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Index Number: 26397

                         AEJMC Call For Papers
       Interest Group on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
           Submitted by Clark Edwards <edwards@DUQ3.DUQ.EDU>

    The Interest Group on the Status of Persons with Disabilities will
sponsor or co-sponsor eight different sessions during the four-day AEJMC
convention in Kansas City, Aug 11-14, 1993.  Four of the sessions will
be devoted to presentation of research on media and disability--one of
them, co-sponsored by the Advertising Division, will focus on research
on the presentation of individuals with disabilities in advertising.
The interest group will team up with the Media Management and Economics
Division for a teaching session on disability issues in journalism
education-- including educating future media managers about the impact
the Americans with Disabilities Act will have on the newsroom.

    The Interest group's activities get underway the first day of the
convention with a research panel at 11 a.m.  Wednesday August 11.  The
business meeting is set that evening at 7:15, immediately following the
keynote address and reception.

    The afternoon of the second day, Thursday August 12, will be busy.
The joint research session on disability portrayal in advertising is at
1:30.  Following a break for refreshments, we team up with the Visual
Communication and Theory and Methodology Divisions for a PF&R
(Professional Freedom and Responsibility) panel on pictorial stereotypes
in the media.  Another research paper session follows at 5:15.  Friday's
activities by the group will be a bit less hectic, consisting solely of
the teaching session with Media Management and Economics at 10:30 a.m.

    The final day of the convention, Saturday August 14, starts of with
a panel at 10 a.m. and a final research session at 12:45.

    Those who are considering submitting research papers to the Interest
Group's paper competition should note that this year's schedule has more
than triple the time allotted for presentation of research on media and
disability than we had last year in Montreal.  Papers should be sent to
Ann Preston, Department of Communication, North Dakota State University,
Fargo, ND 58105.  And just a reminder that our joint research session
with the Advertising Division means we'll be looking for research
examining the presentation of disability in advertising.

    If you have an interest in the PF&R session with Visual
Communication and Theory and Methodology, the contact person is Paul
Lester, California State University, Fullerton, 717-449-5302; FAX
714-773-2209; Internet:  LESTER@FULLERTON.EDU.  The teaching session
with Media Management and Economics is being coordinated by John S.
Clogston; Dept. of Journalism, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
60115, 815-753- 7008; FAX 815-753-6302.  For more information, contact:

                      Clark Edwards, Ph.D., Chair
           AEJMC Interest Group on Persons with Disabilities
      Dept. of Communication, Duquesne Univ., Pittsburgh, PA 15282
      EMAIL:EDWARDS@DUQ3.DUQ.EDU - 412-434-6460 - FAX 412-434-5078

                                 --or--

                    John Clogston, Ph.D. Vice-Chair
           AEJMC Interest Group on Persons with Disabilities
Department of Journalism, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115