FROM THE EDITOR

Every once in a while we hear of an ICD member teaching a "Semester at Sea" on the S.S. Universe Explorer, a floating campus that circumnavigates the globe (East to West in the Fall; West to East in the Spring), calling at several ports along the way. Check out the web page at <http://www.pitt.edu/~voyage/>. If you’ve had a teaching stint on the ship, please note that we would welcome a short piece on what it’s like to teach a communication course while afloat!

Your editor will be on sabbatical leave during Fall 1998. Because of this momentous (and joyous) occasion, the next issue of the Bulletin (vol. 33. No. 3-4; Fall 1998) will be thinner and may appear earlier than usual. We will make up for this with a larger Bulletin in Spring 1999.

I hope you have had a good Spring term and are planning teaching, research and/or pleasure trips this summer to interesting locales. See you in Baltimore.

Meanwhile, we are always eager to receive your contributions in the following areas:

ARTICLES: We welcome all methodological approaches to subject matter dealing with of international mass communication. ICD members will blind-review submissions. Commentary pieces and short notes on preliminary findings or research in progress also are most welcome. To make your editor's task easier, and facilitate prompt action on your manuscript, please follow these guidelines:
(1) Limit manuscripts to 22 double-spaced pages (including cites and tables).
(2) Submit manuscripts in triplicate.
(3) Follow a recognized style (APA, MLA, etc.).
(4) ICB is produced using a Macintosh microcomputer, Apple Laserwriter printer and ReadySetGo! desktop publishing software. If you can, send Mac (McWrite, Word) text files (separate files for text, notes and tables) on disk, along with two hard copies. In many cases, we can also convert a manuscript that has been produced on an IBM or compatible computer.

NEWS: Is your organization involved in newsworthy activities? Have you professional news of interest to our readership? Keep your colleagues informed! Particularly welcome are country or regional reports on mass communication related activities, policies, etc., in various locales around the world.

BOOK REVIEWS: Please keep book reviews at 600-800 words (2-3 double-spaced pages). A brief advance note on your review plans will avoid duplications. We are particularly interested in (1) reviews of communication books published outside the USA and (2) English reviews of communication books written in languages other than English.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES: ICD members are very interested in bibliographies/reading lists pertaining to communication practices and issues around the world. If you have compilations of publications similar to the ones we have published so far, ICB would be happy to publish them.

Please keep your news, submissions and ideas coming.

Yorgo Pasadeos