applications will be included in next year’s competition.
Please address any questions to 2024 Equity & Diversity
Award Committee Chair George L. Daniels, gdaniels@ua.edu.
The committee reserves the right not to present an award in
any given year.
AEJMC First Amendment Award
Nominations are due February 15, 2024.
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
(AEJMC) is seeking nominations for the AEJMC
First Amendment Award.
The AEJMC First Amendment Award recognizes individuals or
organizations who demonstrate a strong commitment to freedom
of the press and who practice or support courageous
journalism. Created in 2006, the award is presented by
AEJMC’s Professional Freedom & Responsibility Committee.
Previous recipients of the AEJMC First Amendment Award
Continued on page 14

PAGE 14 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
Professional Freedom & Responsibility Committee Award Calls
are: Margaret Sullivan, The Guardian (2023); Steven Waldman
of Report for America (2022); Omar Jimenez of CNN (2021);
Shane Bauer of Mother Jones (2020); Nikole Hannah­Jones of
the New York Times Magazine (2019); Ronan Farrow of the
New Yorker and Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey of the New
York Times (2018); The Pulitzer Prizes (2017); Reporters Without
Borders (2016); Floyd Abrams (2015); Joel Simon of the
Committee to Protect Journalists (2014); the First Amendment
Center (2013); Carole Simpson (2012); Michael Kirk of
Frontline (2011); Nat Hentoff (2010); Seymour Hersh of the
New Yorker (2009); Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune
(2008); Helen Thomas of UPI and Hearst (2007); and Molly
Ivins (2006).
Nominations require only the following:
• The name and affiliation of the nominee
• A supporting statement of no more than 200 words explaining
why the person or organization deserves consideration
for this award
(Note that AEJMC members are not eligible to receive this
award.)
To receive the award, the nominee must be available to attend
the AEJMC national conference and speak about the
work being recognized.
Nominations are due on or before 5 p.m. EST, Feb. 15, 2024,
to Meg Heckman, Northeastern University, at
m.heckman@northeastern.edu. Please address any questions
to Heckman.
The PF&R Committee will select the recipient, and the award
will be presented at a session during AEJMC’s 2024 Annual
Conference in Philadelphia.
good standing at the time of the nomination and during the
preceding two years.
AEJMC’s three elected standing committee chairs, or other
designees, and AEJMC’s executive director (non­voting) serve
as the award’s selection committee. Selection of the nominee
is based on the content of the nominee’s packet of materials.
This award does not require nominees to duplicate their tenure
and promotion packet. The committee reserves the right
not to present the award. Applications will be kept on file and
reconsidered for the duration of the nominee’s eligibility (i.e.,
if a nominee is in the eighth consecutive year of service, the
application will be kept on file for an additional six years).
Nominations should contain:
• a letter from a current AEJMC member (other than the
nominee) describing in detail the candidate’s professional
record in teaching, research and service;
• one additional letter of support from a colleague (on or
off campus) who is also a current AEJMC member;
• a full vita.
Additional materials:
• no more than five total of any combination of the following:
professional papers, published articles, or abstracts
(up to 400 words) of research findings;
• no more than five course outlines or innovative teaching
tools;
• no more than five teaching evaluations, citations or
other recognitions pertaining to the nominee.
All entries should be submitted by email in multiple files (PDF
formats) by 5 PM EDT on March 15, 2024, to Lillian Coleman
at lillian@aejmc.org. Type “Krieghbaum Mid­Career Award” in
the email subject line. For questions, contact Lillian Coleman
at lillian@aejmc.org.
Krieghbaum Mid­Career Award
Nominations are due March 15, 2024.
The Krieghbaum Mid­Career Award honors AEJMC members
who have shown outstanding achievement and effort in all
three AEJMC areas: teaching, research and public service.
The late Hillier Krieghbaum, former New York University professor
emeritus and 1972 AEJMC president, created and
funded the award in 1980.
Nominees must be journalism and communication educators
with between 6 and 14 years of consecutive experience at the
time of the March 15 nomination deadline. The award is open
to all JMC educators, regardless of designation (i.e., contingent
faculty, professional faculty, teaching faculty, tenuretrack
faculty, etc.). Nominees must also be AEJMC members in

Call for Nominations:
2024 Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver
Outstanding Early­Career Woman
Scholar Award
Nominations deadline: April 1, 2024
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024
Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Award honoring an earlycareer
woman scholar who demonstrates outstanding
research and potential for future scholarship.
Sponsored by The Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center
for the Advancement of Women in Communication
at Florida International University, and the AEJMC
Commission on the Status of Women, this recognition
is designed to honor early­career women
faculty researchers and encourage them as they
pursue their research agendas in the academy.
An early­career faculty member is defined as a
scholar who has the Ph.D., but does NOT have tenure,
and is preferably on a tenure­track, but might
also be considered if a collegiate­level
instructor/lecturer. Nominees must be current
members of AEJMC.
To nominate a scholar, please send:
• a letter outlining qualifications
• a one­page summary of her research agenda
• a curriculum vita
We welcome nominations for scholars from various
cultural backgrounds and institutions, including international
scholars. We realize that outstanding
scholarship can manifest itself differently from
scholar to scholar, so we encourage the nomination
letters and research statements to be explicit about
highlighting the candidates’ unique strengths. Both
quantity and quality will be considered. Self­nominations
are accepted and encouraged.
The winner will be chosen by a panel of scholars
and honored with a check for $250 and a plaque in
August 2024 at the AEJMC conference in Philadelphia.
Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, dean emeritus and
professor at Florida International University’s
School of Journalism and Mass Communication,
will present the award.
Please send any questions to the award committee
chair, Sonali Kudva, at skudva@methodist.edu.
Award nominations can be submitted here:
https://forms.gle/yBVvAstsP2nddA4P7.
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 15
AEJMC Champions of Editing Linda Shockley
Award for Excellence in Teaching
Submission deadline: May 26, 2024
AEJMC is seeking submissions for the 2024 Champions of Editing Linda
Shockley Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dr. Deborah Gump launched the Champions of Editing, formerly known
as the Breakfast of Editing Champions, about 20 years ago. In the spirit
of celebrating excellence in teaching editing, the Champions of Editing is
announcing a teaching prize open to AEJMC members from all divisions,
interest groups, etc. The prize is named for Linda Shockley, former
managing director of the Dow Jones News Fund, for her commitment to
advancing the careers of young professionals and longtime support of
the Champions of Editing.
The prize will highlight innovative approaches to teaching editing.
Editing is a nearly universal component of journalism and mass
communication.
We are seeking submissions focused on innovative ideas for improving the
teaching of editing in any area—from new approaches for teaching
traditional areas of grammar to ethical decision­making in student
newsrooms to new ways to teach photo and video editing. All ideas,
however, should help professors and instructors teach some form of editing.
The winning teaching idea will receive $250, complimentary AEJMC
conference registration for one author/presenter and a certificate. Two
additional winners will be recognized with $100 each and a certificate.
The winning teaching idea is expected to be presented at the Champions
of Editing event at the annual AEJMC conference in Philadelphia. The
additional winners will be asked to provide brief recorded presentations.
Judging. All entries will be blind judged. The judges reserve the right not
to award prizes.
The criteria to evaluate the editing teaching competition submissions
are outlined below. Ideas will be judged for how they enhance craft of
editing based on: 1) Originality, 2) Innovation, 3) Ease of application, 4)
Completeness, 5) Writing.
In addition, judges will take into account whether the ideas would work
in more than one course and/or at different types of schools. All ideas
should be: 1) original (not previously published or presented elsewhere)
and 2) classroom­tested (even if that is this semester).
We seek submissions from 1) full­time faculty members, 2) adjunct
professors, and 3) graduate­student instructors. Entries will be evaluated
by a team of judges. Complete the online submission form by 11:59 p.m.
EDT May 26, 2024. (https://forms.gle/wyq6CfFz2n86Dnnm7)
To be eligible, contestants will need to be current AEJMC members by
May 26. Winners will be notified by the end of June and will be formally
announced at the Champions of Editing event during the conference.
Winners will be notified of the Champions of Editing panel’s time and
location as soon as the conference schedule is announced. For any
questions about the competition, please contact Champions of Editing
coordinator Mitch McKenney at championsofediting@gmail.com.

PAGE 16 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
2023 AEJMC Annual Paper Competition Submissions and Acceptances
!"#"$"%&$' ()*+' +'$,-./0012' 34516'$,-./0012' ()*+' +'*7715012' 34516'*7715012' 8'9:04;'*7715012'
*2?' @A' BB' C@' @D' EFGE''
H6:4274=0'4>2'I:-/;1'J:,6>4;/=.' CE' AE' B' CE' BDGD''
K:..,>/740/>?'$7/1>71L'M14;0NL'4>2'O/=P' QB' CRS' AQ' FC' 'EBGB'
K:..,>/740/:>'917N>:;:?T'' SE' CCR' AE' SR' BDGA''
K:..,>/740/:>'9N1:6T'U'I10N:2:;:?T' CD' EQ' E' AC' 'E@GC'
K,;0,64;'U'K6/0/74;'$0,2/1=' EB' S@' CF' @R' 'BCGQ'
M/=0:6T' Q' @A' E' CR' BAGB''
">016>40/:>4;'K:..,>/740/:>' @F' RQ' CR' ES' B@GQ''
V4W'4>2'3:;/7T' AA' @E' Q' CQ' 'ESGE'
I4?4X/>1'I12/4' B' R' A' B' 'BQG@'
I4=='K:..,>/740/:>'U'$:7/10T' BA' CDE' Q' BQ' 'EAG@'
I12/4')0N/7=' CR' AS' B' CS' EQGQ''
'''I12/4'I4>4?1.1>0L')7:>:./7='U')>061561>1,6=N/5' CC' AE' A' CS' 'BCGE'
'''I/>:6/0/1='U'K:..,>/740/:>' CB' @S' CC' AE' 'RDGB'
&1W=54516'4>2'%>;/>1'&1W=' EC' QB' CS' EE' 'ERGS'
3:;/0/74;'K:..,>/740/:>' BQ' FB' AD' BQ' 'BDGF'
3,-;/7'O1;40/:>=' AD' RR' S' E@' BDGB''
$7N:;4=0/7'J:,6>4;/=.' CB' CC' R' R' 'B@GQ'
#/=,4;'K:..,>/740/:>' AS' @A' B' AE' BDGD''
'' ' ' ' ' '
9%9*V$'Y%O' Y%O'!"#"$ !"#"$"%&$' BRF' CCAE' ADE' S@S' EFG@'
*/.,.' B' R' A' B' BGQ'
I4Z/.,.' QB' CRS' AQ'' FC' EBGB'
' ' ' ' ' '
"&9)O)$9' 9'[O%\3$ [O%\3$]K%II"$$"%&$' ()*+' +'$,-./0012' 34516'$,-./0012' ()*+' +'*7715012' 34516'*7715012' 8'9:04;'*7715012'
K:..,>/0T'J:,6>4;/=.' S' AD' A' C@' 'BRGS'
)>01604/>.1>0'$0,2/1=' CB' @B' A' A@' 'BDGD'
V1=-/4>L'[4TL'H/=1Z,4;L'964>=?1>216'U'^,116' B' CS' C' CD' 'BAG@'
">016>=N/5='4>2'K46116=' B' @' @' A' SAGB''
3460/7/540:6T'J:,6>4;/=.' R' R' E' B' 'SEGA'
O1;/?/:>'4>2'I12/4' CC' F' B' R' 'EBGD'
$.4;;'36:?64.=' @' S' A' C' @@G@''
$5:60='K:..,>/740/:>' CF' AQ' B' AD' 'B@GC'
K:../==/:>':>'[642,401')2,740/:>' CA' CE' E' Q' ESGC''
K:../==/:>':>'0N1'$040,=':_'`:.1>' AA' @@' R' AD' EFGD''
' ' ' ' ' '
9%9*V$'Y%O' Y%O'"&9) "&9)O) O)$9' 9'[O%\ [O%\3$]K%II"$$"%&$' CDB' CRC' @B' CDF' EAD'
*/.,.' @' @' C'' C'' @GD''
I4Z/.,.' AA' @B' R' A@' AAGD'
!
!
!
Planning to submit a paper to the AEJMC 2024 Conference?
Remember these tips:
• The paper submission deadline is Monday, April 1, 2024 at 11:59 (CDT).
• Your paper WILL be disqualified if it shows any author identification.
• Only the paper chair of a group may tell you if your paper has been accepted.
• A new account in the ALL ACADEMIC portal must be created to upload your paper for this year.
https://community.aejmc.org/conference/paper­competition/papercall

Save the Date!
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 17
REPRESENTATION AND VOICE — THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY
AEJMC 2024
CONFERENCE
PHILADELPHIA, PA
AUG. 8 - 11
THURSDAY - SUNDAY
PRE-CONFERENCE: WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7
HOTEL
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown | 1201 Market Street
Grad Rate: $169.00 | Single: $214.00 | Double: $234.00
PAPER CALL
https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aejmc/aejmc24/
Submission deadline: April 1, 2024
EARLY REGISTRATION RATES
TBA in March 2024
#AEJMC24
https://community.aejmc.org/conference/home

PAGE 18 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
UNIFORM PAPER CALL
https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aejmc/aejmc24/
AEJMC 2024 Conference Paper Competition
Philadelphia, PA
The programming groups within the Council of Divisions of
the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
invite submission of original, non­published, research
papers to be considered for presentation at the AEJMC
Conference, August 7 to 11, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Specific requirements for each competition — including
limits on paper length — are spelled out in the listing of
groups and research chairs that appear below. Submissions
are to be in English only.
All research submissions must be uploaded through an online
server to the group appropriate to the submission’s topic via a
link on the AEJMC website: www.AEJMC.org. The following
uniform call will apply to ALL AEJMC group competitions. Additional
information specific to an individual group’s call is
available at the end of the uniform call information.
1. Submit via the AEJMC website link
(https://community.aejmc.org/conference/paper­competition/papercall)
to the AEJMC group appropriate to the submission’s
topic. Format should be Word, WordPerfect, or a PDF.
PDF format is strongly encouraged. To submit an extended abstract,
see https://community.aejmc.org/conference/papercompetition/papercall
2. The submission must be uploaded to the server no later
than 11:59 P.M. (Central Daylight Time) Monday, April 1, 2024.
3. Also upload an abstract of no more than 75­words.
4. Completely fill out the online submission form with author(s)
name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone number,
and email address. The title should be printed on the first
page of the text and on running heads on each page of text,
as well as on the title page. Do NOT include author’s name
on running heads or title page.
5. Papers should adhere to the best practices of diversity
and inclusion in scholarly research.
6. Submissions uploaded with author’s identifying information
WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW AND WILL
AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITION.
ALL AEJMC DIVISIONS, INTEREST GROUPS AND COMMISSION
SUBMISSIONS WILL ABIDE BY THIS RULE WITHOUT EXCEP­
TION. Reviewers and research chairs are not to search document
properties or anywhere else beyond the text of the
paper for identifying information.
7. Submissions are accepted for peer review on the understanding
that they are not already under review for other
conferences and that they have been
submitted to only ONE AEJMC group
for evaluation. Submissions accepted
for the AEJMC Conference should not
have been presented to other conferences,
with the exception of AEJMC regional conferences, and
cannot be published or appear online prior to the paper and
abstract competition deadline.
8. Student submissions compete on an equal footing in open
paper competitions unless otherwise specified by the individual
division or interest group. Individual group specifications
are appended to this uniform call.
9. Research submitted with both faculty and student authors
will be considered faculty submissions and are not eligible for
student competitions.
10. If a submission is accepted, and the author does not present
at the conference, or plan for the submission to be presented
by another, then the acceptance status is revoked. It
may not be included on a vita.
11. Authors will be advised whether their submission has
been accepted by May 20 and may access a copy of reviewers’
comments from the online server. Contact the research
chair if you are not notified or have questions about
submission acceptance.
Special note: Authors who have submitted research and have
not been notified by May 20 MUST contact the division or interest
group research chair for acceptance information. The
AEJMC Central Office may not have this information available.
12. Authors of accepted submissions retain copyright of their
papers and are free to submit them for publication after receiving
paper reviewers’ comments.
Important Submission Information
• Upload submissions for the AEJMC 2024 Philadelphia, PA
conference beginning January 15, 2024. Submitters should
follow instructions on the front page of the submission site to
create your account and complete the information required.
• Deadline for submissions is April 1, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.
CDT. Any submissions after this time will not be accepted.
• Before submitting your research, please make certain that
all author­identifying information has been removed and
that all instructions have been followed per the AEJMC uniform
call. Take every precaution to ensure that your self­citations
do not in any way reveal your identity. There are
three solutions to issues of self­citation: Remove language

that signals the author of the published work is also the author
of the current paper. For example, the author may
simply use “in a previous study, researchers…” rather than “in
a previously published pilot study, I…” or “As I argued in…”
This is not always possible since authors may desire to build
on their previous works, but wording can be rewritten to
avoid obvious self­citation in many cases.
Eliminating the citations altogether is another option and
helps remove the awkward inclusion of “Author, Date” self­citations
in the reference list. This may risk having the authors
seem unknowledgeable by failing to refer to work that reviewers
may commonly know. But often there is no problem
by using another citation in its place.
Ultimately, combining the two strategies described above may
be the best solution. Authors are encouraged to remove personal
pronouns and other descriptive language surrounding
their work that might reveal a redacted name or pinpoint the
source of an existing work. It may be best to cite your work
sparingly without any signal of authorship.
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 19
By carefully considering the wording surrounding citing your
own work, it is often possible to eliminate issues that have
caused conference submission disqualifications in the past
simply by revising wording around the self­cited works.
Simply put, cite your own work as if it were being cited by
another author—not yourself.
• A COVER SHEET or a sheet with the 75­word required AB­
STRACT that is included with a paper upload should be EX­
CLUDED from the page number limits set by all AEJMC
Groups.
Submissions uploaded with author’s identifying information
displayed WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW AND WILL
AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETI­
TION. All AEJMC Divisions, Interest Groups and Commission
will abide by the rules below WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
NOTE: Contact Felicia Greenlee Brown with comments, concerns
and other Conference Paper Call inquiries at
Felicia@aejmc.org.
EXTENDED ABSTRACTS CALL
AEJMC will accept extended abstracts for the 2024
conference. The extended abstract format is suitable for
authors who are sufficiently along in the research process to
address the content elements described below but have not
had sufficient time to prepare a full paper. Extended abstracts
must be uploaded as a single file to the AEJMC All­Academic
site no later than 11:59 P.M. (Central Daylight Time) Monday,
April 1, 2024. Authors whose extended abstracts are selected
for presentation at the conference should still submit their
full paper, with all identifying author information, to the All­
Academic site by 11:59 p.m. CDT, July 15, 2024.
Extended abstracts may be submitted to only one division or
interest group. To preserve the value of fully developed
research papers, extended abstracts will not be eligible for
division or AEJMC conference­wide awards.
Notes:
The length of extended abstracts must be at least 750 words
but no more than 1,500 words. A 75­word (max.) summary
of the abstract should precede the abstract itself. References
and summary are excluded from the word count.
Extended abstracts should contain all of the same content
sections/elements that would normally be used in a paper
submission. The main difference, however, is the length of
the submission format.
For authors considering the extended abstract option, data
collection and analysis must be at least 75% complete in
order to meaningfully report tentative findings and
conclusions. Authors should clearly report how far along the
data collection and analysis phases are, respectively, and
explain what steps remain and the anticipated
value/contribution of these steps, so that reviewers can
assess the foundations on which conclusions are based.
Extended abstracts will be reviewed and scored using
evaluation criteria specific to the abstracts and not the same
as those used for full papers.
When submitting in this format, authors must select the
“Extended Abstract” option in All­Academic AND include the
words “Extended Abstract” at the start of their paper title
(e.g., “Extended Abstract: [Your paper title]”). Authors should
clearly indicate the same on the title page of their
submission. Submissions that are not appropriately labeled
may be rejected.
When creating the file for upload, please insert the 75­word
summary of the abstract at the beginning of the extended
abstract, so that this is what readers and reviewers see first.
Please ensure all identifying author information has been
removed for extended abstract submissions and that title
pages do not contain author information. Please reference
the AEJMC Uniform Paper Call for information about how to
ensure this information is removed in order to ensure a blind
review.
Other than the extended abstract format (including length
differences) and ineligibility for award competitions, all
other AEJMC Uniform Paper Guidelines apply. Please review
these at: https://community.aejmc.org/conference/papercompetition/papercall

