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Submitted by Greg Dickinson, Selection Committee Chair Janice Anderson is the 2013 WSCA Distinguished Service Award What characteristics distinguish this year’s recipient? It seems like Dr. Anderson has done just about everything a member of our discipline could do. She is and accomplished and field defining scholar, having published30 journal essays and book chapters engaging […]
Submitted by Teresa Bergman For serving as a powerful inspiration to both her students and her colleagues, Dr. Stacey Sowards received the 2013 WSCA Distinguished Teaching Award. I would also like to express my gratitude to the members of the Distinguished Teaching Award Committee—Heather Canary, Belle Edson, Michelle Hammers and Mary McPherson—for their careful and […]
submitted by Amy Pason Nevada prides itself for promoting individual freedom and liberty—and this WSCA is no exception! We encourage all participants to “choose their own adventure” and see all the fantastic events and sites Reno has to offer while you are here. Our local host staff will have plenty of information on hand to […]
submitted by Amy Pason For those that might like their conference adventures closer to (conference hotel) home, we couldn’t be in a better location. The Nugget is located off of Victorian Square in downtown Sparks—so a new adventure awaits you just steps from the convention site. You can see for yourself the many restaurants and […]
A pre-conference, held in association with the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association (WSCA), at the Golden Nugget Hotel, in Reno, Nevada, February 16, 2013. Relations between the U.S. and China will play a significant role in shaping the twenty-first century. Standing as the world’s two largest economies, marshaling the world’s two largest […]
Submitted by Brian L. Ott, WSCA President-Elect With 3 workshops, 144 panels, and nearly 650 scheduled participants, the WSCA Convention in Reno, Nevada is shaping up to be one of the Association’s largest in the past decade. The convention also features a pre-conference on US-China Communication that—building upon the conference theme of “Going Global: Communication […]
submitted by Gwen Hullman and Amy Pason, Local Hosts – The classic cars have started to cruise into town for Hot August Nights, so as hot rod engines rev and hot rod enthusiasts sock hop their way into the night, I am reminded the submission deadline for WSCA 2013 is less than a month away! […]
In 1962, Marshal McLuhan popularized the concept of the “global village,” which predicted that the ongoing development and spread of electric communication technologies would lead to an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world. Fifty years later, we find ourselves immersed in a global networked environment much like the one McLuhan envisioned. The transition to this new […]
Competitive Papers and Program Proposals for the MEDIA STUDIES INTEREST GROUP Please submit competitive papers and program proposals electronically to: Dr. David Scott Diffrient Program Planner, MSIG Department of Communication Studies 1783 Campus Delivery Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 80523-1783 Email: scott.diffrient@colostate.edu I. Competitive Papers (deadline: received by 9/1/12) — Submit to interest group […]
April 17, 2013 by MJ
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