Wednesday November 16, 2011 - National Communication ...

Sponsor: Critical and Cultural Studies Division
Chair: Tabassum Khan, University of California, Riverside
Presenters:
Adisa Busuladzic, University of Sarajevo
Drew McDaniel, Ohio University
Fernando Resende, Fluminense Federal University (UFF)
Respondent: Toby Miller, University of California, Riverside
Islam and Neoliberalism: Mapping Connections
312103 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM Sheraton New Orleans Napoleon A3 - Third Floor
The (New?) Communication of Activism: Protest, Consumerism, and Media Technologies
Sponsor: Critical and Cultural Studies Division
Chair: Tiara R. Naputi, Univ of Texas, Austin
Respondent: Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State Univ
"Collective, Contentious, and Vibrant: Agency and Politics of Cyberactivism in the 2009 Whole Foods Boycott on
Facebook" Jiyeon Kang, University of Iowa
"Im/Material Culture (or, Shopping with Bono and Oprah): ‘Product RED’ and the Rhetorical Iconography of
Charitable Consumption" Cindy Spurlock, Appalachian State Univ
"Legitimizing and Delegitimizing Strategies: The Discursive Representation of Teacher Unions in 'Waiting for
Superman'" April Copes, Howard University
312104 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM Sheraton New Orleans Napoleon B1 - Third Floor
Top Papers in Mass Communication Research
Sponsor: Mass Communication Division
Chair: Adam C. Earnheardt, Youngstown State Univ
Respondent: Marina Krcmar, Wake Forest University
"Persuasiveness of a Humorous Narrative Combined with an Explicit Persuasive Appeal" Emily Moyer-Guse, Ohio
State University; John Tchernev, Ohio State University; Whitney Walther, Ohio State University
"Imperfect Heroes and Villains: Patterns of Upholding and Violating Distinct Moral Domains and Character
Appeal" Ron Tamborini, Michigan State University; Matthew Grizzard, Michigan State University; Allison L. Eden, VU
University Amsterdam; Robert Lewis, Michigan State University
"Social Aggression on Television and Its Relationship to Children's Aggression in the Classroom" Nicole Martins,
Indiana University; Barbara J. Wilson, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Adolescents, Morality and Interactive Entertainment: The Influence of Moral Salience on Actions and Entertainment
Experience in Interactive Media" Sven Joeckel, Universitat Erfurt; Nicholas David Bowman, West Virginia University;
Leyla Dogruel, Free University of Berlin
"Partisan Audience Polarization: Beyond Selective Exposure" Thomas Ksiazek, Villanova University
312106 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM Sheraton New Orleans Napoleon B3 - Third Floor
Dissent and Resistance
Sponsor: Organizational Communication Division
Chair: Jennifer Mease, Texas A&M Univ
Respondent: Dennis K. Mumby, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Angry Voices: Testing Connections between Organizational Dissent and Employee Aggression, Burnout, and
Commitment" Johny Garner, Texas Christian University
"Asserting Contested Power: Exploring the Control-resistance Dialectic in the World Trade Organization’s Discourse