Extended Session Preview : ISD, ICD, Intergroup, Interpersonal, JSD, LSI

New to the ICA Conference this year is the Extended Session – a conference slot of 2.5 hours that gives each Division and Interest Group the opportunity to go beyond the typical four- or five-paper presentation and respondent format. The goal of the extended session is to enable more dialogue and intellectual debate, more time for creative presentations, greater possibilities for members to exchange ideas and expertise in a less constrained manner, and more opportunities to engage the larger community. In each Newsletter leading up to the conference, we will highlight several extended sessions. Stay tuned to see what each Division and Interest Group is planning! Instructional/Developmental Communication: Media Literacy at the Forefront of Instruction This extended session will include the top panel submission for the division of Instructional and Developmental Communication titled “YouTube Instruction: Digital Media Literacy, Curricular Innovation, and Student Performance”, lively discussion, presentations of three additional media literacy papers, and will conclude with a more in depth examination and discussion of media literacy and it’s role in instruction led by panelists and presenters. Intercultural Communication Extended Session In this extended session, participants will share their experiences and offer suggestions to those who research and teach in the areas relevant to intercultural communication. Example topics can include, but not limited to, issues with translation, data collection in different countries, IRB, academic adjustment to foreign countries, etc. The format of the session is a round-table / discussion format. There will be several small-group tables that people can choose to attend and then engage in in-depth discussion and exchange valuable information with experienced others. Intergroup Communication: Top Papers in Intergroup Communication: Immigration Issues in Applied Contexts This extended session on Intergroup Communication addresses immigration from a range of intergroup perspectives. The session includes both the top papers in Intergroup Communication, as well as input by community groups and members of other Divisions. The aim is to consider both an intergroup perspective and a range of alternative perspectives on communication issues around immigration. The Intergroup Communication Interest Group proposes to form a working group out of the extended session that will take an international approach to communication about immigration, particularly illegal immigration.. Many countries focus on particular groups or types of illegal immigration, while ignoring or focusing less on other groups. The working group would aim to bring a symposium to a subsequent ICA. Our session will take place Sunday, May 27th from 3:15 – 6:00pm in the Phoenix Sheraton Downtown Hotel, Laveen B. The papers that are being presented in this special 2h 45m session are as follows and my colleague Bernadette Watson (U of Queensland, Australia) and I will be introducing and monitoring the discussion: “Intergroup Accommodation in Traffic Stops: Ethnicity, Accent, and Extensive Policing,” Howard Giles et al (Top Paper Award) “Uncovering the Opportunities for Korean-Latino Intergroup Communication in Los Angeles’ Koreatown Through Community-Based Collaborative Research,” Minhee Sib (Top Student Paper) “Is Contact Enough? The Role of Vicarious Contact With Racial Outgroups via Social Networking Sites,” Valerie Barker “Identity Negotiations: Role of Media in Influencing Intergroup Perceptions of Newer and Older US Immigrants From India,”Marissa Doshi and Srivdiya Ramasubramanian Interpersonal Communication: Interpersonal Communication, International Connections, and Culture Caughlin Isotalus Miyahara This session highlights research on interpersonal communication and culture, defined broadly. The papers include both research that specifically examines interpersonal communication and culture and traditional interpersonal communication topics studied in cultures that have not been historically prominent in the interpersonal division of ICA. One goal of this panel is to facilitate greater connections among interpersonal scholars around the world. The format of the session is a blend between a high density session and mini-addresses. The session will include four distinct but interrelated components: (a) introduction to the session, (b) brief research presentations, (c) poster presentations of the research, and (d) three presentations to the entire group from senior scholars from different regions (Dr. Pekka Isotalus, Dr. Akira Miyahara, and Dr. John Caughlin). The concluding comments will include a discussion of the state of interpersonal research internationally and the directions it should take. Dr. John Caughlin is Associate Head and Associate Professor of Communication and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is also current chair of the