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At the American Communication Association's (ACA) 1996 Annual Convention--
held in beautiful and historic Charleston, South Carolina--the Board of
Directors voted unanimously to announce the debut of its lead publication,
the American Communication Journal. Dedicated to the analysis and criticism
of significant communicative artifacts, we proudly announce this call for
submissions.
The American Communication Journal is truly unique in that it: (1) is
exclusively a world-wide-web (WWW) publication, and (2) therefore provides
the scholar with the opportunity to hypertextually reference supportive
materials available in Cyberspace. Wholly appreciating the diversity of
research agendas and methodologies that are prevalent in communication
study,
the Editorial Board of the American Communication Journal is currently
accepting submissions on any topic related to the discipline for future
publications. We anticipate that the first issue will be released online
this summer, August 1997. Coinciding with the semesterly academic calendar,
each volume of the journal will contain three (3) issues: Fall, Spring,
and Summer.
In such a journal, the researcher is free to present his or her findings
in an online, interactive multimedia environment, making use of the entire
spectrum of data made available as a result of computer-mediated
technologies. Redefining that which has been traditionally recognized as
a "text," the American Communication Journal liberates the physical and
financial firewalls of print publication by placing the primary academic
work online complete with much material previously relegated to a footnote,
endnote, or the futile "see also." Audio, video, graphics, virtual reality,
live interactivity--are all at the researcher's supportive disposal.
Working on an article where President Clinton gives a speech to the victims
and survivors of the Oklahoma City Bombing? Don't just cite the event,
link to it by text, graphics, audio, or video. Considering the effects
of cyberpornography on adolescents? Take your reader to the homepage of
FETISH.COM (http://www.fetish.com/) Flag burning? Present your reader
with the immediate option of burning a virtual flag. The learning
opportunities are as infinite and immediate as the researcher's creativity
and reader's bandwidth will allow.
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Here is how the journal works:
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1. The author submits their HTML-ready work, using one of the three
formats below (ranked in order of preference):
A) by notifying the Editor of the uniform resource locator (URL)
where the document is housed. The HTML-coded text will then be
copied to a secure URL;
B) by mailing an HTML-ready copy of the document--with active
hyperlinks in parenthetical reference, such as (December 1996,
http://www.december.com/)--to the Editor on an IBM-formatted
3.5" floppy disk at:
Tyrone L. Adams, ACJ Editor
University of Arkansas, Monticello
Box 3460: Division of Arts and Languages
Monticello, AR 71656
C) by mailing an ASCII text document--with hyperlinks
color-highlighted and in parenthetical reference, such as
(Smith 1996, http://www.uark.edu/depts/comminfo/www/ACA.html)--to
the Editor at the address listed immediately above. NOTE: If the
author cannot convert the submission appropriately to an HTML-ready
document on their own, a friend-of-the-Association can convert the
document for a $25.00 charge. Importantly, however, understand that
conversion does not equate publication since the work is yet to be
reviewed.
2. The Editor and Associate Editor collectively review the work for
serious or flagrant analytical, stylistic, or grammatical error.
3. If no errors are found, the Editor and Associate Editor determine
which three (3) members of the Editorial Board are most suited to review the
particular submission.
4. The HTML-ready document is then placed in a secret uniform resource
locator (URL) destination by the Editor, with the address being
provided *ONLY* to those reviewers deemed cognizant of the submission's
topic area or focus of study.
5. The review process begins. All reviewers are asked to return their
decisions and commentary to the Associate Editor, via E-mail, within
three (3) weeks of accepting the task.
6. The Editor and Associate Editor then discuss the reviews, and based
upon these comments, decide upon one of three courses of action: a)
rejection, b) conditional acceptance with revisions, or c) acceptance.
7. The researcher(s) are then notified.
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Concerning style and general formalities, each submission:
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1. Must adhere to the latest version of an accepted style guide, left to
the author's good judgment.
2. Must have an abstract of no more than 200 words for archival
purposes.
