Call for Papers IALSP 13

The next conference of the International Association of Language and Social Psychology, ICLASP 13, will be held between 20-23rd June, 2012, in the charming city of Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, the capital of bilingual Fryslân in The Netherlands . The conference will be held in conjunction with Mercator, the European Research Center on Multilingualism and Language Learning, which is part of the Fryske Akademy. Conference details are available at at www.ialsp.org and www.mercator-research.eu.

This conference will bring together scholars from different disciplines who explore language and communication in their social contexts using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The focus is mainly on aspects such as identities, perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, values, motivations, norms, behaviour, policies and so on in their individual and intergroup contexts. Topics covered in previous conferences include language and health communication; language learning; bilingualism & multilingualism; language and discrimination, interpersonal, intercultural, interethnic and intergroup communication; nonverbal communication; miscommunication and communication failure; discourse analysis; language and ageing; language and mass media; language and humour; language and gender; language and authority; language and tourism; language and technology; language and security; endangered, regional and minority languages; language planning; and so on (see http://www.ialsp.org/).

Papers and symposia are invited for submission on these and related topics.

Submissions will be accepted in two forms: Symposia or individual papers/abstracts. Details for each are provided below. Please note that (i) all submissions and presentations need to be in English; (ii) by submitting a proposal for presentation at ICLASP13 you are agreeing to register for and attend the conference should your paper/symposia be accepted.

Symposia/panel submission should be a single file containing:
(i) Name(s) and complete contact information for the convenor(s)
(ii) A 250 word maximum introduction to the thematic content of the symposium with title
(iii) A list of the individual papers, including titles and brief abstracts of each (250 words max.), the names, complete contact information for all authors, clearly indicating the presenter(s). A typical symposium is 3-4 presenters with an introduction and a discussant


Individual paper submissions should be a single file containing:
(i) The names and complete contact information for all authors with a clear indication of who will present the paper
(ii) A 250 word maximum abstract of the paper
Deadline: 14th February, 2012 (decision by 14 March); later submissions reviewed on ongoing basis
Send to: iclasp13@fryske-akademy.nl with "ICLASP 13 submission" in subject line

For Grad Students Interested in Qual Methods

Dear QIers,

We are considering the development of a Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization (GIS) in qualitative inquiry. A GIS is like a minor for graduate students in which they take one or two required, core courses along with related elective courses that are not in their own program.

In preparation, we would like to organize a workshop series for graduate students on qualitative inquiry in Winter and Spring 2012 on different aspects of qualitative inquiry (e.g., conceptual frameworks, research design, data collection and analysis, writing and representation). One of the goals of the seminar series is to make an inventory of students' needs and visions for a QI GIS.

We are looking for graduate students who want to help co-organize (and conceptualize) the workshop series.

If you are a graduate student who is interested, please send us an e-mail.

If you are a faculty member and have a graduate student who may be interested, please forward our e-mail.

Many thanks,

Candace Stout
Department of Art Education
stout.127@osu.edu

Mark Moritz
Department of Anthropology
moritz.42@osu.edu

IP research in the news... Congratulations Dr. Renfro Powers!

MedicalExpress.com recently featured an article by Dr. Renfro Powers published in Computers in Human Behavior showing that when two strangers first talked about an emotionally charged topic over a video connection with a one-second delay, they actually reported less frustration than did those who talked with no delay.

Powers said the reason is that the delay forced participants to make more effort to follow each other, and they weren't thinking as much about the difficult topic they were discussing or the uncomfortable situation they were in.

Read the complete article.

Call for Papers-Denzin's Qualitative Inquiry Congress

Eighth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry

May 16-19, 2012

QUALITATIVE INQUIRY AS GLOBAL ENDEAVOR



Starting 16 August 2011, we will be accepting abstract submissions for
papers, posters, and fully formed panels for The Eighth International
Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI2012). We will be doing rolling
acceptances.

To make a submission, please visit the link below:

http://www.icqi.org/participation.html


The CFP is available at:

http://www.icqi.org/

Respectfully,

Congress Staff

Free trial of NVIVO 9

If you are planning to attend the NVIVO 9 overview on October 7, you may want to download this free trial (30 day) version on your laptop.

http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_free-trial-software.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=September+2011+NSight+newsletter+Academia&utm_content=September+2011+NSight+newsletter+Academia+CID_9f730f451871d3a673daae01ce589362&utm_source=QSR+EDM

If you know you want to work with NVIVO, you may want get an OSU site license for the software. It's only $42.00 through OIT:

http://ocio.osu.edu/software/directory/slwin/#nvivo

See you on October 7!