PAGE 20 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
DIVISION & INTEREST GROUP CALLS
Divisions
Advertising Division
The Advertising Division invites submissions of original research
papers that address a topic or issue relevant to our field.
The Advertising Division accepts submissions in five paper categories
which are identified and described below. Papers submitted
to any category must be double­spaced and use
12­point Times New Roman or equivalent font. Submissions
should follow APA or any other reference style. The maximum
length for any paper is 30 pages including tables, figures, and
references. Any paper longer than 30 pages (not including a
title page and/or abstract) will be disqualified and not assigned
for review. The Ad Division also accepts Extended Abstracts
(750­1,500 words) following the Extended Abstract Call Guidelines
for AEJMC. Submissions with any residual identifying information
will not be considered for review and will automatically
be disqualified from the competition. Before uploading your
paper, please exercise extra diligence to remove all author identification
from the document, including any file properties or
obvious reference to self­citations. We recommend submitting
your manuscripts at least a day or two before the deadline so
you can check to make sure that the uploaded document does
not contain any self­identifying information in its properties, as
can happen sometimes, mysteriously, via “save as pdf” or as a
result of some other technical issue. An early submission will
allow any and all individuals to fully check submissions as they
are entered into the system so that a resubmission prior to the
deadline is possible. A paper may not be simultaneously under
review with more than one division within AEJMC; with the
AEJMC annual conference and any other academic conference;
and/or with the AEJMC annual conference and any publication
(e.g., journal, book chapter, etc.). As a condition of acceptance,
one or more authors of any paper must agree to attend and
present the paper at the AEJMC annual conference in Philadelphia.
Open Research: Papers or extended abstracts submitted to
the Open Research category must address a topic that is relevant
to the field of advertising. Examples include (but are not
limited to) advertising and media effects; analysis of ads and
advertising content; cross­cultural, international and/or global
advertising; agency management, structure and/or organization;
diversity, equity, and inclusions as it relates to advertising;
and the economic, political, social and/or environmental impact
of advertising. Research informed by and testing theories
and/or using methods associated with quantitative, qualitative,
or critical/cultural research perspectives is welcome in this category.
The top three papers in this category will receive awards
of $300, $200, and $100, respectively. For more information,
please contact Dr. Eunjin (Anna) Kim, Advertising Research
Chair, University of Southern California. Email:
eunjink@usc.edu. Tel: 213­821­9795.
AEJMC 2024 Conference Paper Competition
Philadelphia, PA
Teaching and Pedagogy: Papers or extended abstracts submitted
to this category should present research that addresses
a topic relevant to advertising education. Examples include (but
are not limited to) approaches to or case studies about teaching
a specific advertising course; innovations in teaching and
pedagogy; use of technology in the classroom; assessment of
learning outcomes; advising student groups and organizations;
and review or revision of core courses or advertising curriculum.
Commentaries about teaching philosophy and papers consisting
solely of teaching tips will not be accepted. Papers
submitted to the teaching competition will be considered for
review by the Journal of Advertising Education. The top paper
in this category will receive an award of $100. For more information,
please contact Dr. Shanshan Lou, Teaching and Pedagogy
Chair, Appalachian State University. Email:
lous@appstate.edu. Tel: 828­262­4035.
Professional Freedom & Responsibility (PF&R): Papers
submitted to this category should present research that explores
concepts of diversity, equity, and/or inclusion (DEI)
within the advertising industry. Despite the growing importance
of DEI in the ad industry, we still don’t have a clear insight
on what it means to have more equitable and inclusive spaces
within ad agencies and brand representation, how to communicate
a firm’s or a brand’s DEI initiatives to various stakeholders,
and how exactly DEI can help brands connect with consumers.
Examples for research in this category may include, but are not
limited to, current advertising industry DEI trends, historical influences,
conceptualizing and measuring DEI, the effect of DEI
on consumer­brand experience, consumer­ad experience (for
example through ad targeting and personalization), DEI and
consumer well­being, DEI, privacy, and safety in the digital
space, the role of DEI in academia, profession, and in society.
Other areas of consideration include free expression, ethics in
advertising, media criticism and accountability, and public service.
Submissions may take the form of traditional research
papers; however, commentaries, critical essays, and integrative
literature reviews are also welcome. The top paper in this category
will receive an award of $100. This award is sponsored by
Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising at the University
of Illinois at Urbana­Champaign. For more information, please
contact Dr.Chang­Dae Ham, PF&R Track Chair, at the University
of Illinois at Urbana­Champaign. Email: cdham317@illinois.edu;
Tel: 217­333­1602.
Graduate and Undergraduate Student Research: Papers or
extended abstracts submitted to this category must be authored
only by undergraduate or graduate students, including
Ph.D. candidates, at the time of submission. Faculty members
and postdoctoral researchers are ineligible to co­author papers
submitted to this category. Faculty and student co­authored
papers will be disqualified and should be submitted to the
Open Research competition or other relevant categories. We

welcome student research that is relevant to the field of advertising,
is informed by theories and methods associated with
quantitative, qualitative, or critical/cultural research perspectives,
and tests these theories and methods. The top three student
papers in this category will receive awards of $200, $100,
and $50, respectively. The awards are sponsored by the Integrated
Strategic Communication Department of the College of
Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky.
For more information, please contact Dr. Mengtian Jiang, Student
Track Chair, University of Kentucky. Email:
mengtian.jiang@uky.edu. Tel: 859­323­4335.
Special Topics in Advertising: Papers or extended abstracts
submitted to the Special Topics category should address the
broad area of advertising literacy. Advertising literacy is defined
as the consumers’ ability to recognize, access, evaluate, and
cope with advertising and marketing communication in a variety
forms, contexts, and platforms. Examples of the research in
this topic include, but are not limited to, the role of consumers’
awareness, knowledge, and/or ability in coping with advertising
personalization, data­driven targeting, digital privacy infringement,
AI­driven communication, algorithmic advertising, technology­driven
persuasion tactics, children’s advertising,
deceptive advertising, political advertising, advertising skepticism,
(non)transparency in persuasion, sponsorship (non)disclosure,
influencer marketing, native advertising, product
placement, misinformation and disinformation, and trust and
credibility issues in advertising. Research can apply psychological,
sociological, economical and/or critical/cultural theories
with qualitative, quantitative and/or computational research
methods, but not limited to such applications. Commentaries,
critical essays, and integrative literature reviews will be accepted.
However, any submission that is not directly relevant to
the special topic will be moved to the Open Research category.
The top paper in this category will receive an award of $100.
This award is sponsored by Annenberg School for Communication
and Journalism at the University of Southern California. For
more information, please contact Dr. Chen Lou, Special Topics
Track Chair, Nanyang Technological University. Email: chenlou@ntu.edu.sg.
Tel: (65) 6316­8895
Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division
The Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division invites faculty
and students to submit original research on any aspect of
broadcast and/or mobile news content and/or production. This
may include many topics related to broadcast or mobile journalism,
including television, radio, or audio (including podcasting),
digital reporting, practices, mobile and app­based
journalism, virtual reality/360 reporting, social media journalism,
or the role of new and changing media in journalism.
Research papers for the 2024 AEJMC annual conference in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, must be submitted no later than
11:59 P.M. (Central Daylight Time) on Monday, April 1, 2024.
We welcome research articles that employ any methodology,
including qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods. Some
possible topics that may be relevant to the Broadcast and Mobile
Journalism Division are:
• The impact of social media and/or broadcast news on politics,
environmental issues, racial and social justice issues,
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 21
crisis reporting, or other topics.
• The impact of emerging technologies on democracy.
• The role of broadcast, mobile journalism, and emerging
technologies in representing marginalized communities
and the changing media landscape.
• AI­driven journalism and news production.
• AI­based editing and writing tools (generative AI in journalism,
storytelling, and news production).
• AI­driven fact­checking and mis/disinformation in news
production.
• The role of mobile technologies in news production.
• The impact of mobile technologies on traditional broadcast
news
• Global perspectives on broadcast and mobile journalism
• Diversity in the newsroom
• Audience effects in broadcast and mobile journalism
• Video news produced directly for social media or online
sites
• The role of the broadcast journalist in the evolving media
landscape
• The role of organizations, ownership, and sociological
structures on broadcast and mobile reporting practices.
Authors of papers accepted for the conference will be encouraged
to submit their manuscript for possible publication in
Electronic News, the official journal for the Broadcast and Mobile
Journalism Division. Papers accepted for the conference
are not guaranteed publication in the journal. Papers submitted
to the Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division competition
should be no longer than 25 pages of manuscript, excluding
tables, figures, references and appendices, and should be submitted
in one of the generally approved academic bibliographic
styles (i.e. APA, Chicago, etc.). Papers should be in 12point,
Times New Roman font, double­spaced and with one­inch margins.
Additionally, a separate page containing an abstract of no
more than 75 words is required. Documents must be uploaded
as Word, WordPerfect, or PDF files. PDF format is strongly encouraged.
Please be sure to submit a clean paper without author
identifying information; otherwise the paper will be
disqualified. In addition to removing author identifying information
from the paper and file properties, the uniform paper
call has added suggestions for avoiding identification though
self­citation. If you plan to submit a paper that includes a selfcitation,
you should remove language that suggests the cited
study is yours (e.g., “in a previous study, researchers…” rather
than “in a previous study, I…”). “Simply put,” the guidance concludes,
“cite your own work as if it were being cited by another
author – not yourself.” If the broader scholarly community is
unlikely to have access to your self­citation (e.g. it’s an unpublished
pilot or a conference paper that was never made available
in published proceedings), AEJMC suggests referencing a
different work that can support the same argument or eliminating
the citation altogether. To be clear, self citation is not
automatically disqualifying, but self­citation that obviously
identifies the author through one of the ways mentioned above
will be disqualifying. Please refer to AEJMC’s uniform paper call
on how to upload clean papers, including guidance on self­citation.
You are encouraged to submit your paper at least a day or
Continued on page 22

PAGE 22 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
two before the deadline so that you can check to ensure your
paper does not contain any identifying information in its properties,
as can happen sometimes when documents are saved as
PDFs. The Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division accepts a
total of one paper in which the author is the first author. You
can submit a maximum of two papers in the division regardless
of author order. For example, you can submit one paper in
which you are the first author and one where you are the second
author; however, you cannot submit two papers in which
you are the first author. If you have additional publications outside
of these guidelines, please submit one of the papers to
another division. The division offers cash prizes for top faculty
paper submissions, split evenly among coauthors; top student
papers will receive free conference admission. Please note the
student papers must be completely authored by students. Students
with a faculty member as a coauthor will be judged in the
faculty division. Papers submitted for the student paper competition
must clearly contain “Student Paper Competition” on the
title page to be considered for the student paper competition.
Authors of all selected papers are expected to present their
work in Washington. Cash awards for winning papers will be
awarded only if the authors present their work at the conference.
Questions concerning conference paper submissions
should be directed to the division’s research chairs, Dr. Kelly
Kaufhold, at: kellykaufhold@txstate.edu, or Dr. Heidi Makady
at: Makady.h@ufl.edu
Questions regarding submissions to the division’s journal,
Electronic News, should be directed to the editor, Dr. Debora
Wenger at drwenger@olemiss.edu. All papers must be uploaded
through the AEJMC All­Academic portal. Once you have
created an account on the AEJMC All Academic site, you will be
able to choose the Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division
prior to submitting your paper
Communicating Science, Health,
Environment and Risk Division
The Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk
(ComSHER) Division invites paper and extended abstract submissions
that represent original research related to science,
health, environment, risk, and other topics relevant to the communication
of scientific information to the general public or
specific populations. ComSHER welcomes submissions from all
disciplinary approaches and methodological orientations, including
quantitative and qualitative methods. ComSHER is committed
to highlighting research that showcases diversity, equity,
inclusion, and justice issues and international perspectives
throughout the conference.
In any one year, an individual can appear as author or coauthor
on a maximum of two (2) submitted research papers
and/or extended abstracts. If one individual appears as author
or co­author on more than two (2) research submissions, the
ComSHER Executive Committee reserves the right to disqualify
some or all of the papers in question from the research competition.
All non­student papers will be considered for Top Paper
Awards, which are determined by overall reviewer rankings.
Authors of awarded Top Papers will be invited to present their
research on a panel at this year’s conference and will additionally
be honored at the ComSHER Business Meeting. A Top
Poster Award will also be at this year’s conference.
To further acknowledge research excellence, ComSHER
offers the Eason Prize for the top three student papers. The
Eason Prize is awarded in memory of former University of Texas
doctoral candidate Lori Eason (1957­2002). The Eason Prize
awards include $500 for first place, $300 for second place, and
$200 for third place. Papers competing for the Eason Prize cannot
be co­authored with faculty. Student submissions competing
for top student paper and the accompanying Eason Prize
will be judged together with other ComSHER faculty submissions.
Authors must identify their submission as an Eason Prize
entry on the cover page of their submission. Authors who do
not identify this on the cover page will not be considered for
the Eason Prize competition.
Only full­length research paper submissions (not extended
abstract submissions) will be considered for Top Paper or Eason
Prize awards. All submissions should follow APA format and the
AEJMC Uniform Paper Call Guidelines (no more than 25­pages
of double­spaced text with 12­point, Times New Roman font,
and 1­inch margins, plus references, tables, figures, and appendices).
All Extended Abstract submissions must include the
words “Extended Abstract” in the title of the submission.
All accepted papers must be presented by a listed author.
Authors unable to present must find another person to present
their work and let the Research Chairs know in advance. Failure
to appear to present can result in author(s) losing eligibility to
submit to the Division for one year. Direct questions to Research
Chair Kang Namkoong at namkoong@umd.edu
The Division encourages all submitters to carefully check
their submissions for self­identifying information of any kind,
including meta­data embedded in submitted documents. Submissions
with any residual identifying information will be rejected
without review. Before uploading your submission
(including PDF and Word documents), exercise extra diligence
to remove all author identification from the document, including
any file properties or obvious reference to self­citations.
AEJMC’s uniform call for papers includes helpful solutions to
self­citation. Also, please see https://www.siam.org/publications/journals/related/journal­policies/detail/protecting­referee­personal­information
for tips on keeping your submission
anonymous.
Communication Technology Division
The Communication Technology Division (CTEC) invites
submission of original, non­published research papers to be
considered for presentation at the AEJMC Conference, August 7
to 11, 2024 in Philadelphia, PA where the central focus is communication
technology and its impact on media processes and
content as well as audiences, institutions, and society. Research
in the division is focused on examining a broad range of
trends as they relate to technology. Topics involving emerging
technologies, including new media technologies and social
media, are strongly encouraged. The division welcomes theoretical
and conceptual papers as well as a diversity of methodological
approaches from both faculty and students. Papers are
to be submitted in English only no later than 11:59 P.M. (Central
Daylight Time) on Monday, April 1, 2024.

Paper Formatting (Full Paper): Please limit papers to no
more than 30 pages (double­spaced) in length, including title
page, abstract, tables, figures, references, and notes. Papers
should follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (7th edition), have 1­inch margins, and use
12­point Times New Roman, Times, or Arial font. Abstracts
must be no more than 75 words. The title should be on the first
page, with page numbers and running heads on each page of
text. All papers must be submitted in Word or PDF format
through the AEJMC’s ALL ACADEMIC website to the Communication
Technology Division. PDF format is strongly encouraged.
Hard copy or electronic versions of papers submitted individually
to the Research Chair will NOT be accepted. Please be
sure to submit a clean paper without author­identifying information,
such as name, university affiliation, job title, etc. Inclusion
of identifying information will result in automatic
disqualification of the paper. Before uploading your paper, exercise
extra diligence to remove all author identification from the
document, including any file properties or obvious reference to
self­citations. Please refer to AEJMC’s uniform paper call on
how to upload clean papers. It is the responsibility of the paper
author(s) to verify that no identifying information is contained
in the paper text or in the document file properties.
Paper Formatting (Extended Abstract): AEJMC will accept
extended abstracts for works­in­progress, as well as full papers
for the 2024 conference. For authors considering the extended
abstract option, data collection and analysis must be at least
75% complete in order to meaningfully report tentative findings
and conclusions. Authors should clearly report in the
Method and Findings sections how far along the data collection
and analysis phases are, respectively, and explain what steps
remain and the anticipated value/contribution of these steps,
so that reviewers can assess the foundations on which conclusions
are based. The extended abstracts must be at least 750
words long but no more than 1,500 words.
Extended abstracts must include a reference list and a 75­
word summary of the abstract. (The reference list and summary
are not included in the word count). When submitting in
this format, authors must include the words “Extended Abstract”
at the start of their paper title (e.g., “Extended Abstract:
[Your paper title]”). Authors should clearly indicate the same on
the title page of their submission. Submissions that are not appropriately
labeled may be rejected. Please be sure to submit a
clean paper without author­identifying information, such as
name, university affiliation, job title, etc. Authors whose extended
abstracts are selected for presentation at the conference
must still submit their full paper before the conference.
Student Paper Competition: Graduate and undergraduate
students are invited to submit original research regarding any
topic related to communication technology. For a paper to be
considered for a student paper award, all of the coauthors
must be students. Faculty may not co­author any paper submitted
to this category. (Papers co­authored by faculty and students
should be submitted to the Faculty Paper Competition.)
Papers submitted for the Student Paper Competition must
clearly contain “Student Paper Competition” on the title page
to be considered for the Student Paper Competition. These
papers are eligible for entry in the Jung­Sook Lee Student Paper
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 23
competition. The Jung­Sook Lee Award recognizes the best student
paper, which makes “a substantial contribution to the substance
or method on a topic related to communication
technology.” The award honors the division’s 1997­1998 research
chair, Jung­Sook Lee of the University of Southwestern
Louisiana, who died soon after the 1998 conference. Authors of
the top three student papers will receive a cash award. In addition,
the author of the best student paper will have his or her
conference registration fee paid by the division. For a paper to
be considered for this award, ALL authors must be undergraduate
or graduate students enrolled during the 2023­2024 academic
year.
Faculty Paper Competition: The division is please to award
a Top Faculty Research Paper Award for excellence in faculty research
to recognizes the best faculty paper submitted to the division.
For a paper to be considered for this award at least one
of the authors must be faculty.
Winners of both awards will receive their prize and be recognized
at the conference. Submissions that do not win recognition
in the Jung­Sook Lee Award or the Top Faculty
Research Award are still considered for acceptance along with
open competition submissions.
All paper submitters are strongly encouraged to submit at
least a day or two before the deadline so they can check to
make sure that the uploaded document does not contain any
self­identifying information in its properties, as can happen
sometimes, mysteriously, via the “save as pdf” function or as
the result of some other technical issue. An early submission
will allow all submitters to fully check submissions as they are
entered into the system so that a resubmission prior to the
deadline is possible. Submitters should download a PDF version
of their paper submissions from the All Academic system and
verify that self­identifying information has successfully been removed
from the document’s properties.
Before submitting your research, please make certain that
all author­identifying information has been removed and that
all instructions have been followed per the AEJMC uniform call.
Any submissions that have not removed identifying information,
whether intentionally or accidentally, will be rejected.
If you have any questions or require more information
about the submission process, please contact Mustafa Oz, CTEC
research chair, at moz@utk.edu
Communication Theory and Methodology Division
The Communication Theory and Methodology (CTAM) Division
invites submissions of original research papers that advance
the literature in mass communication theory, research
methods, or both. CTAM welcomes both conceptual and empirical
papers and is open to all methodological approaches,
quantitative and qualitative. We accept submissions from both
faculty and students.
Paper Competitions: Papers may be submitted either to
the open­call or student paper competitions. Papers in both
competitions will be considered for the theory paper competition
or method paper competition. Winners of all awards will
be recognized in the conference program and at the 2024
CTAM members’ virtual meeting.
Continued on page 24

