Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, or AEJMC, is a major international membership organization for academics in the field, offering regional and national conferences and refereed publications. It has numerous membership divisions, interest groups, publications and websites. Its major journal, "Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly" was formerly titled "Journalism Quarterly." It also publishes the quarterly, refereed "Journalism & Mass Communication Educator", formerly "Journalism Educator", and the refereed "Journalism & Mass Communication Monographs", formerly "Journalism Monographs". [cite news|url=http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11539.shtml|title=Journalism Educators Association Aims to Step Up Diversity Efforts]

The current editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly is Dan Riffe, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University. The current editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Educator is Dane S. Claussen, Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication, Point Park University. The current editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Monographs is Anantha Babbili, College of Mass Communication, Middle Tennessee State University.

In the United States, many university journalism departments — particularly at Midwestern, Western and Southern state universities — evolved into schools or colleges of mass communication or "journalism and mass communication." In addition to studying practical skills of journalism, public relations or advertising, students also may major in "mass communication" or "mass communication research." The latter is often the title given to doctoral degrees from such schools, whether the focus of the student's research is journalism practice, media economics, history, law or media influence.

Departmental structures within such colleges may separate research and instruction in professional or technical aspects of newspaper and magazine publishing, radio, television, and film. Mass communication research topics include media institutions and processes, such as diffusion of information, and media effects, such as persuasion or manipulation of public opinion. Outside of media history and communication law, research methods in mass communication fields have leaned toward empirical research, experimental studies and quantitative methods, such as public opinion polling and content analysis of news media. However, qualitative research, including ethnographic case studies and focus groups, has growing support in some specialties. Critical-cultural theory is less popular than in other "communication studies" programs.

Such programs are accredited by the [http://www.ku.edu/~acejmc/ ACEJMC Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication] .

The [http://www.icahdq.org/ International Communication Association] (ICA) and National Communication Association (formerly the Speech Communication Association) include divisions and publications that overlap with those of AEJMC, but AEJMC historically has stronger ties to the mass communication professions in the United States.

References

External links

* [http://aejmc.org Organization headquarters]
* [http://aejmc.net Directory of AEJMC division sites]


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