Wednesday November 16, 2011 - National Communication ...

The Girl and the Franchise
Sponsor: Critical and Cultural Studies Division
Chair: Sarah Projansky, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"'At least I know how to be a girl!': Postfeminist 'Girlification' on Disney Channel" Morgan Genevieve Blue, University
of Texas, Austin
"'The Force Is with You, Katie': Media Franchising and the Confinement of Girls through Multiplied
Production" Derek Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"From Clothes to New Media: Alloy Inc. and the Colonization of Contemporary Girl Culture" Taylor Nygaard,
University of Southern California
"Gaming the System: How Video Game Critics' Discourse Marginalizes Girls" Kyra Hunting, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
308103 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM Sheraton New Orleans Napoleon A3 - Third Floor
Voicing Dissent in Contested Spaces: Cultural Studies of War and Conflict from a Global Perspective
Sponsor: Critical and Cultural Studies Division
Chair: Mark Hayward, American University of Paris
"Imprints of Revolution: Visual Voice and Global Resistance in Havana, Cuba" Lisa Calvente, DePaul University;
Guadalupe Garcia, Tulane University
"Indecorous Dissent: Zazous and Jazz under the Occupation of France, 1940-1944" Kelly Jakes, University of
Wisconsin, Madison
"Mal D’Africa: Voicing and Visualizing War Guilt in Italian Documentary, 1967-1970" Mark Hayward, American
University of Paris
"Space Wars and Atmospheric Militarization: Reterritorialzing Popular Militarism" Joshua J. Smicker, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill
308104 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM Sheraton New Orleans Napoleon B1 - Third Floor
Cultivating New Kinds of Mediated Reality: A Fresh Look at Cultivation Theory Research
Sponsor: Mass Communication Division
Chair: Hugh Curnutt, Montclair State Univ
Respondent: Nicholas David Bowman, West Virginia University
"A Cultivation Analysis of Character Stereotyping in Video Game Description" David Ta-Pryor, University of Missouri;
Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, Univ of Missouri, Columbia
"Examining the 'CSI Effect': The Impact of Television Viewing on Perceptions of Forensic Evidence" Amber L. Ferris,
Kent State University, Stark
"The World According to Snooki: Uniting Uses & Gratifications with Cultivation Research in the Study of Reality TV
Effects" Dannagal E. Goldthwaite Young, University of Delaware; Sarah Esralew, Ohio State University
"Revisiting Gerbner’s Cultivation Analysis: Has Cultivation Research Fulfilled His Vision?" Chan Le Thai, Univ of
California, Santa Barbara
308106 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM Sheraton New Orleans Napoleon B3 - Third Floor
Gendered Work and Organizing
Sponsor: Organizational Communication Division
Chair: Kristen Lucas, Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln
Respondent: Kirsten Broadfoot, Colorado State University
"A Phenomenological Study of Working Moms' Transition Back into Paid Work after a Maternity Leave" Amy S.
O'Connor, North Dakota State Univ; Rebecca J. Meisenbach, Univ of Missouri, Columbia