PAGE 24 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
Student competition: CTAM strongly encourages submissions
by students. To be considered for the student paper competition,
all authors must be students, and the author(s) must
type “Student Paper Competition” in the upper right­hand corner
of the first page of text. The winner of the Chafee­McLeod
Award for Top Student Paper will be awarded $250; two additional
top student papers will also receive cash prizes.
Theory and Method competition: CTAM also recognizes
the top theoretical and methodological submissions to the division
each year. Papers submitted to the theory and method
paper competitions will also be considered for awards in the
open­call and student competitions, as applicable. A theory
paper may extend what is known about the current workings of
a theory by including a data analysis section, or strictly extend
the current theory literature without including data. A method
paper may discuss, develop, or apply measurement, statistical
approaches, sampling techniques, or field methods that demonstrate
research method innovation. To be considered for the
theory paper competition, the author(s) must type “Theory
Paper Competition” in the upper right­hand corner of the first
page of text; to be considered for the method paper competition,
the author(s) must type “Method Paper Competition” in
the upper right­hand corner on the first page of text.
Full Paper Submission Requirements: Please limit papers
to no more than 25 pages (double spaced) in length, excluding
tables and references. Please limit papers to 35 pages total, including
text, tables, and references. Papers exceeding length requirements
will be disqualified from the competition. All
manuscripts should follow APA Style 7 th edition, have 1” margins,
and use 12­point Times New Roman font.
Extended Abstracts: CTAM also accepts extended abstracts.
This format is suitable for authors who are sufficiently
along in the research process to address to address the content
elements described below, but who have not had sufficient
time to prepare a full paper. Authors whose extended abstracts
are selected for presentation at the conference should still submit
their full paper, with all identifying author information, to
the All­Academic site by 11:59 p.m. CDT, July 15, 2024. Extended
abstracts are not eligible to participate in CT&M’s paper
competitions.
Extended abstract submission requirements: Extended abstract
must be between 750 and 1,500 words. When submitting
the extended abstract, authors will be required to upload a
summary of the abstract, which may not exceed 75 words. References
and the summary are not included in the final word
count.
Extended abstracts should contain all the same content
sections/elements that would normally be used in a paper submission.
For authors considering the extended abstract option, data
collection and analysis must be at least 75% complete to meaningfully
report tentative findings and conclusions. Authors
should clearly report how far along the data collection and
analysis phases are, respectively, and explain what steps remain
and the anticipated value/contribution of these steps, so that
reviewers can assess the foundations on which conclusion are
based. Extended abstracts will be reviewed and scored using
evaluation criteria specific to the abstracts and not the same as
those used for full papers.
When submitting in this format, authors must select the
“Extended Abstract” option in All­Academic AND include the
words “Extended Abstract” at the start of their paper title (e.g.,
“Extended Abstract: [Your paper title]”). Authors should clearly
indicate the same on the title page of their submission. Submissions
that are not appropriately labeled may be rejected.
When creating the file for upload, please insert the 75­
word summary of the abstract at the beginning of the extended
abstract, so that this is what readers and reviewers see first.
Other than the extended abstract format (including length
differences) and ineligibility for award competitions, all other
AEJMC Uniform Paper Guidelines apply. Please review these at:
https://community.aejmc.org/conference/paper­competition
Self­Identification: It is critical that there is no self­identifying
information of any kind, such as in the body of the paper or
in the document properties. Please also pay attention to the
issue of self­citation. The AEJMC Uniform Call for Papers lists
possible solutions for self­citation. We strongly encourage you
to submit your paper or extended abstract at least a day or two
prior to the deadline so that we can check to make sure there is
no self­identifying information in the properties of the files you
submit. An early submission will allow any and all individuals to
fully check submissions so that a resubmission prior to the
deadline is possible.
Conference Attendance: At least one author of an accepted
faculty paper or extended abstract must attend the conference
to present the paper. If student authors cannot be
present, they must arrange for the paper or abstract to be presented
by someone else. Failure to be present or provide a presenter
for any paper will result in a one­year ban on the review
of papers for all of the authors involved. Authors of accepted
papers and abstracts are required to forward papers to discussants
prior to the conference. Please note that co­authors cannot
be added after a paper has been reviewed. The deadline
for paper and extended abstract submissions is April 1, 2024,
11:59pm CDT
For any questions related to paper submission or competition,
please contact Judith Rosenbaum­Andre, Research Chair,
at Judith.rosenbaumandre@maine.edu.
Cultural and Critical Studies Division
The Cultural and Critical Studies Division invites submissions
of original research that contribute to the study of journalism
and mass communication from a cultural and/or critical
perspective and that cuts across theoretical and methodological
boundaries, with particular interest in qualitative approaches.
We also encourage scholarship that challenges
conventional media research and practice and includes intersectional
perspectives that highlight global voices, traditionally
marginalized or underrepresented groups, and decolonizing experiences.
Ideas central to the Division include (but are not limited
to) notions of power, ideology and hegemony, resistance,
agency, and social justice. Scholarship that represents aims of
the Division can be found on our website,
https://bit.ly/3srSRwg.
We encourage collaboration across divisions and interest
groups to develop interdisciplinarity and inclusivity. In addition

to full papers, we welcome extended abstracts, the guidelines
for which are outlined in the AEJMC Extended Abstract Call.
Please note, extended abstract submissions are not eligible for
Division awards. You can read more about our guidelines and
approaches to extended abstracts at https://bit.ly/3EjXgXF.
The Division’s conference paper awards include the James
W. Carey Memorial Award for Top Student Paper and the James
Murphy Award for Top Faculty Paper, as well as a Top Poster
Award. Only one paper per author is accepted for review, and
submissions must not be under consideration elsewhere for
presentation or publication.
Paper length should not exceed 25­pages of double­spaced
text with 12­point, Calibri font, and 1­inch margins, excluding
tables, figures and references. Abstracts must be no more than
75 words. Please be sure that submissions contain no identifying
information, such as name, university affiliation, job title,
etc., either in the text of the paper or in the document properties.
Guidelines for removing personalized or identifiable information
in a document can be found in the AEJMC General Call.
Please note document properties as Word and PDF can also
contain personal and identifiable information. Any identifying
information found on the submission results in an immediate
disqualification of the paper. Papers that do not meet the
AEJMC Uniform Call for Papers requirements will not be accepted.
The paper must be uploaded to the server no later than
11:59 P.M. (Central Daylight Time) Monday, April 1, 2024. Questions
or comments concerning submissions should be directed
to research co­chairs Sara Shaban (sshaban@spu.edu) and
Loren Coleman (loren.coleman@howard.edu).
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 25
History Division
The History Division invites submissions of original research
papers and extended abstracts on all aspects of media
history for the AEJMC 2024 conference in Philadelphia, PA. All
research methodologies are welcome.
PAPER CALL: Papers will be evaluated on originality and
importance of topic; literature review; clarity of research purpose;
focus; use of evidence to support the paper’s purpose
and conclusions; and the degree to which the paper contributes
to the field of journalism and mass communication history.
The History Division presents awards for the top three faculty
papers and top three student papers.
Papers should be no more than 25 double­spaced pages,
not including notes, references, or appendices. Papers should
have 1­inch margins and use 12­point Times New Roman font.
Authors should also submit a 75­word abstract. Multiple submissions
to the division are not allowed, and only one paper
per author will be accepted for presentation in the History Division’s
research sessions. Authors of accepted papers are required
to forward papers to discussants and moderators prior
to the conference.
Papers must be electronically submitted using the services
of All Academic; you will find the link at
https://community.aejmc.org/conference/papercompetition/papercall.
The deadline is 11:59 P.M. (Central Daylight
Time), April 1, 2024. Please make sure there is no
identifying information in the body of the paper or in the electronic
file properties. Papers uploaded with author’s identifying
information will not be considered for review and will automatically
be disqualified from the competition. Please refer to the
AEJMC general paper call for this year’s online submission
guidelines, specifically how to submit a clean paper for blind review,
including advice on self­citation.
Student Papers: Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled
during the 2023­24 academic year may enter the Warren
Price Student Paper Competition. The Price Award recognizes
the History Division’s best student paper and is named for
Warren Price who was the History Division’s first chair. Student
papers should include a separate cover sheet indicating their
student status but omitting the author’s name or other identifying
information. Students who submit top papers are eligible
for small travel grants from the Edwin Emery Fund. Only fulltime
students not receiving departmental travel funds are eligible
for these grants.
Diversity in Journalism History Research Award: In addition
to rewarding the top faculty and student papers, the outstanding
submission on diversity in journalism history research
will receive a $100 prize.
Notes: Completely fill out the online submission form with
author(s) name, affiliation, mailing address, and email address.
Papers are accepted for peer review on the understanding
that they are not already under review for other conferences
and that they have been submitted to only ONE AEJMC group
for evaluation. Papers accepted for the AEJMC Conference
should not have been presented to other conferences or published
in scholarly or trade journals prior to presentation at the
conference. Papers submitted with both faculty and student authors
will be considered faculty papers and are not eligible for
student competitions. At least one author of an accepted faculty
paper must attend the conference to present the paper. If
student authors cannot be present, they must make arrangements
for the paper to be presented. If a paper is accepted,
and the faculty author does not present the paper at the conference,
and if a student author does not make arrangements
for his/her paper to be presented by another, then that paper’s
acceptance status is revoked. It may not be included on a vita.
Authors will be advised whether their paper has been accepted
by May 20, 2024, and may access a copy of reviewers’
comments from the online server. Contact the division’s research
chair if you are not notified or have questions about
paper acceptance.
EXTENDED ABSTRACT CALL: AEJMC will accept extended
abstracts for the 2024 conference. The extended abstract format
is suitable for authors who are sufficiently along in the research
process to address the content elements described
below, but have not had sufficient time to prepare a full paper.
Extended abstracts must be uploaded as a single file to the
AEJMC All Academic site by the existing conference submission
deadline of 11:59 p.m. CDT April 1, 2024. Authors whose extended
abstracts are selected for presentation at the conference
must still submit their full paper, with all identifying
author information, to the All Academic site by 11:59 p.m. CDT,
July 15, 2024. Extended abstracts may be submitted to only one
division or interest group. To preserve the value of fully devel­
Continued on page 26

PAGE 26 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
oped research papers, extended abstracts will not be eligible
for History Division or AEJMC conference­wide awards, aside
from the division’s top extended abstract award.
Notes: The length of extended abstracts must be at least
750 words but no more than 1,500 words. A 75­word (max.)
summary of the abstract should precede the abstract itself. References
and summary are excluded from the word count.
Extended abstracts should contain all of the same content
sections/elements that would normally be used in a paper submissions.
The key difference is the length of the submission format.
For authors considering the extended abstract option,
data collection and analysis must be at least 75% complete to
meaningfully report tentative findings and conclusions. Authors
should clearly report how far along the data collection and
analysis phases are, respectively, and explain what steps remain
as well as the anticipated value/contribution of these steps, so
that reviewers can assess the foundations on which conclusion
are based. Extended abstracts will be reviewed and scored
using evaluation criteria specific to the abstracts and not the
same as those used for full papers.
When submitting in this format, authors must select the
“Extended Abstract” option in All Academic AND include the
words “Extended Abstract” at the start of their paper title (e.g.,
“Extended Abstract: [Your paper title]”). Authors should clearly
indicate the same on the title page of their submission. Submissions
that are not appropriately labeled may be rejected.
When creating the file for upload, please insert the 75­
word summary of the abstract at the beginning of the extended
abstract, so that this is what readers and reviewers see first.
Please ensure all identifying author information has been removed
for extended abstract submissions and that title pages
do not contain author information. Please reference the AEJMC
Uniform Paper Call for information about how to ensure this information
is removed to ensure a blind review.
Other than the extended abstract format (including length
differences) and ineligibility for award competitions, all other
AEJMC Uniform Paper Guidelines apply. Please review these at:
https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aejmc/aejmc24/
Important Paper and Abstract Submissions Information:
• Upload papers and extended abstracts for the AEJMC 2024
conference beginning January 15, 2024. Submitters should
follow instructions on the front page of the submission site
to create your account and complete the information required.
• Before submitting your paper/abstract, please make certain
that all author identifying information has been removed
and that all instructions have been followed per the
AEJMC uniform call. Take every precaution to ensure that
your self­citations do not in any way reveal your identity.
History Division Research Paper and Extended Abstract
Contact: For more information, contact History Division Research
Chair Melissa Greene­Blye at melissagreeneblye@ku.edu.
International Communication Division
The International Communication Division (ICD) welcomes
original, unpublished research papers (not under review
at academic journals) that focus clearly on international aspects
of journalism and mass communication. Any theoretical and
methodological approaches appropriate for communication research
are welcome.
You may submit to either the Robert L. Stevenson open
paper competition (faculty and student­faculty authored paper)
or the James W. Markham student competition (solely studentauthored
papers) depending on eligibility. If your paper includes
a faculty author in any authorship position, you must
submit it to the Stevenson competition. All submissions must
be uploaded through the AEJMC conference website ALL ACA­
DEMIC no later than 11:59 P.M. (Central Daylight Time) Monday,
April 1, 2024. Be sure to note whether you are submitting
to the Stevenson open paper competition or the James W.
Markham student paper competition. Authors will be notified
about acceptance in early May. In addition to guidelines stated
in AEJMC’s uniform call, please note ICD’s specific instructions
below.
Guidelines:
• Papers should be submitted in Word or PDF format.
• Do not include any identifying information about the authors
anywhere in the paper or in the document properties.
• Papers with identifying information of any kind will be
automatically disqualified.
• Papers must include an abstract of no more than 75 words.
The title should be clearly presented on the first page of
text and on running heads throughout the document.
• All submissions should include four keywords, listed under
the abstract. This will facilitate reviewer pairings.
• ICD accepts papers of up to 25 pages, exclusive of references,
tables, and figures. Tables and figures should be
placed at the end of the document, as reviewers will be instructed
to stop reading text after page 25. Font should be
12­point, text should be double­spaced, and margins
should be no less than one inch on all sides.
• Authors should use a style appropriate for the discipline,
such as APA, Chicago, or Harvard.
• We will review up to two papers per author, whether the
author appears as a single author or as one of several authors.
• Any person who submits a paper for consideration to ICD
will be expected to serve as a reviewer.
INTC accepts extended abstracts for works­in­progress for
the 2024 conference.
The extended abstract format is suitable for authors who
are sufficiently far along in the research process to address the
content elements described below. The extended abstracts
must be at least 750 words long but no more than 1,500 words.
Extended abstracts must include a reference list and a 75­word
summary of the abstract (the reference list and summary are
not included in the word count). Extended abstracts must include
the words “Extended Abstract” before their paper title
(“Extended Abstract: [Your paper title]”). Extended abstracts
may be submitted to only one division or interest group. Extended
abstracts must be uploaded as a single file to the
AEJMC All­Academic site by the existing conference deadline of
11:59 p.m. CDT April 1, 2024.

To preserve the value of fully developed research papers,
long a hallmark of the AEJMC conference, extended abstracts
will not be eligible for division, interest group, or conferencewide
awards.
Content and Formatting Guidelines: Extended abstracts
should contain all the same content sections/elements that
would normally be used in the division or interest group’s
paper submissions, including the study’s purpose, literature review,
research questions and/or hypotheses, method, findings
and discussion/conclusion. The main difference is the length of
this submission format.
For authors considering the extended abstract option, data
collection and analysis must be in progress beyond the proposal
stage to meaningfully report tentative findings and conclusions.
Authors should clearly report in the Method and
Findings sections how far along the data collection and analysis
phases are, respectively, and explain what steps remain and the
anticipated value/contribution of these steps, so that reviewers
can assess the foundations on which conclusions are based. Extended
abstracts will be reviewed and scored using evaluation
criteria specific to the extended abstracts, which are distinct
from those used for full papers.
When submitting in this format, authors must select the
“Extended Abstract” option in All Academic AND include the
words “Extended Abstract” at the start of their paper title (e.g.,
“Extended Abstract: [Your paper title]”). The words “Extended
Abstract” should be included ahead of the title and subheads in
all title mentions. Submissions that are not appropriately labeled
may be rejected.
Consult AEJMC’s Uniform Paper Call for specific instructions
on removing identifying information from the document
that you submit. Please contact the ICD Research Chair, Ruth
Moon, before submitting the paper if you have any questions.
Authors are responsible for following the guidelines for paper
submissions outlined in the AEJMC uniform paper call and the
additional ICD guidelines listed here. Papers that do not meet
guidelines will not be reviewed. Submissions will be blind reviewed
and selected for inclusion in the program based on
merit. ICD takes plagiarism concerns seriously and retains the
right to screen your submission for unoriginal material.
Awards: ICD awards cash prizes for the top three faculty
papers (Stevenson Competition) and the top three student
papers (Markham Competition). Top papers are decided by reviewer
ranking.
First authors of winning student papers also will receive
free conference registration.
All award winners will be notified in advance, except for
the Best Poster Award, and all awards will be presented at the
ICD business meeting during the conference. In addition to the
Stevenson top faculty and Markham top student paper awards,
ICD also offers the following prizes:
• African Journalism Studies Best Paper Award for Journalism
Research: The ICD’s “Best Paper Award for Journalism
Research” is sponsored annually by African Journalism
Studies for the most outstanding paper selected from the
submissions to the AEJMC International Communication
Division’s Stevenson Open Paper Competition. Established
in 2003, the award is aimed at promoting research in
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 27
global journalism that enhances scholarly understanding of
such issues as international news flow, news theory, media
ethics, media education, gender, and race, as well as specific
topics, such as media and climate change; media in
democratic transitions; and technology and media transformations
(for instance). In line with ICD’s international
character, the award is also aimed at promoting research
that addresses North­South and South­South journalism issues.
The winner will receive a certificate and book coupon.
• Latin American Communication Research and Researchers
Award: ICD will grant up to three awards to deserving top
papers. This award honors the top three research papers
submitted to any division within AEJMC by scholars who
come from Latin America, have Latin American heritage, or
are researching Latin America. “Latin America(n)” is
broadly construed to include Spanish­ and Portuguesespeaking
Latin America, as well as the Caribbean (including
Puerto Rico) and the Latin American diaspora. Topics addressed
may involve matters of Inter­American and Iberian­American
communications, including but not limited
to news media flows, media theory, media technology or
new media, communication for development/social
change, media law and ethics, media education, ethnic or
gender media and integration, media economics, media
and the environment, political communication, critical
media studies, popular culture, immigration, Latinx communities,
diasporic communities, and cultural studies,
among others. All research methodologies are welcome.
LARA winners from previous years will not be allowed to
compete for this award for two consecutive years. To qualify
for this award, please indicate your eligibility on your
submission’s title page as follows: “Eligible to be considered
for the ICD LARA award.”
• Online Media and Global Communication Best Paper
Award: The OMGC Best Paper Award is presented by the
no fee to authors, open­access, dual­track­review, eightlanguage­abstract
journal, Online Media and Global Communication
(OMGC), to outstanding papers selected
annually from the AEJMC International Communication Division’s
Paper Competition. The award aims to promote
online media and global communication research, especially
cross­national comparison research and online media
research with global communication implications. Preference
will be given to paper collaboration between Global
North and Global South scholars. There will be two awards.
All papers submitted to ICD’s Stevenson open paper competition
are eligible for the OMGC Best Open Paper Award
and all papers submitted to the ICD’s Markham student
paper competition are eligible for the OMGC Best Student
Paper Award after committee selection. All research methodologies
are welcome. OMGC has the first right of refusal
to publish the article in OMGC. Please note that only authors
who agree to submit the paper for OMGC review and
publication will receive the award.
• Best Poster Award: The ICD’s Best Poster Award aims at
first, appreciating and recognizing the efforts of those ICD
Continued on page 28

