CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS James W. Carey Media Research Award Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org/ The Carl Couch Center invites self-nominations for works to be considered for its annual James W. Carey Media Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes works on topics that have been central to Carey's scholarship. Among others, submissions might focus on technology, time, space and communications, the nature of public life, the relation between journalism and popular culture. Applications will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Carey’s approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of six: Prof. Stuart Adam, Carleton University Prof. Theodore L. Glasser, Stanford University Prof. John Pauly, St. Louis University Prof. Jeff Pooley, Muhlenberg College Prof. Linda Steiner, Rutgers University Prof. Lance Strate, Fordham University Both single and multiple authored works will be accepted. All submissions must be works that have been published/presented or have been accepted for publication or presentation—that is, works that have been accepted for publication in a book or journal, or have been accepted for presentation at a competitive academic conference. To be considered for the 2006 award, works should be published or presented in 2004 or 2005. Those interested please submit a copy of their works electronically to Mark D. Johns, executive director of CCCSIR, at johnsmar@luther.edu in plain text, Microsoft Word, or Corel WordPerfect format. If the work submitted is a paper, a 100-word abstract needs to be included. Paper length is limited to 30 pages plus references. If a book is submitted, a copy of the table of contents and one chapter are sufficient. The application deadline is April 1, 2006. 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 2006 annual convention of the International Communication Association (ICA), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), or National Communication Association (NCA). Questions and comments about the Carey Award, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: johnsmar@luther.edu OR Shing-Ling S. Chen Dept. of Communication Studies Univ. of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614 Tel: (319) 273-6021 E-mail: chen@cccsir.org