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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CALL FOR PAPERS: Visual Communication</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Communication researchers, educators, and practitioners, including postgraduate and final or honours year students in communication, design, media, journalism, cultural studies, and public relations are invited to submit papers for a<I> PRism</I> special issue on visual communication.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRism (ISSN 1448-4404) is a free-access, online, fully-refereed academic public relations and communication journal available at </FONT><A HREF="http://praxis.massey.ac.nz/prism_on-line_journ.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://praxis.massey.ac.nz/prism_on-line_journ.html</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. It was established in 2002 to meet the need for readily available, quality controlled critical and practical communication research materials online, and published its first issue in 2003. PRism is hosted by Massey University and supported by an international editorial board comprising 50 leading academics in communication and related fields.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Topic parameters:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Research in visual communication is one of the youngest within the social sciences. There are no established criteria to conduct this type of research, however, the fields of psychology, education, art history, ethnography, cultural, and multimedia studies can provide some guiding principles toward building empirical knowledge. Visual elements can make valuable contributions at three different stages of empirical enquiry: data acquisition, data analysis and data reporting. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We would like to review innovative tools to collect visual information, novel ways to analyse it, and original reporting channels or new publication outlets (including this journal). These both shape and are shaped by what we notice as valid research elements and how we understand what we see. We expect contributions in PR and communication related (but not limited) to the following fields: education, learning, personal development, professional development, teacher development, corporate and community development, and leadership development. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Possible topics:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What new research approaches can be developed to account for the specificity of visual or audio-visual elements as opposed to textual elements?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How can visual and audio-visual elements be integrated in the learning process?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How do different research streams use visual and audio-visual elements to present social constructs from their specific fields of interest?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How are collective identities defined, constructed and represented in visual media? What methodologies can we develop to make sense of this construction process?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How do visual artefacts and methods help or hinder the representation of constructs such as cognitive interpretations, understanding and insights? How may they assist in analysing interaction or impact on behaviour?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How may individual and collective visual representations complement each other in, for instance, collective capacity building?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Notes for intending authors:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please send articles of up to 5000 words to Annick Janson [a.janson@auckland.ac.nz] by February 15, 2006. Please indicate “Call for Papers – PRism 2006” in the subject line. Expressions of interest (abstracts up to 500 words) may also be sent to the Editor before this date.</FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Audio-visuals and illustrations</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Because of its online format, PRism is able to spearhead publication modalities and will endeavour to support the different kinds of multi-media that researchers would like to propose, including specifically still pictures, audio files, moving media and film digital clips (which will be viewed through Windows media player (PC), QuickTime media players, or Flash animation). In addition, PRism is also open to other types of audio-visual material that researchers have collected. Please contact the guest editor to discuss.</FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Manuscript guidelines</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Articles should be academically rigorous (e.g. methodologically and theoretically sound, and thoroughly researched and referenced) but written in a style that is accessible to anyone interested in communication and its implications. Use plain English and, if you must use jargon, clearly explain its meaning. When submitting your final article (as a word document, rtf or PDF file attached to an email), please also send a 100 word biography that tells us a few fun facts about you and your interests.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please adhere STRICTLY to APA style in preparing your manuscript and references. Articles which do not fulfil these criteria will not be sent to referees. We reserve the right to edit your work before publication.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">All articles submitted to PRism must be original, unpublished work, and should not be under simultaneous consideration by any other publishing outlet. If a full article is accepted for publication following successful progress through the refereeing process, the author agrees that it will then be published and archived on the PRism website. If an article published on PRism is later published elsewhere, the latter publication must acknowledge prior publishing on PRism.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If you would like high-level, constructive feedback on your work in progress, please send an abstract or article draft for consideration. Our referees are dedicated to making the publishing experience a pleasant one; they will highlight your strengths and guide and encourage you step-by-step through any changes needed to reach publishing standard. Support of this nature for postgraduate publishing is rare: so please take advantage of the opportunity while it exists. We wish you good luck and look forward to receiving your work!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">More information: </FONT><A HREF="http://praxis.massey.ac.nz/335.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://praxis.massey.ac.nz/335.html</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Guest editor</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Annick Janson</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">a.janson@auckland.ac.nz</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Excelerator – New Zealand Leadership Institute</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The University of Auckland Business School</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The University of Auckland</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Private Bag 92019, Auckland New Zealand</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Elspeth Tilley</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Lecturer in Communication</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Room 6C13A</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Department of Communication & Journalism</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Massey University</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://communication.massey.ac.nz/elspeth_tilley.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://communication.massey.ac.nz/elspeth_tilley.html</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PO Box 756</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Aotearoa New Zealand</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Editor, </FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRism</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> refereed online journal</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">of PR & communication research</FONT>
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