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CFP Case Studies Diverse Organizational Settings

Call for Case Study Chapters

“Cases in Organizational and Managerial Communication: Stretching Boundaries” (Routledge, 2016)

Edited by:
Jeremy P. Fyke, Marquette University
Jeralyn Faris, Purdue University
Patrice M. Buzzanell, Purdue University

About the Edited Volume:
Given the interest in engaged scholarship and more flexible and virtual forms within communication, and organizational communication in particular, cases in this volume will cross over different areas within our field and related disciplines. We encourage contributors to cover topics and populations that have been largely underresearched in organizational communication literature (e.g., Twitter, transnational organizations, faith-based organizations, blogging, cybervetting, women in the informal work sector in India), but that play an important role
in today’s global economy. Thus, contributions might delve into organizing structures, relationships, and visions for global not-for-profits, hybrid, creative industry, and entrepreneurial organizations. Cases can be more “positive” in orientation to display exemplars of organizations that have qualities to emulate. However, cases might also display “destructive” elements and processes (e.g., dysfunctional leadership, workplace bullying). Furthermore, the chapters in this volume could reflect an awareness of the necessity of intercultural communication competencies, emphasizing communication in multicultural contexts (e.g., China, India, Africa, Turkey). Overall, regardless of topic, we encourage submissions that explore intercultural/cross-cultural communication issues.

Possible Case Study Topics:
Identity(ies)/Identifications * Technology/Technological Processes * Cybervetting * Diversity/Difference * Engaged Scholarship * Social Change * Leadership * Global Labor Force/Labor Trends * Professionalism/Careerism * Volunteerism * Popular Culture * Career Lifecycles/Meanings of Work * Constructive/Destructive Processes * Social Networks

Submission Details:
To contribute, send a 1 page (~300 word) proposal that highlights the case study topic area by January 31, 2014. Potential authors will then be contacted by the end of February. The deadline for full case submissions is May 1, 2014.

Final cases should be between 2,500-3,000 words (10-12 double spaced pages total) and should be accompanied by discussion questions for students and suggested further readings. Additionally, contributors will be asked to provide a 150-word case synopsis that can be used for in-class exercises.

Jeremy Fyke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Communication Studies & Strategic Communication Diederich College of Communication, Marquette University

CFP JIIC special issue: Race

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR SPECIAL ISSUE ON RACE
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
GUEST EDITORS: DREAMA G. MOON AND MICHELLE A. HOLLING,
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN MARCOS

In 2001 in preparation for the first World Conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, planners noted that although the international community had made important advances in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance including formation of national and international laws and adoption of a treaty to ban racial discrimination, the dream of a world free of racial hatred and bias remains fully unrealized. They further declared that:

“racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, where they amount to racism and racial discrimination, constitute serious violations of and obstacles to the full enjoyment of all human rights and deny the self-evident truth that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, are an obstacle to friendly and peaceful relations among peoples and nations, and are among the root causes of many internal and international conflicts” (Durban Declaration).

Certainly systemic racism continues to haunt many societies around the world and as communication scholars, we believe that we are uniquely positioned to offer useful insights into the study of race, racial discrimination, nativism and xenophobia. For as Orbe and Allen (2008) note, communication plays a constitutive role in both perpetuating racism as well as opposing it.

For many in the United States, racism is a thing of the past. With the election of the U.S. first Black president, public discourse asserts that we are now in a post-racial moment where people are judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin. However, cursory review of events of this year offers a different picture. In the United States, observed is that after Miss New York, Syracuse native Nina Davuluri won the Miss America crown, Twitter lit up with comments claiming that she is an Arab, a foreigner, and a terrorist with ties to Al Queda; voting restrictions passed in North Carolina; police shootings of Black men by the hundreds most of whom were unarmed; the acquittal of George Zimmerman; defamation of peoples of color by public figures such as Paula Deen; the increasing militarization of the US-Mexico border, and the continuing denial that racism is a problem. Around the globe we noted anti-Korean rallies in Japan, violent attacks on Chinese students in France, confrontations between youths of Moroccan and Moluccan descent in The Netherlands, segregation of beaches from Asian and African use in Lebanon, and banana- and racist epithet-throwing at Cécile Kyenge, Italy’s first Black minister. Despite these events, and others too numerous to recite, claims that we have entered a post-racial era abound.

