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Minutes of Business Meeting
Mass Communication & Society Division, AEJMC
August 12, 2011
St. louis, mO
Chair Francesca Carpentier called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Friday, August 12, 2011.
Opening remarks by Francesca discussed how we are the second largest division at AEJMC. Have lost membership but AEJMC has lost membership overall. Also, we may have lost some members to two new interest groups: sports and political communication.
1. Announcements from Division Head, Carpentier:
Division budget is very strong and we are seeking the following changes:
a) Reduce grad student membership rate from $14 to $10.
b) Create a new Dissertation Grant of $3000.
c) Increase the $5000 Research Award to $10,000.
d) Raise the awards for student paper competitions.
e) Add a $5000 expense budget for the journal editor. Plus $7000 support for grad assistant.
f) Buy up to 150 additional journal pages per year.
The MC&S Division is looking to spend about $22,000 but have more money available in the surplus (expenditures will not cripple division).
2. Voting on New Business:
a) Decrease the graduate student rate.
Rate would drop from $14 to $10.
Diana Martinelli made motion and Stephen Perry seconded. Motion passed.
b) Top Dissertation Award of $3000.
Submission would include a 10- page summary of dissertation. Must submit letter of support from the dissertation chair. Winners must submit to MC&S within 2 yrs (journal has first right of refusal). Winners recieve half of award given upfront, half upon submission. Need to form a committee to review proposals. Vincent Cicchirillo volunteered to serve on dissertation awards committee.
Stephen Perry made motion and Diana Martinelli seconded. Motion passed.
c) Raising amount of MC&S research award to $10,000.
Proposed change to bylaws (comes from journal budget).
Kevin Williams motioned and Jensen Moore seconded. Motion passed.
d) Raising the awards for student paper competitions.
Want amounts to match with open competitions.
Diane Martinelli motioned and Stephen Perry seconded. Motion passed.
e) Adding $5,000 to budget for journal editor.
Proposed changes to bylaws.
Jennifer Kowalewski motioned Vincent Cicchirillo seconded. Motion passed.
f) Add $7,000 to help support a graduate assistant.
Vote on permanent change next year to come from journal editor.
Vincent Cicchirillo motioned and Jennifer Kowalewski seconded. Motion passed.
g) Paying for up to 150 additional journal pages when needed (yearly).
Proposed bylaws addition comes from journal budget.
Jensen Moore motioned and Lisa Weidman seconded. Motion passed.
3. Final Thoughts from the Head:
How can we increase awareness of our offerings?
*63% of those surveyed did not know graduate students were eligible for research award.
*42% not know about Moeller.
*51% were unaware of the Promising professors awards for graduate students.
We can always use more nominations/submissions for all of our awards.
4. Voting on Possible locations for 2015 AEJMC Conference:
a) Desert Springs, CA (Palm Springs) - 3 votes cast
b) Las Vegas - 9 votes cast
c) San Diego - 0 votes cast
d) San Francisco - 11 votes cast
5. Research Report:
Overall, the research committee experienced a good year.
* 141 individual paper submissions (8% of AEJMC total).
*89 papers were programmed (60% acceptance rate).
*90 people volunteered to review papers.
6. MC&S Award Presentations:
Open Competition
1st: Hye-Jin Paek, Hyegyu Lee and Thomas Hove, Michigan State.
2nd: Brendan Watson and Daniel Riffe, North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
3rd: Ashley Anderson, Peter Ladwig, Dominque Brossard, Dietram Scheufele and Michael Xenos, Wisconsin-Madison.
Honorable Mention:
Maria Garcia, Missouri-Columbia, Guy J. Golan, Syracuse & Jeffrey Joe Pe-Aguirre, Central Arkansas.
Student Competition
1st: Jason Martin, Indiana.
2nd: Leticia Bode, Emily Vraga, Magda Konieczna, Michael Mirer, German Alwarz and Courtney
Johnson, Wisconsin-Madison.
3rd: Jennifer Hoewe, Pennsylvania State & Brian J. Bowe, Michigan State.
