NCA 2005 Call for Submissions

The Human Communication and Technology Division invites papers and panels that examine the theory and application of communication technologies as they apply relationships, communities, and other organizational and social contexts. The division has previously scheduled panels that examined new technologies, new media, cyberculture, collaborative work, distance education, communication system design, technology adoption and diffusion, globalism, access, rights, the security of technologically-mediated communication systems and a variety of other topics that examine the implications of technologically mediated communication systems for literacies, rhetorics, discourse, practice, policy, pedagogy, and human consciousness.

This year's convention theme provides HCTD researchers an opportunity to address ways in which communication technologies contribute to "The Health of the Discipline". Human communication technologies challenge the discipline to revise and extend existing theory and conceptualizations about communication processes with new literacies, rhetorics, and ways of thinking rooted in evolving means of teaching, working, interacting, and building communities. The Division is especially interested in papers and panels that address the role of communication technologies in enhancing the "health" of relationships, communities, and other social systems that are structured through our choices of communication media.

All submissions must be made online through the NCA site. You will be directed to the All Academic site with prompts to clarify the process.

Submissions will be accepted only in these formats: Word, WordPerfect, PDF (Adobe Acrobat), and Rich Text. Do NOT compress files before sending. Audio visual requests should accompany your submission.

Submission deadline: February 16, 2005

Papers should aim for no more than 25 pages of text. Authors should prepare a 250-500 word abstract which will be submitted as plain text on the submission page. No information identifying the author may appear in the paper. If your paper is accepted, the abstract and author information will be permanently posted on the HCTD web site (http://hctd.org).

Authors are reminded that it is good practice, when submitting abstracts and other information to an online site, to compose in a local editor and cut and paste into the abstract and other fields.

Contact co-planners:
"Davis Foulger , Department of Television and Radio, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889, phone (212-579-5826, cell: 914-299-0644)
"Andy Finn, The Andy Finn Show , P.O. Box 10451, Burke, VA 22009 (and adjunct, George Mason U), phone (703-425-1641, cell: 703-850-7003)