Conferences

MMI members often submit their work to the following conferences:

• International Communication Association
• Society for Psychophysiological Research
• National Communication Association
• TTU Undergraduate Research Conference
• Broadcast Education Association

Internal conference travel funding options can be found on the funding page.

Past Conference Submissions

Click the links to view past conference submissions from MMI.

Media2Inspire Symposium 2018, The Embodiment of Meaningful Media Content Evoked Elevation

ICA 2018, Communication Science and Biology, Scare Me With A Story

ICA 2019, Information Systems, Adaptive and Embodied Emotional Media Technology

ICA 2019, Information Systems, Persuasive Effects of Emotional Appeals and Interactivity in Social Issues Messages

ICA

Standard Outline of an ICA Extended Abstract

1. Introduction

• State the research question.

Simplest and most direct approach is stating it in the very first sentence.

Alternative approach is writing a few sentences that contextualize the question.

• Address the practical and theoretical importance of the research question.

Theoretical importance is the value of doing the study to the discipline, to address gaps in research, and the value of the study to other researchers.

Practical implications of the study for industry and/or society.

• Theoretical Framework

Zero in on the theoretical foundation and framework for the study. There is no room for a full blown literature review in these abstracts.

• General Hypothesis/Research Questions

Typically you aren't going to have room to state specific hypotheses. Instead, condense these hypotheses down into a statement of the research question your answering or general hypothesis you are testing.

Include a short indication that you intend to have the full paper prepared and are dealing with limited space, such as "Specific hypotheses will be presented in the full paper."

2. Methodology (Leave 2 to 2.5 Pages for Methodology)

• State your experiment design.

Make this statement your first sentence of the methodology section.

Example: "This experiment will employ a 2(Variable1: Levels) x 2(Variable 2: Levels) x 3(Variable 3: Levels) 'Insert design type' design."

• Independent Variables

State Each Variable, Rough Conceptual Definition, and a Rough Operational Definition.

• Dependent Variables

State Each Variable, Rough Conceptual Definition, and a Rough Operational Definition. You can also outline some of the procedures for psychophysiological data collection.

**You can also state you independent and dependent variables between your research questions and methodology. Up to you. **

• Stimuli

Discuss what your stimulus is, and how/why you chose these stimuli if relevant. Keep it brief, unless further discussion of the stimulus is needed and relevant.

• Participants and Procedure

Describe who your participants are, how many there are, and a step by step description from participant arrival to departure. Keep in mind this is an abstract. Keep it brief, you can use broad statements like "Psychophysiological measures will be recorded in accordance with the procedures set forth by Potter & Bolls (2012)." or "Psychophysiological measures will be recorded and processed following the guidelines set in the Society for Psychophysiological Research Guidelines papers."

• If there is room, outline the procedures regarding how you will approach data analysis.

3. Conclusion

• Most of our abstracts end in the analysis section with a concluding sentence.
• To conclude your paper, end with a statement regarding your commitment to completing the project.

Example: "Data collection will proceed in x months and if accepted, the full paper will be presented at ICA."

Reviewer Evaluation Criteria By Division

Keep these criteria in mind when writing and revising your submissions.

Information Systems Division

All Submissions

• The paper advances our theoretical understanding.
• The paper is methodologically sound (if applicable).
• The paper is innovative, original, and creative.
• The paper fits nicely in the Information Systems division.

Communication Science & Biology Interest Group

All Submissions

• The submission is interesting.
• The submission demonstrates methodological rigor.
• The submission advances our understanding of communication systems and processes.
• The submission is innovative or provides a rigorous direct replication.
• The submission will attract a large audience (including myself).

Game Studies Division

Poster proposals

• Quality of Literature Review
• Quality of Methods
• Proposed Analyses
• Relevance to GAMES
• Quality of Writing

Full Research Papers

• Quality of Literature Review
• Quality of Methods
• Quality of Analyses
• Relevance to GAMES
• Quality of Writing

Last Updated October 2018

Submission

Full Instructions for submitting through ICA's Scholar One site can be found here.

• Ensure that you create a Scholar One account well before the submission deadline. You will have to fill in information about yourself, which can take a while. You can access this by going to the ICA website, navigating to the conferences tab, then the paper submission website sub page.
• When signing up, you will be asked to review the submissions of others. Unless you are a PhD student, do not sign up to review submissions unless the division you are submitting to explicitly says that non-PhD students may do that.

New Submission

• After clicking the Submissions tab, then the create new submission link you will see step 1. As of 2018, there is only one option for this so continue to the next step.
• Next you will be asked to write a title for your submission and a brief 150 word abstract. If you can do this well before the submission deadline so it doesn't surprise you if you end up submitting an hour or two before it is due.
• The next section discusses the properties of the submission. Be sure to include the most relevant keywords to your submission. Who do you want reviewing you paper? These keywords will be used to assign reviewers to your paper so choose wisely.
• Inputting co-authors can take some time, so do this well before the submission date.
• You can save your progress on the submission as a draft, so when you've completed your paper you can edit the draft and only have to upload the pdf.

SPR

Standard Outline of an SPR Extended Abstract