Given the urgency of these matters, we seek submissions that investigate or examine issues of race, racism, nativism and xenophobia that aim to intervene in the post-racism rhetoric and show the variety of ways that race continues to matter both in the United States and abroad. Throughout this issue, we treat race  as “one of the most powerful ideological and institutional factors for deciding how identities are categorized and power, material [and psychological] privileges, and resources distributed” (Giroux, 2003, p. 200). Thus, exploring the ways that race is deployed in social, political, legal or inter/national arenas, along with the communicative practices that maintain or contribute to manifestations of racism and xenophobia, has the potential to illuminate how race functions in a post-racism era. Broadly, we seek essays that advance extant studies about the ways race is communicated; attend to the micro- and/or macro-level aggressions that perpetuate racism; identify im/possibilities of racial(ized) subjects in a supposed post-racial society; reveal the machinations of xenophobia, domestically or internationally; examine the racialization of ethnic groups or communities; and/or critique instances of domination and resistance in an effort to encourage reconsideration of notions of human dignity or social justice. The contributions to be garnered from this special issue on race are to challenge the myth of post-racial societies, domestically or internationally, and to reaffirm the saliency of race within intercultural and international relations. Of interest are empirical manuscripts, including rhetorical analyses that work at the nexus of race and intercultural communication from a critical (broadly understood) perspective. Manuscripts from a range of interdisciplinary, theoretical or methodological perspectives are invited.

Submission information

Manuscripts are due by February 1, 2014. Manuscripts must be double-spaced throughout, prepared in accordance with APA 6th ed. and should not exceed 9000 words, inclusive of notes and reference matter. To facilitate the blind, peer review process, all identifying references to the author(s) should be removed. Manuscripts need to adhere to the instructions for authors for the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication and uploaded to ScholarOne Manuscripts. We ask that submitting author(s) indicate on the title page “for consideration in the special issue on race.” Direct inquiries regarding the special issue to both Dreama Moon and Michelle Holling.

CFP Comm Accommodation Theory

CALL FOR PAPERS:
“Communication Accommodation Theory: Innovative Contexts and Applications”

Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) – has spawned hundreds of studies (both qualitative and quantitative) across an array of diverse languages groups, cultures, applied settings, and communicative media.  The journal, Language and Communication, is encouraging a Special Issue devoted to recent theoretical and empirical developments in this arena, with a view to representing CAT work across diverse methodologies.  The Special Issue will be guest-edited by Howie Giles (University of California, Santa Barbara), Jessica Gasiorek (University of Hawaii, Manoa), and Jordan Soliz (University of Nebraska).  Please send initial letters of interest or intent (and later, 150-word abstracts) to Howie Giles.  The deadline for first drafts will be August 1, 2014.

CFP Case studies in health comm

CALL FOR CHAPTERS for 2nd EDITION
of CONTEMPORARY CASE STUDIES IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION

Editor Maria Brann (West Virginia University) is seeking case study chapters for the second edition of Contemporary Case Studies in Health Communication: Theoretical & Applied Approaches to be published by Kendall-Hunt. Like the first edition, the goal of this book is to provide scholars with an interactive pedagogical tool to showcase relevant and timely cases germane to health communication in a variety of contexts. Cases must present a clear narrative juxtaposing academic and lay writing styles of how the case has impacted (or could impact) someone’s life. Only the following topics will be considered to supplement existing cases:

1.       Technology and its impact on health and/or health care (e.g., telemedicine, eHealth, mHealth)
2.       Public health concerns with interpersonal effects (particularly interested in how policy [e.g., Affordable Care Act] and/or media influences health)
3.       Organizational health issues (e.g., interprofessional communication, ethics, training, hierarchies, culture, alternative approaches to care)
4.       Patient diversity (specifically related to religion, sex or gender, race, sexual orientation, age, or culture)

Chapter Guidelines:
1.       Provide a title page with contact information for all authors in a separate file to ensure masked review. You must also include which area listed above is examined.
2.       Provide a 11.5-16 page, double-spaced manuscript including a 150-200 word abstract, ~5 keywords/phrases, bibliography, and 5-6 discussion questions. Use APA 6th edition with the exception of dois. The preceding pagination range does NOT include the case’s conclusion or test questions, which will ONLY be available online.
3.       Provide a case conclusion that will be available to instructors online to share with students about the authors’ preferred conclusion after the class has had an opportunity to discuss alternative conclusions (this should wrap up the case and analyze the case based on the concepts discussed in the chapter). Additionally, this file should also contain 2 essay questions and 10 multiple choice questions (each featuring five choices, avoiding the use of “all of the above” options) following the conclusion.
4.       Please submit only one case per lead author.

Submission Procedures:
1.       E-mail three separate Word attachments (as detailed above) to editorial assistant Hannah Ball by no later than December 16, 2013.

