List Members - I thouhgt you would be interested in the following. PM ========================================================================= = = = A CCCCC JJJJJJJJJJJ = = AAA CCC CCC JJJ = = AA AA CCC JJJ = = AA AA CCC JJJ = = AAAAAAAAA CCC JJJ = = AA AA CCC CCC JJJ JJJ = = AA AA CCCCC JJJJJ = = = = THE AMERICAN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL = = = = A peer-reviewed online publication of the = = American Communication Association = = --Founded 1996-- = = = ========================================================================= 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. ----------------------------- Here is how the journal works: ----------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------- Concerning style and general formalities, each submission: --------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Concerning technological guidelines, the core text of each submission: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------- If accepted for publication, the author of each submission must: --------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Address all journal submissions to: ====== EDITOR ====== Tyrone L. Adams [log in to unmask] Box 3460: Division of Arts & Languages University of Arkansas, Monticello Monticello, AR 71656 ================ ASSOCIATE EDITOR ================ Jim A. Kuypers [log in to unmask] Dartmouth College =================== TECHNICAL ASSISTANT =================== Ryan M. Harris [log in to unmask] University of Arkansas, Monticello ================================================== THE AMERICAN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD ================================================== James Applegate University of Kentucky Roy Atwood University of Idaho Betsy Wackernagel Bach University of Montana Bill Bailey in the Mountains of New Mexico Paul A. Barefield University of Southwestern Louisiana Steve Booth-Butterfield West Virginia University John Butler University of Northern Iowa John A. Cagle California State University, Fresno Bill Cook Dartmouth College Gary Copeland University of Alabama John A. Courtright University of Delaware Lyall Crawford Weber State University 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 Syracuse University 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 ==================================================================== Ty Adams