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AEJMC 

Association for Education in Journalism 

and Mass Communication 

107th Annual Conference 

August 8-11, 2024 

Philadelphia, PA 

#aejmc24 

Representation and Voice: 

The Future of Democracy

Welcome Dean Gi Woong Yun 

Introducing the new Dean of the Reynolds School of Journalism 

Following a national search, internal candidate 

Dr. Gi Woong Yun was named the dean of 

the Reynolds School of Journalism, effective 

January 1 of this year. Yun joined the school 

as the director of the Center for Advanced 

Media Studies in 2016 and served as the 

school’s associate dean for the last three 

years. He is a scholar of journalism and mass 

communication, focusing on computermediated 

communication. His research has 

been supported by grants from the National 

Science Foundation, USDA, Alphabet Inc., 

Online News Association, and others. Yun 

received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Journalism and 

Mass Communication from the University of 

Wisconsin, Madison. 

Welcome new faculty 

unr.edu/journalism 

Alejandra Rubio 

Lecturer of Media Production 

Jennifer Kent 

Reynolds Associate Professor of 

Practice in Science Communication



107th Annual Conference 

Philadelphia, PA • August 8-11, 2024 

Linda Aldoory, American University, AEJMC President 

Teresa Mastin, Michigan State University, AEJMC President-Elect 

Meredith D. Clark, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AEJMC Council of Divisions Chair 

Amanda Caldwell, AEJMC/ASJMC Executive Director 

Felicia Greenlee Brown, AEJMC/ASJMC Assistant Director 

Cassidy Baird, AEJMC Events Coordinator 

AEJMC was founded November 30, 1912, in Chicago, Illinois, 

as the American Association of Teachers of Journalism. 

Table of Contents 

AEJMC Board of Directors 3 

AEJMC Elected Standing Committees 6 

Wednesday Sessions 19 

Thursday Sessions 39 

Friday Sessions 91 

Saturday Sessions 145 

Sunday Sessions 191 

AEJMC Past Presidents 203 

Award Recipients 205 

Advertiser’s Index 219 

AEJMC 

P.O. Box 21647 

Columbia, South Carolina 29221-1647 

office: (803) 798-0271 fax: (803) 772-3509 website: www.AEJMC.org

College of Communication 

THE DEPARTMENT E T OF MASS S COMMUNICATION, 

M ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONS 

Sung-Un 

Yang, PhD 

Department 

Chair 

Maria Elizabeth 

(Betsi) Grabe, PhD 

Dalton Family Professor 

of New or Emerging 

Media and Director 

Juwon 

Hwang, PhD 

Assistant Professor 

Ejae Lee, PhD 


Ayse 

Lokmanoglu, PhD 


Cen April Yue, PhD 


SIX NEW MEMBERS OF OUR FACULTY IN 2024 

NEWLY PROMOTED 

COLLEAGUES 

James J. 

Cummings, PhD 

Associate Professor 

to our 

Traci Hong, PhD 

Professor 

DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION, 

ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONS 

Research Faculty 

Assistant Professors 

Associate Professors 

Kathryn Coduto, PhD Michelle A. Amazeen, PhD 

Yi Grace Ji, PhD James J. Cummings, PhD 

Juwon Hwang, PhD Edward Downes, PhD 

Ejae Lee, PhD Michael G. Elasmar, PhD 

Ayse Lokmanoglu, PhD Arunima Krishna, PhD 

AnneMarie McClain, PhD Tammy R. Vigil, PhD 

Chris Chao Su, PhD 

Master Lecturers 

Patrice Oppliger, PhD 

Nivea Canalli Bona, PhD 

Cen April Yue, PhD 

Dana Janbek, PhD 

Professors 

Chris E. Beaudoin, PhD 

T. Barton Carter, JD 

Maria Elizabeth (Betsi) Grabe, PhD, Dalton Family Professor 

of New or Emerging Media 

Traci Hong, PhD 

James Katz, PhD, Feld Professor of Emerging Media 

Donald K. Wright, PhD, Harold Burson Professor in Public Relations 

H. Denis Wu, PhD 

Sung-Un Yang, PhD, Department Chair

2023-24 AEJMC Board of Directors 

3 

Linda Aldoory 

American 

President 

Teresa Mastin 

Michigan State 

President-Elect 

Bey-Ling Sha 

California State Fullerton 

Vice President 

Deb Aikat 

North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Past President 

Genelle Belmas 

Kansas 

Chair, PF&R Committee 

Gregory Perreault 

South Florida 

Chair, Research Committee 

Shearon Roberts 

Exavier-Lousiana 

Chair, Teaching Committee 

Scott Reinardy 

Kansas 

Chair, Publications Committee 

Meredith D. Clark 


Chair, Council of Divisions 

Avery Holton 

Utah 

Vice Chair, Council of Divisions 

Patrick R. Johnson 

Marquette 

Chair, Commission on Graduate Education 

Kathleen McElroy 

Texas at Austin 

Chair, Commission on the 

Status of Minorities 

Carolyn Nielsen 

Western Washington 

Chair, Commission on the 

Status of Women 

Karla Gower 

The Plank Center 

Chair, Council of Affiliates 

Johnny Sparks 

Ball State 

ASJMC President 

Emily Metzgar 

Kent State 

ASJMC President-Elect

4 2023-24 ASJMC Executive Committee 

Johnny Sparks 

Ball State 

President 

Emily Metzgar 

Kent State 

President-Elect 

Hub Brown 

Florida 

Vice President 

Raul Reis 


Past President 

Felicia McGhee 

Florida A&M 

Program Representative 

Brad Yates 

West Georgia 

Program Representative 

Linda Aldoory 

American 

AEJMC President 

Mark Lodato 

Syracuse 

ACEJMC Representative 

Brad Rawlins 

Arkansas State 


Jason Shepard 

California State, Fullerton 


James Stewart 

Nicholls State 


Valarie White 

Florida A&M 

BCCA Representative

AEJMC Publications Editors 

5 

Jami Fullerton 

Oklahoma State 

Journalism & Mass 

Communication Educator 

Linda Steiner 

Maryland 

Journalism & 

Communication Monographs 

Daniela Dimitrova 

Iowa State 

Journalism & Mass 

Communication Quarterly 

AEJMC/ASJMC Central Office Staff 

Amanda Caldwell 

Executive Director 

8 years with AEJMC/ASJMC 

Cassidy Baird 

Events Coordinator 

1 year with AEJMC/ASJMC 

Kysh Brown 

Website Content Manager 


Lillian Coleman 

Progects Manager 


Felicia Greenlee Brown 

Assistant Director 


Samantha Higgins 

Communications Director 


Saviela Thorne 

Membership Coordinator 

2 years with AEJMC/ASJMC

6 2024-24 AEJMC Elected Standing Committee Members 

PROFESSIONAL FREEDOM 

AND RESPONSIBILITY 

*Genelle Belmas, Kansas 

Sabine Baumann, Jade University, Germany 

Steve Bien-Aime, Northern Kentucky 

Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Pennsylvania State 

George Daniels, Alabama 

Lillie Fears, Arkansas State 

Pallavi Guha, Towson 

Meg Heckman, Northeastern 

Katie Place, Quinnipiac 

Carolyn Bronstein, DePaul 

Su Jung Kim, Southern California 

Paromita Pain, Nevada, Reno 

PUBLICATIONS 

*Scott Reinardy, Kansas 

Kim Bissell, Louisiana State 

Maria De Moya, Tennessee, Knoxville 

Teri Finneman, Kansas 

Sun Young Lee, Maryland 

Uche Onyebadi, Texas Christian 

Donnalyn Pompper, Oregon 

Chelsea Reynolds, Arizona State 

Hyejoon Rim, Minnesota 

RESEARCH 

*Gregory Perreault, South Florida 

Deborah Chung, Kentucky 

Katherine Foss, Middle Tennessee State 

Melita Garza, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Summer Harlow, Texas at Austin 

Tom Johnson, Texas at Austin 

Jasmine McNealy, Florida 

Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana 

Amber Roessner, Tennessee, Knoxville 

Yong Volz, Missouri 

Kimberly Voss, Central Florida 

Denis Wu, Boston 

TEACHING 

*Shearon Roberts, Xavier-Louisiana 

Nandini Bhalla, Texas State 

Lisa Burns, Quinnipiac 

Theresa de los Santos, Pepperdine 

Tracy Everbach, North Texas 

Tiffany Gallicano, North Carolina, Charlotte 

Emily Metzgar, Kent State 

Mia Moody Ramirez, Baylor 

Chris Roberts, Alabama 

Laura K. Smith, South Carolina 

Gabriel Tait, Ball State 

Amanda Weed, Kennesaw State 

*denotes chair of committee 

Conference Registration and Expo Hours 

Conference registration/information desk hours 

Tuesday, August 6 — 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 

Wednesday, August — 7:45 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 

Thursday, August 8 — 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Friday, August 9 — 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Saturday, August 10 — 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Sunday, August 11 — 7:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

Expo Hall Hours 

Thursday, August 8 – 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

Friday, August 9 – 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

Saturday, August 10 – 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

Sessions will be held in meeting rooms on the 3rd, 4th and 5th floors.

These Generous Sponsors Support the 2024 AEJMC Conference 

CONFERENCE PLATINUM SPONSOR 

The Knight Foundation/The Center For Conmunity News 

CONFERENCE SUSTAINING SPONSOR 

Everette E. Dennis, Ph.D. 

CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS 

Scripps Howard Fund 

Cathy Hughes School of Communications, Howard University 

College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida 

PepsiCo 

CONFERENCE GENERAL SPONSOR 

SAGE 

CONFERENCE LANYARD SPONSOR 

Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University 

CONFERENCE APP SPONSOR 

College of Arts and Sciences, American University 

CONFERENCE EXPO HALL NETWORKING BREAK SPONSORS 

College of Arts and Sciences, American University 

Department of Journalism, Public Relations and New Media, Baylor University 

Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois 

Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oklahoma 

Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee Knoxville 

CONFERENCE HYDRATION STATION SPONSORS 

Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication, 

Florida International University 

School of Communication, Film and Media, 

University of West Georgia 

AEJMC Mass Communication and Society Division 

AEJMC Newpaper and Online News Division 

AEJMC Commission on the Status of Minorities 

STUDENT LOUNGE MEAL SPONSORS 

Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, Pennsylvania State University 

Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota 

College of Information and Communications, University of South Carolina 

AEJMC AWARDS PROGRAM SPONSOR 

Bedford/St. Martin’s, Macmillian Learning

Congratulations to 

PURPOSE Project 

The Tombras School has launched the PURPOSE Project, which 

is a forum where business leaders, academicians, government and 

nongovernment leaders, undergraduate and graduate students, and 

key stakeholders can work together to advance purpose goals through 

effective communication practices. The Tombras School’s PURPOSE 

Project supports development of original research, discussion of ideas, 

and sharing best practices related to purpose communication. 

The Tombras School 

is excited to welcome four new faculty members 

Bugil Chang 


PhD: University of Minnesota 

Dustin Thomas 

Professor of Practice 

PhD: University of Southern California 

Katie Kim 


PhD: University of Minnessota 

Stan Li 


PhD: University of Texas

UTDAILYBEACON.COM 

The Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations and 

the School of Journalism and Media on receiving the 

2024 AEJMC Equity and Diversity Award! 

DAY ONE 

With a commitment to cutting-edge education, the School of Journalism and 

Media prepares students to excel in today’s rapidly changing media world. Our 

renowned faculty brings real-world expertise to the classroom, ensuring students 

receive a high-quality education that blends tradition with innovation. The Media 

Center is a new, college-wide integrated media program encompassing multiple 

student-run media properties. 

B 

Landgrant 

Films 

wuot.org 

@wuotfm 

Director of the School of Journalism And Media 

The school proudly announces Dr. Amy Jo Coffey as the incoming 

director, effective July 1, 2024, bringing with her expertise and 

leadership to further enhance the school’s mission. 

The School of Journalism and Media 

is excited to welcome two new faculty members 

Brittany Tarwater (‘09) 

Assistant Professor of Practice 

An award-winning reporter, Tarwater brings years of 

experience and knowledge to the classroom as the 

school’s newest assistant professor of practice. 

Gene Wojciechowski (‘79) 

Professor of Practice 

A renowned sports writer, broadcast journalist, and New 

York Times bestselling author, Wojciechowski joins the 

faculty as its newest professor of practice.

Rachel Davis Mersey 

In her time at Moody College, Dean Mersey has been a champion for 

research and creative projects. She has made a significant impact by 

developing partnerships and opportunities for our students, faculty 

and staff. Her dynamic leadership will take Moody College to new 

heights, ensuring it remains a top destination for communication 

education, research and innovation. 

We invite you to follow along on Instagram. 

@texasmoodydean @texasmoody 

CONGRATULATIONS 

ON YOUR PROMOTION 


ON YOUR NEW BOOK 

Diana Dawson 


of Instruction 


ALUMNI ON YOUR AWARDS 

Wayne Wanta won the 

Paul J. Deutschmann 

Award for Excellence 

in Research. 

Tamar Wilner won the 

Nafziger-White-Salwen 

Dissertation Award. 

Kate West 

“Journalists Break News: 

Don’t Let It Break You. 

Normalizing Mental 

Wellness in News” 

Raymond Thompson 

“Appalachian Ghost: A 

Photographic Reimagining 

of the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel 

Disaster” 

Mary Bock 

“Gender and Journalism: 

An Intersectional 

Approach” 

NOW HIRING! 

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Emerging Communication and Media Technologies 

This faculty position will focus on the social, political, and/or economic impacts of emerging 

communication and media technologies. Emerging media include but are not limited to AI, 

social media, augmented and virtual reality, streaming media forms, and encrypted systems. 

The successful candidate may approach these issues from a variety of methodological 

perspectives. A global perspective is also appreciated, and candidates with expertise in Latin 

American media systems, audiences and policies are especially encouraged to apply.


TO OUR 2024 DAN RATHER MEDAL WINNERS 

PROFESSIONAL PRIZE 

Michael Riley, David Kocieniewski, Monte 

Reel, Jessica Brice, Eric Fan, Michael Smith, 

Natalie Obiko Pearson, Chris Cannon and 

Henry Baker from Bloomberg News for 

their series “How the US drives gun exports 

and fuels violence around the world.” 

FIRST PLACE STUDENT PRIZE 

Theo Baker with The Stanford Daily for a 

series of articles about former Stanford 

President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who 

resigned after an investigation found that 

he oversaw labs that manipulated 

research data. 

SECOND PLACE STUDENT PRIZE 

Nicole Markus, Alyce Brown, Cole 

Reynolds and Divya Bhardwaj from The 

Daily Northwestern their coverage of the 

hazing accusations against the football 

team that included reports of sexual 

misconduct. 

THIRD PLACE STUDENT PRIZE 

Caitlyn Yaede, Carson Elm-Picard and 

Emmy Martin from the University of 

North Carolina Daily Tar Heel for the 

newspaper’s Aug. 30 front page after a 

faculty member was killed in a shooting 

on campus.

Dr. Summer Harlow 

Knight Center’s Associate Director and Visiting 

Associate Professor at Moody College’s School of 

Journalism and Media, on receiving the 

AEJMC-Knudson Latin America Prize 

and the 

Frank Luther Mott/Kappa Tau Alpha 

Research Award 

for the book: 

Digital-Native News and the Remaking of Latin 

American Mainstream and Alternative Journalism 

The Knight Center for Journalism 

in the Americas is an outreach 

program that benefits thousands 

of journalists and scholars from 

all over the world. Housed at the 

Moody College of Communication 

at The University of Texas at 

Austin, it was created in 2002 

thanks to generous grants from 

Knight Foundation. 

Programs include: 

Journalism Courses: The Knight Center is the world leader in massive 

online courses for journalists. In the last decade, the journalismcourses.org 

platform has served more than 300,000 students from 200 countries. 

ISOJ: The 25-year-old International Symposium on Online Journalism is 

an annual global conference that attracts journalists, media executives 

and researchers. 

LatAm Journalism Review: A trilingual (English, Portuguese and Spanish) 

digital magazine, LJR covers the news industry and press freedom issues 

in Latin America. 

Research: Knight Center’s research associates conduct research on 

journalism in the Americas and publish scholarly articles, conferences 

papers and books. 

knightcenter.utexas.edu

MTSU’s School of 

Journalism and 

Strategic Media 

Now offering more options! 

Nine concentrations across two degrees 

Advertising and Public Relations, B.S. 

Take your advertising or PR education to 

the next level with this brand-new degree. 

Concentrations: 

• Advertising 

• Public Relations 

• Public Relations – Recording Industry 

Journalism, B.S. 

Concentrations : 

• Entertainment Journalism 

• Environmental Journalism and Communication 

• Social Justice Journalism 

• Sports Media 

• Media Studies 

• Media Design (formerly Visual Communication) 

New, online path for 

Media Studies students 

Pursue your education with increased flexibility. 

Visit us at mtsu.edu/journalism 

@MTSU_SOJSM 

@MTSU_SOJSM 

facebook.com/MTSUSOJSM 

Katie Foss, Ph.D. 

Director 

School of Journalism 

and Strategic Media 

katie.foss@mtsu.edu 

0524-564 / Middle Tennessee State University does not discriminate on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability. See our full policy at mtsu.edu/iec.

Congratulations to 

Professor r Emeritus 

Stacey Woelfel 

Recipient of the 2024 Edward L. Bliss Award for 

Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education 

A powerhouse in the television industry, Woelfel served as news 

director of the Missouri School of Journalism’s NBC affiliate KOMU 

for over 24 years, the longest tenure in the station’s history. In 2014, 

he became the founding director of the School’s Jonathan B. Murray ray 

Center for Documentary Journalism, propelling students to new 

heights in the documentary film industry. Woelfel’s 

legacy of excellence and educational influence 

continues to inspire and lead the way 

for future journalists. 

/mujschool /mujschool /mujschool bit.ly/44wIhW8

CELEBRATING 

EXCELLENCE 

Embracing tradition; inspiring leadership 

Congratulations to Professor 

Amy Simons 

Congratulations to Doctoral Candidate 

Teresia Nzau 

for 

on 

AEJMC IDL Leadership 

2024–2025 Fellow 

AEJMC PR Division’s 

2024 Inez Kaiser Award 

WELCOME TO OUR NEW FACULTY 

, 

y 

John 

Anderson 

Tracy Draksler 

Brown 

Brittany 

Hilderbrand 

Stan 

Jastrzebski 

David 

Salisbury 

Leonard H. 

Goldenson 

Endowed Chair 

in Radio and 

Television 

Journalism 

Assistant 

Professor 


and Community 

News Editor for 

The Missourian 


and News Director 

at KBIA, 91.3FM 

Assistant 

Professor 

journalism.missouri.edu

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY 

School of 

Media and Communication 

MASTERS AND DOCTORATE IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION 

Emphasis areas: 

• Critical Media Studies and Rhetoric 

• Interpersonal Communications 

• Media Audience and Processes 

Offering a 100% online master’s degree in Strategic Communication and Social Media. 

BGSU School of Media and Communication welcomes Dr. Xiaofeng Jia 

(Ph.D., University of Miami) as an Assistant Professor. 

For more information, contact: 

Dr. Radhika Gajjala, Professor 

Graduate Coordinator 

radhik@bgsu.edu 

bgsu.edu/smc

GUIDING THE INNOVATION 

AND VISION OF TOMORROW 

THE COLLEGE OF 

COMMUNICATION 

ARTS AND SCIENCES 

WELCOMES DEAN 

HEIDI HENNINK-KAMINSKI 

to the community 

CONGRATULATIONS TO 

TERESA MASTIN 

incoming AEJMC President 

Thank you for your service as interim 

dean and congratulations on your new 

role as vice provost of faculty and 

academic staff affairs 

College of 

Communication 

Arts & Sciences

Wednesday Sessions 

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AEJMC 2024: Representation and Voice — The Future of Democracy 

August 8-11, 2024 | #aejmc2024 

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. / PC001 Temple University 

Advertising Division 

Offsite Workshop Session 

AI and Beyond-Synchronizing Timeless Principles 

in Today’s Realities in Advertising Education 

Moderating/Presiding 

Shanshan Lou, Appalachian State 

This pre-conference workshop provides faculty and graduate 

students with hands-on experience designing, redesigning, 

or remixing a course they teach (or are planning 

to teach). It will guide participants through a multi-step 

curriculum design process grounded in education theory 

and practice (e.g., objectives, Lexile scores, assessment, 

instructional strategies, backward design, Bloom’s taxonomy, 

zone of proximal development). Participants will 

leave with resources, skills, and a newly structured course 

to implement in the upcoming school year; we will also 

establish a network to continue conversations beyond 

the workshop. Participants do not need to know educational 

theory or curriculum and instruction practice. 

Rather, this experience is meant to provide an equitable 

experience in curriculum design regardless of experience 

level or title. We hope participants come with excitement 

to create a curriculum that has a lasting impact and 

learn instructional design strategies to elevate their home 

institution’s curriculum and pedagogy. More information 

about what to bring to the workshop will be provided 

closer to the conference. 

Wednesday 

Speaker 

Leo Morejon, Social Media Marketing Expert 

Upholding timeless principles in the age of artificial intelligence. 

The fundamentals of advertising remain relevant 

even as technology opens more possibilities. How can 

we integrate new technology, such as generative AI and 

virtual simulation, with the enduring advertising principles? 

This full-day workshop will explore how to mesh 

fundamental principles of advertising we love with the 

undeniable influence of emerging technology in our field. 

Leading advertising scholars and practitioners reveal their 

insights. Light refreshments are included. It will be hosted 

at the Temple University’s center city campus (TUCC 

for short) room 320. The campus is located at 1515 

Market Street Philadelphia PA 19102. Pre-registration is 

required and is open to all AEJMC members. 

8:00 a.m. to Noon / PC002 Salon C/5th 

Commission on Graduate Education and Association 

for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 

Elected Standing Committee on Teaching 

Workshop Session 

Remixing and Redesigning Curriculum: 

Introducing the AEJMC Teaching Academy 


Patrick R. Johnson, Marquette 

and Briana Trifiro, Boston 

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. / PC0003 

Religion and Media Interest Group 

Offsite Tour 

Sacred Spaces Tour: Philadelphia Edition 


Jordan Morehouse, Colorado 

The annual Sacred Spaces Tours will explore a diversity 

of faith- and spirituality-based sites in Philadelphia. 

Given the city’s vast history and its numerous religious 

traditions, the tour will visit a sampling of some of the 

city’s most historically or culturally significant venues. 

However, participants are encouraged to use the tour 

as a launching pad for further exploration of religious 

venues across the metropolitan religion. The tour will be 

walking-based, so participants should wear comfortable 

footwear and dress for the weather conditions. A complete 

itinerary will be provided to participants closer to 

the conference. For addition information contact Jordan 

Morehouse at jordan.morehouse@colorado.edu 

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. / PC004 Temple University 

Mass Communication and Society Division, 

Participatory Journalism and Community Journalism 

Interest Groups 

Offsite Workshop Session 

Connecting Journalism Research and Practice 


Jacob Nelson, Utah 

and Andrea Wenzel, Temple 

Panelists 

Danielle K. Brown, Michigan State 

Sandra Clark, StoryCorps 

Letrell Crittenden, American Press Institute 

Tamar Wilner, Texas at Austin

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August 8-11, 2024 | #aejmc2024 

This full-day offsite preconference will bring together 

researchers, journalists, and journalism support stakeholders 

interested in research that supports more equitable, 

engaged, and sustainable journalism & civic media. The 

workshop will critically explore efforts to make the cycle 

of journalism research more collaborative and impactful: 

from collaboratively developing research questions, to 

building and nurturing relationships between researchers 

and journalism stakeholders, to communicating findings 

and holding dialogues on recommendations for change. 

The workshop will begin with a “home truths” discussion 

examining critical points in this research cycle, based on 

a white paper recently published by the American Press 

Institute. This preconference is part of an annual series 

organized by the Engaged Journalism Exchange project 

which seeks to connect scholars and practitioners interested 

in research to make journalism stronger, more equitable, 

and more connected to communities and publics. 

This year we also partner with the Journalism Bridging 

Project, a collaborative devoted to hatching initiatives to 

close the journalist-researcher gap. 

Noon to 5 p.m. / PC005 

Salon D/5th 

Center for Community News, University of Vermont 

and The Knight Foundation 


Powering Local News: Universities 

Making a Difference 


Richard Watts, Director, Vermont 

Center for Community News – Panels and discussions for 

university led reporting programs. Topics include statehouse 

reporting, election reporting, public media collaborations, 

environmental reporting and funding. More 

information at https://www.uvm.edu/ccn Pre-registration 

is required on the AEJMC conference website or at The 

Center for Community News. 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. / PC006 Franklin Hall 10/4th 

Communication Technology Division 


AI- Driven Research Topics, Analytics Tools, 

and Publishing Opportunities 

1:00 p.m. 

Opening Keynote — The Future of AI-Driven Research 

Speaker: TBA 

This could be an inspirational keynote speaker who could 

review the state of communication technology and the 

role that AI is playing in creating interest in Comm Tech 

research. 

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm 

Part I — Roundtable Discussions on AI Research Topics 


TBA 

This would be a highly interactive session, in which 

scholars will be given prompts to discuss issues and topics 

related to AI and areas of research that are needed at 

roundtables. 

2:30 pm - 2:30 pm (Networking Break with Snacks) 

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm 

Part II — Innovative Computational Research Methods 

Trainer: 

Michael Burke, Data Scientist in Communications, 

Brigham Young 

This would be training on new methods of data collection 

and analysis (text mining using Google Colab and 

other fee tools) 

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm 

Part III — Publishing, Promotion, and Publicity 


TBA 

Panelists 

Hazel Kwon, Arizona State, Co-Editor, Journal of 

Communication Technology 

Sonali Kudva, Tampa, Co-Editor, Journal of 


Mustafa Oz, Tennessee, Knoxville 

Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, Connecticut 

This would be a panel on how to get one’s work published 

in journals, news outlets, the university communications 

teams, the department’s newsletters, etc. It would also 

dive into how to develop one’s brand and reputation. 

Artificial Intelligence research is already underway, and 

many scholars are studying its impact on communication. 

This pre-conference workshop aims to allow attendees 

to meet with like-minded scholars at roundtables to 

discuss future research in AI. The workshop will include 

training on machine learning analytic tools, such as 

Google Colab, and provide pathways for AI researchers 

to publish and promote their work. Join us for an in-depth 

exploration of the frontiers of communication technology 

research. Pre-registration is required.


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August 8-11, 2024 | #aejmc2024 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. / PC007 Salon E/5th 

History Division 


Using the Tools of Digital Humanities 

in Journalism History and Media Research 


Eliot King, Loyola-Maryland 

Panelists 

Matthew Treskon, Project Muse, Johns Hopkins 

Rob Wells, Maryland 

Paola Pascual-Ferra, Loyola-Maryland 

Zef Segal, College of Management Academic 

Studies, Israel 

Dobin Yim, Loyola-Maryland 

Naeemul Hassan, Maryland 

This half day, hands-on workshop will introduce journalism 

historians and other media researchers to these 

research tools and approaches. The workshop is be 

geared both to attendees new to digital humanities as 

well as those who wish to expand their digital humanities 

toolkit. It will also explore how to incorporate digital 

humanities methods in the classroom how to identify 

and partner with collaborators. At the end of the workshop, 

participants will be able to do a basic research 

project using digital humanities tools and database. Preregistration 

is required. This workshop is sponsored by 

Lehigh University. 


International Communication Division 


Conducting Comparative and Collaborative 

Journalism Research 



Panelists — Panel I 

Challenges in Implementing the WJS in India’s 

Research and Cultural Environs 

Jyotika Ramaprasad, Miami 

and Manasvi Maheshwari, K.R. Mangalam 

University, Delhi, India 

Methodological Challenges and Solutions in the 

Brazilian Context 

Marcos Paulo da Silva, Federal University of Mato 

Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande (MS), Brazil 

Beyond Survey: Challenges and Possibilities of 

Connecting Worlds of Journalism to Other Datasets, 

Methods and Epistemologies 

Rachel R. Mourão, Tim P. Vos, 

Esther Thorson, Marialina Antolini, 

and Taewoo Kang, Michigan State 

Discussant 

Tim P. Vos, Michigan State 

Panelists — Panel II 

Conceptualizing Influences on Protest Coverage 

when Press Freedom is at Risk 


Explaining Journalist Safety and Emotional Wellbeing. 

Identity, Informality, Occupational Resiliency and The 

Rule of Law as Predictors 

Sallie Hughes, Miami, 

Armando Gutiérrez, Autonomous University 

of Baja California, 

Grisel Salazar, Iberoamerican University, 

Mexico City, 

and Celia del Palacio, University of Guadalajara 

Declining Press Freedoms and Increasing Precarity 

among Journalists in Costa Rica 

Celeste González de Bustamante, Texas at Austin, 

Jeannine E. Relly, Arizona, 

Vanessa Bravo, Elon, 

and Silvia Dal Ben Furtado, Texas at Austin 

Journalists and News Reporting Conditions in Tanzania 

Ammina Kothari, Rhode Island 

Discussant 

Jessica Retis, Arizona 

This pre-conference explores comparative research on 

journalism by looking at the methodologies behind, 

and preliminary empirical results from, the Worlds of 

Journalism Study (2021-2023). During this half-day session, 

we bring together WJS research from eight countries: 

Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, 

India, the UK, and the US. In the first panel, speakers 

will discuss the unique methodological and ethical 

challenges of journalism survey research, especially 

in countries without traditions of Western research, or 

where journalists routinely face threats and harassment. 

The second panel will offer preliminary findings from the 

WJS survey, providing a glimpse of the state of journalism 

and press freedom in various countries around the 

world. After the individual presentations, each panel will 

be followed by a roundtable discussion aimed at creating 

a space for important cross-country dialogue and collaboration 

around the future of comparative journalism 

research. Thank you to the School of Communication at 

The University of Miami for sponsoring the workshop. 

Wednesday

Our talented faculty members are 

recognized regularly for excellence in 

teaching, research and creative activity. 

Here is just a sample of the accolades 

earned over the past year. 

2024-25 

FULBRIGHT 

U.S. SCHOLAR 

Harriet Brown 

Professor, Magazine, News and Digital Journalism 

UNIVERSITY FACULTY 

AWARD WINNERS 

Award for Outstanding 

Contributions to the 

Student Experience and 

University Initiatives 

Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-Massay 

Associate Professor, Communications 

The 

Laura J. and L. Douglas 

Meredith Teaching 

Recognition Award for 

Early Performance 

Kelly Leahy 

Assistant Professor, Television Radio and Film 

Milton Santiago 

Assistant Professor, Visual Communications 

The 

Judith Greenberg 

Seinfeld Award 

Rebecca Ortiz 

Associate Professor, Advertising 

Excellence in 

Graduate Education 

Faculty Recognition Award 

Soo Yeon Hong 

Associate Teaching Professor, Public Relations 

Graduate Program Director, Public Relations 

Visit newhouse.syracuse.edu/careers 

for more information and to apply.

New Syracuse University spaces in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., 

allow the Newhouse School to enhance and expand 

experiential learning offerings in two major communications hubs. 

NEWHOUSELA 

The Newhouse LA program moved into the new 

Syracuse University Dick Clark Los Angeles 

Program space in spring 2024. 

• Located in the NoHo Arts District next to 

the Television Academy and a short walk to 

a vibrant neighborhood with restaurants, 

theaters, shopping and housing options. 

• One block from the Metro station, giving 

students more affordable options to 

navigate the city. 

• Expanded classroom space, which allows 

for the launch of a new sports-focused 

program. The new program will also offer 

opportunities for students to intern 

at a sports media company. 

NEWHOUSEDC 

The Newhouse DC program will relocate to the 

new space in the centrally located Dupont Circle 

neighborhood later in 2024. 

• Facility will serve as the base for the 

Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, 

Journalism and Citizenship, a joint initiative 

with the Maxwell School of Citizenship and 

Public Affairs. 

• Multiple classrooms that allow for broader 

academic offerings, aligning with expansion 

of courses in democracy and journalism. 

• Rooms designed to attenuate sound, 

creating spaces for interviews, podcasts and 

video presentations. 

For more information about these programs, our established 

Newhouse NYC program and study abroad opportunities, please visit: 

newhouse.syracuse.edu/students/special-opportunities 

newhouse.syracuse.edu

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August 8-11, 2024 | #aejmc2024 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. / PC009 Salon J/5th 

Law and Policy Division 

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

Research Panel 

Michael Hoefges Graduate Student Research 

Fund Winners 


Kyla Garrett Wagner, Syracuse 

Panelists 

Austin Bryan, Northwestern 

Nina Kelly, Wayne State 

Heesoo Jang, North Carolina 

Celebrate the winners of the third annual Michael 

Hoefges Graduate Student Research Fund! 

2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. 

Teaching Panel 

Law and Policy Division Teaching Ideas 

Competition Winners 


Kriste Patrow, Butler 

The Law and Policy Division gathers to hear the winning 

ideas of its annual teaching competition. 

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

PF&R Panel 

Fire in a Political Theater: The First Amendment 

Legacy of Donald J. Trump 


Eric P. Robinson, South Carolina 

Panelists 

Genelle Belmas, Kansas 

Chris Terry, Minnesota 

Tori Ekstrand, North Carolina 

This panel takes on Donald Trump’s ongoing conflicts 

First Amendment precedent, and asks if he has irreversibly 

shattered some of the well-established standards and 

legal tests for categories of protected and unprotected 

speech. Will Trump’s ultimate legacy be how he singlehandedly 

changed the metrics for—and perhaps the very 

meaning of—free expression? 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. / PC010 Salon C/5th 

Newspaper and Online News Division 


Academic Job Market Readiness Workshop 


Chris Etheridge, Kansas 

Panelists 

Brian Delaney, Auburn 

Morgan Duncan, Virginia Tech 

Matt Haught, Memphis 

Amber Hinsley, Texas State 

Kim Lauffer, Keene State 

Logan Molyneux, Temple 

This pre-conference workshop will give doctoral students 

one-on-one facetime with senior scholars to answer questions, 

provide feedback on CVs, sample cover letters, 

research and teaching statements, and other common 

documents. In the opening panel, early- and mid-career 

scholars will share their experiences on the job market, 

but the remainder of the time will be dedicated to workshop-style 

sessions where doctoral students are assigned 

to meet with and get feedback from multiple tenured or 

advanced tenure-track faculty from both research and 

teaching institutions. Pre-registration is required 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. / PC011 Salon I/5th 

Public Relations Division 


Public Relations in the Public Forum: 

Leadership and Best Practices 


Kathy R. Fitzpatrick, South Florida 

Denise S. Bortree, Pennsylvania State 

Karla K. Gower, Alabama 

Christopher J. McCollough, Jacksonville State 

1:00 to 1:50 p.m. 

Part I – The Role of Public Relations and Organizational 

Leadership in Our Global Society – In Scholarship 


Denise S. Bortree, Pennsylvania State 

Panelists 

Holly Overton, Pennsylvania State 

Ejae Lee, Boston 

Staci Smith, Utah Valley 

Maria de Moya, Tennessee-Knoxville


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2:00 to 2:50 p.m. 

Part II – Risky Business: Corporate Activism and CEO 

Activism in a Polarized Communication Environment 


Kathy R. Fitzpatrick, South Florida 

Panelists 

Roger Bolton, President, The Arthur W. Page 

Society 

Will Crain, Head of CEO Communications 

Advisory, North America, Weber Shandwick 

Gregg Feistman, Temple 

Matthew Ragas, DePaul 

3:00 to 3:50 p.m. 

Part III – Public Relations as a Driver of Social Change 

– CPRE Perspective 


Karla K. Gower, director, The Plank Center 

for Leadership in Public Relations, Alabama 

Panelists 

Adrienne A. Wallace, Grand Valley State 

Regina M. Luttrell, Syracuse 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. / PC012 Salon K/5th 

Visual Communication and Magazine Media Divisions 


Creativity and Responsibility in the Age of AI 


Ivy Ashe, Florida Atlantic 

and Keith Greenwood, Missouri 

Panelists 

AJ Chavar, Syracuse Journalism Fellow/New York 

Times Research & Development 

Alex Treaster, Kansas 

Huyen Nguyen, Kansas State 

David Grewe, California State, Northridge 

Tara Pixley, Temple 

Raymond Thompson, Texas 

Ross Taylor, Colorado Boulder 

Todd Holmes, California State 

Shane Epping, Wyoming 

Phylis West, San José State 

Tina Korani, San José State 

Wednesday 

4:00 to 4:50 p.m. 

Part IV – Key Note: The Role of Ethical Listening in 

Leadership and Effective Practice 



Speaker 

TBA 

Our first session will bring together some of the top scholars 

in the discipline examining different facets of leadership 

and effective practice to consider the discipline’s 

role in relationship to our current global climate. The second 

session will consider the industry perspective, blending 

the viewpoint of scholars and industry leaders on the 

impacts of activism on CEOs and the companies they 

lead, on the role of public relations in practice, and on 

reputation, relationships and the bottom line. Our third 

session will bring together members of the Commission 

on Public Relations Education’s research team to talk 

about public relations and its role as a driver of social 

change and its impact on the public relations classroom. 

Finally, the session will close with a keynote speaker 

discussing the role of listening in ethical leadership and 

public relations practice. Pre-registration is required. 

This preconference begins with an introduction to key 

visual technologies that faculty should be familiar with 

3D, XR (mixed-reality), and AI. We’ll go over how to use 

AI-generated media assets in the classroom, and how 

to incorporate immersive storytelling techniques into 

assignments. Panel talks feature discussions about ethical 

use of new visual technology and the implications of 

visual misinformation. Pre-registration is required. 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. / PC013 Meeting Room 407/4th 

Commission on the Status of Women, AEJMC Council 

of Affiliates, and Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center 

for the Advancement of Women in Communication, 



Women Faculty Moving Forward: Freedom 

to Succeed 


Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, Florida International 

and Tracy Everbach, North Texas 

Keynote Speaker 

Teresa Mastin, vice provost and associate vice 

president for faculty and academic staff affairs, 

and president-elect AEJMC, Michigan State

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August 8-11, 2024 | #aejmc2024 

Panelists 

Cory Armstrong, Nebraska-Lincoln 

Louisa Ha, Bowling Green State 

Amanda Hinnant, Missouri 


Marquita Smith, Mississippi 

This annual workshop with accomplished academics will 

help junior women faculty move forward in their careers 

through mentoring, preparing for tenure and promotion 

and looking toward administration and leadership positions. 

By invitation only. 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. / PC014 Salon F/5th 

Small Programs 

and Internships and Careers Interest Groups 


The Great Disengagement: Strategies 

for Reaching Students 

1 to 1:10 p.m. — Introduction 

Brian Steffen, Simpson 

1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. 

Part I — What is the Great Disengagement? 



Panelists 

Michael Longinow, Biola 

Thomas Moore, CUNY-York 

Pam Parry, Southeast Missouri 

2:55 p.m. to 3:55 p.m. 

Part II — Great Ideas for Teaching for Engagement 


Jackie Incollingo, Rider 

Cessna Winslow, Tarleton State 

Panelists 

Crisis Simulation and Post Covid Learning: 

Will It Survive? 

Kay L. Colley, Jenny Dean, 

and Wendy Moore, Texas Wesleyan 

The Alumni All-Stars Summer Writing Course 

Doug Mendenhall, Abilene Christian 

Classical Narrative Structure, Freytag’s Pyramid 

and Multimedia Sequencing 

Jack Zibluk, Tennessee-Chattanooga 

AP Style Intro Competition 

Jodie Gil, Southern Connecticut State 

Partnerships, Promotion, Pop Culture & Pedagogy 

Chandler Harriss, Tennessee-Chattanooga 

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Part III — Internships and Career Development 

as Re-Engagement Tools 



Panelists 

Lisa Carponelli, Simpson 

Erin Kim-Cho, Grand View 

Amy McCoy, Drake 

Kate Stepaniuc, North Carolina A&T 

Michael Ray Smith, LCC International 

The COVID-19 pandemic had far-reaching impacts on 

higher education, including what some experts are calling 

‘The Great Disengagement,’ the loss of student learning 

and interest in pursuing a degree in JMC and many 

other disciplines. The switch to online learning, collapse 

of student activities, and the growing sense that a college 

degree costs more than it’s worth all contributed to this 

condition. This workshop will explore the nature of the 

problem and how teaching and advising in JMC programs 

can reconnect students to their educations. 


Association for Education in Journalism and Mass 

Communication Appointed Committee on Career 

Development 


“…and One Third Service”: Identifying 

Appropriate Levels of Academic 

and Professional Service for Your Job 


Steve Bien-Aimé, Kansas 

Panelists 

Herman Howard, Jarvis Christian 

Jensen Moore, Oklahoma 

Kym Fox, Texas State 

Hong Cheng, Southern Illinois 

Diana K. Martinelli, West Virginia 

Raul Reis, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

This preconference comprises three sessions, each focusing 

on different academic levels: Tenure-track Assistant 

Professors, Nontenure track teaching programs and 

Industry Professionals, Tenured Professors (Associate and 

Full). Each session covers appropriate and typical levels 

of service and related expectations. You will hear from 

experts on what is needed and there will also be ample 

time for questions. Participants can attend all or just some 

of the sessions. Pre-registration is required.


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August 8-11, 2024 | #aejmc2024 

1 to 6 p.m. / PC016 Meeting Room 404/4th 


Communication and Association of Schools of 

Journalism and Mass Communication 


Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalism 

and Communication (IDL) 

7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. / PC019 Meeting Room 414/4th 


Session 

Awards Gala 


Rachel Grant, Florida and Brian Creech, Lehigh 

Wednesday 

2023-24 Jennifer H. McGill Fellows (Outgoing) 

Masudul Biswas, Loyola-Maryland 

Bill Cassidy, Northern Illinois 

Deborah Chung, Kentucky 

Sydney Dillard, DePaul 

Nathaniel Frederick, II, Winthrop 

YoungAh Lee, Ball State 

Regina Luttrell, Syracuse 

Nathian Shae Rodriguez, San Diego State 

Session open only to IDL Jennifer H. McGill Fellows. 

The History Division Awards Gala will recognize our top 

award winners of the year and celebrate the importance 

of journalism history. Pre-registration is required. 




Business Session 

AEJMC Board of Directors, 2024-24 


Linda Aldoory, American, President, AEJMC 2023-24 

AEJMC Board Members Only. 


Commission on the Status of Women, AEJMC Council 

of Affiliates, and Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center 

for the Advancement of Women in Communication, 


Reception for Kopenhaver Center Fellows, Present 

and Past 

Hosting: 

Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, Florida International 

and Tracy Everbach, North Texas 

This is a networking reception for Kopenhaver Center 

Fellows, present and past. Thanks to the Scripps Howard 

Fund for their support of this event. By invitation only.

CONGRATULATIONS, 

DEAN ANN M. BRILL 

AEJMC ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR

The School of Communication and Information 

at Rutgers University 

WELCOMES NEW FACULTY MEMBERS 

JOURNALiSM ANd MEdiA STUdiES 

COMMUNiCATiON 


Brooklyne Gipson 

Associate Teaching 

Professor 

Gina Marcello 

Assistant Teaching 

Professor 

Alyse Shorland 


Maria Celeste Wagner 


Jianing Li 

LiBRARY ANd iNFORMATiON SCiENCE 

Professor 

Denise Agosto 

Instructor 

Eiman Ahmed 


Avriel Epps 

(starting fall 2025) 


Alex Jiahong Lu 

Assistant Teaching 

Professor 

Brendan D. Mahoney 

Join Rutgers University – along with the University of Alabama, the University of Kentucky 

and the University of South Carolina – for a reception 

from 8:30 to 10 p.m., Friday, Aug. 9, in Marriott Meeting Room 401-403 

RUTGERS NEW BRUNSWICK 

School of Communication 

and Information 

comminfo.rutgers.edu 

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PHOTO BY PRSA 

Prof. Kim Marks Malone receives the PRSA Silver Anvil for Best 

Undergraduate Communications Program in May in New York. 

Memphis is Driven by Doing. 

Winning the 2024 PRSA Silver 

Anvil for best undergraduate 

communications program. Hosting 

the PRSSA ICON Conference. 

