Curriculum Vitae Kyle Moody - The University of Iowa

March 19-22, 2008
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, San Francisco, CA
-Presented a paper submitted from class at Miami University titled “Lazarsfeld, Merton, and
Katrina: The Use of Factual Propaganda and the Reinforcement of Social Norms as Seen
Through the Eye of the Storm.”
Focused on the use of news media as propaganda and agent of social normalization
during and after the landfall of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Academic and Professional Organization Affiliations
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Association of Internet Researchers
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Midwest Sociological Society
Attendee for Blogworld Expo, LA 2011
Representative of School of Journalism and Mass Communication for The University of Iowa
Graduate Student Senator at The University of Iowa
-Represented School of Journalism and Mass Communication, (2009-2010).
-Served as Humanities Division Head for the James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference at The
University of Iowa, (2010).
-Served as Publicity Co-Chair for 2011 Conference (Managed Graduate Conference planning,
scheduling and website creation, and oversaw and delegated content creation work and
regulation of activities.)
Graduate Student Association at Miami University
-Representative for Communication Department.
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