FCA 90th Annual Convention
#TRUTH
February 18th-20th, 2021
Deadline for Submissions: January 1st, 2021
Please click here for the 2020 Convention Call in PDF format, or read below.
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Submitting Your Proposal
This year’s convention will have two tracks: 1) Communication Theory and Empirical Research (primary scholarship, theory, and professional papers/panels with data collection) and 2) Communication Application (papers/panels, G.I.F.T.S (great ideas for teaching students), individual teaching submissions, teaching workshops, trend reporting in the discipline, reviews and reports, dissertation defense prelim/practice, and talk-backs). The convention also includes a 3) Competitive Poster Session open to anyone: e.g. submission by graduate and undergraduate students; post-graduates. Please indicate which track your submission fits in when submitting. Every submission will be reviewed competitively and all submissions will be considered for a best paper/panel award within its own track.
All proposals should be submitted electronically using the FCA website at http://www.floridacom.org. Please log in or create an account if you are a new user (an FCA membership is not required to create an account on the website). Use the “Convention” link in the top or side menu and then click on “Proposal Submission.” You can also find a link at the top of this page. If you experience problems submitting your proposal, please contact Chris Gurrie at cgurrie@ut.edu.
Convention Registration is Required for all Presenters
Registration is ONLINE. This year, each registrant will receive a free membership to FCA for 2021!
Submissions
Panel/Workshop Proposals/Alternative Scholarship (both tracks): All discussion panel, workshops, GIFTS, talk-backs, reports, and “other” presentations including paper panel proposals must include a one-page attachment containing: (1) a rationale for the proposed presentation, (2) a brief (50-word) description AND a brief (100-word) abstract for the proposed panel/workshop/paper (3) a list of all participants/authors including names, titles, affiliations, and contact information (email and phone number). Please clearly identify the chairperson of the panel/workshop, who shall serve as the primary contact for notifications. *Please indicate on your cover sheet if you are a student.
Full Paper Submissions (both tracks): Full paper submissions track should include a cover sheet listing the paper title and names, titles, affiliations, emails, and phone numbers for all authors. Please indicate on the cover sheet which track your paper is considered: 1) Communication Theory and Empirical Research or 2) Communication Application. Completed papers should have an abstract and NOT exceed 25 double-spaced pages, excluding references and appendices. Submission should be in either Microsoft Word or PDF format.** Please indicate on your cover sheet if you are a student.
Communication Theory and Empirical Research Track
Submissions to this track seek to foster a community of academics and professionals who produce new scholarship in our societal, cultural, and organizational settings. These papers, articles, and panel submissions should propose research questions or hypotheses, identify and outline communication and related theoretical framework, conduct research in one of the traditional formats: qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, or ethnography, and then provide summative (albeit preliminary) results. Authors may submit their original solo work or propose their own paper panel with papers from multiple authors and a designated chair. This track is not appropriate for book reviews or reports; or papers without empirical research. Scholarship of that nature is enthusiastically welcome under Communication Application.
Communication Application Track
This year FCA seeks to make it clear all forms of outstanding scholarship have a home at our annual convention. With the uncertainty brought by Covid-19 and possible slashed and frozen travel monies, we invite scholars and professionals to consider FCA. Submissions to the Communication Application track seek to foster a community of applied and practical scholarship, learning and pedagogical scholarship, outstanding teaching workshops, the communication arts and performative works, discussions panels, and presentations that leave members energized and invigorated. Authors/presentation teams should include a cover sheet with demographic information and indicate the work should be considered for the Communication Application track. It is expected this submission area will be of particular interest and highly competitive. Please be as complete in your submissions as possible: e.g. full papers if available, panel rationales, other rationales. Submissions across the conference are matched with similar work for session experience of attendees. Submissions that are intended to be full session workshops should submitted with the word “Workshop” in the title and must contain a clear rationale for how the full session will be used (e.g., audience participation, etc.).
Competitive Poster Sessions
Please note: Further details regarding the Virtual Poster Session will be forthcoming.
Anyone may submit poster session proposals, which must include one attachment containing: (1) a one-page rationale for the proposed poster that includes a list of all participants including names, titles, affiliations and contact information (email and phone number) & (2) a brief (50-word) description of the poster. Please indicate your position within the communication field: undergraduate or graduate student, faculty/staff, or industry so we may discern if separate sessions are needed. Faculty members may also submit on behalf of their students. For more information, please contact Myra Walters at Myra.Walters@fsw.edu.
Conference Theme In all scholarship/submissions preference is given to work supporting the conference theme of #TRUTH
Moderators Faculty or Graduate Students who are interested in serving as a moderator for panels please contact Chris Gurrie at cgurrie@tut.edu by January 1, 2021.
Poster Judges Faculty or Graduate Students who are interested in serving as judges for the poster sessions please contact Myra Walters at Myra.Walters@fsw.edu by January 15, 2021.
If you have suggestions or need any additional information about the upcoming conference, please contact Chris Gurrie, Vice President, at cgurrie@ut.edu.