PAGE 28 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
scholars who do great work with great poster presentations.
Second, improving the quality of posters produced
by scholars presenting their work in scholar­to­ scholar sessions
programmed by ICD. Third, encouraging higher participation
in scholar­to­scholar sessions of ICD. For 2023,
there will be one Best Poster Award for faculty and student­faculty
posters, and one Best Poster Award for student­only
posters. Winners will get certificates and
honorariums in recognition of their work on high­quality
posters.
All the competitions in ICD are open to AEJMC members
and non­members, students, and faculty. If you have questions
about this call or the 2024 ICD research competitions, please
contact: Robert L. Stevenson Open Paper Competition Chair
Ruth Moon at rmoonmari1@lsu.edu or James W. Markham
Student Competition Chair Maha Bashri at
maha.bashri@uaeu.ac.ae.
Law and Policy Division
The Law and Policy Division invites the submission of original,
non­published research papers and extended abstracts related
to communication law and policy. Authors need not be
members of AEJMC or the Law and Policy Division to submit.
Each paper and extended abstract must be the original research
and unique writing of the author(s) submitting the
paper or extended abstract.
The Division welcomes research that uses methods or
theories appropriate to the paper’s research questions and relevant
to communication law and policy. For example, the Division
welcomes papers employing traditional legal analysis of
doctrines and statutes pertaining to communication law and
policy, as well as research that studies communication law and
policy from a sociological perspective by employing quantitative
or qualitative methods. The Division also welcomes research
that uses traditional perspectives on freedom of speech
and press, as well as research that uses critical perspectives involving
(but not limited to) matters of race, class, gender, sexual
orientation, and gender identity or expression.
There is no limit to the number of submissions authors
may make to the Law & Policy Division. However, any paper or
extended abstract previously published or presented at a conference,
except the AEJMC Southeast Colloquium or the AEJMC
Midwinter Conference, is ineligible for submission. Any paper
that has been submitted for publication or that is under review
for publication prior to submission to the Law & Policy Division
is ineligible for submission.
Authors must submit papers or extended abstracts via the
process described in the Uniform Paper Call. Follow the instructions
on the AEJMC conference submission site to create your
account and complete the steps required. Completed papers
and extended abstracts must be uploaded beginning January
15, 2024. Papers and extended abstracts must be uploaded no
later than 11:59 P.M. (Central Daylight Time) Monday, April 1,
2024.
Papers and extended abstracts should adhere to the best
practices of diversity and inclusion in scholarly research. Submissions
are to be in English only, and PDF files are preferred.
Papers and extended abstracts must not include author­identifying
information in the running heads, text, citations, or file
properties. Submissions uploaded with author identifying information
will not be considered for review and will be disqualified.
Papers are accepted for review on the understanding that
they are not already under review for other conferences and
that they have been submitted to only one AEJMC group for
evaluation. Authors of accepted submissions are free to submit
their manuscripts for publication after receiving paper reviewers’
comments.
If a paper or extended abstract is accepted and the author
(whether faculty or student) does not present it in­person at
the conference or does not make arrangements for the research
to be presented by another person present at the conference,
then that acceptance status of the research is revoked.
The paper or extended abstract may not be included on a vita.
Authors will be notified about acceptance decisions by
May 20, 2024. At that time, authors may access a copy of reviewers’
comments from the online server. Authors whose
papers or extended abstracts are selected for presentation
should send their completed papers to moderators and discussants
prior to the conference.
Papers: Law and Policy Division papers must not exceed 50
double­spaced pages and must have one­inch margins and 12­
point font, including cover page, appendices, tables, footnotes/endnotes,
and end­of­paper reference list, if applicable.
(Exceptions: Footnotes/endnotes, reference list, and any tables
or appendices may be single­spaced; footnotes/endnotes can
be in 10­point font.) A 75­word (maximum) summary of the
paper must be included. Papers will be rejected without review
if they do not comply with these requirements.
Authors should use the citation style that is most appropriate
for the research. For example, Bluebook citation style is
preferred for papers employing traditional methods of legal
analysis, while authors submitting sociologically oriented
papers may use any recognized, uniform style for referencing
authorities, including APA, Chicago, or MLA.
A panel of reviewers will blind­referee all paper submissions
submitted by 11:59 p.m. CST April 1, 2024. Selection of
extended abstracts for conference presentations will be based
on the quality of the work and contribution it makes to the
field. Evaluation of quality will consider the clarity of the stated
purpose of the paper, clarity of ideas stated throughout the
paper, citation of appropriate and relevant literature, evidence
of a high level of critical thought in conceptual claims or arguments,
descriptions of the research process and data collection,
and explanation and execution of the author’s chosen method.
Reviews also will consider the level of critical thought of the
analysis, relevance of the purpose of the paper to the analysis,
and how well the conclusion or findings support the purpose of
the paper. Each paper is expected to be relevant to communication
law and policy as well as to represent a significant direction
for journalism or mass communication research. Reviews also
will consider whether the manuscript reflects consideration of
diversity and inclusion, such as through inclusion of relevant citation,
methods, cases, and context.
Top Paper Awards and Top Faculty Papers: The Division
will present awards to the top three papers written by faculty

AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 29
members who have previously submitted research to the division.
The winners will receive plaques.
Top Debut Faculty Paper: The Law and Policy Division will
award a Top Debut Faculty Paper. This will be the top paper by
a faculty member who has never had a paper accepted by the
division as a faculty member (faculty who previously submitted
to the Division as students are eligible for the Debut Faculty
award). The faculty member will receive a prize of $150 and
free conference registration. For papers with multiple authors
to be eligible (e.g., multiple faculty or faculty/student), none of
the authors may have previously had a paper accepted by the
division at the national conference. In addition, only the faculty
author presenting the paper will be eligible for free conference
registration. Authors should submit their paper to the “Top
Debut Faculty Paper Competition” option on the submission
website.
Top Student Paper: Student­only submissions will be considered
for the Whitney and Shirley Mundt Award and its $100
prize, given to the top student paper. Student authors should
submit their paper to the Open Call, but they must clearly indicate
their student status on the cover page. Coauthored papers
are eligible as long as all authors are students. The Law and Policy
Division will also cover conference registration fees for the
top three student paper presenters. In the case of coauthored
student papers, only the student author presenting the paper
will be eligible for free conference registration.
Extended Abstracts: The Law and Policy Division will again
accept extended abstracts. They are suitable for authors who
are sufficiently along in the research process to address the
content elements described below. Extended abstracts follow
the same submission process and deadlines as full papers. Extended
abstracts are not eligible for division awards.
Content and Formatting Guidelines for Extended Abstracts:
The Law & Policy Division will consider submissions of
extended abstracts from authors who lack time to write a full
paper prior to the April 1 deadline. Extended abstracts must be
at least 750 words but no more than 1,500 words. A 75­word
(maximum) summary of the extended abstract must be included.
Submissions also must use appropriate citation, including
a list of references used for the research unless the citation
style does not require a list of references. The summary, citations,
and references are excluded from the word count. Extended
abstracts that do not follow these requirements will be
rejected without review.
Extended abstracts should contain all of the same content
sections/elements that would normally be used in the division’s
paper submissions, such as the study’s purpose, literature review,
methods, analysis, etc. The main difference is the length
of the submission. For authors considering the extended abstract
option, data collection and analysis must be at least 75%
complete to meaningfully report tentative findings and conclusions.
Authors should clearly report in the extended abstract
what steps remain and the anticipated value/contribution of
these steps, so that reviewers can assess the foundations on
which any conclusions are based.
When submitting, authors must select the “Extended Abstract”
option in All Academic and include the words “Extended
Abstract” at the start of the paper title (e.g., “Extended Abstract:
Your paper title”). “Extended Abstract: Your paper title”
also must appear as a running head included on each page of
the extended abstract the submission. Submissions that are not
appropriately labeled may be rejected. When creating the file
for upload, please insert the 75­word summary of the abstract
at the beginning of the extended abstract, so that this is what
readers and reviewers see first.
As with full papers, a panel of reviewers will blind­referee
all extended abstract submissions submitted by 11:59 p.m. CST
April 1, 2024.
Selection of extended abstracts for conference presentations
will be based on the quality of the work and contribution
it makes to the field. The quality and merit of extended abstracts
will be reviewed and scored using criteria distinct from
the criteria used for full papers. Reviews of extended abstracts
will consider the clarity of the stated purpose of the abstract,
clarity of ideas stated throughout the abstract, citation of appropriate
and relevant literature, evidence of a high level of
critical thought in conceptual claims or arguments, as well as
the appropriateness and description of the research process.
Reviews also will consider the progress of the study reflected in
the extended abstract. Each submission is expected to be relevant
to communication law and policy as well as to reflect a
significant direction for journalism or mass communication research.
Reviews also will consider whether the manuscript reflects
consideration of diversity and inclusion, such as through
inclusion of relevant citation, methods, cases, and context.
Please email Research Chair Erin Coyle with any questions
you have about submitting: erin.coyle0001@temple.edu.
Magazine Media Division
The Magazine Media Division invites submissions of original
research papers and theoretical essays that advance magazine
scholarship or scholarly knowledge about magazine media
broadly defined, including narrative nonfiction, special interest
publications, content management, electronic magazines, and
the freelance economy. Research may be relevant to the journalistic,
historical, cultural, political, artistic or economic aspects
of magazines, or to their production, distribution,
promotion and/or reception. All methodologies and theoretical
frameworks are welcome. Authors need not be AEJMC or Magazine
Media division members, but if their paper(s) is/are accepted,
they must attend the conference to present their
research.
Scope. Submissions may address a range of aspects of
magazine media – whether online (including social networking
sites), on mobile platforms, or print – including editorial and
advertising content, production, audience reception, and readership
communities. Submissions that examine lifestyle and literary
journalism outside the confines of mainstream magazine
media – such as blogs and long form publications – are strongly
encouraged. Submissions that explore the definition of magazine
media itself are of particular interest. Magazine Media division
papers presented at past conferences have included
content or discourse analyses of magazine editorial or advertising
content (including native advertising/content marketing);
ethnographies of magazine newsrooms, with an emphasis on
Continued on page 30

PAGE 30 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
their digital transitions; historical analyses of individual magazines
or magazine coverage of controversial topics over time;
analyses of magazines as political forces; rhetorical analyses of
literary journalism; and experiments investigating the effects of
page layout and other magazine content features.
Awards. Prizes of $100 will be awarded at the conference
in Philadelphia, PA for (a) best faculty paper and (b) best student
paper. Papers will be evaluated on methodology, theoretical
framework, importance and originality of topic; literature
review; significance of findings and how they support the
paper’s conclusions; focus, writing, and organization; and overall
contribution to magazine research. Authors will be automatically
entered in the award competitions based on their rank
and paper topic. Extended abstracts do not qualify for paper
awards.
Submissions. Preferred paper length is up to 8,000 words,
not including notes, references, and tables. If submitting an extended
abstract, please follow the guidelines in the AEJMC Uniform
Paper Call. There is no limit on the number of papers
authors may submit for presentation in the Magazine Media division
research sessions. Multiple submissions of the same
paper(s) to other divisions will be disqualified. Please use the
basic submission requirements in the AEJMC Uniform Paper
Call, and be sure to remove all identifying information. Papers
that contain authors’ identifying information will not be considered
for review, and will be automatically disqualified. Early
submissions are encouraged. The deadline for all submissions
is April 1, 2024. Please direct any questions to the division’s research
chair, Huyen Nguyen, Kansas State University
(huyenme@ksu.edu).
Mass Communication and Society Division
The Mass Communication and Society Division seeks research
paper submissions from both faculty and students for
the 2024 AEJMC annual conference in Philadelphia, PA to be
held from August 7 – 11, 2024. Submissions to the Mass Communication
and Society Division can be on any topic that advances
mass communication theory, especially at the societal
or macrosocial level. The Division accepts research submissions
from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives
as well as research that draws heavily from other disciplines, including
sociology, psychology, anthropology, law, and history.
Papers should be submitted to only one competitive paper category
in the division: 1) Open Competition, 2) Student Competition,
or 3) Moeller Student Paper Competition. Papers must
not be under consideration elsewhere for presentation or publication.
Submission Deadline: April 1, 2024
Full Research Papers: Should not exceed 30 double­spaced
pages (count and format include main text, notes, references,
tables, and figures but not the title and abstract pages).
Extended Abstracts: Must be at least 750 words but no
more than 1,500 words. References and the 75­word summary
are excluded from the word count.
Submission Procedures: Submissions to the MC&S division
should adhere to the guidelines outlined below as well as in the
AEJMC uniform paper call and, if applicable, the AEJMC uniform
extended abstract call. Individual full research paper submissions
should not exceed 30 double­spaced pages (count and
format include main text, notes, references, tables, and figures
but not the title and abstract pages). Extended abstracts must
be at least 750 words but no more than 1,500 words. References
and the 75­word summary are excluded from the extended
abstract word count.
All material for full papers and extended abstracts must be
double­spaced. Double­space all material, including title page,
abstract, text, quotations, acknowledgments, references, appendices,
tables, figure captions and footnotes. All papers
must be submitted in Word or PDF format through the All­Academic
link on the AEJMC website (www.aejmc.org) to the Division.
Papers should follow the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association (7th ed.), have 1­inch margins,
and use 12­point Times New Roman, Times or Arial font.
Abstracts (summaries) must be no more than 75 words. The
title should be on the first page with page numbers and running
heads on each page of text. Hard copies or electronic versions
of papers submitted individually to the Research
Committee will NOT be accepted.
Author­identifying information MUST NOT appear anywhere
in the attached paper file. Identifying information includes
(1) listing of authors’ names and/or affiliations, (2)
references to authors’ previous work in a way that reveals authorship
of the current work, (3) keeping author­identifying information
within the text, in headers, or within the embedded
electronic file properties and (4) links to authors’ websites,
email addresses, or social media accounts. The inclusion of
identifying information will result in automatic disqualification
of the paper (please review the instructions on the AEJMC
website for stripping identifying information from the electronic
file properties). Authors are solely responsible for checking
the final uploaded version of their paper for all
author­identifying information.
All paper submitters are strongly encouraged to submit at
least a day or two before the deadline so they can check to
make sure that the uploaded document does not contain any
self­identifying information in its properties, as can happen
sometimes via “save as pdf” or because of some other technical
issues. An early submission will allow all submitters to fully
check submissions as they are entered into the system so that
a resubmission prior to the deadline is possible. Submitters
should download a PDF version of their paper submissions
from the All­Academic system and verify that self­identifying information
has been successfully removed from the document’s
properties. This will need to be done EACH time you submit
your paper to All­Academic.
Authorship: When submitting co­authored papers, permission
to submit the paper should be sought and obtained from
all authors on the paper prior to submission. Paper authorship
cannot be added, deleted, or changed after a review of the
paper.
Two­Paper Limit: In any one year, an individual can appear
as author or co­author on a maximum of two (2) submitted research
papers and/or extended abstracts to the Division. If one
individual appears as an author or co­author on more than two
(2) submitted research papers and/or extended abstracts, the
Division Research Committee has the right to disqualify the

third or more submitted paper/abstract.
Author Information: Completely fill out the online submission
form with author(s) name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone
number and email address. All authors and co­authors,
their institutional affiliations and contact information must be
included WHEN REGISTERING on the paper submission system.
If there are three co­authors, for example, information about
all three must be included in the registration.
EXTENDED ABSTRACTS should contain all the same
content sections/elements that would normally be used in a
paper submission. The main difference, however, is the length
of the submission format. For authors considering the extended
abstract option, data collection and analysis must be at least
75% complete to meaningfully report tentative findings and
conclusions. Authors should clearly report how far along the
data collection and analysis phases are, respectively, and explain
what steps remain and the anticipated value/contribution
of these steps so that reviewers can assess the foundations on
which conclusions are based. Extended abstracts will be reviewed
and scored using evaluation criteria specific to the abstracts
and not the same as those used for full papers.
When submitting an extended abstract, authors must select
the “Extended Abstract” option in All­Academic AND include
the words “Extended Abstract” at the start of their paper
title (e.g., “Extended Abstract: [Your paper title]”). Authors
should clearly indicate the same on the title page of their submission.
Submissions that are not appropriately labeled may be
rejected. When creating the file for upload, please insert the
75­word summary of the abstract at the beginning of the extended
abstract so that this is what readers and reviewers see
first.
Authors are responsible for following the guidelines for
paper submissions outlined in the AEJMC Uniform Paper Call
and additional Division’s guidelines listed in this call. For questions,
please contact Chair: Ruoxu Wang
(rwang4@memphis.edu) and Angela Zhang
(angelazhang@ou.edu).
Top Paper Awards
To acknowledge research excellence, the MCS Division provides
cash awards and waives one AEJMC conference registration
fee for the top three winners in each research paper
competition (Open, Student, Moeller). Student papers are
judged separately from the faculty papers. Top papers in the
Open and Student categories are recognized separately. At least
one author of each winning paper is asked to attend the MCS
Awards Luncheon to receive their awards. For a list of past Top
Paper Awards, please visit https://aejmc.us/mcs/awards/research­awards/top­paper­awards/
Student Competition: Graduate and undergraduate students
are invited to submit original research regarding any
topic related to mass communication and society. For a paper
to be considered for a student paper award, all the coauthors
must be students. The paper must be correctly submitted to
the Student Competition category online. Papers submitted for
the Student Competition must clearly note the competition
on the title page. A faculty member as co­author automatically
moves the paper to the Open Competition.
Moeller Student Paper Competition: Students who submit
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 31
a paper written for a class during the previous year are eligible
for the Mass Communication and Society Moeller Student
Paper Competition. Moeller Competition papers must be
nominated by the faculty member who taught the class. To
nominate a student paper, faculty should send an email verifying
that the paper was completed for a class to the Division Research
Committee. Papers submitted for the Moeller
Competition must clearly note the competition on the title
page. Please remember that the Moeller Competition is separate
from our Student Paper Competition. The paper must be
correctly submitted to the Moeller Competition category online.
Open Competition: All other papers submitted to the Division
will be reviewed in the Open Competition. To preserve the
value of fully developed research papers, extended abstracts
are not eligible for a top paper award.
Presentation Obligation
At least one author of an accepted faculty paper must attend
the conference to present the paper. If student authors
cannot be present, they must decide for the paper to be presented
by someone else. Failure to be present or provide a presenter
for any paper will result in author(s) losing eligibility to
submit to the division for one year. The author(s) will also not
be eligible to count that presentation on his/her vita. Authors
of accepted papers are required to forward papers to discussants
and moderators prior to the conference. For questions,
please contact Chair: Ruoxu Wang (rwang4@memphis.edu)
and Angela Zhang (angelazhang@ou.edu).
Media Ethics Division
The Media Ethics Division (MED) seeks a diverse range of
original faculty and graduate student paper submissions related
to ethics. Media ethics pertain to all manner of communication
types and practices, and we welcome submissions that address
both traditional and emergent issues in our changing media
landscape. Ethics­related topics and concerns include but are
not limited to: issues of justice, power, and representation; the
ethics of storytelling; the ethics of diversity, inclusion, and belonging;
ethical decision­making; moral development; truthtelling
and deception; privacy; credibility; accountability; the
relationship between journalism and democracy; organizational
norms and routines; global ethics; the impact of technology on
ethics; the relationship between economic structures and ethical
practices, audience considerations; applied ethics in journalism,
advertising, public relations, digital technology (such as
social media and platforms), or entertainment; the pedagogy of
media ethics; and the relationships between law, history, and
ethics.
The division seeks scholarship on all media contexts such
as journalism, advertising, public relations, entertainment, digital
media, social media, etc.; from a range of theoretical/paradigmatic
approaches including philosophical, critical,
sociological, psychological, pedagogical, etc.; and using a range
of methods including qualitative, quantitative, critical­cultural,
and mixed methods. Essays grounded in ethics theory are also
welcome.
All papers should adhere to APA style (7th ed.); must be no
Continued on page 32

