MLA and Popular Culture Association isn't really comparable though. Popular Culture Association accepts every single abstract, which is why it has lost a lot of credibility and became a joke of some sort (assessment heard from others, never been). MLA, on the other hand, is more selective and conducts a lot of interview sessions for the humanities division (not sure if Popular Culture has that angle, maybe it does). So there is a wide gap of difference between the two... MLA is perceived to be a more credible conference and if you want to get hired in the humanities field, you attend it. Not sure if that is the case with PCA. But I agree, AoIR probably got more streamlined and more accepted lately. On Dec 16, 2007 4:03 PM, Holly Kruse <holly-kruse@utulsa.edu> wrote:
... and academia is mocked ;-)
Isn't that always the case with these kinds of articles? Usually though it's either the MLA or the Popular Culture Association. Maybe this means AoIR has now really made it :-)
Holly
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