Winning awards from Hearst 

and the American Advertising 

Federation. Expanding our course 

and program offerings. We’re doing 

what it takes to get our students 

jobs in today’s media industry. 

Congratulations to our new leaders 

Matt Haught, Ph.D. I Chair of Journalism & Strategic Media 

Dr. Haught take charges of the program from Dr. David Arant after serving for five years as 

the assistant chair. He is a professor of visual communication in Journalism & Strategic Media. 

Robby Byrd, Ph.D. 

Associate Chair for Graduate Studies 


Kim Marks Malone, APR, Fellow PRSA 

Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies 

Associate Professor of Practice 

Thank you and 

congratulations 

David Arant, Ph.D. 

Retired after 32 years at the University of Memphis 

and 16 as department chair. We are grateful for his 

leadership and wish him well in his next chapter. 

Welcome to our new colleagues 

Tonyaa Weathersbee 

Hardin Chair of Excellence in 

Economics/Managerial Journalism 

M.A.M.C., University of Florida 

Claire Rounkles, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor of Media Law 

& Visual Communication 

Ph.D., University of Missouri 

memphis.edu/jrsm 

The University of Memphis is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action University. 

It is committed to education of a non-racially identifiable student body.


AEJMC-PETER LANG 

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FOR 

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OF THE REIMAGINED 

CONCEPT OF 

CROWDSOURCING BOOKS 

JANE SINGER, FOUNDING SERIES EDITOR 

CAROLYN BRONSTEIN, CURRENT SERIES EDITOR 

WWW.PETERLANG.COM/SERIES/AEJMC


TO OUR OUTSTANDING FACULTY! 

Welcome back to 

UW–Madison 

ROSS DAHLKE 

Joining January 2025 

as Assistant Professor 

CHRIS CASCIO 

Promoted to 


with tenure 

DOUG MCLEOD 

Awarded Chancellor’s 

Distinguished Teaching 

Award 

LINDSAY PALMER 

Editor of Journalism 

and Communication 

Monographs 

DHAVAN SHAH 

Awarded Wisconsin 

Alumni Research 

Foundation Named 

Professorship 

MICHAEL WAGNER 

Named William T. Evjue 

Distinguished Chair for 

the Wisconsin Idea 

JING WANG 

First book under 

contract with Columbia 

University Press 

MIYA WILLIAMS 

FAYNE 

New book under 

contract with Oxford 

University Press 

SIJIA YANG 

Promoted to 


with tenure 

Learn more about our 

graduate program 

• Engaged advising and mentoring 

• Training in quantitative and 

qualitative research methods 

• Opportunities for collaborative 

research 

• Grants and research funding journalism.wisc.edu

The faculty of the Department of Journalism 

and Media Management at the University of 

Miami welcomes our new colleagues to the 

Professor 

Ronald Jackson, II 


Rachel Mourão 


Ayleen Cabas-Mijares 

Senior Lecturer 

David Weinert 

Scan to 

learn more

Earn your M.A. in 

PUBLIC MEDIA 

in the heart of New York City 

The Fordham master’s program in public media 

combines academic inquiry, hands-on experience, 

and a focus on storytelling for social justice and 

civic engagement. 

It’s about real journalism, real communication 

strategies, and real narratives. 

Choose between two tracks: 

multiplatform journalism or strategic 

communication. 

Develop multimedia production expertise in 

interactive digital storytelling, audio/video 

editing. 

Take advantage of internships and courses at 

WFUV, WNET, WNYC, and other public interest 

organizations. 

To learn more, visit fordham.edu/pmma. 

Media with a 

MISSION 

Designed as a one-year program 

for full-time students. 

Flexible evening courses allow 

for daytime employment, 

fieldwork, or internships. 

Classes are held at both our 

Rose Hill (Bronx) campus and 

the Lincoln Center (Manhattan) 

campus to take advantage of the 

different opportunities that each 

campus and neighborhood has to 

offer.

Be Boulder.

Communication 

Journalism

Thursday Sessions 

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7:30 to 8:30 a.m. / Th001 Meeting Room 308/3rd 



8:30 to 10 a.m. / Th004 Salon C/5th 

Broadcast and Mobile Journalism 

and Cultural and Critical Studies Divisions 


Council of Division Plaque/Certificate Pickup 


Samantha Higgins, AEJMC Central Office 

Representative from all DIG groups will stop by and pick 

up any plaques, certificates, etc. This is a mandatory 

meeting. 

7:30 to 10 a.m. / Th002 Meeting Room 410/4th 

Association of Schools of Journalism 



ASJMC Executive Committee Meeting 


Johnny Sparks, Ball State, 2023-24 President, ASJMC 

Research Panel Session 

On Air, Online, and Over the Top: Impacts of 

Technology on Labor in U.S. Local TV Newsrooms 


Carey L. Higgins-Dobney, Kentucky 

Panelists 

Karin Assmann, Georgia 

Keonte Coleman, Syracuse 

Errol Salamon, University of Stirling 

Amanda Siew, Oklahoma 


This panel includes experts on unionization, burnout, 

precarity, tech change and diversity in local U.S. television 

newsrooms and hopes to add to the discussion on 

what these conditions mean for workers and the community. 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Th005 Franklin Hall 10/4th 

Thursday 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Th003 Salon L/5th 


PFR Panel Session 

Ask Mentors Anything: Networking and Mentorship 

for Graduate Students and Early Career Scholars 

Navigating Academic Pathways 


Mengtian “Montina” Jiang, Kentucky 

Panelists 

Juliana Fernandes, Florida 

Chang Dae Ham, Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

Anastasia Kononova, Michigan State 

Eunjin (Anna) Kim, Southern California 

Heather Shoenberger, Pennsylvania State 

Jing Yang, Loyola-Chicago 

Anan Wan, Kansas State 

Yanyun (Mia) Wang, Colorado Boulder 

Quan Xie, Southern Methodist 

This panel aims to connect graduate students and earlycareer 

researchers with experienced mentors, providing 

essential opportunities for professional development and 

networking throughout their academic careers. 

Communication Technology and Communicating 

Science, Health, Environment and Risk Divisions 


Using Technology to Increase Academic 

Productivity: Managing Time, Project, 

and Collaboration 


Jieun Shin, Florida 

Panelists 

Eliana DuBosar, Auburn 

Donggyu Kim, Southern California 

Ava Francesca Battocchio, Michigan State 

Rachel Son, East Carolina 

This panel discusses how to navigate the negative effects 

of technology on academic productivity, and how to 

maximize its benefits. Topics may include efficient 

methods and tools for reading, writing, scheduling, and 

project management.

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August 8-11, 2024 | #aejmc2024 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Th006 Meeting Room 307/3rd 

Communication Theory and Methodology Division 

Refereed Research Paper Session 

Theory and Method: Examining Methods 

and Measures 


Nathan Walter, Northwestern 

Open Science and Replication: Seeking to Strengthen 

Communication’s Epistemic Value through P-curve 

Analyses 

Robert Holbert, Pennsylvania, 

Nick Bowman, Syracuse 

and Nathan Walter, Northwestern 

How to Address False Discovery Bias in Big Data 

Using Model-X Knockoffs for Variable Selection 

Sebastian Scherr, University of Augsburg 

and Jing Zhou, University of East Anglia 

Visual Message Design in Exemplification Research 

Michael Vosburg, Benedict College 

Perceived Sincerity in Public Discussion: Rethinking 

Its Value and Empirical Research Paths* 

Youjia Huang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

How Stable are Self-Reported Measures of Media Use? 

Jacob Long, South Carolina 

Discussant 

Sang Jung Kim, Iowa 

* Third Place Top Student Paper 


International Communication 

and Public Relations Divisions 

Scholar-to-Scholar (Poster) Refereed Research Paper 

Session 


Topic I — Audiences 

01-0830-01 • Can People with Different Minds 

Really Think Alike? Research On the Cross-Cultural 

Communication Effect of Chinese Mainstream 

Films From the Perspective of Film Semiotics 

Xuebing Zhang, 

and Hanqing Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

01-0830-02 • [EA] Examining News Media Use and 

Trust in Political Institutions in Kenya: The Moderating 

Role of Perceived Corruption and Political Freedom 

Kevin Mudavadi, Indiana 

Bingbing Zhang, Frankline B. Matanji, 

and David Lomoywara, Iowa 

01-0830-03 • Audience as Epistemic Agent in the 

News Coverage of the Russian War in Ukraine 

Volha Kananovich, Appalachian State 

Discussant 

Anli Xiao, South Carolina 

Topic II — Strategic Messaging on Social Media 

01-0830-04 • Diplomatic Webs: The Influential Figures 

Shaping U.S. Policy In Israel, Qatar, and Iraq* 

Soheil Kafiliveyjuyeh, Louisiana State 

01-0830-05 • Strategies for Engaging the Youth in 

Global Multicultural Marketplaces Via Contemporary 

Social Media Platforms 

Mian Asim and Fokiya Akhtar, Zayed University 

01-0830-06 • Eliciting High Positive User Sentiments 

through Webpage Strategies, Heuristics Evaluation 

Strategies and Ratings on Review Platforms: A Case of 

Genshin Impact 

Weiwen Yu, Arizona State 

01-0830-07 • Being Humanlike: Exploring the 

Antecedents of Acceptance of Humanlike Chatbots in 

Corporate Social Responsibility Communication 

Yangzhi Jiang, Arizona State, 

Yang Cheng, North Carolina State, 

and Yuan Wang, City University of Hong Kong 

01-0830-08 • A Comparative Analysis of Online 

Incivility in China and the U.S. Contexts 

Regarding Russia-Ukraine War** 

Yanbo Li, Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

and Chao Chris Su, Boston 

Discussant 

Yunjuan Luo, South China University of Technology 

* Online Media and Global Communication Best Paper 

Student Award Winner 

** Online Media and Global Communication Best Paper 

Faculty Award Winner 

Topic III — Covering Conflict 

01-0830-09 • Understanding Ideologies: A Critical 

Discourse Analysis of Editorial Representation of Israel- 

Palestine Conflict in Western Media 

Sima Bhowmik, Colorado-Boulder 

and Gregory Gondwe, Cal State-San Bernardino 

01-0830-10 • War and Peace Journalism in the AP 

and QNA Coverage of the Israel-Gaza Conflict 

Claudia Kozman, Northwestern in Qatar 

and Raluca Cozma, Kansas State


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01-0830-11 • [EA] Exploring the Escalatory and 

De-escalatory Coverage Practice in International 

Newspapers in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict 

Ngoc Yen My Nguyen, 

and Nihar Sreepada, Louisiana State 

01-0830-12 • [EA] Examining Deepfakes’ 

Metajournalistic Discourse During Conflicts: 

Case Study Gaza-Israel Conflict 

Nihal Alaqabawy and Angelica Kalika, Colorado 

01-0830-13 • [EA] Influences and Outcomes: 

The Impact of Military Proximity on the Narrative 

Construction by Embedded Journalists during the 

Ukraine-Russia War 

Muhammad Ali, Colorado, Boulder 

Discussant 

Haiyan Wang, University of Macau 

Topic IV — Communication Across Cultures 

and Contexts 

01-0830-14 • [EA] The Effect of Intercultural 

Competence and Stereotypes on International 

Student’s Social Anxiety and Psychological Adjustment 

Srividya Karuturi, Southern Mississippi 

01-0830-15 • From External Relationships to Internal 

Communication Behavior: An Extension of STOPS 

with RADIO, Megaphoning, and Echoing 

SunHa Yeo, Daniel Thompson 

and Bemi Aderemi, Oklahoma 

01-0830-16 • Building Bridges: A Narrative Literature 

Review of Spanish and Portuguese-language Climate 

Change Communication scholarship from Latin America* 

Bruno Takahashi 

and Iasmim Amiden dos Santos, Michigan State 

and María Fernanda Salas, Universidad de Costa Rica 

01-0830-17 • When News Is Entertainment: A Contextual 

Argument for The Persistence of Misinformation 

Sakshi Bhalla, Rik Ray 

and Harsh Taneja, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

01-0830-18 • [EA] Anniversary Journalism in Action 

Michael Sessa, Razan Aljohani, 

Najwa Albaqami and Kemi Busari, Maryland, 

and Liangqi Ding, Fudan University 

01-0830-20 • Themes and Tones: A Framing 

Assessment of Social Media Public Response 

to Akufo-Addo’s Volta Disaster Address 

Anani Yao Kuwornu, Maryland 

01-0830-21 • Borrowing a Mouth to Speak? Foreign 

Content Creators in China’s National Image Building 

Qiuyue Li, Yuxuan Jin, Florida 

01-0830-22 • [EA] Intercultural Relationship Management 

for Community Engagement During COVID-19 

Lan Ni, Wenlin Liu and Yan Huang, Houston 

Discussant 

Jeannette Iannacone, Tennessee 

Topic — Trust, CSR, and Corporate Social Advocacy 

01-0830-23 • Are You with Us, or Against Us? Motivated 

Cognitive Processing of Corporate Social Advocacy (CSA) 

Communication Messages 

Sungwon Chung, YoungAh Lee, 

and Johnny Sparks, Ball State 

01-0830-24 • Measuring Partisan Differences 

in Corporate Social Advocacy Outcomes 

Josh Bramlett, Alabama 

01-0830-25 • The Interplay of CSR Normative 

Legitimacy and Influencer Trustworthiness: 

The Role of Public-Serving Motives 

Jun Zhang, Middle Tennessee State, 

Li Chen, Weber and Dongqing Xu, Miami 

01-0830-26 • Consumer Positive Moral Emotions 

and Communicative Actions: Testing The Situational 

Theory of Problem Solving In Corporate Responsibility 

to Race 

Xiao Liang, Miami, 

and Yeunjae Lee, Colorado State 

01-0830-27 • Thoughts and Prayers…More Such Deaths 

Will Occur: Effects of Combining Organizational Social 

Media Mourning for Public Tragedies With Corporate 

Social Advocacy 

Jensen Moore, Elizabeth Cox, 

and Vishala Persad, Oklahoma 

Discussant 

Chuqing Dong, Michigan State 

Thursday 

Discussant 


* First Place, Latin American Communication 

Research and Researchers Award 


Topic — Global and Intercultural PR 

01-0830-19 • The Role of Relational Antecedents 

in Government and Foreign Public Relationships 

Tugce Ertem-Eray, North Carolina State, 

and Eyun-Jung Ki, Alabama 

Topic — Crisis Communication 

01-0830-28 • Strategic Public Crisis Communication 

of Influencers: Self-Branding, Social Responsibility, 

Content Strategy, and Impact on Engagement 

Chen Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 

01-0830-29 • Empowering Our Campus: Refining the 

Dynamics of DEI Crisis Communications in Higher 

Education 

Shuai Guo and Hyun Ju Jeong, Kentucky 

01-0830-30 • The Effect of Brand Anthropomorphism on 

Consumers’ Willingness To Forgive During a Crisis Event 

Zhenzhen Pan, Nanjing Normal University, China

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01-0830-31 • Is Silence Golden During a Crisis? 

The Effects of Planned and Forced Silence on Crisis 

Outcomes 

James Ndone and Lilie Steryous, Coastal Carolina 

01-0830-32 • Navigating A Social Media Influencer 

Crisis: Response Strategies and Mediating Effects 

of Identification and Authenticity 

Olivia Reed, Minot State, 

Nicholas Eng, Georgia, 

Peixin Hua, Pennsylvania State, 

Maranda Berndt-Goke, Murray State, 

Yanan Wu, Pennsylvania State, 

Michail Vafeiadis, Auburn, 

and Denise Bortree, Pennsylvania State 

01-0830-33 • [EA] Emotional Tides and Social 

Anchors: Understanding Personal Network Activation 

in Disaster Response 

Adam Saffer, Minnesota, Rongting Niu, Georgia, 

and Lucinda Austin, North Carolina 

Discussant 

Erika Schneider, Syracuse 

Topic — Image Repair 

01-0830-34 • Framing the Skies: Analyzing Crisis 

Frames Alignment in Southwest Airlines and News 

Media Discourse after the 2018 Engine Failure 

Teresia Nzau, Missouri 

01-0830-35 • Impression Management Amid Adversity: 

Political Public Relations Lesson from Four Brexit-related 

Prime Ministerial Resignation Speeches 

Nana Kwame Osei Fordjour, Maryland 

01-0830-36 • Exploring the Role of Consumers’ 

Perceived Self-interest in their Reactions to Corporate 

Ethical Misconduct 

Liang Ma, Texas Christian 

01-0830-37 • Apologies Beyond Words: An Analysis 

of Pang Cha Cafe’s Image Repair Strategies 

Worapron Chanthapan, California State, Long Beach 

01-0830-38 • [EA] Recovering from a Political 

Scandal: Testing the Effects of Mortification 

Rhetoric on Image Repair Efforts 

Oluseyi Adegbola, Tennessee, 

and Sherice Gearhart, Texas Tech 

Discussant 

LaShonda Eaddy, Pennsylvania State 

Topic — Public Relations Management and the PR 

Profession 

01-0830-39 • Enhancing Relationships through 

60-Sec Videos: An Analysis of Relationship Cultivation 

Strategies on TikTok 

Jeyoung Oh, Michigan, Ziyuan Zhou, Bentley, 

Da-young Kang, and Eyun-Jung Ki Alabama 

01-0830-40 • [EA] Applying Situational Theory 

of Problem-Solving in Motivating Corrections: 

How Problem Recognition Messages Works 

Rongwei Tang, Minnesota 

01-0830-41 • [EA] Community Policing in the 

Digital Age: A Qualitative Analysis of Denver Police 

Department’s X Strategy 

Muhammad Ali, Colorado 

01-0830-42 • [EA] Extended Abstract: Navigating 

Uncertainty: Generative AI Adoption and Perceived 

Job Insecurity in Communication Profession 

Anne Perera, Juan Meng, 

and Michael A. Cacciatore, Georgia 

01-0830-43 • Wishing, Watching, and Shopping: 

Fostering Parasocial Relationships and the Moderation 

of Experience Products on Product Purchase 

and Secondary Endorsement 

Nicky Bi, 

and Sazzad Shuvo, Nebraska-Omaha, 

and Ruonan Zhang, Rollins College 

Discussant 

Hua Jiang, Syracuse 

Topic — Media Relations and Agenda Setting 

01-0830-44 • Health News Agenda-Building: 

Earned Media and How PR Professionals 

are Perceived by Health Journalists 

María Len-Ríos, Minnesota, 

Rachel Young, Iowa, 

Rongwei Tang, Minnesota, 

Boitshepo Balozwi, 

and Amanda Hinnant, Missouri 

01-0830-45 • [EA] The Impact of Care-Oriented 

Corporate Communication on Moral Legitimacy and 

Employee Collective Mobilization During War Times 

Grace Ji, Boston, 

Yufan Sunny Qin, James Madison, 

and Rita Men, Florida 

01-0830-46 • [EA] Source Evaluation of News Releases 

Produces by Artificial Intelligence 

Ayman Alhammad, 

Christopher Etheridge, 

and Cameron Piercy, Kansas 

01-0830-47 • [EA] (You Should) Say No to Fakes! 

Analysis of Public Service Anti-Counterfeit 

Campaigns to Build Theory-Informed Consumer 

Protection Strategies 

Anastasia Kononova, Moldir Moldagaliyeva, 

Dana Anafina, Heijin Lee, Saleem Alhabash, 

Patricia Huddleston, Phoebe Tran, 

and Logan Baker, Michigan State 

Discussant 

Matt Ragas, DePaul


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Topic — Internal Communication 

01-0830-48 • Re-engaging Quiet Quitters in 

the Evolving Workplace: The Role of Dialogic 

Communication, Employee Resilience, and Sense 

of Community 

Nur Uysal, DePaul, 

and Young Kim, Marquette 

01-0830-49 • Navigating the New Normal: Exploring 

Employee Wellbeing in Hybrid and Work-from-Home 

Settings 

Teresa Tackett, Arkansas, 

and Laura Lemon, Alabama 

01-0830-50 • Be Ethical Then Proficient: Examining 

Internal Public Relations Efforts Among Workplace 

Adoption of Generative AI 

Yang Yi, Dongya Wang, 

Queenie Li, Miami, 

Yeunjae Lee, Colorado State, 

and Weiting Tao, Miami 

01-0830-51 • A Social Influence Perspective toward 

Employee-Organization Relationships: The Role of 

Relationship Norms in Employee Peer Networks 

Yan Qu, Maryland, 

April Yue, Boston, 

Katie Kim, Tennessee, 

and Alvin Zhou, Minnesota 

01-0830-52 • [EA] Cultivating a Sustainable, Engaged, 

and Committed Communication Workforce: The Power 

of Empathetic Leadership Communication 

Ruoyu Sun, 

Nicholas Eng, 

Juan Meng, 

and Karen Sanchez, Georgia 

Discussant 

Marlene Neill, Baylor 

01-0830-56 • [EA] Communicating Artificial 

Intelligence in Recruitment Process: How Message 

Frames Impact Organization-Public Relationship 

and Technology 

Ying Xiong, Joon Kim, Rhode Island 

01-0830-57 • AI For Social Good? Examining 

Perceptions of AI-Source Labels and Narratives 

within CSR Messages 

Christen Buckley, Florida, 

Megan Norman, Cassandra Troy, 

Yin Yang, Jiaqi (Agnes) Bao, Holly Overton, 

and Yongnam Jung, Pennsylvania State 

01-0830-58 • [EA] Who Is to Blame for AI-Failure 

Crises: Effects of Agency Locus on Controllability 

and Responsibility 

Ke Huang, Fang Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 

and Qingyang Tang, Fudan University 

Discussant 

Jeong-Nam Kim, Oklahoma 

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Topic — AI and Technology 

01-0830-53 • How to Leverage AI-Powered Chatbot in 

Crisis Communication: Exploring Anthropomorphism, 

Communication Style, and Schema Congruity of a 

Chatbot Design 

Sining Kong, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi 

01-0830-54 • DEI Stake in Responsible ChatGPT Usage: 

Impact of ChatGPT Business Users’ Diversity Beliefs and 

Inclusive Climate on Responsible Usage Intention 

Myungok Chris Yim, Loyola 

01-0830-55 • [EA] Adoption of Generative PR?: The 

Application of Aversion Algorithm in Testing ChatGPT 

vs PR Practitioner Generated Writings for Perceived 

Credibility and Authenticity 

Celine Hong, Bokyung Kim, Rowany, 

Hyunmin Lee, Drexel 

and Sungwook Kim, Saint Joseph University 


Media Ethics Division 


Navigating Artificial Intelligence Ethics 

in Industry and Academia 


TBA 

Academic Cheating with Generative AI: Exploring a 

Moral Extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior 

Dongpeng Huang, Nicole Lynne Hash, 

James Cummings and Kelsey Prena, Boston

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[EA] Computer as Censorship Actor? Ethical Concerns 

in Digital Journalism Censorship in Chinese News 

Platforms 

Ziyu Fan, Beijing Sport University 

Journalism Guidelines on The Use of Generative AI In 

the United States: Analysis and Recommendation for 

Future Regulations 

Tina Lassiter, 

and Silvia DalBen Furtado, Texas at Austin 

Should I, or Shouldn’t I? The Ethics of Using Artificial 

Intelligence for Business Communication 

Mary Liz Brooks, Leslie Ramos-Salazar, 

and Mehrdad Samimi, West Texas A&M 

Data Colonialism on Generative AI: An Analysis on 

How Large Language Models Reinforce Bias and 

Stereotypes 

Silvia DalBen Furtado, 

and Celeste González de Bustamante, Texas 

at Austin 

Discussant 

TBA 


abstract. 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Th009 Salon I/5th 

Media Management, Economics 

and Entrepreneurship Division 

High Density Refereed Research Paper Session 

Global Media Dynamics 


Min Xiao, Wichita State 

The Spread of News Standards: Examining an Emerging 

Means of Control Over Journalistic Work 

Wilson Lowrey 

and Anna Grace Usery, Alabama 

The Impact of Simultaneous Launches of Four TVs on 

Korean Broadcasting Industry: A Decade Review 

Jin Young Hwang, South Florida 

What Makes Thai Users Continue to Use Streaming 

Platforms: Incorporating Expectation Confirmation 

and Personality Traits 

Kittiporn Sae-tae 

and Nusrat Jahan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Transnational Flow of Television Series: Evidence from 

Korean Television Series on Netflix 

Jiyoung Cha, Pennsylvania State 

Beyond Streaming: Analyzing Hulu’s Brand-Consumer 

Interactions on its Facebook Page 

Anran Luo, Florida 

Customer Satisfaction as Mediator Between Community 

Marketing Activities and Customer Loyalty: A Case Study 

of Mongolian APU Company 

Javzmaa Jadamba, Shanghai Jiao Tong 

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abstract. 


Newspaper and Online News 

and Mass Communication and Society Divisions 

PF&R Panel Session 

Mental Health and Journalism 


Ivana Cvetkovic, former Serbian journalist, 

California Poly Pomona 

Panelists 

Ahmaddullah Archiwal, Connecticut 

Sayyed Fawad Ali Shah, Auburn 

Gretchen Hoak, Kent State 

Journalists are frequently exposed to stress that affects 

their mental health. This occurs when they are reporting 

on conflict areas (Ukraine, Pakistan, Afghanistan), 

covering contentious stories (e.g., upcoming U.S. elections), 

or natural disasters. This panel will take a global 

approach to mental health and journalism by exploring 

self-censorship and other practices that journalists enact 

to protect and maintain their mental well-being as they 

cover these stories. 


Political Communication Division 


Political News 


Heesook Choi, Mississippi State 

Democracy For Whom? Local News Stakeholders 

Conceptualize the Current Role of Journalism in U.S. 

Democracy 

Andrea Lorenz, Kent State


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Emotional Responses to Local, Rural, Political News: 

A Mixed-Method Content Analysis* 

Jocelyn McKinnon-Crowley, Syracuse 

Mainstream News Media Trust, Countermedia 

Attendance, and Political Learning 

Toby Hopp, Patrick Ferrucci, 

Chris Vargo, 

and Brock Mays, Colorado-Boulder 

U.S. Newspaper Representation of Ukraine as a Corrupt 

Country: A Case Study 

Ershad Khan, Colorado-Boulder 

Chinese International Students’ Transnational 

News Media Repertoires and Responses to Political 

Disagreement 

Jiawen Yang, Texas at Austin 

and Baiwen Peng, Minnesota-Twin Cities 

Discussant 

TBA 

* Top Student Paper, Second Place 


Visual Communication and Magazine Media Divisions 

Teaching Panel Session 

Winners of the 2024 Innovations in Teaching 

and Excellence in Teaching Competitions 


Denise McGill, South Carolina 

Panelists 

Rawiya Kameir, Syracuse 

Kristen Heflin, Kennesaw State 

Nagwan Zahry, Tennessee-Chattanooga 

Adrianne Grumbein, Kentucky 

Enrique Nuñez-Mussa, Michigan State 

Chad Sherman, Seton Hall 

David Stephenson, Kentucky 

Michael Vosburg, Benedict College 

Elizabeth Spencer, Kentucky 

Seth Gitner, Syracuse 

8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. / Th013 Meeting Room 404/4th 

AEJMC Council of Affiliates 

and College Media Association 


Issues Facing the Campus Press 


Tamara Sellars Buck, Southeast Missouri State 

Pressures On the Student Press: A Repeated Cross- 

Sectional Analysis 

Lindsie Rank, student press council, 

and Adam Goldstein, VP for special projects, 

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression; 

and Ekaterina Lisovskaia, Kansas 

An Exploration of the State of Student Media Websites 

at Historically Black Colleges and Universities 

Quincy Hodges, Xavier-Louisiana, 

Jean Norman, Weber State 

and Lisa Lyon Payne, Virginia Wesleyan 

Remote Newsrooms and Their Effects on the 

Development of Early Career Journalists 

Kirstie Hettinga, California Lutheran 

and Elizabeth Smith, Pepperdine 

Full Court Press: Fighting Restrictions on 

Student Journalists at Private Universities 

Katherine Fink 

and Sahtrese McQueen, Pace University 

Their Voices Are Green: An Analysis of Environmental 

Themes in College Magazines 2018-2023 

Carol Terracina-Hartman 

and AJ Bauernfiend, Murray State 

Assessing The Impact of Psychological Need- 

Satisfaction’s Effects On Diminishing Potential Burnout 

Among College-Student Journalists 

Julie Lewis, Central Missouri 

and Vincent F. Filak, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Th014 Salon J/5th 

Commission on the Status of Women 

and Minorities and Communication Divisions 

Thursday 

The special session co-sponsored by Visual 

Communication and Magazine Divisions features the 

winners of the 2023 Innovations in Teaching competition 

who hail from around the world. The session also features 

a presentation by the VISCOM Excellence in Teaching 

2023 Award winner. Each presenter will have about four 

minutes to highlight their tip or innovation. 


Pleading the Cause: Black Women Innovators Who 

Lead Journalism and Their Communities 


Sherri Williams, American

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Panelists 

Sherri Williams, American 

Natalie Hopkinson, American 

Taryn Myers, West Chester University 

This panel will explore how Black women are continuing 

to build on a long legacy of thrusting journalism–and 

society at large–forward. 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Th015 Salon K/5th 

Internships and Careers Interest Group 

and Law and Policy Division 


Preparing Students Needing Course 

Accommodations to Succeed Beyond College 


Jeffrey Ranta, Coastal Carolina 

Panelists 


Jackie Incollingo, Ryder 

Melissa Atkins, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell 

& Hippel LLP 

Megan Yocum, Buchanan Public Relations 

Each semester faculty receive notification letters highlighting 

students who need accommodations in their 

courses. As faculty members prepare students for their 

professional careers, we are often faced with the reality 

that the non-ADA accommodations may not be 

honored by students’ future employers. This reality can 

become even more complex for those that identify in 

varied and unique ways. Do these learning modifications 

transition to the workforce after graduating from 

college? If not, how do we help communication students 

effectively transition from college to the workforce 

where accommodations may not be as generous? 


Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism 

and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) 


Navigating the ever-evolving legislative and DEI 

Landscape, and Updates from ACEJMC Leaders 

Discussion Leaders 

Del Galloway, Accrediting Council President 

Marie Hardin, Pennsylvania State, chair, 

Accrediting Committee 

Rafael Lorente, Maryland, vice chair, 

Accrediting Committee 

Jennifer Greer, Kentucky council member, 

representing AEJMC, 2021-2024 

Patricia Thompson, executive director, ACEJMC 


The Plank Center 

Session 

Mentorship Coffee 


Tugce Ertem Eray, North Carolina State 

By invitation only. 

10:00 a.m. to Noon / Th018 WHYY 


Communication Standing Committee on Career 

Development 

Offsite Tour 

Radio/TV Public Broadcast Station WHYY 


Steve Bien-Aimé, Kansas 

In this 90-minute event from the AEJMC Committee on 

Career Development, AEJMC members will tour WHYY 

– the Philadelphia metro area’s public media broadcaster 

for radio and television – and then participate in 

a question-and-answer session with WHYY editors and 

reporters. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Th019 Franklin Hall 11/4th 

Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk 

Division 


Session 

Topic I — Science, Scientists, and Communication 

Practices 

02-1030-01 • Perceived Scientific Consensus as A 

Gateway Belief? A Longitudinal Study of The Gateway 

Belief Model in China 

Yifei He 

and Xin Ma, Maryland


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02-1030-02 • Why Science Should Have a Female 

Face: Female Experts Increase Liking, Competence, 

and Trust in Science 

Austin Hubner, Louisville, 

and Olivia Bullock, George Washington 

02-1030-03 • Connecting Social Media Use with 

Education- and Race-Based Gaps in Knowledge Across 

Wicked Science Issues 

Shiyu Yang, Tennessee-Knoxville 

02-1030-04 • Humanizing a Scientist: When Personal 

Narratives of Scientists Work and Backfire 

Meghnaa Tallapragada, 

and Bruce Hardy, Temple 

02-1030-05 • Belief in Scientific Claims by Beauty and 

Wellness Brands: Effects of Faith, Knowledge, 

and Skepticism 

Nicole Lee, Arizona State 

and Patrick Merle, Florida State 

02-1030-06 • Examining Scientists-in-Training 

Conceptualizations of Science Communication: 

Draw-and-Write Methods through the Lens of the 

Circuit of Culture 

Nic Bennett, Michigan State 

02-1030-07 • One-Sided Science Polarization Research 

Using Social Identity Theory Can Be Noisy and 

Misleading 

Nicky Krause, Dietram Scheufele, 

Dominique Brossard, 

and David Kaplan, Wisconsin-Madison 

02-1030-08 • [EA] Persuasive Impact of Calls to “Do 

Your Own Research” 

Anqi Shao, and Sedona Chinn, Wisconsin-Madison, 

and Ariel Hasell, Michigan 

02-1030-09 • [EA] Who Thinks We’ll Be Uploading 

Minds on Terraformed Planets? Science Fiction, Science 

News, and Attitudes toward Speculative Technologies 

Paul Brewer, Liam Cuddy, 

and Avi Holtz, Delaware 

02-1030-10 • Religious Values and Confidence in 

Science: Perceived Tensions and Common Ground 

Isabelle Freiling, Utah, 

Michael A. Cacciatore, Georgia 

and Meaghan McKasy, Utah Valley University 

Topic II — Environmental Media and Communication 

02-1030-11 • Communicating Renewable Energy Using 

Satire and Its Influence on Perceived 

Message Credibility and Information Reliance 

Isabelle Freiling, Utah, 

Leona Y.-F. Su, Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 

Michael A. Cacciatore, 

and Jiyoung Yeon, Georgia, 

Weiting Du, Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 

Sohyun Park, Georgia, 

Jennifer S. Zhang, Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 

and Sara Yeo, Utah 

02-1030-12 • Dynamic Fear in Fear Appeals: Applying 

Fear Appeals to Environmental Communication in China 

Ruobing Li, Wenbo Li, 

Christine Gilbert, Xia Zheng, 

and Laura Lindenfeld, Stony Brook 

02-1030-13 • Assessing the Role of Self-Efficacy in 

Reducing Psychological Reactance to Guilt Appeals 

Promoting Pro-Environmental Behaviors 

Zhuxuan Yan, Shanghai International Studies 

University, 

Laura Arpan, Buffalo, 

and Russell Clayton, Florida State 

02-1030-14 • Carbon Credit Does Not Buy Moral 

Credit: Licensing and Hypocrisy of Offsetting and 

Reduction 

Haoran Chu 

and Shupei Yuan 

02-1030-15 • Media Framing and Stakeholder 

Representation: Illegal Mining Narratives in Ghana 

Patrick Ansah, George Mason, 

Ebenezer Aidoo, Iowa, 

Fredrick Daoyenikye, Alabama, 

and Maame Aba Afful, East Tennessee State 

02-1030-16 • Bridging CSR and Consumption 

Intentions: The Mediating Impact of Green Trust 

and CSR Identification in the Ant Forest Context 

Hui Shi, 

and Hongxi Chen, Miami 

02-1030-17 • [EA] Exploring Differences in the 

Communication Infrastructure Availableto Scientists 

at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites 

John Besley, 

and Alexandra Benitez, Michigan State 

02-1030-18 • [EA] Navigating Environmental 

Discourse in Ghana: Role of New Media in Information 

Dissemination and Audience Interaction 

Akua Akakpo, 

and Bismark Owusu-Yeboah, Oregon 

02-1030-19 • [EA] Eco Illusions: Unveiling 

Greenwashing Techniques on Corporate 

Social Media 

Madeline Davis, 

and Madeleine Esch, Salve Regina 

02-1030-20 • [EA] Effects of Emerging Technologies 

and Use Context on Perceptions of Tampering 

With Nature and Technology Support Among U.S. 

Adults 

Sarah Benevento, 

and Cabral Bigman, Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

02-1030-21 • [EA] Nigerian Greenfluencing: The 

Impact of Influencers on Wildaid’s Public Awareness 

Campaign to End Illegal Bushmeat Consumption 

Hunter Reeves, 

and Henry Ugwu, Colorado, Boulder 

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Topic III — Interactive Communication Technologies 

(VR, AR, AI) 

02-1030-22 • Using Augmented Reality (AR) To 

Increase Risk Perception of E-Cigarettes Among Young 

Adults: From The Perspective of Construal Level Theory 

Yanyun Wang, Colorado, Boulder 

02-1030-23 • [EA] Bolstering Storm Surge Risk 

Communication Through Virtual Reality: A Path to 

Heightened Involvement and Mitigation Intentions 

Alexandra Frank, 

and Joshua Baldwin, Georgia, 

Mathew Browning, 

and Shuai Yuan, Clemson 

and Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn, Georgia 

02-1030-24 • [EA] AI for Health? A Study of 

Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting Perceptions 

of ChatGPT-Generated Health Information 

Jeeyun Park, Jihye Lee, 

and Hwarang Han, Texas at Austin 

02-1030-25 • [EA] Chinese Youth Yangsheng and 

LLMs: Cross-cultural Model Adaptation, User-centered 

Optimization and AI Transparency 

Qin Li, Ta Na, Jingke Cao, 

Yixuan Liu, and Ruhao Liu 

Topic IV — Visual Communication and Perceptions 

02-1030-26 • What I Eat in a Day: The Influence of 

Visual Body Cues on Body Dissatisfaction 

Sun Young Park, Junho Park, 

and Rachel Bailey, Florida State 

02-1030-27 • Visual Art for Community-Level Climate 

Change Communication 

Julianne Renner, Isabel Villanueva, 

Cynthia Haveson Veloric, 

and Nan Li, Wisconsin-Madison 

02-1030-28 • Bridging Minds and Images: 

Understanding the Nexus of Psychological 

Distance and Visual Elements in Climate Change 

Communication 

Lijun Luo 

02-1030-29 • “Beauty Knows No Bounds”: Exploring 

the Influence of Body Size and Content Focus on 

Women’s Body Positivity 

Weixi Zeng, Nanjing University, 

Junyi Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 

Nainan Wen, and Yixin Zhou, Nanjing University 

Topic V — Health and Science Journalism and 

Institutions 

02-1030-30 • [EA] Exploring Scientists Experiences with 

Science Communication Support 

John Besley and Alexandra Benitez, Michigan State 

02-1030-31 • [EA] A Codebook for Depicting the 

Current US Science Journalism Practice 

Xi Liu, Nick Bowman, 

Seth Quinn, and Xiaodi Wang, Syracuse 

02-1030-32 • [EA] Framing Medical Practice: A Content 

Analysis of Public Comments on Medical Guidelines 

Journalism 

Natasha Strydhorst, Morgridge Institute for Research 

and John-Mark Unsworth, American University 

of Antigua 

Topic VI — Health Diversity, Literacy, and Digital 

Media 

02-1030-33 • Parental Mediation, Digital Media Usage, 

and Health Literacy: An Exploration Among Chinese 

Elementary School Students 

Zhilong Zhao, South China University 

of Technology, 

Lin Zhu, Guangzhou Sport University, 

Jing Liao, Guangzhou Sport University, 

Xueya Pu, Sun Yat-Sen University, 

and Jiaxin Xia, Macao Polytechnic University 

02-1030-34 • [EA] Health Literacy, Information Seeking 

Behavior, and Social Media Engagement: Their Impact 

on COVID-19 Uncertainty and PTSD Symptomatology 

Zhiwen Xiao 

Dren Gërguri 

and Jae Lee, , University of Pristina 

02-1030-35 • [EA] Understanding the Impact of 

Communication Barriers on Health Outcomes: 

A Qualitative Study of Immigrant Bangladeshi 

Community in the USA 

Motasim Billah, Central Michigan 

Topic VII — Risk Communication and Information 

Processing 

02-1030-36 • Examining the Link Between Information 

Processing and Preventive Behavior in the Risk 

Information Seeking and Processing (RISP) Model: 

A Panel Study 

Timothy Fung, 

and Ho Man Leung, Hong Kong Baptist University, 

and Robert J. Griffin, Marquette, 

and Po Yan Lai 

02-1030-37 • Video-Based Group-Values Affirmation 

Reduces Defensive Responses to Risk Messages 

Laura Arpan, Janet Yang, 

Prerna Shah, 

and Byeong Hyeon Lee, Buffalo 

02-1030-38 • Inconsistent Trust and Mild NIMBY- 

Tendency: A Mixed-Method Research on Grassroot-Level 

Risk Communication of One Chinese NPP 

Zhaoyin Chu, 

and Siling Dong, Communication University of 

China, 

and Jingwen Yang, Beijing Foreign Studies University 


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program. This will help ensure a smooth flow 

and easy access to all presentations during the session. 

Presentations may be put in place beginning 30-minutes 

prior to your assigned presentation time. This will allow 

for ample time to set up and make any necessary adjustments 

before the session begins. We appreciate your 

cooperation in making sure that all presentations are 

displayed accurately and efficiently. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Th020 Salon I/5th 


Crisis Communication: Self-Obituaries and Public 

Mourning on Instagram 

Emilia Edwards, Texas at Austin 

Public Health Engagement via Instagram: A CERC 

Framework Analysis in the GCC During COVID-19 

M Laeeq Khan, 

Ghanem Elhersh, 

Aqdas Malik, 

Maryam Al-Umairi, 

and Haneen Khaled Alqawasmeh 

Exploring Perceived Newsfeed Ad Value, Ad 

Engagement and Purchase Intention via Motivational, 

Technology Fluidity, and Security Factors 

Xiaowen Xu, Butler 

and Carolyn Lin, Connecticut 

Thursday 



Devin Knighton, Brigham Young 

[EA] Digital Resurrection Helps Prolonged Grief 

Disorder Patients: Human-Computer Interaction, Grief 

Expression, and Reconstruction of Death 

Zirui Wang, 

and Yan Liu, Sichuan University 

[EA] The Absence of ChatGPT’s Presence: Examining 

Online Discussion of LLMs in China 

Tianlun Zhou, Hanjing Wang, 

and Xinrui Shi, Hong Kong Baptist University 

and Zhiying Xu, Iowa 

[EA] Understanding the Impact of AI Generative 

ChatGPT in Journalism and Mass Communication 

Schools 

Md Sazzad Hossain and David Dowling, Iowa 

[EA] How Do the Elderly Recede? Intergenerational 

Power Shifts in the Smart TV Era 

Jiayu Wang 

and Hui Zhou 

[EA] How Laypersons Imagine AI Painting - A Study 

of Public Opinion and Sentiment regarding 

AI-generated Art 

Yiran Hua and Yichen He 

[EA] “Email Blows Up Quickly” - Adoption/Rejection 

of CMCs by Science Organizations During COVID-19 

Oluwabusayo Okunloye 

Mahedi Hasan, Kerk Kee 

Joni Litsey 

and Ewa Deelman 

Relation Control as Care: The Cultural Political Logics 

Underneath The Algorithmic Management of Knowledge 

Production 

Ran Ju 


abstract. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Th021 Meeting Room 411/4th 



In Our Own Backyard: How Press Portrayals 

Informed Public Perceptions of People and Issues 



The Case of Baby Lenore: Adoption in the 

U.S. News Media 

Tracy Lucht, Iowa State 

The Long Shadow of the Original Sin: The Secret 

Meetings between Magnate John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 

and Muckracker Ida Tarbell 

Frank Durham 

and David Dowling, Iowa 

Reach Our Youngsters Before Drugs Reach Them: 

Media Coverageof Ronald Reagan’s War 

Andrew Daws, Alabama 

An Analysis of How United States Newspapers Covered 

Local Discrimination and Nazi Discrimination 

Ian McKenzie, New York 

Discussant 

Perry Parks, Michigan State 

The papers in this session examine and analyze the ways 

journalism and journalists contribute to the discourse surrounding 

important issues in the news and the ways they 

shape legacy-building and policymaking.

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10:30 a.m. to Noon / Th022 Meeting Room 307/3rd 



Misinformation Around the World: Who, 

Why, and How? 