interpersonal division of ICA. Dr. Pekka Isotalus is Professor of Speech Communication at the School of Communication, Media and Theatre, University of Tampere, Finland. He is also Chair of Section for Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction in ECREA. Dr. Akira Miyahara is Professor of communication studies at Seinan Gakuin University and current President of Communication Association of Japan, and Japan-U.S. Communication Association. Journalism Studies : Innovating in Journalism Studies: New Theoretical and Methodological Approaches Journalism research includes a wide range of topics, methods, theories and sites of inquiry — everything from professionalism and the public sphere to framing and agenda-setting, newsroom ethnography and survey research, discourse analysis and oral history, collective memory and digital convergence. For this extended, 2.5 hr session, we have organized a mini colloquium to explore where, within this robust and varied landscape, scholars are innovating. For example, where are people building new theoretical insights or employing new methodological approaches to uncover fresh data? Are new news genres and technologies stretching the limits of some approaches and pushing us toward others? Where is innovation — in either theory or methods — most urgently needed? How can we innovate while still building on the foundations of the past? The session include presentations by eight scholars (or teams of scholars) — four addressing innovations in theory and theory-building, and four focusing on methodological innovation — who have undertaken work that employs new approaches and/or who are seeking to push through barriers or gaps in research in the field of journalism studies. Both sets of presentations will be followed by responses and discussion with the editors of Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism and Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies regarding the innovations they are seeing or would like to see in manuscript submissions. The presenters include: “Exposure” to the News: Who Sees What in an Age of Social Curation? And How do we Know?, Christopher Wells (U of Wisconsin-Madison), Emily Vraga (U of Wisconsin-Madison), Kjerstin Thorson (U of Southern California), Leticia Bode (U of Wisconsin-Madison). A Mixed-Methods Inquiry Into Studying News Innovation Through the Study of Journalists and Technologists, Nikki Usher (George Washington U), Seth C. Lewis (U of Minnesota) A Networked Approach to Emergent News Media Landscapes Adrienne Russell (U of Denver) News as Cultural Narrative: Toward an International Comparative Perspective, Daniel A. Berkowitz (U of Iowa) “Scenario Planning” on the Future of News Media, Sandra Evans (U of Southern California), Patricia Riley (U of Southern California), Zhan Li (U of Southern California),Elisheva Weiss (U of Southern California) Boundaries of Journalism: Approaching Metajournalistic Discourse in the Age of Convergence, Matthew Carlson (Saint Louis U) The Interaction of Journalists and Recipients: Uwe Schimank’s Theoretical Approach and its Potential for Journalism Research, Claudia Riesmeyer (LMU Munich), Senta Pfaff-Rdiger (U of Munich), Michael Meyen (U of Munich) Reinnovating Practical Reason: A Phronetic Approach to Journalism Studies, Gitte Meyer (U of Copenhagen), Anker Brink Lund (Copenhagen Business School) Respondents: Barbie Zelizer (U of Pennsylvania), Herman Wasserman (Rhodes U), and Howard Tumber (City U London) Language and Social Interaction: Talk in and for Action: Connecting Communities Through Discourse The purpose of this extended session is to gather scholars who are interested in researching language and social interaction (LSI) for the purpose of helping communication practices within specific communities. Given the conference theme of communication and community and LSI’s focus on talk in interaction and calling attention to the taken for granted aspects of naturally-occurring communication, LSI is especially well-poised to use and apply research for the benefit of individuals and groups in the community. This session begins by featuring the work of LSI researchers Amira de la Garza, Leah Sprain, and Saskia Witteborn whose work is centrally tied to studying talk, discourse, or naturally-occurring communication with community groups or on topics that can directly have a positive impact on important social issues. The opening presentations will address: Chicana women, discourse and change; facilitating regional cooperation; and, asylum seekers and new technologies. In the second half of the extended session, five current LSI scholars (Amoshaun Toft, Maria Isabel Pavez-Andonaegui, Bianca Wolf, Paul Denvir, and Simon Harrison) will present their own competitively selected papers that address the theme of community and communication. Topics addressed in the second part of the session include homelessness, immigration, cancer experiences, physician interactions, and production line workers.