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NCA's New Monthly Teleconference Series - CARD Calls: Communicating About Research and Professional Development Learn more>>

Debate Watch

NCA will once again partner with the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) to sponsor DebateWatch during the 2008 presidential debates. DebateWatch encourages viewers to watch in groups and then talk about what they have learned. Learn more>>

Advanced Registration Deadline Extended– Friday, October 10, 2008

NCA has extended its Advanced Registration Deadline for the 94^th Annual Convention to Friday, October 10, 2008. Faxed/Mailed/Online registrations will still be accepted at advanced registration rates until this date. Click here to download the registration form. Hurry and get your registration in!

NCA Statement Regarding Campus Speech Codes at University of Illinois Campuses

The National Communication Association believes that freedom of speech and assembly must hold a central position among American’s Constitutional principles, and we express our determined support for the right of peaceful expression. Read more>>

Listen In!

For anyone who was unable to participate in the NCA's Webinars, you can listin in to the live recording.

"Is the Art of Oratory Dead or Alive in the Presidential Campaign of 2008?"

"Do Presidential Debates Matter?"

Please note: The NCA Webinars use Elluminate, a cross-platform, Java, Web-based environment. When you click on a Webinar link, Elluminate will download to your computer some temporary Java components that will allow you to operate in the Elluminate environment on the Web and view the Webinar. If you agree, once the components have downloaded (which takes only a minute or two), you will be taken directly to the Webinar "room." The downloaded components are only temporary, which means that no permanent changes are made to software on your computer, but it also means that these components will have to reload every time you visit a Webinar.

DEADLINE EXTENDED - Space Available for NCA Graduate School Open House and Job Fair Registration

Booths are still available at both the NCA Convention Graduate School Open House and the NCA Job Fair. We know from previous years that these NCA convention events are excellent ways to find new faculty and graduate students. We also know that these opportunities sell quickly once the school year has begun. Read more>>

NCA Forum at NCA Annual Convention

The National Communication Association Forum (NCA-F) seeks to advance the art of interactive public communication by cultivating its study, practice, and evaluation across campuses, communities, and organizations. Learn more>>

Click here to learn more about the the 2008 Convention programs sponsored by NCA-F>>

NCA-F Call for Video Questions

Post-Election Forum: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

NCA members are invited to submit videotaped questions that look back on the 2008 presidential campaign or speculate on the future of presidential campaigning. Potential topics for the video questions include modes of campaigning, campaign coverage, role of the internet, public involvement, and campaign impact on policy-making and governance. Members wishing to submit video questions should focus on issues of scholarly concern to the field of political communication. Learn more>>

Communication Monographs Increased Impact Factor 66%

Communication Monographs has seen a significant rise in its Impact Factor to 1.512 from 0.909 in 2006, a 66% increase. The journal is now ranked 4th out of the 45 journals in the Communication category of the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR) 2007. Learn more and get free access>>

Founded in 1914, NCA is a non-profit organization of researchers, educators, students, and practitioners, whose academic interests span all forms of human communication. NCA is the oldest and largest national organization serving the academic discipline of Communication. Through its services, scholarly publications, resources, conferences and conventions, NCA works with its members to strengthen the profession and contribute to the greater good of the educational enterprise and society. Research and instruction in the discipline focus on the study of how messages in various media are produced, used, and interpreted within and across different contexts, channels, and cultures.