PAGE 32 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
more than 25 pages (excluding title page, references, figures, illustrations,
and/or appendices); should be double­spaced, use
1­inch margins and 12­point Times New Roman; should be
saved as Word or PDF; and must otherwise conform to the
rules outlined in the AEJMC Uniform Call for Papers. MED also
accepts extended abstracts (750­1,500 words) following the Extended
Abstract Call Guidelines for AEJMC. Papers or extended
abstracts that do not conform to these rules or contain information
identifying the author(s) will be disqualified. Before
submitting, we strongly suggest conducting an internet search
for how to remove metadata from your chosen document type
(Word or PDF) based on your use of either Windows or macOS.
Implementing those steps ensures identifying factors are not
present (as can especially happen when someone “saves as
pdf” even after clearing metadata from a Word doc). AEJMC’s
Uniform Call for Papers includes helpful solutions to self­citations.
The division strongly advises authors to submit papers
with sufficient time to review them in the All Academic system
and ensure identifying information is removed.
Submitting a paper or extended abstract to the Media
Ethics Division implies that the author (or one of the coauthors)
intends to present the paper in person at the conference.
Burnett Award Graduate Student Papers: The Media
Ethics Division is committed to supporting and promoting
promising graduate students with an interest in research related
to any of the many aspects of media ethics. All graduate
students who submit full papers to the Media Ethics Division
are automatically entered into the Carol Burnett Award competition.
The Media Ethics Division teams with the University of
Hawaii, the Carol Burnett Fund for Responsible Journalism and
Kappa Tau Alpha to sponsor this honor for graduate students.
Students are invited to submit papers on any topic related to
media ethics, from any theoretical approach, using any method
or combination of methods.
The winning paper and runner­up will receive the Carol
Burnett/University of Hawaii/AEJMC Prize, which includes a
monetary award. Authors for the top two submissions also receive
a small travel assistance stipend. The winner will be invited
to accept his or her prize at the Kappa Tau Alpha Awards
Luncheon at the AEJMC conference. Graduate student papers
must include their author’s graduate student status on the title
page. The Burnett Award is reserved for graduate students, and
papers with faculty coauthors are ineligible.
Division Awards:
Professional Relevance Award: The Division gives special
recognition to a paper that is judged to be the most relevant to
working professionals in a media industry. The recipient will be
selected from the open and special calls.
Top Faculty Paper: The Division gives special recognition to
the faculty paper judged to be the best paper submitted among
faculty authors.
The Penn State Davis Ethics Award: Scholars who have
successfully defended ethics­related dissertations in the 2023
calendar year are encouraged to apply for the new Penn State
Davis Ethics Award. The award provides a $1,000 honorarium,
travel support to present their scholarship in a session of the
Media Ethics Division at the 2024 AEJMC annual conference,
and a fully supported guest lecture visit to Penn State’s Bellisario
College of Communications. The Don W. Davis Professor in
Ethics at Penn State, Patrick Lee Plaisance, will administer all
aspects of the award competition and selection process.
Applications should include a cover letter stating the applicant’s
ethics­related focus and contact information, defense
date, full dissertation (either in PDF format or as a web link),
and dissertation adviser contact information. All applications
are due April 1, 2024, and should be sent to plp22@psu.edu.
The award will be presented at the Media Ethics Division’s Business
Meeting during the 2024 AEJMC conference. This award is
intended to recognize new scholarship in the fields of media
and communication ethics and is sponsored by the Davis Program
in Ethical Leadership at Penn State. Arrangements for a
guest lecture visit to Penn State will be made for fall 2024
based on recipient availability.
Questions regarding submission should be directed to
Media Ethics Division Research Chair, Kelsey Whipple, University
of Massachusetts Amherst, at kwhipple@umass.edu.
Media Management, Economics,
and Entrepreneurship Division
The Media Management, Economics, and Entrepreneurship
Division (MMEE) invites original research paper submissions
to be considered for presentation at the 2024 AEJMC
conference in Philadelphia, PA August 7­11, 2024. Researchers
interested in any aspect of media management, media economics,
or entrepreneurship are encouraged to submit papers.
The division welcomes the use of diverse theoretical and methodological
approaches to relevant topics. Papers presented at
the AEJMC Midwinter Conference and then revised are also
welcome for submission.
The division gives awards to recognize the top three submissions
from faculty, and the top three submissions from graduate
students (faculty members cannot be included on student
competition papers; faculty and student papers compete on an
equal footing). Top graduate papers also receive monetary
awards to help offset the cost of attending the conference, and
there are no division membership fees for graduate students.
Paper Topics: As a division, we are proud to encourage
submissions from a diverse array of topic areas. Some examples
of relevant topic areas include, but are not limited to: analysis
of economic or managerial questions affecting media firms and
media industries; strategic management and business models
of media firms; crowdfunding and other innovative funding
methods for media products and industries; strategic leadership
challenges faced by media companies; media ownership;
management and economic issues from the public­interest perspective
(e.g., effects on reporting or content); historical discussions
of relevant developments in the field; policy issues from a
legal, regulatory, or economic perspective; technology and its
effects on management or economics; political economy; international
and cross­cultural studies; the sociology and culture of
media organizations; media audience analysis; teaching media
management and economics; and other related topics.
In 2014 the division changed its name to expand its focus
on entrepreneurship. Accordingly, we also encourage and welcome
submissions within the following topic areas: opportunities
and challenges for media startups; intrapreneurship and

innovation within legacy media companies; the role of higher
education in the context of media entrepreneurship; and other
media entrepreneurship related topics.
Guidelines for all Submissions: All papers must be submitted
electronically at the AEJMC website, by accessing the
All­Academic submission portal. A link to All­Academic is available
via the AEJMC website. Papers must be uploaded to the
All­Academic server no later than 11:59 P.M. (Central Daylight
Time) Monday, April 1, 2024.
All submissions must follow the guidelines from the
AEJMC uniform call for all paper competitions.
Paper Formatting: All papers should use 12­point Times
New Roman, Times, or Arial font, and have 1­inch margins.
Authors should use the citation style appropriate for the discipline,
including APA, Chicago, MLA, and Harvard. Format
should be Word, WordPerfect, or a PDF. PDF format is strongly
encouraged. Paper submissions should be a maximum of 25­
pages, excluding references and tables. Be sure to upload a
paper abstract of no more than 75­words.
Author Identification: Please remove all potentially identifying
author information from submissions. Failure to do so
will automatically disqualify the paper from consideration. Examples
of information to be removed include citations of the
author’s previous work, individually or with co­authors; related
reference list information; and file properties. Take every precaution
to ensure that your self­citations DO NOT in any way
reveal your identity. Instructions for how to remove identifying
information from files can be found on the AEJMC website.
Extended Abstract Submission: The MMEE Division also
accepts Extended Abstracts (750­1,500 words) following the Extended
Abstract Call Guidelines for AEJMC. For authors considering
the extended abstract option, data collection and analysis
must be at least 75% complete in order to meaningfully report
tentative findings and conclusions. Authors should clearly report
in the Method and Findings sections how far along the
data collection and analysis phases are, respectively, and explain
what steps remain and the anticipated value/contribution
of these steps, so that reviewers can assess the foundations on
which conclusions are based. The extended abstracts must be
at least 750 words long but no more than 1,500 words.
Extended abstracts must include a reference list and a 75­
word summary of the abstract. (The reference list and summary
are not included in the word count). When submitting in
this format, authors must include the words “Extended Abstract”
at the start of their paper title (e.g., “Extended Abstract:
[Your paper title]”). Authors should clearly indicate the same on
the title page of their submission. Submissions that are not appropriately
labeled may be rejected. Please be sure to submit a
clean paper without author­identifying information, such as
name, university affiliation, job title, etc. Authors whose extended
abstracts are selected for presentation at the conference
must still submit their full paper before the conference.
For questions about submissions, contact the Research Co­
Chairs, Mohammad Yousuf (myousuf@unm.edu) and Qian Yu
at qian.yu@enmu.edu.
Minorities and Communication Division
The Minorities and Communication (MAC) Division invites
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 33
submissions of original research on any topic related to minorities
in communication. Submissions that reflect a diversity of
scholarly methods of inquiry are invited. Papers should include
appropriate literature reviews, methodology, findings, and discussion.
Only one paper per primary (first) author will be sent
out for review.
The term “minorities” has been defined to include
Latin/as/os/x, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Native
Americans. Therefore, papers examining how these groups
present images, news and/or other information about themselves,
as well as those examining how issues and/or perspectives
related to race/ethnicity and diversity are featured in
mainstream or other specialized media, would generally fall
into this division’s area of interest. This division also welcomes
papers on teaching or pedagogy related to minorities in communication.
Full Paper Formatting: Papers should not be more than 25
pages long (double­spaced), excluding references, tables, figures,
and other graphics. If it is not historical research, APA reference
style is preferred. If these rules are not followed, papers
are subject to disqualification. Also, follow the instructions in
the 2024 AEJMC paper competition uniform call.
Extended Abstract Paper Formatting: In light of the disruptions
to the lives of faculty members and students as a result of
the spread of COVID­19, we are still accepting extended abstracts
for the 2023 conference. Extended abstracts should contain
all of the same content sections and elements that would
normally be used in the full paper, including the study’s purpose,
literature review, research questions and/or hypotheses,
method, findings and discussion/conclusion. The main difference,
however, is the length of this submission format. For authors
considering the extended abstract option, data collection
and analysis must be at least 75% complete in order to meaningfully
report tentative findings and conclusions. Authors
should clearly report in the Method and Findings sections how
far along the data­collection and data­analysis phases are, respectively,
and explain what steps remain and the anticipated
value/contribution of these steps, so that reviewers can assess
the foundations on which conclusions are based.
The extended abstracts must be at least 750 words long
but no more than 1,500 words, excluding any references,
tables, or figures. Extended abstracts must include a reference
list. The reference list and summary are not included in the
word count. When submitting in this format, authors must include
the words “Extended Abstract” at the start of their paper
title (e.g., “Extended Abstract: [Your paper title]”). Authors
should clearly indicate the same on the title page of their submission.
Submissions that are not appropriately labeled may be
rejected. Authors whose extended abstracts are selected for
presentation at the conference must still submit their full paper
before the conference.
Awards will be presented to the authors of the top three
faculty research papers. A certificate along with a check will be
awarded to each of the three faculty research winners during
the Minorities and Communication Members’ Meeting.
Student Papers: Graduate and undergraduate students are
encouraged to submit original research regarding minorities
Continued on page 34

PAGE 34 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
and communication. Student papers are ones in which ALL of
the co­authors are currently enrolled students. The paper must
be correctly submitted to the MAC Student Competition category
online. Student papers should include a separate cover
sheet that indicates their student status (i.e. Ph.D. Student,
M.A./M.S. Student) but omits the author’s name.
All students whose papers are accepted for presentation in
the Minorities and Communication Division will be considered
for the Dr. Carolyn Stroman New Graduate Membership Award.
Eligible recipients must be current members of AEJMC who do
not have a MAC membership.
The MAC Division recognizes the top three student papers.
A certificate along with a check will be awarded to each of the
three winners. Both authors of winning student research
papers and the Stroman New Graduate Membership Awards
are recognized at the Minorities and Communication Members’
Meeting.
Self­Identifying Information: Author­identifying information
must NOT appear anywhere in the attached paper file.
Authors are reminded to check their manuscript for self­identifying
information of any kind, including following a particular
style­guide’s directions on matters of self­citation. Identifying
information includes the authors’ names and affiliations, previous
work by the authors referenced in a way that makes possible
to identify who the author(s) is/are, and links to authors’
websites, emails or social media accounts. Check the Properties
tab of your file and eliminate any author­identifying information
before submitting the paper (including if you saved a
Word file as a PDF file; check the Properties of the PDF file as
well and eliminate author­identifying information in the PDF’s
Properties tab, too). Authors are strongly encouraged to submit
their papers at least a day or two before the deadline. All
papers submitted will be pre­screened for identifying information
and proper submission in the student/faculty category.
In the event of the inclusion of self­identifying information
PRIOR to the deadline, authors will be allowed to resubmit
their manuscript prior to the deadline. After the deadline, as
per the uniform call, papers with identifying information will be
automatically disqualified.
Questions? Please contact research chair Rafael Matos, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, at rafaelmatos2001@gmail.com.
Newspaper and Online News Division
The Newspaper and Online News Division invites you to
submit original, unpublished research papers for presentation
at the AEJMC Annual Conference, Aug. 7­11, 2024, in Philadelphia,
PA. Submissions will be due April 1. The division welcomes
all theoretical orientations and methodologies that
investigate newspaper and online news, broadly defined, including
(but not limited to):
• Audience analytics and perceptions
• Business models for news, entrepreneurship, economic
issues for news organizations
• Digital divides, news deserts, news access issues
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion issues in news coverage
• Digital, mobile, streaming, social media news
• Disinformation/misinformation in news, news literacy
• Global journalism, foreign news
• News bias, news credibility, partisan perceptions of news
• News coverage
• Participatory journalism, citizen journalism
• User­generated content on news sites and social media
The top three papers will be recognized with a monetary
award (1st, $100; 2nd, $75; 3rd, $50). Students may apply for
the MacDougall Student Paper Award. Papers with faculty coauthors
are not eligible for this award. Authors should include
“MacDougall Student Paper Award” on the top of the submission.
MacDougall winners will be awarded $200 and a certificate
of recognition during the conference.
Interested authors must submit their papers using the All
Academic System. All Academic requires that authors re­register
each year. The division does not accept hard copies. All
papers must follow the AEJMC uniform paper competition
guidelines. Papers should be no more than 30 pages, double
spaced, including tables, references, and appendices. NOND
highly recommends submitting papers as a PDF file. Papers
must use APA or Chicago style. All submissions 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 and that they have
been submitted only to the Newspaper & Online News Division
for evaluation. Authors must remove all author identifying information
from their papers or they will be automatically disqualified
and not reviewed. Per the AEJMC Standing Committee
of Research guidelines, self­citation is appropriate so long as
the narrative surrounding the self­citation does not reveal authorship.
Authors will be required to submit an abstract of their
paper that is no more than 150 words and includes 3­5 keywords
and the kind of methodology used. Papers are due by
11:59 p.m. (CDT), Monday, April 1, 2024.
If you have questions, please contact: Changsup Park,
SUNY at Albany, (cpark2@albany.edu) or Michael C. Carey, Jr.,
Samford University at mcarey@samford.edu.
Political Communication Division
The Political Communication Division invites submission of
original, non published research papers and extended abstracts
to be considered for presentation at the 2024 AEJMC Conference.
We welcome both faculty and graduate student papers of
all methodological approaches and levels of analysis. Graduate
students are particularly encouraged to apply.
Research papers and extended abstracts should be directly
related to 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 elites, and candidates; political
entertainment; citizen engagement and mobilization; public
opinion; campaigns and political advertising; advocacy; and political
economy of the media. Papers that address non U.S. politics
are welcome. All submitted research papers should be
clearly grounded in theory and methodology.
All submissions will undergo a blind review process by a
panel of independent reviewers. Papers and abstracts are accepted
on the understanding that they have not been previously
published or presented elsewhere. All authors must
remove identifying information from the paper, including from

the document’s meta­data. Failure to do so will lead to an automatic
disqualification. As per the 2024 AEJMC Paper Call, “Take
every precaution to ensure that your self­citations do not in any
way reveal your identity.”
The Political Communication Division has established the
McCombs Shaw Award for Best Student Paper in Political Communication,
which is awarded annually. This prize includes $250
and free graduate student conference registration for up to 3
student authors. Awards are also given for runner up student
papers. 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 Division annually
honors the top three papers in political communication; both
faculty and graduate student paper submissions are eligible for
this honor. The first place paper in political communication will
receive a $100 prize. The top poster in political communication
will also receive a $100 prize.
All entries should follow the guidelines of the AEJMC uniform
paper competition (Note: Only full­length papers will be
considered for top paper awards). The paper length is limited
to 25 pages, not including title page, abstract, references,
tables, figures, or appendices. Manuscripts longer than 25
pages will be disqualified. Extended abstracts must be between
750 and 1,500 words (exclusive of reference list), include a 75 ­
word abstract and references, contain sections normally seen in
full paper submissions (e.g., study purpose, literature review,
research questions, method, results), and be clearly labelled
“Extended Abstract”. All submissions should be standard type
(12 point font, double­spaced, Times New Roman font, 1 inch
margins), and must be prepared in accordance with the 7th
edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Associations (APA).
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact research
co chairs Josephine Lukito (jlukito@utexas.edu) or Lindita
Camaj (lcamaj@central.uh.edu).
Public Relations Division
The Public Relations Division invites submissions of original
papers that advance the theory, practice, and pedagogy of public
relations. The division encourages submissions that reflect a
variety of theoretical and practical perspectives relevant to
public relations, as well as a diversity of methodological approaches.
Submitters should carefully review the specific instructions
for the Public Relations Division as well as the
general requirements contained in the AEJMC Uniform Paper
Call.
Submission Categories: A paper may be submitted in one
of the three PRD research categories: (1) open research, (2) student
research, or (3) scholarship of teaching, (4) GIFTs.
In a change for this year, the GIFT competition will run
with the same submission system (AllAcademic) and deadline
(11:59 p.m. ET, April 1, 2024) as the other categories. Complete
information on the GIFT competition is available here.
Top Research, Teaching, and Student Papers: Monetary
awards are given for the top three papers in each of the categories.
Thanks to a generous gift from Dennis Wilcox, Professor
Emeritus, San José State University, top papers in open research
and scholarship of teaching categories will be awarded:
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 35
$750 for the top paper, $500 for the second­place paper, and
$250 for the third­place paper. Top papers will receive priority
processing by the Journal of Public Relations Research, and top
teaching papers will receive priority processing by the Journal
of Public Relations Education, provided they are submitted by
December 31, 2024. Thanks to the generous support of The
Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at the University
of Alabama, the first author of each of the top three student research
papers will receive $300, $200, and $100, respectively.
In cases where a category does not have enough qualified submissions,
the Public Relations Division reserves the right to not
award any or all of the three places in that category.
Special Research Award Categories:
Doug Newsom Award: The Doug Newsom Award created
in honor of Doug Newsom, Professor Emeritus, Texas Christian
University, will again be given in 2024. The award in the
amount of $250 is for the top paper that fits the theme of
global ethics and diversity. Papers must follow the rules of the
AEJMC Public Relations Division call for papers. A special Doug
Newsom Award Committee will evaluate the papers on the
basis of the award’s theme and recommend a nominee to the
research committee for recognition.
Museum of Public Relations History Award: The Museum
of Public Relations is also awarding $250 for the best paper
about the role of public relations in history. The historical figures
do not need to self­identify as public relations people and
can include social and political movement leaders. People who
are not typically cited in public relations textbooks are of particular
interest. Papers must follow the rules of the AEJMC Public
Relations Division call for papers. A special Public Relations
History Award Committee will evaluate the papers on the basis
of the award’s theme and recommend a nominee to the research
committee for recognition.
DEI & Public Relations Award: The Top Paper on DEI &
Public Relations will also be awarded in 2024. The winning
paper will earn $250. Paper submissions must follow the general
rules of the AEJMC Public Relations Division call for papers.
The PRD Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) committee will evaluate
the papers on the basis of the award’s theme including
(but not limited to) scholarship around race, gender, LGBTQ
rights, and accessibility. The committee will recommend a nominee
to the research committee for recognition. Those who
wish to compete for the Doug Newsom, Public Relations History,
or DEI & Public Relations awards should submit papers
using the appropriate award submission link in the All­Academic
system. Authors must indicate the submission categories
(i.e., teaching, open, or student) and then clearly label their
papers for consideration of the award for which they wish to
compete. Papers not selected for the awards will still be considered
for acceptance in the categories (i.e., scholarship of teaching,
open research, or student research) to which they are
submitted.
In cases where an award competition does not have
enough qualified submissions, the Public Relations Division reserves
the right to not award any paper in that competition.
Submission Limitations: No more than TWO papers or abstracts
may be submitted by any one author or co­author ac­
Continued on page 36

