Paul Lopes, Julia Ticona

              Deana A. Rohlinger

Another reminder about our business meeting which is Saturday morning, 9:30a-10:10a (just after the roundtables). For newcomers, the business meeting is where the awards are given out, so whether you're receiving an award, or just cheering them on, be sure to come! Details copied below. *Jessie Daniels* Professor, Sociology, Hunter College-CUNY [image: photo] Website: http://www.jessiedaniels.net In the new york times: http://bit.ly/LTE_2016 New book: http://bit.ly/Going_Public <http://twitter.com/JessieNYC> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jessiedaniels/> Racism Review Elite White Men Ruling and Reducing Democracy <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/racismreview/nYnz/~3/QwZKt5MAsvA/> *CITAMS Business Meeting & Awards 2017 * *American Sociological Association, Montreal* *Saturday, August 12, 9:30am-10:10am* * Palais des congrès de Montréal, 517B (Coffee, Light Breakfast)* *CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU TO NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS:* Chair-Elect: Deana A. Rohlinger, Florida State University (1-year term begins 2017) Secretary-Treasurer: Mito Akiyoshi, Senshu University (2-year term begins 2017) Council Member: Bryce Hannibal, Texas A&M University (2-year term begins 2017) Council Member: Sarah Sobieraj, Tufts University (2-year term begins 2017) Chair, Nominations Committee: (TBA) (1-year term begins in 2017) Member, Nominations Committee: Anabel Quan-Haase, Western University (2-year term begins in 2017) *2017-2018 CITAMS COUNCIL* 1. Wenhong Chen: Chair 2. Deana A. Rohlinger: Chair-Elect 3. Jessie Daniels: Past Chair 3. Mito Akiyoshi: Secretary/Treasurer 4. Grant Blank: Council Member 5. Paul Lopes: Council Member 6. Bryce Hannibal: Council Member 7. Sarah Soberiaj: Council Member 8. Student Representative: (TBA) *Recognition of Those Who Served the Section* *Thank You to Outgoing Officers* Secretary-Treasurer: Deana Rohlinger Council Member: Barry Wellman Council Member: Anabel Quan-Haase Student Representative: Apryl Williams *Thank You to Volunteers in a Variety of Roles * Media Sociology Subcommittee: Casey Brienza Roundtable Organizer: Mary Chayko Officer/Council Nominations Committee: Hiroshi Ono Membership Committee: Paul Lopes, Julia Ticona Communications Committee: Laura Robinson Reception/party planner for ASA 2017: Wenhong Chen and Jessie Daniels Pre-conference planning for ASA 2017: Casey Brienza, Founder and Chair, Gina Neff, Dave Grazian, Laura Robinson *Thank You to All Who Served on Award Committees* Grant Blank, Wenhong Chen, Sheila Cotton, David Grazian, Eszter Hargittai, Heather A. Haveman, Hiroshi Ono, Deana Rohlinger, Matt Rafalow, Andrea Tapia, Ion Bogdan Vasi, Janet Vertesi, Apryl Williams. *AWARDS* *2017 CITAMS William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award* Gary T. Marx, MIT, Emeritus, (Senior Career) Jennifer Earl, University Arizona (Mid Career) *Committee: *Andrea Tapia (chair), Sheila Cotten, Wenhong Chen, Deana Rohlinger *2017 CITAMS Public Sociology Award* Michael Stern, NORC *Committee: *Hiroshi Ono (chair), Eszter Hargittai, Apryl Williams *2017 CITAMS Book Awards* Daipha, Phaedra. (2015). *Masters of Uncertainty: Weather Forecasters and the Quest for Ground Truth.* University of Chicago Press. Zayani, Mohamed. (2015). *Networked Publics & Digital Contention.* Oxford University Press. *Committee:* Wenhong Chen (chair), Heather A. Haveman, Janet Vertesi *2017 CITAMS Best Paper Award* Eran Shor, Arnout van de Rijt, Alex Miltsov, Vivek Kulkarni and Steven Skiena. 2015. “A Paper Ceiling: Explaining the Persistent Underrepresentation of Women in Printed News.” *American Sociological Review* 80(5):960-84. *2017 CITAMS Paper Award Honorable mention (listed alphabetically):* William H. Dutton, Grant Blank. 2015. “Cultural Stratification on the Internet: Five Clusters of Values and Beliefs among Users in Britain,” pp.3 – 28, in Laura Robinson, Shelia R. Cotten, Jeremy Schulz, Timothy M. Hale, Apryl Williams (Eds.) *Communication and Information Technologies Annual (Studies in Media and Communications, Volume 10) *Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Justin Farrell. 2016. “Corporate Funding and Ideological Polarization about Climate Change.” *Proceedings of the National Academy of Science* . 113 (1) 92-97. Sarah Gaby and Neal Caren. 2016. “The Rise of Inequality: How Social Movements Shape Discursive Fields.” *Mobilization: An International Quarterly*: December 2016, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 413-429. Ya-Wen Lei, “Freeing the Press: How Field Environment Explains Critical News Reporting in China,” *American Journal of Sociology* 122, no. 1 (July 2016): 1-48. *Committee:* Deana A. Rohlinger (Chair), David Grazian, Ion Bogdan Vasi *2017 CITAMS Best Student Paper* Arvind Karunakaran, PhD Candidate, MIT, *“In Cloud We Trust? Normalization of Uncertainties in Online Platform Services.”* * Committee: *Jessie Daniels (Chair), Matt Rafalow, Grant Blank *GET INVOLVED IN YOUR SECTION - CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS* *Media Sociology Subcommittee:* *Roundtable Organizer:* *Membership Committee:* *Sponsorship Committee:* *Communications Committee:* *Reception/party planner for ASA 2017:* *Pre-conference planning for ASA 2017:* *Socio-technical outreach committee:* *PR committee:* *Communications Committee:* *Newsletter Committee:* If you’d like to volunteer for one of these, speak to Wenhong Chen, CITAMS Chair (email her at: wenhong.chen@austin.utexas.edu). *PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES* Special Issue (ICS) – Jenny Davis, Barry Wellman Emerald Series - Laura Robinson *REPORTS* *Membership* Paul Lopes, Julia Ticona *Sponsorships and Collaborations * Barry Wellman: Information, Communication & Society Laura Robinson: Emerald Group Publishing *Financial Report * Deana A. Rohlinger *FUTURE BUSINESS* *Awards* *Membership*