Rim Chaif, Kansas 

[EA] “Syria We’re with You”: The Participatory 

Dynamics of Multilingual Disinformation Campaigns 

in the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake 

Azza El-Masri, Gayoung Jeon, 

Bin Chen, Texas at Austin 

and Kayo Mimizuka 

A Broth of Ballots and Falsehoods: A Study 

of Information Disorder in the 2023 Nigerian 

Presidential Elections* 

Abubakar Ibrahim, and Brian Ekdale, Iowa 

[EA] Role of Cognitive Biases in Misinformation 

Dissemination Through Unverified Information 

Sharing Among Indian Facebook Users 

Nazra Izhar, Kansas 

Between Ideologies and Screens: Selective Exposure, 

Trust in The Media and Tolerance to Misinformation** 

Oscar Londoño 

and Víctor García-Perdomo Universidad 

de La Sabana 

Affective Intensity and Decision-Making 

in Contending Preferences: A Case from Mexico 

on Motivated Reasoning 

Manuel Chavez, Michigan State, 

Manuel Alejandro Guerrero, Universidad 

Iberoamericana 

and Vianney Fernandez 

Discussant 

Lindita Camaj, Florida 

* Winner, African Journalism Studies Best Paper Award 

for Journalism Research 

** Third Place, Latin American Communication 



abstract. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Th023 Salon K/5th 

Magazine Media Division 

and Entertainment Interest Group 


Reckoning with Rolling Stone 


Carol Terracina-Hartman, Murray State 

Panelists 

Mark Dolan, Mississippi 

Kelsey Whipple, Massachusetts-Amherst 

Jenn Billinson, Nazareth University 

Matthew Leimkuehler, Middle Tennessee State 

This panel would discuss the historical influence of 

Rolling Stone on the music journalism industry. 




Public Relations Division Graduate 

Student Showcase 


Christopher McCollough, Jacksonville State 

This is the annual Graduate Student Research Showcase 

for the PR division. We have graduate students present 

their work to division members as a networking opportunity. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Th025 Salon L/5th 

Visual Communication and Advertising Divisions 


AI Drawing and Meme Change Art Creation 

Industry and Visual Culture 


Xigen Li, Shanghai University 

Panelists 

Yimu Zhang, University of Central Lancashire 

Xin Jin, Microsoft 

Jiachen Gao, Shanghai University 

Chuanxi Liu, Shanghai University 

Sicong Liu, Shanghai University


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This panel will invite scholars and professionals to discuss 

how AI drawing and memes, a visual presentation 

humorous in nature and spread rapidly by internet users, 

change the scenario of visual communication through 

social media and the culture in communities. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Th026 Meeting Room 404/4th 

Community Journalism Interest Group 

and AEJMC Council of Affiliates 


Pricing Digital News: Strategies, Structures, 

and Impacts 




Small Programs Interest Group and Media 

Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship Division 


A Chair Just Right: Advice for New Leaders 

of Communication Departments 


Jeremy Sarachan, St. John Fisher 

Panelists 

Pam Perry, Southeast Missouri State 


Cindy Simoneau, Southern Connecticut 

Kay Colley, Texas Wesleyan 

Kathleen Webber, College of New Jersey 

Thursday 

Panelists 

Aaron Atkins, Weber State 

Burton Speakman, Kennesaw State 


Samuel Mwangi, Kansas State 

Samantha Peko, North Georgia 

This panel will discuss the average digital subscription 

prices and typical paywall policies of news organizations 

in the US – both community newspapers and metro 

dailies, both clustered and non-clustered newspapers – 

based on relevant pricing theories. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Th027 Salon C/5th 

Participatory Journalism Interest Group 

and Newspaper and Online News Division 


Best Practices for Research-Based Newsroom 

Interventions 



Panelists 

Andrea Wenzel, Temple 

Dana Amihere, Code Black Media 

Amy Kovac-Ashely, Lenfest Institute 

This panel will explore best practices for research-based 

newsroom interventions. With multiple crises related to 

finances, trust, and representation impacting American 

journalism, more newsrooms have turned to outside 

voices for assistance. 

Being chair is a challenging role, and one filled with 

rewards and the chance to complete meaningful work 

that benefits both students and faculty. Hear from several 

current and former chairs about such issues as budgeting, 

faculty relations, hiring best practices, and strategic 

planning. Each of our panelists will offer 5 actionable 

items that you can consider adapting in your own work 

as chair. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Th029 Salon J/5th 

Sports Communication Interest Group 

and Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division 


Using Pro Partnerships to Teach Future Journalists 


Nicole Kraft, Ohio State 

Panelists 

Harrison Hove, Florida 

David Boardman, Temple 

Jillian Bauer-Reese, Temple 

Industry partners are increasingly interested in connecting 

with the journalistic workforce of tomorrow. The purpose 

of this panel is to discuss partnerships between industry 

and higher education programs, from news to sports. 

Successful partnerships will be highlighted, and future 

possibilities and ideas will be shared.

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Center for Community News, University of Vermont 

and The Knight Foundation 


What are Colleges and Universities Doing to 

Address the Crisis in Local News? Impacts, 

Audiences and Reach of News-Academic 

Partnerships 


Richard Watts, director, Center for Community 

News, Vermont 

Panelists 

Kathleen McElroy, chair, Center for Community 

News Board of Advisors, Texas at Austin 

Richard Watts, director, Center for Community 

News, Vermont 

Meg Little Reilly, managing director, Center for 

Community News, Vermont 

A lack of local news undercuts democracy reduces citizen 

engagement and leads to greater polarization. What 

is the role of colleges and universities in addressing the 

crisis? In this panel we present the latest research on more 

than 120 programs from different colleges and universities 

that are providing local news, filling news gaps and 

partnering student reporters with local media organizations 

or providing content directly through university 

directed newsrooms. 


Commission on Public Relations Education 


CPRE Editorial Meeting 


Julie O’Neil, Texas Christian 

The Commission on Public Relations Education is the 

authoritative voice on public relations education. Since 

its founding in 1973 by the Public Relations Division of 

the Association for Education in Journalism, joined by 

co-sponsor the Public Relations Society of America, the 

Commission has provided recommendations on public 

relations education for universities and professional associations 

across the globe. 


The Radio Television Digital News Association 

(RTNDA)-Google News Initiative-AEJMC Workshop 

Training Session 

Digital Tools for Election Coverage 


Deb Aikat, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 

AEJMC Past President, 2023-24 

Panelists 

Lara Salahi, Endicott College 

Deb Aikat, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Chris Gentilviso, Forbes 

AEJMC is collaborating with the Radio Television Digital 

News Association (RTNDA) and the Google News 

Initiative for this 90-minute workshop on strategies to 

spot and fight the spread of misinformation during the 

2024 U.S. Presidential Elections. All workshop participants 

will receive access to Google News Initiative 

University Network curriculum and training materials/ 

lesson plans to use in their teaching and research projects. 

Please download Google Chrome and bring your 

laptop computer fully charged for this interactive workshop. 

Registrants will be sent a prep list for this workshop. 

Read more here: https://bit.ly/aej_google 

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. / Th033 Meeting Room 410/4th 





Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalism 

and Communication (IDL) 

2024-25 Jennifer H. McGill Fellows (Incoming) 

Lucinda Austin, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Dhiman Chattopadhyay, Shippensburg 

Meredith D. Clark, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Marlene Neill, Baylor 

Juliet Pinto, Pennsylvania State 

Erica Salkin, Whitworth 

Adina Schneeweis, Oakland 

Amy Simons, Missouri 

Session open only to IDL Jennifer H. McGill Fellows.


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12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / Th034 Franklin Hall 11/4th 

Advertising and Political Communication Divisions 


Session 


Topic — Data Privacy and Consumer Response in 

Digital Advertising 

03-1230-01 • Informational and Experiential 

Antecedents and Trust Outcome of Dataveillance 

and Data Profiling Perceptions* 

Ming Wang, Nebraska-Lincoln 

03-1230-02 • The Effects of Data Consent Disclosure 

on Consumers’ Coping Mechanisms of Targeted Online 

Behavioral Advertising 

Ilwoo Ju, Purdue 

and Changdae Ham, Illinois 

03-1230-03 • Keep Colors Bright All-Year-Long: A Big- 

Data-Based Cross-Cultural Analysis 

of Consumer Discourses About “Rainbow Washing 

Vaibhav Diwanji, Nhung Nguyen, Rim Chaif, 

Macy Burkett, Michaella Nera Barros, 

and Moses Okocha, Kansas 

03-1230-04 • Avoid or Hug? Mobile Users’ 

Advertising Avoidance Towards Disclosure of The 

Recommendation-Based Video Commercials: The 

Influence of Reception Context, Information Processing 

Fluency, and Perceived Goal Obstacles 

Jiawen Zhu 

and Zixin Guo, Shenzhen University 

Discussant 

Chang-Dae Ham, Illinois 

* Second Place Paper Award, Open Research 

Competition 

Topic — Food Advertising and Consumer Health 

Choices 

03-1230-05 • The Influence of Model Size–Food 

Claim Congruence on Intentions to Purchase 

a Promoted Yogurt 

Jessica Castonguay, 

Aysen Bakir and Jeff Blodgett, Temple 

03-1230-06 • Instagrammable Foods! The Impact 

of Visual Characteristics of Junk Food Advertising 

on Social Media Engagement 

Yu-Jung Chen 

and Wan-Yun Yu, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung 

University 

03-1230-07 • Eating with Your Eyes: How Junk Food 

Advertising Affects Streamed Viewers’ Food Choice? 

Wan-Yun Yu 

and Yu-Ting Liu, National Yang Ming Chiao 

Tung University 

03-1230-08 • Beyond Organic: A Content Analysis 

of Sustainable Food Marketing Practices on Sustainable 

Food Companies’ Instagram 

Sun Young Park, Ashley Johns, 

and Jaejin Lee, Florida State 

03-1230-09 • Gut Health Influencers on Dietary 

Supplements Promotions on TikTok: 

A Content Analysis of Advertising Approaches 

Sun Young Park, Massachusetts 

and Jaejin Lee, Florida State 

Discussant 

Louvins Pierre, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Topic — Narrative and Emotional Engagement in 

Advertising 

03-1230-10 • The Role of Patient Stories in Health 

Care Brand Storytelling 

Justin Willett, Missouri 

03-1230-11 • [EA] Exploring the Impact of Narrative 

Involvement, Perceived Engagement, and Social Support 

on Consumers’ Evaluative Persuasion Knowledge in 

Live-Streaming Ads 

Xinyu Zhao, Miami 

03-1230-12 • I Bet You Think About Me: Determining 

Factors that Influence Social Media Influencers 

Engagement 

Nichole Santee 

and Kyle Stanley, Louisiana State 

03-1230-13 • Sad But Still Engaging: Examining Sadness 

Appeal in Narrative Advertising on Audience’s Brand 

Attitude and Purchase Intention 

Qingyuan Yang 

and Jeeyun Oh, Texas at Austin 

Discussant 

Mengtian (Montina) Jiang, Kentucky 

Topic — Brand Strategy and Consumer Perception 

03-1230-14 • “She-discourse” Construction in Chinese 

Female Empowerment Advertising under Post-feminism: 

A Case Study of the Chinese Domestic Lingerie Brand 

Nei Wai and Zhiyu Wang, China Agricultural 

University 

03-1230-15 • Building “National Identity” Through 

Co-branding Advertisement Under 

Actor-network Theory: Case Analysis of Chinese 

Traditional Baijiu Brand Kweichow Moutai 

Zhiyu Wang, China Agricultural University 

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03-1230-16 • When Brand Familiarity Backfires: Effects 

of Perceived Ad Clutter, Brand Familiarity, and Motive 

Inference in Social Media Advertising Context 

Sieun Ha 

and Matthew Eastin, Texas at Austin 

03-1230-17 • Examining the Effectiveness 

of Femvertising and Brand-Cause Fit on Purchase 

Intention among Young Chinese Women 

Qiling Wu, Renmin University of China 

03-1230-18 • Co-branding and the Colonel: 

Investigating the Antecedents of Co-branding 

Success for Branded Virtual Influencers 

Rachel Peng, Heather Shoenberger, 

Jason Freeman, 

and Fuyuan Shen, Pennsylvania State 

Discussant 

Yun Yang, Shandong University 

** Student Paper Second Place 

Topic — Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on 

Consumer Interaction 

03-1230-19 • Ads from Automatons: Consumer 

Perceptions of AI in Advertising and Elsewhere 

Nate Fisher, Oklahoma 

03-1230-20 • Transformative Power of 

Anthropomorphic Cues in Social Media Advertising 

Nah Ray Han, Georgia College & State 

03-1230-21 • The Role of Virtual Influencer in Green 

Initiative Ads: Moderation Effects of Gen Z Consumers’ 

Collectivistic Characteristics 

Yoon Joo Lee, Hae Yeon Seo, Washington State 

Matthew Pittman, Tennessee 

and Jinho Joo, Boise State 

03-1230-22 • [EA] Securing Fit or Privacy: Exploring 

Chinese Users’ Perceptions of Virtual Try-On 

Technology for Apparel Retail 

Letwin Tawira, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

03-1230-23 • Consumer Perceptions of Non-Fungible 

Tokens as Virtual Influencers’ 

Fan Merchandise 

Jiemin Looi, Hong Kong Baptist 

and Lee Kahlor, Texas at Austin 

03-1230-24 • Understanding the Psychological Impact 

of Live-Streaming eCommerce: 

Impulsive Buying and Consumer Well-Being 

Anan Wan, Kansas State, 

Jing Yang, Loyola-Chicago 

and Juan Mundel, Arizona State 

Discussant 

Eunjin (Anna) Kim, Southern California 

Topic — Social Responsibility and Innovative 

Engagement in Digital Marketing 

03-1230-25 • Revealing the Strength of CSR 

Endorsement in an Environmental CSR Advertising 

Campaign on Instagram 

Jinho Joo, Boise State 

and Yoon Joo Lee, Washington State 

03-1230-26 • Do I Look Good in Green? The Role 

of Self-expressive Benefits in Green Product Purchasing 

Among Chinese Consumers 

Cen Wang, Shandong University, 

Xiangwen Bu, USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural 

and Creative Industry 

and Yun Yang, Shandong University 

03-1230-27 • Examining the Facebook Audience 

Engagement of Midwestern Farms 

and Farmers’ Markets: A Multimodal Analysis 

Ziyang Gong, Leona Y.F. Su, 

and Yi-Cheng Wang, Illinois 

03-1230-28 • Can ASMR Advertisements Promote 

Social Causes? The Interaction of ASMR, Issue 

Involvement, and Neuroticism on Charitable 

Support through Empathic Concern 

Ah Ram Lee, Massachusetts, 

Jung Won Chun and Susanna Lee, Temple 

Discussant 

Juliana Fernandes, Florida 

Topic — Advertising Techniques and Consumer 

Response 

03-1230-29 • Contextual Harmony: Exploring the 

Impact of Ad Context Congruence and Ad Type 

on Consumer Attitudes 

Jie Chen, Matthew Pittman, 

and John Haley, Tennessee 

03-1230-30 • Moving to the Middle: How Placement 

and Personalization Impact Intrusiveness 

and Relevance in Video Advertising 

Jackson Carter, Ouachita Baptist 

03-1230-31 • Visual Attention, Comprehension, 

and Memory for Visual Metaphors in Advertising 

Mohit Gupta, Aiman Kazybayeva, 

Veranika Paltaratskaya, Jennifer S. Zhang, 

Kevin Wise, and Matthew Peterson, Illinois 

03-1230-32 • Politically Microtargeted Ads on Social 

Media: Visual Attention, Attitudes, and Effects on 

Affective Polarization 

Brittany Shivers, Bartosz Wojdynski, 

Sohyun Park, Jiyoung Yeon 

and Jongmin Lee, Georgia 

03-1230-33 • Desperately Seeking Advertising 

Creativity- Re-Engaging in the Imaginative 

3P’s Agenda 

Adetutu Wande-Kayode 

and Sabrina Habib, South Carolina

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Discussant 

Samuel Tham, Colorado State 

Topic — Diversity and Personalization in Advertising 

03-1230-34 • [EA] Unveiling Market Exclusion: 

Disability Representation in Super Bowl Ads 2024 

Nisha Sridharan 

and Juan Mundel, Arizona State 

03-1230-35 • Personalized for Whom? Auditing 

Algorithms behind Personalized Advertising 

Ewa Maslowska; Veranika Paltaratskaya 

Khadija Vakeel, 

and Morana Fuduric, Illinois 

03-1230-36 • Empowering Ads, Empowered Responses: 

Unveiling the Emotional and Behavioral Impact of 

Femvertising in China on Social Media** 

Wenwen Cao, The University of Melbourne 

03-1230-37 • Masculinity Clash: How Traditional and 

Contemporary Masculinity Influences Young Men’s 

Perceptions of Gender Portrayals in Advertising 

Sophia Mueller, Kasey Windels, 

Sarah Karl, Ashley Johns 

and Alessandra Noli, Florida State 

Discussant 


** Student Paper Third Place 

Topic — Social Influence and Behavioral Impact 

03-1230-38 • The Role of Prior Consumer Behavior, 

Source Credibility, and Parasocial Interaction in Social 

Influencer Marketing 

Carolyn Lin and Xihui Wang, Connecticut 

03-1230-39 • Instagram and Influencer Marketing: 

An Empirical Study of the Parasocial Interaction Theory 

and Its Effects on Purchase Intention 

Caroline Chumley, Arkansas 

03-1230-40 • True Influence is about Leveraging 

Virtuality: Unlocking the Persuasive Power 

of Virtual Influencers in Advertising 

Vaibhav Diwanji, Jeff Conlin, 

Macy Burkett, and Michaella Nera Barros, Kansas 

03-1230-41 • [EA] Processing Fluency on Instagram vs 

TikTok: Construal Level Influences Green Advertising 

Outcomes on Social Media 

Qinran Li, and Matthew Pittman, Tennessee 

Discussant 

Shanshan Lou, Appalachian State 


Topic — Global News Media 

03-1230-42 • Capturing the Fourth Estate: A Case Study 

of Bangladesh News Media 

Sima Bhowmik, Colorado-Boulder 

03-1230-43 • [EA] A Critical Discourse Analysisof 

Political Discourse Behind China’s Regional Mudslinging 

Xinyu Cheng, Communication University of China 

03-1230-44 • “Today, Hong Kong; Tomorrow, Taiwan?” 

A Comparative Study of Protest Paradigm Between 

Hong Kong and Taiwan’s Different Ideological News 

Coverage During the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment 

Bill Movement 

Carl Zhou, Haydee Gao, 

and Yingqi Huang, University of Amsterdam 

03-1230-45 • Digital Agenda-Building: Analyzing the 

Department of Defense’s Strategy 

on X during the Three Chinese Spy Balloons 

Muhammad Ali, Colorado, Boulder 

03-1230-46 • Cartooning, Framing, and Virality: 

Unraveling the Power of Political Cartoons 

during the 2023-2024 Gaza War; A Comparative 

Approach 

Menna Elhosary, 

and Menna ElKashif, American University in Cairo 

Discussant 

David Kim, Louisiana - Lafayette 

Topic — Global Political Communication and Social 

Media 

03-1230-47 • Visual Narratives, Social Media and 

National Image Construction: Strategic Lessons from the 

President of Ghana on Facebook 

Nana Kwame Osei Fordjour, Maryland College Park 

03-1230-48 • [EA] Amplifying the Voices of Afghan 

Women Through Digital Activism 

Fardin Ayar, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Impact of People’s Political Ideology and Social Media 

Use on Media Trust In Bangladesh 

Abu Ahmed and Parisa Farhadi, Colorado State 

03-1230-49 • Mapping the Digital Landscape of Hate: 

Assessing islamophobia in Hindu Rashtra Facebook 

Communities 

Nazra Izhar, Kansas 

03-1230-50 • Connective Democracy and Discussions 

about a New Constitution on Social Media: The 2020 

Plebiscite in Chile 

Ignacio Lopez, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de 

Chile 

Discussant 

Sorin Nastasia, Southern Illinois, Edwardsville 

Topic — Global Elections 

03-1230-51 • [EA] The Construction of a Political 

Scandal: Media Framing of Candidates’ 

Transgressions During Election Campaigns 

Oluseyi Adegbola, Tennessee, 

Sherice Gearhart, Texas Tech, 

and Curry Wilson, Tennessee, Knoxville


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03-1230-52 • The Cognitive Benefits of Online 

Microtargeted Political Ads: Explaining Attitudes, 

Political Interest, and Campaign Knowledge 

Joerg Matthes, Melanie Hirsch, 

Selina Noetzel, 

and Alice Binder, University of Vienna 

03-1230-53 • Functional Analysis of Manifesto Launch 

Speeches of Political Candidates from Ghana 

Anani Yao Kuwornu, Maryland, College Park 

03-1230-54 • [EA] Examining the 2020 Election Voter 

Fraud Claims Through the Situational Theory 

of Problem Solving 

Adegbemi Aderemi, Sunha Yeo, 

and Koneru Aniketh, Oklahoma 

03-1230-55 • [EA] Intercandidate Agenda-Building 

in the 2024 Presidential Election: Examining Trump 

and DeSantis Campaign Agendas 

Mohammed Alqabbaa, 

Barbara Myslik, Osama Albishri, 

and Spiro Kiousis, Florida 

Discussant 

Nana Kwame Osei Fordjour, Maryland 

Topic — Authoritarianship and Extremism 

03-1230-56 • America, F@*k Yeah: Examining the 

Relationships between Partisan Media Use, 

Nationalism and Attitudes toward the Government 

Jay Hmielowski, Brittany Shaughnessy, 

and Masahiro Yamamoto, Florida 

03-1230-57 • Authoritarians in Response to 

Societal Crises: Reciprocal Dynamics of Right-Wing 

Authoritarianism, COVID-19 Fear and Prevention Belief 

Yixiao Sun and Zhihao Ma, Nanjing University 

03-1230-58 • A Clear and Present Danger to 

Democracy: Threats Against U.S. Journalists 

And Their Consequences 

Lars Willnat and Martina Santia, Syracuse, 

and David H. Weaver, Indiana 

03-1230-59 • Beyond the Rhetoric: Unveiling Tucker 

Carlson’s Communication Strategy Amidst the Russia’s 

War on Ukraine 

Noureddin Yeilaghi, 

and Ali Ghanbarian, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

03-1230-60 • Banned by the Bird: A Cross-National 

Content Analysis of Propaganda on Twitter 

Mariam Alkazemi, Lauren Bayliss, 

Jeffrey Riley, Holly Cowart, 

Ahmed Alqarni, Judi Dalati, 

Yadiel Ortize, Yahya Alzahrany, 

Miao Sha, Bryan Sepulveda, 

Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, King Wa Fu, 

and Chun Hai Fung, Virginia Commonwealth 

Discussant 

Shannon Zenner, Elon 

Topic — Politics, Culture, and Identity 

03-1230-61 • [EA] A Latent Profile Analysis: Exploring 

Different Types of Late-Night Satire Viewers and Their 

Citizenship Behavior 

Heesook Choi, Mississippi State, 

and Weiyue Chen, Butler 

03-1230-62 • [EA] Red, White, and Rural: Exploring 

Political Fandom in Rural Communities 

Jeff Hunter, New Mexico State 

03-1230-63 • Feeling Deprived, Canceling Others: 

Personal Relative Deprivation and Online Social Capital 

as Antecedents to Participation in Cancel Culture 

Bingbing Zhang, Sang Jung Kim, 

Javie Ssozi, Brian Ekdale, 

and Katy Biddle, Iowa 

03-1230-64 • College Campuses and Social Media 

Platforms as Venues for Islamophobia, 

Antisemitism, and Online Political Efficacy 

Zienab Shoieb, Lili Romann, 

John Christensen, 

and David Atkin, Connecticut 

03-1230-65 • Does Gender Identity Play a Role 

in Immigration Activism on TikTok? An Extended 

Theory of Planned Behavior Approach 

Huixin Deng, Baldwin Wallace University 

Discussant 


Topic — Partisans and Polarizing Media 

03-1230-66 • Disaster through a Partisan Lens: 

Assessing the Impact of Media Bias on Death 

Coverage and Public Response 

Ziqi Zhu and Jieun Shin, Florida 

03-1230-67 • How Partisan Media Influences 

Aversion to Political Compromise: Focusing 

on the Role of Attitude Moralization 

Yoo Ji Suh, Michael Wagner, 

and Dhavan Shah, Wisconsin-Madison 

03-1230-68 • [EA] The Stories We Tell: Examining 

Political Worldview Through Foundational Narratives 

Within Republican and Democratic Political Party 

Platforms and Presidential Nomination Acceptance 

Speeches 

Erik Brooks, Chapman University 

03-1230-69 • [EA] Emergent Identity Publics and the 

Dynamics of Communicative Domain Crossing 

Adam Saffer, Joshua Scacco, 

and Jianing Li 

03-1230-70 • [EA] Politicization of Death: Naming 

of Laws in the United States after Victims 

Caley Hewitt, Louisiana State 

Discussant 

Benjamin Toff, Minnesota 

Thursday

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Topic — Polarization and Perception 

03-1230-71 • Synthetic Realities in Political Deepfake 

News: Antecedents and Consequences of Social Media 

Disinformation Consumption 

Miao Melissa Guo, Connecticut 

03-1230-72 • Dark Side of Online Engagement: 

Far-Right Groups Gaining Visibility, Resonance, 

And Legitimacy in Conspiracy Movements 

Gyo Hyun Koo, Howard, 

and Bin Chen, Texas at Austin 

03-1230-73 • Mapping the “Bridging Field”: 

De-polarizing the Public Sphere 

Seong Jae Min, Pace University 

03-1230-74 • [EA] Television News Exposure, Party, 

Personal Contact, and Support for LGBTQ+ Policies 

Patrick Meirick, 

and Marisa Penkauskas, Oklahoma 

03-1230-75 • Beyond Preferences: Contextual 

Influences on News Diets in High-Choice Environments 

Sakshi Bhalla, 

and Harsh Taneja, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

03-1230-76 • I’ve Got Friends in Rural Places: 

Examining Predictors of People’s Feelings about Rural 

Residents 

Jay Hmielowski and Brittany Shaughnessy, Florida 

Discussant 

Josh Anderson, Arizona 


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12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / Th035 Salon J/5th 

Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division 


Journalism in Diverse Contexts: From 

AI to Podcasts to Rural Journalism 

More Than a Numbers Cruncher: Vernon Stone’s 

Legacy in Electronic Media 

George L. Daniels, Alabama 

Transparent or Opaque? A Study of the Mechanisms 

of Media Contact Behavior on AI News Credibility 

Ding Yu, Huiling Li, 

and Yunhao Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Zero Human Emotion’: AI Anchors and The Normative 

Repercussions 

Muhammad Ali Muhammad, 

and Patrick Ferrucci, Colorado-Boulder 

Developing Legitimacy in the Esports Podcast Ecosystem 

Lindsey Sherrill, North Alabama, 

Ryan Broussard, Sam Houston State, 

Richard Johnson, Arizona State 

and Marcus Funk, Sam Houston State 

“That S**t is Hard to Get Away From”: The Labor of 

Working Alone in Rural Journalism 

Gregory Perreault, South Florida, 

Louisa Lincoln, Pennsylvania, 

Mildred “Mimi” Perreault, South Florida 

and Jessica Fargen Walsh, Nebraska 

Discussant 


12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / Th036 Salon C/5th 


and Public Relations Divisions 


The Effects of Technology on Communication: 

Public Relations and Advertising in Year 2050 


Alexander Laskin, Quinnipiac 

Panelists 

Brandon Boatwright, Clemson 

Shannon A. Bowen, South Carolina 

Nathan J. Carpenter, Florida 

Karen Freberg, Louisville 

Dean Kruckeberg, North Carolina-Charlotte 

Vilma Luoma-aho, Jyväskylä University 

Technological trends come every year with the promise 

of changing the industry (i.e. generative AI, virtual reality, 

blockchain, etc). This panel assesses the impact of these 

trends on teaching and practice. 


Volha Kananovich, Appalachian State


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12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / Th037 Salon K/5th 



Theory and Method: Social Media Research 


Aditi Rao, Connecticut 

Conceptualizing and Validating Personal Curation 

within Curated Flows in Social Media* 

Biying Wu-Ouyang, Chinese University 

of Hong Kong 

Content Engagement Capacity: A Network-Based 

Approach for Evaluating the Content Influence 

Through Engagement in Online Conversation 

Rui Wang, Buffalo, Alexander Semenov, Florida, 

and Yotam Ophir, Buffalo 

A Decision Tree Approach to Predicting Consumer 

Evaluation of Computer-Generated Imagery Influencers’ 

Brand Endorsements 

Ching-Hua Chuan, and Regina Ahn, Miami, 

and Su Yeon Cho, Quinnipiac 

A Systematic Review of Current Research on the Privacy 

Calculus Model 

Zhao Peng, Emerson, 

Emily Zhan, Michigan State, 

and Zhehao Liang, Huazhong University of Science 


Perspective on Hierarchical Networks and Dynamic 

Agenda Construction of Opinion Leaders: Combining 

Digital Research Methods 

Chen Qiuyi 

Discussant 

Magdalena Saldaña, Pontificia Universidad Católica 

de Chile 

* Second Place Top Student Paper 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / Th038 Meeting Room 411/4th 

Cultural and Critical Studies Division 


Intersections of Technology, AI, and Power 


Jenn Smith, Kentucky 

After Parasocial Relationships, what? An Empirical 

Analysis of Human-Chatbots Interaction and 

Transcending Empathy 

Menghan Yin, Minzu University of China 

AI Generated Music and the Listening Subject 

Ian Dunham 

[EA] Hysteria in Empathy: Understanding Virtual 

Companionship Between Human-AI Emotional 

Connection 

Minling Guo, University of Macau 

“Hey AI, Write A Story for Me!”: Investigating 

Gender Discourse in AI-Powered Chatbots Through 

AI Generated Stories 

Ertan Agaoglu, South Carolina 

Moral Positions Creating Power: How Technological 

Dualisms Inform Sex Robot Constructions 

Annette Materson, Temple 

Discussant 



abstract. 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / Th039 Meeting Room 307/3rd 



Freedom of Speech in a Networked Era 


Lindsie Rank, FIRE 

Defending Truth in the Era of Deepfakes: Legal 

Responses to Manipulated Content in the 

Marketplace of Ideas 

Zivile Raskauskaite, Missouri 

Blue Ribbon for Free Speech: Balancing First 

Amendment Rights and State Action at the Great 

American State Fair 

Roy Gutterman, Syracuse 

[EA] Social Media as the New First Amendment 

Frontier: Assessing First Amendment Precedents 

in the NetChoice Cases 

Jason Shepard, California State, Fullerton, 

and Kathleen Culver, Wisconsin-Madison 

When News Agencies Meet Platform Content 

Moderation* 

WeiMing Ye and Shuangze Dai, Peking University 

Discussant 

Anthony Fargo, Indiana, Bloomington 

* Third Place Faculty Paper Award and Debut Faculty 

Paper Award 


abstract. 

Thursday

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12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / Th040 Salon L/5th 



The Ethics of Business in Advertising 



TBA 

Insufficiency of Normative Theory: Advertising Ethics, 

Corporate Advocacy, and the Public Sphere 

Mark Heisten, Colorado-Boulder 

Doing the Right Thing in Advertising: Moral Education 

and Training 

Erin Schauster, Colorado, Boulder 

Gender Diversity: Organizational Commitments as 

Expressed on Fortune 100 Global Companies’ Websites 

Marta Mensa, North Texas, 

Tao Deng,DePaul, 

and Lina Gomez, Tampa 

[EA] Cracks in the Wall: User-Centric Perspectives on 

Information Censorship on Sina Weibo 

Baoying Fu 

and Xueqing Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

[EA] An Ethics of Care Breakdown in the X Cativerse 

Adrienne Darrah, Pennsylvania State 

Discussant 

TBA 


abstract. 



and Community Journalism Interest Group 


News Desert Solutions 



Panelists 

Chris Evans, Howard 

Beth Potter, Colorado-Boulder 

Buck Ryan, Kentucky 

Xu Zhang, Austin Peay State 


Scholastic Journalism Division 


Professional Roles and Resilience: Readying 

Young Journalists for the Work 


Barbara Hines, Howard 

[EA] Am I a Professional? Roles of Journalism 

Curriculum in Identity Work of Student Journalists 

Vy Luong and Joy Jenkins, Missouri 

[EA] News/Academic Partnerships: Assessing 

the Student Experience 

Colleen Steffen, Franklin College 

and Hannah Kirkpatrick, Vermont 

[EA] Burnout Experiences Among Journalism Students, 

Educators, and Peripheral Actors 

Avery Holton and Aly Hill, Utah 

[EA] Virtually Prepared: Using VR to Build Trauma 

Awareness and Resilience in Journalism Students 


From Practice to Pedagogy: Examining Journalists as 

Teachers of their Profession 

Michael Spikes, Northwestern 

Discussant 

Peter Bobkowski, Kent State 


abstract. 


Commission on Graduate Education 

Luncheon 

Graduate Student Luncheon 



This luncheon celebrates the accomplishments of graduate 

students in AEJMC. CSGE will host an annual meeting, 

share updates for graduate students, create a space for 

networking, and acknowledge award winners and showcase 

participants. Pre-registration is required. 

How can we better teach students about news deserts and 

how to solve them? How can we better help the industry 

with practical research and getting our research to them?


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12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / Th044 Salon I/5th 

Commission on the Status of Minorities 


Topic I — Empowering the Silent: Effective 

Communication in the 21st Century 


Cathy Jackson, Norfolk State 

Diverse Foundations in Mass Communication: 

A Critical Pedagogical Intervention 

Loren Saxton Coleman, Howard, 

and Jayne Cubbage, Bowie State 

and Cheryl Jenkins, Talladega College 

Mental Health Perceptions of Underrepresented 

College Students In U.S. Higher Education 

Tugce Ertem-Eray, North Carolina State, 

Eyun-Jung Ki, 

and Yezi He; Katelin Mueller, Alabama 

Newsroom Diversity’s Evolution: A Textual Analysis 

of Metajournalistic Discourse 

Kayli Plotner, Colorado, Boulder 

Producing Telenovelas to Engage Latinos About 

Alzheimer’s Disease 

Jennifer Vardeman, Jeremy Cajina-Clarke, 

and Luis Medina, Houston 

Focusing On Minority Groups: A Quantitative Study 

on The Attitudes of Diverse Minority Groups Toward 

ChatGPT**** 

Wenchang Wang, Yuqing Liu, 

Zhiyi Lin, 

and Wenxin Ouyang, Peking University 

Discussant 

Carolyn Wolcott, Clayton State 

*Top Faculty, First Place 

**Top Faculty, Second Place 

***Top Student, First Place 

****Top Student, Second Place 



Communication Membership Committee 


Breaking the Silence: Intersectional Perspectives 

on Mental Health, Pedagogy, and Research 

in Journalism and Mass Communication 


Melanie Cosby, Co-chair, Mental Health Task 

Force, Temple 

Thursday 

Discussant 

Mia Moody-Ramirez, Baylor 

Topic II — Top Papers/Documenting the Challenges 

Marginalized Communities Face Using Various 

Platforms 

Moderating/Presiding: 

Kathleen McElroy, Texas at Austin 

Will Using Live-Streamed Intangible Cultural Heritage 

Content Enhance Cross-Cultural Competencies And 

Reduce Anti-Semitism?** 

Kenneth C. C. Yang, Texas at El Paso, 

and Yowei Kang, National Chung Hsing University, 

Ge Lan, Filippo Gilardi, 

and Thomas William Whyke, University of 

Nottingham Ningbo China 

Giving “Voice” To Inequity: Documenting the 

Professional Challenges and Adaptations of Journalistic 

Podcasters from Marginalized Background* 

Kelsey Whipple 

and Catherine Hurley, Massachusetts 

Representation in Florida’s State Book Award Winners 

in an Era of Erasure*** 

Via Lipman, Stanford 

Panelists 

Dorothy Bland, North Texas 

Danielle Brown, Michigan State 


Desiree Hill, Oklahoma 

Jennifer Midberry, Lehigh 



Information Session 

How to work with the Scripps Howard Fund 

and use the Scripps Howard Journalism 

Awards in Your Classroom 


Mike Canan, director, journalism strategies, 


and Allison Hunter, journalism program manager, 


The Scripps Howard Awards, presented by the Scripps 

Howard Fund and The E.W. Scripps Company, are one 

of the nation’s most prestigious American journalism

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competitions, offering $170,000 in prize money in 15 

categories. With a focus on high-impact reporting, the 

awards recognize journalism that spurs action, news 

organizations that go the extra mile to expose previously 

undisclosed or misunderstood information and journalists 

who embrace new tools, channels, technologies and 

approaches to provide more immersive experiences for 

their audiences. The Scripps Howard Awards honor work 

from television stations, networks, radio and podcasts, 

visual media, online media outlets, independent producers, 

newspapers and print publications. 


South Asia Communication Association (SACA) 


Representation and Voice — The Future 

of Democracy: Media Research on South Asia 

and Its Diaspora Worldwide Part I 


Shafiqur Rahman, South Carolina State 

and Deb Aikat, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Topic I — Media Education and Research in South 

Asian Contexts 

Global Accreditation Challenges and Curriculum 

Innovation In Media Education Institutions 

Ruhi Lal, Manav Rachna International Institute 

of Research & Studies, India 

Social Media Use in Journalism Education in 

Afghanistan 

Shugofa Dastgeer, Texas Christian 

and Hamid Obaidi, Leipzig University, Germany 

Discussant 

Jyotika Ramaprasad, Miami 

Topic II — Media, Culture, And Identity in South Asian 

Contexts - I 

The Role of Social Media in Cultural Integration and 

Mental Health: A Qualitative Study of The Bengali 

Diaspora in Philadelphia 

Madhab Chandra Das, Temple 

Communication Competence and Its Relation to Social 

Media Use Among College Students: A Cross-Cultural 

Study 

Md Belal Hossain, Minnesota State, Mankato 

Negotiating Diasporic Identity: Media, Agency, and the 

Indian Diaspora in the US 

Amaresh Jha, UPES, India 

“Naatu Naatu” as a Metacommentary of The Pan-Indian 

Film Genre 

Jeevani Sammeta, Bowling Green State 

Addressing The Diaspora: Indian Television’s 

Transnational Imaginings 

Ritika Pant, O.P. Jindal Global University, India 

How BTS Is Facilitating Korean Language Learning in 

South Asia: A Thematic and Social Network Analysis 

Jarin Anjum, Government Brajalal College, 

Bangladesh 

and Md Enamul Kabir, Clemson 

Discussants 

Rauf Arif, Towson 

and Mohammad Ali, Maryland, College Park 

Topic III — Media, Culture, And Identity in South Asian 

Contexts - II 

Role of Coke Studio Pakistan’s Tu Jhoom Qawwali 

in Intercultural Communications 

Sara Wahid, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute 

of Science & Technology, Pakistan 

Did Players Learn Indian Cultural Heritage from Playing 

Raji: An Ancient Epic Video Game? A Computational 

Experiential Narrative Analysis 

Yowei Kang, National Chung Hsing University, 

Taichung, Taiwan 

and Kenneth C. C. Yang, Texas at El Paso 

Power, Masculinity and Gendered Sounds in Top Gun 

(1986) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022) 

Sandra B Jacob, 

and Hoimawati Talukdar, Christ (Deemed to be 

University), Delhi NCR, India 

Power: Domination And Crafted Mind of a Hero: 

Depiction of Hegemonic Masculinity in Indian Parallel 

Cinema 

Debjani Halder, Manipal Institute of 

Communication, India 

Decolonial Perspectives on Contemporary Retellings 

and Popular Culture 

Sushmi Mishra, Berhampur University, India 

and Bandita Kumari Panda, Berhampur University, 

India 

Sports, Media and Morality: South Asian Media’s 

Framing of the Sania Mirza-Shoaib Malik Divorce 

Steve Bien-Aimé, Kansas, 

Umer Hussain, Wilkes, 

Haseena U. Khan, Nazra Izhar, 

and Aminah Syed, Kansas 

Discussant 

Enakshi Roy, Towson 

Topic IX — Framing News and Communication 

Framing Civil-Military Relations: A Content Analysis 

of Pakistani Print Media 

Hassan Siddique, 

and Ayesha Ashfaq, Punjab University, Pakistan


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Framing The Minority: Journalism Coverage and 

Vietnam’s Policy of Ethnic Groups 

Vi Thi Phuong, University of Sciences, Thai 

Nguyen, Vietnam 

and Vu Van Khanh, Thai Nguyen University, 

Vietnam 

A Comparative Textual Analysis of Media Coverage 

on The January 7 General Election in Bangladesh: 

Uncovering Narratives, Biases, And Perspectives 

Serajul I. Bhuiyan, Savannah State 

and Sima Bhowmik, Colorado 

Losing Afghanistan: The New York Times 

and Washington Post 1996 News Coverage 

of The Rise of Taliban 

Abhinav Kaul Aima, Pennsylvania State, 

New Kensington 

Making Meaning: Media Representations 

of China-EU Migration 

Muhammad Anisur Rahman Akanda, Haji 

Jalmamud College, Bangladesh 

Discussants 


and Nabila Mushtarin, Louisiana State 

Topic V — Political Communication in South Asian 

Contexts 

The US. And Russian Embassies’ Public Diplomacy 

Strategies in Bangladesh: An Examination of 

Relationship Management 

Zahedur Arman, Framingham State 

and Rezaul Karim, Arizona State 

Geopolitical Manipulations and Democratic Integrity: 

Analyzing Foreign Interference In Bangladesh’s Elections 

Serajul I. Bhuiyan, Savannah State, 

Mohammad Ala-Uddin, James Madison 

and Sima Bhowmik, Colorado 

Analyzing Campaign Strategies: Recent Political 

Movements in Bangladesh To Restore Caretaker 

Government 

A K M Zamir Uddin, 

and Mst Rokshana Pervin, Missouri State 

and Muhammad Aminul Islam, Wayne State 

Strategic Political Communication Through Campaign 

Posters: A Study of Bangladesh’s 2024 National 

Elections 

Mohammad Ali, Maryland 

and Md Rejaul Haque, Colorado State 

Using National Day Parade Songs to Cultivate Patriotism 

and National Identity In Singapore: A Text Mining and 

Sentiment Analysis 

Kenneth C. C. Yang, Texas At El Paso 

and Yowei Kang, National Chung Hsing University, 

Taichung, Taiwan 

Discussants 

Zahedur Arman, Framingham State 

and Zakaria Khan, South Florida 

Topic VI — Persuasive Communication and Campaigns 

in South Asian Contexts 

Corporate Branding and Crisis Management in 

Bangladesh: An Analysis of Situational Crisis 

Communication Theory and Image Repair Theory 

Khairul Islam, State University of New York 

at Oswego, 

Najma Akhther, Wayne State 

and Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Jahangirnagar 

University, Dhaka, Bangladesh 

Rebuilding Trust: Analyzing Crisis Communication 

in Bangladesh’s E-Commerce Meltdown 

Muhammad Aminul Islam, Wayne State 

AKM Zamir Uddin, Missouri State 

and Md Hasan, University of Queensland, Australia 

Indian Environmental Activism: Ideological Origins, 

Communicative Strategies, And Protest Tactics Since 

The 1980s 

Vamsi Chaitanya Pedasanaganti, Bowling 

Green State 

What Makes Medical Practitioners Popular on Digital 

Platforms? Cases From Bangladesh 

Md Hasan, University of Queensland, Australia, 

Md Nurul Karim Bhuiyan, 

and Minara Nazmin, Georgia State 

Discussant 


and Rita, Tribhuvan University, Nepal 

This interactive research paper session organized by the 

South Asia Communication Association (SACA) reflects 

SACA’s commitment to the 2024 AEJMC conference 

theme “Representation and Voice — The Future of 

Democracy.” Research papers were selected in a peerreviewed 

competition. With over one-fourth of the 

world’s population, South Asia has emerged as an important 

region for politics, security, health, culture, media 

and other relevant issues across the repertoire of our field. 

SACA was constituted in 2015 at the AEJMC conference 

in San Francisco. SACA members may involve people 

with research interests in the South Asia region or the 

South Asian diaspora worldwide. 

Thursday

Earn Your M.A. or Ph.D. 

at the Hubbard School 

of Journalism and Mass 

Communication 

Hubbard School doctoral alums 

work all over the world. Recent 

graduate placements include: 

◆ Katie Kim, Ph.D. ’24 

Assistant Professor, 

University of Tennessee. 