PAGE 36 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
ross the three PRD categories (i.e., teaching, open, or student)
including awards submissions. If it is found that one person is
author and/or co­author of more than two submissions across
the three PRD categories, all submissions beyond the second
submission will be excluded from consideration. GIFT submissions
are considered separate and not included in this limitation.
A Paper May NOT be Under Review: (1) simultaneously
with more than one of the PRD categories, (2) simultaneously
with more than one division within AEJMC, (3) simultaneously
with the AEJMC conference and any other conference, or (4) simultaneously
with the AEJMC conference and any potential
publication, including refereed journals, book chapters, etc.
Authorship: When submitting co­authored papers, permission
to submit the paper should be sought and obtained from
all authors on the paper. Paper authorship cannot be added,
deleted, or changed after submission of the paper.
Author Identification: All authors and co­authors, their institutional
affiliations and contact information must be included
WHEN REGISTERING on the online system. If there are three coauthors,
for example, information about all three must be included
in the registration. Student papers must be authored or
co­authored by students ONLY (no faculty co­authors), and all
student papers must have the word “STUDENT” on the title
page and in the running head. Author­identifying information
MUST NOT appear anywhere in the attached paper file. Identifying
information includes (1) listing of authors’ names and/or
affiliations, (2) references to authors’ previous work in a way
that reveals authorship of the current work, and (3) links to authors’
websites, e­mail addresses, or social media accounts. Inclusion
of identifying information will result in automatic
disqualification of the paper. It is the responsibility of the paper
author(s) to verify that no identifying information is contained
in the paper text or in the document file properties. Please follow
the directions for removing your identifying information
from the properties. This will need to be done EACH time you
submit your paper to All­Academic. All paper submitters are
strongly encouraged to submit at least a day or two before the
deadline so they can check to make sure that the uploaded
document does not contain any self­identifying information in
its properties, as can happen sometimes, mysteriously, via
“save as pdf” or as a result of some other technical issues. An
early submission will allow all submitters to fully check submissions
as they are entered into the system so that a resubmission
prior to the deadline is possible. Submitters should
download a PDF version of their paper submissions from the All
Academic system and verify that self­identifying information
has successfully been removed from the document’s properties.
Research paper content: Any recognized research method
and citation style may be used. Papers should include appropriate
literature reviews, methodology, findings, and discussion.
Papers should test, refine or expand public relations theory or
practice; critically review issues relevant to public relations
theory and research; or explore methods of effective public relations
practice. Scholarship of teaching papers should test, refine
or expand principles or practices associated with public
relations pedagogy using rigorous research methods. GIFT submissions
should review the GIFT­specific paper call for content
guidelines.
Paper Formatting (General): All papers (full papers and extended
abstracts) must contain continuous page numbers; if
multiple files are merged for the paper, then the author must
ensure that the page numbers are continuous and do not repeat
or start over from page 1. Because of past conversion issues
with the All­Academic system that resulted in papers
being longer than the established requirement, all papers must
be submitted in PDF format. For those using the newest version
of Microsoft Word, you can save your paper as a PDF file using
the “Save As” function. For those not using this version, you
may use a free web service, such as www.freepdfconvert.com.
Failure to follow these formatting guidelines will result in an
automatic disqualification of the paper.
Paper Formatting (Full Paper): A full paper cannot exceed
25 pages EXCLUDING abstract, references, figures and tables.
Tables and figures will be counted toward the page limit unless
placed at the end of the paper. Papers must be typed in a 12­
point font, using Times New Roman, Times, or Arial font. Paper
text must be formatted with double line spacing with 1­inch
margins on all sides of the document; references may be single
spaced, with a double space between citation entries. Papers
over the page limit will be disqualified.
Paper Formatting (Extended Abstract): The Public Relations
Division will accept extended abstracts for the 2024 conference.
Extended abstracts should contain all of the same
content sections and elements that would normally be used in
the full paper, including the study’s purpose, literature review,
research questions and/or hypotheses, method, findings and
discussion/conclusion. The main difference, however, is the
length of this submission format. For authors considering the
extended abstract option, data collection and analysis must be
at least 75% complete in order to meaningfully report tentative
findings and conclusions. Authors should clearly report in the
Method and Findings sections how far along the data collection
and analysis phases are, respectively, and explain what steps
remain and the anticipated value/contribution of these steps,
so that reviewers can assess the foundations on which conclusions
are based. Extended abstracts will be reviewed and
scored using evaluation criteria specific to the abstracts and not
the same as those used for full papers.
The extended abstracts must be at least 750 words long
but no more than 1,500 words. Extended abstracts must include
a reference list and a 75­word summary of the abstract
and must be submitted in PDF format. The reference list and
abstract are not included in the word count. When submitting
in this format, authors must select the “Extended Abstract” option
in All Academic AND include the words “Extended Abstract”
at the start of their paper title (e.g., “Extended Abstract:
[Your paper title]”). Authors should clearly indicate the same on
the title page of their submission. Submissions that are not appropriately
labeled may be rejected. To preserve the value of
fully developed research papers, extended abstracts will not be
eligible for division awards.
Presentation Requirement: At least one author of an accepted
faculty paper must attend the conference to present the
paper. If student authors cannot be present, they must make

arrangements for the paper to be presented by someone else.
Failure to be present or provide a presenter for any paper will
result in a one­year ban on the review of papers for all of the
authors involved. Authors of accepted papers are required to
forward papers to discussants and moderators prior to the conference.
Presentations at AEJMC conference may be disseminated
via social media; presenters may opt out of social media
dissemination by requesting so at the time of presentation.
Questions? Please contact the research committee chair,
Luke Capizzo, University of Missouri, capizzol@missouri.edu.
Public Relations Division Call for GIFT Submissions: Present
Your Teaching Ideas at the 2024 AEJMC Conference. The
AEJMC Public Relations Division (PRD) is pleased to announce a
call for short­form teaching submissions. Great Ideas for Teaching
(GIFT) submissions will be considered for presentation at
the 2024 AEJMC National Conference in Philadelphia, PA or a
virtual webinar.
ATTENTION: CHANGES THIS YEAR!
The GIFT submission for the 2024 AEJMC Conference will
share the same deadline as the general paper call (April 1,
2024, 11:59pm ET). GIFT papers will be submitted to All­Academic
where all paper submissions are hosted.
What is a GIFT? GIFTs are successful, class­tested assignments,
in­class exercises, or teaching approaches that benefit
students and instructors. GIFTs are tied to course learning objectives
and contemporary public relations theory or practice.
Submissions may stem from traditional and non­traditional
classroom settings, including teaching outside of the classroom
and online teaching.
Examples of GIFT topic areas: GIFT topic areas may be related
to public relations knowledge (i.e., diversity, equity, inclusion,
and belonging; corporate social responsibility), skills (i.e.,
innovative crisis simulations; approaches to writing; analyzing
data) and/or abilities (i.e., best practices in teamwork; creative
thinking; problem solving). We welcome any related new topics
or pedagogical practices. View examples of GIFTs in the Journal
of Public Relations Education issue.
Benefits of submitting: The top GIFT submissions will be
selected for presentation during the AEJMC main conference
in­person. High­ranking submissions, other than those presented
at the conference, will also be considered for inclusion
in future virtual conferences hosted by the division and featured
on the AEJMC PRD website and social media accounts.
The top GIFT submissions will also receive special consideration
for publication in the Journal of Public Relations Education.
Eligibility: You do not need to be an AEJMC member to
submit GIFTs.
GIFT submission guidelines:
Title page (anonymized): Title, type of submission (classtested
assignment, in­class exercise, teaching approach, or
other) and up to five relevant keywords associated with your
submission (e.g., online, writing, social media, etc.).
Summary: One­page, single­spaced description of the
teaching idea that includes the following section headers in
bold. The summary should also have all identifying author information
removed for a double­anonymized, peer­review
process.
• Submission title that appears on your title page
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 37
• Brief summary or overview of the assignment
• Rationale for the assignment, including any connection to
PR theory and/or practice
• Student learning goals achieved through the assignment
• Evidence of student learning outcomes or assessment of
student learning (if available)
References/Citations (as needed). References should utilize
APA 7, and don’t count toward the one­page summary.
Supplementary Materials–Assignment/Example (optional):
Your submission may include an example of the assignment
itself (if applicable to your submission), along with any
necessary instructions. However, all submissions will be evaluated
based on the one­page summary. The assignment/example
should have all identifying author information and
institutional affiliation removed for a double­anonymized,
peer­review process. If selected, supplementary material may
be made available for others to view and access, so copyrighted
materials should be described rather than included directly.
Please combine all elements into one full submission document,
saved as either a .pdf or .docx file. The one­page summary
description and corresponding assignment should have all
identifying author information removed for a double­anonymized,
peer­review process. Incomplete or incorrect submissions,
and those submitted to other venues simultaneously, will be
disqualified from consideration. Authors can submit up to three
GIFTs as leading authors and co­authors. Submissions should
not be (a) simultaneously under review at other conferences or
publication outlets, (b) previously presented or published elsewhere.
GIFT submissions are not counted toward the submission
limitations in PRD’s open, student, and teaching paper
competitions.
Submission Process (ATTENTION: CHANGE THIS YEAR!):
Submissions are due by 11:59pm ET, April 1, 2024, same time
as the general AEJMC paper call. Please submit your GIFT to the
AEJMC All­Academic paper management system.
Review process: All submissions will undergo a double­anonymized
peer review (see review criteria here). Each submission
will be evaluated by at least two reviewers. Authors will be
notified about the status of their submission at the same date
as the PRD paper competition results notification.
Questions can be directed to Zifei Fay Chen
(zifei.chen@usfca.edu) or Minhee Choi (minhee.choi@ttu.edu),
chair and vice chair for the teaching/GIFT competition subcommittee
under the PRD research committee.
Scholastic Journalism Division
Scholastic Journalism Division The Scholastic Journalism Division
is accepting submissions of research papers and extended
abstracts for the 2024 annual conference in
Philadelphia, PA. Papers can be on any topic related to journalism
and mass communication education at all levels: the student
press; media, news, and civic literacy; youth journalism;
media/news/information literacy efforts or effects; assessment
of learning; or related fields. We welcome submissions from all
theoretical and methodological perspectives and especially encourage
work that incorporates aspects of diversity, equity
and/or inclusion. Both faculty and student papers accepted will
Continued on page 38

PAGE 38 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
be eligible for top paper awards to be presented at the AEJMC
Conference in August. Faculty papers with a student coauthor
or student papers with a faculty coauthor will be judged in the
faculty competition. The best papers should be theoretically
based, methodologically rigorous, and clearly relate to an issue
or trend in scholastic journalism.
Special Call: AI in the Scholastic Journalism Classroom or
Newsroom Universities and professional news organizations are
developing artificial intelligence policies. What about student
media? The Scholastic Journalism Division is also accepting submissions
for a special research competition on how journalism
educators and students are exploring AI tools within the guidelines
of journalistic ethics. Research papers can use any theoretical
lens and research method to describe and/or assess uses
and boundaries of AI­driven journalism in classrooms or student
newsrooms. Authors should denote at the top of their
work that they are submitting a paper for this special call.
Expectations For All Paper Submissions: Papers should be
in 12­point type, Times New Roman, double­spaced, with 1­
inch margins. Papers should not exceed 25 pages in length, not
counting title page, abstract, references, tables, and appendices.
Style should follow either the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association or the Chicago Manual of
Style. Legal research papers may use the Bluebook citation system.
Include an abstract of no more than 75 words. At least
one author will be expected to attend the AEJMC Conference in
August 2024 to present the paper. To ensure an identity­hidden
review, do not identify the author(s) anywhere in the paper, including
the title page and the paper’s properties.
Expectations For All Extended Abstract Submissions: Extended
abstracts should cover all essential areas of a complete
paper, depending on the type of final paper intended. Theory
and legal focused extended abstracts should include any
models, frameworks or implications being proposed. Empirical
focused extended abstracts should include basic information on
the method and initial results.
Questions about the Scholastic Journalism Division calls,
including potential fit for topics, can be directed to the research
chair: Theresa de los Santos at theresa.m.delossantos@pepperdine.edu.
Visual Communication Division
The Visual Communication Division of AEJMC invites faculty,
students, and independent scholars to submit competitive
papers and extended abstracts devoted to theoretically
grounded studies of visual communications for presentation at
the association’s annual conference. Our interpretation of
“visual” is broad, and we welcome submissions related to a
wide range of visual forms, including photography, film, television,
web design, graphic design, illustration, digital imaging,
and emerging forms of visual phenomena like AI­generated images,
augmented reality, gaming, and virtual reality.
The division encourages submission of papers and extended
abstracts that cover a broad spectrum of methodologies
and applications, whether qualitative, quantitative, or
computational. The submissions should address visual media
across various contexts, such as advertising, broadcasting, digital
and social media, photojournalism, propaganda images, visual
culture, visual literacy, and the visual aspects of political
campaigns. We also welcome research on visuals depicting environmental,
health, and scientific issues. Additionally, research
in media history, law, policy, media effects, processes, uses, and
ethics regarding visuals is highly valued.
All submissions will be anonymously refereed by a panel of
scholars. Student submissions will be assessed along with faculty
submissions. A $150 award will be given to the top student
paper, with a $50 award for the second­place student paper.
These papers, along with the top three faculty papers will be
recognized in the AEJMC annual conference program. Top reviewers
will also be recognized by the division. Papers are accepted
for peer review on the understanding that they are not
already under review for other conventions and that they have
been submitted to only one AEJMC division or group for evaluation.
Papers accepted for the AEJMC Conference should not
have been presented at other conventions or published in
scholarly or trade journals before their presentation at the conference.
Authors may submit no more than two papers or extended
abstracts, or a combination of both, to the Visual
Communication Division. Faculty submitting as a first author
may be asked to review papers for the division.
Extended Abstracts: Extended abstracts of research in progress
at the time of the submission deadline should contain all
the sections that would normally be in a completed research
paper. The main difference is the submission format. For authors
considering an extended abstract, research must be complete
enough to meaningfully report tentative findings and
conclusions. Authors should indicate in the abstract how far
along the research and analysis have progressed at the time of
submission, as well as the anticipated value/contribution of
these steps, so that reviewers can assess the foundations on
which conclusion are based. Extended abstracts will be reviewed
and scored using evaluation criteria specific to the abstracts,
not those used for full papers. Include the words
“Extended Abstract” at the start of the paper title on the title
page of the submission. Submissions that are not appropriately
labeled may be rejected. Extended abstracts are not eligible for
consideration for paper awards. Authors of extended abstracts
accepted for presentation at the conference must submit the
completed paper, with all identifying author information, to the
All Academic site by 11:59 p.m. (Central Daylight Time), July 15,
2024.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: All submissions must be uploaded
through AEJMC’s ALL ACADEMIC website. Make sure to
upload through the link marked Visual Communication Division.
All papers must be uploaded to the server no later than 11:59
p.m. (Central Daylight Time), April 1, 2024, and should comply
with all the AEJMC submission guidelines.
All papers must be typed and double spaced with one­inch
margins. The page limit is 30 pages, inclusive of all references,
notes, tables, illustrations, and appendices. Manuscripts must
conform to one of four listed reference styles: APA, Chicago,
MLA, or Turabian. An abstract of no more than 75 words is required.
Extended abstracts must be 750 to 1,500 words. A 75­
word summary of the abstract should precede the abstract
itself. References and summary are excluded from the word

count. Submissions must include the words “Extended Abstract”
at the start of the title (e.g., “Extended Abstract: paper
title”). Submissions without this designation may be rejected.
All submissions: Please be sure to strip any identifying information
from your submission documents according to
AEJMC guidelines. This includes any self­citation in your submission.
See your reference style guide for more clarification.
The division highly recommends early submission will allow any
participants to fully check submissions as they are entered into
the system so that a resubmission prior to the deadline is possible.
All authors will be advised whether their paper has been
accepted and will receive a copy of the reviewers’ comments by
May 20, 2024. At least one author of an accepted paper must
attend the conference to present the paper. Failure to attend
the conference will disqualify the author from next year’s competition.
For more information about submissions to the Visual
Communication Division, please contact the division research
chairs, Dr. Ivy Ashe, Florida Atlantic University, iashe@fau.edu,
and Dr. Nan Li, University of Wisconsin­Madison,
nan.li@wisc.edu.
INTEREST GROUPS
Community Journalism Interest Group
The Community Journalism Interest Group invites scholarly
submissions from faculty members and graduate students for
paper and poster sessions to be presented at the 2024 AEJMC
national conference in Philadelphia. The papers should advance
theory, concepts, and/or practice in community/local journalism
and can use a variety of methods and approaches. The
deadline for paper submissions is April 1, 2024.
Scope: The concept of community has expanded beyond a
group defined by geographic proximity. Communities are also
defined by the strength of social relationships and shared backgrounds
among individuals and the interests that unite them.
COMJIG encourages submissions that address this diversity and
the role(s) journalism plays in reporting about as well as informing
communities. COMIG also encourages submissions
that provide solutions­oriented insights into trends and issues
facing community journalism outlets and practitioners. Finally,
we encourage research that looks at community journalism (or
even community) within a broad ideology, including on digital
platforms.
Research topics may include, but are not restricted to:
• How and if news organizations—print and digital— fulfill a
community’s critical information needs
• How news organizations build audiences within their communities
with or without the use of technologies such as
social media
• How community newspapers thrive or struggle to survive
in present times and changes, if any, in community journalistic
practices in the digital age
• How journalism entrepreneurs juggle advertising and other
revenue sources with community news reporting
• The effects of the closure of community news outlets—
print and online – on communities, specifically those in
news deserts
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 39
• The effects of ownership and consolidation shifts on community
journalism practices and content
• How news organizations create and engage with communities
through innovative practices
• Conceptual ideas that push the meaning and understandings
of community in new directions
• Conceptual ideas that explore the meaning and interpretation
of “local news” in a global and digital era
• Efforts to make community journalism more accessible and
inclusive, particularly for and among underserved or marginalized
groups
Awards: COMJIG awards top papers in the faculty and student
categories. The authors of these papers will be invited to
publish their manuscripts to COMJIG’s official peer­reviewed
publication, Community Journalism. Others are also encouraged
to send their work to the journal for consideration.
Submission guidelines:
Format: Full­paper submissions should include a 100­ to
150­word abstract and should not exceed 8,000 words, including
references, tables, and notes. COMJIG also accepts extended
abstracts of 750 to 1,500 words following the Extended
Abstract Call Guidelines for AEJMC. All papers should conform
to APA style, 7th edition. Papers must be typed in 12­point font
using Times New Roman, and paper text must be double
spaced with 1­inch margins around each page. The pages
should be continuously numbered. References must be provided.
Tables or figures can be included within or at the end of
the paper. An author can submit more than one paper to COM­
JIG but no more than two manuscripts. All submissions will be
subjected to anonymous peer review.
Author identification: All authors and co­authors should
include their information when registering on the online system.
It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that no identifying
information is included anywhere in the paper or the
properties section of the pdf document or it will be disqualified
from the conference. Thus, authors are encouraged to submit
early to fully check their submissions in the system for selfidentifying
information so they can resubmit their manuscripts,
if necessary, before the system closes on deadline. Please follow
the directions provided in “submitting a clean paper” section
under the uniform paper call on the AEJMC website.
Student submissions: Graduate students are encouraged
to submit papers to the group. Student authors should clearly
mark their papers by including the phrase “STUDENT SUBMIS­
SION” on the title page to be considered for the student paper
competition. These papers should be authored by students
only and not include any faculty co­authors.
Uploading manuscripts: The papers should be submitted
to COMJIG via a link on the AEJMC website. Please see the
AEJMC’s paper competition uniform call for more information.
Presentation requirement: For the manuscript to be considered
for presentation in the panel or poster session at the
conference, at least one of the authors must attend in person
to present the research. An exception may be made for papers
with ONLY student authors; if the graduate students are unable
to attend, they must arrange for an alternate to present the research
on their behalf.
Continued on page 40

