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                     InterCom: A newsletter of the
             Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
                       Volume 12(1) January 1998

13 items in this issue:

  1.  Rend Lake Col., Howard U., and Gurukul Lutheran join CIOS
      affiliates program

  2.  New Forums, Web Site Changes, and Updates

  3.  New Web Forum Solicits Input for NCA Technology Task Force
      Report

  4.  Central States Communication Association Launches Web Site

  5.  NAU Hosts Conference on Web Based Education

  6.  Conference in Amsterdam on Black American Rhetoric

  7.  Journalism History Doctoral Dissertation Award

  8.  Recently:  New positions and hotline activity

  9.  From the literature: How explicit should you be in argument?

 10.  From the literature: French language policy and the media

 11.  Spotlight:  Table of contents for current issue of Press
      Politics

 12.  Spotlight:  Table of contents for current issue of the
      Nordicom Review

 13.  How to cancel one or more CIOS/Comserve hotline subscriptions /
      How to cancel your subscription to InterCom

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             CIOS/Comserve Institutional Affiliates Program
                  Welcomes New Supporting Institutions

    The Communication Institute for Online Scholarship welcomes Rend
Lake College, Howard University, and Gurukul Lutheran Theological
College and Research Institute to those institutions contributing
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          CIOS Adds Web Forums and Other Web Site Enhancements

    The CIOS added some new features and capabilities to the web site
over the winter holiday period.

    * Users with browsers capable of working with javascript will
      notice that all CIOS documents now sport a pull down
      navigation menu at the top of each page.  Hopefully this
      will make it easier to find your way through the approximately
      10,000 documents contained on the web site.

    * The events calendar and current periodicals displays are now
      being maintained by Celeste Slovacek who is also functioning as
      liaison for publishers and presses.

    * As an experiment, a new web forum system has been added.  You
      can enter the forum by selecting the "ComForums" item in the
      "Research and Conferencing Services" section of the home
      page.  The forums are open to all.  To contribute to a forum,
      press the "POST" button and you can then type your contribution
      into a form. Once you submit the form, your contribution will
      appear in the forum chronologically.

    * The CIOS home page now presents a changing menu of news and
      information from the communication field at the top.  Clicking
      on an item will display its contents in a separate window,
      provided your browser supports javascript.


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                   New Web Forum Solicits Your Input
                  for NCA Technology Task Force Report

    Last summer the National Communication Association appointed a task
force to study the implications of new computer technologies for the
future of the discipline.  The task force was subdivided into teams
charged to assess different aspects of the issue.  One team --
consisting of Sally Jackson, Jim McCroskey, David Siebold, and Tim
Stephen -- has been asked to assess institutional, administrative, and
career implications and hopes to advance that goal using one of the new
CIOS web forums (see above).

    The task force would like to hear from those studying and working in
the communication field who are using new technologies in their research
and teaching.  Please use the forum to relate your ideas and
experiences.  Have you used computer technologies or CMC in your
professional activities?  How has this been handled by your institution?
Were you able to claim career credit for electronic scholarship (e.g.,
publishing in electronic journals, building web sites, etc.)?  Does your
institution have a policy on faculty evaluation for electronic
scholarship?  Would you like the NCA to promote a particular position
with respect to electronic scholarship?  What activities constitute
electronic scholarship?  How should electronic scholarship be evaluated?

    To contribute to the forum, select the "ComForums" item in the
"Research and Conferencing Services" section of the home page.  From the
next menu, select the "Institutional, administrative, and career issues
in electronic scholarship" item.  To contribute to the forum, press the
"POST" button.  You can then type your contribution into a form.  When
you submit the form, your comment will be appended to the forum where it
will appear in chronological sequence.

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       Central States Communication Association Launches Web Site
              Submitted by: Lawrence Frey 

    The Central States Communication Association (CSCA) is pleased to
announce the CSCA Web page (http://www.csca-net.org), administered by
Lyle Flint, Ball State University.  In addition to information about the
Association (including membership, Interest Groups, and submission
guidelines for the journal Communication Studies), the Web Page also
contains the complete program for the April, 1998 Convention in Chicago.
There are also a number of useful links and related Web sites.  We hope
you find this Web Page to be a valuable resource.

