CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS James W. Carey Media Research Award 2016 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center invites nominations or self‑nominations for works to be considered for its annual James W. Carey Media Research Award. Welcome are works on topics that were central to Carey's scholarship. Submissions might focus on technology, time, space and communication, the nature of public life, the relation between journalism and popular culture ‑‑ among others ‑‑ taking these themes in new or different directions. Applications will be evaluated based on engagement with Carey's approaches and concepts, originality, and advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of: Prof. Stuart Adam, Carleton University Prof. John Pauly, Marquette University Prof. Jeff Pooley, Muhlenberg College Prof. Linda Steiner, University of Maryland Both single and multiple authored works will be accepted. All submissions must be works that have been published or have been accepted for publication in a book or journal. To be considered for the 2016 award, works should have been published or accepted in 2015. Submitted works should be sent to Mark D. Johns, executive director of CCCSIR at the address below, according to the following directions: Works may be submitted electronically in plain text, Microsoft Word or PDF format. If a book is submitted, please send a copy of the table of contents and front matter electronically, along with a brief author statement (500 words maximum) describing how the book relates to Carey's thought. Then ask your publisher to furnish six (5) review copies for consideration by the committee. The application deadline is April 1, 2016. Notification of award application will be sent out by June 15. The Award winner will receive the Carey Award plaque to be presented at the winner's choice of the 2016 annual convention of the International Communication Association (ICA), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), or National Communication Association (NCA). For questions and comments about the Carey Award, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 USA E‑mail: mjohns@luther.edu