PAGE 40 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
Questions? Please contact COMJIG Research Committee
Chair Joy Jenkins, University of Missouri
(joyjenkins@missouri.edu) .
Entertainment Studies Interest Group
The Entertainment Studies Interest Group invites faculty
and graduate students to electronically submit papers for the
2024 AEJMC conference. Papers that deal with any aspect of
mediated entertainment, including (but not limited to) narrative
film, experimental cinema, fictional books, fictional television,
game shows, new media, music, podcasts, popular
magazines, sports, and cultural and entertainment journalism
are welcome. All methods (qualitative, quantitative, historical,
critical) of inquiry are encouraged. Papers may not exceed 25­
pages, excluding tables, figures, and references. All entries
should follow the AEJMC uniform paper competition. All submissions
will undergo a blind review process by a panel of independent
readers.
Although all papers compete on an equal footing, the topranked
student paper(s) sent to ESIG will receive special recognition
and first author(s) will be awarded free conference
registration. Students who wish to be eligible for this award
must indicate when submitting electronically that the paper
was written exclusively by one or more students. Only students
are eligible for this prize; papers with any faculty co­author(s)
are not eligible. The top­ranked faculty paper will be recognized.
Extended abstracts aren’t eligible to be considered for
awards. Authors are not required to be a member of ESIG to
submit a paper. The same author(s) can submit more than one
paper to ESIG. The paper must be uploaded to the server no
later than 11:59 P.M. (Central Daylight Time) April 1, 2024.
Specific Guidelines: Papers may not exceed 25­pages, excluding
tables, figures, and references. Papers should be
written in Times New Roman using 12­point font, with 1­inch
margins on all sides. APA or MLA are acceptable styles for references.
At least one author of an accepted faculty paper must
attend the conference to present the paper. Questions regarding
submissions should be directed to the research chair, Gwen
Nisbett, University of North Texas, via e­mail:
gwen.nisbett@unt.edu.
The Internship and Careers Interest Group
The Internship and Careers Interest Group (ICIG) of AEJMC
is accepting submissions of research papers and extended abstracts
from both faculty and students for the 2024 conference
taking place August 7­11, 2024. Papers and extended abstracts
may be on any topic related to the journalism, advertising, public
relations, and mass communication professions and internships.
Papers and extended abstracts can be uploaded on ALL
ACADEMIC starting January 15, 2024, and the deadline for
submission is April 1, 2024 at 11:50 p.m. CDT.
ICIG Top Papers Session will be provided opportunities for
scholars to present and discuss their research.
We are particularly interested in papers/research discussing:
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion of best practices in careers
and internships
• Principles, concepts, and approaches for incorporating
non­traditional students in the internship experience.
• Resources/research available for internship coordinators to
maximize student participation in program experiences including
assessment/pedagogy practices for onboarding/evaluating
internship candidates and experiences
• Resources/research available addressing skill sets needed
for student success in internships and careers within communication,
journalism, advertising, and PR fields
• Of particular interest are industry evaluation/measurement
techniques
• Interdisciplinary/collaborative research and best practice
opportunities encouraging contributions from those involved
in the journalism and mass communications fields
• Investigation into the evolution of careers in communication,
journalism, advertising, and PR
• Of particular interest are topics addressing transition effectiveness
for those seeking to contribute to academia and
practice areas within their professional lives
For graduate students ONLY, the interest group is offering
free conference registration to authors (maximum 3) of the top
student paper.
Other considerations: Entries should follow the AEJMC
Uniform Paper Call Guidelines. Please limit papers to no more
than 30 pages, including references, tables, figures, and appendices,
of APA style, double­spaced text with 12­point Times
New Roman font, and 1­inch margins. This year extended abstracts
are also being accepted. Researchers need to follow
AEJMC’s Extended Abstract Guidelines found in the AEJMC Uniform
Paper Call.
Submissions with any residual identifying information
will be rejected. Before uploading your paper, exercise extra
diligence to remove all author identification from the document,
including any file properties or obvious reference to
self­citations. See https://its.temple.edu/removing­hidden­information­microsoft­office­files
for tips on keeping your submission
anonymous.
Questions should be directed to research chair, Hal Vincent,
Elon University at hvincent@elon.edu.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender & Queer Interest Group
The LGBTQ Interest Group invites students, faculty, and
other scholars to submit their research for the 2024 conference
in Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 7­11. We welcome submissions of
original, non­published, English language only research papers
on any topic related to sexual orientation, gender identity, or
gender presentation, and journalism/media/communication.
Papers employing all methods of inquiry and theoretical frameworks
are welcomed. We especially welcome scholarship dealing
with – but not limited to – topics such as:
• Representations of genders and sexualities not covered explicitly
in the “LGBTQ” acronym, such as asexual, intersex,
pansexual, polyamorous, non­monogamous, questioning,
two­spirit, non­binary, and gender­non­conforming people
• Media depictions of transgender issues and individuals
• Online queer advocacy and activism networks
• Representations of bisexuality, sexual fluidity, and other
sexual orientations that do not fit cleanly within the
boundaries of “straight” or “gay”

Research by LGBTQIA+ academics that may not be directly
related to any of the above areas, but has unique insights to
the topic area that would not be afforded by another researcher
Papers must be uploaded to the server no later than 11:59
p.m. (Central Daylight Time), Monday, April 1, 2024.
Paper submissions must comply with the AEJMC uniform
paper call. Papers may be no longer than 25 pages (excluding
tables, figures, and references) and may not contain any identifying
information. Each title page must identify whether the
paper is a student or faculty/other scholar submission.
Awards:
The LGBTQ Interest Group is pleased to provide monetary
awards and recognition for top student and faculty papers:
• Top Student Paper Award The LGBTQ Interest Group encourages
graduate student submissions in its Top Student
Paper competition. To be considered for the competition,
papers must be wholly the work of students. The author(s)
of the top student paper award will receive $100 and a certificate
in recognition of their work.
• Top Faculty Paper Award The top faculty paper submitted
to the LGBTQ Interest Group will also receive an award.
Papers written solely by faculty, or papers co­authored by
faculty members and students, are eligible. The author(s)
of the top faculty paper award will receive $100 and a certificate
in recognition of their work.
Before submitting your paper, please make certain that all
author­identifying information has been removed and that all
instructions have been followed per the AEJMC uniform paper
call. Take every precaution to ensure that your self­citations do
not in any way reveal your identity.
There are three solutions to issues of self­citation:
• Remove language that signals the author of the published
work is also the author of the current paper. For example,
the author may simply use “in a previous study, researchers…”
rather than “in a previously published pilot study, I…
” or “As I argued in…” This is not always possible since authors
may desire to build on their previous works, but
wording can be rewritten to avoid obvious self­citation in
many cases.
• Eliminating the citations altogether is another option and
helps remove the awkward inclusion of “Author, Date” selfcitations
in the reference list. This may risk having the authors
seem unknowledgeable by failing to refer to work
that reviewers may commonly know. But often there is no
problem by using another citation in its place.
Ultimately, combining the two strategies described above
may be the best solution. Authors are encouraged to remove
personal pronouns and other descriptive language surrounding
their work that might reveal a redacted name or pinpoint the
source of an existing work. It may be best to cite your work
sparingly without any signal of authorship. By carefully considering
the wording surrounding citing your own work, it is often
possible to eliminate issues that have caused conference paper
disqualifications in the past simply by revising wording around
the self­cited works. Simply put, cite your own work as if it
were being cited by another author—not yourself.
Submit your paper early! After submission, you can view
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 41
the blinded version and double­check that all identifying information
was removed.
Questions? Questions regarding submissions should be e­
mailed to LGBTQ Interest Group Research Chair Kix Patterson,
akix.patterson@ufl.edu.
Participatory Journalism Interest Group
The Participatory Journalism Interest Group, PJIG, invites
research paper submissions for the 2024 AEJMC Conference,
August 7­11 in Philadelphia, PA. The deadline for paper submissions
is April 1, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. (CDT).
Scope: We are interested in research exploring participatory
journalism and engaged journalism. Broadly, we are interested
in journalism that involves members of the public in the
selection, production, dissemination, and sharing of news and
information. Participatory journalism may involve professional
journalism outlets or community newsrooms, but what distinguishes
it is the role “citizens,” “users,” “audiences,” or “participants”
play in creating content or otherwise collaborating in
the journalistic process. This may include a range of practices—
for example, social media commenting and sharing, crowdsourcing
story ideas or reporting, public newsrooms, citizen
journalism initiatives, and more. While digital tools and platforms
have made many of these practices more common, we
are interested in both online and offline approaches to participation
in journalism and efforts to build more reciprocal relationships
between journalism and the public.
Research topics may include, but are not restricted to, the
following areas. Quantitative and qualitative methods are respected
equally.
• Participatory journalism in political and elections coverage
(crowdsourcing ideas, coverage, etc.)
• Efforts to build trust through participatory and engaged
journalism practices
• The use of user­generated content, polls, focus groups and
other methods to report news
• Citizen media, civic mapping, community conversations,
user comments, community organizing practices in journalism
• Entrepreneurial journalism with collaborative elements
• History/philosophy of participatory media
• The mission and meaning of “participatory” and/or “engaged”
media
• Legal and ethical issues in participatory journalism
• Journalism boundaries and norms such as “objectivity” and
participatory/engaged journalism
• Crowdsourcing versus traditional “gatekeeping” models of
journalism practice
• News sharing and social media distribution
• Participatory journalism in a multicultural and/or multinational
environment
• Participatory journalism and mobile/wearable/immersive
technologies
• Economic elements of traditional media and their relationship
to participatory journalism movements
• Teaching journalism and media production in participatory
contexts
Continued on page 42

PAGE 42 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
Awards: Papers submitted will be eligible for four separate
awards: first­ and second­place faculty paper awards and firstand
second­place student paper awards (both $150 and $75 respectively).
The poster award will be given after the poster session
and is based on the combined quality of the research and
poster presentation. Students should clearly identify their
papers as “student papers” in the submission process. Papers
co­authored with faculty members do not qualify for the student
competition.
Submission guidelines: Papers must be submitted in accordance
with all requirements of AEJMC and its uniform paper
call and electronic submission process. The full paper length is
limited to 25 double­spaced pages, not including references,
tables, figures or appendices. Font size should be 12 pt. Times
New Roman with margins at least 1 inch on all sides. A COVER
SHEET or a sheet with the 75­word ABSTRACT is required but
EXCLUDED from the page number limits. We accept papers in
any academic formatting style. Papers should not have been
published or under review by another conference.
Please direct questions to PJIG Research Chairs, Carrie
Brown (carrie.brown@journalism.cuny.edu).
Author Identification: All submissions undergo a blind review
process. Authors should ensure that their papers do not
contain any self­identifying references of any kind, including
the properties section of the pdf document or it will be disqualified
from the conference. Take every precaution to ensure that
your self­citations do not in any way reveal your identity. For a
detailed explanation, please see “submitting a clean paper”
under the uniform paper call on the AEJMC website. We urge
you to submit at least two days before the deadline so you
can check your uploaded document for self­identifying information
and resubmit prior to the deadline.
Religion and Media Interest Group
The Religion and Media Interest Group (RMIG) invites submission
of research papers from both faculty and students for
the 2024 AEJMC annual conference in Philadelphia, PA. RMIG
accepts submission in two paper categories: Open Research
and Student Research. Faculty may submit original research
papers to the Open Research category, but may not co­author
any paper submitted to the Student Research category. Only
graduate students are invited to submit original research
papers to the Student Research. Papers will be considered for
presentation as standard referred research sessions and poster
sessions. We will also accept extended abstracts for works­inprogress
for the 2024 conference.
Scope. Papers submitted to any category must address a
topic related to religion and media. Examples include (but are
not limited to) studies of religious group members and uses of
religious or secular media; exploration of media coverage of religious
issues and groups; analysis of audiences for religious
news; media strategies of religious organizations; religious advertising;
religious and spiritual content in popular culture; impact
of new digital/social media on religious practice; etc.
Papers focusing on historically underrepresented religions, denominations
and/or groups as well as religious contexts outside
the U.S. are strongly encouraged. RMIG will consider papers
using quantitative, qualitative or historical research methods.
Please note that essays, commentaries, or simple literature reviews
will not be considered.
Awards. RMIG sponsors a Top Paper competition for both
student and faculty papers. The top student and faculty papers
will be awarded $100 each. Co­authors will split the monetary
awards, but each will receive a plaque. In addition, certificates
will be awarded for the second­place and third­place papers in
both categories. RMIG will also cover conference registration
fees for the top three student paper presenters. In the case of
co­authored student papers, only the student author presenting
the paper will be eligible for free conference registration.
Student papers may not have a faculty co­author. The awards
will not be given if the selected papers are not presented at the
conference.
Submissions. RMIG accepts any recognized citation style
although APA is preferred. Please limit papers to no more than
25 pages (double­spaced) in length, excluding title page, abstract,
tables, figures, references, and notes. In addition, papers
should have 1­inch margins and use 12­point Times New
Roman, Times or Arial font.
All paper submissions must follow formatting and procedures
in the 2024 AEJMC Uniform Paper Call. Please pay particular
attention to the following section of that call.
Author­identifying information: Papers uploaded with author’s
identifying information will not be considered for review
and will automatically be disqualified from the
competition. Please submit at least a day or two before the
deadline to make sure that the uploaded document does not
contain any self­identifying information in its properties, as can
happen sometimes, mysteriously, via “save as pdf” or as a result
of some other technical issue. Please refer to AEJMC’s Uniform
Call for Papers on how to upload a clean document.
Questions should be submitted to Omar Hammad, Research
Chair, at Omar.Hammad@Rutgers.edu. Type “RMIG Research
Paper” in the subject line when communicating via
e­mail. For more about RMIG and its mission, please see
https://aejmc.us/rmig/.
Small Programs Interest Group
The AEJMC Small Programs Interest Group invites submission
of original, non­published research papers that focus on
teaching and pedagogy to be considered for presentation at the
AEJMC Conference, August 7 to 11, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
We invite members of all divisions and interest groups
to contribute research papers – using any methodology,
whether quantitative or qualitative. We especially encourage
authors to submit studies on pedagogy and curriculum, as well
as learning through student media, internships, and classroom/community
partnerships. Members of this division are
particularly interested in smaller, teaching­oriented programs.
In addition to completed research papers, Extended Abstracts
will be accepted for this competition. Details will be available
on the AEJMC website. Accepted papers and/or Extended Abstracts
will be presented in a poster session during the conference.
The top paper will be considered for publication in the
Small Programs Interest Group’s journal, Teaching Journalism
and Mass Communication.
GUIDELINES: See the AEJMC General Paper Call for instruc­

tions to upload to All­Academic Site. The paper must be uploaded
to the server no later than 11:59 p.m. (Central Daylight
Time) Monday, April 1, 2024. The competition is open to faculty
and to graduate students; no separate student competition is
held.
The paper must be formatted in Microsoft WORD or PDF.
PDF format is strongly encouraged. Authors must completely fill
out the online submission form, including author’s name, affiliation,
mailing address, telephone numbers (academic, home
and cell), and preferred email address. The title must be on the
first page of the manuscript and on the running heads on every
page. However, DO NOT INCLUDE author’s name or affiliation
within the running heads or title page or any pop­up options
that may be contained in PDF submissions. Papers uploaded
with author’s identifying information WILL NOT BE CONSID­
ERED FOR REVIEW AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUAL­
IFIED FROM THE COMPETITION. Follow instructions on how to
submit a clean paper for blind reviewing that are in the AEJMC
uniform paper call.
SPIG requests a paper length of NO MORE than 25 pages
(excluding references) and the document must be doublespaced
and typed in 11­point Arial font or Times Roman fontand
follow APA style guidelines. Researchers must also upload
an Abstract of no more than 75 words.
Authors must heed the AEJMC General Paper Regulations
and Deadlines. For example, papers submitted to the wrong division
or that do not meet ALL the above guidelines will not be
reviewed (for example, submission of an abstract by the deadline
but a paper AFTER the deadline, will result in the paper
NOT being accepted). However, SPIG research co­chairs will
make every effort to contact authors who do not meet guidelines
so that they will be aware as early as possible that their
paper has not been accepted and the reasons why.
Paper submitters are encouraged to submit at least a day
or two before the deadline. An early submission will allow any
and all individuals to fully check submissions for self­identifiers
after they are entered into the system so that a resubmission
prior to the deadline is possible.
Papers are accepted for peer review with the understanding
that they are NOT under review (or being submitted during
the AEJMC review period) to a second division or interest group
OR to a journal or other publication. Papers submitted to the
2024 conference should NOT have been presented to another
conference and neither should they have been published or be
in the publication process BEFORE the date of the 2024 Conference
in August. NOTE: Authors of winning papers/posters must
be available to present their poster at the AEJMC conference in
August 2024, or have a proxy present for them.
For more information, contact the SPIG Research Co­
Chairs: Dave Madsen, Morningside University,
madsend@morningside.edu, or Janice Colvin, Wilmington University,
janice.k.colvin@wilmu.edu.
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 43
Sports Communication Interest Group
The Sports Communication Interest Group invites faculty
and student submission of original research papers or extended
abstracts that focus on this subject area. Submissions must contain
a clear media dimension such as traditional media (newspapers,
TV, radio), digital or social media, or strategic communication
(PR, advertising, or sports marketing). Submissions
should be theoretically grounded and offer tangible evidence of
scholarly rigor. We welcome qualitative and quantitative research
methods; we encourage a broad spectrum of approaches,
including sociological, historical, critical, pedagogical,
and cultural research. AEJMC encourages submissions to be
mindful of diversity, equity, and inclusion, to ensure diverse
identities, voices, perspectives, and experiences are considered,
acknowledged, or included.
Submissions must not be under consideration or previously
accepted elsewhere for presentation or publication. Any
paper found to be under consideration or previously accepted
elsewhere will be removed from consideration or the program,
as appropriate. Only one paper per lead author will be accepted
for review in this interest group. While author(s) are not
required to join the group to submit a paper for consideration,
only Sports Communication Interest Group members are eligible
to present at the conference. Author(s) may join the group
after acceptance decisions are made. Student membership to
the Sports Communication Interest Group is free.
Please see the AEJMC Uniform Call for Papers for applicable
submission requirements and instructions to upload to the
All­Academic site and on how to successfully remove identifying
information. We strongly recommend submitting early so
you have time to check your uploaded document to ensure no
identifying information is included and that the manuscript is
both uploaded and accessible. Papers should be no longer than
25 pages, double­spaced (not including tables, figures and references),
using a standard 12­point font and 1­inch margins.
Papers that do not meet the AEJMC Uniform Call for Papers requirements
will not be accepted. The Sports Communication Interest
Group also accepts extended abstracts (750­1,500
words) that conform to the AEJMC guidelines for abstracts.
Submissions should contain no identifying information,
such as name, university affiliation, or job title. Please be certain
that any identification that may occur via electronic means
is fully removed, as the presence of any identifying information,
whether intended or unintended, will result in removal from
consideration.
By submitting, first authors also are agreeing to review
papers in the competition.
Faculty and student submissions will be entered into separate
competitions (note the separate links on the entry site)
for presentation and for the top paper awards. They will undergo
separate anonymous review processes by faculty­only
judges. Students who co­author with faculty will be inserted
into the faculty pool, regardless of lead author status. Student
authors — undergraduate and graduate students enrolled during
the 2022­2023 school year — should include a cover sheet
that clearly states the paper is a student­authored submission.
Only full papers are eligible for award consideration.
Members are also encouraged to submit teaching­focused
papers and GIFTs (Good Ideas for Teaching) about sports communication
in the classroom. Full­length teaching papers
should follow the AEJMC Uniform Call for Papers and provide
original research on teaching sports communication. GIFTs are
Continued on page 44