3. Must NOT exceed a total of 10,000 words (including the document's
internal references, endnotes, and bibliographic material).
4. Must notify the Editor of the name(s), address(es), and contact
information for all contributors in a separate e-mail or letter;
additionally, the work that is to be submitted on disk must NOT have
any identifying information whatsoever to protect anonymity.
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Concerning technological guidelines, the core text of each submission:
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1. Must, in spirit, make use of the resources widely available in
Cyberspace.
2. Can include graphs or pictures to be stored on the American Communication
Journal's server; however, all audio and video files must be external,
due to our storage capacity.
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If accepted for publication, the author of each submission must:
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1. Strongly consider all grammatical, stylistic, and substantive changes
suggested by the Editorial Board and the Editor.
2. Ensure that all information, hypertext format, and links are
accurate.
3. Provide their own copyrighting, if desired, and sign a waiver of
publication liability (*Nota bene: Neither the American Communication
Association nor the American Communication Journal assume any liability
for any information housed on its server. By signing the waiver of
publication liability, the author assumes absolute liability for all
words, content, and meanings, regardless of context or third party
involvement). Note further, that this statement will be placed on the
top of every published document in order to prevent third-party grievances
against the Association.
4. Agree to periodically update extradocumentary links in order to
maintain the document's usefulness.
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Address all journal submissions to:
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EDITOR
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Tyrone L. Adams
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Box 3460: Division of Arts & Languages
University of Arkansas, Monticello
Monticello, AR 71656
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Jim A. Kuypers
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Dartmouth College
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TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
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Ryan M. Harris
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University of Arkansas, Monticello
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THE AMERICAN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD
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James Applegate
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University of Montana
Bill Bailey
in the Mountains of New Mexico
Paul A. Barefield
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Steve Booth-Butterfield
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John Butler
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John A. Cagle
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Bill Cook
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Gary Copeland
University of Alabama
John A. Courtright
University of Delaware
Lyall Crawford
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John December
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Robert E. Denton, Jr.
Virginia Tech
Hazel F. Dicken-Garcia
University of Minnesota
Michel Dupagne
University of Miami
Bosah Ebo
Rider University
Gustav Friedrich
University of Oklahoma
Glenn Geiser-Getz
East Stroudsburg University
H. L. Goodall, Jr.
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Sandra Goodall
Text Works, Inc.
Tom Grimes
Kansas State University
Joy Hart
University of Louisville
Dale Herbeck
Boston College
Lawrence A. Hosman
University of Southern Mississippi
Charles Howard
Tarleton State University
Patrick M. Jablonski
University of Central Florida
Pamela Kalbfleisch
University of Wyoming
Lynda Kaid
University of Oklahoma
Amos Kiewe
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Min-Sun Kim
University of Hawaii
Gary Kreps
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Kathy Long
Rutgers University
Carolyn Marvin
University of Pennsylvania
James C. McCroskey
West Virginia University
Michael Calvin McGee
University of Iowa
Frank E. Millar
University of Wyoming
Paul Mongeau
Miami University
Sandra E. Moriarty
University of Colorado
Joy Morrison
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Victoria O'Donnell
Montana State University
Sean Patrick O'Rourke
Vanderbilt University
James L. Owen
University of Nevada, Reno
James Parker
Vanderbilt University
Roxanne Parrott
University of Georgia
John Pollock
The College of New Jersey
Richard Ranta
University of Memphis
Irving J. Rein
Northwestern University
Raymond Rodgers
McNeese State University
Robert Schrag
North Carolina State University
John Sherblom
University of Maine
Dil Siddiqui
Clarion University
Stephen A. Smith
University of Arkansas
Lindsley F. Smith
University of Arkansas School of Law
Frederick Steier
University of South Florida
John Stewart
University of Washington
David Whillock
Texas Christian University
Rita Kirk Whillock
Southern Methodist University
Marilyn J. Young
Florida State University
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Ty Adams
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