Media Ethics Division
From ethical issues facing journalists to questions in entertainment, public relations and advertising, the Media Ethics Division seeks a diverse range of faculty and graduate student paper submissions related to ethics. The Division encourages submissions of all media-ethics research, regardless of methodological approach. We encourage submissions that use surveys, experiments, interviews, or other data-collection methods as well as submissions that use a rhetorical or theory-building essay style. Submissions may use a variety of theoretical approaches, relying on normative or descriptive theory, using communication, philosophy, sociological, psychological or other theoretical approaches. The division is sponsoring a special call in addition to our regular call and our graduate student award.
All papers must be no more than 25-pages long (excluding bibliography and appendices) and must otherwise conform to the rules outlined in the AEJMC Uniform Call for Papers. Submitting a paper to the MED implies that the author (or one of the authors) intends to present the paper in person or will make arrangements for the paper to be presented by a colleague familiar with the work.
The Division offers recognition in a number of areas. Except for the Burnett award, all competitions are open to both faculty and students. All submissions will be evaluated in the general paper competition. Authors wishing to be considered for the special competitions described below should only submit their paper once.
In addition to supporting the Carol Burnett award winners, MED will offer small travel stipends for the top student submissions.
Special Call For Entertainment Ethics: In addition to our regular call, the Media Ethics Division is sponsoring a special call for papers related to entertainment ethics. Papers may consider entertainment ethics related to film, social networking, music, television, video games, books, comics, or other areas of entertainment media. Papers may use a variety of methodological approaches such as quantitative, qualitative, rhetorical, etc.
Special call papers must be marked “Special Call” on the title page (and ONLY on the title page).
Carol Burnett Award for Graduate Students: All graduate students who submit papers to the Media Ethics Division are encouraged to enter their paper in the Carol Burnett Award competition. The Media Ethics Division teams with the University of Hawaii and the Carol Burnett Fund for Responsible Journalism to sponsor this special paper competition for graduate students. Students are invited to submit papers on any topic related to media ethics: public relations, entertainment, journalism, advertising, etc.
The winning paper will receive the Carol Burnett/University of Hawaii/AEJMC Prize, which includes a $350 cash award. The runner-up will receive a $150 cash award. Authors for the top two submissions will receive a small travel assistance stipend and will be invited to present their papers at the 2013 conference in Washington D.C. The winner will be invited to accept his or her prize at the KTA Awards Luncheon at the conference.
Burnett competition papers must be marked “Burnett Competition” on the title page (and ONLY the title page).
Professional Relevance Award: Special recognition will be given to the paper that is judged to be the most relevant to working professionals. The recipient will be selected from the general paper competition.
Top Faculty Paper: Special recognition will be given to the faculty paper judged to be the best paper submitted among faculty authors. The recipient will be selected from the general paper competition.
All questions should be directed to the research chair Jenn Burleson Mackay, Virginia Tech, email: , phone 540-231-1663.
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