Minorities and Communication Division
The Minorities and Communication Division invites submissions of original research on any topic related to minorities in communication.
Submissions employing any generally regarded scholarly method of inquiry are invited. Papers should include appropriate literature reviews, methodology, findings and discussion. Only one paper per primary author will be accepted.
The term “minorities” has been defined to include Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. Therefore, papers examining how these groups present images, news and/or other information about themselves, as well as those examining how issues and/or perspectives related to race/ethnicity and diversity are featured in mainstream or other specialized media, would generally fall into this division’s area of interest.
Papers should not be more than 25-pages, excluding references, tables, figures, and other graphics. If it is not historical research, APA reference style is preferred.
Student and faculty research will go through separate competitions. Students must identify their papers as such (“Student Paper”) on the title page of their submission. All sole- or co-authors of these papers must be students; papers co-authored by students and faculty should be submitted to the Faculty Research Paper competition. If these rules are not follow-ed, papers are subject to disqualification.
The MAC Division is sponsoring two “Award Winning Paper” competitions at this year’s conference: Top faculty and the Alan Bussel Award for Top Student Paper. The “top” three faculty papers and the “top” student paper will be selected from among the refereed papers submitted to the MAC Division’s competitions. A first-place winner in the “top” faculty paper competition will receive $200. The second-place winner will receive $100 and the third-place winner $75. The student winner will receive a complimentary ticket for the MAC luncheon during this year’s conference, free AEJMC Convention registration and $100.
Certificates will be awarded to each of the winners, whose prizes are furnished by a grant from Indiana Wesleyan University. In addition, the other outstanding student papers will have the opportunity to participate in a scholar-to-scholar session.
Faculty Competition Contact: Kyle Huckins, Faculty Research Chair, Indiana Wesleyan University. Phone: 765-677-1947. Email: ; Student Competition Contact: Masudul Biswas, Student Research Chair, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Phone: 717-477-1517. Email: .
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