If you have any questions about the case study book or chapter submission requirements, please contact editor Maria Brann or editorial assistant Hannah Ball.

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CFP IJIR Intercultural Comm Competence issue

The International Journal of Intercultural Relations is inviting abstracts for a special Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) issue, to be published in 2015. Research in ICC has developed significantly since the last special issue on this topic in IJIR, in 1989. The upcoming special issue will be a retrospective on 25 years of research in ICC as well as showcase of current research that will inform future directions. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to ICC are welcome. Topics may include (but not limited to) the following:

§  Theories/models of ICC, particularly those from cultural perspectives not well represented in the literature to date
§  Instruments and methodologies to measure ICC
§  Empirical studies of ICC in different contexts
§  Disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to ICC
§  Research-based methodologies and practices on developing ICC
§  Intercultural issues as they relate to ICC development such as identity, adaptation, empathy, relationship-building, conflict resolution, perspective taking
§  Literature reviews or meta-analysis of ICC

The abstract (500 – 600 words) should include a clear description of the proposed paper, relevant background, and description of methodology if applicable. If an abstract is selected, an invitation will be issued to submit a full manuscript. The manuscripts will then undergo the process of peer-review before the final selection is made.

Timeline for special issue:
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 16th December 2013

Invitations for submission of full manuscript will be sent out by: 27th January 2014

Deadline for submission of full manuscript: 14th April 2014

Publication of special issue: 2015

Please send abstracts and/or queries to the guest Editors of the special issue:
Dr Lily A. Arasaratnam
Dr Darla K. Deardorff

CFP Media, War & Conflict Journal

The Media, War and Conflict Journal is hoping to mark the 100 years since the start of World War 1 by publishing a themed issue of the journal in 2014.

We are particularly interested in offering an international perspective on the centenary and welcome contributions from beyond the UK and US and articles that reflect diverse national perspectives and topics related to World War 1.

Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

Mediations and re-mediations of World War 1
Remembering (and forgetting) World War 1 (including official and non-official commemoration, mnemonic outputs, mediated memory, visible and invisible war practices)
Historical and contemporary analysis of World War 1 (and relations to contemporary warfare) in, with and through media
World War 1 through contemporary security lenses (space-time connectivity, risk and resilience in the early Twentieth Century)
Political and military responses to World War 1 (then and now in, with and through media)
Representations and visualizations of World War 1 (verbal, visual, abstract knowledge, art, traditional media coverage, digital media, cultural artefacts)
Post war, reconciliation and community building related to World War 1
Ethical perspectives on representations and mediations of World War 1
Public responses to media representations of World War 1

Articles should be between 5,000 to 7,000 words. All articles should be accompanied by an abstract of 150 words and up to 6 keywords. The journal uses the Harvard system of referencing with the author’s name and date in the text, and a full reference list in alphabetical order at the end of the article. All submissions will be peer reviewed.

TO SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLE: Please use our online submission system to submit your article online.

Deadline for submissions: March 2014.

CFP Social Media in Asia

Call for Papers: Special issue on Social Media in Asia
International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies

The International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies (IJICST) seeks scholarly contributions for a special issue on Social Media in Asia from researchers in the fields of social media and related areas.

The unprecedented growth of social media in the world, particularly in Asia, has become a phenomenon that requires in-depth analysis and evaluation. The purpose of this special issue is to publish state-of-the-field works in the scholarly investigation of the transformative impact of a variety of social media platforms and technologies on communications and cultures in Asia.

The special issue will be published in summer 2014, and the deadline of submission for consideration is January 20, 2014.

Guest Editors:
Zixue Tai, School of Journalism and Telecommunications, University of Kentucky
Deborah S. Chung, School of Journalism and Telecommunications, University of Kentucky
Yonghua Zhang, Department of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai University

IJICST is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal focused on a broad spectrum of issues pertaining to existing and emerging Internet-based social interaction technologies.

Please forward your questions and submissions to Zixue Tai.

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CFP Chinese philosophy and communication

Call for Submissions
A Special Issue of China Media Research
Theme: Chinese Philosophy and Human Communication

This special issue (CMR-2014-04) invites scholars from across disciplines to examine the relationship between Chinese philosophy and human communication. Papers dealing with communication from the perspective of Chinese philosophy, including the application of the thoughts of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and other schools to the levels of interpersonal, group/organizational, intercultural/international, media/mass communication, rhetorical, political, and sociolinguistic, etc., are invited. Submissions must not have been previously published nor be under consideration by another publication. We’ll accept the extended abstract (up to 1,000 words) of the paper at the first stage of the reviewing process.

