Individual Membership

Membership Renewal Steps

BEA individual membership provides faculty (current and retired) and industry professionals with access to a collection of resources and engagement with an insightful group of peers. In addition to offering added value to course studies through our interest divisions, annual conventions and regional conferences, each year we offer new events, hands-on training, competitions and networking opportunities to enhance professional development. Our journals, scholarly research and creative competitions showcase BEA members and their knowledge and dedication to the media industry.

All Memberships are based on the calendar year, January 1st through December 31st. Renewal process starts mid-September each year. Dues are not pro-rated.

Individual Faculty & Staff Member

$140

Full-time and adjuncy faculty or academic staff at institutions in the United States

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International Faculty Member

$65

Full-time faculty at institutions in a country outside of the United States

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Emeritus Faculty Member

$35

Retired professors over 65 years of age

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Individual Industry Member

$145

Industry professionals

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MEMBER BENEFITS INCLUDE:

Join up to four of BEA’s 19 Interest Divisions, each offer newsletters, paper competitions and networking for research, curriculum and job opportunities.

Access to BEA Connect – BEA’s members only community where faculty, students and industry partners can connect and share resources. In the “Discussions” section, BEA members can find the BEA Bookstore which recognizes and showcases the outstanding broadcasting and mass communication books and textbooks by BEA members and BEA’s Exchange for members interested in sharing in classroom projects, course materials and the strengthening of curricula.

BEA Membership Directory – Has over 2,000 faculty, colleges/universities and students and is searchable by person, school and state and start your search and connect with other colleagues, Corporate Associate Members or State Broadcast Associations.

Discounted registration, sponsorship and advertising rates at the BEA annual convention which is co-located with the NAB Show in Las Vegas every April and other BEA Conferences & events. Only current BEA Individual faculty, Emeritus & Students members receive the special discounted member registration rate, not faculty of BEA Institutional Members.

BEA’s Classified – BEA post hundreds of jobs positions a year. Let BEA help you grow!

Publications/Subscriptions: BEA publishes three journals and you also have access to one FREE journal from Taylor & Francis:

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (JOBEM) – A quarterly, peer-reviewed publication – a hard-copy subscription is available for $20 each year and can be added to your membership.

Journal of Radio & Audio Media (JRAM) – A bi-annual, peer-reviewed publication – a hard-copy subscription is available for $14 each year and can be added to your membership.

Journal of Media Education (JoME) – A quarterly & editor-reviewed publication (only available online).

Members may select one complimentary Taylor & Francis journal & receive a 20% discount on all Taylor & Francis books and journals.
Taylor & Francis FREE journal – (only available online). You must click here to register for your personal code and get access to the free journal online only. Contact Taylor and Francis Support directly if you need additional assistance accessing your free journal.

Teaching & Research – Have tenure & promotion questions or in need of BEA’s acceptance rates or a classroom project? Click on the Teaching & Research menu tab at www.BEAweb.org to access information.

Research Awards/Grants and creative competitions:

BEA Research Grant

Paper Competitions

Festival of Media Arts

Distinguished Education Service Award

Lifetime Achievement in Scholarship Award

Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award

New Faculty Research Grant

Broadcast Historian Award
Leibner Cooper Award

Innovation in Teaching

& More

E-Newsletters – Will keep you posted on deadlines & events, training opportunities, grants, scholarships, conventions, equipment & software manufacturers, multimedia and publishing organizations. Make sure you receive our bi-monthly newsletters (on Tuesdays) – check your spam filters to “allow” emails. Missed some key date in a newsletter? Visit our calendar.

Summer Station Faculty Fellowships – In partnership with state broadcasting associations, BEA is pleased to present the Summer Station Faculty Fellowships, a 22-hour program that provides BEA faculty members with the opportunity to tour television and radio stations, watch the production of an evening TV newscast and a morning radio show, and participate in discussions with station management.

Please Feel free to contact us with any questions.