[CITASA] CRCP, CRAC, CROF

[Barry Wellman]

Thanks Joe for announcing.

The award I got was interesting. I call it The Marginal Man (sic) Award.
Officially, it is for a researcher who has "made important contributions
to the field of communications from outside the discipline of
communications."

There are no fixed criteria, but obviously someone in
Comm Sci who was trained in Comm Sci is not eligible.

The committee will debate whether someone such as Manuel Castells (trained
in Sociology, employed at Annenberg Comm, USC) or Elihu Katz (trained in
Sociology employed at Annenberg Comm, U Penna) is eligible. These are just
examples -- don't read much into me.

Of course, the winner doesn't have to be a sociologist. People have
suggested to me Larry Lessig, Lee Rainie, Howard Rheingold -- altho I
haven't seen the formal nomination letters -- not due for some weeks.

Although nominations should be sent to ICA headquarters (nice letters +
CV), you should know that I'm on the selection committee, altho I declined
the honour of being chair. (Having already accepted the honour of
co-chairing the CITASA Career Award committee).

I've retained the Governor of Illinois as my consultant on the selection
process;-)

 Barry Wellman
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Joe Karaganis wrote:

> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:57:25 -0500
> From: Joe Karaganis <karaganis at ssrc.org>
> To: citasa at list.citasa.org
> Subject: [CITASA] CRCP, CRAC, CROF
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> Hi Everyone,
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> Just a note that nominations are being accepted for three International
> Communication Association prizes (which  we created last year).
> CITASA's own Barry Wellman received the first Communication Research as
> an Open Field award.
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> Nominations have to come from ICA members, but there are no restrictions
> on nominees.   See http://www.icahdq.org/aboutica/awards.asp for more
> details.  Any help spreading the word would be welcome.
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> The deadline is Jan 31, with prizes awarded at ICA in May.
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> Happy New Year to you,
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> Joe
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> Joe Karaganis
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> COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AS COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
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> The CRCP prize is awarded to researchers who engage in innovative forms
> of collaboration to address emergent problems in media and
> communication. It is designed to encourage collaborative communications
> research combining the efforts of researchers, practitioners, and other
> interested parties in the production of new knowledge.
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> Collaboration that falls outside the usual incentive structures of the
> academy and that overcomes risks associated with building new kinds of
> partnerships will be a focus of this reward. The award carries a cash
> prize of $500.
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> COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE
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> The CRAC prize of $500 is awarded to research that has a demonstrable
> impact on practice outside the academy, with clear benefits to the
> community. How communication research may serve as an agent of change
> and social benefit is open to definition with the application for the
> award.
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> COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AS AN OPEN FIELD
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> The CROF prize of $500 is awarded to researchers who have made important
> contributions to the field of communications from outside the discipline
> of communications. It rewards and supports dialogue with other fields
> and institutional locations in which vital new understandings of the
> communications environment and the public sphere are being produced.
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