The International Association of Online Communicators (IAOC) has announced the papers to be given at the 2008 International Conference to be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, June 12-13, 2008. This year’s papers include an eye-tracking study involving online journalism, issues of the media and ethics when high profile child deaths and disappearances go online, how social media and broadcast meet in radio 2.0, CEO blogging and ghost writers, student-produced online news media, and a look at the impact the virtual office has on commitment the organization.

Presenters this year are from the University of Trier (Trier, Germany), Western Carolina University (Cullowhee, North Carolina), the University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida), Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Pomona, New Jersey), Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, Michigan) and Rowan University (Glassboro, New Jersey).

There is still time to register for this year’s IAOC Conference, June 12-13, 2008 at the Hotel Holt in Reykjavik, Iceland. Iceland is an ideal meeting ground for those from Europe and North America. Flights are five hours or less from much of North America and about three hours from Europe.

For those from the US, it’s an opportunity to visit a European capital where the dollar still enjoys a favorable exchange rate. For Europeans, the exchange rate is even better. IAOC has a block of rooms reserved at the Hotel Holt, www.holt.is, or contact our travel service at Lina@LTTravel.com. Be sure to ask for the IAOC rate. Registration is $199 for members, $299 for non-members. For more information and online registration visit http://iaoc2008.eventbrite.com.

The following papers will be presented at the Iceland Conference:

  • Preparing Online Communicators for the Future of Information Systems, by Bill Wolff and Diane Penrod
  • Using Google Applications for Online Teaching:  Competition for Proprietary Educational Software in an Age of Fiscal Constraint by Kevin Lee
  • Loud Voices, Silenced Voices; The Ethics of Online Content in Media Coverage of High-Profile Child Death and Child Disappearance cases by Kathryn Quigley
  • User Interaction with Time-dependent Presentation in Online Journalism, Results of an Eye-tracking Study by Peter Schumacher
  • The CEO as Celebrity and Blogger: Is there a Ghostwriter in the Machine? by Sam Terilli
  • Issues of Organizational Commitment in the Era of the Virtual Office, by Diane Holtzman and Evonne Kruger
  • Broadcast Media Meets Social Media; Radio 2.0 and the Future of Broadcasting, by Keith Brand
  • Online Newsroom by Joseph Basso and Randy Hines
  • Student-produced news media, how complex have their online efforts become? by Rick Sykes
  • Old Needs, New Demands:  How Online Communication has Re-shaped the Practice of School PR, by Edward H. Moore
  • Research Methodology for Web 2.0, by Chandrasekhar Vallath
  • Effective Tactics During a Product Recall: A Case Study of the Menu Foods Pet Food Recall by Melissa Bass
  • Online Libel and the Court’s attempt to apply First Amendment protection to an emerging medium, by Joseph Basso