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Law & Policy Division Call for Papers

Deadline: December 1, 2004

Broadcast Education Association
50th Annual Convention & Exhibition
3rd Annual Festival of Media Arts
April 21-23, 2005 * Las Vegas, Nevada * www.beaweb.org

The Law & Policy Division of the Broadcast Education Association invites scholarly papers from academics, students and professionals for presentation at its annual convention, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The BEA2005 convention theme is "Fifty Years of Excellence for Electronic Media Academics, Industry and Future Professionals" and is intended as a focus for the convention, but does not imply that competitive papers must reflect that theme. Papers are accepted in a number of areas including media law, media regulation, media policy and/or policymaking, Internet regulation, First Amendment, and legal theory. Please contact division vice-chair Cynthia Cooper (cacooper@salisbury.edu; phone: 410.677.5032) if you have any questions regarding the topic of your submission. You may also check the BEA website (www.beaweb.org) for the division's specifics on submitting papers.

Submission Details:

Papers must be received by the division vice-chair Cynthia Cooper by December 1, 2004. Please consider “travel time” of your submission so that it arrives by the December 1 deadline.

Papers are submitted as either "Debut" or "Open" papers. The Debut category is open only to those who have never previously presented a paper at a BEA Convention. First and second place winners in Debut categories receive $200 and $100 to help defray their costs of attending the convention.

Sorry, no electronic or faxed submissions can be accepted.

Law & Policy Submission Requirements:

• Length: not to exceed 30 double-spaced pages, including references and tables

• Style: use of APA style or a style suited to the discipline

• Abstract: abstract of less than 250 words to be included with submission

• Copies: three (3) copies of paper must be submitted.

• Exclusivity: papers may not be submitted to more than one division during the same year

• Authorship: author's name, institution address, phone number and e-mail to appear on the cover page only (list all contact information for each author of multiple authored papers)

• Convention Attendance: At least one (1) author of an accepted competitive paper MUST attend the convention to present the paper. Participants MUST be members of BEA and registered for the convention.

Cover page must include:

• the title of the paper and the division to which the paper is submitted

• whether submission is an "open" or "debut" entry (any papers without such designation will be considered in the open category)

• Author Contact Information, including all contact information for each author of multiple authored papers

• any A/V requirements

Papers MUST be received by December 1, 2004.

Send directly to:

Dr. Cynthia Cooper
Communication & Theatre Arts – Fulton Hall 246
1101 Camden Avenue
Salisbury University
Salisbury, Maryland 21801

Contact Information: Cynthia Cooper, cacooper@salisbury.edu
Phone: 410.677.5032