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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>FWIW, here’s my take (and since we’re disclosing: as
the award’s instigator, a committee member last year, and—incidentally—an
interloper in the comm. field): <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Comm, viewed as a loose collection of schools and departments,
is very under-reified compared to the core Soc Sci disciplines. It has no
strong methodological center. Instead, it (1) had a more-or-less unifying
object in the mass media and broadcasting in particular; and (2) has the system
of recognition built around the professional associations. I’ll
posit that this isn’t news to anyone here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The CROF award scratches the question of what happens to #2
after #1 goes away. What’s the specific purchase of a Comm school
on the convergent digital environment? Not so obvious in my view. There
has been a lot of institutional innovation in the last decade or so to
accommodate/anticipate these changes, and certainly more to come as J-Schools
get clobbered and universities retrench. New subjects and forms of
expertise are all over the place, inside and outside the university.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Academic professional associations are almost by definition efforts
to reify their disciplines. The reorganization of the larger ‘field’
in which they operate is a major challenge in this respect. There
are two basic choices: circle the wagons around an existing professional cadre,
or reach out and try to incorporate the new forms and locations of expertise. Represent
the discipline or the field. Institutional inertia almost always favors
the first direction. From my perspective, the CROF award is a small
but non-trivial step by ICA in the second. These things are always the products
of compromise, but note that these are ICA-wide awards, not marginalized in a
section. Professional recognition is the only currency ICA has, and
it’s chosen to spend it here on a series of things that fall outside the
usual reward system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>My own view is that the collaboration prize is the most challenging.
I’d definitely second Barry’s call for some creative nominations on
that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Joe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Joe Karaganis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>SSRC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Brasher, Brenda E
[mailto:bbrasher@tulane.edu] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Joe Karaganis; Barry Wellman<br>
<b>Cc:</b> citasa@list.citasa.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [CITASA] CRCP, CRAC, CROF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I think the
basic concept of the award is flawed. <br>
<br>
In an initiative apparently designed to give off an impression of inclusivity,
it furthers the reification of a socially constructed academic field.<br>
<br>
Brenda<br>
Dr. B. E. Brasher<br>
Department of Sociology<br>
Tulane University<br>
New Orleans, LA<br>
USA<br>
bbrasher@tulane.edu<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: citasa-bounces@list.citasa.org on behalf of KARAGANIS<br>
Sent: Thu 1/8/2009 8:12 AM<br>
To: Barry Wellman<br>
Cc: citasa@list.citasa.org<br>
Subject: Re: [CITASA] CRCP, CRAC, CROF<br>
<br>
I thought of it more as the 'What is the Field? Award'--or, more narrowly,<br>
the 'What is the Discipline in Relation to the Field? Award.' Not a
trivial<br>
question for a discipline-based professional association to ask, as we<br>
discovered last year.<br>
<br>
Minor addendum: the nomination process is online only (<br>
<a href="http://www.icahdq.org/cfp">http://www.icahdq.org/cfp</a> ). I am
guessing that snail mail submissions will<br>
be frowned on.<br>
<br>
J<br>
<br>
<br>
On 1/7/09 9:27 PM, "Barry Wellman" <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca>
wrote:<br>
<br>
> Thanks Joe for announcing.<br>
><br>
> The award I got was interesting. I call it The Marginal Man (sic) Award.<br>
> Officially, it is for a researcher who has "made important
contributions<br>
> to the field of communications from outside the discipline of<br>
> communications."<br>
><br>
> There are no fixed criteria, but obviously someone in<br>
> Comm Sci who was trained in Comm Sci is not eligible.<br>
><br>
> The committee will debate whether someone such as Manuel Castells (trained<br>
> in Sociology, employed at Annenberg Comm, USC) or Elihu Katz (trained in<br>
> Sociology employed at Annenberg Comm, U Penna) is eligible. These are just<br>
> examples -- don't read much into me.<br>
><br>
> Of course, the winner doesn't have to be a sociologist. People have<br>
> suggested to me Larry Lessig, Lee Rainie, Howard Rheingold -- altho I<br>
> haven't seen the formal nomination letters -- not due for some weeks.<br>
><br>
> Although nominations should be sent to ICA headquarters (nice letters +<br>
> CV), you should know that I'm on the selection committee, altho I declined<br>
> the honour of being chair. (Having already accepted the honour of<br>
> co-chairing the CITASA Career Award committee).<br>
><br>
> I've retained the Governor of Illinois as my consultant on the selection<br>
> process;-)<br>
><br>
> Barry Wellman<br>
>
_______________________________________________________________________<br>
><br>
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FRSC
NetLab Director<br>
> Department of
Sociology
University of Toronto<br>
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><br>
> Updating history: <a
href="http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php">http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php</a><br>
><br>
>
_______________________________________________________________________<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Joe Karaganis wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:57:25 -0500<br>
>> From: Joe Karaganis <karaganis@ssrc.org><br>
>> To: citasa@list.citasa.org<br>
>> Subject: [CITASA] CRCP, CRAC, CROF<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Everyone,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Just a note that nominations are being accepted for three
International<br>
>> Communication Association prizes (which we created last year).<br>
>> CITASA's own Barry Wellman received the first Communication Research
as<br>
>> an Open Field award.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Nominations have to come from ICA members, but there are no
restrictions<br>
>> on nominees. See <a
href="http://www.icahdq.org/aboutica/awards.asp">http://www.icahdq.org/aboutica/awards.asp</a>
for more<br>
>> details. Any help spreading the word would be welcome.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> The deadline is Jan 31, with prizes awarded at ICA in May.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Happy New Year to you,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Joe<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Joe Karaganis<br>
>><br>
>> SSRC<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AS COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE<br>
>><br>
>> The CRCP prize is awarded to researchers who engage in innovative
forms<br>
>> of collaboration to address emergent problems in media and<br>
>> communication. It is designed to encourage collaborative
communications<br>
>> research combining the efforts of researchers, practitioners, and
other<br>
>> interested parties in the production of new knowledge.<br>
>><br>
>> Collaboration that falls outside the usual incentive structures of the<br>
>> academy and that overcomes risks associated with building new kinds of<br>
>> partnerships will be a focus of this reward. The award carries a cash<br>
>> prize of $500.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE<br>
>><br>
>> The CRAC prize of $500 is awarded to research that has a demonstrable<br>
>> impact on practice outside the academy, with clear benefits to the<br>
>> community. How communication research may serve as an agent of change<br>
>> and social benefit is open to definition with the application for the<br>
>> award.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AS AN OPEN FIELD<br>
>><br>
>> The CROF prize of $500 is awarded to researchers who have made
important<br>
>> contributions to the field of communications from outside the
discipline<br>
>> of communications. It rewards and supports dialogue with other fields<br>
>> and institutional locations in which vital new understandings of the<br>
>> communications environment and the public sphere are being produced.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
><br>
<br>
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