◆ Bugil Chang, Ph.D ’24 


University of Tennessee 

◆ Danford Zirugo, Ph.D ’23 


University of Alabama 

◆ Eunah Kim, Ph.D. ’22 


Mount Royal University 

◆ Clara Juarez Miro, Ph.D. ’22 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 

University of Vienna 

◆ Hao Xu, Ph.D. ’22 


University of Melbourne 

Financial support packages for 

graduate students include: 

$33k 

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º 

in Ph.D. assistantship, research, 

travel, summer fellowship and 

stipend support 

in M.A. assistantship stipend 

support, with additional competitive 

opportunities for travel, research 

and summer support 

apply 

Apply by December 15, 2024 

cla.umn.edu/hsjmc/graduate 

contact 

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Director of Graduate Studies 

carlson1@umn.edu 

hsjmc.umn.edu | Twitter @UMN_HSJMC | Instagram & Facebook @UMNHSJMC

We want to congratulate 


Benjamin Toff on his recent 

promotion and tenure and 

being named a University 

of Minnesota McKnight 

Presidential Fellow, which 

recognizes excellence in 

research and scholarship, 

and leadership. Toff was 

also named an Emerging 

Scholar by the Association 

of Education in Journalism 

and Mass Communication. 

Toff studies public opinion, 

political communication, 

and changing media, with 

a particular focus on the 

public’s relationship with 

news and journalism. In 

addition to serving as a 

core faculty member of 

the Center for the Study 

of Political Psychology, he 

is director of the Hubbard 

School’s Minnesota 

Journalism Center, which 

seeks to bolster the local 

news ecosystem through 

research and educational 

partnerships with the 

professional community 

statewide. 

The Hubbard School 

Congratulates Our Recently 

Promoted Faculty 

Erich Sommerfeldt, 

Professor and Academic 

Director of the 

Professional M.A. in 

Strategic Communication 

Diane Cormany, 

Teaching Associate 

Professor 

Emily Vraga, 

Don and Carole Larson 

Professor of Health 

Communication 

Our graduate students work 

with and are trained by an 

elite faculty of researchers 

and practitioners. The 

Hubbard School fulltime 

faculty is a vibrant, 

interdisciplinary community 

of scholars exploring new 

frontiers in journalism, 

mass communication and 

strategic communication. 

Colin Agur 

Sid Bedingfield 

Valérie Bélair-Gagnon 

Jill Bonham 

Matt Carlson 

Matt Cikovic 

Elisia Cohen (director) 

Diane Cormany 

Ruth DeFoster 

Gayle Golden 

Jisu Huh 

Jennifer Johnson 

Sherri Jean Katz 

Jane Kirtley 

Eric Kramer 

María Len-Ríos 

Scott Libin 

Susan LoRusso 

Stacie Mariette 

Regina McCombs 

Rich McCracken 

Scott Meyer 

Rebekah Nagler 

Amy O’Connor 

Haseon Park 

Sara Quinn 

Seth Richardson 

Adam Saffer 

Claire Segijn 

Erich Sommerfeldt 

Allison Steinke 

Christopher Terry 

Benjamin Toff 

Emily Vraga 

Marco Yzer 

Alvin Zhou

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Advertising Division and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, 

Transgender, Queer Interest Group 


Critical Voices in Advertising Research 


Harsha Gangadharbatla, Colorado at Boulder 

Panelists 


Kasey Windels, Florida 

Sophie Mueller, Miami 

Minjie Li, Tennessee 


This panel bring together researchers from multiple divisions 

to discuss the lack of critical voices in advertising 

research and makes a case for why including such 

perspectives is ultimately a good thing for the future of 

advertising research. 



and Visual Communication Divisions 


Session 


Division 

Topic I — Covid-19 and Message Strategies 

04-1430-01 • Overload and Disparities by Educational 

Attainment in COVID-19 Information Behaviors among 

Chilean Adults 

Macarena Penaylillo, Universidad Diego Portales 

04-1430-02 • Emotion Impact Factors and Management 

Strategy Among Quarantined College Students As Close 

Contacts During COVID-19 

Lin Zhang, Shanghai University 

04-1430-03 • Using Social Media to Correct COVID-19 

Misinformation: How Message Features Shape Audience 

Engagement on Sina Weibo 

Qinyu E, Luge Yang, Xialin Zhang, 

and Leichen Li, University of Shanghai for Science 


04-1430-04 • Convergence and Social Media Use 

in Risk Perception: An Investigation on Both Central 

Tendency and Dispersion 

Sifan Xu, Tennessee, Knoxville, 

and Xinyan Zhao 

04-1430-05 • White Young Adults’ Defensiveness 

Strategies in Relation to COVID-19 Racial Health 

Inequities 

Mary Beth Deline, 

Mary Katreeb, 

and Emily Mason, Illinois State, 

Laura Rickard, Maine, 

Ertemisa Godinez, Illinois State, 

and Kajsa Dalrymple, Wisconsin-Madison 

04-1430-06 • Exploring the Interplay Between Media 

Exposure, Individual Factors, Belief in COVID-19 

Conspiracy Theories, and Vaccine Behavior 

Michelle Seelig, Zixiao Yang, 

Songyi Liang, Ashley Hemm, 

and Daniel Verdear, Miami, 

Sandra Kuebler, 

and Amanda Diekman, Indiana, Bloomington, 

Manohar Murthi, Kamal Premaratne, 

John Funchion, and Stefan Wuchty, Miami 

04-1430-07 • Examining the Roles of Different Cultural 

Values in The Intention to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 

and Influenza 

Ruifen Zhang, Hepeng Jia, 

Xi Luo, 

and Qinliang Liu, Soochow University 

04-1430-08 • [EA] A Close Textual Analysis of WHO’s 

COVID-19 Pandemic Declaration Speech 

Jeffrey Nyabor, Mississippi State 

Topic II — Emotion, Messaging, and the Media 

04-1430-09 • Too Much of a Good Thing: 

Dramatization, Emotion and User Engagement 

in Health-related Short Videos 

Ge Zhu, and Yilin Luo, Renmin University of China 

04-1430-10 • Emotion Vs Cognition: How A Science 

Media Event May Stimulate the Audience’s Science 

Interest 

Xi Cui, College of Charleston, 

and Jiyang Zhao, Independent Scholar 

04-1430-11 • Self-Compassion, Embodiment, 

And Culture: Body Satisfaction’s Protective Factors 

Against Social Media Use and Self-Objectification 

Among Young Chinese Men 

Ruobing Chi, Zhenxiang Zhu, 

Chengzhi Lin, 

and Jiajia Yang, Shanghai International Studies 

University 

04-1430-12 • Amazing or Awful? The Role of Message 

Frames in Expectancy-Value Based Weight Management 

Intentions 

Xuan Qian, Northern Illinois 

04-1430-13 • [EA] Utilizing Competing Biological 

Motivations: Can We Decrease People’s Disgust 

Response to Lab Grown Meat? 

Rachel Bailey, Pooja Ichplani, 

and Yu Liang, Florida State, 

Jay Hmielowski, and Myiah Hutchens, Florida


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04-1430-14 • [EA] The Influence of Risk Message 

Properties on Prevalence of Negative Emotions 

in Public Health Emergency 

Tongtong Li, Fudan University 

04-1430-15 • [EA] Communicating Food Safety via 

Short Videos: The Role of Narrative, Emotion, and 

Perceived Familiarity in Risk Communication 

Yujing Lin, Tsinghua University 

Topic III — Social Conflict and Crisis Communication 

04-1430-16 • Examining Quality Information Flow in 

Rural Communities During Natural Disasters: Findings 

from Community Leaders in Emergency Response 

Nicole Kelp, Ashley Anderson, 

and Teryn Ferrell, Colorado State, 

Joy Enyinnaya, University of the Fraser Valley, 

and Shelby Cagle, Colorado State 

04-1430-17 • Sobra Na (That’s Too Much): Exploring 

How Filipinos Communicate Domestic Violence 

Boundaries in Away Mag-Asawa (Spousal Conflict) 

And Disiplina Sa Bata (Child Discipline) 

Maria Aurora Lolita Liwag-Lomibao, 

Fernando Paragas, 

and Randy Jay Solis, University of the Philippines 

04-1430-18 • Explicating Communication Factors in 

A Model on The Determinants of Likelihood to Act 

on Cases of Violence and Injury Against Women and 

Children 

Fernando Paragas, 

Maria Aurora Lolita Liwag-Lomibao, 

and Randy Jay Solis, University of the Philippines 

04-1430-19 • Vaccines During Crises: Rohingya 

Refugees’ COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes and Behavior 

Porismita Borah, 

and Bimbisar Irom, Washington State, 

Tania Nachrin, Maryland, College Park, 

and Xiaohui Cao Cao, 

and Folake Okor, Washington State 

04-1430-20 • Exploring the Effectiveness of An 

Interactive Disaster Communication Tool via a Storm 

Preparedness Mobile App 

Carolyn Lin, Connecticut 

04-1430-21 • The Effects of Information Source 

Exposure on Altruistic Behavior in Public Health 

Emergency 

Yusi Zhang, Shanghai University 

04-1430-22 • [EA] Popular U.S. News Media Websites’ 

Representation of the Fentanyl Crisis 

Blessing Jona, Kansas 

04-1430-23 • [EA] Newark Water Crisis through the 

Lens of Flint: An Analysis of Media Exemplification 

Khairul Islam, State University of New York 

at Oswego, 

and Najma Akhther, Wayne State 

Topic IV — Social Media, Influencers, and Health 

Communication 

04-1430-24 • Health-Related Communication of Social 

Media Influencers: A Scoping Review 

Jaroslava Kankova, Alice Binder, 

and Joerg Matthes, University of Vienna 

04-1430-25 • Exploring Dark Side of Social Media 

Influencers’ Health Advice: Insights from Health Expert 

Content Creators 

Jaroslava Kankova, Alice Binder, 


04-1430-26 • Unraveling the Impact of Social Media 

Involvement on Public Health Participation in China 

Yusi Zhang, Wanqi Gong, 

and Xigen Li, Shanghai University 

04-1430-27 • The Impact of Sponsorship and Message 

Perspective in Influencer Marketing for Online Mental 

Health Promotion 

Hye Min Kim, 

and Sun-Young Park, Massachusetts 

04-1430-28 • Scrolling Towards Wellness: The 

Influence of Social Media Health Information 

Consumption on Pro-Health Behaviors 

Anna Young, Paula McDowell Kalksma, 

and Jonathan Moore, Connecticut 

04-1430-29 • Doctor Influencers on Instagram: Impact 

of Narrative Messaging and Source Type on Sexual 

Health Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions 

Simu Dey, Cindy Fang, 

and Susanna Lee, Temple 

04-1430-30 • [EA] What Do Doctors “Tok” about 

Health? A Content Analysis of Doctor Influencers’ 

Videos on Chinese TikTok (Douyin) 

Zhiying Xu, Lei Chen, 

Bingbing Zhang, and Rachel Young, Iowa 

04-1430-31 • [EA] Climate Change Communication 

Using TikTok Video and Dialogue 

Zara Masood, and Jyotika Ramaprasad, Miami 

04-1430-32 • [EA] WeChat Use, Cognitive Function, 

and Depressive Symptoms: Examining Longitudinal 

Relationships among Chinese Older Adults 

Liangqi Ding, Fudan University, 

Junyan Lu 

and Xin Ma, Maryland 

04-1430-33 • [EA] Stigmatization of Mpox and 

The MSM Community on Twitter: A Computational 

Approach to Understanding the Negative Emotions 

Expressed Through Stigmatizing Language 

CJ Calabrese, Clemson, 

Sushma Kumble, Towson 

and Xudong Yu, North Dakota 

04-1430-34 • [EA] Social Media as a Silver Lining: How 

Quarantined Chinese Cope with Anxiety and Loneliness 

in the Pandemic 

Jing Jin, Zizhong Zhang and Chen Luo, Columbia 

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Visual Communication Division (VISC) 

Topic I — Visual Messaging Strategies 

04-1430-35 • [EA] Building a Persistent Mass 

Mobilization by Spreading “Cuteness”: Studying 

the Propaganda Images in the Anti-Extradition Bill 

Movement in Hong Kong 

Kwan Nga Stephanie Lam 

and Gary Tang, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong 

04-1430-36 • [EA] Intersecting Visuals and Culture: The 

Role of Visual Communication in Influencing Cervical 

Cancer Screenings Among Asian American Women 

Soojeong Kim, Texas at Austin 

04-1430-37 • [EA] Visual Strategies in “Child Hunger” 

Charity Messages: Effects of Helper and Child Images on 

Psychophysiological and Motivated Processing 

YoungAh Lee, Sungwon Chung, 

Johnny Sparks, Atefeh Jamil Pour, 

Mohammed Sa-ad and Lindsey Murphy, Ball State 

04-1430-38 • [EA] Reproduction of Meaning in Political 

News Texts in Comic: A Polandball Case Study 

Xiaohan Zhang, Renmin University of China 

04-1430-39 • [EA] “@?”: Authorship and Newsroom 

Image Crediting Practices on Instagram 

Kyser Lough, Georgia and Alex Scott, Iowa 

Discussant 

Tara Mortensen, South Carolina 

Topic II – Visualizing Crises 

04-1430-40 • [EA] A View to a War: Cross Cultural 

Comparison of Ukrainian War Photography 

Hanyuan Zhang, Kashaf Rashid, 

Andrea Kinyua, and Michael Koliska, Georgetown 

04-1430-41 • “Keeping Their Shift Together”: An 

Exploratory Visual Analysis of a Brazilian Crowd Crime 

Marina Petric, Texas Tech 

04-1430-42 • [EA] Visual Framing of the Ukraine War 

in World Media 

Shugofa Dastgeer and Amiso George, Texas Christian 

04-1430-43 • [EA] Photojournalism Coverage of 

University Mass Shootings: A Comparative Analysis of 

Visual Coverage Over Time 

Taylor Sheridan and Gayoung Jeon, Texas at Austin 

04-1430-44 • [EA] Unveiling the Neglected: Exploring 

Media Depictions of Sudanese Women Amid Crisis 

Razan Aljohani, Maryland 

Discussant 

Ross Taylor, Colorado-Boulder 

Topic III – The Past, Present, and Future of Visual 

Communication 

04-1430-45 • [EA] America’s Front Pages: 

A 40-Year Update 


and David Morris, South Carolina-Aiken 

04-1430-46 • [EA] Chinese Peasant Paintings as Social 

Metaphors: The Visual Rhetoric of Food Imagery 

Li Wang, Guillen University of Electronic Technology 

and Qi Zheng, Shantou University 

04-1430-47 • [EA] Exploring the Causal Mechanisms 

Behind Aesthetic Preference; Human Bias Towards 

AI-Generated Art 

Junfei Liu, Colorado-Denver / China Agricultural 

University 

04-1430-48 • The Influencers are Arguing, Again: 

Discourse Fields, Expertise, and Stitch Videos 

Ethan Myles Lascity, Southern Methodist 

Discussant 

William Davie, Louisiana-Lafayette 


abstract. 












Cultural and Critical Studies 

and Law and Policy Divisions 


New Adventures in Academic Freedom: 

Threats and Responses 


Ralph Beliveau, Oklahoma 

Panelists 

Meta G. Carstarphen, Oklahoma 

Victoria Ekstrand, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Evan Ringel, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Natalie Tindall, Texas at Austin 

This panel will address ways they have articulated 

responses to these threats in their classes and in their 

scholarship. Additionally, we explore what should we do 

in our own best interests to serve the public’s needs and 

at the same time protect our professional selves from such 

critiques and potential sanctions.


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History and Magazine Media Divisions 


The Future of Academic Publishing 




Political issues and Journalism 


Pam Parry, Southeast Missouri State 

and Journalism History Journal 

and Joy Jenkins, Missouri 

and Journal of Magazine Media 

Panelists 


Madeleine Liseblad, California State, Long Beach 

Kevin Lerner, Marist College 

Miglena Sternadori, Texas Tech 

This session will allow for broad discussion among the 

History and other divisions about the future of their 

journals and how to move them forward. As Journalism 

History celebrates its 50th anniversary, what should the 

next 50 years look like? Similarly, the Journal of Magazine 

Media is approaching its 25th anniversary and looking to 

raise its profile. 

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Th052 Salon L/5th 




Practically Applying Media Ethics Skills 

in Entertainment Media Classrooms 


Alexis Romero Walker, Manhattanville 

Panelists 

Adria Goldman, Mary Washington 

Madhavi Reddi, York College 

Michele Meyer, Geena Davis Institute 


Nicole Smith Dahmen, Oregon 

This panel will include professionals and educators from 

a variety of sectors of entertainment media education. 

From those that teach film, to those that teach sports, 

all of our panelists will discuss the ways in which they 

incorporate topics of ethics in their courses. 



Navigating Politics and Scandal: News Coverage 

of George Santos’s Sexuality and Political Ideology 

Clay Williams 

and Rhonda Gibson, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

PolitiTok: Testing the Credibility of Partisan Media 

Among TikTok Users 

Jessica Sparks, Auburn 

and Myiah Hutchens, Florida 

Incidental Encounters, Intentional Engagements: 

Dissecting Political News Consumption on Short-Form 

Video Platforms 

Yani Zhao, Texas Tech, 

Richard M. Perloff Cleveland State 


When Lawmakers Wander in News Deserts 

Jared Schroeder 


Cross-Border Framing: Coverage of Brazil’s 2022 

Election By Five U.S. Newspapers 

Marina Petric 

and Miglena Sternadori, Texas Tech 

Discussant 

Logan Molyneux, Temple 

Lay Theory from Political Actors: What Local 

Organizers Can Teach Us About the Role 

Of Local News In Democracy 

Andrea Lorenz, Kent State 

The Hollowing Out of Nonprofit News: An 

Ethnographic Investigation into the Implications 

of Exploited News Workers* 

Jocelyn McKinnon-Crowley, Syracuse 

Impacts of Increased News Media Coverage on Police 

Officer Decision-Making and Use of Force Situations 

Michael James, Georgia 

[EA] Media Framing Analysis of Election Misinformation: 

A Study on Bangladeshi Newspapers 

Mahedi Hasan, Md. Sajedul Islam, 

Suhanur Rahman Shuvo, 

and Ali Ashan, Texas Tech, 

and Md Abu Bakkar Sikkik, Nanjing University 

News or Propaganda during a Public Health Crisis? 

A Multimodal Discourse Analysis in Front Pages 

of 13 Local Media in China 

Peng Wan, Renmin University of China 

Thursday

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Discussant 

Beth Knobel, Fordham 


abstract. 

* Third Place Student Paper 


Political Communication 

and Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Divisions 


“Horse Race” Coverage of Elections 

and “False Equivalency”: What to Avoid 

and How to Get it Right 


Lindita Camaj, Florida 

Panelists 


Margaret Talev, Institute for Democracy, 

Journalism, & Citizenship, Syracuse 

Michael Koliska, Georgetown 

Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, Resolve Nonprofit 

Newsroom 

Julia Terruso, Philadelphia Inquirer 

This panel brings together experts and journalists to discuss 

how can news media avoid the pitfalls of the previous 

election coverage and get it right! 




Supporting the Institutional Mission: Outreach 

Initiatives that Educate and Recruit High School 

Journalists and Communicators 


Marina Hendricks, South Dakota State 

Panelists 


Mark Turner, Ohio 

Michelle Sillman, Iowa 

Jessica Pucci, Arizona State 

Colleges and universities support an institutional mission 

by educating and supporting the next generation of 

journalists. This outreach inspires students and acts as an 

informal recruiting tool. The purpose of this panel is to 

share blueprints of successful outreach programs that can 

be used to support an institutional mission and recruit for 

your program. 




Inclusive Approaches to Business Journalism 

Coverage and Careers 


Jake Batsell, Southern Methodist 

Panelists 

Derrick Cain, Director of Community Engagement, 

Resolve Philly 

Desiree Hanford, Northwestern 

Ali Jackson-Jolley, Assistant Managing Editor 

for DEI, Forbes 

Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC 

This panel focuses on ways that newsrooms, industry 

organizations, and journalism educators are proactively 

bringing an inclusive mindset to business journalism— 

whether through news coverage such as the collaborative, 

29-newsroom, award-winning Broke in Philly project 

focusing on economic mobility, or through recruitment 

initiatives and partnerships designed to bring more 

diversity to the newsrooms that produce business and 

economic journalism. 




Graduate Teaching Showcase 



and Briana Trifiro, Boston 

The Commission on Graduate Education’s newest initiative 

highlights the best in teaching for graduate students. 

This session includes graduate students presenting teaching 

demos, lesson plans, assessment strategies, and interdisciplinary 

opportunities for teaching success. This event 

aims to showcase examples of effective teaching to inspire 

and encourage instructors at all levels.


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and Commission on the Status of Women 



Communication News Engagement Day 


Experiential and Inclusive Pedagogy through 

Teaching Practice: Why Hackademics Matter 


Carolyn Walcott, Clayton State 

Panelists 



Maha Bashri, United Arab Emirates University 

The session will engage early career journalism educators 

and graduate students who are contemplating an 

industry-academy blend of teaching and learning to 

enable immersive experiences for students. The panel, 

composed of journalism professors who were former 

journalists, will also address the role of “hackademics” 

in fostering best practices on issues pertaining to media 

production and representation through an inclusive lens. 


Participatory Journalism 

and Community Journalism Interest Groups 


The Emotional Toll of Community-engaged 

Journalism: How Journalists Navigate 

Bandwidth, Boundaries, and Burnout 


Being Smart about News Engagement, 

Disinformation, Influencers & Journalism 

Do’s and Don’ts During the 2024 Presidential 

Election Season 


Paula M. Poindexter, Texas at Austin, Chair, 

News Engagement Day Committee 

Panelists 

Peter Bobkowski, Knight Chair in Scholastic 

Journalism, Kent State University 

Stephanie Edgerly, Associate Dean of 

Research, Northwestern University Medill 

School of Journalism, Media, Integrated 

Marketing Communications 

Logan Molyneux, Journalism Dept. Chair, 

Temple University Klein College of Media 


Laura Castañeda, Professor of Professional Practice 

and Associate Dean, USC Annenberg School 

for Communication and Journalism 

Amanda Siew, Master’s Student, University of 

Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism 

& Mass Communication 

Lars Willnat, John Ben Snow Research Professor, 

Syracuse University Newhouse School of 

Public Communications; Lead Author, The 

American Journalist Under Attack: Media, 

Trust, and Democracy 

Thursday 


Jillian Bauer-Reese, Temple 

Panelists 

Derek Cain, Resolve Philly 

Siani Colón, Kensington Voice 

Nora Elmarzouky, Friends, Peace, Sanctuary Journal 

Nick Mathews, Missouri 

Emma Restrepo, VozColectiva 

Afea Tucker, The Trace 

This panel will explore the emotional labor to which 

journalists embedded in and engaged with communities 

are exposed, putting them at increased risk of burnout. 

Panelists from various Philly-based projects will share 

their experiences navigating emotional labor, bandwidth, 

boundaries, burnout, effective coping mechanisms, and 

more. 

Plus: Drawing for complimentary copies of forthcoming 

book, Gen Z, Social Media, and News: Implications for 

the Future of News Engagement, Journalism, the U.S., 

and Democracy by Paula M. Poindexter; Announcement 

of New $2,000 Grant to research innovative approaches 

to understanding news engagement; Presentation of 

2024 News Audience Research Paper Award to “Out 

with the Old, in with the New: What Young Adults 

Think of the ‘TikTokification’ of News” by Amanda Siew 

and Daniel Thompson, Oklahoma; Sharing of plans for 

#NewsEngagementDay, Tues., Oct. 1, 2024.

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Panel Session 

Fostering Freedom & Defending Democracy: 

Three Presidential Initiatives 


Deb Aikat, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 

AEJMC Past President, 2023-24 

Panelists 

Undergraduate Research and Engagement 

Task Force 

Jan Lauren Boyles, Iowa State 

Laura Smith, South Carolina 

Distinguished Fellows Taskforce Task Force 


David T. Z. Mindich, Temple 


Legacy and Impact Task Force 

Tatyana Dumova, Point Park 

Robert (Bob) Trumpbour, Pennsylvania State 

The “Fostering Freedom & Defending Democracy: Three 

Presidential Initiatives” session highlights our shared 

commitment to sustain AEJMC’s mission to promote the 

highest standards. We take seriously AEJMC’s role as a 

resolutely nonpartisan, interdisciplinary, premier organization 

fostering excellence in research, teaching, and 

professional freedom. All are welcome to this session. 

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Th062 Salon A/5th 


Communication Elected Standing Committee on 

Teaching 


Teaching Experts Are In: Preparing Educators 

for Teaching the Next Generation 


Shearon Roberts, Xavier-Louisiana, 2023-24 Chair, 

ESC Teaching 

Roundtable Facilitators 

Table 1 — Nailing the Teaching Presentation for Campus 

Interviews 

*Theresa de los Santos, Pepperdine 

and Elizabeth Smith, Pepperdine, 

SCHJ Teaching Chair 

Table 2 — Course Design and Redesign 

*Lisa Burns, Quinnipiac 

and Bailey Dick, Bowling Green State, 

HIST Teaching Chair 

Table 3 — Assessment and Feedback Training 

*Laura Smith, South Carolina 

and Samantha Kocan, Montevallo, 

BAMJ Teaching Chair 

Table 4 — Active Learning Strategies for the 

Next Generation 

*Gabriel Tait, Ball State 

and *Mia Moody-Ramirez, Baylor 

Table 5 — Insights on Large Lecture Training 

*Chris Roberts, Alabama 

and Sharon Baldinelli, Nebraska-Lincoln 

SHER Teaching Chair 

Table 6 — Teaching Culturally Diverse Students 

*Nandini Bhalla, Texas State 

and Sara Shaban, Seattle Pacific 

INTC Teaching Chair 

Table 7 — Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations 

and Controversial Topics 

*Tracy Everbach, North Texas 

and Carolyn Nielsen, Western Washington, 

CSWM Chair 

Table 8 — Legal Training for Teachers 

*Emily Metzgar, Kent State 

and Kristen Patrow, Butler, LAWP Teaching Chair 

Join invited representatives from Commissions/DIGs, as 

well as members of the Standing Committee on Teaching 

for topic-driven tables about teaching the next generation. 

Think of it as speed dating with an academic twist. 

* Denotes current member serving on Teaching Committee 



Division 


AI and Machine Learning Techniques in ComSHER 


Nic Bennett, Michigan State 

Predicting Prostate Cancer Screening Behaviors from 

Interpersonal, and Mass Media Factors: A Machine 

Learning Algorithmic Approach 

Emmanuel Maduneme, 

and Megan Denneny, Oregon 

Will You Disclose Personal Health Information to a 

Medical Machine Online? 

Shuoshuo Li, 

and Jian Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University


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Tailoring Generative AI Chatbots for Multiethnic 

Communities in Disaster Preparedness Communication 

Xinyan Zhao, Yuan Sun, 

Wenlin Liu, and Chau-Wai Wong 

How AI Information Exposure Affects Unemployment 

Risk Perception: Mediated by Negative Emotions and 

Subjective Knowledge 

Min Cai and Hongfa Yi, Shanghai University 

Conversations with A Pro-Environmental Chatbot with 

an Experiential Mind: Engaging and Persuading through 

Eeriness and Amazement 

Ja Kyung Seo, 

and Hye Jin Yoon, Georgia 

Experimental Evidence on Factors Influencing Patient 

Adherence to AI or Human Doctor 

Shuoshuo Li, 

and Jian Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Discussant 

Jiun-Yi Tsai, Northern Arizona 

[EA] Motivations and Challenges of Bangladeshi 

Diaspora Journalists in the U.S. 

Mohammad Delwar Hosen 

and Ruth Moon, Louisiana State 

[EA] Understanding the China-Vietnam Relationship 

on Self-censorship of Journalists Reporting on the 

Border War Anniversaries 

Ha Huong, Kansas 

[EA] Unpacking Transnational Journalists in the 

Western Media System 

Weile Zhou, Georgia State 

[EA] Humanizing or Dehumanizing? The Exploration 

of Visual Representations of Refugees Through the 

Lens of Humanitarian Organizations 

Triwik Kurniassari, Pennsylvania State 

[EA] Reading Between Criticism and Repair: 

Metajournalistic Discourse Analysis of the Western 

Media Coverage of Israel-Gaza War 

Nihal Alaqabawy, 

Rania Al Namara, 

and Patrick Ferruci, Colorado Boulder 

Thursday 





Leveraging AI for Enhanced Data Analysis 

and Visualization 


Laeeq Khan, Ohio 

Panelists 


Brian Walsh, Elon 

Byung Lee, Syracuse 

Bob Britten, West Virginia 

This panel will help attendees navigate the AI landscape 

while maintaining ethical rigor and public trust. 



and International Communication Divisions 




TBA 

Discussant 

Maha Bashri, United Arab Emirates University 


Topic — Power and Underrepresentation in Global 

Media 

Constructing National Identity via Historical Gameplay: 

A Computational Text Mining Study of the Devotion 

Video Game in Taiwan 

Yowei Kang, National Chung Hsing University 

and Kenneth C. C. Yang, Texas at El Paso 

The Role of Culture in Audiences’ Trust 

in Mainstream Media 

Hechen Ding 

and Hong Vu, Kansas, 

Tien-Tsung Lee, University of Macau, 

and Rim Chaif, Kansas 

Atanarjuat’s Cultural Economy Moment: Indigenous 

Filmmaking on The Global Stage 

Derek Moscato, Western Washington 

Cryptogaming Potentials: The Discourse of An 

Imagined Future By Gaming Companies In Africa 

for Africa & Africans 

Henry Ugwu 

and Jolene Fisher, Colorado, Boulder 

[EA] Counter Hegemonic Narratives Through 

Podcasting; The Case of Uganda’s Youth Podcasters 

Stephen Ssenkaaba, Oregon 

Discussant 

Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce, Texas State 


abstract.

WELCOME TO GAYLORD COLLEGE 

ANDREA MILLER 

Dean of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication 

and holder of the Sue Rainbolt Van Natta Chair in Journalism. 

We are thrilled to welcome Andrea Miller, Ph.D., 

as the incoming Dean of the Gaylord College 

of Journalism and Mass Communication at the 

University of Oklahoma. 

Dr. Miller previously served as Professor and 

Dean in the Mayborn School of Journalism at the 

University of North Texas, and prior to that served 

as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in 

LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication. 

She received her doctorate from the University 

of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism. 

Additionally, Dr. Miller was an award-winning 

television news producer for a decade. She has 

published numerous articles on television news 

and crisis coverage and is the co-author/editor 

of three books. She was a Columbia School of 

Journalism Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma 

Academic Fellow, and has conducted media crisis 

communication training for the military, politicians, 

and K-12 school leadership.

FACULTY RESEARCH AWARDS 

ANGELA ZHANG 

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

2023 winner of a five-year grant 

from the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) studying 

social networks and disaster 

community resilience. 

KATERINA TSETSURA 

PROFESSOR 

2024 winner of University 

of Oklahoma’s Award for 

Excellence in Transdisciplinary, 

Convergent Research. 

PROFESSOR 

2024 winner of University 

of Oklahoma’s Award for 

Excellence in Research in 

the Social Sciences. 

JOIN US AT GAYLORD COLLEGE GRADUATE STUDIES 

Our program offers doctoral and master’s degrees specializing in journalism, 

media arts and strategic communication. Alumni of our doctoral program, 

founded in 2007, work at research universities across the country. 

Faculty expertise include digital advertising, public relations, media psychology, 

media ethics, journalism normative theory and professionalism, race and gender, media law, 

health communication, data analytics, international media systems, public diplomacy, 

crisis communication, social media studies, and media management. 

Advance your professional goals in a graduate program with a tight-knit 

student community and passionate faculty. 

VISIT OU.EDU/GAYLORD FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO APPLY. 

395 W. Lindsey, Room 3120 Norman, Oklahoma 73019-2401 | Phone 405-325-2722 | Fax 405-325-7565 

www.ou.edu/gaylordgrad | gaylordgrad@ou.edu | Facebook/gaylordgrad 

For more information contact Leslie Cermak, Gaylord Graduate Advisor, at lcermak@ou.edu.

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Magazine Media and History Divisions 


Podcasts as Public Scholarship 


Cara Jedlicka-Hawkins, Washington State 

Panelists 

Teri Fineman, Kansas 

Lauren Furey, California Poly Pomona 

Robert Gustche, Jr., Florida Atlantic 

Andrea Hall, Middle Tennessee State 

This panel features hosts from Journalism Practice’s “The 

J-Word” podcast and Journalism History’s self-titled podcast, 

as well as the creators and hosts of “The Pink State,” 

a series focused on the role of women in local, state and 

national politics. 


Mass Communication and Society Division 


AI and Technology 


Xi Cui, College of Charleston 

Verification Moderates ChatGPT Uses and Work 

Efficiency Among College Students: An Investigation 

Through Technology Acceptance Model 

Ruonan Zhang, Rollins College, 

Nicky Bi, Nebraska Omaha, 

Kate Salerno, Rollins College, 

and Peiqin Chen, Shanghai International Studies 

TikTok Usage and Distraction Susceptibility Effects 

on News Article Reading Time 

Bridget Cole 

and Arthur Santana, San Diego State, 

Toby Hopp, Colorado, 

Xiaohan Hu, San Diego State 

Reveal the Users’ Needs that Motivate Them to Watch 

Gaming Videos with Topic Modeling 

Ji Ye Kim, Southern California 

The Intersection of “Real” and “Reel”: An Investigation 

of K-pop Idol Dual Self-presentation, Paid 

Advertisements, and Fan Engagement 

Minsun Shim 

and Olivia Peinado, Inha 

[EA] Could Self-expansion Ease AI Identity Threat? 

A Replication Study of the TEBOTS Model 

Guan Soon Khoo 

and Jeeyun Oh, Texas at Austin 

Discussant 

Qian Xu, Elon 


abstract. 





Educating for Innovative Careers in Media 


Allie Kosterich, Fordham 

Panelists 

Cindy Royal, Texas State 

Damon Kiesow, Missouri 

Kat Sheplavy, Sr. Director, News Products 

and Experiences, McClatchy - TBC 

This panel aims to bring together both academics and 

practitioners to discuss how we can better train our students 

for career potential and growth opportunities within 

media organizations for those with an innovative blend 

of skills. 



and Commission on the Status of Minorities 


Mentoring Across Differences: Best Practices 

in Mentoring a Diverse Pool of Future 

Professionals and Academics 


Vanessa Bravo, Elon 

Panelists 

Maria De Moya, Tennessee-Knoxville 

Natalie Asorey, Florida 


Elishia Cohen, Minnesota 

Natalie Tindall, Texas at Austin


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Developing the Future: Building Awareness 

of Equality Issues and Confidence in Students 


Huixin Deng, Baldwin Wallace University 

[EA] Producing Critical Public Communicators: 

Assessing a First Year DEIA-Focused Media Literacy 

Program for Public Communications Students 

Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-Massay, 

Keonte Coleman 

and Rockell Brown Burton, Syracuse 

Representation of Women in Journalism 

Textbooks in China 

Haiyan Wang and Angze Li, University of Macau 

and Jing Meng, Peking University 

[EA] “I Don’t Know How I Would Have Done It Without 

Them:” International Graduate Students Pedagogical 

Communities of Practice within Communications 

Programs 


and Dominique Montiel Valle, Texas at Austin 

Perception and Development of Adolescents’ 

Algorithmic Knowledge: A Three-Dimensional 

Exploration Based on Digital Access, Process of Use, 

and Acquisitional Adoption 

Ding Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Discussant 

Melanie Wilderman, Oklahoma 


abstract. 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Th071a Franklin Hall 11/4th 


Scholar-to-Scholar (Poster) Graduate Student Showcase 



and Nisha Sridharan, Arizona State 

05-1630-02 • Stellar Communication: A Qualitative 

Content Analysis of Space Science Communicators On 

Instagram 

Lauren Colvin, Pennsylvania State 


05-1630-03 • Proposal for Non-Hierarchical 

Single-Society Influences Model (NSIM): Toward A 

Methodological Extension of Hierarchical Influences 

Model to Understand Influences in a Given Society 

Abu Ahmed, Colorado State 

05-1630-04 • Iconic Images of Collective Memory and 

Inattention: A Case Study in the Syrian Refugee Crisis 

Taylor B. Sheridan, Texas at Austin 


05-1630-05 • Field Collision: Advancing Field Theory 

by Analyzing the Power Struggle Between Journalism 

and Social Media Platforms 

Enrique Núñez-Mussa, Michigan State 

05-1630-06 • Voices on Stunting: A Textual Analysis of 

Kompas, Tempo, and The Jakarta Post Opinion Sections 

Mahar Nirmala, Nanyang Technological University 


05-1630-07 • Individual “Illusio” as National Soft 

Power Mechanism: Job Attractions of Chinese Media 

Expats in Thailand* 

Hai Wang, Washington 

05-1630-08 • Hierarchy of Influences and Mediated 

Public Diplomacy: The Case of China’s and the United 

States’ Footprints on African News Media** 

Success Osayi and Nihal Alaqabawy, Colorado 

* Second Place Student Paper 

** Third Place Student Paper 


05-1630-09 • Escaping Liability for the “Gravest 

of Threats”: Expanding Article 1, Section 6 

and Narrowing Brandenburg* 

Shannon Chamberlain, Syracuse 

05-1630-10 • Jane Addams’ Lessons on Free Speech 

for the Networked Era** 

Ivy Reed, Missouri 

* Top Student Paper Award 

** Second Place Student Paper Award 

Thursday 


Division 

05-1630-01 • Does Social Media Enrich Our Lives 

during COVID-19?: Comparison between Open Social 

Media and Closed Social Media 

Hyejin Shin, Lu Fang, 

and Miran Pyun, Yonsei University 


05-1630-11 • Marie Colvin and the Ethic of Care: How 

the Practice of Media Ethics Change When Reporting on 

Vulnerable Populations 

Madeline Shannon, Missouri

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05-1630-12 • Protecting Privacy, Sharing Joy: 

A Qualitative Study of Mindful Sharenting Among 

Millennial Parents 

Ali Ghanbarian, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 


05-1630-13 • Content for Engagement’s Sake: The 

Algorithmic Gatekeeper 

Lana Medina, Pennsylvania State 

05-1630-14 • Critical News Literacy: At the Intersection 

of the Alternative and Democracy 

Michael Dieringer, Missouri 


05-1630-15 • Perception and Development of 

Adolescents’ Algorithmic Knowledge: A Three- 

Dimensional Exploration Based on Digital Access, 

Process of Use, and Acquisitional Adoption 

Ding Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 


05-1630-16 • This_is_Scandalous: A Critical 

Technocultural Discourse Analysis of an Online 

Anti-harassment Campaign in Croatia 

Gea Ujcic, Maryland 

05-1630-17 • The Image of Female Journalists in Anime 

Rey-Lynn Little, Colorado-Boulder 

05-1630-18 • Link in Bio: Reclaiming Trans Identity 

in Adult Content on OnlyFans 

Kix Patterson, Florida 


05-1630-19 • News of Sexual Violence: Examining 

Feminist Recommendations for Better Journalism 

Dinfin Mulupi, Maryland College Park 

05-1630-20 • Framing Athletes’ Voices: Unveiling 

Reproductive Rights Discourse in Newspaper Narratives 

Caley Hewitt, Louisiana State 

05-1630-21 • Gender Dynamics in Newsroom 

Leadership 

Ella Hackett, South Florida 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Th071b Franklin Hall 11/4th 

AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Teaching 

Great Ideas for Teaching Presentations Representation 

and Voice: The Future of Democracy in the JMC 

Classroom 

Topic — Media Literacy 

05-1630-25 • A Day in the Life Of… Bias and AI 

Co-Creation 

Travis Loof, South Dakota 

Topic — Politics/History 

05-1630-26 • Student Voices Echoing History: 

Experiential Learning Through Transmedia Media 

Coverage of an Important Political and Historical Event 

Arly Faundes, Catholic University of Chile 

05-1630-27 • The Presidential Campaign Starts Here: 

The First Primaries 

J. Israel Balderas and Jill Auditori, Elon 

05-1630-28 • Bridging a Faultline: Teaching Religious 

Tolerance through Experiential Learning 


05-1630-29 • Freedom from the Filter Bubble: 

Promoting Democracy via Multiple Perspectives 

Yanjun Zhao, Cameron University 

05-1630-30 • Video Essays as Tools for Reflection 

and The Development of An Authorial Voice on 

Socially Relevant Topics 

Enrique Núñez-Mussa, Michigan State 

Topic — Public Relations 

05-1630-31 • Social Media for Change: Using 

Social Media to Socialize Key Terms of Community 

Organizations* 

Madhavi Reddi, York College of Pennsylvania 

05-1630-32 • The Case of Right to Try: Activism as 

Public Engagement* 

April A. Eichmeier, St. Thomas 

05-1630-33 • Artificial Intelligence (AI) for 

Empowerment: Preparing Students in Ethical Use 

of AI for Civic Engagement 

Imran Mazid, Adrienne A. Wallace, 

Sera Choi, and Jin Chen, Grand Valley State 

05-1630-34 • Stand Up for Diversity, Equity, 

and Inclusion (DEI) in the Era of AI-mediated 

Communication 

Myungok Chris Yim, Loyola-Chicago 

05-1630-35 • Fostering Mentoring Relationships 

Between Communication Interns and Alumni on 

LinkedIn: A Win-Win for Everybody 

Kim Smith, North Carolina A&T State 

05-1630-36 • Empowering Digital Advocacy: A 

Comprehensive Course in Integrated Digital Campaigns 

Michelle Galey, Murrow College of Communication 

05-1630-37 • Service Learning and Literacy in Malawi, 

Africa: Introducing Media and Communication Training 

to Engage and Reflect 

Andrea Tanner, South Carolina 

05-1630-38 • Empowering Digital Advocacy: A 

Comprehensive Course in Integrated Digital Campaigns 

Mercedes de Luis Andrés, University of Klagenfurt 

05-1630-39 • Showcasing Student Voice through 

Thought Leadership Assignment 

Laura Willis, Quinnipiac


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05-1630-40 • Social Media Strategic Content 

Consultantship Micro-Internships For On-Campus 

Clients 

Denisse Vasquez-Guevara, 

and Preeti Wadhwa, California Poly Pomona 

05-1630-41 • Global Digital Ethics: Discovering Meta’s 

Oversight Board 

Arien Rozelle, Syracuse 

05-1630-42 • Student Accountability to Solve Conflict 

Elizabeth Candello, Washington State 

05-1630-43 • Constructing Culturally Responsive Media 

for At-Risk Youth Mediation 

Elizabeth Candello, Washington State 

05-1630-44 • A (Brain)Storm of Bad PR: Using Ishikawa 

Diagram to Reveal Causes for Failure of PR Campaigns 

Vamsi Chaitanya Pedasanaganti, 

Bowling Green State 

Topic — Journalism 

05-1630-45 • AI To Find and Fine Tune Story Ideas: AI 

Training and Demystification For Journalism Students 

Lourdes M. Cueva Chacón, San Diego State 

05-1630-46 • Building Bridges: Service Learning in 

News Reporting Across Redlined Communities 

Lei Guo, Nebraska Omaha 

05-1630-47 • Writing with Purpose: Sharing Campus 

Voices in Media Writing Across Writing Assignments 

Sarah Smith-Frigerio, Tampa 

05-1630-48 • Seeing Student Voice While Becoming a 

Newswriter: Civic Engagement Embedded 


05-1630-49 • Walk into the Community, Bring Back 

Your Story 

Qun Wang, Fordham 

Discussants 

Shearon Roberts, Xavier-Louisiana, 

Tiffany Gallicano, North Carolina-Charlotte, 

and Laura Smith, South Carolina 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Th072 Salon L (L5) 



Voices and Visibility: Navigating the Narratives 

of Women in Journalism, TV, and Music 


Lindsey Sherrill, North Alabama 

From Bylines to Babies: Exploring the Challenges Faced 

By Working Mothers In Journalism 

Stephanie Davis Kempton, Pennsylvania State 

and Ashley Walter, Saint Louis 

Mama’s Holding the Matches: The Ideological 

Representation of Single-Mothers and Mother-Blaming 

in Ginny and Georgia 

Hanne Murray, Texas Tech 

[EA] Portrayals of Single Women in Primetime 

Television: A Quantitative Content Analysis 

Trayana Kaleycheva, 

Payton Baisden, 

and Caroline Diesel, Florida State 

Blaming, Lying, Assuming, And Coercing: Analyzing 

Popular Music To Propose Updates to Rape Myth 

Acceptance Scales 

Ashley McKenzie, Clemson 

Memorializing Women Journalists: Obituaries on 

Women Journalist Role Performance 

Ella Hackett, 

Teodora Tavares de Souza, 

and Gregory Perreault, South Florida 

Discussant 

Meg Heckman, Northwestern 


abstract. 