Please email Word attachment of the extended abstract to the guest editors, Dr. Guo-Ming Chen and Dr. Xiaosui Xiao. All extended abstracts must be received by November 10, 2013. The complete manuscript must be received by April 25, 2014 after the extended abstract is accepted. Accepted manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with APA style and should not exceed 8,500 words (including references). Please visit China Media Research for more information about this quarterly journal. For inquiry, please contact Dr. Guo-Ming Chen.

CFP Intercultural Comm for Evolving Global Order

Call for book chapters
Intercultural Communication for an Evolving Global Order: A Reader
to be Published by Cognella, San Diego, CA, USA

Editor:
Wenshan Jia, Ph. D., Professor of Intercultural/Global Communication, Chapman University, Orange CA 92866 USA

Teachers/scholars of intercultural communication are all invited to submit competitive research or theoretical position chapters to be considered for inclusion in the textbook Intercultural Communication for an Evolving Global Order: A Reader (working title) to be published by Cognella, San Diego, California, USA by July 1, 2014. While any topic of intercultural communication in a global context is welcomed, the focus of new developments of intercultural communication based on the evolving global dynamics and structure as well as the emerging global trends of the early 21st century such as the relationship between intercultural communication and global citizenship and the relationship between intercultural communication and new media is particularly welcomed. Preference is also given to solid chapter contributions addressing issues of intercultural communication between emerging economies such as the BRICS and the established economies such as the G8 as well as among the BRICS countries such as China and India, China and Russia, China and Brazil, China and South Africa and so on. Last but not least, submissions addressing applied topics of intercultural communication in such sectors such as the global corporate and organizational arena, global public diplomacy, global health and global environmental changes, and global creative industry and so on are encouraged.  A variety of research approaches such as the qualitative, quantitative, and critical are accepted. The targeted readership consists of undergraduate and graduate students, interested professionals, and the general public.

Guidelines for Submission:
All submissions must conform to the latest APA style standards. Use Times New Roman, 12-font size, and single-space. A proposal of around 600 words is due along with a biography of 100 words and a list of intercultural communication or related courses by October 31, 2013. Tentative selections based on the proposals are made on the basis of originality, quality and fit. The full manuscript of 5000 to 7000 words is due on February 31, 2014. Formal selections for inclusion in the textbook are made on the basis of originality, quality, and fit.  Recommendations of already published articles fitting the theme of the book are also welcomed. Send all submissions electronically with the E-mail subject title “IC for the Evolving Global Order Submission” to:  Wenshan Jia with a copy also sent here. If you have any questions, please contact:

Wenshan Jia, Ph. D., Professor/IAIR Intercultural Fellow
Department of Communication Studies Doti Hall 214
Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange CA 92866 USA

NCA at 100 Microhistories

Call for Papers
NCA at 100: The Microhistories
A Special Issue of Review of Communication

Review of Communication invites essays for a special issue on “NCA at 100: The Microhistories.” With thousands of members, over a century of history, over 40 interest groups, six caucuses, seven sections, and numerous regional, state, local, and affiliated associations, the National Communication Association holds countless stories of founding, revolution, growth, and transformation.

We invite essays of roughly 5,000 words that deploy the histories of specific sub-fields, interest groups, caucuses, persons, theories, and associations to engage questions relevant to the present and future of communication studies. Essays for this volume should not only provide us a history of its subject, but use that history as an opportunity to explore larger questions of communication, pedagogy, and/or scholarship. While authors should not feel compelled to follow a formal method of microhistory, they should keep in mind that such studies do take up the task of relating local narratives to larger-scale phenomena. Manuscripts that do not make a larger connection or contribution will not be considered for publication.

To receive full consideration for this special issue, essays must be received by March 1, 2014. All submissions and correspondences are handled electronically through the ScholarOne Manuscript system. Please clearly indicate that your submission is for the special issue on NCA at 100 in the “Cover Letter” section of the electronic submission process. Inquiries to the editor are welcome.

To facilitate review, manuscripts should be free of any material identifying the author(s) or their affiliation(s). Before submission, authors should be sure their manuscripts are double-spaced throughout and are saved in a standard word processor format (.doc, .docx, or .rtf). Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not be previously published or under review for publication elsewhere, and before publication, authors must ensure their accepted manuscripts conform to the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. Authors are responsible for acquiring any permissions for the reproduction of texts, images, tables, illustrations, or other materials, as well as for providing camera-ready copies of tables, figures, and images. For further information on permissions, please see here.