Call for Papers-IARR

Hi Everybody! This is a wonderful conference that Interpersonal Communication scholars have been attending since its inception in 1982. If you want more information, follow the link below or see me...Best, Susan Kline

International Association for Relationship Research Conference

July 12 - 16, 2012
Chicago, Illinois

Call for Submissions

The International Association for Relationship Research (IARR)
conference will be held at the Palmer House Hilton and DePaul Loop
Campus in Chicago, Illinois on July 12-16, 2012. The conference will
provide an opportunity to present and learn about cutting-edge research
in the field of personal relationships. Scholars from different
countries representing a broad range of disciplines (e.g., psychology,
sociology, communication, family studies, gerontology) will gather at
the conference to share their work.
Invited speakers include Margaret Clark, Pearl Dykstra, Julie Fitness,
Jacki Fitzpatrick, Brian Spitzberg, and Anita Vangelisti.
Submissions: The Program Committee invites proposals for symposia,
papers, posters, roundtables, and interest groups on topics relevant to
research and practice in social and personal relationships. Detailed
information about the conference (e.g., how to submit proposals, how to
register for the conference) is available on the conference website
(http://iarr2012conference.com/).

Submissions should be sent electronically via the conference website
beginning November 1, 2011. The deadline for submissions is December 15,
2011.

Program: Sandra Metts and Lesley Verhofstadt, Program Committee
co-chairs, can answer your questions about the program. Please feel free
to contact them via email if you have questions/comments about the
conference program or the Call for Submissions (iarr2012program@gmail.com).

Local Arrangements: Leah Bryant, Susan Sprecher, and Ralph Erber, Local
Arrangements Committee co-chairs, can address questions about the local
community and conference arrangements. Please feel free to contact them
via email if you have questions/comments about local arrangements
(iarr2012chicago@gmail.com).

Calendar Autumn Quarter, 2011

Meetings are on Fridays from 12:30-1:30 in Derby 3116 except where noted below.

Sept 30: Intro and Overview. Faculty and students will discuss their current research interests and needs.

Oct 7: NVivo Training. NVivo is a qualitative analysis software package. You can read a description here: http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_nvivo.aspx. NOTE: This session will take place from 12:30-2:30. You may bring a PC laptop that has NVIVO software if you would like hands-on experience.

Oct 14: Journal Club. We will discuss the article: Donvan-Kicken, E., Tollison, A., Goins, E.S. (2011). A grounded theory of control over communication among individuals with cancer. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 39, 310-330.

Oct 21: Two research talks (30 min each). Dr. Stacie Powers will present “What can’t be said: Using brain imaging to better understand communication apprehension.” Graduate student Stefanie Best will present "Different, not damaged: Studying autistic communication challenges from a dialectical perspective."

Oct 28: Dr. Janice Krieger will present “Family communication about cancer treatment decisions: An overview of the DECIDE Project.” NOTE: This session will take place from 12:00-1:00.

Nov 4: NCA Practice Talks. Please let Stacie know if you will need a slot.

Nov 11: Veteran’s Day Observed. No meeting.

Nov 18: NCA conference. No meeting.

Nov 25: Thanksgiving Break. No meeting.

Dec 2: Dr. Susan Kline will present "I know you can do it! Individual differences in esteem support messages" by Kline, S. L., Rooney, M., Jones, E., Fay, M., & O'Neill, B.

Call for Papers-Argumentation Conference on Science Communication

Call for proposals
Conference: Between Scientists & Citizens: Assessing Expertise in Policy Controversies
June 1-2, 2012
Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Keynote speakers:
Sally Jackson, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Massimo Pigliucci, Lehman College, CUNY

We are increasingly dependent on advice from experts in making decisions in our personal, professional, and civic lives. But as our dependence on experts has grown, new media have broken down the institutional barriers between the technical, personal and civic realms, and we are inundated with purported science from all sides. Many share a sense that science has lost its "rightful place" in our deliberations. Grappling with this cluster of problems will require collaboration across disciplines: among rhetorical and communication theorists studying the practices and norms of public discourse, philosophers interested in the informal logic of everyday reasoning and in the theory of deliberative democracy, and science studies scholars examining the intersections between the social worlds of scientists and citizens.

For this conference, we invite work from across the disciplines focused on argumentation, reasoning, communication and deliberation, with special emphasis on:
* lay assessment of expertise and expert testimony
* detection of and response to distorted science and "manufactured controversy"
* pedagogies for developing critical thinking about science in controversies
* roles scientists and scientific information play in civic deliberations and policy-making
* transformation of arguments as they travel between technical, personal and civic spheres
* expert testimony as a source of knowledge
* roles of traditional journalism, new media, "boundary organizations" and "trading zones" in constructing public knowledge of science
* design of institutions for providing trustworthy advice on controversial issues
* special problems of communicating scientific information in health, organizational, legal, crisis, risk and other contexts

We expect to publish proceedings in an electronic format.