Thursday 

* Honorable Mention Award, 2024 Best Practices 

Competition 

This session features accepted submissions for the Best 

Practices in Teaching. Submissions explore the theme of 

fostering representation and voice in journalism and mass 

communication classrooms. 

Presentations should be placed on the board with the corresponding 

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Religion and Politics in the 2024 Elections: 

A Comparative Global Framework 


Rick Clifton Moore, Boise State

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Panelists 

Emma Goldhaber, Columbia 

Kathryn Montalbano, Kentucky 

Alexandra Gonçalves, Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

Kezia Nanda, Ohio 

Ali Raj, Columbia 

Jimmy Ivory, Virginia Tech 

This panel analyzes discourse about religion leading up to 

multiple elections of significance in 2024: in the United 

States—where diverse audiences are engaging with the far 

right appeal of Christian Nationalism and the leftist appeal 

of candidates challenging the incumbent president; 

Brazil—where the politicization of Evangelicalism and 

Charismatic Catholicism has been on the rise since 2008, 

with great impact on political coalitions and elections; Indonesia—where 

presidents have always been (or must be) 

Muslims; Pakistan—where Islam as a historical subject, 

and moral and ideological compass, continues to dominate 

political discourse; and internationally via online 

gaming and other online communities—where nationalist 

religious symbolism cuts across national borders leading 

up to multiple presidential elections around the world. 





Authors, Editors and Reviewers: Looking Forward 


Scott Reinardy, Kansas, ESC Publications, 

chair, 2023-24 

Panelists 

Daniela Dimitrova, Iowa State, editor, 

J&MC Quarterly 


Jami Fullerton, Oklahoma State, editor, 

J&MC Educator 

Joerg Matthes, University of Vienna, editor, 

Communication Theory 

After nearly a year of information gathering, the AEJMC 

Publications Committee will host a discussion about the 

research publication review process with authors, editors 

and reviewers. The interactive panel will discuss the 

review process as an instrument of criticism, collaboration, 

and the responsibilities of all involved while protecting 

the double-anonymized peer review process. 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Th075 Salon H/5th 



Keynote and General Session 


Linda Aldoory, American, president, 

AEJMC 2023-24 

2023-24 In Memoriam: 

A Tribute to Those We’ve Lost 

General Session 

Installation of 2024-25 AEJMC President 

Teresa L. Mastin, Michigan State 

Award Recognitions 

Presentation of Scripps Howard Awards 

Introduction 

Meredith Delaney, President and CEO, 


2023 Scripps Howard Journalism & Mass Communication 

Teacher of the Year Award Recipient 


2023 Scripps Howard Journalism & Mass Communication 

Administrator of the Year Award Recipient 

Ann Brill, Kansas 

AEJMC Award Recognitions 

Equity & Diversity Award Presentation Recipient 

School of Journalism & Media 

and Tombras School of Advertising & PR 

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 

Award accepted by 

Joe Mazer, Dean 

College of Communication and Information 

Courtney Childers, Interim Director, 


Beth Foster, Director, 

Tombras School of Advertising & PR 

Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research Award 

Receipient 

Clifford Christians, Illinois, emeritus 

Dorothy Bowles Public Service Award Recipient 


Gene Burd Urban Journalism Award Recipient 

Suzette Hackney, USA Today 

Gene Burd Award for Research in Urban Journalism 

Studies Recipient 

Promoting Inclusive Narratives: Enhancing Community- 

Driven Journalism in Reporting Urban Youth Crime 

Gyo Hyun Koo, Howard


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Hillier Krieghbaum Mid-Career Award Recipient 

Emily Vraga, Minnesota 

James A. Tankard Jr. Book Award Recipient 

Truth and Transparency: Undercover Investigations 

in the Twenty-First Century 

[Cambridge University Press] 

Alan K. Chen, 

and Justin Marceau, Denver, Sturm College of Law 

Knudson Latin America Prize Recipients 

Political Entertainment in a Post-Authoritarian 

Democracy: Humor and the Mexican Media 

[Routledge] 

Martin Echeverría, Autonomous University 

of Puebla, Mexico 

and Frida V. Rodelo, University of Guadalajara, 

Mexico 



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Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Outstanding Early-Career 

Woman Scholar Award 

Kelli Boling, Nebraska-Lincoln 

Lionel C. Barrow, Jr. Award for Distinguished 

Achievement in Diversity Research and Education 

Recipient 


Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award Recipient 

Tamar Wilner, Texas at Austin 

Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in JMC 

Research Recipient 

Wayne Wanta, Florida 

Teaching Best Practices Competition Award 

Representing Youth Voices, Amplifying Emerging 

Journalists 


8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. / Th076 Salon E/5th 



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Hosting 

Linda Aldoory, American, President, 

AEJMC 2023-24 

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Friday Sessions 

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7 to 8 a.m. / F001 Meeting Room 308/3rd 

7:30 to 9:30 a.m. / F005 Salon C/5th 

Minorities and Communication Division 


Awards Meeting 


Maria De Moya, Tennessee-Knoxville 

Meeting to recognize the MAC division leadership and 

the recipients Félix F. Gutiérrez and Clint C. Wilson II, 

The Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award, the Barrow Minority 

Doctoral Student Scholarships and research grant recipients. 

By invitation only. Top papers will be recognized 

following the top paper panel presentations. 

7 to 8 a.m. / F002 Salon K/5th 



PRDV Outgoing Officer Meeting 




Elected Standing Committee on Publications 


Scott Reinardy, Kansas, 2023-24 chair, 

ESC Publications 

7:30 to 9:30 a.m. / F006 Salon A/5th 




Elected Standing Committee on Research 


Gregory Perreault, South Florida, 2023-24 chair, 

ESC Research 

Friday 


Christopher Wilson, Brigham Young 

7 to 8 a.m. / F003 Salon J/5th 

Indigenous/Native Scholars Committee 


Formation Committee Meeting 


Melissa Green-Blye, Kansas 

7:30 to 9:30 a.m. / F004 Salon D/5th 




Elected Standing Committee on Professional 

Freedom and Responsibility 


Genelle Belmas, Kansas, 2023-24 chair, ESC 

Professional Freedom and Responsibility 

7:30 to 9:30 a.m. / F007 Salon B/5th 




Elected Standing Committee on Teaching 


Shearon Roberts, Xavier-Louisiana, 2023-24 chair, 

ESC Teaching 

This is a closed meeting for outgoing, returning, and 

new members of the Elected Standing Committee on 

Teaching. 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / F008 Franklin Hall 8/4th 

Advertising 



Social Media Influencers Around the World: 

Issues and Impact 


Louisa Ha, Bowling Green State

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Panelists 

Global Social Media Influencers and their Role 

in the National Branding of Saudi Arabia 

Mohammad Abuljadail, King Abdulaziz 

Chinese Social Media Influencer Li Jiaqi’s 

Reputation Crisis and A Reconsideration of The 

Impact of Influencer Trust on The Influencer 

Consumer Relationship 

Yang Yang, South Indiana 

Important Role Black and African Social Media 

Influencers Play in The World of Beauty 

and Fashion and Lifestyle to Accepting 

African Beauty in Corporate Spaces 

Amonia Tolofari, Southern Mississippi 

Virtual Influencer Popularity in South Korea 

Ilyoung Ju, Bowling Green State 

ACE Family Who are a Unique Type of SMI 

Because They Rely on the Cooperation of All Family 

Members (Parents and Children) And Have 

a Following That Spans a Large Age Range 

Hyacinth Bangero 

and Madison Clatt, Bowling Green State 

Challenges LGBTQ Influencers Face When Their 

Product Endorsement Create Controversy 

for Major Brands 

Kelsey Zook, Bowling Green State 

This panel will address some of the hot topics for the 

influencers in different countries with different cultures, 

political systems and economic development. 



and Political Communication Divisions 


Election 2024: Student Media Coverage, 

Special Projects and Innovative Storytelling Tools 



Panelists 

Alix Bryan-Campos, Virginia Commonwealth 

Amber Hinsley, Texas State 

Joe Treaster, Miami 


Nicole Clarity, Hofstra 

Sherice Gearhart, Texas Tech 

The purpose of this panel is to highlight student media 

coverage, special projects, innovative storytelling tools 

and best practices for teaching communication and journalism 

centered around elections. 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / F010 Salon H/5th 


and Communication Theory and Methodology Divisions 


Strange New Worlds: Communication 

Theory in the Age of AI 


Stephen J. McConnell, New York 

Panelists 

Sera Choi, Grand Valley State 

Samuel M. Tham, Colorado State 

Kim Kelling, Latitude Research 


Isabelle Freiling, Utah 

Judith E. Rosenbaum, Maine 

Can past theories help us assess ChatGPT, and other AI, 

or are they insufficient or even obsolete? This panel will 

provide attendees with a toolkit for AI theorizing while 

encouraging novel paths to evaluate AI communication 

technology. 





Session 


Topic I — Interrogating New(s) Media and Digital 

Media Practice 

06-0830-01 • [EA] Indigenous Peoples’ Day or 

Columbus Day? A Qualitative Analysis of Contested 

News Narratives 

Martina Santia, Shannon Burth, 

Raiana Soraia de Carvalho, 

and Srivi Ramasubramanian, Syracuse 

06-0830-02 • “News Isn’t That Important to Our Users”: 

A CDA Of Facebook’s Response To Canada’s Online 

News Act 

Javie Ssozi, Iowa 

06-0830-03 • “Not the Whole Story”: The “On Being” 

Podcast and Journalism as a Healing Art 


06-0830-04 • Spiritual Influencers: Authenticity, 

Authority and Digital Spirituality on Instagram 

Suman Mishra, Southern Illinois, Edwardsville


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06-0830-05 • [EA] Neither Ghost, Nor Desert but A 

Metropolitan News Gap: The Omission of Marginalized 

and Minoritized Communities from the Washington 

Post’s Local Coverage 

Margot Susca 

and Dima Amro, American 

Discussant 

David Wolfgang, Colorado State 

Topic II — “Media Cultures and Control(s)” 

06-0830-07 • [EA] 21 st Century American Dreams: 

Dreams for America 

Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-Massay, Syracuse 

06-0830-08 • [EA] ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: 

Access to Media Resources as a Means of Control in 

Georgia Prisons 

Grace Barnett and Karin Assmann, Georgia 

06-0830-09 • [EA] The Double-Edged Impact of a 

Chinese Online Depression Community On Members 

Shumeng Miao, Beijing University of Posts 

and Telecommunications 

06-0830-10 • [EA] The Reshaping of East Asian Family 

Ethical Culture by Digital Social Platforms 

Yinong Qin, Communication University of China 

06-0830-11 • [EA] Traditions as Events: 

Phenomenological Tlingit Clan Hats and Hani/Akha 

Sacred Swing Rebuilding 

YIngchun Xu, Rutgers 

06-0830-12 • Roots Connect Roots: How Genealogical 

Records (Re)Construct a Shared Sense of Community 

in Contemporary China 

Qinghua Wang 

06-0830-13 • Building Relationships with Little 

Engagement: Translating Advocacy for Roma Rights 

on Social Media* 


Discussant 

Paulette Kilmer, Toledo 

* Second Place Top Faculty Paper 

Topic III — “Games of Popular Culture, AI, and Power” 

06-0830-14 • Regressive Politics of Anti-Communist 

Movies under Park Geun-hye Administration 

(2013-2017): Black/Whitelist and Reverse National 

Identification by Othering North Korea 

Gooyong Kim, Cheyney University 

06-0830-15 • [EA] Symbolic Apparatus of Class 

Reproduction: Rock Music and Workers’ Stadium in 

China (1949-2023) 

Jiahui Ban and Zhaoyi Yang 

06-0830-16 • [EA] The Altman Effect: A Critical 

Discourse Analysis of the Media’s Coverage of OpenAI 

Shane Graber, Andrii Shadrin, 

and Kerry McAuley, Norwich University 

06-0830-17 • [EA] Playing as Time Work: Marketing 

Gamers’ Digital Actions in Chinese Online Shopping 

Festival 

Xin Xia 

06-0830-18 • [EA] Aesthetics as an Invisible Power: 

A Chronological Examination Based on Youth’s 

Cultural Consumption of Celebrities 

Zhenting He, Shenzhen University 

06-0830-19 • Environmental Discourses in Latin 

America Media: A Theoretical Model Grounded In 

Mediaciones and Decolonial and Counter-Hegemonic 

Propositions 

Bruno Takahashi, 

and Iasmim Amiden dos Santos, Michigan State 

Discussant 

Nic Bennett, Texas 

Topic IV — “Political Economies of Cultural and Digital 

Productions” 

06-0830-20 • Gendered Framing of Agribusiness under 

USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative in Liberia 

Elinam Amevor, University of Pittsburgh-Bradford 

and Felix Yao Amenorhu 

06-0830-21 • Knowledge Production and Digital 

Distinction of Micro-Intellectuals On Chinese 

Digital Platform Zhihu 

Manxin Xu 

and Renyi He, Chinese University of Hong Kong 

06-0830-22 • Police Unions, Ideology, and Counter 

Campaigns: A Rhetorical Analysis of Proposition B in 

San Antonio 

Brittany Potter, Texas Tech 

06-0830-23 • [EA] Unwitting Permeation-Understanding 

the Political Economy of Platformization of Generative 

AI Chat GPT-4 And Gemini as Case 

Yan Sun, Nanyan Technological University 

06-0830-24 • [EA] The Business of Digital Media: 

Platform, Surveillance, or Attention? 

Brice Nixon, Chestnut Hill College 

06-0830-25 • [EA] Intergenerational Communication 

Dynamics: The Role of Reverse Cultural Socialization 

in Shaping Cultural Identity Among Chinese Chaoxian 

(Korean) Minority Families 

Shuyue Liu, Shanghai Jiaotong University 

and Zhengtao Jin, Yanbian University 

Discussant 

Dawn Gilpin, Arizona State 

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Topic V — “Feminist and Gendered Discourses in 

Media” 

06-0830-26 • [EA] Framing the Veil: Depictions of 

Muslim Veiled Women in Egyptian Television Dramas 

Lamya Achelha 

and Katie Olsen, Kansas State 

06-0830-27 • [EA] Father’s Rights Versus Feminists: 

A Content Analysis of Joint Custody in the Media 

Kristine Crane, Florida 

06-0830-28 • [EA] A Visual Critical Discourse Analysis 

of Wedding Photography In The Pictorials of Republican 

China 

Cheng Wenqing 

06-0830-29 • [EA] Exploring Public Support of Female 

Athletes Engaged In Traditionally Male-Dominated 

Sports in Social Media 


06-0830-30 • Men Don’t Want Boss Babes: 

How Tradwives Talk about Work on Tik Tok 

Jessica Crowell, State University 

of New York-New Paltz 

06-0830-31 • Fandom, Nationalism, and Gender: 

A Critical Discourse Analysis of “Azhong-Brother” 

Posts on Chinese Social Media 

Yujie Dong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Discussant 

Amal Bakry, Louisiana at Lafayette 

Topic VI — “Selling Identities and Body Politics Across 

Media Landscapes” 

06-0830-32 • Not Getting “Bud Lighted”: Brand 

Activism, News Framing and Anti-Trans Motives 

in the U.S. 

Myles Lascity, Southern Methodist 

and Candice Roberts, St. John’s 

06-0830-33 • Social Media Fitness Influencer Culture: 

Selling Hegemonic Body Ideals during a Global 

Pandemic 

Amaya Behsman, Manhattan College 

06-0830-34 • The Emotional and Relational Labor of 

Women Virtual Live Streamers in China: Navigating 

Emotional Labor, Avatar Identity, and Audience 

Dynamics 

Yifan Wu 

06-0830-35 • “You Are Not Fat”: A Mixed-Methods 

Study of ‘BOPO’ Discourse on Chinese Social Media 

Platform RED 

Lei Chen 

and Kun Zhou, Iowa 

06-0830-36 • “I Transcend My Hair”: A Critical 

Examination of Hair Tales Documentary— 

Navigating the Evolution of Black Hair in the United 

States from Oppression to Celebration 

Felicity Dogbatse, Maryland 

and Amonia Tolofari, Southern Mississippi 

06-0830-37 • Produce 101 China: An Occasion 

of Enchantment and Transgression 

Jiayue Li, Florida 

Discussant 

Deborah Danuser, Pittsburgh 

Topic VII — “Mediated Race, Technology, and Countercultures” 

06-0830-38 • “Black Girl Magic”: Exploring the 

Intersection of Technology and Taste in African Braiding 

Short Video 

Qingyi Yan 

06-0830-39 • Brown Seeds Among Rice: Mexican 

Racialized Representation in Roma (2018) and Wakanda 

Forever (2022) 

Ana Gabriela Méndez Gutiérrez, Shanghai Jiaotong 

University 

06-0830-40 • [EA] Canaries in the Coal Mine: Adult 

Industry News as Advocacy Journalism in the Wake 

of FOSTA/SESTA 


06-0830-41 • [EA] First-Generation College Students 

at HBCUs Learning to Search And Evaluate Information 

Online to Successfully Navigate the College Search 

Process 

Pamela Waters, Western Illinois 

06-0830-42 • Bianca Xunise of Six Chix Unmasks 

Racial Hegemony in Newspaper Funny Pages: 

A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis 

Lisa Lenoir, Indiana-Bloomington 

06-0830-43 • “I’m Sick of Woke Indoctrination 

Masquerading as Education”: Race-Based 

“Indoctrination” in Education as Republican Campaign 

Strategy 

Alyvia Walters, Rutgers 

Discussant 

Ivy Lyons, Maryland, College Park 


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8:30 to 10 a.m. / F012 Meeting Room 308/3rd 



Notable Firsts Breaking Barriers and Challenging 

Racial Inequalities in Print and Broadcast 


Cathy Jackson, Norfolk State 

From “Redemption” to “Massive Resistance:” The 

New York Times’s First Columnist and the Legacy of 

Reconstruction 

Sid Bedingfield, Minnesota-Twin Cities 

Irving E. Lowery, Negro Journalist on a Southern White 

Daily in Early 20th Century 

Kenneth Campbell, South Carolina 

Breaking Barriers: Ed Bradley’s Early Years in Radio* 

Beth Knobel, Fordham 

[EA] “We Want Entire Freedom”: The New Orleans 

Tribune and the Foundation of Counterpublics Through 

Affective Discourse ** 

Anjali DasSarma 

and Valentina Proust, Pennsylvania 

Discussant 

Erika Pribanic-Smith, Texas-Arlington 

* Diversity Paper Award 

** Top Extended Abstract 


abstract. 

This session examines newspaper discourse around racial 

inequality, offering scholarly examination of the role 

news media played in public perception, it will also discuss 

two notable journalism “firsts,” who broke barriers 

during their careers. 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / F013 Meeting Room 407/4th 

Mass Communication and Society and Communicating 

Science, Health, Environment and Risk Divisions 


Teens, Sex and Media Effects: Understanding 

Media Impact on Adolescent Sexuality, 

Sexual Health, and Advocacy 

Panelists 

Rebecca Ortiz, Syracuse 

Jessica Willoughby, Washington State 

Stacey Hust, Washington State 

Christina Dodson, innovation, Research & Training 

Carina Zelaya, Maryland 

This panel will highlight research on how the media with 

which teens engage can influence their sexuality and sexual 

health, such as how teens use media to (1) engage in 

sexual and reproductive health advocacy, (2) make sense 

of their and others’ gender and sexual identities, and (3) 

fill the gaps in their sexual health education knowledge 

with digital media and media literacy education. 

8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. / F014 Meeting Room 404/4th 



Shifting Ethical Practices in U.S. 

and Chinese Journalism 


TBA 

The Impacts of Hedge Fund Ownership on The Role 

of Journalism Indemocracy 

Qian Yu, Eastern New Mexico, 

and David Craig, Oklahoma 

“Democracy Dies in Book Deals”: The Ethics of 

Journalists Withholding Scoops for Their Books* 

Carolina Velloso, Minnesota 

“The View from The Top”: Elite Metajournalistic 

Responses to Normative Critiques of American 

Journalism 

Brian Creech, Lehigh, 

and Michael Buozis, Muhlenberg College 

When Investigative Journalism Went Undercover: 

Situated Journalistic Ethics and Undercover 

Performance in China 

Vincent Guangsheng Huang 

and Xuan Liang 

Research on the Practicability of the Principle of 

Journalistic Transparency in the Era of Intelligent 

Communication 

Zhipeng Yang, Beijing Normal University 

[EA] Politics In/of Journalism Ethics: Revision to SPJ 

Code as (Re)assertion of Control 

Mir Ashfaquzzaman, Iowa 

Friday 


Leti Couto, DePaul 

Discussant 

TBA 

* Professional Relevance Award winner

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8:30 to 10 a.m. / F015 Salon L/5th 



Public Relations for Social Good: Government, 

Higher Education, DEI, and CSR Contexts 

Moderator 

Virginia Harrison, Clemson 

Does AI-Generated Caring Message Increase Trust in 

Government? The Pivotal Role of AI Knowledge in 

Government Crisis Responses 

Emily Zhan, Qi Zheng, Chuqing Dong, 

and Esther Thorson, Michigan State 

Strategists, Advocates, and Storytellers: The Role of 

Public Relations in Driving Organization’s Diversity, 

Equity, and Inclusion 

April Yue, Boston, Weiting Tao, Miami, 

Amanda Bradshaw, and Bitt Moon, Mississippi 

Exploring Post-Crisis Sensemaking among Public 

Relations Professionals in Higher Education 

LaTonya Taylor, Courtney Boman, 

and Laura Lemon, Alabama 

Whose Green Is Greener? Examining the Effects of 

Corporate’s Insetting and Offsetting Carbon Emission 

Efforts on Purchase Intention 

Shupei Yuan, Northern Illinois, 

and Haoran Chu, Florida 

Discussant 

Arunima Krishna, Boston 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / F016 Salon J/5th 

Visual Communication Division 


Ethical and Constructive Approaches to 

Photojournalism of Gun Violence in Philadelphia 


Lisa Krantz, Missouri 

Panelists 

Jennifer Midberry, Lehigh 

Danese Kenon, Philadelphia Inquirer 

Oronde McClain, Philadelphia Center 

for Gun Violence 

Denise James, Temple 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / F017 Salon K/5th 


and Sports Communication Interest Group 


Karma is Her Boyfriend: What Taylor Swift’s 

NFL Era Meant for the League’s Reputation 

with Women 


Dylan McLemore, Oklahoma State 

Panelists 


Cara Hawkins-Jedlicka, Washington State 

Lindsey Maxwell, Southern Mississippi 

Kim Bissell, Louisiana State 

This panel will rely on past and ongoing research, as well 

as practical experience from industry professionals, to 

discuss how sports leagues and their broadcast partners 

market to women. 




Internships & Careers Top Research Manuscripts 


Hal Vincent, Elon 

Measuring the Effectiveness of Internship Programs in 

Aligning Education with Industry: A Comprehensive 

Analysis of Internship Outcomes in the UAE Universities*** 

Fokiya Akhtar and Mian Asim, Zayed University 

Navigating Professional Expectations: Anticipatory 

Socialization through SPJ Conventions and Its Role on 

Journalism Students’ Career** 

Damilola Oduolowu, Missouri 

Skills Mismatch in Journalism Education in China: 

A Quantitative Analysis of the Gap between Higher 

Education and Industry Demand* 

Ran Wang, Xurui Zhou, PeiXuan Wu, 

Hemin Tang, and Yiyao Li, Huazhong University 

of Science and Technology 

Discussant 


* First Place Paper Award 

** Second Place Paper Award 

*** Third Place Award


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Small Programs Interest Group 

and Minorities and Communication Division 


New Roads: Making Diversity the Path Over 

the Enrollment Cliff 


Doug Mendenhall, Abilene Christian 

Panelists 


Vivian Martin, Central Connecticut 

Rochelle Ford, Dillard 

Melody Fisher, Mississippi State 

This panel will examine new recruiting methods, retention 

activities, and the role that student focused teaching 

can play in counter-acting the predicted cliff on small 

programs nationally. 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / F020 Meeting Room 411/4th 




Roundtable Discussion 

You’re Invited: Coffee with Leadership 


Linda Aldoory, American, 

AEJMC President, 2023-24 

Leadership 

Teresa L. Mastin, Michigan State, 

AEJMC President-Elect, 2023-24 

Bey-Ling Sha, California State Fullerton, 

AEJMC Vice President, 2023-24 

Johnny Sparks, Ball State, 

ASJMC President, 2023-24 

Emily Metzger, Kent State, 

ASJMC President-Elect, 2023-24 

Hub Brown, Florida, 

ASJMC Vice President, 2023-24 

When was the last time you could tell leadership what 

you thought about the conference or ask them about their 

vision for AEJMC and ASJMC? This is your chance! You’re 

invited to join leadership for a coffee, ask questions, and 

share your feedback. 

Scripps-Howard Fund 


Navigating Change in an AI World 


Nicole Kraft, Ohio State, 

2023 SHF Teacher of the Year 

and Ann Brill, Kansas, 

2023 Administrator of the Year 

Find out more about how you can use the Scripps Howard 

Awards, one of the nation’s most prestigious American 

journalism competitions, in your classroom. The Scripps 

Howard Awards honor work from television stations, 

networks, radio and podcasts, visual media, online media 

outlets, independent producers, newspapers and print 

publications. In addition to sharing details on the Awards, 

a key goal for this session is to gain feedback from educators 

and students on the best ways to use this access to 

journalists and their work to enhance the classroom and 

practical experience on campus. The Scripps Howard 

Fund team will also discuss the nonprofit’s approach to 

journalism education funding and seek discuss potential 

funding opportunities for 2025 and beyond. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / F022 Salon H/5th 



Research 

Research Cornerstone Panel Session 

Listening Session, AEJMC Research Policy 

for Generative AI 


H. Denis Wu, Boston 

Panelists 

Meredith D. Clark, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 


John Pavlik, Rutgers 

This session serves as a listening session for the Standing 

Committee for Research of AEJMC on the topic of generative 

AI. Help us think through what an AEJMC “statement 

on generative AI” would address in regards to research, 

reviewing. 

Friday

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10:30 a.m. to Noon / F023 Franklin Hall 11/4th 




Session 

Minorities and Communication Division (MACD) 

Topic I – Media Construction of Racial/Ethnic Identities 

13-1030-01 • Interaction between Religiosity, Identity 

and Embodiment on Body Image Perception among 

Black American Muslim Teen Girls** 

Sabena Abdul Raheem and Bingbing Zhang, Iowa 

13-1030-02 • #StopAsianHate: A Comparison of South 

Asian, East Asian-American and Non-Asian Social Media 

Influencers’ Counter Speech Strategies to Anti-Asian 

Hate during COVID-19 

Md Enamul Kabir, Clemson, 

and Louisa Ha, Bowling Green State 

13-1030-03 • Victim, Icon, Hashtag, Or Meme?: An 

Analysis of Local, Mainstream, And Ethnic Media 

Constructions of Breonna Taylor 

Angie Chuang, 

and Shreyoshi Ghosh, Colorado-Boulder 

13-1030-04 • [EA] Role of Media in Sugar Skull Face 

Painting as Day of the Dead “Tradition” 

Regina Marchi, Rutgers 

13-1030-05 • [EA] Pressing for Diversity: An Analysis 

of the Gender and Racial Composition of Pulitzer Prize 

Winners 

Nisha Sridharan, Arizona State, 

and Carolina Velloso, Minnesota 

Discussant 

Christina Najera, Tennessee, Knoxville 

* Third Place Student Paper 

Topic II – Race/Ethnicity Discussions in Online 

Communities 

13-1030-06 • Reddit Reaction to Negro Leagues 

Inclusion in MLB The Show Video Game 

Kevin Hull, South Carolina 

13-1030-07 • Anything but Politics: Social 

Connectedness in Networked Groups 

for Addressing Prejudice 

Brandon Bouchillon, Arkansas-Fayetteville 

13-1030-08 • [EA] Voiceless Migrants: Divergent 

Realities in the Framing of Immigration Narratives 

Across Social Media Platforms* 

Ralph Dinko, Christopher Boyington, 

Shahariar Nobel Khan, 

and Gerardo Rodriguez-Sarinana, Oklahoma State 

Discussant 


Topic III - Media Impact on Professional Practices 

13-1030-09 • [EA] The Impact of COVID-19 on DEI 

Practices in the Advertising Industry: An Introspection 

Frauke Hachtmann, Nebraska-Lincoln 

13-1030-10 • Impact of Warmth and Competence 

on Job Candidates: Racial Stereotype Management 

Strategies for Asian Americans on Social Media* 

Ziyao Zhang, Washington State 

13-1030-11 • Dynamic Ethnic Communication in the 

Workplace: Examining the Transactional Relationship 

between Ethnic Communication and Ethnic Regard 

among Minority Employees 

Wenbo Li, Stony Brook 

and Shan Xu, Texas Tech 

Discussant 

TBD 

Topic IV - Health and Wellness 

13-1030-12 • [EA] Health Information Seeking Behavior 

Among American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples 

Kathryn Robinson-Tay, 

Ying-Chia Louise Hsu, 

and Amanda Boyd, Washington State 

13-1030-13 • [EA] Topics in Hispanic Health 

Organizations and User Engagement on Social Media. 

A Structural Topic Modeling Approach 

Seon-Woo Kim, Northern Arizona, 

Yangzhi Jiang, 

and Myoung-Gi Chon, Auburn 

13-1030-14 • African American Newspapers’ Coverage 

of COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analysis of News Frames 

Masudul Biswas, Loyola-Maryland 

and Lori Brost, Central Michigan 

Discussant 

Sydney Dillard, DePaul 

* Third Place Graduate Student Paper 


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10:30 a.m. to Noon / F026 Salon I/5th 




Cold Cases and Hardcore Histories: Studying 

the Past through Modern Podcasting 


Marcus Funk, Sam Houston State 

Panelists 


David Dowling, Iowa 


Christopher Toula, Sam Houston State 

While most news media prioritize breaking news and 

current events, podcasting provides a vibrant platform 

for journalists to reopen old news and ancient history. 

Disconnection from the present day is a feature – not a 

bug – of prominent and amateur true crime, history and 

investigative journalism podcasts. Do modern podcasts 

blend past events and modern context fairly, or unfairly? 

Is nostalgia, or timelessness, central to podcasting? How 

can academics best study and answer those questions? 



Theory and Method: Online Mental 

and Physical Health Messages 



Social Dominance Orientation and Information 

Seeking about the Monkeypox Outbreak* 

Xinxia Dong, 

and Janet Yang, Buffalo 

TikTok Engagement Traces Over Time and Health 

Risky Behaviors: A Data Linkage Approach 

Xinyan Zhao, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

and Chau-Wai Wong, North Carolina State 

Do Health Warnings for E-Cigarettes Work on 

Instagram? Experimental Effects on Adults’ 

E-cigarette Cognitions 

Sofie Vranken, KU Leuven, 

Alice Binder, 


Discussant 

BingBing Zhang, Iowa 

Friday 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / F025 Meeting Room 407/4th 

Communication Technology and Media Management, 

Economics and Entrepreneurship Divisions 


Social Media Influencer Relations: Research 

Opportunities in an Emergent Field 


Guy Golan, Texas Christian 

Panelists 


Brian Smith, Brigham Young 

Itai Himelboim, Georgia 

Karen Freberg, Louisville 

Influencer relations signal a move from transactional to 

mutually beneficial relationships with social media influencers. 

This panel will discuss the research opportunities 

that influencer relations present for scholars. 

The Dark Side of the Rainbow: A Mobile Experience 

Study on Community Members’ Exposure Frequency 

and Processing of LGBTQIA+-Directed Digital 

Hostility** 

Melanie Saumer, Kevin Koban, 


[EA] The Multidimensionality of being “Rural”: 

Geography, Media Use, and Mental Health 

Taewoo Kang, Ava Francesca Battocchio, 

Chuqing Dong, 

and Kjerstin Thorson, Michigan State 

Effects of Instagram and TikTok Use on Well-Being: 

A Randomized Field Experiment 

Aditi Rao, Saraswathi Bellur, 

Evan Melara, and David Atkin, Connecticut 

Discussant 


* Second Place Open Competition Paper 

** Third Place Open Competition Paper 


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10:30 a.m. to Noon / F027 Salon L/5th 




Spanish-English Bilingual Journalism Practices: 

From College to the Newsroom 


Federico Subervi-Vélez, Wisconsin-Madison 

Panelists 

Lourdes Cueva-Chacón, San Diego State 


Ana Lourdes Cárdenas, San Francisco State 

Elio Leturia, Columbia College – Chicago 

Alejandro Alvarado Bremer, Florida International 

and editor, Caplin News en Español 

Considering Latino/a/x news as a product of bilingual 

journalism practices that require bicultural competencies 

to gather, assess, present, and disseminate news 

and information about, or relevant to, Latino communities 

this panel seeks to discuss how new generations of 

Latino/a/x/e journalists are being trained in higher education 

institutions. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / F029 Meeting Room 308/3rd 



Media Malpractice Past and Present: Abdication of 

Moral Responsibility in Journalism and Advertising 


Wendy Melillo, American 

Panelists 

John C. Watson, American 

Karla K. Gower, Alabama 

Erin K. Coyle, Temple 

W. Joseph Campbell, American emeritus 

This panel intends to do just that, to examine the variants 

of media malpractice in journalism, advertising and 

social media. The panel will take up recent cases such as 

the massive libel lawsuit against Fox News by Dominion 

Voting Systems as well as episodes of fabrications such as 

the Washington Post’s “Jimmy’s World” debacle. It will 

address the politically divisive disinformation common in 

social medial and the 2014 advertising scandal created 

by L’Oreal when it falsely advertised a lotion that could” 

boost genes” to impart beauty. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / F028 Salon J/5th 

Political Communication 



The Press and Democratic Backsliding: How 

Journalism Has Failed the Public and How 

It Can Revive Democracy 



Panelists 

Katherine Haenschen, Northeastern 


Lindsey Meeks, Oklahoma 

Andy Mendelson, CUNY 

Josh Scacco, South Florida 

Anita Varma, Texas at Austin 

What is the role of the press in the 2024 election when 

one of the major candidates is under more than 90 indictments, 

has claimed that the last two presidential elections 

were rigged against him and who promises, if elected, 

to remove the guardrails that prevent the president from 

being an authoritarian leader? 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / F030 Salon K/5th 

Internships and Careers 

and Small Programs Interest Groups 


Creating Funding Programs to Assist Students 

Afford Internships and Applied Learning 

Experiences 


Hal Vincent, Elon 

Panelists 



Adrienne Wallace, Grand Valley State 


Peggy Watt, Western Washington 

Kay Colley, Texas Weslyan 

This panel will explore programs, strategies, and funding 

opportunities that universities and communication 

faculty are successfully employing to help students offset 

the costs associated with participating in applied learning 

opportunities—including internships and capstone 

projects.


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10:30 a.m. to Noon / F031 Salon C/5th 



Communication and Peter Lang Publishing 


Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the 

AEJMC/Peter Lang Scholarsourcing Series: 

Looking Back, Looking Ahead 


Carolyn Bronstein, DePaul, Series Editor; Founding 

Scholarsourcing Editorial Board Member 

Panelists 

Elizabeth Howard, Acquisitions Editor for Media 

and Communication, Peter Lang 

Carolyn Kitch, Scholarsourcing Editorial Board 

Member, Temple 

Paula M. Poindexter, Founding Scholarsourcing 

Editorial Board Member, Texas at Austin 

Jane Singer, Founding Series Editor, City University 

of London 

Sarah Smith-Frigerio, Scholarsourcing Series 

Author/Volume Editor, Tampa 

Alexis Tan, First Author in the Scholarsourcing 

Series, Washington State 

Oklahoma State University and Iowa State University 

Networking Session 

Big 12 Sports Media Educator Meet-Up 

and Networking Reception 


Jared Johnson, Oklahoma State 

Panelists 

Jan Lauren Boyles, Iowa State 

Michael Dahlstrom, Iowa State 

Lori McKinnon, Oklahoma State 

Score big at this event designed to foster connections 

across sports media programs. Enjoy food and beverages 

inspired by the spirit of the Big 12 conference and network 

to tackle new opportunities. From rookies to MVPs, 

all are invited. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / F034 Meeting Room 404/4th 

International Association for Literary 

Journalism Studies 

Friday 

Please join us as we celebrate a decade of Scholarsourcing! 

We will look back at the achievements of this innovative 

publishing partnership with Peter Lang and look ahead at 

what is next to come for the series, including the latest 

volume published. 


Hearst Journalism Awards Program Information 

Session/Breakfast 


Awards Meeting 


Jan Watten, Program Director, Hearst 

Journalism Awards 

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program was founded in 

1960 to provide support, encouragement and assistance 

to journalism education at the college and university 

level. The program awards scholarships to students for 

outstanding performance in college-level journalism, 

with matching grants to the students’ schools. 


Hyper-Local Literary Journalism: 

Telling Community-Specific Stories 


Melissa Nurczynski, Kutztown 

Panelists 

Fanzines as Citizen-Led Community Journalism 

Shanna R. Gilkeson, Eastern Michigan 

The Vreeland Memos as a Literary Account 

of Fashion in the 1960s and 70s 


Literary Journalism in My Backyard: Effecting 

Local Change Through Narrative 

Patrick Walters, Washington & Lee 

ArkansasCovid.com: When Data Delivered Drama 

Bret Schulte, Arkansas 

Rural and Small-Town Literary Journalism Through 

Two (Student) Team-produced Projects from the 

News Lab at Pennsylvania State 

Maggie Messitt, Pennsylvania 

Local communities, be they small towns, city neighborhoods 

or niche subcultures produce narrative journalism 

via citizen journalists as well as seasoned professionals. 

This panel will explore if these narratives can become 

literary journalism.

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Urban Communication Foundation 

Award Panel Session 

Gene Burd Awards for Excellence in Urban 

Journalism and Urban Journalism Research 



Presentation of the 2024 Gene Burd Award for 

Excellence in Urban Journalism Recipient 


Presentation of the 2024 Gene Burd Award for Research 

in Urban Journalism Studies Recipient 

Promoting Inclusive Narratives: Enhancing Community- 

Driven Journalism in Reporting Urban Youth Crime 

Gyo Hyun Koo, Howard 

Panelists 

David Boardman, Temple 


Peter Haratonik, Urban Communication Foundation 

Susan Keith, Rutgers 



Suzette Hackney is national columnist for USA Today. 

She has served in various capacities with the Indianapolis 

Star, the Toledo Blade, the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit 

News, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Hackney has 

received numerous awards for her work, including a prestigious 

Edward R. Murrow Award and an Emmy Award. 

Her column writing has been recognized with numerous 

“best column” awards. In addition, The National 

Association of Black Journalists recognized Hackney with 

its Salute to Excellence Award in three different years, 

and Hackney was recognized for the Best of Gannett, 

earning first place honors for contributions in digital journalism. 

One judge praised Hackney for work “that covers 

very important issues-- such as gun violence, homelessness, 

sexual assault, and poverty-- from a very human 

perspective, telling stories of people who might otherwise 

have little public voice.” Hackney is the recipient of a 

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism degree from Michigan 

State University, a Master of Fine Arts degree from Butler 

University, and has served as a Knight-Wallace Fellow at 

the University of Michigan. 

Gyo Hyun Koo will investigate urban crime reporting in 

Washington, D.C., using a 2x3x2 experimental design 

to test the effects of a solutions-oriented narrative and 

prognostic framing. In her research Koo hopes to “promote 

community-based news reporting as a means to 

tackle urban youth crime, reduce fear and anger among 

news audiences, and motivate public involvement in 

addressing the fundamental causes of these crimes.” A 

three-member panel of judges, representing AEJMC and 

UCF, made the award. The judges had high praise for 

the quality and diversity of this year’s submissions. In 

particular, the judges were impressed with the creative 

methodologies to be employed in Koo’s research. One 

judge asserted that Koo’s research “addresses an extremely 

timely and important topic,” further asserting, “We 

have every reason to believe that Koo’s research findings 

will be a significant step forward in promoting solutions 

journalism within urban settings.” Another judge lauded 

“Koo’s intention to publish the project’s findings and 

recommendations not only in academic venues but also 

in The Conversation, to share this information with a 

broader, non-academic audience.” 

Both awards, which honor Gene Burd, professor emeritus 

of Journalism at the University of Texas and a pioneer in 

urban journalism studies, are jointly sponsored by AEJMC 

and the Urban Communication Foundation. 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F036 Franklin Hall 11/4th 




Session 

Communicating Science, Health, Environment, Risk 

Division (SHER) 

Topic I — Climate Change Discourses 

07-1230-01 • Encouraging Climate Change Policy 

Support: Interplay Between Social Endorsement and 

Processing Motives in Misbelief Correction 

Yan Huang, Houston, 

and Weirui Wang, Florida International 

07-1230-02 • Reframing the Climate Crisis: Exploring 

Climate and Solutions Journalism Narratives in Egypt and 

the United Arab Emirates, Hosts of COP27 and COP28 

Nouran Nour AbdelGhaffar, American 

University in Cairo 

07-1230-03 • Clarifying Relationships Between 

Transilience and Efficacy Constructs in Climate Change 

Context: Evidence for Independent and Overlapping 

Contributions 

Penghui Tao, Chongqing University 

and Xin Ma, University of Macau 

07-1230-04 • [EA] Does a Celebrity Matter? Impact of 

Celebrity Endorsements on Perceived Effectiveness, Risk 

Perception, Self-Efficacy, and Behavioral Intention to 

Mitigate Climate Change 

Sunouk You, Hankyoung National University, 

and Sera Choi, Grand Valley State


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07-1230-05 • [EA] Corporate Support for Climate 

Action: How Legitimation Strategy and Message Type 

Influence Public Support for CSR/CSA Climate Action 

Nicholas Eng, Georgia, 

and Cassandra Troy, 

and Holly Overton, Pennsylvania State 

07-1230-06 • Inspiring Solar Solutions: Pathways for 

Impact Through Climate Solutions Journalism 

Cassandra Troy, Pennsylvania State 

Topic II — Social Media Analysis and Persuasion 

07-1230-07 • Quitting on TikTok: Effects of Message 

Themes, Frames, and Sources on Engagement with 

Vaping Cessation Videos 

Jiaxi Wu, Pennsylvania, 

Jessica L. Fetterman, 

Jennifer Cornacchione Ross, and Traci Hong, Boston 

07-1230-08 • The Elephant in The Nursing Room: 

A Thematic Analysis of #Postpartumpsychosis 

on Twitter and Instagram 

Yvonne Okoro, 

and Ioana Coman, Texas Tech 

07-1230-09 • Influence of Social Media Endorsement 

Cues and Message Framing on the Persuasiveness 

of Health Information 

Ying Li, Rui Shen 

and Xiaofen Chen, Shenzhen University 

07-1230-10 • “I’m Just Here for The Comments”: 

Instagram, Diabetes Patient Influencers, 

and Prescription Medication 

Melissa Pickett, Henry Ugwu, 

and Erin Willis, Colorado, Boulder 

07-1230-11 • [EA] Examining Misinformation Spread 

in the Vaccine Hesitancy Community on Social Media: 

From a Domain Sharing Perspective 

Yuanfeixue Nan, Southern California 

07-1230-12 • [EA] A Network Analysis of Hashtags in 

Twitter Discussion of the Fukushima Water Release 

Weirui Wang, Florida International 

and Fan Yang, South Florida 

Topic III — Health Beliefs, Intentions, and Behaviors 

07-1230-13 • Exploring Online Health Information 

Behaviors Among Older Adults: Personal Cognitive 

and Sociocultural Perspectives 

Li Wenshu, Qiu Yu, 

and Leanne Chang, Hong Kong Baptist University 

07-1230-14 • Combining Biometrics and Self-Reports 

to Better Understand Source Influence on HPV Blog 

Messaging 

Laura Crosswell, Nevada, Reno 

07-1230-15 • Understanding Factors Influencing 

RSV Vaccination Intentions: The Role of Epistemic 

Knowledge and Perceptions 

Narae Kim and Zeynep Altinay, Nevada, Reno, 

and Jinhee Seo, Oklahoma 

and Adam Pitluk, Coastal Carolina 

07-1230-16 • [EA] Lay Belief Matters: How Construal 

Level and the “Unhealthy-Tasty” Belief Affect Responses 

to Healthy Food Marketing 

Yao Yao, and Jian Rui, South China University 

07-1230-17 • [EA] The Urban-Rural Gap in COVID-19 

Vaccination Intention in China: an Analysis Based on 

Data from the Chinese General Social Survey 2021 

Junheng Qian, Sun Yat-Sen University 

07-1230-18 • [EA] Understanding Healthy Eating 

Factors among College Students: A Phenomenological 

Approach of Barriers and Motivators 

Nagwan Zahry, Tennessee at Chattanooga 

Topic IV — Social Support Communication 

07-1230-19 • [EA] “I” Speak Out, “We” Speak Louder? 

