Wednesday November 16, 2011 - National Communication ...

305156 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Sheraton New Orleans Salon 825 - Eighth Floor
Advanced Studies in the History of Rhetorical Theory
Sponsor: Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division
Chair: Scott R. Stroud, Univ of Texas, Austin
"Logos, Enthymeme and Rhetoric: The Coherence of Boethius’ De Topicis Differentiis and The Consolation of
Philosophy" Michael Keith Althouse, Louisiana State University
"Narrative Rationality and Rhetorical Epistemology in Vico's Common Sense Rhetoric" Beth A. Walter, Duquesne
University
"Self-Persuasion and Rhetorical Exercises: Discovering the Voice of Stoic Rhetoric" Scott R. Stroud, Univ of Texas,
Austin
"Tropos as Topos: Synecdoche, Individualism, and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century" Jason Andrews, Penn
State University
305157 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Sheraton New Orleans Salon 828 - Eighth Floor
Digital Voice in the Political World
Sponsors: Convention Theme Group, Political Communication Division
Chair: Teresa Pierce, Univ of Ontario Institute of Technology
Respondent: Mary M. Meares, University of Alabama
"Digital Voices as a Tool for Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa" Mary M. Meares, University of Alabama
"Hacktivist Voice/s: Anonymous and the Tensions between Individual and Collective Voices Online" Eric Netterlund,
University of North Dakota
"The Right (Wing, that is) Voice: Female CEOs In Search of Political Success" Tracey Quigley Holden, University of
Delaware; Sandra L French, Radford University
"Tracing Social Movements through the Use of Social Media in the 21st Century" Dana Seay, University of Louisville
11:00 AM
308001 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM New Orleans Marriott Boardroom - First Floor
Sponsor: NCA National Office
Presenters:
W. Bradford Mello, National Communication Association
Diana Karol Nagy, University of Florida
Neil A. Patten, Ferris State University
NCA Student Clubs Business Meeting
308011 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM New Orleans Marriott La Galerie 1 - Second Floor
Voices of Identity: Performing Self and Community in Social Networks, Blogs, and Online Contexts
Sponsor: Performance Studies Division
Chair: Lisa J. Weckerle, Kutztown University
Respondent: Marianne Leonardi, St. Ambrose University
"MaskBook: A Performance of (Re)constructing Identity on Facebook." Lisa J. Weckerle, Kutztown University
"Mommy Blogs: The Performance of Identity, Community, and Online Maternity" Lynne M. Webb, Univ of Arkansas,
Fayetteville; Brittney Lee, University of Arkansas
"Narbs as Collective Historical Narratives" Ananda Mitra, Wake Forest University
"Re-Presenting Fluid Self: A Performance of Sexual Identity in Response to Sherry Turkle's Alone Together" Deryl
Johnson, Kutztown University