06/07/2023

ECA 2024 - Political Communication Interest Group Call for Submissions

Political Communication Interest Group Call for Submissions, 2024

The 115th Annual Convention of the Eastern Communication Association

Currents

Hyatt Regency Boston/Cambridge, Cambridge, MA

March 20-24, 2024

Submission Deadline: September 18, 2023, 11:59 PM PDT

Submission link for Political Communication Interest Group

In 2024, ECA ventures to Cambridge, Massachusetts for our 115th Annual Convention. Originally the site of the 2021 Convention, we are excited to be in this beautiful, newly renovated hotel on the banks of the Charles River, with spectacular views of the Boston skyline. The convention site is convenient to many of the Cambridge and Boston area attractions, including the Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Fenway Park, Museum of Science, Faneuil Hall Marketplace/Quincy Market, and Boston Common.

The Political Communication Interest Group invites paper and panel submissions for ECA’s 115^th Annual Convention. The 2024 convention theme is Currents, which represents our convention location the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge while serving as a metaphor for how ideas are the currents that shape our discipline in this contemporary moment. You are encouraged to explore the currents of communication through questions such as, but not limited to:

• How do historical currents shape our current the terrain of the study of political communication?
• How can political communication move ideas and theories into a wider body of knowledge and public discourse?
• What communication ideas, topics, or concepts have currents worn down or created anew?
• What kinds of impacts do current technologies have on political campaigns and communication?
• What current trends and movements are changing the direction of political communication practice, scholarship and/or pedagogy?

Please note the earlier submission deadline of September 18; this is to ensure a smooth timeline for planning a March 2024 convention. Paper and panel/program submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. (PST) on September 18, 2023.

ECA utilizes Attendee Interactive to manage submissions and reviews. (NOTE: This link is available on the ECA website – www.ecacomm.org). To submit your work, you will be prompted to login using ECA-specific credentials or prompted to create a new account (NOTE: Your login credentials are unique to ECA – you may not use credentials you may have created for other associations, such as NCA, that uses Attendee Interactive).

Competitive Papers

Submissions of completed papers should be no more than 25 pages, excluding title page, abstract, references, and appendices. Completed papers should be written in accordance with standards set by the Chicago Manual of Style, the American Psychological Association (APA), or the Modern Language Association (MLA). All submissions of completed papers should be uploaded to Attendee Interactive and include the following:

• The word “Debut” marked on all papers written by authors who have not presented previously at a regional or national convention.
• Indicate “Student Paper” if the work is authored solely by graduate or undergraduate students.
  • Special designations (debut and/or student) will appear both on the title page of the manuscript and in Attendee Interactive.
• Title and abstract: The abstract should appear on the second page of the document and be entered separately into Attendee Interactive.
• A statement of professional responsibility on the title page: In submitting the attached paper or proposal, I/We recognize that this submission is considered a professional responsibility. I/We agree to present this panel or paper if it is accepted and programmed. I/We further recognize that all who attend and present at ECA’s annual meeting must register and pay required fees.
• If the paper has multiple authors, please indicate who will be presenting at the convention in Attendee Interactive.
• Special Requests/Requests for AV: Please enter this information into Attendee Interactive rather than note any special requests on your manuscript. Due to cost, AV will be limited.
• Final paper with all identifying information removed for blind review. (Microsoft provides instructions for removing personal information from Word documents at https://bit.ly/39HxAZI)

Program/Panel or Roundtable Proposal

All program/panel submissions should be uploaded to Attendee Interactive and include the following:

• A thematic title for the program.
• Names of the chair and respondents (if any). Chairs should not also be designated as respondents.
• Names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and institutional affiliations of all participants.
• Titles and abstracts for each paper or presentation.
• A program copy (no more than a 75-word description) as it should appear in the final program.
• A detailed rationale for the program/panel.
• A statement of professional responsibility: In submitting the attached paper or proposal, I/We recognize that this submission is considered a professional responsibility. I/We agree to present this panel or paper if it is accepted and programmed. I/We further recognize that all who attend and present at ECA’s annual meeting must register and pay required fees.
• Special Requests/Requests for AV: Please enter this information into Attendee Interactive rather than note any special requests on your description or rationale. Due to cost, AV will be limited.
• Information about Roundtable Discussions: a program featuring 5-8 presenters who briefly share a position paper or summary of recent research on a focused topic moderated by a chair with “on-the-spot” interaction and discussion by participants and audience. Please indicate whether the panel is a “roundtable” during the Attendee Interactive submission process.

All paper and program/panel submissions should be uploaded to and processed through Attendee Interactive (at https://ww4.aievolution.com/eca2401, or link available through ECAsite.org).

The Political Communication Interest Group is also in need of volunteer reviewers, chairs, and respondents. If you are willing and able to serve in any of these capacities, please complete the form at: https://forms.gle/VYEDoXzbhgmgnwCq5.

For questions about submissions to the Political Communication Interest Group, please contact the Political Communication Interest Group Program Planner (Christina Knopf, SUNY Cortland) via email for further information: christina.knopf@cortland.edu