The Moderating Role of Self-Construal in the Impact of 

Opinion Congruence with SNS Friends and Experts on 

Expression Intentions 

Xu Dong, Renmin University of China, 

and Miaohong Huang, Alabama, 

and He Gong, Renmin University of China 

07-1230-20 • [EA] Sharing to Heal: The Role of 

Personal Stigma Stories in Fostering Social 

Support within Hepatitis B Online Health Communities 

Qiling Wu, 

and Tianshu Du, Renmin University of China 

07-1230-21 • [EA] Obesity Treatment Narratives: 

Societal and Stakeholder Perspectives on GLP-1 

Medications for Obesity 

Laura Gattis, 

and Megan Denneny, Oregon 

History Division (HIST) 

07-1230-22 • The Development and Evolution 

of the Political Attitudes of Modern Chinese 

Concession Newspapers: 1921-1949 

Gang Wang and Kecheng Du, Wuhan University 

07-1230-23 • “It’s Complicated”: Eisenhower and 

Media Policy 

Sheila Lalwani, Georgia 

07-1230-24 • Polio and Back Again: Constructing 

FDR in the Press, 1921-1928 

Katie Foss, Middle Tennessee State 

07-1230-25 • “Professionally Competent and Personally 

Warm”: How Consultants Characterized the Ideal 

Newscaster and Shaped Television News 

Elia Powers, Towson 

Discussant 

Pam Parry, Southeast Missouri State 

International Communication Division (INTC) 

Topic I — Digital Strategy and Activism 

07-1230-26 • Antimonumenta Vivas Nos Queremos: 

Networked Activism and Mediated Hybrid Spaces* 

Melissa Santillana, Texas Tech 

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07-1230-27 • How China’s Developing “Partnership” 

Affects Its Economic Assessment By The U.S. Media 

(2000-2022): A Dual Mediation Model From 

The Perspective of Media Diplomacy 

Jiaxin Li, Shengyi Gao, 

and Dexia Li, Xiamen University 

07-1230-28 • Digital Strategists: Impact of social media 

communication on Nigeria’s 2023 Elections 

Moses Okocha, Kansas 

07-1230-29 • Comparative Analysis of AI Attitudes 

Among JMC Students in Brazil and the US: A Mixed- 

Methods Approach 

Hyunjin Seo, Kansas, 

Marcos Paulo da Silva, Federal University 

of Mato Grosso do Sul, 

Blessing Jona, Azhar Iqba, 

Macy Burkett, Haseena Khan, 

and Alfredo Ernesto Urbina Carreno, Pontifical 

Catholic University of Chile 

07-1230-30 • Critical Translation, Digital Activism, and 

Strategic Communication: A Transnational Case Study of 

Roma Advocacy 

Adina Schneeweis Oakland 

Discussant 


* Second Place, Latin American Communication 


Topic II — Communicating Crisis and Tragedy 

07-1230-31 • #Ripqueenelizabeth: How Twitter Users 

Collectively Mourned And Memorialized Queen 

Elizabeth II 

Jessica Freeman, Augusta University 

and Jessica Elton, Eastern Michigan 

07-1230-32 • Facebook Campaigns in the Era of Covid- 

19: The Mobilizing Power of Visual Populism in the 

Global East 

Dren Gërguri, University of Pristina 

and Lindita Camaj, Florida 

07-1230-33 • A Comparative Study of Crisis 

Communication Strategies Between Singapore Airlines 

and Taiwan Aviation Safety Council: The SQ006 

Aviation Crisis 

Beatrice Doreen Namirimu, 

Zu Han Shum, Lu Wanqiu, 

and Ke Huang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

07-1230-34 • [EA] Shaken Narratives: Moroccan and 

American News Outlets’ Coverage of the 2023 Earthquake 

Laura Gattis, and Nahla Bendefaa, Oregon 

07-1230-35 • [EA] Counter Frames or Support? A 

Comparison Between U.S. and U.K. Framing of George 

Floyd’s Death and BLM Protests 

Oluwabusayo Okunloye 

and Melissa Santillana, Texas Tech 

Discussant 

Ran Ju, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Topic III — American News About Elsewhere 

07-1230-36 • [EA] The Moral Lens on China: The 

Influence of Moral Rhetoric in American News Coverage 

on Public Opinion about China 

Xining Liao, Wisconsin 

07-1230-37 • [EA] “What in the World!”: Examining 

International News Diversity in the US 

Uyen Diep, Huu Dat Tran, 

and Ngoc Yen My Nguyen, Louisiana State 

07-1230-38 • [EA] The American Portrayal of China’s 

New Era: A Computational Semantic Study of U.S. 

Media Reports on China (2012-2022) 

Yujing Lin, and Bingjie Yan Tsinghua University 

07-1230-39 • [EA] Up Close and Abroad: Examining 

U.S. News Media Coverage of Russia-ukraine Relations 

in Times of Crisis 


07-1230-40 • [EA] State of Ukraine: Analyzing the 

Evolution of NPR’s Breaking News Podcasting Practices 


Discussant 

Victor García-Perdomo, Universidad de La Sabana 

Topic IV — The Challenges and Potential of Identity 

and News Production 

07-1230-41 • [EA] Reconciling Gender with Journalism: 

Reconstructing Women Journalists’ Collective Memories 

of Covering COVID-19 in 25 Countries 

You Li, Eastern Michigan 

07-1230-42 • [EA] Understanding Journalism for Social 

Change as a Potentially Transformative Innovation 

Luis Garcia, Miami 

07-1230-43 • [EA] Environmental Journalists’ Safety and 

Self-censorship In an Authoritarian Country 

Mushfique Wadud, Colorado, Boulder 

07-1230-44 • [EA] The Contribution of Saudi Female 

Journalists in Newspapers: Before and After Saudi Vision 

2030 

Razan Aljohani, Maryland 

Discussant 

Joy Jenkins, Missouri 

Media Management and Economics Division (MMEE) 

Topic I — Demand and Success Factors for Digital Media 

07-1230-45 • Series Superstars: How Streaming-Videoon-Demand 

(SVOD) Content Popularity Informs SVOD 

Service Demand 

Anthony Palomba, Virginia 

and Nicole Fleskes


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07-1230-46 • What Makes a Film Successful? 

Investigating the Financial Performance and Reception 

of Sequels and Adaptations 

Dam Hee Kim, Dohee Kim, 

and Angel Trachta, Korea University 

07-1230-47 • Understanding Older Adults’ Vulnerability 

to Online Health Fraud: An Investigation through 

Routine Activity Theory 

Hongliang Chen 

and Miao He, Zhejiang University, 

Xiaowen Xu, Butler, 


07-1230-48 • “Empathy Amid Urgency and Hope:” 

Analyzing Global NGOs’ Storytelling Approaches on 

Facebook for Refugees’ Support and Fundraising 

Rania Al Namara, Colorado-Boulder 

07-1230-49 • Micro Dramas, Macro Influence: 

Dissecting the Business Models Behind China’s 

Mobile-Optimized Entertainment Wave 

Anran Luo and Huan Chen, Florida 

Discussant 

Cindy Price Schultz, Wyoming 

Topic II — Value in Digital Media and Knowledge 

Platforms 

07-1230-50 • Zero Price vs Non-Zero Price: Price 

Determinants of Virtual 3D Models 


and Huynh Nguyen, Wisconsin-Madison 

07-1230-51 • [EA] Applying Evidence-Based Value 

Arguments to Investigative Journalism 

Nicky Redl and Josh Shepperd, Colorado 

07-1230-52 • [EA] Legitimating the Commodification 

of Knowledge: A Comparison of Two Startup Platforms 

for Knowledge Sharing 

Shumeng Miao, Beijing University of Posts 

and Telecommunications 

07-1230-53 • [EA] Social Media Platforms, Emotional 

Regulation, Emotional Intelligence, Social Capital and 

Life Outcomes 

Alec Tefertiller, Baylor 

Discussant 

Angelica Kalika, Colorado 

Newspaper and Online News Division (NOND) 

07-1230-54 • Out with the Old: What Young Adults 

Think of the “TikTokification” of News 

Amanda Siew and Daniel Thompson, Oklahoma 

07-1230-55 • Exploring How Journalism Type, News 

Organization, and Social Media Policies Influence Top 

Twitter Journalists: A Social Network Analysis 

Alexis Haskell, Temple 

Commission on Graduate Education (CSGE) 

07-1230-56 • The Use of Framing Theory to Decode 

Feminism Principles, Goals, and Perceptions in Memes 

Lauren Combs and Lia Hood, Baylor 

07-1230-57 • When Feminism is Becoming Popular: 

Feminist Knowledge Production and Power Negotiation 

on Xiaohongshu (Red) 

Meng Wang, Fan Xiao 

and Yidan Wang, Peking University 

07-1230-58 • Serendipity Lost: Video-Equivalent 

Cameras Diminishing the Decisive Moment & 

Photojournalistic Identity 

Christopher T. Assaf, Texas at Austin 

07-1230-59 • Social Movement Information Related 

Techniques and Tactics (SMIRT tactics)- A Concept 

Explication and Empirical Measure 

Daniel Johnson, North Carolina 

07-1230-60 • Ideology and Gender Essentialism: 

Rethinking Attitudes Towards The Movie Barbie Beyond 

Simple Gender Perspectives 

Songqi Zhu, University of Macau 

Discussant 

Kris Vera-Phillips, Arizona State 

Commission on the Status of Women (CSWM) 

Topic — Gender and Popular Culture 

07-1230-61 • Does the Remake Get It Right? Exploring 

Changing Representations of Race, Gender, And 

Sexuality in Popular Media 

Tracy Everbach, Gwendelyn Nisbett, 

and Karen Weiller-Abels, North Texas 

07-1230-62 • Truth Hurts: Lizzo, Fat-Feminism, 

and the Power of Gaze 

Jodi Friedman, Maryland 

07-1230-63 • Still A Material Girl: Exploring the 

Evolution of President Barbie with Millennial Moms 


and Lauren Furey, California Poly- Pomona 

07-1230-64 • [EA] Between Imagination and Reality: A 

Comparative Study of the Female Scientists in Sci-Fi Films 

Yuqi Zhu, University of Science and Technology 

of China 

Discussant 


Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Interest 

Group (LGBTQ) 

Topic I — Queering Popular Culture 

07-1230-65 • And Just Like That…Queer Sexism in 

the City: Character Development, Stereotypes, and 

Homonormativity in the Streaming Series Reboot of Sex 

and the City 

Ashley Carter, Colorado 

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07-1230-66 • [EA] Understanding Camp as a Practice in 

Queer Memes 

Bobbie Foster, Arkansas 

Discussant 

Kix Patterson, Florida 

Topic II — Press on Identity 

07-1230-67 • Examining the Roles of Polarization and 

Press Freedom on Digital Media and Attitudes Towards 

Homosexuals: A Cross-National Analysis 

Lazar Dragi 

and Michael Chan, Chinese University 

of Hong Kong 

07-1230-68 • [EA] Ordinary Transgender Representation 

in Criticized New York Times Reporting 

Michael Sessa, Maryland 

Discussant 

Rhonda Gibson, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Topic III — Community, Identity and Communication 

07-1230-69 • Sexual Identity-Related Shame as a Barrier 

to Mpox Prevention Among Gay and Bisexual Men 

Shelby Lake 

and Xinyan Zhao, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 

and Rong Ma, Butler 

07-1230-70 • [EA] Trans Reporters’ Self-definition of 

Professional Role 

Musrat Jahan, Iowa 

Discussant 


Participatory Journalism Interest Group (PJIG) 

07-1230-71 • Relationship Building and Understanding 

Audiences as News Literate Behaviors 


07-1230-72 • Guardians of Truth: Fact-Checking 

Dynamics and Challenges in India’s Disinformation 

Landscape 

Enakshi Roy, Towson, Mohammad Reyaz, 

and Kaifia Ancer Laskar, Aliah University 

07-1230-73 • [EA] Tweeting about #Roe: Journalists’ 

Media Messages in the Civil Sphere During an 

Emotionally Charged, Political Story 

Jessica Walsh 

and Kelli Boling, Nebraska 

07-1230-74 • Understanding News-Related User 

Comments and Their Effects: A Systematic Review 

Emily Kubin, Pascal Merz, Mariam Wahba, 

Cate T. Davis, 

and Kurt Gray; Christian von Sikorski University 

of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) 

Small Programs Interest Group (SPIG) 

07-1230-75 • Broadcasting the Election: Active Learning 

Project -- Assessment and Proposal for 2024 Presidential 

Election* 

John Williams, Principia College 

07-1230-76 • AI in JMC Teaching and Learning: Its 

Use, Challenges and Opportunities** 

Masudul Biswas, Loyola-Maryland, 

and Dorothy Bland, North Texas 

07-1230-77 • Developing Undergraduate News Habits 

with Daily AI Generated News Quizzes for Journalism 

Programs and Beyond*** 

Daniel Thompson and Amanda Siew, Oklahoma 

Discussant 

Janice Colvin, Wilmington University 

* First Place Paper 

**Second Place Paper 

***Third Place Paper 











12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F037 Salon J/5th 



Digital Dynamics: Exploring Impacts 

and Behaviors in Online Spaces 


Mustafa Oz, Tennessee 

Understanding the Impacts of Intimate Partner Violence 

on Digital Surveillance in Romantic Relationships 

Caley Hewitt, Fanny Ramirez 

and Anna Gjika, Louisiana State 

Empathy: Pathway from Active Social Media Use to 

Subjective Happiness 

Jin-Ae Kang, East Carolina, 

Jung Kyu Kim, Pukyong National University 

and Glenn Hubbard, East Carolina 

Doomscrolling Effects: An Experimental Test of 

Differential Susceptibility to Negatively-valenced 

Social Media Posts 

Jessica Myrick and Jin Chen, Pennsylvania State


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“There I Was, Being Virtually Groped”: Explore 

Psychological Ownership and the Framing of Sexual 

Harassment in the Immersive Virtual Reality Space 

Javzmaa Jadamba and Dongjing Kang 

[EA] Exploring how Internet Literacy and Algorithmic 

Awareness Influence Passive and Active Social Media 

Engagement Behavior 


and Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, Connecticut 

From Anxiety to Contentment: The Role of Multiple 

Mediations and Privacy Concerns in the Transition from 

FOMO to JOMO among Dating App Users 

Yuanhao Li 

Panelists 

Bobbie Foster-Bhusari, Arkansas 


Joseph Jerome, Tampa 

Sohana Nasrin, Tampa 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F040 Salon I/5th 



Free Expression, Privacy, and Performance Rights 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F038 Salon L/5th 




Reimagining Data and Technology: The Data 

Feminism Perspective in Computational 

Communication Research 


Rosie Jahng, Wayne State 

Panelists 

Stine Eckert, Wayne State 

Alex Porter, Wayne State 

Jeremy Littau, Lehigh 

Jiyoun Suk, Connecticut 

Soojong Kim, California, Davis 

This panel is dedicated to investigating the distinct ways 

in which journalism and mass communication research 

can play a vital role in mitigating the biases inherent 

in statistical learning models within this context. It will 

assemble experts at the crossroads of data feminism and 

computational communication research to delve into 

potential collaborations, challenges, and pioneering strategies 

that arise from the intersection of these two fields. 


Jessica Shaw, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

How Much Will You Share? Exploring the Privacy 

Paradox and Information-Sharing Behavior 

Timilehin Durotoye, Ahmed Alrawi, 

and Lana Medina, Pennsylvania State 

[EA] Teaching Media Law: Course Emphases and 

Instructional Strategies of U.S. Undergraduate Faculty 

Kara Gould, Arkansas 

[EA] Between Freedom and Free Speech Absolutism 

Sheila Lalwani, Texas at Austin 

Reimagined Communities: Reconstructing Reputation 

through the Press 


[EA] Balancing the First Amendment with National 

Security in a New Era of Great-Power Competition 

Michael Park, Nebraska-Lincoln 

[EA] Go Viral or Go Die: A Tale of Resilient 

Collaboration Between Performing Rights Organizations 

on Streaming Platform in Mainland China, Hong Kong 

and Taiwan 

Jim PoTseng Yeh, 

and Luming Zhao, Fudan University 

Discussant 

Genelle Belmas, Kansas 


abstract. 

Friday 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F039 Meeting Room 309/3rd 


and Media Ethics Divisions 


The Ethical and Environmental Implications 

of AI in Mass Communication 


Sohana Nasrin, Tampa 




Visual Analyses of Magazine Covers, Articles, 

and Advertisements 


Carol Terracina Hartman, Murray State

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Beyond the Magazine Cover: A Visual Exploration 

of Societal Discourses on Artificial Intelligence 

Mir Hasib and Lyombe Eko, Texas Tech 

Sex Crimes Can Be Prevented: Rape Prevention Articles 

as a Vehicle for Rape Culture in Women’s Magazines 

1943-2004 

Bailey Dick, Bowling Green State 

Crown to Crop Top: Visual Analysis of Elements of 

Second- and Third- Wave Feminism in U.S. Vogue 

Covers 

Mackenzie Mickavicz, Texas Tech 

Rich, Powerful, and… Stereotyped: Representation 

of Asians and South Asians in America’s Magazine 

Advertisements 


Discussant 


12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F042 Salon D/5th 




Global Image Management of Chinese 

Media Companies 



Panelists 

Ke Guo, Shanghai International Studies University 

Min Hang, Tsinghua University 

Xinyu Lu, Shanghai International Studies University 

Yunjuan Luo, South China University of Technology 

This panel will present four different successful case 

studies of global image management of Chinese media 

companies. 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F043 Salon B/5th 



“A Good Place to Start but a Bad Place to Finish”: 

Current Uses and Perceptions of AI in Journalism 

and Media Education 



Journalism Students’ Use, Expectations, and 

Understanding of Generative AI Tools 

Aaron Veenstra, Mahalia Wright, 

Marcy Wilder, Fahrin Shimu, 

Luke Schlauder, Flavia Patino-Paul, 

Abigaelle Michel, Grace Macri, 

J.D. Johnstone, Kashine Johnson, 

Janna Hautala, Francesca Dousdebes, 

and Juliana Agamez Rosado, Florida Atlantic 

“A Starting Point and a Crutch”: Student and Faculty 

Perceptions of Generative AI 

Elia Powers, Rauf Arif, 

Michael Fedner, Erin Conahan, 

and Adaeze Ezechukwu, Towson 

[EA] Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Social Learning 

Theory in the Journalism Classroom 

Daniel Thompson 

and Melanie Wilderman, Oklahoma 

Discussant 

Bradley Wilson, Midwestern State 


abstract. 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F044 The Capital Grille 


Offsite Luncheon 

Visual Communication Division Annual (Offsite) 

Luncheon — The Capital Grille (Liberty Room) 


Shannon Zenner, Elon and Shane Epping, Wyoming 

Join us for the Visual Communication division’s annual 

luncheon at The Capital Grille. Expect to enjoy some 

of the restaurant’s signature dishes, our guest speakers, 

and lots of time to meet and mingle with other members. 

The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Danese Kenon and Suzette 

Moyer will be speaking. Any AEJMC member is welcome 

to attend. 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F045 Meeting Room 407/4th 



Reporting the Polls in 2024: Error, Pitfalls, 

and What Scholars and Journalists Ought to Know 


Mladen Petkov, Johns Hopkins

THE REAL WORLD 

STARTS HERE 

#1 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE 

– 2024 U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT ‘BEST COLLEGES’ GUIDE

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Panelists 

Spencer Kimball, Emerson College Polling 

John C. Watson, American 

Julia Terruso, Philadelphia Inquirer 

W. Joseph Campbell, American, emeritus 

Two realities about the 2024 race for the White House 

are already clear: pre-election polls are many, and they 

are shaping campaign narratives for journalists, pundits 

and the public. Given those realities—and that polls have 

been notably in error in recent presidential elections— 

what pitfalls and ethical quandaries should scholars and 

journalists be aware of in studying and covering the 2024 

campaign? How should they best treat the polls? 

12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. / F046 Salon H/5th 



Publications 


The Legacy of JMCQ: Centennial Reflections 


Jeong-Nam Kim, Oklahoma 

and Homero Gil de Zuniga, Salamanca 

and Pennsylvania State 

Panelists 

Jane B. Singer, City London 

Arthur Raney, Buffalo 


Ingrid Bachmann, Pointifica, Chile 

Robert Kerr, Oklahoma 

Erik P. Bucy, Texas Tech 

James Grunig, Maryland 

Esther Thorson, Michigan State 

Discussant 

Daniela Dimitrova, Editor, Journalism & Mass 

Communication Quarterly 

In recognition of JMCQ’s 100th anniversary, the panel 

commemorates the journal’s legacy. Esteemed scholars 

in the field reflect on topical areas such as journalism, 

media effects, political communication, advertising, PR 

& diversity representations. This session is proudly sponsored 

by SAGE. We are grateful for their support in assisting 

us in making this celebration possible. 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F047 Salon C/5th 


Communication and Peter Lang Publishing 


AEJMC/Peter Lang Scholarsourcing Series 

“Office Hours” 


Carolyn Bronstein, DePaul, Series Editor, AEJMC/ 

Peter Lang Scholarsourcing Series 

Thinking about submitting to the AEJMC/Peter Lang 

Scholarsourcing series? Come workshop your ideas with 

the series editor & editorial board. Elizabeth Howard 

PhD, Acquisitions Editor for Media & Communication, 

Peter Lang, will discuss proposals. 


International Association for Literary 


Roundtable Panel 

How to Encourage Student Media to Embrace 

Literary Journalism 



Panelists 

Shanna R. Gilkeson, Eastern Michigan 


Patrick Walters, Washington & Lee 

Bret Schulte, Arkansas 

Maggie Messitt, Pennsylvania 

Local communities, be they small towns, city neighborhoods 

or niche subcultures produce narrative journalism 

via citizen journalists as well as seasoned professionals. 

This panel will explore if these narratives can become 

literary journalism. 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F049 Salon A/5th 

JHistory Internet Group 


Does Examining the Media’s Role in 

Dehumanization Point to a Path Forward? 


David T. Z. Mindich, Temple

DESIGN YOUR 

FUTURE 

A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED 

PRIVATE UNIVERSITY, 

Elon University is located in 

North Carolina, but you’ve 

certainly seen us elsewhere. 

Our Elon in Los Angeles program 

is celebrating its 16th year in the 

entertainment capital of the world. 

We launched a new campus in 

Charlotte, placing student interns 

with the Atlantic Coast Conference, 

NASCAR and Fox Sports. We have 

alumni at CNN, ESPN, Golin, The New 

York Times, Univision Network, and 

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy 

Fallon.” Plus, we were again named 

an “A-List” institution by PRNEWS. 

Elon’s School of Communications 

brings together 1,300 students and 

80-plus faculty and staff, creating a 

vibrant learning environment that 

has propelled it to be one of the 

nation’s great communications 

schools. 

TOP 10 – 2024 

ELON DISTINCTIVES 

Earned a third consecutive top-10 finish 

in Broadcast Education Association’s 

school rankings 

The Pendulum, Elon’s student-run 

newspaper, earned several honors from 

the Society of Professional Journalists’ 

Mark of Excellence Awards, including 

Best All-Around Student Newspaper, 

Small University Division 

Hosts the Emerging Journalists 

Program, an immersive summer 

experience supported by the Scripps 

Howard Fund for high school students 

interested in communications 

Houses the NC Local News Workshop 

and NC Open Government Coalition

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Panelists 

Sid Bedingfield, Minnesota 

Meghnaa Tallapragada, Temple 

Sara Shaban, Seattle Pacific 

Barbie Zelizer, Pennsylvania 

Historians and media observers have studied the past and 

present media complicity in dehumanization, and some 

media outlets have taken inventory of their actions, but 

do these investigations point to a new direction for us as 

media educators? In other words, do we have a responsibility 

to train media professionals and media educators to 

be more intentional about combatting dehumanization? 

If so, what would that look like? Our panel will look at 

these questions through the prism of the past and present 

and we invite all AEJMC members to attend the session 

and offer their own thoughts. 


Korean American Communication Association (KACA) 



Jungyun Won, William Paterson University 

of New Jersey 

The Relationship between Cyber Violence 

and Cyber Sex Crimes: Understanding the Perception 

of Cyber Sex Crimes as Systemic Issues* 

Eugene Lee, Southern California 

and Hye Eun Lee, Ewha Womans University 

The Influence of parents on Children’s Media Experiencing 

Epistemic Curiosity: The Role of Parental Media 

Literacy and Socioeconomic Status 

Yoojin Chung, Ewha Womans University 

and Peter Schulz, University of Lugano 

A Study on US Citizens’ perception of South Korea’s 

Public Diplomacy, Nation-Public Relationship, 

and National Reputation 

Dana Park 

and Hyewon Cha, Ewha Womans University 

A Content Analysis of COVID-19 News Articles 

in South Korea: Standards of Quality Journalism 

and Ethics of Infectious Disease Reporting 

Hogeun Lee, Jieun Shin, 

Kyung Won Cho, Heewon Song, 

Nahun Park, Sojeong Im 

and Hyun Suk Kim, Seoul National University 

Consumer Perceptions of CSR Partnerships between Fast 

Fashion Companies and Environmental NGOs 

Yara Acaf 

and Yeonsoo Kim, Texas at Austin 

How Does the Global Audience Consume Korean 

Dramas?: Short-Form Videos and Their Comments as a 

Gateway for Consuming, Sharing and Discussing Entertainment 

Content 

Hamin Lee, Seoul National University 

Discussants 

Jihoon Kim, Alabama 

and Hanyoung Kim, Kentucky 

* Top Paper, Open Competition 


South Asia Communication Association (SACA) 


Representation and Voice — The Future of 

Democracy: Media Research on South Asia 

and Its Diaspora Worldwide Part II 


Khairul Islam, State University of New York, 

Oswego 

and Deb Aikat, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Topic I — Social Media, Digital Culture, And Digital 

Activism in South Asia 

Internet Political Memes as Participatory Digital Culture 

in Bangladesh 

Barnana Bhowmick, Jagannath University, 

Bangladesh, 

and Zakaria Khan, South Florida 

The Digital Activism in Pakistan Administered Kashmir: 

Analyzing Impact of Online Activism on Public Opinion 

and Policy Dynamics 

Babar Hussain Shah, 

and Syed Mubashar Hussain Shah, Allama Iqbal 

Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan 

The Emergence of Incivility in the Election Campaign 

Versus Reactions of Social Media Users: A Perspective 

from Bangladesh 

Md Hasan, The University of Queensland, Australia, 

and A K M Zamir Uddin, Missouri State 

Musical Voice of Mass People: A Peaceful Way 

of Resistance in Bangladesh 

Md Alamgir Parvez, University of Rajshahi, 

Bangladesh 

Discussant 

Nandini Bhalla, Texas State

BEYOND 

THE GAME 

BUILDING ON Elon’s status as a 

national leader in student-centered 

learning and experiential education, 

the university launched its Sports 

Media Lab last fall, providing a 

structure for students, faculty and 

industry partners to pursue sports 

media-related research questions. 

In year one, the lab produced Associate 

Professor David Bockino’s book, “Game 

On: How Sports Media Grew Up, Sold 

Out, and Got Personal with Billions of 

Fans,” as well as a five-month research 

project delving into college students’ 

views on sports gambling. 

In recognition of National Girls & 

Women in Sports Day, Elon Sports 

Vision, the university’s studentrun 

organization that produces live 

sporting events, featured a crew 

entirely staffed by women for a 

basketball broadcast in February. 

This spring Elon Sports Vision was 

nominated for an SVG College Sports 

Media Award in the Collegiate Student 

- Championship category. Additionally, 

broadcaster Max Wallace ’26 (top, with 

mascot) earned two awards in BEA’s 

2024 Festival of Media Arts, including a 

second-place finish. 

During the 2024-25 academic year, 

the lab will partner with Charlotte FC 

where students will pursue analytics 

projects developed in collaboration 

with the Major League Soccer team. 

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Topic II — Issues Related to Fake News and 

Misinformation in South Asia 

Social Media, Misinformation/Disinformation and 

Political Polarization in Pakistan 

Savera Mujib Shami, University of the Punjab, 

Lahore, Pakistan, 

and Amina Ali, Social Behaviour Change 

Communication (SBCC) Lead, Punjab, 

Jhpeiego, Pakistan 

Democracy In the Digital Age: Assessing Political 

Participation and Trust Amid Disinformation in Pakistan 

Sana Naveed Khan, 

and Savera Mujib Shami, University of the Punjab, 

Lahore, Pakistan 

My Truth Is the Whole Truth: Youtube, Confirmation 

Bias, And Political Polarization in Pakistan 

Awais Saleem, Lamar 

Determining News: A Study Based on Print Media 

in the Wake of Social Media 

Sheel Nidhi Tripathi, Rahul Kumar, 

and Jagriti Basera, BVICAM, New Delhi, India 

Discussant 

Awais Saleem, Lamar 

Topic III — Theoretical, Legal, and Ethical Issues in 

South Asian Media Environments 

Government Ills Media Bills in Nepal 

Eak Prasad Duwadi, Kathmandu University, Nepal 

In Search of Habermasian Ideal: Exploring Dynamics, 

Patterns, and Nature of The Digital Public Sphere in 

Bangladesh 

Abu T. Ahmed, Colorado State 

and Serajul I. Bhuiyan, Savannah State 

Sadharanikaran Model of Communication as the 

Theoretical Lens for Theorizing Communication in Tantra 

Trishna Acharya, 

and Nirmala Mani Adhikary, Kathmandu 

University, Nepal 

Effective Crisis Response Strategies for Bangladesh’s 

Banking Sector: Integrating SCCT And Aristotelian 

Model Ethos 

A K M Zamir Uddin 

and Mst Rokshana Pervin, Missouri State, 

and Muhammad Aminul Islam, Wayne State 

Discussant 


Topic IV — Media Freedom and Journalistic Objectivity 

in South Asia 

The Double-edged Sword of Commemorative Journalism 

in Bangladesh: An Exploration of Its Impact on 

Objectivity and Professionalism in Media Practices 


and Abu Taib Ahmed, Colorado State 

Silencing Dissent? Academic Freedom in Bangladeshi 

Academia 

Fahmidul Haq, Bard College 

Walking Through Digital Authoritarianism in Pakistan: 

A Perspective of Digital Journalists 

Ayesha Ashfaq, 

and Hina Fatima, University of the Punjab, Pakistan 

News Media in Afghanistan Under the Taliban 


Discussant 

Lokesh Sharma, Banasthali Vidyapith, India 

Topic V — Artificial Intelligence in South Asian 

Contexts 

Voices of Influence: AI, Gender Stereotypes, And 

Democratic Discourse Across Cultures 

Syeda Saadia Azim, Sister Nivedita University, India 

and Pallavi Guha, Towson 

Artificial Intelligence & Deepfakes: Boon or Bane 

Shalu Chopra, Assistant Professor AAFT, India, 

and Manish Verma, Chitkara University, India 

Using Generative AI For News Translation and the 

Future of Ethnic Media: A Case Study on Bangla Ethnic 

Media In New York City 

MD Ashraful Goni, Texas Tech 

Navigating The Ethical and Professional Challenges of 

Artificial Intelligence in Journalism in South Asia 

Delaware Arif, South Alabama, 

Serajul I. Bhuyian, Savannah State, 

and Lipika Arif, South Alabama 

Is Bangladeshi Audience Ready for AI In Newsroom? 

A Comparison of Sentiment-based LDA Topic Modeling 

Analysis 

Md Enamul Kabir, Clemson 

and Md Belal Hossain, Minnesota State-Mankato 

Discussants 

Sonali Kudva, Methodist University 

and Pooja Ichplani, Florida State 

Topic VI — Gender, Media, and Communication in 

South Asian Contexts 

Intersectionality In Response to Violence and 

Support-seeking In the United States: Reimagining 

Communication Mechanisms to Strengthen Recovery 

of South Asian Battered Women 

Pooja Ichplani, Florida State, 

and Satarupa Dasgupta, Ramapo College 

Political Engagement of Indian-American Women 

in US Political News and Social Media 


Marginalized Community, Media and Gender 

Narratives: A Perception Analysis of Women from 

Religious Minorities in Pakistan 

Ayesha Ashfaq, University of the Punjab, Pakistan


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Women Empowerment and Activism in Pakistani 

Society: A Rhetorical Analysis of Soul Sisters Pakistan 

Group on Facebook 

Aazadi Fateh Muhammad, Ohio 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / F052 Salon K/5th 

University of Tennessee Purpose Project 

and Mass Communication and Society Division 

Discussants 

Shamali Gupta, Welingkar Institute of Management 

& Research, Mumbai, India 

and Aazadi Fateh Muhammad, Ohio 

Topic VII — Health Communication in South Asian 

Contexts 

Examining Health Issues Through the Lens of Pakistani 

Print Media: A Comparative Study of Newspapers 

Babar Hussain 

and Sana Rashid, Allama Iqbal Open University, 

Islamabad, Pakistan 

Health Beyond Borders: Impact of USA Health-related 

Brand Advertising on International Students’ Attitude 

Monira Begum, Southern Mississippi, 

and Motasim Billah, Central Michigan 

Inequality In Patient Participation by Ethnicity: 

A Cross-sectional Study in the Chittagong Hill Tracts 

in Bangladesh 

Muhammad Zakaria, Wayne State, 

Md Abul Kalam Azad, Georgia State, 

Madhab Chandra Das, Temple, 

and Rezaul Karim, Arizona State 

The Portrayal of Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues 

of Rohingya Refugees on the Bangladeshi News Portal 

Muhammad Zakaria, Wayne State, Minara Nazmin, 

and Md Nurul Karim Bhuiyan, Georgia State 

and Madhab Chandra Das, Temple 

Empowering Young Patients with T2DM In Bangladesh: 

Insights into Information Seeking Behavior on Facebook 

Md Rejaul Haque, Colorado State, 

and Md Belal Hossain, Minnesota State-Mankato 

Discussants 

Deb Aikat, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

and Sakshi Verma, Central University of Punjab, 

India 


Purpose Driven Communication: Broader 

Perspectives with Academic/Industry Partnerships 


Joseph Stabb, Tennessee; Director, Purpose Project 

Panelists 

Eric Haley, Tennessee, Knoxville 

Jeannette Iannacone, Tennessee, Knoxville 

Linda Chen, Vice President of Brand Purpose 

and Impact, Edelman 

Purpose requires thought beyond traditional outcomes to 

assist with social transformation. The discussion is to find 

ways industry and researchers can work together to help 

successfully assist with purpose goals through our unique 

areas of expertise. 


Advertising and Communication Technology Divisions 


Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: Where Do 

We Go From Here? 


Juan Mundel, Arizona State 

Panelists 

Shu-Chuan Chu, DePaul 

Jing Yang, Loyola Chicago 


Mehrdad Mahdavi, Pennsylvania State 

Retha Hill, Arizona State 

Friday 

This interactive research paper session organized by the 

South Asia Communication Association (SACA) reflects 

SACA’s commitment to the 2024 AEJMC conference 

theme “Representation and Voice — The Future of 

Democracy.” Research papers were selected in a peerreviewed 

competition. With over one-fourth of the 

world’s population, South Asia has emerged as an important 

region for politics, security, health, culture, media 

and other relevant issues across the repertoire of our field. 

SACA was constituted in 2015 at the AEJMC conference 

in San Francisco. SACA members may involve people 

with research interests in the South Asia region or the 

South Asian diaspora worldwide. 

Topic I — Ethical Considerations of Using Generative 

AI for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Advertising 

This presentation will discuss the opportunities and 

challenges of using generative AI for DEI in advertising 

and address ethical considerations in this practice. 

Recommendations and suggestions for overcoming the 

challenges of using generative AI for DEI in advertising 

will be discussed as well. The presentation will also provide 

ideas to set a research agenda on the topic and offer 

insight for class discussions and advertising education.

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Topic II — Unveiling the Veil: A Discussion into (Un) 

explainable AI, Transparency, and AI Literacy 

The presentation will also highlight the importance of 

bridging the gap between AI experts and the laypeople, 

promoting a more democratic and inclusive AI ecosystems, 

and potentially provide suggestions to policymakers, 

educators, and AI practitioners in fostering a culture 

of transparency and education around AI literacy. 

Topic III — Combating Fake News in the Era of ChatGPT 

This discussion will bring perspectives from computer 

science and communications to address a broad swath of 

ethical challenges generative AI poses to the communication 

industries. For example, this discussion will touch on 

the critical issue of combating fake news using large language 

models like ChatGPT; the most recent debate over 

copyright issues and make some suggestions about what 

students going into industries such as advertising and PR 

should know about generative ai and its many impacts. 

Topic IV — AI & Storytelling 

In the Innovation Lab, we are spearheading the integration 

of generative AI technologies into our narrative 

frameworks, revolutionizing how stories are conceived 

and told. By leveraging the capabilities of generative AI, 

we are not merely adapting to the evolving landscape of 

storytelling; we are shaping its future. However, as we 

push the boundaries of technological integration, we are 

also cognizant of the challenges and threats that accompany 

such advancements. 





Sex and The Press: Directions for Research, 

Policy, and Practice 



Panelists 

Carolyn Bronstein, DePaul 

Ayleen Cabas-Mijares, Marquette 

Lisa Lenoir, Indiana 



This panel pushes forward academic discussions about 

these topics following the panelists’ contributions to a 

Journals of Communication Inquiry special issue called 

“Between the Sheets: Sex and the Press,” scheduled for 

publication in fall 2024. 





Elevating Female-Identified Voices on the Job 

Market: How Can We Support Women Scholars 

Making Career Choices in Academia? 


Lea Hellmueller, City, University of London 

Magdalena Saldaña, Pontificia Universidad 

Católica de Chile 

Hanan Badr, Paris Lodron University Salzburg 

Panelists 

Maha Bashri, UAE University 

Rachel Mourao, Michigan State 


Karin Wilkins, Miami 

This panel aims to support academic women’s careers 

by outlining some of the barriers and imbalances and 

addressing those from a global and inclusive perspective. 

education around the globe. 


Law and Policy and History Divisions 


New York Times v. Sullivan in 2024: Its Impact 

of 60 Years on Free Speech in the US and Abroad 


Kyu Ho Youm, Oregon 

Panelists 


Ed Carter, Brigham Young 

Michael Berry, Ballard-Spahr, Philadelphia, PA 

The year 2024 will mark the 60th anniversary of 

NEW YORK TIMES v. SULLIVAN, the landmark First 

Amendment case of the US Supreme Court. Law and 

Policy should lead others in and outside the Division in 

celebrating the First Amendment case by remembering its 

past and (re)imagining its future. All the more compellingly 

so, given that the sociopolitical and legal rationales of 

the revolutionary ruling are being questioned in America- 

-more openly than ever.


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and AEJMC Council of Affiliates 


Covering and Connecting Communities 

Through Lifestyle Journalism 



Panelists 

Elizabeth Fakazis, Wisconsin - Stevens Point 

Elfriede Fürsich, Pittsburgh 

Jeff Inman, Drake 

Jennifer Wilson, Drake 

This teaching panel focuses on helping students (and 

audiences) connect with local communities as well as 

international ones through producing lifestyle media. 

We will be discussing the ways that arts coverage, travel 

journalism, and food journalism can strengthen student 

journalists’ cultural competencies, as well as ways that 

instructors can foster these competencies in the classroom. 






Topic I — Presidential Election, Immigration, 

and Political Communication 

How Political Influencers Responded to Trump’s Media 

Bashing on Twitter? From Synergistic Amplification to 

Strategic Avoidance, Countering, and Retooling 

Rui Wang 

and Yini Zhang, Buffalo, SUNY 

Non-Partisan News from Partisan Media? Expectancy 

Violations as a Way to Improve Attitudes toward Out- 

Party Media 

Masahiro Yamamoto 

and Chia-Heng Chang, Albany, SUNY 

Will It Happen Again?: Looking at Two Super Pac’s 

Social Media Messaging During The 2020 U.S. 

Presidential Election 

Christina Najera, Oluseyi Adegbola 

and Curry Wilson, Tennessee Knoxville 

Immigrants Inspire Me: Mediation of Bandwagon 

Effects of Social Media Comments on Immigration 

Policy Support 

Moritz Cleve, Idaho 

How Information Intake Shapes Public Opinion 

in Immigration: Examining Perceptions And Feelings 

as Mediators and Ideology as Moderators 

Xiaoya Jiang, Yiming Wang, 

Michael Wagner 

and Dhavan Shah, Wisconsin-Madison 

Discussant 

Ronen Shay, Fordham 

Topic II — Misinformation and Fact Checking 

How to Vanquish Conspiracy Theories: The Gamson 

Hypothesis for News and Conspiratorial Beliefs 

in the U.S. 

Heloisa Sturm Wilkerson, Purdue Fort Wayne, 

Thomas Johnson, Zhi Lin 

and Salih Hurdogan, Texas at Austin 

Checking the Fact-checking Sources: How PolitiFact 

Used Vividness to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation 

on Twitter 

Rosie Jahng, Wayne State, 

Sang Jung Kim, Iowa, 

Jill Wurm, Wayne State 

Enhancing Misinformation Identification in Democracy: 

The Impact of Fact-Checking Integration into Daily 

News Consumption Practices 

Manuel Goyanes, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 

Spain 

Sangwon Lee, Korea, 

Susana Salgado, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 

Homero Gil de Zuñiga, Salamanca / Penn State 

Learning from Incidental Exposure to Corrective 

Information on Social Media: The Role of Issue 

Relevance and Partisanship 

Taeyoung Lee, Houston 

[EA] Navigating through Post-Truth Information 

Environment: The Influence of Media Repertoire 

and Personal Networks on Information Verification 

Yan Qu, Maryland 

Shuning Lu, North Dakota State 

Discussant 

Alyssa Appelman, Kansas 


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Media Ethics 



Ethical Responses to Hostility Toward Journalists 



Panelists 

Kelsey Mesmer, St. Louis 

Gheni Platenburg, Houston 

Joao Ozawa, Texas at Austin 


This panel brings together scholars to discuss hostility, 

mental health ramifications, and criminalization of 

journalists based on research in the US, Brazil, and Iran. 


Public Relations and Communicating Science, Health, 

Environment and Risk Divisions 


Give Them What They Want: How to Introduce 

Your PR, Journalism, Health Comms 

and Other Students to Public Interest 

Communications 


Angela Bradbery, Florida 

Panelists 

Gina Baleria, Sonoma State 

Brooke McKeever, Alabama 

Monica Ponder, Howard 

Serbino Sandifer-Walker, Texas Southern 

In this panel, we’ll explore ways to introduce public interest 

communications into public relations, journalism and 

strategic communications curricula. We’ll identify how 

public interest communications can serve as a foundation 

for sound communications practice across disciplines; 

explore the differences between public interest communications 

and corporate social advocacy as well as public 

interest communications and advocacy journalism and 

other similar concepts; and offer ideas for assignments 

and classroom activities. 





Implementing Diversity in the J-School Newsroom: 

Part II 


Jesús Ayala, California State, Long Beach 

Panelists 


Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante, Texas at Austin 

Rachel Grant, Florida 

Nathian Rodriguez, San Diego State 

Building on previous sessions regarding diversity, equity 

and inclusion in journalism school newsrooms, come 

learn from fellow educators and newsroom advisers who 

have successfully taught how to build cultural competency 

to diversify news coverage. 