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             NAU/WEB.98 - IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF WEB PIONEERS
                            May 28-30, 1998
            Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA

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                        SEND NAUWEB SEMINAR

From NAUWEB SEMINAR:

             NAU/WEB.98 - IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF WEB PIONEERS

                      http://www.nau.edu/nauweb98

    After a new land is discovered and traversed by intrepid pioneers,
the settlers gradually move in.  While the pioneers are willing to
endure hardship and to travel through the uncharted wilderness, settlers
need well-marked trails and some sense of safety and order.

    On many campuses, pioneering faculty have struggled "to be there
first" as they developed the first web-enhanced and web-based courses.
As a result of their efforts, solid infrastructures, well-designed tools
and readily accessible support are slowly developing and will make life
easier for the settlers.

    NAU/web.98 will bring pioneering faculty and administrators together
with the "settlers" to discuss such questions as "What are the elements
of a good WEB course?"  "How do I assess student learning?"  "What
institutional policies will have to change?"  "How do we encourage more
faculty to become involved?"  "Is a virtual campus right for us?"  "How
do I combine the Web with my face-to-face classes?"

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                            Call for Papers:
         African American Rhetoric -- Tradition and Innovation

           Submitted by: Jerise Fogel 

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                        SEND BLACKRHE CONFRNCE

From BLACKRHE CONFRNCE

    Submissions are invited on the topic of Black American rhetoric for
a proposed special session (or sessions) of the International Society
for the History of Rhetoric, 13-17 July 1999 in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands.

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                 AJHA 1998 Doctoral Dissertation Award
         Submitted by: David Abrahamson 


    The AJHA Doctoral Dissertation Award, given for the first time in
1997, is awarded annually for the best doctoral dissertation dealing
with mass communication history.  A cash award of $300 will accompany
the prize.

    Eligible works shall include both quantitative and qualitative
historical dissertations, written in English, which have been completed
between January 1, 1997, and December 31, 1997.  For the purposes of
this award, a "completed" work is defined as one which has not only been
submitted and defended but also revised and filed in final form at the
applicable doctoral-degree-granting university by December 31, 1997.

    To be considered, nomination packets must include:(a) One copy of
the complete dissertation; (b) Four copies each of the following items
(i.) either a single chapter from the dissertation or a research paper
written from it [not to exceed 50 manuscript pages, not including title
page, notes, charts or photographs], (ii.) a 200-word dissertation
abstract, and (iii.) the dissertation table of contents; (c) A letter of
nomination from the dissertation chair/director or the chair of the
university department in which the dissertation was written; and (d) A
cover letter from the nominee indicating a willingness, should the
dissertation be selected for a prize, both to attend the awarding
ceremony and to deliver a public presentation based on the dissertation
at the 1998 American Journalism Historians Association Annual
Convention, October 22-24, 1998, at the Hyatt Regency in Louisville,
Kentucky.

    Nominations, along with all the supporting materials, should be sent
to:  Prof.  David Abrahamson, Chair, AJHA Doctoral Dissertation Award
Committee, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, 1845
Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208.

    The deadline for entries is a postmark date of February 1, 1998.

    Copies of this announcement are available at:

          http://abrahamson.medill.nwu.edu/WWW/diss_award.txt

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                       Recently on CIOS Services

1.  The CommJobs channel announced new positions at Temple University,
    Gonzaga University, Framingham State College, Michigan State
    University (multiple positions), Eastern Illinois University,
    Weber State College, and the University of Windsor.

2.  The hotline system carried a variety of discussions on many
    channels including Ethno, ComGrads, Gender, ComHist, Q-Method,
    Lang-Use, MassComm, Healthco, InterPer, and Orgcomm.

3.  The NewBooks channel announced new titles on rhetoric, biology,
    and the human genone project; message production theory;
    communication, information, and time; continuous news coverage;
    democracy, rationality, and power; regional language variety
    in the Southern U.S.; and cyberspace and identity.

