Notes
1. The issue of why attend conventions was first discussed in our associations by Lee Emerson Bassett (Citation1933) during the Great Depression. Professor Bassett begged people to attend the national meeting in an article written in the Quarterly Journal of Speech. (See also: Arnold & Lee, Citation1974; Callaghan, Citation1960). The value of membership in associations, including attending conventions, has been discussed previously by Stacks, Rosenfeld, and Hickson (Citation1989), as well as Rosenfeld, Stacks, and Hickson (Citation1990).
2. The value of convention papers versus articles and books has been debated by Becker (Citation1983) and Trent (Citation1983).
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,
L. E.
1933
.
Why conventions?
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Quarterly Journal of Speech
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19
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561
–
566
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Arnold
,
W. E.
and
Lee
,
J.-W.
1974
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Academic convention as an epistemic community
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Bulletin of the Association of Departments and Administrators in Speech Communication
,
9
:
24
–
31
.
Callaghan
,
J. C.
1960
.
Why on earth do people go to conventions?
.
Today's Speech
,
7
:
10
–
12
.
Stacks
,
D. W.
,
Rosenfeld
,
L. B.
and
Hickson
,
M. III.
1989
.
Perceptions of regional communication associations
.
Communication Education
,
38
:
144
–
150
.
Rosenfeld
,
L. B.
,
Stacks
,
D. W.
and
Hickson
,
M. III.
1990
.
Perceptions of professional associations, II: Role and impact of professional outlets on faculty development
.
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,
39
:
171
–
180
.
Becker
,
S. L.
1983
.
Resolved: The reading of papers at the convention is a poor substitute for publication: The affirmative
.
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
,
44
:
9
–
11
.
Trent
,
J. D.
1983
.
The negative
.
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44
:
12
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13
.
Additional information
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Mark Hickson, Iii
Mark Hickson, III (Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1971) is Professor of Communication at the University of Alabama at Birmingham