Theory Colloquium Panel Session 

Visual Framing: A Vision for Future Research 


Mary Bock, Texas at Austin 

Panelists 

Visually Framing Climate Change 

Renita Coleman, Texas at Austin 

(Re-) Conceptualizing Visual Framing in Times 

of Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

Christian von Sikorski, University of 

Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) Germany 

A Systematic Review of Experimental Research on 

Visual Framing and Multimodal Framing 

Viorela Dan, University of Innsbruck 

The Inexorable Weight of Words: Freed from Text, 

Visuals Can Mean More 

Erik P. Bucy, Texas Tech 

Visual Framing of Big Data: Lessons from Manual 

Approaches for Computational Methods 

Kareem El Damanhoury, Denver 

Discussant 

Betsi Grabe, Boston 

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and applied visual framing to discuss the characteristics, 

boundaries and potentials for visual framing research. 

This session seeks to consider the ways visual media 

complicate framing research. 



and Small Programs Interest Group 


Launch Party: SPIG Mentorship Program 


Mary Liz Brooks, West Texas A&M 

Panelists 

Pairing of Mentees and Mentors 

Monthly mentorship program between SPIG and CSGE. 

The on-site conference meeting would be the inaugural 

meeting in which mentees/mentors are paired. That initial 

meeting would begin with a brief meet and greet, followed 

by the goals/structure of the mentorship program. 

Then, a prompt will be provided, and mentees/mentors 

will split off and discuss the topic and future communication 

opportunities. But the program doesn’t stop at 

the conference. This mentorship program will be active 

through a once-a-month meeting as a program, which 

will meet for 60 minutes via Zoom. Each Zoom meeting 

will start with a brief group discussion about a general 

topic. Then mentors and mentees will split off from the 

larger group and discuss a pre-selected prompt to begin a 

more intimate discussion. 




Modern Issues in Sports Journalism 

[EA] It’s a Problem for All of Us: Discursively Explaining 

the Destruction of Sports Journalism 

Ever Figueroa, 

and Patrick Ferrucci, Colorado-Boulder 

Sports News and the AI Article: Examining Human vs. 

AI Authorship on Perceptions of Credibility 

Sean Sadri, Jessica Payne, 

Kenon Brown, 

and Andrew Billings, Alabama 

[EA] When You’re a Woman, You Have to Make Fewer 

Mistakes: Women Sports Journalists Endure 

Guilherme Pedrosa Quitela, 

Samuel Noi, Madison Van Walleghen, 

Adrianne Grubic, Gretchen Hoak, 

and Cheryl Ann Lambert, Kent State 

Discussant 

Michael Mirer, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 


abstract. 




Research 

Research Award Panel Session 

Paul J. Deutschmann Award 



2024 Recipient 

Wayne Wanta, Florida, emeritus 

Panelists 

Charles Davis, Georgia 


Hub Brown, Florida 


Friday 


Vincent Peña, DePaul 

[EA] A Choice to Play the Game: Successfully Deviant 

Careers of Women Sports Journalists 

Cassandra Hayes, Stephen F. Austin 

At This Point, I Have No Idea: Determining A Sports 

Journalist in the 2020s 

Patrick Ferrucci, 

and Ever Figueroa, Colorado-Boulder 

Wayne Wanta is a professor emeritus in the Department 

of Journalism. He is internationally known for his research 

in political communication and media effects, with 200 

refereed publications and convention papers. He has 

lectured and delivered research presentations in 50 different 

countries. He also has authored or co-authored 

eight books. Much of Wanta’s research examines the 

agenda-setting function of the news media – how news 

coverage influences the public’s perceptions of issues 

and newsmakers. Wanta has also conducted research 

in sports journalism, visual communication, Internet use 

and effects, and negative political advertising.

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The Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in 

Research recognizes significant research over an 

individual’s career. The award is named in honor of 

Paul J. Deutschmann, who developed the College of 

Communication Arts at Michigan State University. It 

serves as the AEJMC Research Award, recognizing the 

top scholars in the association who have made a major 

impact on the field’s research during their career. 




Presidential Panel Session 

What the Changing Landscape of Higher 

Education Means to You as JMC Faculty 


Linda Aldoory, American, president, 

AEJMC 2023-24 

Panelists 

Bey-Ling Sha, California State, Fullerton 

Diana Knott Martinelli, West Virginia 

Johnny Sparks, Ball State 

Budget deficits, demographic cliffs, valueless college 

degrees...what does it mean to you as JMC faculty? 

Panelists will speak about experiences as well the economic 

and political impacts on faculty, curricula, and the 

future of JMC education. 


Korean American Communication Association (KACA) 

Business Meeting/Graduate Mentoring Panel 


Jinhyon Kwon Hammick, Flagler 

Panelists 

Yeonsoo Kim, Texas at Austin 

Do Kyun David Kim, Louisiana – Lafayette 

Myoung-Gi Chon, Auburn 

The KACA Business meeting will be followed by a graduate 

mentoring session. Faculty panelists will discuss and 

share tips and advice for the graduate students about job 

search and preparation for the interviews. 





Session 


Topic I — Understanding and Adoption of AI: 

Perceptions, Acceptance, and Integration 

08-1630-01 • Investigating the Perceived Support 

and Social Media Exposure on College Students’ 

Adoption of ChatGPT for Learning: A Technology 

Acceptance Model Study 

Xuanyu Shi, 

and Yajing Lu, Hong Kong Baptist University 

08-1630-02 • Excited or Anxious about Adopting 

Generative AI? Exploring What 

Drives Advertising Creatives to Adopt Generative AI 

Rachel Esther Lim, Sujin Kim, 

Andrew Abernathy, Sumin Shin 

and Rosemary Avance, Oklahoma State 

08-1630-03 • Developing a Scale to Measure 

Individuals’ Generative AI Acceptance and Use 

Kisun Kim, 

and Youngrak Park 

08-1630-04 • Public Understanding of Artificial 

Intelligence_An Analysis of News 

and Readers’ Comments 

Minhaz Uddin, Texas Tech 

08-1630-05 • [EA] “The Invisible Poor in the Eyes of 

LLMs” - A Study on Stereotypes in Large Language 

Models 

Wenchang Wang, Peking University, 

and Donglin Xia, Tsinghua University 

08-1630-06 • [EA] Exploring Perceived Credibility Index 

of Large Language Models: A Q-Method Study 

Xiaojing Li, Yuchen Wang, 

and Min Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Discussant 

Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, Connecticut 

Topic II — AI and Ethics 

08-1630-07 • [EA] Perceived Threats and Benefits of 

Artificial Intelligence to Intellectual Property 

Saleem Alhabash, Maria Molina, 

Kari Kammel, and Duygu Kanver, Michigan State 

08-1630-08 • [EA] Values Behind the Artificial 

Intelligence Technologies: The Hong Kong 

Perspective Summary 

Viktor Tuzov, Chun Kit Cheuk, 

Ho Mun Chan, Victor Tin-yau Hung, 

Che Lan Linda Li, 

and Fen Lin


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08-1630-09 • AI Algorithm Transparency: Pipes for 

Trust, Not Prisms - Mitigating General Negative Attitudes 

Towards AI and Enhancing Trust 

Keonyoung Park, Hong Kong Baptist University, 

and Ho Young Yoon, Ewha Womans University 

08-1630-10 • Artificial Empathy: Can Empathetic AI 

Facilitate Online Hate Speech Mitigation? 

Haiyan Jia and Gabriella Rub 

08-1630-11 • Can AI Chatbots Support Me? Exploring 

the Roles of Governmental Agent Type and (Non)Verbal 

Person-centered Communication Strategies During 

Natural Disasters 

Qi Zheng, Emily Zhan, 

Chuqing Dong, Esther Thorson, 

and Junwen Hu, Michigan State 

08-1630-12 • “I Feel Assured Now That You Say 

It.”: The Effects of Confidentiality Assurances on User 

Satisfaction with AI Therapists 

Eunsung Lee, Gain Park, 

Younjung Park, Heejo Keum, 

and Seyoung Lee 

Discussant 


Topic III — Technology and User Interaction 

08-1630-13 • Understanding Robots Designed for 

Children in Family Context from Parent’s Perspective: 

Toys or Friends 

Xueyan Cao, Chinese University of Hong Kong 

08-1630-14 • Family Roles and Privacy Boundary 

Management: Understanding Smart Speakers from the 

Family Systems Perspective 

Yao Yao and Tingzhi Liu 

08-1630-15 • Who Do You Want to Share AR 

Experience with? Friends or Strangers? 

Anthony Palomba, Virginia, 

Linwan Wu, South Carolina, 

and Danny Pimentel, Oregon 

08-1630-16 • Who and Where You Are Matters: 

Exploring the Conditional Effects of Psychological 

Distances on Livestream Viewing Fatigue 

Zhang Hao Goh 

and Edson C. Tandoc Jr. 

08-1630-17 • It’s Addictive’ but ‘It Gets Me’: An 

Examination of U.S. and U.K. Adults’ 

Uses and Gratifications or Not of TikTok 

Morgan Badurak, Nabila Mushtarin, 

Fanny Ramirez, Hayley Booth, 

Caley Hewitt, Ashlyn Barclay, 

Gabriella Jensen, and Lance Porter, Louisiana State 

08-1630-18 • Snooping, Surveillance, 

and Password Sharing: Reducing Relational 

Uncertainty in the Digital Age 

Kailey Thompson 

and Payton Pingree, Brigam Young 

Discussant 

Annalise Baines, Kansas 

Topic IV — Exploring User Interaction and Perceptions 

in Algorithmic Media 

08-1630-19 • Empowering User Proactive 

Personalization for Enhanced Diversity in Algorithmic 

Feeds: Impact of Algorithmic Application Usage on 

News Knowledge 

Cong Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 

and Rui Qiao, Shanghai University of Finance 

and Economics 

08-1630-20 • [EA] After LLMs hallucinations: The 

Relationship between Users’ Cognitive Belief Levels 

about Generative AI and Revisit Intention 

Chenxu Liu, Tsinghua University, 

and Yi Cong, Tongji University 

08-1630-21 • [EA] Is Fear or Joy More Suitable for 

Environmental Messages on Social Media? 

A Computational Analysis of Emotional Strategies 

Sumin Shin 

08-1630-22 • Reciprocal Relationships between Partner 

Choice FOMO, Decision Fatigue, Excessive Swiping, 

and Trust in Algorithms 

Alice Binder, Anja Stevic, 


08-1630-23 • [EA] The Importance of Diversity and 

Rationality the Mechanisms of Populist Discussion’s 

Visibility Under Algorithmic Curation 

Yu Su, Tsinghua University 

and Tongtong Li, Fudan University 

08-1630-24 • Building Stronger Communities on Social 

Media: News Finds Me Perception and Social Media 

Reciprocity, Interaction and Social Capital 

Homero Gil de Zuñiga, Salamanca / Penn State, 

Triwik Kurniasari 

and Timilehin Durotoye, Pennsylvania State 

Discussant 


Topic V — Digital Influence and Social Dynamics 

08-1630-25 • [EA] Empowering and Constraining: 

The Dual Role of RED in Queer Women Communities 

in Digital China 

Xinyun Zhang 

08-1630-26 • Internet Access and Protests: Evidence 

from Regression Discontinuities and Difference-in- 

Differences Designs 

Jin Woo Kim 

and Daria Kuznetsova, Kookmin University 

08-1630-27 • Virtual Influencers in Prosocial 

Campaigns: The Power of Storytelling 

Eunjin (Anna) Kim, Southern California, 

Quan Xie, Southern Methodist, 

and Yuhosua (Joshua) Ryoo, Minnesota-Duluth 

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08-1630-28 • Observing Phubbing Behaviors During 

Casual and Serious Conversations: Consequences 

for Conversation Quality, Connectedness and 

Appropriateness 

Anja Stevic, Hanna Liftinger, 


08-1630-29 • Virtual Influencers for Cause-Related 

Marketing: Desirability vs. Feasibility Messages 

Yu Chen, 

and Linwan Wu, South Carolina 

08-1630-30 • Influence of AI Disclosure Labels and 

Content Modality on Attitudes and Sharing Intention 

of Deepfakes 

Xinyu Lu and Yuning Zhai 

Discussant 

Toqa Hassan, Purdue 

Topic VI — Navigating Social Media Dynamics: 

Interactions, Behaviors, and Influences 

08-1630-31 • Social Interactions on TikTok: Exploring 

the Social Interaction Triangle in a Queer Social Media 

Context 

Katie Baumel, Connecticut 

08-1630-32 • Contrasting Perceptions of Online 

Oversharing Behaviors Between Digital Natives and 

Digital Immigrants 

Brett Williams, Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, 

and Amanda Denes, Connecticut 

08-1630-33 • [EA] “Business Secret”: Merchants’ 

Platform Knowledge and Practices about Online 

Review Platform 

Yi Li 

08-1630-34 • From Content Moderation to Platform 

Migration: An Ecological Analysis of Deplatforming 

Donald Trump on Twitter 

Longhan Wei and Tian Yang, Chinese University 

of Hong Kong 

08-1630-35 • Fame and Notoriety: How Social Media 

Influencers Shape Journalistic Values and Democratic 

Norms in Conservative Cultures in Zambia 

Gregory Gondwe, California State - San Bernardino 

08-1630-36 • Verification of Social Media Content: 

Journalistic Practices in Pakistan 

Umer Bilal, Oklahoma 

Discussant 


Topic VII — Trust and Perception in AI 

08-1630-37 • Artificial Impressions: Trust and 

Credibility in AI-Enhanced Profile Pictures 

Jacob Long, Carrie Xiao, Shamira McCray, 

Ertan Agaoglu, Abdullah Alajmi, 

Chinwendu Akalonu, 

and Yanzhen Xu, South Carolina 

08-1630-38 • Technological Adeptness, ChatGPT, 

and Third Person Effect 

Nathan Crissman, Stephen Perry, 

and Leticia Soto, Regent 

08-1630-39 • [EA] Exploring Trust and Acceptance 

of AI Content Production Tools Among University 

Students in First-Tier Cities 

Zhiyan Zhang, Communication University of China 

08-1630-40 • [EA] Researching Journalism and AI: 

A Computational Topic Modeling and Network 

Analysis of an Emerging Subfield 

Jing Han, Yuhui Zhu, 

and Andrew Iliadis 

08-1630-41 • Artificial Intelligence & The Press: 

New(s) Meanings with the Emergence 

of Generative AI 

Silvia DalBen Furtado, Texas at Austin, 

Melissa Santillana, Texas Tech, 

and Ivan Lacasa-Mas, UIC Barcelona 

and Texas at Austin 

Discussant 



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Advertising 



Teaching Advertising through the Social Justice 

Lens: What Ad Professors Should Know 


Fang (Faye) Yang, Grand Valley State

Changing 

the future of 

media

Supercharging audiences through 

Strategic 

communication 

The Cronkite School is where top 

scholars, integrated communications 

pros, students and clients collide to 

propel results. 

New graduate program 

Cronkite’s newest addition to its graduate portfolio 

is the Master of Arts in Strategic Communication, 

which equips students with the content creation 

skills and strategy sense to activate change. 

Learners work side by side with Cronkite’s 

world-class scholars and communications pros 

to tackle tough questions and challenging goals. 

Media you can feel 

Students in Cronkite’s Master of Arts in Narrative 

and Emerging Media create AR, VR and XR stories 

you don’t just watch— you experience! And they’re 

making waves: Student Cameron Kostopoulos 

won the Special Jury Award at South by 

Southwest (SXSW) for his virtual reality experience 

documenting the lives of transgender people. 

Agency accolades 

Inside the faculty-led, student-powered 

Cronkite Agency, students create real campaigns 

for real clients— and drive real results! This year, 

the Agency’s digital marketing, PR and bilingual 

campaigns teams earned a Communitas Award 

(recognizing businesses that benefit their 

communities), a BIG Innovation Award (recognizing 

creativity and innovation), and several MarComm 

and dotComm awards. 

Media entrepreneurship 

Cronkite’s Los Angeles Content Studio 

experience empowers students to grow 

(and monetize!) their own media channels 

through creative content, audience engagement 

and influencer development. 

cronkite.asu.edu

Core initiatives: 

Health and science media research 

Cronkite scholars are harnessing 

audience data, biometrics and 

interdisciplinary methodologies to 

explore the impact of media and 

misinformation on public health 

awareness and scientific literacy; 

enhance communication 

strategies about health risks; 

and promote evidence-based 

information dissemination. 

A new era in 

health 

Arizona State University is accelerating 

its efforts to tackle society’s urgent health 

care needs, now and into the accelerating 

its health-related efforts to tackle society’s 

urgent health care needs, now and into the 

future. 

ASU Health will transform how health care is 

designed, delivered and measured, while also 

producing new practitioners, specialists, 

advocates, scientists and communicators. 

The Cronkite School is embedded in 

ASU Health as a key strategic partner 

for research, teaching and public outreach. 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 

health media experiences 

Students in the RWJF Health Reporting 

experience cover health disparities under 

faculty guidance inside the award-winning 

Cronkite News newsroom; in the Cronkite 

Agency, students launch Spanish-language 

health information campaigns for Arizona 

parents as part of the RWJF Health 

Communications initiative. 

Media literacy for health 

Cronkite scholars developed a self-paced media 

literacy course, “Improving Patient Care Through 

Credible Health Media,” designed to help 

healthcare professionals counter viral health 

misinformation, help patients verify credible 

sources and contribute to the conversation 

around important health topics. 

Interdisciplinary teaching 

Cronkite School faculty collaborate with 

physicians at the Mayo Clinic Alix School 

of Medicine to offer interdisciplinary courses 

and a dual-degree Medical Doctor/Master of 

Mass Communication program. Together, we 

prepare health practitioners, communicators 

and journalists to inform and engage audiences 

around critical health information.

Launching the 

Center for 

Culture and Inclusion in 

Media 

cronkite.asu.edu 

The Cronkite School is proud to launch the Center for Culture 

and Inclusion in Media at the ASU California Center in Downtown 

Los Angeles. The Center will bring together scholars, educators 

and industry leaders to address a range of critical issues in media 

through research, content creation and professional training. 

Meet the director: 

Dr. Chelsea Reynolds will serve as the 

center’s inaugural director. Reynolds joins 

the Cronkite School from California State 

University, Fullerton, where she was an 

associate professor of communications 

and a proactive leader in a variety of 

initiatives. Her scholarly work focuses on 

the representation of sexuality, gender 

and sexual politics in U.S. media. As 

the center director, she will apply her 

professional and scholarly expertise in 

fostering a culture of inclusion across 

media industries.

Congratulations 

News21 university 

partners 

Carnegie-Knight News21 fellows from universities across the country 

earned the 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award Grand Prize— 

an honor very rarely awarded to collegiate journalists. The award 

recognizes the “America After Roe” project, exploring the impact of 

the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 abortion ruling. 

Each year, top journalism students from across the country come 

to the Cronkite School for the Carnegie-Knight News21 national 

reporting initiative. Students selected for the program study a topic 

in-depth during a virtual spring seminar, followed by a 10-week reporting 

fellowship during the summer. Students travel the country – and 

sometimes internationally – to report and produce projects on the 

defining issues of our time. 

Learn more 

Discover the News21 program and nominate 

students for future projects at news21.com. 

Our partners 

News21 is powered by top 

students from leading 

journalism programs around 

the nation. Fellows from the 

2023 project represented nine 

universities: 

Arizona State University 


Ohio Wesleyan University 

St. Bonaventure University 

University of Colorado Boulder 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

University of North Texas 

University of Oklahoma 

University of Oregon

Welcome to our 

new faculty 

Renowned documentary filmmaker 

Marcos Colón will join the 

Cronkite School as the 

school’s Southwest Borderlands 

Initiative Professor of Media and 

Indigenous Communities. 

Ali Zain will join the Cronkite School 

as an assistant professor of strategic 

communication. Zain graduated from 

the University of South Carolina 

doctoral program this year. 

Crystal Houston will join the Cronkite 

School as a Visiting Professor 

of Strategic Communications 

Leadership. Houston is an accomplished 

social impact media entrepreneur, 

mentor and educator. 

cronkite.asu.edu

Join our team 

Now recruiting 

faculty in Phoenix and online 

The Cronkite School embraces and 

advances research, innovation and 

strategic partnerships. Our faculty are 

world-class scholars who drive change 

with research, bridging the industry 

and academy with exciting, relevant 

scholarship. 


Dr. K. Hazel Kwon, a distinguished scholar in the field of digital 

media and the lead researcher at the Cronkite School’s MIDaS Lab, 

has been promoted to the rank of full professor. 

Dr. Asheley R. Landrum 

was elected to a leadership 

position for the American 

Association for the 

Advancement of Science 

(AAAS) and named 

Nominations and Leadership 

Development Chair. 

Dr. Sada Reed was recently named a 

Fulbright U.S. Scholar, promoted to 

associate professor and granted tenure 

at the Cronkite School. To fulfill her 

Fulbright opportunity, Dr. Reed will teach 

and conduct research in Denmark for 

the 2024-25 academic year. 

Angela M. Hill, Ida B. Wells Professor, 

contributed to a project at The 

Washington Post that won the 2024 

Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. 

“American Icon” examined the impact 

of the AR-15 in the United States.

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Panelists 

Robin Spring, Grand Valley State 

Fang (Faye) Yang, Grand Valley State 

Minjin (MJ) Rheu, Loyola Chicago 

Anastasia Kononova, Michigan State 

Pam Morris, Loyola Chicago 

The panel will delve into this growing imperative by discussing 

effective approaches to and challenges in incorporating 

social justice issues into advertising curriculum, 

as well as strategies to equip students with an ability to 

read the social and political landscape and derive insights 

for brands to meet the changing market needs. Panelists 

will discuss the need for advertising education to expand 

beyond traditional strategy and creative skills to nurture 

eyes to discern the social and political landscape. 





Lest We Forget: History and Inclusivity 

Are Fundamental 


Lillie M. Fears, Arkansas State 

Panelists 

Earnest L. Perry, Missouri 

Cathy M. Jackson, Norfolk State 

Janice Hume, Georgia 

Sharon Bramlett-Solomon, Arizona State 

Yvonne Cantrell-Bickley, Georgia 

Panelists will contest university administrative, faculty 

and public notions that courses in media history and 

multiculturalism are no longer necessary. History and 

inclusivity are under siege not only in academia, but 

political and social spheres. Too, the demands of a 

digital-first curriculum that keeps pace with industry disruption 

often puts media history and multicultural studies 

on the back burner when decisions are made about 

hiring and resources. If such disciplines are too “woke,” 

liberal-sounding, archaic, and expensive, we are truly 

condemned to face a future where media history is sidelined 

and Other is irrelevant again. 





Prison Journalism: For, By and about the 

Incarcerated. Who Gets to Tell Their Stories? 



Panelists 

Ryan Moser, Journalist, formerly incarcerated 

and first graduate of the Prison Journalism 

Project 

Shaheen Pasha, Penn State, Director of Education, 

Prison Journalism Project 

Jon Peters, Georgia 

Rahsaan Thomas, Journalist, formerly incarcerated 

and producer of Ear Hustle podcast 

about San Quentin 

This panel considers the incarcerated as members of 

a community with shared interests, rights and voices. 

Reporting about this community – both by prison journalists 

and by news media outside of the criminal justice 

system – is treated as a form of community journalism. 

We invite scholars and professionals to discuss different 

perspectives of reporting about and from prison. 



and Entrepreneurship and Magazine Media Divisions 


Becoming a Public Scholar: Best Practices 

Engaging with Mainstream Media 


Amy Jo Coffey, Tennessee 

Panelists 

Todd Holmes, California State, Northridge 

Andy Selepak, Florida 


Amy Kristin Sanders, Texas at Austin 

Should you be a public scholar? What does that look like? 

What are the pros and cons, how should you respond 

to and prepare for a media interview request, and what 

should you share? What should you consider before 

giving an interview, to whom/which publications, how 

should you market yourself?


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Minorities and Communication 





Zixue Tai, Kentucky 

Topic — Depicting Underrepresented Minorities 

and Perspectives in Global Messages 

Distinguished Depiction of North Korean Female 

Defectors in South Korean Media 

Seungwoo Yeom, Utah 

The Missing “Ordinary” Women in News: An Analysis of 

the Representation of Women in Health News in India 

Shreyoshi Ghosh, Colorado-Boulder 

[EA] Online Representation of Roma People: 

A Multimodal Quantitative Content Analysis of News 

on Facebook and Audience Engagement in Four 

European Nations 

Umberto Famulari, Colorado State 

[EA] Navigating Social Change: Examining Alternative 

Realities in Turkey’s Counter-Movement 

Mustafa Oz, Tennessee-Knoxville 

[EA] Framing China in Nigeria: Analyzing the Mediated 

Construction of Sino-African Realities by Nigerian 

Newspapers 

Mistura Salaudeen, Hong Kong Baptist University 

Discussant 

Carolyn Walcott, Clayton State 



Mas Biswas, Loyola, Maryland 

Topic I - Education and Praxis 

[EA] A Study of Diversity in the Discipline: A Content 

Analysis of DEI Attributes for Accrediting Council on 

Education in Journalism and Mass Communications 

Programs in Higher Education 

Hyunmin Lee, Drexel, 

Celine Hong, Rowan, 

Dacia Paje’, and Awni Kalkat, Drexel 

From Karl Marx to David Walker: Toward a Black 

Critical and Cultural Framework 

Loren Saxton Coleman, Howard 

Topic II – Student Development 

Free Student Memberships to Journalism Organizations 

for Underrepresented Groups: A Case Study and Call to 

Action 

Robin Hoecker and Vincent Pena, DePaul 

[EA] The State of Spanish-language and Bilingual Student 

Media in California 

Teresa Puente, California State, Long Beach 

[EA] Underrepresented High School Journalists Telling 

Their Stories, And the Roles of Their Collective 

Journalism 


Discussant 


* Graduate Student Paper 


abstract. 



and Scholastic Journalism Divisions 


Champions of Editing: Why Editors Need 

Change Management Skills 


Mitch McKenney, Kent State 

Featured Speaker 

Ross Maghielse, deputy managing editor 

for innovation & development, 

The Philadelphia Inquirer 

This annual gathering is open to anyone who teaches 

editing, appreciates editing or simply likes to hang around 

editing professors. This year’s speaker, Ross Maghielse, 

helps shape audience growth, innovation, business and 

content strategy at The Philadelphia Inquirer. He previously 

worked for The Guardian, CBS Local Digital Media, 

Facebook, Bleacher Report and Digital First Media’s 

Project Thunderdome. Ross also plays a lead role in 

recruitment, retention and staff development for the 

Inquirer newsroom, so he’ll also have advice on how students 

can best prepare themselves and present their work. 

Additionally, winners of the Linda Shockley Award for 

Excellence in Teaching will share their ideas for teaching 

editing. Special thanks go to our financial sponsors: the 

Dow Jones News Fund, ACES: The Society for Editing, and 

The Poynter Institute. 

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Public Relations and Media Ethics Divisions 


Cultivating Empathy in the 

Communications Classroom 


Erin K. Coyle, Temple 

Panelists 


Stephanie Madden, Pennsylvania State 

Joshua Foust, Syracuse 


This panel will explore the role of empathy in the communications 

field as a needed skill, ethical implications, 

how to foster it in the communications classroom and 

develop it in students. 



and Council of Affiliates 


Decoding the Future: No-Code Platforms 

in Media and Communication Education 


Adam Peruta, Syracuse 

Panelists 

Seth Gitner, Syracuse 

Kai Patricio, Freelance Design Consultant 

Chris (Cheng) Chen, Elon 

This panel aims to introduce educators to the power and 

potential of no-code platforms along with how no-code 

platforms can amplify storytelling and audience engagement. 

By embracing these tools, we reinforce the foundational 

belief that in the digital age, stories and ideas—not 

just code—hold power. 


Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer 

and Religion and Media Interest Groups 


Navigating Conflict on Campus: Universities, 

Educators, and Intersectional Discourse 


Lyric Mandell, Louisiana State 

Panelists 

Jennifer Vardeman, Houston 



Alexandra Pucciarelli, Rutgers 

This panel aims to delve into the complex dynamics surrounding 

identity conflicts and how universities, as well 

as educators, are grappling with these challenges. From 

responding to incidents of sexual assault, racism, sexism, 

homophobia, antisemitism, and islamophobia on 

their own campuses to facilitating discussions on broader 

global concerns, universities and educators play a crucial 

role in shaping the discourse around these topics. 



and Cultural and Critical Studies Division 


Joy and Local Journalism: Using Participatory 

Community Events for Engagement 



Panelists 

Rasheed Ajamu, Germantown Info Hub/ 

Resolve Philly 

Anita Li, The Green Line 


Tahera Rahmani, Philly-Afghan Info Hub 

This panel explores local journalism projects that aim to 

challenge this dynamic by deliberately creating spaces of 

“community joy.” Panelists share experiences researching 

and working with journalism organizations in collaboration 

with community stakeholders to create welcoming 

spaces for residents to interact with journalists and each 

other, enjoy cultural and family activities, contribute 

ideas, and discuss community issues.


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Communication Standing Committee on Career 

Development 

Panel Session 

Strategies for Enhancing Psychological 

Well-Being and Work-Life Harmony in Academia 


Weiwu Zhang, Ball State 

Panelists 

Laura Castaneda, Southern California 

Herman Howard, Jarvis Christian 

Hua Jiang, Syracuse 

Sun Young Lee, Maryland 

Yufan “Sunny” Qin, James Madison 

Amber Roessner, School of Journalism & Media, 

Tennessee-Knoxville 

Michael Martinez, School of Journalism & Media, 


Selected by AEJMC’s Standing Committee on Professional 

Freedom & Responsibility, the award recognizes journalism 

and mass communication academic units that are 

working toward, and have attained measurable success, 

in increasing equity and diversity among their faculty. 

When applying for the award, the unit must document 

its progress and innovation in racial, gender, and ethnic 

equality and diversity during the previous three years. 

Panelists will present on their school’s diversity, equity 

and inclusion strategies, and provide examples of how 

this strategy is implemented and evaluated. 


Friday 

This panel will explore strategies for enhancing positive 

emotions, sense of meaning and purpose and for minimizing 

detrimental effects such as burnout and demoralization. 





Award Panel Session 

Celebrating the 2024 Equity and Diversity 

Award Winner 




Tombras School of Advertising & Public Relations 


University of Tennessee-Knoxville 

Panelists 

Joe Mazer, Dean, College of Communication, 


Beth Foster, Tombras School of Advertising & 

Public Relations, Tennessee-Knoxville 

Maria De Moya, Tombras School of Advertising & 

Public Relations, Tennessee-Knoxville 

Christina Najera, Tombras School of Advertising 

& Public Relations, Tennessee-Knoxville 

Guy Harrison, School of Journalism & Media, 


Council of Communication Associations (CCA) 

Panel Session 

How Should the Communication Disciplines 

Respond to The Open Science Trend? 


Dane S. Claussen, director of Research, 

Publications, and Professional Advancement, 

National Communication Association 

Panelists 

Dane S. Claussen, director of Research, 

Publications, and Professional Advancement, 

National Communication Association 

Tom Mankowski, associate executive director, 

International Communication Association 

Gregory Perreault, South Florida, chair, 2023-24 

AEJMC Elected Standing Committee 

on Research 

Stephen D. Perry, Regent, former chair, 

Broadcast Education Association Publications 

Committee 

Dani Giglia, Publishing Editor I, SAGE Publishing 

The communications disciplines, indeed all of US social 

sciences and humanities, are behind Europe and US sciences 

in adopting open science practices such as open 

data sets and open access publishing. For open data sets, 

ICA has adopted Open Science Foundation badging, 

while NCA, which publishes with Taylor & Francis/ 

Routledge, and AEJMC, which publishes with Sage, have 

no official organization-wide policies on open data sets. 

The panel will discuss benefits and problems of open data 

sets, and also the future of communication disciplines’ 

open access publishing. Unlike much scientific research,

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communication scholars are not currently required to 

publish their research in open access venues, nor do they 

usually have funding to pay open access fees, but open 

access publishing is a growing US and global practice. 

The Council of Communication Associations is a nonprofit 

organization established in 1995 as an umbrella 

entity for several learned societies in the field of communication 

studies. The Council shall enhance the missions 

and to facilitate the activities of its member associations, 

to advocate for the welfare and promote the understanding 

and advancement of communication, domestically 

and internationally, as academic and professional fields. 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / F082 Salon C/5th 

Shanghai International Studies University 

and Online Media and Global Communication Journal 

Panel Session 

Sustainable Scholarship and Information 

for Development in the Global South 



Panelists 

Path to Global Knowledge: A Review of Chinese 

Scholars on International Publishing 

Ke Guo, Shanghai International Studies 

University 

Developing a Voice in Global Research 

Scholarship: A European Perspective 

Jörg Matthes, University of Vienna 

Shifting Paradigms: Advancing Communication 

Research in the MENA Region 

Shahira Fahmy, American University in Cairo 

This session features experienced journal editors and 

research related to OMGC journal’s initiative of Promoting 

Scholarship in the Global South and Leveling the Playing 

field of International Publishing for non-Anglosphere and 

Global South Scholars. 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F083 Salon L/5th 


Top Paper Refereed Research Paper Session 

Best of the Best: Advertising Division 

Top Paper Session 


Saleem Alhabash, Michigan State 

Inspired by “Greenfluencers”: Young Peoples’ Exposure 

to Greenfluencers, Compensatory Green Beliefs, and 

Consumption Behavior* 

Ariadne Neureiter 


Reclaiming Premium Brand Equity: Establishing A Post- 

Pandemic Framework for Theatrical Film Advertising on 

Social Media** 

Chris DeFelice, Florida 

From Toddler to Teen: The Bit to Byte Growing-up 

Narrative Effect of A Virtual Influencer on Consumer 

Perceptions and Brand Choice*** 

Jeongmin Ham, Sitan Li, Hyunji Kim 

and Matthew Eastin, Texas at Austin 

Going To the Other Side of the World: Teaching Social 

Justice Campaigns To Make a Difference**** 

Pam Morris, Loyola-Chicago 

Racialized Environmental Injustice and Green 

Advertising: Investigating How Color-Conscious and 

Colorblind Strategies Influence Majority and Minority 

Americans’ Cognition***** 


Discussant 


* First Place Open Competition Paper Award 

** First Place Graduate and Undergraduate Student 

Paper Award 

*** Top Special Topic Paper Award 

**** Top Teaching Paper Award 

***** Top PF&R Paper Award 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F084 Franklin Hall 8/4th 



Tradition and Technology in Electronic Journalism 


Heidi Makady, Florida 

Scrolling for the Truth (or Not): Perceptions of 

Misinformation on TikTok and Potential Interventions* 

Brittany Shivers and Bartosz Wojdynski, Georgia 

Social Media Semantics: Enhancing Manipulated Media 

Detection Through An AI Weakness** 

Regina Luttrell, Jason Davis, 

and Carrie Welch, Syracuse 

Traditional or Trendy: News Presentations in Short Form 

Video and its Audiences*** 

Sophie Theiss, Monica Ancu, 

Miyoung Chong, 

and Stephen Song, South Florida


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“I Remember… I Saw… I Knew”: Journalists’ Use of 

First-person Storytelling In Award-winning Podcasts**** 

Jessica Pettengill, Michigan State 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F086 Salon A/5th 


Discussant 

Marcus Funk, Sam Houston State***** 

* First Place, Faculty Paper Competition 

** Second Place, Faculty Paper Competition 

*** Third Place, Faculty Paper Competition 

**** First Place, Student Paper Competition 

*****Top Divisional Reviewer Award 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F085 Salon J/5th 




Melissa Greene-Blye, Kansas 

“Is This an Evil Practice?”: Newspapers and Newsgirls* 

Autumn Linford, Auburn 

After the Gauntlet: Sex Discrimination Lawsuits 

at The Washington Post, 1972-2003* 

Ashley Walter, Saint Louis 

Extra! Extra! Sing All About It: Portraying Newsies 

in 19th and 20th Century Sheet Music* 

Eric Freedman, Michigan State, 

Joshua Duchan, Wayne State, 

Vladislava Sukhanovskaya, 

and Finn Hopkins, Michigan State 

Radical or Assimilatory? The Fight for Family Life 

Education by Virginia’s Gay Press, 1977-1998** 

Hannah LeComte, George Mason 

Dancing with Shackles On: The Consulted New Women 

in the Exchange of Letters in Linglong Magazine** 

Joey Mengyuan Chen, Maryland 

How Ethnic Press in the US Urged the Diaspora to 

Preserve the Ukrainian Language (1893-1914)** 

Diana Krovvidi, Maryland 


Top Communication Law and Policy 

Research Papers 


Caitlin Ring Carlson, Seattle 

The Right to Lie with AI? First Amendment Challenges 

for State Efforts to Curb False Political Speech Using 

Deepfakes and Synthetic Media* 

Daxton Stewart, Texas Christian, 

and Jeremy Littau, Lehigh 

Standing to Sue for Data Breach: An Empirical Analysis 

of Post-Transunion Federal Cases (2021-2023)** 

Noelle Wilson, 

and Amanda Reid, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Escaping Liability for the “Gravest of Threats”: Expanding 

Article 1, Section 6 and Narrowing Brandenburg*** 

Shannon Chamberlain, Syracuse 

Jane Addams’ Lessons on Free Speech for the 

Networked Era**** 

Ivy Reed, Missouri 

Discussant 

Jane Kirtley, Minnesota 

*Top Faculty Paper Award 

** Second Place Faculty Paper Award 

*** Top Student Paper Award 

****Second Place Student Paper Award 




Best of the Best: Mass Communication 

and Society Division Top Paper Session Part I 

Friday 

Discussant 


* Top Faculty 

** Top Student 

The papers in this session are the papers that have earned 

top paper awards in the faculty and student divisions. 

They represent a variety of perspectives and approaches 

in the field of media history within the American and 

international context. 



“Bogeyman Terms”: Understanding Politically 

Conservative Americans’ Folk Theories About 

News Bias* 

Gina Masullo 

and Soojeong Kim, Texas at Austin 

Disability Influencers and Self-Representation: 

The Intersecting Medical and Social Models 

of Disability on Instagram** 

Kyle Harris and Erin Willis, Colorado-Boulder

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Identification with Others: An Experimental Study 

on the Effects of Poverty Exemplars in the News*** 

Munachim Amah and Rachel Young, Iowa 

Navigating the Socio-Technical Dynamics of AI 

Fairness: Insights from the Cognitive-Behavioral 

Processes of AIGC Moderators**** 

Huacan Liu and Zhiyun Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong 

Exploratory Research into South Korean Indie Musicians’ 

Online Live Streaming Concerts Experiences***** 

Cherin Park, Korea 

Discussant 

Mike Schmierbach, Pennsylvania State 

* First Place Faculty Paper Award 


*** Third Place Faculty Paper Award 

**** First Place Student Paper Award 

***** First Place Moeller Paper Award 




MMEE Division Top Paper Session 



To #ReleaseTheSnyderCut: A Case Study on the 

Influence of Astroturf Campaigns on High-Risk 

Management Decisions**** 


Films before and after COVID-19: A Study of Films 

Available on SVOD in Korea*** 

Dohee Kim, Korea University 

Media Entrepreneurial Resilience in Precarious 

Times: A Model** 

Jeannine Elisa Relly 

and Monica Chadha, Arizona 

Does Cultural Discounting Theory Work in the Mobile 

Gaming Sector?* 

WeiMing Ye and Fenju Fu, Peking University 

Discussant 

Xiaoqun Zhang, North Texas 

* Top Faculty Paper Award 



**** Second Place Student Paper Award 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F089 Salon K/5th 




Patrick Ferrucci, Colorado-Boulder 

Intentional, Incidental, or In-Between? Motivations 

and Political News Exposure on Smartphones* 

Rebecca Ping Yu, Wan-Yun Yu, Yung-Ju Chang, 

Jian-Hua Jiang Chen, Chen-Chin Lin, 

and Jui-Chun Liu, National Yang Ming Chiao 


Curated Verification: Partisan Differences in Audiences’ 

Information Validation Strategies** 

Taewoo Kang, Esther Thorson, 

and Rachel Mourao, Michigan State 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Journalism: How Trust in 

Media and Attitudes towards Journalists Are Associated to 

Acceptance, Trust, Willingness to Pay, and Replacement 

of Human Journalists with AI*** 

Manuel Goyanes, Marína Urbániková, 

and Beatriz Jordá; Universidad Carlos III 

“Either We’re Saved, or We’re Doomed”: Exploring 

Identity Shiftsin BuzzFeed News’ Oral History**** 

Nisha Sridharan and Rian Bosse, Arizona State 

Examining Sourcing Pattern of Labor News: Shifting 

Journalistic Paradigm Under Democratic Backsliding in 

Hong Kong***** 

Ziqi Yang 

and Sum Yi Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong 

Discussant 


* First Place Open Division Paper 

** Second Place Open Division Paper 

*** Third Place Open Division Paper 

**** First Place Student Paper 

***** Second Place Student Paper 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F090 Salon B/5th 




Megan Duncan, Virginia Tech


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Lower Quantity, Higher Quality: Auditing News 

Content and User Perceptions on Twitter/X’s Timelines* 

Stephanie Wang, 

and Shengchun Huang, Pennsylvania, 

and Alvin Zhou, Minnesota, 

and Danaë Metaxa, Pennsylvania 

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: 

Disagreeable Political Discussion Frequency 

and Content Moderation** 

Eliana DuBosar, Auburn, 

Brittany Shaughnessy, Luna Pittet Gonzalez, 


The Media Trust Gap and Its Political Explanation: 

Examining How Individual and Socio-Environmental 

Factors Differentiate Trust Preferences in Asian 

Societies*** 

Yufan Guo, Tsinghua University, 

and Yuzhe Lei, Texas at Austin 

Picking Up the Call for Reparations: News Media 

Coverage Following The Black Lives Matter Protests**** 

Sean Pauley, Wisconsin 

Walking in Political Journalists’ Shoes: Deconstructing 

the Jan. 6 Coverage Through the Lens of News Values 

and Commitment to Facts ***** 


Discussant 

Josephine Lukito, Texas at Austin 

* First Place Faculty Paper 

** Second Place Faculty Paper 

*** Third Place Faculty Paper 

**** First Place Student Paper 

***** Teaching Award Winner 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F091 Salon C/5th 



News Media Ownership and Sources of News Skew 

Framing of Corruption in the Nigerian News Media 

Stephen Odebiyi, Wayne State 

Discussant 

TBA 


abstract. 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F092 Meeting Room 309/3rd 




Nagwan R. Zahry, Tennessee at Chattanooga 

What To Do About Big Data And AI? Feminist 

Approaches in Media and Communication Studies* 

Stine Eckert and Alexandra Porter, Wayne State, 

and Kalyani Chadha, Northwestern 

My Place Isn’t in the Kitchen”: Examining Feminist 

Facebook Framing of an Algerian Social Movement**# 

Rim Chaif and Teri Finnerman, Kansas 

Is Rooting for the US Women’s National Team 

Un-american? Populism And Popular Misogyny Within 

Conservative Digital Sports Media*** 

Monica Crawford, Minnesota 

Social Media Activism and Women’s Health: 

Endometriosis as Feminist Issue**** 

Hyunjin Seo, Macy Burkett, 

Moses Okocha, Huong Ha, 

Rim Chaif, Nazra Izhar, 

Michaella Nera Barros, Blessing Jona, 

and Azhar Iqbal, Kansas 

Discussant 

Laura Willis, Quinnipiac 

Friday 


TBA 

The Instagram Effect: Unveiling the Influence on Young 

Egyptian Women’s Body Image and Self-Objectification 

Sara Hussein, Universidad de Murcia 

Law Enforcement and Lynching in the Press: America’s 

Narrative from 1835 to 1950 

Mohamed Salama, Maryland 

Practice Analysis 2024: Essential Technology and AI 

Competencies in Public Relations 

Lauren Combs, Raphael Roker, 

Lia Hood, and McKenna Joyce, Baylor 

* First Place Faculty Competition Paper Award 

** First Place Student Faculty Paper Competition 

*** First Place Student Paper competition 

**** Second Place Faculty Competition Paper Award 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F093 Salon D/5th 

Community Journalism Interest Group Top Papers 


Aaron Atkins, Weber State

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Place Matters: Variations In U.S. Journalism Culture* 

Tim Vos, Taewoo Kang, 

Rachel Mourao, Esther Thorson, 

and Marialina Antolini, Michigan State 

Constructing Resilience After Tragic Incidents: Analyzing 

News Coverage of 2018 Parkland And 2022 Uvalde 

School Shootings** 

Matthew Goldsmith 

and Shuning Lu, North Dakota State 

In AI We Trust (Not): Metajournalistic Discourse 

of Local News Automation 

Wen Lei 

and Shreyoshi Ghosh, Colorado, Boulder 

Needs And Value of Local News Among Young New 

Mexicans: Building Engagement in Racially Diverse 

Communities 

Ilia Rodriguez Nazario, 

Arif Md Tareque Habib, Mike Marcotte, 

Gwyneth Doland, 

and Chelsea Roe, New Mexico 

Discussant 

Clay Carey, Samford 

*Top Faculty Paper 

**Top Student Paper 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F094 Meeting Room 404/4th 

Entertainment Studies Interest Group 



Top Paper Panel 


Waleed Rashidi, California State, Fullerton 

Bridging Feminist and Quantitative Concepts in Film 

Sex Scenes: Reimagining Sexual Objectivity, Agency, 

and Reciprocation* 

Jessica Pettengill, Michigan State 

It’s You and Me, There’s Nothing Like This: Parasocial 

Relationships, Fear of Missing Out, And How Fans 

Consume the Products in Taylor Swift’s Media Empire** 

Lindsey Maxwell, Southern Mississippi, 

Alec Tefertiller, Baylor, 

and Caroline Neese, Southern Mississippi 

“La La La, I’m Not Listening (But I Really Am)”: Exploring 

the Meaning of a Rhythmic Hook in Rock and Pop 

Carl Knauf, Colorado - Boulder 

From Manhattan to Mumbai: Comparing Sex and The 

City to its Indian Remake Four More Shots Please 

Enakshi Roy, Towson 

Discussant 

Waleed Rashidi, California State, Fullerton 

* Top Paper and Top Student Paper 

** Top Faculty Paper 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F095 Meeting Room 308/3rd 




Cylor Spaulding, California State 

Top Faculty Papers 

Priestly or Prophetic Framing: Newspaper Coverage 

of Black Ministers’ Reaction to Emanuel AME 

Church Shooting* 

Kenneth Campbell 

and Shamira McCray, South Carolina 

Converged Identities? How US Evangelical Journalists 

Negotiate Religious Identity and Journalistic Professional 

Identity** 

Mark Coddington, Washington and Lee 


Deconstructing the Icon: Popular and Academic (Mis) 

Conceptions of the Cinematic Jesus*** 

Rick Clifton Moore, Boise State 

Top Student Papers 

Beyond the Veil, a Need for Minority Voices: Identity 

(Mis)Representations of Muslim Women in US Media 

and Muslim Women’s Coping Strategies of Mitigation**** 

Barikisu Issaka, Michigan State 

Aunty, You Should Go (To Gaza) And Fight for Them”- 

An Exploratory Study of How Two Indian Muslim 

Minority Journalists Were Harassed on X Platform During 

the Israel-Gaza War 

Mushfique Wadud, Colorado, Boulder 

Discussant 



** Second Place Faculty Paper 

***Third Place Faculty Paper 

****First Place Student Paper


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6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / F096 Salon I/5th 


8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. / F097 Liberty Lanes/Lobby 

Advertising Division Social 



Brian Petrotta, Nebraska-Lincoln 

Topic I – Navigating Sports Discourse in the Digital 

(and Gambling) Age 

The Role(s) of Social Media News in the Age-Online 

Sports Gambling Relationship: A Mediated Interaction 

Robert Holbert, Pennsylvania, 

and Megan Hill, Albion College, 

and Lee Holbert, Clemson 

Social Media Discourse Surrounding Cultural Identity 

and Chinese Naturalized Athletes in the 2022 Winter 

Olympics 

Lanfu Liu, Unaffiliated 

and Claudia Kozman, Northwestern in Qatar 

From Podium to Sponsorship: How Athletic Performance 

Impacts Athletes’ Social Media Engagement 

Ashley Carter, Colorado-Boulder 

[EA] - The Gridiron, The Grooves, and The Mind Games: 

Exploring Reddit and X Conversations on the Travis 

Kelce-Taylor Swift PsyOp Conspiracy Theory 

Hayley Booth, and Caley Hewitt, Louisiana State 

Hosting 

Saleem Alhabash, Michigan State 

Sponsored by the Department of Advertising and Public 

Relations at Michigan State University. 