For consideration, submit a 250 word abstract with an additional 5-10 item bibliography, and a separate cover page with complete contact information, to GPSSARG@gmail.com by October 31, 2011. For further information, consult the conference website at https://sites.google.com/site/gpssarg/, or contact Jean Goodwi
n (goodwin@iastate.edu).

Call for Papers-Western Communication Conference

The 2012 Western States Communication Association’s annual convention will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from February 17th -21st.

WSCA Submission Deadline

The September 1st WSCA submission deadline is only a few weeks away! We are looking forward to another great conference at WSCA, and strongly encourage you to submit your work to the Interpersonal Communication Interest Group. Program proposals and paper submissions in interpersonal communication (research, theory, application, and/or pedagogy) that relate to the 2012 conference theme, “Striving for Social Change,” are especially encouraged. For more information about this year’s theme and convention, please go to http://wscanews.org/. An ICIG email address is setup for paper/panel submissions and conference related questions/comments at ICIG@live.com.

Call for papers-Central States Conference

The Central States Communication Association will be held next spring in Cleveland--Here is the call for papers from the Interpersonal Division:

INTERPERSONAL AND SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION
INTEREST GROUP
2012 Call for Papers
The Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Interest Group is accepting papers and panel proposals for the 2012 CSCA convention to be held in Cleveland, Ohio (March 28 – 31, 2012). We welcome submissions from undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty of all academic ranks. Submissions are encouraged that address the conference theme: “Connecting in Cleveland: Exploring Intersections that Unite a Discipline.” For information on the 2012 convention, please visit the CSCA website at www.csca-net.org. We will feature a "top competitive paper" panel as well as present a monetary award and certificate to the top student paper and a certificate to the top debut paper.
We accept a variety of submission formats and topics. In addition to traditional formats, we encourage innovative panels that provide for interaction between the panelists and audience members. Theoretical essays, empirical reports, teaching workshops, roundtable discussions, spotlight and dialogue sessions, debates, seminars, high density programming, methodological and pedagogical issues are all welcome. Given the theme of the convention, we encourage submissions that address key intersections across divisions. If you would like assistance or are interested in contacting and/or coordinating with other divisions, creating a short course, or putting together a “special topics” panel, please contact Jordan Soliz prior to the submission deadline.
Please note the following Guidelines for Submission for competitive paper and panel proposals:
Papers will be submitted to blind review, must conform to APA standards, and require a detachable title page that allows authorial identity/identities to be concealed. Include the name(s) of authors, indicate if the author(s) is/are CSCA members, institutional affiliation(s), and contact information on the title page. Remove or mask all identifying author references in the text of the paper.
Students submitting papers should clearly mark the title page of their paper as a STUDENT submission (on such papers, all authors should be graduate or undergraduate students at the time of submission). First time submitters should clearly mark DEBUT on the title page of the paper.
Panel proposals must include a panel title and the name of person responsible for the program, as well as names, institutional affiliations, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of each panel participant. Also indicate if each participant is a CSCA member. A rationale for the panel should be included as well as a 200 word abstract for each paper or explanation of each participant's purpose/perspective should also be included. Panel proposals must adhere to the 2012 CSCA Panel Proposal Request Form.
As you prepare your submission, please keep in mind that the only A/V equipment available will be a computer-compatible projector. All other equipment, including computers, DVD players, televisions, and so forth, must be provided by the panelist.
Submit papers and panel proposals *electronically* as MICROSOFT WORD or .PDF attachments to Jordan Soliz at jsoliz2@unl.edu.

Deadline: Submissions must be received electronically by September 30th, 2011. Only complete papers and/or program proposals will be considered.
If you have any questions or need additional information please contact:
Jordan Soliz
Associate Professor
Department of Communication Studies
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588402-309-9449
jsoliz2@unl.edu

Next Meeting Announcement

This Friday, June 24th, is our next meeting of the Interpersonal Communication Research Group.

We'll meet at 1 pm. at 3116 Derby Hall for what promises to be a great discussion... CJ Lee will present an informal talk on:

Connecting Media Exposure and Conversation

CJ Lee will begin his presentation by summarizing two of his studies in the intersection between media effects and interpersonal communication. The first study (i.e., Lee, 2010) explored the interactive effect of media use for health information and interpersonal health communication on healthy lifestyle behaviors. The second study (i.e., Lee, 2009) examined the conditions under which mass media campaign exposure promotes conversation about campaigns or campaign topics using the concept of social capital. Then, CJ Lee will very briefly talk about three ongoing studies with Jennifer Kam in order to facilitate discussion regarding this area of research.