Honorable Mention:
Kathleen Kuehn, Pennsylvania State.
Moeller Competition
1st: S. Mo Jang, Michigan.
2nd: Jiyoung Chae, New York.
3rd: Jennifer Braddock, Florida.
Honorable Mention: JungHwan Yang, Nathan Hebert, Chia-chen Yang, MinWoo Kwon and Stephanie Hartwig, Wisconsin-Madison.
Research Award
1st: Homero Gil de Zúñiga and
Sebastian Valenzuela, University of Texas at Austin.
2nd: Sara Magee, Loyola University of Maryland & Jensen Moore, West Virginia University.
7. Teaching Report:
Very impressive year, with 4 of the 12 division sessions focus on teaching.
The Promising Professor award continues to recognize innovation and excellence in teaching. This year's winners were:
Faculty Category:
1st: Brad Lowe, Texas at Austin.
2nd: Porismita Borah, Maryville.
3rd: Marcus Messner, Virginia
Commonwealth.
Graduate Student Category:
1st: C. Temple Northrup, North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2nd: Michelle K. Dangiuro-Baker, Pennsylvania State.
3rd: Jay Hmielowski, Ohio State.
The Distinguished Educator is our highest honor for teaching excellence and mentorship.
This year's recipient is:
Diana K. Martinelli, West Virginia University.
8. Professional Freedom and Responsibility Report
Two of the 12 division sessions focus on PF&R. We made ties with Sports Communication and Religion groups.
As part of our conference activities, 31 people attended the Anheuser-Busch Talk & Tour.
This year's Edward Trayes Service Award recipient is:
Janet Bridges, Sam Houston State University.
9. Midwinter Conference Report:
At the 2010 Midwinter conference we had 25 research papers submitted. 17 papers accepted (68% acceptance rate), 15 were presented. Presenters were 10 doctoral students, 1 masters student and 11 professors.
10: Other highlights:
At this year's conference we had:
* Panel on the job hunt.
* PF&R panel.
* Teaching panel.
We had a paper or panel slated for every time slot. Attendance at each presentation ranged from 11 to 17 people. Two sessions had at least 17 people in attendance.
11. MC&S Journal Report:
In the last year we have had 216 submissions to journal. Our acceptance rate is 18.4 percent and we are publishing 6 issues per year.
The journal's new budget, $76,000, is higher than last year with $60,000 money up front with new contract ($250,000).
Our impact factor with ISI came in 20th out of 67 journals (1.085 impact factor).
We have a backlog for 1 year (25 articles) and we would like to get our backlog down to 6 months.
We are currently the top rated AEJMC journal.
12. Vice Head Report:
Announcement and voting on new officers (see last page of newsletter for new officer information).
We have created a committee on social media. We currently have a Facebook page and are in the process of creating a Twitter account (members of the social media committee are on the last page of the newsletter).
Diane Martinelli motioned and Brad Love second to accept the slate of new officers. Motion passed.
13. Discussions regarding new Editor-in-Chief for MC&S journal:
Ran Wei, who is currently associate editor of MC&S, is running for the position. Wei currently serves on five editorial boards, has been asked to review for 20 additional journals, and is an accomplished scholar in his own right.
During interview Ran Wei expressed the following goals for the journal:
a) Expand editorial board.
b) Publish more new media papers (eg., special issues).
c) Promote issue to others.
Stephen Perry gives him a ringing endorsement for editor of journal.
New editor begins officially in 2014. Backlog necessitates the new editor beginning to review as early as January 2012 so that the first issue in 2014 is filled by the new editor. Bylaws state this person would begin duties one year prior to appointment. Editor's term is 3 years, with the possibility of one additional consecutive term.
14. Tabled for futher discussion:
Masters thesis grant of at least $1500.
15. Goals for the 2011-2012 Year:
a) Continue open and active communication.
b) Establish funding opportunities for research.
c) Create funding opportunities for teaching and PF&R.
Meeting adorned at 8:29 p.m.
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