Call for Papers
Public Relations Division
Submitters should carefully review the specific details and directions for the Public Relations Division as well as the general requirements contained in the AEJMC Uniform Paper Call.
Categories/Limitations
Theses, dissertations and works previously presented, published or under consideration for publication or presentation, or papers submitted to another AEJMC division, are not eligible. A paper may be submitted for one of the three PRD categories: 1) Student, 2) Teaching and 3) Open.
No more than two papers may be submitted by any one author or co-author across the three PRD categories. If it is found that one person is author and/or co-author of more than two submissions, all of the submissions will be disqualified. It should also be noted again that a paper may not be submitted to more than one division.
Student Category
The PRD Student Paper Competition is sponsored by the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, and provides cash awards to the top three student papers ($300 for the first place paper, $200 for the second, $100 for the third).
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.
Student papers must be authored or co-authored by students ONLY (no faculty co-authors), and all student papers must have the word "STUDENT" on the title page and in the running head. Identifying information must not appear anywhere in the attached paper file.
Teaching Category
Teaching papers should test, refine or expand principles or practices associated with public relations pedagogy. All submissions should represent research completed by the conference submission deadline, not research proposals or reports on research in progress. Beginning at the 2011 AEJMC Convention in St. Louis, $300, $200 and $100 will be awarded to the authors of the first, second and third-place teaching papers. For more information about the new Wilcox Awards, read our Spring 2011 newsletter.
Open Category
Beginning at the 2011 AEJMC Convention in St. Louis, $300, $200 and $100 will be awarded to the authors of the top papers in the PRD open category. For more information about the new Wilcox Awards, read our Spring 2011 newsletter.
Submissions Deadline/Procedures
A paper cannot exceed 30 pages inclusive of appendices and references/citations; no exceptions. All authors and co-authors, their institutional affiliations and contact information must be included WHEN REGISTERING on the online system. If there are three co-authors, for example, information about all three must be included in the registration. Co-authors cannot be added after a paper has been reviewed; no exceptions.
Reminder: Student papers must be authored or co-authored by students ONLY (no faculty co-authors), and all student papers must have the word "STUDENT" on the title page and in the running head. Identifying information must not appear anywhere in the attached paper file.
NEW FOR 2011 CONFERENCE
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.
Presentation Requirements
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 one-year 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.
QUESTIONS may be directed to the Research Co-Chairs, Denise S. Bortree, Penn State at dsb177@psu.edu, or Richard D. Waters, North Carolina State at rdwaters@ncsu.edu.