Australian and New Zealand Communications Association
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The Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) is a professional association for teacher
s and researcher
s in the diverse disciplines of communication
. The Association provides its members with a subscription to two of the best Australian journals. Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy and the Australian Journal of Communication, and it conducts an annual conference
for presentation of refereed papers in all disciplines.
The origins of the association were in the 1968 committee of lecturers at the Adelaide Teachers College who formed a national association of Speech lecturers. The inaugural conference was held on 13–16 March 1970 during the Adelaide Festival of Arts
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Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
s and researcher
Researcher
A researcher is somebody who performs research, the search for knowledge or in general any systematic investigation to establish facts. Researchers can work in academic, industrial, government, or private institutions.-Examples of research institutions:...
s in the diverse disciplines of communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
. The Association provides its members with a subscription to two of the best Australian journals. Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy and the Australian Journal of Communication, and it conducts an annual conference
Annual Conference
An Annual Conference in the United Methodist Church is a regional body that governs much of the life of the "Connectional Church." Annual conferences are composed primarily of the clergy members and a lay member or members from each charge . Each conference is a geographical division...
for presentation of refereed papers in all disciplines.
The origins of the association were in the 1968 committee of lecturers at the Adelaide Teachers College who formed a national association of Speech lecturers. The inaugural conference was held on 13–16 March 1970 during the Adelaide Festival of Arts
Adelaide Festival of Arts
The Adelaide Festival of Arts is an arts festival held biennially in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Although locally considered to be one of the world's greatest celebrations of the arts, that is internationally renowned and the pre-eminent cultural event in Australia, it is actually...
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