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                          From the literature:
                How explicit should you be in argument?

    In the current issue of Argumentation and Advocacy (1997, 34(1), pp.
1-12), Dan O'Keefe presents a meta analysis of 32 studies relating
persuasion to the explicitness of one's argument.  Studies included in
the meta analysis examined the question of the impact on persuasiveness
of (1) how explicit you are in stating the conclusion of your argument
and (2) how explicit you are in providing detailed information about the
actions you advocate.  Professor O'Keefe's meta analysis concludes that
explicitness enhances persuasion.  Professor O'Keefe comments that the
effect of explicitness is quite clear in the meta analysis though it is
unclear in individual studies.

    If you'd like to comment on Professor O'Keefe's paper, or on the
question of argument strategy and persuasion, please write to:
Commentary@cios.org

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                          From the literature:
                  French language policy and the media

    In the current issue of European Journal of Communication (1997,
12(4), 479-509) Marcel Machill presents an analysis of the history
and current status of French language policy (which dictates the
replacement of English words and phrases with approved French
substitutes in media broadcasts and advertisements and which has
mandated quotas for foreign media products).  Opening his article with
Francois Mitterand's "whoever is trapped in their local language is
entrapped in poverty", Machill discovers the roots of French linguistic
protectionism reaching back to the Middle Ages and discusses the
implications of this policy in the context of the politics of the
European Union and French media policy.

    If you'd like to comment on Professor Machill's paper, or on the
question of government intervention in language use and cultural
protectionism, please write to:  Commentary@cios.org

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                       Current Table of Contents:
          The Harvard International Journal of Press Politics

The Harvard International Journal of Press / Politics
Volume 3, Number 1, 1998


Editorial
MARVIN KALB

The Brokaw Proposal: Fixing the System from the Ground Up
TOM BROKAW

Women and the Media

     Women Behaving Badly? Restructuring Gender and Identity
     in British Broadcasting Organizations
     PAULINE LEONARD

     More than a Looking Glass:Women in Israeli Local Politics
     and the Media
     HANNA HERZOG

     "Finally, I Have My Mother Back":
     Politicians and Their Families in Popular Culture
     LIESBET VAN ZOONEN

The Public Dimension of Foreign Policy
BRENDA M. SEAVER

Ideological Differences between Australian Journalists end their Public
JOHN HENNINGHAM

The Truth Is Our Currency
MARTIN BELL

The Central Conundrum: How Can the People Like What They Distrust?
ANDREW KOHUT AND ROBERT C TOTH

The Failed Adoption of Journalism Study
BARBIE ZELIZER

Corrections: When the News Media Make Mistakes
STEPHEN HESS

Megamedia, the State of Journalism, and Democracy
DEAN ALGER

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                       Current Table of Contents:
                            Nordicom Review

Nordicom Review
Volume 18(2), 1997

Different Sides of the Same Coin: Access and Gatekeeping
KARL ERIK ROSENGREN

The Citizen Moves from the Audience to the Arena
KAARLE NORDENSTRENG

Collective Textual Action
Discourse, Representation, Dramaturgy and Public Interaction
in the Media Sphere
JAN EKECRANTZ

Inside or Outside of Politics?
Metaphor and Paradox in Journalism
IINA HELLSTEN & MIKA RENVALL

Swedish Information about HIV and AIDS
A Text Analysis and Reception Study
INGA-BRITT LINDBLAD

Social Interaction and the New Media
The Construction of Communicative Contexts
TERJE RASMUSSEN

Relating Electronically
Interpersonality in the Net
MAIJA GERLANDER & EEVA TAKALA

Media and Information Technology
The Blindspot of Media and Communication Research?
ROBERT BURNETT

Rhetoric, Knowledge, Mediation
A Project on Theories of Knowledge and Media
JOSTEIN GRIPSRUD

Girls' and Boys' Every Day Life and Media Culture
Between a Global and a Locale Perspective
BIRGITTE TUFTE


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