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AEJMC News, Updates & Statistics
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Best Practices in Teaching of Critical Thinking
The
AEJMC Elected Teaching Committee has named the recipients of the
2010 Best Practices in Teaching of Critical Thinking Competition. The
recipients will be honored during a special panel session at the AEJMC
Denver Conference on Wednesday, August 4 at 11:45 a.m. >>> READ MORE
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Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century
Do you have an idea for improving the
teaching of newswriting, reporting or editing? If so, enter it in the AEJMC
Newspaper Division's teaching competition, Teaching News Terrifically in the
21st Century, for the chance to earn recognition and a cash prize. >>> READ MORE
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Public Relations Survey
The
Public Relations Division is conducting a survey of
current AEJMC members. Your participation in this survey would be
greatly appreciated. Your answers will
help the PR Division better serve its members and understand future needs as they continue to
reach out to new faculty and graduate students. SURVEY LINK: http://studies.tosm.ttu.edu/AEJM Questions? Contact Seth Oyer and Trent Seltzer.
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ComSHER Field Trip
Denver Museum of Nature
and Science | Wednesday, August 4,
8:15 am to 1:00 pm
Join us in an excursion to this 110-year-old museum, where we will
meet with Bridget C. Coughlin, Ph.D., Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
and Programs Curator of Human Health to hear about efforts to keep Denver
excited about and engaged with science. We'll meet in the conference
hotel lobby at 8:15 a.m. Register here to receive discounted ticket prices.
Questions? Contact John Besley.
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Free Conference Registration
Kathy Roberts Forde, University of South Carolina, and Miao Guo, University of Florida, were randomly selected among pre-registrants to win FREE
entry to the upcoming 2010 AEJMC Conference in Denver.
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Statistics: Paper Submissions, Election, more
- AEJMC
Paper Submissions - 1,796 reviewed (highest to date)
- By Groups: Mass Communication & Society
(184); Communication Technology (156); Public Relations (145);
Communication Theory and Methodology (111); Communicating Science,
Health, Environment and Risk (105), received the most submissions.
- By Submitters: 876 Graduate Students (47.8%); 404 Assistant Professors (22%); 166 Associate Professors (9%); 101 Professors (5.5%). Some did not provide information.
- By States: Florida (155); Texas (148); Pennsylvania (108); Missouri (83); North Carolina (64); Wisconsin (64); Colorado (63); New York (60); Alabama (60).
- AEJMC Election - 825 ballots returned, 31.6% response rate (highest since 1998 when it was 31.8%)
- AEJMC Logo competition - 169 entries from around the world
- AEJMC Social Media in the Classroom competition - 49 entries
- AEJMC Website - 27, 320 unique visitors in March; hits inside the site - 909,337
- AEJMC Twitter - 1,884 followers
- AEJMC Facebook - more than 600 fans
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About AEJMC
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication is a nonprofit, educational association of journalism and mass communication educators, students and media professionals. The Association's mission is to advance education, foster scholarly research, cultivate better professional practice and promote the free flow of communication.
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