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Political Communication


The purpose of this section is to foster the study of political communications within the discipline of political science including research on mass media, telecommunications policy, new media technologies, and the process of communicating and understanding.

Website: ww.politicalcommunication.org

  


2008 - 2009 Officers

Chair:
Richard Davis
Brigham Young University
Political Science
754 SWKT
Provo UT 84602
richard_davis@byu.edu

Vice Chair:
Regina G. Lawrence
Louisiana State University
Manship School of Mass Communication
Journalism Building 211
Baton Rouge LA 70803
lawrenr@lsu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
David Taras
University of Calgary
Communications & Culture
2500 University Dr., N.W.
Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Canada
dtaras@ucalgary.ca

Newsletter Editor:
David M. Ryfe
University of Nevada, Reno
Donald Reynolds School of Journalism
Mail Stop 310
Reno NV 89557
dryfe@unr.edu

2009 Program Chair:
Stephen J. Farnsworth
University of Mary Washington
Political Science
1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg VA 22401

At-Large Members of Executive Committee:
Kim Fridkin, Arizona State University
Patricia Moy, University of Washington
Kim Gross, George Washington University

Nominations Committee:
Todd Belt, University of Hawai,  Hilo


Awards

Paul Lazarfeld Best Paper Award for the best paper on political communication presented at the previous years APSA Annual Meeting.

Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award for the best book published on political communication in the last ten years.  

Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award for lifetime contribution to the study of political communication.

Best Paper by a Graduate Student Award for the best paper on political communication presented by a Graduate Student at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.