2010 Annual International Communication Association Conference
Political Communication Division
Singapore, June 22-26 2010

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The ICA Political Communication Division meeting will be held Thu, Jun 24 - 4:00pm - 5:15pm in SUNTEC International Convention Centre, Room 303.

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Click here to download the business meeting minutes from 2009 that will be discussed at the division business meeting.

From Vice-Chair Yariv Tsfati:

With the Singapore conference fast approaching, I am writing with several last minute updates. The Political Communication Division's program will be very diverse and promises to be fascinating. It includes one hundred and six competitively-selected papers and five competitively-selected panels. We will also be co-sponsoring a preconference on "Cultural Research and Political Theory" and a cross-unit session titled "Thinking that 'Communication Matters' Matters".

A special memorial session honoring distinguished political communication and public opinion scholar Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (who passed away in March at the age of 94) was added to the program and scheduled for Wednesday at 5:30 pm in Room 303.

Division members are invited to our annual reception to be held at the Loof (http://www.loof.com.sg/rooftopbar/ ) -- a cool and trendy rooftop bar overlooking downtown Singapore. First drink will be covered by the division. Loof is located at the Oden Towers at 331 North Bridge Road #03-07, some 20 minutes walk (and five minutes taxi-ride) from the convention center. The reception is scheduled for Thursday, June 24th, at 5:45 PM, half an hour after the division's business meeting. We are grateful to Marko Skoric (of Nanyang Tecnological University) for suggesting this spectacular venue and helping us to coordinate the reception. Marko will also serve as a tour guide to those of us who wish to walk to the reception together right after our business meeting ends. If you wish to get there on your own, walking directions (courtesy of Marko's assistant Grace) are pasted below.

Walking directions to the reception:

Please find the instructions for walking from Suntec Convention to Loof (which is located at Oden Towers). It is a 15-20 min walk, when taken without distractions from the Great Singapore Sale:
1) From the Suntec Convention Centre, follow the signboards that will lead you towards the Esplanade MRT Station.
2) Take the Esplanade underpass and follow directions to Citylink Mall.
3) You will need to walk through the Citylink Mall till you reach City Hall MRT Station. There is a bakery called "Bread Talk" right next to the entrance to City Hall MRT Station that you can use as a landmark.
4) Once you see Bread Talk, take the escalator at Exit A of MRT Station that will bring you to Raffles City Shopping Centre.
5) You will then need to walk through the first level of Raffles City Shopping Centre and towards the exit that leads to "North Bridge Road". This exit is near the British India and Guess boutiques.
6) When you exit Raffles Place Shopping Centre, turn right and walk towards the first cross junction.
7) Diagonally across the junction, you will see Carlton Hotel. Cross the junction to get to Carlton Hotel then walk down the street to Oden Towers, which is just a couple of blocks away.
8) The entrance to Loof is right next to the Asia Grand Restaurant.

2010 Annual American Political Science Association Conference
Political Communication Division
Washington, DC, September 2-5, 2010

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2010 APSA Political Communication Section Pre-Conference
Power and Strategy in a New Communication Environment

The 8th Annual APSA Preconference on Political Communication will be held on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at Georgetown University. The theme of this year's conference is the exploration of political power in a new communication environment, and the possibilities for strategic action this environment affords within and across various levels. From local politics to international relations, new communication technologies and processes are transforming how political actors seek to achieve their goals. Changes can be found in local communities with individual blogs and citizen-action websites, at the national level with campaigning and issue-oriented activism played out on the internet, and at the international level with states (and other international actors) attempting to use strategic narratives to shape the future international system or to pursue particular political goals. This conference seeks to bring together a broadly focused group of scholars to discuss how political actors understand, pursue and use power in this new communication environment.

There is no fee for the pre-conference, as the Political Communication Section and generous university sponsors are covering the costs.  However, participants need to pre-register by August 15.  To pre-register, go to http://apsagwu.eventbrite.com.