Schiller and Smythe Prizes 2006

The IAMCR Prizes in Memory of Herbert I. Schiller and Dallas W. Smythe
are awarded every two years at the IAMCR General Meeting. The next
awards will be in 2008. Submission dates will be announced soon. 

 

2006 Schiller and Smythe Awards Announced at IAMCR Annual Conference in Cairo
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IAMCR Prize in Memory of Herbert I. Schiller

The Herbert Schiller prize was established at IAMCR's Singapore Conference to celebrate Herbert's lasting contribution to communications scholarship and to remember his work in helping to establish IAMCR as a open ,hospitable and vital space of debate , as one of the founders of the Political Economy Section and as Vice President of the Association.

Hebert embodied the very best traditions of intellectual life, as a scholar, as an influential writer, as an engaged critic and public orator, and above all, as an inspirational teacher who encouraged younger scholars to develop work that challenges accepted orthodoxies and centers of power and opens up new questions for analysis and debate.

Prize Criteria

  • A paper  which combines scholarly excellence with a commitment to developing and extending the critical, innovative and engaged spirit that characterised Herbert Schiller’s own contribution to communications analysis.

Rules

  • Papers may be submitted by students and junior scholars associated with any section or working group of IAMCR who are under the age of 35 at the time the paper is submitted.
  • Papers are limited 7,000 words.
  • Papers must be based on work that has not already been published or firmly committed elsewhere.

Procedure

  • Papers should be submitted in electronic form to the  Chair of the Herbert Schiller Award Panel.
  • The closing date for submissions will be announced in May of an award year.
  • An award will not necessarily be made; decisions will be made by the Herbet Schiller Award Panel and will be final.
  • If an award is made, the author(s) will be notified about 3 weeks before the conference.
  • The award comprise a cash prize of USD 1,000 as a contribution towards participation in the Cairo conference, together with a commemorative plaque marking the winner’s achievement.

 Herbet Schiller Award Panel 2006

  • Graham Murdock, Chair   
  • Professor John Downing, IAMCR Member   
  • Davinia Frau-Meigs, IAMCR Vice-President   
  • Dr Katherine Sarikakis, IAMCR Member

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IAMCR Prize in Memory of Dallas W. Smythe

Professor Dallas Smythe was a founder of the field of political economy of communication and a leading scholar and influence in national and international communication policy. Trained as an economist, Smythe's professional career included appointments at the Department of Labor and the Federal Communication Commission in the United States, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Regina. He was Professor of Communication at Simon Fraser University Canada from 1976 till his death in 1992.

Dallas Smythe was an active member of IAMCR. He established the Communication Satellites Section which later became known as the Communication Policy & Technology Section and he was an active participant in the Political Economy Section.

In recognition of his work, the Dallas Smythe Memorial Endowment Fund was established in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in 1992 “to further the understanding of communication studies,” through an invited lecture series and related activities.

Criteria

Criteria for award of a prize to an author(s) of a paper accepted for presentation at the major biannual IAMCR conferences:

  • A paper for which an award is made will be deemed to make a contribution to furthering the understanding of communication studies from a critical perspective and be grounded in some way in the tradition of the study of the ‘political economy of communication’.
  • A paper for which an award is made will be deemed by the Smythe Award Panel to be of a high scholarly standard.

Procedure

  • Papers may be submitted by students and younger scholars associated with any section or working group of IAMCR.
  • Papers submitted for consideration by the Smythe Award Panel must be completed and submitted (electronically) to the Office of the IAMCR President 6 weeks prior to the start of a conference, indicating the Section or Working Group in which a paper has been accepted.
  • Papers must also be submitted by the Conference deadline for paper submissions directly to a Section or Working Group.
  • An award will not necessarily be made at every conference.
  • If an award is made, the author(s) will be notified within 3 weeks of the start of the conference.
  • The award will normally be in the amount of US$ 500. 

Smythe Award Panel 2006

  • Professor Robin Mansell, IAMCR President
  • Professor Annabelle Sreberny, Vice-President 
  • Professor Vincent Mosco, IAMCR member
  • Professor Janet Wasko, IAMCR Political Economy Section Head   
  • Dr. Yuezhi Zhao, IAMCR member

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Contributions 

An IAMCR prize fund has been created and you can contribute to either or both funds from the Online Fee Payment section of this website.