PCR On Line

Susan Herbst

Northwestern University

Earlier this year, the joint APSA/ICA Political Communication publications board approved a plan to publish Political Communication Report only in electronic form.

At the annual business meeting, the ICA Political Communication Division unanimously approved the plan. The APSA Political Communication Section has not yet been polled on the plan, which is now under consideration by the section executive council.

This first issue under the new editor is being put out both on paper and electronically. Pending approval from the APSA section executive council, PCR will go electronic beginning with the next issue, Winter 2000.

Below you will find a form to copy, fill out, and mail to Kevin Barnhurst if you would like to send a request to receive future issues of PCR on paper. You do not need to send the form if receiving an e-mail notice of the Web version works for you.

All who send the form in will get a paper printout of the newsletter by mail. The mailing will be a raw printout, not a designed publication, but it will have the same content as the electronic version.

Cost savings have motivated the move to publishing PCR electronically. The publication board expects that only a few members will be unable to access the newsletter on the Web, and so the joint political communication groups should save a significant amount on mailing and production costs.