For those particularly interested in the topic, CJ suggests that we read Southwell & Yzer (2009), When (and why) interpersonal talk matters to campaigns, Communication Theory, 19, 1-8.

If you are in town and available, we hope to see you on Friday!

Next Meeting of the Interpersonal Communication Research Group

Our next meeting will be held June 24th in 106 Journalism. C.J. Lee will present his research on campaign exposure that incorporates interpersonal discussion. We hope to see you there!

More details on CJ's talk will be available soon.

thanks everybody!

Thanks everybody for attending our first meeting of the Interpersonal Communication Research Group!

We'll let everybody know soon about a next meeting in June, and circulate an article to read.

Topic: Interpersonal/Mass Intersections

Best, Susan

Conversation about Roloff's essay

On Friday, May 13th, several members of the interpersonal communication research group will meet to discuss Mike Roloff's 2008 essay, "What an Interpersonal Communication Scholar should know". Susan Kline, Stacie Powers, and Janice Krieger will lead the conversation. Any faculty member or graduate student is welcome to join us!

We'll have the conversation in Journalism 106, from 12:15-1:30.

The citation for this article is:
Roloff, M. (2008). What an interpersonal communication scholar should know. Communication Monographs, 75(2), 112-119.

Talk on Collaboration May Interest IP Comm Folks

I've added the location...




Can Couch Potatoes be Collaborators?
Dr. Venugopal Vasudevan - Motorola Applied Research
Monday May 9th 1-3 pm
Location: CETI Lab Caldwell 400

Content and communication have converged towards collaborative media
– where media rather than people are the objects around which
collaborations & conversations are centered. The device and group
dynamics around collaborative media have similarly broadened: from
highly capable devices to pervasive devices (e.g. TV & mobile) and
from small, strongly connected groups to large collaborative groups
of people with weak inter-personal ties. This talk will address some
of the experiences and challenges in delivering a collaborative media
experience to pervasive devices such as TV and multi-screen
collaborative media. We will address the systems challenges in
scaling these experiences across large user populations, and creating
coherent crowdsourced experiences across large user populations.

Biography:

Dr. Venu Vasudevan is senior director of the Betaworks, an incubator
within Motorola's Applied Research with responsibility for
identifying technologically differentiating and commercially viable
opportunities in the spaces of mobile & pervasive computing, and
social media. Prior to this, Venu directed the Software Platforms Lab
with research focus on applying distributed computing technologies to
efficient and scalable media delivery architectures for advancing
television and mobile platforms – including several key Motorola
initiatives in the mobile/pervasive media space.

Venu holds a PhD from The Ohio State University, and has co-authored
over 50 papers in journals and international conferences, and is a
member of Motorola’s Science Advisory Board.

Social Network Analysis Workshop in May

FYI, for those who would like to learn more about social network analysis:

Network Analysis Workshop at Ohio State University

The Political Science Department, in conjunction with Complex Systems
Innovation Group, Program in Statistics and Methodology (PRISM), and the
National Science Foundation, is pleased to host a one day workshop on Network
Analysis on Thursday, May 5th, from 9:00 - 3:00. The workshop will be taught by
Bruce A. Desmarais, Department of Political Science, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst (http://www.people.umass.edu/bruced/).

The course will provide an introduction to political network analysis and will
cover the basics of network analysis including: terminology, data
collection/storage and basic description. We will also consider advanced topics
in description and exploration such as graphical representation and community
detection. Additionally, the course will introduce methods of statistical
inference with network data including regression with quadratic assignment
procedure (QAP), exponential random graph models (ERGMs), and bilinear random
effects models. All methods will be demonstrated in the R statistical software,
and commented code will be made available in conjunction with the course.

There is limited space available for interested participants, so we ask all of
those hoping to attend to RSVP as soon as possible (link below). If you have
any questions regarding the workshop, please feel free to contact Janet
Box-Steffensmeier (steffensmeier.2@osu.edu) or Jason Morgan
(morgan.746@osu.edu). Additional information and a detailed schedule will be
emailed to registered participants as soon as they become available.

RSVP here: https://secure.polisci.ohio-state.edu/networkshortcourse.htm

Call for Papers: IARR Mini-Conference

This call may be of interest for interpersonal and health scholars.

The next International Association for Relationship Research Mini-Conference will be held on October 20-22, 2011, at the University of Arizona on the theme of "Health, Emotion, and Relationships (HER)."

