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APSA is now compiling a Centennial Biographical Directory of Members. All Association members will be listed in the first update of the comprehensive listing of political scientists in more than a decade. Each member's listing in the new directory will include complete contact information (including URLs, when available), a representative list of publications and awards, and an employment history. To ensure accuracy, members should update their own records by visiting the directory web site search.apsanet.org . Non-members must first join the Association to be included and can join on line. Once a membership is processed, a unique member number permits access to the biographical directory site and all other members-only sections. The directory will also include essays on the history and practice of political science. Besides being published on paper, the directory will come out on a fully searchable CD-ROM, both available to APSA members at a 30 percent discount off the list price. Website: search.apsanet.org Call from American Politics QuarterlyAmerican Politics Quarterly calls for articles on any area of government, from local and state to regional and national, including scholarship on voting behavior, and public opinion. Recent topics have included media, campaigns and elections. Many Political Communication members serve on its editorial board, including James Carlson, Providence College, Shanto Iyengar, University of California, Los Angeles, William Jacoby, University of South Carolina, Columbia, Kim Fridkin Kahn, Arizona State University, Tempe, Jan Leighley, Texas A&M University, Jeffery Mondak, Florida State University, Tallahasse, Richard Niemi, University of Rochester, Lee Sigelman, George Washington University, Washington D.C., and B. Dan Wood, Texas A&M University. The editor is Thomas Holbrook, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. For more information, see the Sage Publications web page http://www.sagepub.com . Lang Announces New Book SeriesPeter Lang Publishing has announced a new book series, Frontiers in Political Communication, to be edited by Bruce Gronbeck, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Iowa, and Lynda Lee Kaid, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. The editors consider communication "the heart of how citizens, governments, and the media interact," and the series seeks books examining the relationships "important to the maintenance of civil society," including works from critical and cultural perspectives. Sophy Craze, formerly of Sage Publications, joined Peter Lang Publishing as editor and is seeking ideas for textbooks and monographs, as well other new series. The publisher also announced a second new series, edited by Sut Jhally and Justin Lewis, of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Media & Culture will publish media and cultural studies titles based theoretically informed empirical work from critical perspectives. George Gerbner, Edward Herman, and David Easter have books forthcoming in this series. For more information, see the Peter Lang web site or write to Craze at 1420 South East St., Amherst, MA 01002 craze@javanet.com , Gronbeck at NI34 OH, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000 Bruce-Gronbeck@uiowa.edu , or Kaid at the Political Communication Center, Norman, OK 73109 LKaid@ou.edu . Campaign TV Ads AvailableTen collections of historical television advertisements from presidential elections have been updated, according to L. Patrick Devlin, Department Communication Studies, University of Rhode Island. One collection includes ads from 1952 through 1996 organized into categories: talking head, documentary, production, humor, testimonial, attack, person-in-street, issues, music, party and PAC ads. Other collections compile short ads, longer ads, or negative ads. Collections by campaign year are available for 1980 through 1992, with commercials from the presidential primary and general election. For 1996, the collection includes only presidential primary ads. Prices range from $125 through $225 and are available on videotape for classroom use. For more information, write to Devlin, 60 Upper College Rd., Suite 1, Kingston, RI 02881-0812, call (401) 874-4724, or send a fax 401.874.4722.
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