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- Aether: the journal of media geography invites submission of papers
for a special issue on 'The Geographies
of Journalism'. Submissions should be sent no later than March 1,
2008.
Aether, an online, peer-reviewed journal, invites submission of papers
for a special issue focusing on the geographies
of interactive visual media and gaming, to be published in early 2008.
AAG Meeting 2008 Boston Calls
for Papers
The Communication Geography Specialty group is sponsoring the
the following sessions that have issued calls for papers:
2007 San Francisco Meeting Sponsored Sessions
2007 San Francisco Meeting Calls for Papers
2007 Student Paper Competition
The award for the 2007 student paper competition will be increased
from $50 to $100. Look for information about the 2007 competition soon.
2006 Student Paper Competition
The winner of the 2006 student paper competition was Leigh Schwartz,
a Master's degree candidate at San Diego State University. She received
an award of $50 for her paper: "Othering in Video Games: Representation
of Foreign Cultures in World of Warcraft, Suikoden III, Shenmue, and
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." COMGEOG thanks the judges for their
effort and cooperation.
Membership Grows!
CGSG membership has grown significantly in the past year approaching
nearly 100 geographers. We welcome all of those members who have recently
joined the specialty group!
Chicago 2006 Sessions
COMGEOG sponsored nine very successful sessions at the 2006 meeting,
including two panel sessions and seven paper sessions. Summaries of
the sessions and abstracts are available.
Elections
At the annual business meeting in Chicago Darren Purcell was elected
as Secretary/Treasurer replacing Barney Warf. Melanie McCalmont was
elected to a second term as Student Liason and Michael Longan was elected
to a second term as Communications Director. The terms for these positions
are through March 2008. Paul Adams remains Chair of the specialty group
until his term expires in 2007.
Deadlines Extended
- Since the AAG has extended the deadlines for abstract submissions
to November 3, you have some additional time to send your communication
geography related abstract and presenter number to Paul Adams (paul.adams@mail.utexas.edu)
for inclusion in a sponsored session.
- Sessions at the 2006 AAG Meeting
- The Communication Geography Specialty Group (COMGEOG) will be glad
to sponsor sessions for the 2006 AAG Meeting that are related to: (A)
communication infrastructure, diffusion and policy, or (B) representation,
symbolism and discourse. Sessions bringing together these two areas
of interest are particularly welcome. Paper presenters who would like
to be matched up with people presenting on related topics are encouraged
to send us their abstracts and we will organize sessions related to
themes A and B above. In past years, COMGEOG has sponsored sessions
related to cinematic and televisual geographies, performance, print
and advertising, geopolitics and place representation, cyberspace and
the Internet, and other topics. If you are unsure whether your research
fits in with the interests of COMGEOG feel free to contact Paul Adams
at: paul.adams@mail.utexas.edu. Further
Details
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- Student Paper Competition at the 2006 AAG Meeting
- The Communication Geography Specialty Group, will be offering a $50
student paper prize for the first time at the 2006 AAG meeting. See
the Call For Papers (HTML
format or PDF
format) for complete details on eligibility and submission information.
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- Panel Session on Spaces of Communication Chicago AAG Meeting
- A panel session on “spaces of communication” is being planned for
the 2006 AAG meeting in Chicago that will bring together geographers
with expertise in communication technologies and geographers with expertise
in representations, images and discourses.
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