This conference will highlight research that focuses on the intersections/boundaries of health psychology, affective science, and relationship research. The confirmed speakers (so far) include: Linda Lueken, Burt Uchino, David Kenny, Mark Whisman, Tim Loving, Ted Robles, Michael Rohrbaugh, Varda Shoham, Karen Weihs, Anita DeLongis, Lane Beckes, and Brant Hasler. To see abstracts for confirmed talks, please click here.

The conference will also include a New Scholar's Workshop and a workshop on Methods for Analyzing Relationship Data.

The deadline for submissions is April 1, 2011 at 5pm MST.
All submitters will be notified of acceptance or rejection by May 6, 2011.

If you have any questions please email Emily at eabutler@u.arizona.edu.

New publication by Fay & Kline: Coworker Relationships and Informal Communication in High-intensity Telecommuting

Congratulations to OSU alum Martha Fay and Susan Kline for their new article entitled, Coworker Relationships and Informal Communication in High-intensity Telecommuting, which is in press at the Journal of Applied Communication Research. See below for a selected abstract of the study:

This study uses structuration and constructivist theories to examine the role of coworker relationships and informal communication in the context of high-intensity telecommuting. Teleworkers’ organizational commitment, job satisfaction, informal communication with peers, and coworker liking were examined. Coworker liking was positively related to teleworkers’ informal communication satisfaction with coworkers, and with their organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Complaining talk was negatively related to teleworkers’ commitment and satisfaction; informal communication satisfaction was positively related to organizational commitment. Coworker liking moderated the effect of teleworkers’ complaining talk on organizational commitment, but not job satisfaction. The buffering effect of coworker relationships is discussed as a resource for organizational members engaged in high-intensity telecommuting.

Call for Papers

The 17th Alta Conference on Argumentation will be held July 28-31, 2011, in Alta, Utah. Cosponsored by NCA, AFA, and the University of Utah, the Conference brings together scholars interested in all aspects of argumentation. All sessions will be held in the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird in Alta, Utah, which also provides lodging and meals as part of a four day conference package. Thomas A. Hollihan of the University of Southern California will be the keynote speaker. Presented papers will be considered for publication in the Conference volume.

Conference Web Site: http://AltaConference.org

Conference director: Robert C. Rowland, Department of Communication Studies, 102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7574

Susan Kline is on the Planning Committee, so feel free to ask her questions if you are considering attending this conference.

Welcome to the Interpersonal Communication Research Group!

I'm so glad that we have started an Interpersonal Communication Research Group here at Ohio State. By doing so we are continuing a research area begun by Don Cegala some years ago. I think we're all looking forward to stimulating discussions about all types of interpersonal communication theory and research. I also hope that graduate students and other faculty interested in interpersonal communication research will participate, on our blog and at our meetings.

Dr. Lee published in Mass Communication & Society!

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Chul-joo Lee on his recent article in Mass Communication & Society (2010) entitled, The interplay between media use and interpersonal communication in the context of healthy lifestyle behaviors: Reinforcing or substituting? This important study shows that the associations between television use and Internet use and healthy lifestyle behaviors are enhanced among those who talk about health issues with their family and friends less frequently.

Spring 2011 Graduate Elective in Interpersonal Communication

Dr. Raup-Krieger will be offering a graduate seminar in the Spring quarter entitled, "Health Communication in Interpersonal Contexts." This course provides an overview of classic and contemporary literature about the antecedents, processes, and outcomes of interpersonal communication about matters of health and illness. The primary goals of the seminar are to familiarize students with the major theories and research studies that comprise this integrated body of literature, encourage critical thinking about the state-of-knowledge in the field, and facilitate independent reading and research on a topic of personal interest. This seminar will focus on five general areas: (a) health and identity, (b) health and personal relationships, (c) health care provider-patient interaction, (d) interpersonal health education and prevention efforts, and (e) health inequities. This interdisciplinary course is appropriate for students from all areas with interests in interpersonal or health communication.

Dr. Janice Raup-Krieger Interviewed on Ch. 10 TV News

Congratulations to Dr. Janice Raup-Krieger who was interviewed on Ch. 10 TV News for an article she recently published in Human Communication Research on the role of mothers in relation to their daughters' HPV vaccine behaviors.

Click on the pics below to be taken directly to Ch. 10 News' webpage and to see the video clip of the interview.

Dr. Raup-Krieger's article also was highlighted in TIME Magazine:

New Blog

Welcome to the newly-designed blog for the Interpersonal Communication Research Group. Please email me (Chip) with feedback and design suggestions.