Dr. Michael Slater wins int'l award for best article advancing comm theory

Please join me in congratulating Mike Slater for receiving the McQuail Award for best article advancing communication theory published in a peer-reviewed journal!

The McQuail Award is an annual award given by the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), the largest research institute of its kind in Europe and among the largest worldwide. Mike will be traveling to Amsterdam in November to accept the award.

Mike won the award for his "Reinforcing Spirals" article, which
appears destined to become a classic in the field. Here's the full cite:

Slater, M. D. (2007). Reinforcing spirals: The mutual influence of media selectivity and media effects and their impact on individual behavior and social identity. Communication Theory, 17(3), 281-303.

Congratulations, Mike!

Congratulations to Nori Comello for single-authored Comm Theory publication

Congratulations to Nori Comello, 3rd year Ph.D. student, for the recent acceptance of her single-authored article "William James on 'Possible Selves': Implications for Studying Identity in
Communication Contexts" in Communication Theory, one of the top journals in the Communication discipline.

The article was based on papers done during her 1st year core courses in communication theory.

Nori will be presenting her more recent work in communication and identity, addressing how anti-drug messages may operate through their impact on social identity, later this quarter in
CHASSIS.