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40 Media L. Notes 1 (2011-2012)

handle is hein.journals/mdilwnts40 and id is 1 raw text is: MEDIA LAW NOTES VOLUME 40, No. 1 LAW & POLICY DIVIsIoN, AEJMC FALL 2011 liedl Head Notes David Cuillier Division Head University of Arizona cuillier@email.arizona.edu Pretty soon we'll be 100 years old. At times I feel like I'm that old, but not with this group. As AEJMC approaches its 100th anni- versary, the Law and Policy Divi- sion exudes energy moving the organization forward. Here is what you can expect in the coming year, thanks to the great team of officers working away: Chips ahoy. Vice Head and Pro- gramming Chair Kathy Olson (Lehigh University) is putting to- gether the nearly dozen panel pro- posals submitted by members for the national conference. On Dec. 2 -3, Kathy and traveled to Louis- ville, Ky., to the winter meeting chip auction, where we dickered with other divisions to come up with joint sessions. Amy Kristin Sanders, Professional Freedom and Responsibility chair, has been working to develop some good sessions, as well as what's submit- ted by members. Unfortunately, not all of the submitted proposals will be select- ed, since there are usually only five or six panel times available for the division. Also, panels that attract co-sponsorship with other divisions are often favored because it allows for more of our sessions to be offered. From what I've seen so far, it looks like a great submis- sion pool! Legal history, anyone? Research Chair Derigan Silver (University (Continued on page 2) From the Research Chair Derigan Silver University of Denver As the call for submissions for original research papers for the 2012 AEJMC Conference in Chica- go goes out, I'd like to draw the membership's attention to the fol- lowing sentence in the call: The Division welcomes a variety of the- oretical orientations and any method appropriate to the research ques- tion. As research chair, I'd like to encourage papers that take this sen- tence to heart and remind submitters that the division welcomes non- traditional legal research. Although it would be impossible to highlight all the great, innovative research being conducted by our members, a quick scan of recent research pro- vides some good examples I encour- age members to review and think about as we enter the paper submis- sion season. One of the best examples of a scholar conducting non-traditional research is David Cuillier (Arizona), Law and Policy Division Chair. Da- vid uses survey research to examine public attitudes about citizen and press access to government infor- mation, freedom of information, the (Continued on page 3)

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