PAGE 44 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
used to highlight successful, class­tested assignments or activities
that directly reflect learning objectives for sports communication
theory or practice. GIFT submissions should be no
more than one page, single­spaced, and include the following
information: assignment rationale and brief description, student
learning goals, the connection to sports communication
pedagogy, and evidence of student learning outcomes, if available.
A copy of the assignment can be included in an appendix.
All submissions should have all identifying author information
removed. Top teaching paper(s) and GIFTs will be included in
the 2024 program. For more information, please contact teaching
competition chairs, Alan Goldenbach
(goldenbach@hood.edu) or Nicole Kraft (kraft.42@osu.edu).
Please direct questions about the overall paper contest
and submissions to Brian Petrotta at the University of Nebraska­Lincoln
(bpetrotta2@unl.edu) or Mia Long Anderson at
Sam Houston State University (mlonganderson@shsu.edu).
COMMISSIONS
Commission on Graduate Education
The Commission on Graduate Education (CSGE) invites
graduate students to submit original, unpublished research
papers for the 2024 AEJMC annual convention in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. This call also includes information on our two
newest programs: The Graduate Research Showcase and the
Graduate Teaching Showcase. Note that the Graduate Teaching
Showcase has a different pathway for submission than the
paper call listed here.
CSGE is dedicated to providing opportunities for undergraduate
and graduate students to present research in a conference
setting. Author(s) may be at any point in their
undergraduate and graduate education. It is important to note
that Faculty members cannot co­author papers submitted to
the Commission on Graduate Education. The Commission accepts
research from all theoretical and methodological perspectives
addressing any journalism and mass communication
topic. All submissions must be uploaded through the AEJMC
conference website no later than 11:59 p.m. (Central Daylight
Time) Monday, April 1, 2024.
GUIDO STEMPEL AWARD: The top­ranked Master’s submission
will receive the annual Guido Stempel Award and a
cash prize, award plaque, and conference registration reimbursement
for the lead author. To be considered for CSGE
awards, author(s) must be Master’s students at the time of submission.
The top paper will receive a cash prize and award
plaque.
SUBMISSION FORMATTING: Upload papers for the AEJMC
2024 Philadelphia Conference beginning January 15, 2024. Submit
the paper via the AEJMC website link (www.aejmc.org) to
the AEJMC Commission on Graduate Education. The paper
must be uploaded to the server no later than 11:59 p.m. (Central
Daylight Time) on Monday, April 1, 2024.
Papers should be submitted to the AEJMC site in Microsoft
Word or PDF format (PDF is strongly encouraged). An abstract
of 75 words should also be uploaded at the time of submission.
Papers should be no more than 25 pages (double­spaced, 12­
point type), excluding tables, references, figures, or illustrations,
and must use APA Style.
According to AEJMC submissions guidelines, the manuscript
title should be printed on the title page, the first page of
the text, and on running heads on each page. Do NOT include
the author’s name anywhere in the document. Papers uploaded
with the author’s identifying information displayed WILL
NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY
BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITION. Research submitted
with faculty authorship included will automatically be
disqualified from consideration for the Commission on Graduate
Education.
Please carefully check manuscripts for self­identifying information
of any kind, including matters of self­citation. AEJMC
formally recommends submitting articles at least one day before
the deadline to double­check that the uploaded document
contains no self­identifying information or has any other technical
issue. Early submission will allow individuals to check submissions
as they are entered into the system thoroughly. Please
refer to the AEJMC uniform paper call for more information.
EXTENDED ABSTRACTS: The Commission on Graduate Education
(CSGE) will also accept Extended Abstracts for the 2024
conference. Extended abstracts must be uploaded as a single
file to the AEJMC All­Academic site no later than 11:59 P.M.
(Central Daylight Time) on Monday, April 1, 2024. Authors
whose extended abstracts are selected for presentation at the
conference should submit their full paper, with all identifying
author information, to the All­Academic site by 11:59 p.m. CDT,
July 15, 2024.
Extended abstracts will not be eligible for division or
AEJMC conference­wide awards to preserve the value of fully
developed research papers. The length of extended abstracts
must be at least 750 words but no more than 1,500 words. A
75­word (max.) summary of the abstract should precede the
abstract itself. References and summaries are excluded from
the word count.
Extended abstracts should contain all of the same content
sections/elements that would typically be used in a paper submission.
The main difference, however, is the length of the submission
format. For authors considering the extended abstract
option, data collection and analysis must be at least 75% complete
to report tentative findings and conclusions meaningfully.
Authors should report how far along the data collection and
analysis phases are, respectively, and explain what steps remain
and the anticipated value/contribution of these steps so that
reviewers can assess the foundations on which conclusions are
based. Extended abstracts will be reviewed and scored using
evaluation criteria specific to the abstracts and not the same as
those used for full papers.
When submitting in this format, authors must select the
“Extended Abstract” option in AllAcademic AND include the
words “Extended Abstract” at the start of their paper title (e.g.,
“Extended Abstract: [Your paper title]”). Authors should indicate
the same on the title page of their submission. Submissions
that are not appropriately labeled may be rejected.
REVIEW PROCESS: All submissions will undergo a blind review
process by independent reviewers. Papers are accepted
on the understanding that they have not been previously pub­

lished or presented elsewhere (except for AEJMC regional conferences,
e.g., AEJMC Midwinter Conference or the Southeast
Colloquium) and are not under consideration by any scholarly
journal or trade organization. In addition, authors must wait
until receiving AEJMC paper reviews in May before submitting
to a journal or other publication. Only one paper per the first
author will be accepted.
Useful links to edit and remove self­identifying data from
documents:
• https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/pdf­propertiesmetadata.html
• https://support.office.com/en­us/article/remove­hiddendata­and­personal­information­by­inspecting­documentspresentations­or­workbooks­356b7b5d­77af­44fe­a07f­9aa
4d085966f
Questions regarding submission should be directed to the
CSGE Research Chair Nisha Sridharan (nishas@asu.edu). Authors
will be advised whether their paper has been accepted by
May 20 and may access a copy of reviewers’ comments from
the online server.
THE GRADUATE RESEARCH SHOWCASE: Every DIG will provide
the CSGE with two of their top graduate student papers
(outside of their award­winning papers) to feature in the CSGE
Research Showcase this year. Graduate students accepted to
this showcase are accepted dually by both the DIG and the
CSGE, and their CV can reflect their acceptance. The Graduate
Research Showcase is a poster session. Authors will be notified
of their acceptance into the Graduate Research Showcase by
May 20 and may access a copy of reviewers’ comments from
the online server.
Commission on the Status of Minorities
The purpose of the Commission on the Status of Minorities
is to advocate for the improvement of the status of minorities
in journalism and mass communication education, in the various
professions of journalism and mass communication, and
within Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
(AEJMC). We define minorities as members of historically
marginalized and/or underrepresented groups. In this
inaugural research competition for the Commission, we seek to
advance scholars who research minorities yet need additional
publication mentorship. We invite extended abstracts of original
research on two topics that reflect the commission’s mission:
(1) advocating for and communicating social issues and (2)
intersectionality and/or the theoretical and practical evolution
of the term.
Research in these two areas might include but are not limited
to the news industry’s coverage of anti­transgender and
anti­DEI legislation; Covid­19 and mis/disinformation on
members of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)
communities, the evolution of the term “intersectionality” in
journals and trade publications; and media representations of
racial diversity and current sociopolitical issues. The Commission
also welcomes papers on teaching or pedagogy related to
communicating social issues and intersectionality.
Papers should include appropriate introductions, literature
reviews, methodologies, findings and discussions. Only one
paper per primary (first) author will be sent out for review.
AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 45
Papers must only be submitted to one interest group, commission
or division.
The selected extended abstracts on communicating social
issues will be presented in scholar­to­scholar format. The selected
extended abstracts on intersectionality will be presented
in poster form.
Extended Abstract Papers: To help scholars gain research
momentum and receive feedback on their work in progress, we
are only accepting extended abstracts for the 2024 conference.
Extended abstracts should contain all the same content sections
and elements that would normally be used in the full
paper, including the study’s purpose, literature review, research
questions and/or hypotheses, method, findings and discussion/conclusion.
The main difference, however, is the length of
the submission and its completeness. These extended abstracts
must include citations and a reference list. The reference list
and the abstract/summary are not included in the word count.
Data collection and analysis should be at least 50% complete
to meaningfully report tentative findings and conclusions.
Authors should clearly report in the method and findings sections
how far along the data­collection and data­analysis
phases are, and explain what steps remain, so that reviewers
can assess the foundations on which conclusions are based.
Unlike most AEJMC division calls for extended abstracts, authors
whose work­in­progress are selected for presentation at
the conference do NOT have to submit a full paper by mid­July
but should be ready to indicate some progress made since the
April 1, 2024, deadline submission. We will be offering feedback
to all submissions. The goal is to create a cohort of researchers,
enabling them to have a like­minded community and
to find a clearer path to publication.
Formatting: The extended abstracts must be at least 750
words long, but no more than 1,500 words, excluding any references,
tables, or figures. They must include a reference list. The
reference list and summary are not included in the word count.
Authors must include the words “Extended Abstract” at the
start of their paper title (e.g., “Extended Abstract: [Your paper
title]”). Authors should clearly indicate the same on the title
page of their submission.
Extended abstracts should follow the most recent Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association, have 1­
inch margins, and use 12­point Times New Roman font. The
extended abstract must include an abstract/summary of no
more than 75 words. The title should be on the first page, with
page numbers and running heads on each page of text. All
papers must be submitted in PDF format through the AEJMC’s
ALL ACADEMIC website to the Commission of the Status of Minorities.
The Communicating Social Issues call has two research
competitions. One is for faculty only, which also includes abstracts
co­authored by faculty and post­docs, and those co­authored
with graduate and undergraduate students. The other
competition is students only, in which ALL the co­authors are
currently enrolled students. Student papers should include a
separate cover sheet that indicates their student status (i.e.,
Ph.D. student, M.A./M.S. student/undergraduate student) but
omits the author’s name.
Continued on page 46

PAGE 46 | AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024
The Intersectionality Poster Call is open to faculty and students.
However, each submission must clearly be identified as
“faculty” (even with student co­authors) or “student” (no faculty
or post­doc co­authors). These extended abstracts will be
presented in poster form.
At least one co­author should be present in person to be
included in the conference program.
Self­Identifying Information: Author­identifying information
must NOT appear anywhere in the attached paper file.
Authors are reminded to check their manuscript for self­identifying
information of any kind, including following a particular
style­guide’s directions on matters of self­citation. Identifying
information includes the authors’ names and affiliations, previous
work by the authors referenced in a way that makes it
possible to identify who the author(s) is/are, and links to authors’
websites, emails or social media accounts. Please reference
the AEJMC Uniform Paper Call for information about how
to ensure this information is removed to ensure a blind review.
Check the properties tab of your file and eliminate any authoridentifying
information before submitting the paper (including
if you saved a Word file as a PDF file; check the properties of
the PDF file as well and eliminate author­identifying information
in the PDF’s properties tab, too). After the deadline, as
per the uniform call, papers with identifying information will be
automatically disqualified.
Questions? Please contact the CSMN Vice Head, Mia Moody­
Ramirez, Ph.D., at mia_moody@baylor.edu or Head, Kathleen
McElroy, Ph.D., at kathleen.mcelroy@austin.utexas.edu.
Commission on the Status of Women
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSWM) invites
students and faculty to submit original research for competitive
paper sessions that discuss gender representation, identity, or
performativity in the context of journalism, media, and communication.
The Commission invites projects that use a variety
of methodological approaches, including but not limited to critical,
empirical, ethnographic, historical, legal, and semiotic
analyses. It is expected that papers will employ feminist theoretical
frameworks or will be grounded in the extant literature
on issues of gender equality and intersectionality. The Commission
encourages research that shows awareness of how gender
intersects with class, race, disability, sexual orientation, and
other sociocultural markers.
Past papers presented to the CSWM have explored topics
such as representations of girls and women in the news; the
role of gender in newsrooms or classrooms; effects of media on
women and girls; feminist approaches to teaching and communication;
girls’ and women’s use of/production of media;
gender equality in the profession or the academy; how gender
influences or matters in health, risk, and crisis public relations
campaigns, etc. However, the CSWM is open to papers that address
issues beyond the scope of these traditional topics and
are grounded in recent developments in feminist and genderrelated
scholarship.
The suggested paper length is 25 pages (double­spaced,
12­point type), excluding tables, references, figures, or illustrations.
We especially encourage submissions by graduate students.
Awards will be given to the top faculty­student paper,
the top student paper, the top faculty paper, and the top paper
submitted by an undergraduate student (with or without their
advisor). The authors of the top papers will be recognized in
the conference program and at the CSWM business meeting at
the conference. This paper call is part of the overall AEJMC call
for research papers; all submissions must adhere to the general
guidelines put forth by AEJMC. Please consult the AEJMC 2024
Paper Competition Uniform Call for information about paper
formatting, submission deadline, and other requirements.
Please note that papers containing any identifying author information
will be disqualified. Authors are encouraged to take
every precaution to ensure that their self­citations (if any) do
not reveal their identity. Please forward any questions or
queries to the CSWM Research Co­chairs: Nagwan Zahry (nagwan­zahry@utc.edu)
or Cara Hawkins­Jedlicka (c.hawkins­jedlicka@wsu.edu).
2024 Burd Research Award Winner
Gyo Hyun Koo of Howard University is the
2024 recipient of AEJMC’s $2,500 Gene
Burd Award for Research in Urban Journalism
Studies. Her research project is
titled “Promoting Inclusive Narratives:
Enhancing Community­Driven Journalism
in Reporting Urban Youth Crime.”
The purpose of the Burd research grant, now in its sixth
year, is “to stimulate research that explains, enlightens,
inspires, and improves the practice and study of journalism
and communication, in order to advance our understanding
of journalism in urban environments.” The
award, which honors Gene Burd, professor emeritus of
Journalism at the University of Texas and a pioneer in
urban journalism studies, is jointly sponsored by AEJMC
and the Urban Communication Foundation (UCF).
Koo will investigate urban crime reporting in Washington,
D.C., using a 2x3x2 experimental design to test the
effects of a solutions­oriented narrative and prognostic
framing. In her research Koo hopes to “promote community­based
news reporting as a means to tackle
urban youth crime, reduce fear and anger among news
audiences, and motivate public involvement in addressing
the fundamental causes of these crimes.” Koo will
present her preliminary findings and analysis during the
session sponsored by the Urban Communication Foundation
at next summer’s AEJMC conference in Philadelphia.
For the grant’s seventh year, research proposals will be
due on or before Oct. 28, 2024. The grantee, who will
be selected in December 2024, will present preliminary
research results at the AEJMC conference in San Francisco
in August 2025.

AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2024 | PAGE 47
The 2024 Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement
in Diversity Research and Education
Nominations are due April 15, 2024
The Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and Education recognizes outstanding individual
accomplishment and leadership in diversity efforts for underrepresented groups by race and ethnicity in Journalism and
Mass Communication.
One of the prestigious honors within the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), the Barrow
Award for Distinguished Achievement is jointly supported by the Commission on the Status of Minorities (CSMN) and the
Minorities and Communication (MAC) Division.
The late Dr. Lionel (Lee) C. Barrow Jr. was a longtime AEJMC member who provided leadership and guidance during his many
years of service. In 1968, Dr. Barrow founded the Ad Hoc Committee on Minority Education to recruit, train and place minorities
in communications. In 1970, he founded and became the acting head of the Minorities and Communication Division. The Communication
Theory and Methodology Division renamed its diversity scholarship for him in 1997, the same year he received the
AEJMC Presidential Award for his contributions. In 2005, he was recognized with one of AEJMC’s highest honors, the Distinguished
Service Award, for his outstanding service in promoting diversity within the association and the discipline.
This award honors Dr. Barrow’s lasting impact and recognizes others who are making their mark in diversifying Journalism and
Mass Communication education. The Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award will be presented during the 2024 AEJMC annual conference in
Philadelphia.
Judging Criteria
Barrow finalists are judged by their outstanding contributions in two of the three following areas: (1) a sustained record over
time of publication on racial and ethnic minorities in journalism and mass communication; and/or (2) a sustained record over
time of contribution to teaching and service of racial and ethnic minorities in journalism and mass communication; and/or (3)
the publication of an impactful book on racial and ethnic minorities in journalism and mass communication.
Applicants do NOT have to wait to be nominated by an AEJMC member to apply but must include two letters of support from
AEJMC members in their packets.
Application Process
Application packets should contain the following:
1. Applicant’s personal statement of no more than 350 words describing the “big picture” of their research or of their teaching/service,
including personal philosophies and/or outcomes. A nomination based on an impactful book should briefly
share the story behind the book and how it came to be.
2. A three­page CV outlining specific information pertinent to the application.
3. Two letters of support from AEJMC members, with at least one explicitly naming the applicant’s specific area of contributions.
4. Additional materials, which might include (but are not limited to) abstracts of research findings; professional papers and
published articles (no more than five total); text of a speech delivered or prepared for delivery; course outlines, innovative
teaching tools or teaching evaluations; or other recognition pertaining to the applicant.
The entire application packet should be combined into one .pdf file and be no longer than 15 .pdf pages (including additional
materials). Applications exceeding this length will be disqualified.
Entries should be emailed to Dr. Maria De Moya, Head of the Minorities in Communication Division, at mdemoyat@utk.edu by
11:59 p.m. EDT by April 15. Please make sure to reference the Barrrow Award in your subject line.
Any questions about the awards can be directed to Dr. De Moya.

AEJMC News
234 Outlet Pointe Blvd.
Suite A
Columbia, SC 29210­5667
Non­Profit Organization
U.S. Postage Paid
Columbia, SC
Permit No. 198
Women Faculty Moving Forward: Freedom to Succeed
AEJMC Pre­Convention Workshop • Philadelphia, PA • Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Sponsored by the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women, the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for
the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University, and the AEJMC Council
of Affiliates, this 12th annual workshop, Women Faculty Moving Forward, is designed to help junior
women faculty members move forward in their careers through mentoring, networking, and preparing for
tenure and promotion and administration or other leadership positions. The program, which features senior
women professors and administrators, is designed for tenure­track women, but some exceptions may
be made. We are seeking a cohort for our pre­conference workshop on August 7, 2024, 1­5 p.m. at the AEJMC annual convention
in Philadelphia. Applicants must be AEJMC members.
Speakers, panelists, and roundtable leaders include senior scholars and administrators and amazing women colleagues who have
achieved significant leadership positions in their careers. Keynote speaker for the workshop is Teresa Mastin, interim dean of the
College of Communication Arts & Sciences at Michigan State University and president­elect of AEJMC. Panelists include Cory
Armstrong, associate dean of research, University of Nebraska­Lincoln; Louisa Ha, professor of research excellence, Bowling
Green State University; Amanda Hinnant, associate professor, University of Missouri; Meg Heckman, associate professor,
Northeastern University; and Marquita Smith, associate dean, University of Mississippi.
In addition to the training and networking at this workshop, participants, who will be designated Kopenhaver Center Fellows, will
be invited to take part in activities of both the CSW and the Kopenhaver Center during the year and receive communications and
invitations from both groups. They will also be invited to reunite with new and previous fellows in a networking session following
the workshop at each convention each year.
The deadline for applications is July 1, 2024. If you have any questions contact Lillian A. Abreu, at labreu@fiu.edu. See the 2024
Application Link: WFMF Application 2024 (https://form.jotform.com/233445283481155)