FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- June 19, 2007 Contact: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Executive Director Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research c/o Department of Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, Iowa Tel: (563) 387-1347 or (319) 268-1902 FAX: (563) 387-1132 email: mjohns@luther.edu Turner winner of 2007 James Carey Award IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Dr. Fred Turner, Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Communication at Stanford University, is the winner of the 2007 James W. Carey Media Research Award competition sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (www.cccsir.org). Turner’s award-winning entry was his recent book, “From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism” (University of Chicago Press, 2006). The Carey Award is presented annually from among nominated or submitted books or papers that have been presented or published in the previous year. To be worthy of the award, the work must be of highest quality and employ Carey’s theories to focus on communication and public life and the relationship between journalism and popular culture. The winning entry this year was chosen from an exceptionally strong field of works submitted by a long list of outstanding scholars. Dr. Turner’s book traces the transition of computer networks from cold war military equipment to instruments of social and communal interaction during the period from 1968 to 1998. He will receive the award plaque during a presentation at an upcoming national communication convention to be announced. The Couch Center established the annual Carey Award in 2004. The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research is a non-profit organization established to promote the scholarship of the late Carl J. Couch and his academic associates. Couch is recognized as the founder of The New Iowa School in sociological and communication inquiry, and was a pioneer in the qualitative research of information technologies. The Center provides networking opportunities for students and scholars who conduct social and Internet research, inspired by Couch's work. - 30 -