Wednesday November 16, 2011 - National Communication ...

202104 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM Sheraton New Orleans Napoleon B1 - Third Floor
Being Transported into the Mediated World: Understanding Fandom, Parasocial Interaction, Narrative
Engagement and Transportation
Sponsor: Mass Communication Division
Chair: Jennifer S. Aubrey, Univ of Missouri, Columbia
Respondent: Katie Fischer Clune, Rockhurst University
"Why Debbie Downer Enjoys a Tear-Jerker: The Role of Narrative Engagement" Julia K. Woolley, Penn State
University; Joy Hackenbracht, Penn State University
"Transportation, Perceived Connection with Media Characters, and Loneliness Mood" Mu Hu, West Virginia
Wesleyan College; Hong Jiang, Anhui University
"Understanding Fans of Fictional Texts: Correlates of Star Trek Fan Identification and Behavior" Laramie D. Taylor,
Univ of California, Davis
"Assessing Processes of Relational Involvement with Media Personas: Transportation, Parasocial Interaction,
Identification and Worship" William J. Brown, Regent University
"Online Fan Commentary about 'Mad Men': How 21st Century Fans Make Sense of the 1960" Lynne M. Webb, Univ
of Arkansas, Fayetteville; Hao-Chieh Chang, Hong Kong Baptist University; Danna M. Gibson, Columbus State
University; Marceline Thompson Hayes, Arkansas State University; Marcia M. Smith, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
202106 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM Sheraton New Orleans Napoleon B3 - Third Floor
Organizational Identity and Identification
Sponsor: Organizational Communication Division
Chair: Daniel J. Lair, University of Denver
Respondent: Craig R. Scott, Rutgers University
"Becoming Silicon Valley: Complicating Identity Work and Regulation in the Silicon Slopes and Silicon
Glacier" Rebecca E. Gill, Texas A&M Univ; Greg Larson, Univ of Montana
"Divergent Voices Rooted in Organizational Status Positions: A Case of Discursive Constructions of an Asian-Serving
Nonprofit’s Organizational Identity" Yea-Wen Chen, Ohio University
"Identity Construction in Modern Corporate Vision and Mission Discourse" Irina Kopaneva, Washington State Univ
"I’m Retired? An Exploration of Organizational and Individual Influences on Adjustment into Retirement and Social
Identity as Retired" Tim McKenna, Ohio University; Sandra Metts, Illinois State University
"Organizational Identification: Exploring Students’ Attachment to their University" Karen K. Myers, Univ of
California, Santa Barbara; Courtney W. Davis, Univ of California, Santa Barbara
202108 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM Sheraton New Orleans Napoleon C2 - Third Floor
Motivations and Behaviors: Assessing and Applying Communication Theories
Sponsor: Applied Communication Division
Chair: Martha J. Fay, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Respondent: Thomas Hugh Feeley, University at Buffalo
"Antecedents of Consumer Repatronage Intentions and Negative Word-of-Mouth Behaviors following an
Organizational Failure: A Test of Investment Model Predictions" San Bolkan, California State Univ, Long Beach; Alan
K. Goodboy, Bloomsburg University; Guy F. Bachman, California State Univ, Long Beach
"Motivations for Participation in a Crowdsourcing Application to Improve Public Engagement in Transit
Planning" Daren Brabham, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Predicting Energy Conservation and Efficiency Behaviors: A Test of the Theory of Planned Behavior, the Health
Belief Model, and an Integrated Model" Jia Lu, Aimo Wireless, Inc; Laura Arpan, Florida State University; Anthony
Leiserowitz, Yale University; Edward Maibach, George Mason University; Andy Opel, Florida State University