8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. / F098 Salon E/5th 


and University of Missouri School of Journalism 

Edward L. Bliss Award Ceremony 

and Annual Missouri Reception for Alumni and Friends 

Hosting 

Lee Hood, Loyola-Chicago, 

and David Kurpius, Dean 

Join us as we honor this year’s Bliss Award winner, Stacey 

Woelfel, emeritus professor at the University of Missouri. 

Ceremony and award presentation, supported by Ross 

Video, will kick off the Missouri social. 

Friday 

Discussant 

Virginia Harrison, Clemson 

Topic II – Digital Fields of Play: Unraveling Sports, 

Media, and Identity 

[EA] GIFT - Sports Interuniversity Livestreams project 

on Twitch For Learning About Interactive Audiences 

David Osorio, Pontificia Universidad Católica 

de Chile 

[EA] GIFT: Helping Students Identify and Reach their 

Goals through a Professional Development Category 

Steve Collins, Oklahoma State 

[EA] Queer Media Images, Sport & the Civic Imagination: 

A Transmedia Analysis of MLB Pride Nights 

Candice Roberts, St. John’s 

[EA] A Framing Analysis of News Coverage about 

Brittney Griner During Her Russian Detention in Black 

and Mainstream Newspapers 

Aisha Powell, Kalema Meggs, 

Ama Appiah-Kubi, Raul Candelaria, 

and Jana Duckett, Morgan State 

Discussant 

Mia Long Anderson, Sam Houston State 


abstract. 

8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. / F099 

Communication Technology Division Offsite Social 

Hosting 


Location TBA 

8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. / F100 

Law and Policy Division Offsite Social 

Hosting 

Brett Johnson, Iowa 

Location TBA 

8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. / F101 Gallery/Lobby 

Mass Communication and Society Division Social 

Hosting 

Xi Cui, College of Charleston

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8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. / F102 Pen & Pencil Club 

Visual Communication 

and Newspaper and Online News Divisions 

Offsite Social 

Pen & Pencil Club 

Hosting 

Shane Epping, Wyoming, 

and Gina M. Masullo, Texas at Austin 

Members of either division are welcome to join us at the 

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Saturday Sessions 

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7 to 8 a.m. / Sa001 Salon E/5th 



Mass Communication and Society Editorial 

Board Meeting 


Michael Schmierbach, Pennsylvania State 

7:30 to 9:30 a.m. / Sa005 Salon C/5th 


Communication Committee on Career Development 


Committee Meeting 


Herman Howard, Jarvis Christian, chair 

7 to 8 a.m. / Sa002 Meeting Room 404/4th 

7:30 to 9:30 a.m. / Sa006 Salon D/5th 



Incoming Executive Committee Meeting 


Masudul Biswas, Loyola, Maryland 

7 to 8 a.m. / Sa003 Salon A/5th 




Journalism and Mass Communication Educator 

Editorial Board Meeting 


and Mass Communication Appointed Standing 

Membership Committee 


Committee Meeting 


Loren Saxton Coleman, Howard, Chair 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Sa007 Franklin Hall 10/4th 



Advertising Strategy and Social Issues 

Saturday 


Jami A. Fullerton, Oklahoma State, editor 

7 to 8 a.m. / Sa004 Salon B/5th 




Journalism and Communication Monographs 

Editorial Board Meeting 


Linda Steiner, Maryland, editor 


Maslowska, Ewa Halina, Illinois 

Redefining Progressive and Regressive Brand 

Activism: Insights from an Exploratory Study 

Employing the Theory of Tight and Loose Cultures 

Hui Shi, Xinyu Zhao, 

Sophia Mueller, Regina Ahn, 

Chen (Crystal) Chen, Dongqing Xu, 

and Geyi Wang, Miami 

Brand Activism Versus Cause-related Marketing 

Campaigns: A Comparison Of Social Media 

Comments for Large Versus Small Brands 

Lisa Farman, Ithaca College 

Using Instagram Influencers to Raise Awareness 

About Social Causes: The Role of Visuals, Motives, 

And Homophily 

Michail Vafeiadis, Virginia Harrison, 

and Lindsey Steffen, Auburn

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Brand Value Statements’ Impact on Consumer 

Perceptions of Activist Advertising 

Heather Shoenberger, Bingbing Zhang, 

Rachel Peng and Fuyuan Shen, Pennsylvania State 

Discussant 

Amal Bakry, Louisiana at Lafayette 

What Promotes Corrective and Restrictive Actions towards 

Healthy Eating Misinformation in China: An Extended 

Cognitive Mediation Model 

Qinhui Zhan, Edinburgh 

Discussant 

Glen Nowak, Georgia 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Sa008 Salon J/5th 

Communicating Science, Health, Environment 

and Risk Division 


Health Misinformation 



Perceived Threats of Health Misinformation on Others 

and Intentions to Correct It: The Mediating Role 

of Emotions and the Moderating Role of Perceived 

Closeness 

Shuangqing Liu, China University of Political 

Science and Law 

Rui Wang, Beijing Normal University, 

Shuo Gao, 

and Peiran Lang, China University of Political 

Science and Law 

Credibility Perceptions and Visual Vaccine Misinformation 

Correction: The Moderating Role of Political Interest 

Porismita Borah, Washington State, 

Yezi Hu, Texas at Tyler, Liwei Shen, 

and Yibing Sun Sun, Wisconsin – Madison, 

and Xiaohui Cao Cao, Washington State, 

and Luhang Sun, Zening Duan, 

Dhavan Shah, Wagner Michael, 

and Sijia Yang, Wisconsin-Madison 

That’s a Bunch of Bull! Examining how Bullshit Receptivity, 

Ideology, and Health Knowledge Affect Engagement with 

Misinformation 

Ben Wasike, Texas Rio Grande Valley 

Linking Health Worry to Verification and Correction 

of Health Misinformation: An Extended 

Cognitive Mediation Model 

Shuming Yang, Shiwen Wu, 

and Yimeng Xu, Wuhan University 

Predicting Health Misperceptions: The Role 

of eHealth Literacy and Situational Perceptions 

Arunima Krishna, James Cummings, 

Yi Grace Ji, and Chao Chris Su, Boston, 

and Rosalynn Vasquez, Baylor, 

and Michelle Amazeen, Boston 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Sa009 Salon H/5th 

Communication Theory and Methodology 



Analyzing Visual Data: Diverse Perspectives 

and Approaches 



Panelists 

Qualitative Approaches on Examining 

Visual Journalism 

Alex Scott, Iowa 

Computational Approaches on Examining Visual 

Misinformation on Social Media 


Eye-tracking & Examining Visual Ads 

Harrison Gong, Texas Tech 

Visual Computing of Screenshot Data 

Jihye Lee, Texas at Austin 

This panel brings together scholars who use diverse 

methodologies to analyze visual data. We will discuss 

approaching visual data, selecting suitable methodologies, 

considering the nature of visual data, and conceptual 

questions of theory. 



Theory Colloquium Panel Session 

Back to the Future: Charting a Path Forward 

for Critical Political Economy in Media History 


Jason Lee Guthrie, Clayton State 

Panelists 

Brian Creech, Lehigh 

Jay Hamilton, Georgia 

Muira McCammon, Tulane 

A. J. Bauer, Alabama


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Discussant 

Michael Buozis, Muhlenberg College 

Political economy provides a framework for a critical 

analysis of power dynamics, resource allocation, and 

cultural influence. This colloquium convenes leading 

scholars to discuss the future of critical political economy 

in media history. 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Sa011 Salon K/5th 



Cyberbullying Legislation: A Comparison of Legal 

Frameworks in the US and Vietnam 

Van Pham, Ohio University 

Discussant 

Amy Sanders, Texas at Austin 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Sa013 Salon L/5th 



Public Opinion and Social Media 


Teaching Students to Decolonize Journalism 

Practice: Resisting Dehumanizing 

Portrayals of the “Other” 



Panelists 

Melissa Greene-Blye, Kansas 


Azeta Hatef, Emerson 

Joseph Jones, West Virginia 

Journalism educators discuss how to teach decolonization 

as a journalism norm in coverage, including suggestions 

for curriculum and sharing successful examples 

from the classroom. 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Sa012 Meeting Room 407/4th 



Terri Hernandez, Mississippi State 

Pro-Voice in the Digital Era: Examining the Spiral 

of Silence in Online Abortion Discourse Following 

the Roe V. Wade Overturning 

Mor Yachin, Georgia State 

Panda Nationalism: The Strategic Use of Metaphors by 

Chinese Netizens in Constructing Nationalist Discourse 

Chunyan Huang and Haiyan Wang, Macau 

Debated, Deluged or Disappeared: The Flow of Public 

Discussion Surrounding Drought in FEMA Region 7 

Cory Armstrong, Sharon Baldinelli 

and Kelly Smith, Nebraska-Lincoln, 

Sharon Medcalf, Nebraska Medical Center 

[EA] How Regional Stereotypes Are Narrated 

in News Comments: An Analysis of the Tiktok 

Platform Based on the LDA Model 

Junyu Jiang, 

and Jiani Xu, Communication University of China 

Discussant 

Newly Paul, North Texas 

Saturday 


International and Comparative Law and Policy 


Michael T. Martinez, Tennessee, Knoxville 

Evaluating Fake News Regulation in Southeast Asia: 

Comparative Analysis of Indonesia, Singapore, and 

Thailand 

Be is Hsin-Yu Chen, Indiana, Bloomington 

Transparency of Public Enterprises and Institutions 

in China: A Freedom of Information Law Perspective 

Yong Tang, Western Illinois 

Content Removal: The Moderation Practices of Google 

and Governments Around the World 

Chinwendu Akalonu, South Carolina 


abstract. 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Sa014 Meeting Room 309/3rd 




TBA 

Topic I – Lived Experiences of Black Journalists 

“I Saw a Modern-Day Lynching”: Black Journalists’ 

Expression of Racism #ReportingWhileBlack 

Denetra Walker, Georgia

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White is Right, Objectively Speaking: Black Journalists 

and Their Perspectives of a Professional Norm 

Bill Singleton, Samford 

Black Journalists’ Communication Strategies When 

Posting About Contentious News Topics on Social 

Media* 

Erin Perry, Wayne State 

Response to Black and White Female Television 

Anchors: Effects of Audience Race and Expectation 

Violations 

Linda White, Nebraska-Lincoln, 

Saleem Alhabash, 

and Esther Thorson, Michigan State 

Discussant 

TBA 

* Graduate Student Paper 





Session 


Topic — News Literacy in the 21 st Century 

09-0830-01 • [EA] Journalists Don’t View News Literacy 

as Their Job but They Do It 

Jenna Fisher, Missouri 

09-0830-02 • Does Literacy Matter? Examining the Role 

of Education, Media Literacy, and News Literacy on 

Online News Verification Intention Among Arabs during 

the 2023 Gaza War 

Menna Elhosary 

and Rasha Abdulla, American University in Cairo 

09-0830-03 • [EA] Beyond Critical Information Needs: 

Using Computational Methods to Understand the 

Provision of News and Information for Community Life 

Asma Khanom, Joy Jenkins, 

and Damon Kiesow, Missouri 

09-0830-04 • News Tone Matters: How Media 

Multitasking and Platform Differences Moderate the 

Negativity Bias in Mobile News Consumption 

Wan-Yun Yu, Rebecca Ping Yu, 

and Yung-Ju Chang, National Yang Ming Chiao 


Discussant 


Topic — Social Media and News 

09-0830-05 • How Do News Headlines Adapt to Social 

Media Logic? Evidence From Party Media and Marketoriented 

Media in China 

Siyuan Wang 

and Pen Wan, Renmin University of China 

09-0830-06 • [EA] How Do Newsrooms Use Instagram? 

A Mixed Method Analysis of Journalistic Decision 

Making 

Kayli Plotner, Colorado 

09-0830-07 • Platform-Dependent Echoes: The Varied 

Impact of Social Media on Incidental News Exposure 

Yani Zhao, Texas Tech, 

Shengjie Yao, Sam Houston State, 


Discussant 

Weiyue Chen, Butler 

Topic — Contemporary Issues in Journalistic Work 

09-0830-08 • “Journalism Reform”: Digital-first 

Nonprofit News, Labor, and Improving 

Working Conditions for Journalists 

Louisa Lincoln, Pennsylvania 

09-0830-09 • “Said” Or “Told the Reporter”? The 

Credibility Effects of Quote-attribution Style 

Alyssa Appelman, Steve Bien-Aime, 

and Olga Morales, Kansas 

09-0830-10 • Source Diversity Tracking at U.S. News 

Organizations: A Survey of Approaches 

Cydney Grannan and Benjamin Toff, Minnesota, 

and Kathleen Searles, Louisiana State 

09-0830-11 • [EA] Assessing the Health of Washington 

State’s Local News Ecosystem: A Multifaceted 

Examination 

Jennifer Henrichsen 

and Elizabeth Chambers, Washington State 

09-0830-12 • Negotiating AI-dentity? The Social 

Representation of Communicative 

AI in Singapore’s News Sites 

Edson C. Tandoc Jr. 

and Seth Seet, Nanyang Technological 

Discussant 


Topic — Media Framing and Social Issues 

09-0830-13 • [EA] A Comparative Study on Obituary 

Reports in China and the US Under The COVID-19 

Pandemic 

Yishan Shen, Melbourne 

09-0830-14 • Framing the Rohingya Crisis of 2017: 

A Comparative Content Analysis of US 

and Bangladesh News 

Mohammad Delwar Hosen, Louisiana State, 

T. Phillip Madison 

and Stephenson Waters, Louisiana at Lafayette


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09-0830-15 • Remembering the Flawed & Famous: 

How Journalists Address Sexual Misdeeds When 

Memorializing Male Icons 

Patrick Walters 

and Austin Winslow, Washington and Lee 

09-0830-16 • Women Defeat Men with More Coverage 

of 2022 Winter Olympics in Analysis of Four Dailies 

Francesco Somaini, Central Washington, 

and Jenny Dean, Texas Wesleyan 

Discussant 

Ever Figueroa, Colorado 

Topic — News and Audiences 

09-0830-17 • Factors Influencing Observational News 

Use: Focusing on the Impact of Motivations for Digital 

Media Platform Use, Network Characteristics, Privacy 

Concerns, and Perceived Influence of the Media 

Harim Lee, Dongguk 

and Janggeun Lee, Pukyong National 

09-0830-18 • “Gotta Report ‘Em All”: How 

International News Diversity Impacts Public 

Knowledge, Perceptions of Foreign Nations 

and Nationals, and Fear-Based Xenophobia 

Huu Dat Tran and Uyen Diep, Louisiana State 

09-0830-19 • [EA] Question Headlines in Fact- 

Checking News: A Double-Edged Sword for Audience 

Selection and Evaluation 

Jieun Shin, Hogeun Lee, 

Kyung Won Cho, Heewon Song, 

Nahun Park, Sojeong Im, 

and Hyun Suk Kim, Seoul National 

09-0830-20 • Friendship Networks and Innovations in 

Journalism: Examining the Impacts of Bridging 

and Bonding Ties on Participation in Multidisciplinary 

Collaboration 

Zhen Shi, Communication University of China, 

Zixuan Zhang, Beijing Jiaotong University, 

and Di Zhang, Renmin University of China 

09-0830-21 • [EA] Perceptions and Expectations of 

Constructive Journalism in China Under Risk Contexts 

Keyang Zhao 

and Xiaojing Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Discussant 


09-0830-24 • Enhancing Trust in Local News, Quality 

Journalism and Community Engagement: A Mixed 

Methods Study of Philanthropic News Funders and 

Perception of News Audiences 

Louisa Ha, Hyacinth Bangero, 

Faiswal Faiswal Kasirye, Ali Raza, 

Halima Ali, Ahmad Alsubhi, 

Man Luo, Kelsey Zook, 

and Azade Asadi Damavandi, Bowling Green State 

09-0830-25 • [EA] Insights from the Field: Perspectives 

of Sources in Solutions Journalism Stories Produced by 

Student Journalists 

Kyser Lough and Janai Wells, Georgia 

09-0830-26 • [EA] Creating Multimodal, Slow News 

Stories with Sparse Resources: The Affordances 

and Constraints of Comics Journalism 

Roma Subramanian, Nebraska-Omaha 

Discussant 

Michelle Rossi, Loyola, New Orleans 

Topic — News and Health 

09-0830-27 • [EA] Analyzing 42 Years of U.S. 

Newspaper Coverage of Sepsis and Septic Shock 

Lesa Major, Indiana 

09-0830-28 • [EA] Covering Medical Aid in Dying 

in Hawai’i, New Jersey, and Maine from 2016-2019 

Kimberly Lauffer, Keene State, 

Sean Baker, Central Michigan, 

and Natalee Seely, Ball State 

09-0830-29 • [EA] “Is What I’m Doing Right?”: 

Professional (Self-)criticism Following Coverage 

of a Mass Shooting 

Theodore Petersen, Florida Tech 

09-0830-30 • Does News Increase Discrimination of 

Patients with COVID-19? An Analysis Based on the 

Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) 

Liangying Ma, Peking University, 

Gege Fang, Beijing University of Posts 

and Telecommunications, 

Xueqi Cheng, Soochow University, 

and Zhengxin Liu, China Agricultural University 

09-0830-31 • [EA] Journalists in Exile: Exploring 

Emotional Impact Among Afghan Reporters in Pakistan 


Saturday 

Topic — Nonprofit News 

09-0830-22 • [EA] Long Hours, Lots of Freedom: 

Nonprofit Investigative Journalists’ Diverging Views 

of Professional Practices and Values 

Gerry Lanosga and Kevin Mudavadi, Indiana, 

and Brant Houston, Illinois 

09-0830-23 • [EA] Fundraising Priorities 

in Nonprofit News 

Katherine Fink, Pace 

Discussant 

Ruth Moon, Louisiana State 

Topic — News and Society 

09-0830-32 • John Oliver Emmerich of Mississippi: 

An Analysis of One Editor’s Portrayal of Blacks and 

Integration in the McComb Enterprise-Journal, 1964-1965 

Ecaterina Stepaniuc, North Carolina A&T 

and Josh Cromwell, Southern Mississippi


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09-0830-33 • More Transparent, Less Responsive: 

Trends in Journalism and Public Relations 

Interactions in Pulitzer Prize-winning Stories 

Chris Roberts, Suzanne Horsley, 

and Feiyun Deng, Alabama, 

and Bill Singleton, Samford 

09-0830-34 • The Document Divide: Public 

Record Requester Demographics, Efficacy, 

and Those Left Behind 

David Cuillier, Florida, 

and A.Jay Wagner, Marquette 

09-0830-35 • They’ve Had It Rough: Immigration News 

Impact on Perceived Social Distance and Policy Support 

Matthew Binford, Western Carolina 

09-0830-36 • [EA] How High School Journalists 

Cover Controversy 


and Sohana Nasrin, Tampa 

Discussant 



Topic I — Feminist Activism and Representations 

09-0830-37 • Excluding Men from Feminist Movement 

as a Way of Actualizing Feminist Digital Citizenship 

Renyi He, Chinese University of Hong Kong 

09-0830-38 • Social Media as a Counter-Public Sphere? 

Chinese Feminist Activism Em-powered by Topic 

Hashtags 

Lirong Chen, 

and Yiling Jiang, Nanjing University 

09-0830-39 • A Qualitative Study of Young Women’s 

Experiences with Online Activism 

Mackenzie Cato, Kennesaw State 

09-0830-40 • [EA] Ukrainian Women’ Resistance 

Against Russia: Militarized Femininity in American 

Media Discourse 

Zivile Raskauskaite, Missouri-Columbia 

Discussant 

Hyunjin Seo, Kansas 

Topic II — Gender Dynamics in Journalism 

09-0830-41 • Where Does School Environment Come 

In? Classroom-newsroom Gender Distribution Disparity 

in Nigerian Journalism 

Success Osayi, Colorado-Boulder 

09-0830-42 • [EA] Left on their Own: Professional 

Authority and Journalists’ Responses to Harassers 

Valerie Belair-Gagnon, Minnesota-Twin Cities 

and Avery Holton, Utah 

09-0830-43 • Gendered Violence, Precarious Labor 

and Solidarity – Notes from a Journalistic Field 

Shobha SV, Indiana 

09-0830-44 • A Girl’s Guide to Divorce: How Celebrity 

Capital, Gossip, and Market Logics Influence Tabloid 

News Representations of Women & Celebrity Divorce 

Alexis Haskell, Temple 

Discussant 

Kelsey Mesmer, Saint Louis 

Topic III — Women in Leadership 

09-0830-45 • [EA] Organizational Culture and 

Socialization as Interconnected Strategies to Retain, 

Empower and Advance Early-career Women in 

Communication 

Katie Olsen and Danielle LaGree, Kansas State 

09-0830-46 • Gender Dynamics in Newsroom 

Leadership 

Ella Hackett, South Florida 

09-0830-47 • Assessing the Progress of Women 

in Journalism Accreditation: From Pioneers to Present- 

Day Positions 


Discussant 

Breann Murphy, Jacksonville State 

Topic IV — Shifting Gender Roles 

09-0830-48 • Shackle or Strength? How Do Women 

Perceive Sajiao in Romantic Relationships in China? 

Xuan Qian, Northern Illinois 

09-0830-49 • [EA] Who Is “Baby Man’s Mommy”? 

Feminist Backlash Against Son-valued Mothering on 

Chinese Social Media 

Lulu Yuan, Hong Kong Baptist University 

09-0830-50 • Fandom with a Feminist Lens: A Study on 

Women’s Online Fan Culture in China 

Jinglin Zhao 

Discussant 

Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh, Butler 

Topic V — Media Representation 

09-0830-51 • 5G and Feminist Media: Redefining 

Connectivity, Representation, and Empowerment 

Dong Meng 

and Joanna Nian Chang, Shanghai Jiao Tong 

09-0830-52 • [EA] Sexism and Female Self-awareness: 

An Analysis of Gender Discourse Practices Triggered by 

the Movie Barbie on Chinese Social Media Platform 

Qingqing You, Communication University of China, 

Li Sun, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 

and Hao Gao, Nanjing Normal University 

09-0830-53 • [EA] Murders and Mayhem: Exploring 

the Representations of Female Victims in True Crime 

Podcasts 

Aubree Herman 

and Mackenzie Mickavicz, Texas Tech


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09-0830-54 • Are You Hegemonic-splaining Me? 

Rethinking The Term Mansplaining in Political 

Television Debates 

Valentina Proust, Pennsylvania 

09-0830-55 • [EA] Everyday Feminism and Gender 

Debate: Analyzing Online Discourse on Chinese 

Social Media 

Yuan Xu, Pennsylvania 

Discussant 

Kelli Boling, Nebraska-Lincoln 

Topic VI — Body Image and Women’s Health 

09-0830-56 • How Social Media Use Influences 

Gen-Z Women’s Fitness Willingness: Loneliness, 

Expected Outcomes, and Self-efficacy 

Pan Hou, Northwest University xi’an China 

09-0830-57 • [EA] Who Is Describing Fashion? 

The Narratives of Fashionable Female in Chinese 

Periodicals,1914-1934 

Minghui Zhu, Beijing Normal University, 

Jing Wen, Tsinghua University, 

and Qiuli Tong, Beijing Normal University 

09-0830-58 • [EA] The Crucial Female Utopia of Illness 

Healing: Research on the Illness Narrative of PCOS 

Patients in Social Media 

Wendi Wang, Communication University of China 

09-0830-59 • Cultivating Perceptions: The Impact of 

Instagram Influencer Content on Body Image Concerns 

Among Young Adult Women 

Isabella Cuello 


09-0830-60 • Why Does Beauty Make Women 

Ashamed? A Thematic Analysis of #Beauty Shame on 

Chinese Social Media 

Wenna Zhao, 

and Xu Jinghong, Beijing Normal University 

09-0830-61 • Social Media Use and Depression: 

The Moderation Effect of Gender 

Ali Ghanbarian, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Discussant 

Ashley McKenzie, Clemson 

09-0830-64 • Complicated Girls Suck: A Feminist 

Autoethnography of Media and Outlaw Emotions 

at the Turn of the 21st Century 

Tara Walker, St. Bonaventure 

09-0830-65 • Video Vigilantes: Why Womxn 

Are Exposing Their Perpetrators on TikTok 

Sarah Witmer, Iowa 

Discussant 


Topic VIII — Global Perspectives on Gender, Media, 


09-0830-66 • Gender Disparities in Middle Eastern 

Digital Media: A Gender Regime Theory Analysis 

Yusra Alzahrani and Bruce Hardy, Temple 

09-0830-67 • Disparate Media Representations of 

Ukraine’s Female and Male Soldiers 

Christina Paschyn, Northwestern in Qatar 

and Anna Young, Central Connecticut State 

09-0830-68 • Never Become A “Love-brain” How 

Chinese Feminists Shape Poor Examples on Social 

Media as a Roundabout Strategy of Hashtag Feminism 

Tingwan Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

09-0830-69 • [EA] Covering Gender Equality: News 

Coverage, Social Media Discourse, and Journalists’ 

Knowledge in a Patriarchy Southeast Asian Nation 

Uyen Diep and Huu Dat Tran, Louisiana State 

Discussant 



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Saturday 

Topic VII – Women’s Rights, Advocacy and 

Participation 

09-0830-62 • Power from Gender Conception and Self: 

How Does News Contact of Chinese Female College 

Students Affect Their Online Public Participation in 

Gender Issues? 

Yanling He, Nanjing University 

09-0830-63 • Tweeting through the Storm: Unpacking 

Alabama’s In Vitro Fertilization Ruling and Legislative 

Response on Twitter 

Zehui Dai, Radford, 

and Dinah Tetteh, Arkansas State 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Sa016 Meeting Room 307/3rd 



Social Media and Politics 


Andrea Lorenz, Kent State

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Connecting Politics to the People: How Social Media 

Influencers Get Out the Vote 

Amanda Siew, Oklahoma 

Empowered or Constrained in Platform Governance? 

An Analysis of Twitter Users’ Responses to Elon Musk’s 

Takeover 

Rui Wang, and Yini Zhang Buffalo, 

Suk Jiyoun and Sara Holland Levin, Connecticut 

TikTok, Securitization Theory and Public Opinion 

Michael McCluskey, 

and Nagwan Zahry, Tennessee, Chattanooga 

Beyond Words: A Comparative Study of Emoji Use in 

Weibo vs. Twitter Political Discussion 

Dongdong Yang 


Fake News Case Study Project 

David Lynn Painter, Rollins 

Discussant 

Aaron Veenstra, Florida Atlantic 

Over the past two decades, social media platforms have 

become increasingly important for political communication. 

Papers in this panel discuss social media, public 

opinion, vote mobilization, and platform governance. 




Empowering Inclusive Research in Communication: 

Strategies for Diversity and Equity 


Briana Trifiro, Boston 

Panelists 


Azza El-Masri, Texas at Austin 

Kayo Mimizuke, Texas at Austin 

This panel responds to the need to address and mitigate 

challenges communication scholars face when researching 

minoritized and marginalized issues or cultures. For 

example, when authors employ reflexivity in empirical 

research to address identity-related issues, their insights 

are frequently dismissed as subjective rather than valued 

as expert experience. 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Sa018 Salon I/5th 



Topics in Entertainment Studies 


William Schulte, Winthrop 

Heroes Come in All Colors and Genders? Chinese 

Players’ Gender and Racial Stereotypes of League 

of Legends Characters 

Yuan Huang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Intimacy Fantasy and Emotional Disconnection: 

Unraveling the Psychological Dynamics of Parasocial 

Breakup in China’s Digital Landscape 

Zhenming Li, Shenzhen University 

Self-Adjustment and Relationship Reconstruction 

of Chinese Youth in the Accelerating Era 

Lirong Chen, Nanjing University 

Para-social Relationship and Social Media Dependency 

among Chinese K-pop Fans: Exploring the Mediating 

and Moderating Mechanisms 

Ye Wang, Southern California 

More Stereotypical? A Qualitative Content Analysis 

of Gender Representation in Chinese Popular Songs 

Since 1992 

Junliang Li, Beijing Normal University/Hong Kong 

Baptist University 

Social Media Scandals: Audience Perception 

of Bangladeshi Film Celebrities and Industry Amidst 

the Surge of Hate Speech 

Monira Begum, Southern Mississippi, 

and Nadia Nahrin Rahman, Kentucky 

Unveiling Female Desire: A Critical Analysis 

of Female Sexuality in Media 

Sahar Saadat, Georgia 

Temporal and Spatial Navigation for Social 

Connectedness in Collaborative Gaming: Evidence from 

Newly Graduated Chinese College Students 

Kunpeng Miao, Communication University of China 

Beyond the Plastic Façade: Unveiling the Multifaceted 

Discourse and Impact of Barbie in Film 

Sarah Johnson, South Carolina 

What Is Edutainment? Understanding Communication’s 

Role in Engaged Learning and Enhanced User 

Experience 

Hunter Reeves, Colorado-Boulder 

Discussant 

William Schulte, Winthrop


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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Interest 

Group and Commission on the Status of Minorities 


Building Bridges and Sharing the Spotlight: How 

Media Outlets Gain Trust and Share Stories of 

Historically Marginalized Communities 

8:30 to 10 a.m. / Sa021 Salon E/5th 

Kappa Tau Alpha 


Advisor’s Breakfast 

Hosting 

Beverly Horvit, Missouri, executive director, KTA 


Stephen Jiwanmall, La Salle 

Panelists 


Kalisha Whitman, Florida 

Jeremy Rodriguez, Philadelphia Gay News 

Jesús Ayala, Long Beach 

Kris Vera-Phillips, Arizona State 


Professional journalists and scholars will share insight on 

how and why media outlets must engage in trust building 

to better enfranchise historically marginalized communities. 




Panel Session 

Report from Presidential Task Force 

on AEJMC’s DEI 


Bey-Ling Sha, California State Fullerton 

Panelists 

Theresa L. Mastin, Michigan State 

Gabriel B. Tate, Ball State 

Nathian Shae Rodriguez, San Diego State 


Panelists will review some task force deliverables and 

summarize recommendations to the AEJMC board of 

directors, including a proposed standing committee on 

AEJMC’s internal DEIJ and guidelines for issuing public 

statements. 

Kappa Tau Alpha is an international society honoring 

scholarship in journalism and mass communication. 

It is organized for the recognition and encouragement 

of scholarship and good character among students of 

journalism in colleges and universities in which there 

are properly conducted schools and departments of 

journalism and mass communication. Pre-registration is 

required. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Sa022 Franklin Hall 11/4th 



Scholar-to-Scholar (Poster) Paper Refereed Research 

Paper Session 

Advertising Division (ADVD) 

Topic — Digital Engagement and Technology in 

Advertising 

10-1030-01 • Consumer Engagement With 

AI-Powered Search Engines and Implications 

for the Future of Search Advertising 

Gabriel Garlough-Shah, Jong Inn Park, 

Shirley Anugrah Hayati, Dongyeop Kang, 

and Jisu Huh, Minnesota-Twin Cities 

10-1030-02 • The TikTok Effect: The Impact of 

Platform Engagement and Trust in American Livestream 

E-Commerce Consumer Engagement With AI-Powered 

Search Engines and Implications for the Future 

of Search Advertising 

Bryce Whitwam, Syracuse 

10-1030-03 • The Chatbot Is Mine! Exploring the Effect 

of Choice on Consumer-Chatbot Relationship 

via Psychological Ownership 

Xiaohan Hu, Xiaoyu Xu, 

and Chen (Crystal) Chen, San Diego State 

10-1030-04 • [EA] Exploring Generative AI as Part 

of the Design and Creative Process 

Adam Wagler, Nebraska-Lincoln 

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10-1030-05 • Exploring the Determinants and Effects 

of Social Media Influencer Authenticity in Product 

Endorsement 

Tai-Yee Wu, Szu-Tung Chen, 

David Atkin, Shih-Yu Lo, 

and Shu-Chu Sarrina Li, National Yang Ming Chiao 


Discussant 

Yuan Nan, Florida 

Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division (BAMJ) 

Topic — In the (News) Making: Navigating Challenging 

and Trends in Journalism Practice 

10-1030-06 • [EA] Examining Gen Z Journalists’ 

Perceptions of their Professional Identities and Roles 

Ahmed Shatil Alam and Amanda Siew, Oklahoma 

10-1030-07 • [EA] Towards a Cross-media 

Transparency Typology 

Nicky Redl, Colorado, Boulder 

10-1030-08 • Where Are They Now: Long-Term Mental 

Health Implications of Journalists Who Covered Natural 

Disasters*** 

Indri Maulidar, Wisconsin-Madison 

10-1030-09 • (Co)-production of Humanitarian News. 

Case Study on CNN and INGOs Reporting on Starvation 

as a War Tool in the Inaccessible War Zone of Gaza 

Rania Al Namara, Colorado, Boulder 

10-1030-10 • Hearing Constructive News: Feedback, 

Sensation and Intervention in Beijing News Radio 

Constructive Journalism Practice 

Guangbin Lyu, Communication University of China 

Discussant 

Beth Concepción, Linfield 

Communication Technology Division (CTEC) 

10-1030-11 • Lifetime Video Game Exposure Is 

Associated with Internalization of Sexist STEM 

Beliefs in Women and Men 

Morgan Ellithorpe, Delaware, 

Shay Xuejing Yao, Georgia State, 

and Nancy Rhodes, Michigan State 

10-1030-12 • “It’s Our Generation’s Internet.” Studying 

The Diffusion of AI Use Among Prospective College 

Student Audiences 

Jared Brickman, Carnegie Dartlet 

10-1030-13 • Effects of Perceived Type and Tone of 

TikTok and Instagram Content on Mental Well-being 

Evan Melara, Saraswathi Bellur, 

Aditi Rao, and David Atkin, Connecticut 

10-1030-14 • Just ChatGPT It: A Mixed Methods 

Evaluation of Generative AI Use Among College 

Students 

Elliot Chng, Jona Chin, Jensen Kee, 

Shang Yu Ng, Edson C. Tandoc Jr., 

and Seth Seet, Nanyang Technological University 

10-1030-15 • Dealing with Digital Technologies 

in Chilean Classrooms Post-Pandemic: Insights 

from Educators 

Macarena Penaylillo, Teresa Correa, 

Ignacio Jara, Matías Rojas, 

Gabriel Gutiérrez, Marcelo Santos, 

Carolina Zúñiga, 

and Cristián Cox, Universidad Diego Portales 

10-1030-16 • [EA] Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality 

to Enhance Learning Experience 

Junaid Majaz, Ohio 

Discussant 

Toqa Hassan, Purdue 


Division (CTAM) 

10-1030-17 • They’re Threatening Us: Partisan Media 

Use, Perceived Threats, and Political Engagement 

Brittany Shaughnessy and Jay Hmielowski, Florida, 

and Michael Beam, Kent State 

10-1030-18 • [EA] After the Ban: Tracking the Migration 

from Twitter to Parler 

Torie Kim, Texas at Austin, Yini Zhang, Buffalo, 

Yunkang Yang, Texas A&M, 

and Josephine Lukito, Texas at Austin 

10-1030-19 • From Compassion to Communication: 

The Role of Disgust and Anger on Information Behaviors 

Xinxia Dong and Janet Yang, Buffalo 

Discussant 


10-1030-20 • [EA] Leveraging Large Language Models 

in Message Stimuli Generation and Validation for 

Experimental Research 

Qijia Ye, Pennsylvania, Zening Duan, Wisconsin 

and Shengchun Huang, Pennsylvania 

10-1030-21 • [EA] The Field of Communication is 

Becoming Less Disruptive: A Citation Analysis from 

1976 to 2017 

Luling Huang, Missouri Western State 

and Kun Xu, Florida 

Discussant 

Marcus Funk, Sam Houston State


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International Communication Division (INTC) 

10-1030-22 • Improving Self-Esteem and Reducing 

Loneliness: The Changing Importance of Networked 

Friendship Quality Generationally 


Law and Policy Division (LAWP) 

Topic — Tiktok, AI, and Streaming Laws and Policies 

10-1030-23 • [EA] AI Speech Regulation: Based on 

Lawmaker Perspective 

Daiyi Jiang, Missouri 

10-1030-24 • [EA] Protecting Children of the TikTok 

Era: The Influence of the Twitter Discourse on Changes 

to Platform Policy 

Alexis Shore Ingber, Michigan, 

and Chao Chris Su, Boston 

10-1030-25 • [EA] Civic Alert: A Critical Analysis of the 

Construction of TikTok in U.S. Official Discourse 

Javie Ssozi, Iowa 

10-1030-26 • “Public Interest” and Fake News 

Prevention on Social Media Platforms 

Chang Sup Park, Oklahoma 

Discussant 

Benjamin W. Cramer, Pennsylvania State 

Mass Communication and Society Division (MCSD) 

10-1030-27 • Social Shelter from Digital Garden of 

Eden: The Multipath Impact of School Bullying on 

Problematic Social Media Use in Chinese College 

Students* 

Xuan Chen, Zhejiang, 

Sihui Yu, City University of Macau, 

Yueyue Su, Qinghai Normal, and Jiayi Li, Cornell 

10-1030-28 • Close Friends, Closed Voices: Examining 

the Impact of Social Ties and Face on One’s Willingness 

to Express on Chinese Social Media Platforms** 

Yujing Lin, Tsinghua University 

10-1030-29 • Police Brutality in the News: A Framing 

Analysis of Walter Scott’s Murder*** 

Shamira McCray, South Carolina 

10-1030-30 • The Role of Crowdsourced Online 

Platforms as Public Spheres for Science**** 

Isabel Villanueva, Wisconsin-Madison 

10-1030-31 • “Caught in a Bad Romance?” The 

Romanticizing of Domestic Violence in Colleen 

Hoover’s It Ends with Us 

Lauren Tortella, Texas Tech 

Discussant 


* Second Place Student Paper Award 

** Third Place Student Paper Award 

*** Second Place Moller Paper Award 

**** Third Place Moeller Paper Award 

Media Ethics Division (ETHC) 

10-1030-32 • The Angel and the Devil Incarnate: 

Missing White Women, Accused Persons in Wolf’s 

Clothing, and the Ethical Implications of Borrowing 

from Fairly Tales 

Margaret Patterson, Duquesne 

10-1030-33 • Constructing Online Privacy Literacy 

Frame in Comparison Between Wechat and Weibo: 

Perspectives from The East 

Xiaojing Li, Yuxin Han, 

and CongXuan Feng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

10-1030-34 • [EA] Digital Immortality? A Study on the 

Death Narrative Ethics of Deepfake Resurrection 

Yanchun Chen, Communication University of China 

Discussant 

TBA 

Political Communication Division (PLCD) 

10-1030-35 • Partisan Media and Political 

Discussion as Regulators of Identity 

Jacob Long, South Carolina 

10-1030-36 • Political Knowledge and Affective 

Polarization: A Spillover Mechanism Through 

Emotions Towards Partisan Media 

Xia Zheng, Stony Brook, 

Yanqin Lu, Jihyang Choi 

and Jae Kook Lee, Bowling Green State 

10-1030-37 • Democratic and Republican Feminists 

Think Alike: How Citizens Respond to Sexual 

Harassment Allegations against Politicians 

Jin Woo Kim, 

and Celeste Wagner, Kookmin University 

10-1030-38 • Heavy Media Use, Not Partisanship, 

Primarily Drives Usage of Fact Checkers 

Rik Ray, Sakshi Bhalla 

and Harsh Taneja, Illinois at Urbana-Campaign 

Discussant 

Huixin Deng, Miami 

Visual Communication Division (VISC) 

10-1030-39 • Containable or Existential Threat? Visual 

Framing of the North Korea Nuclear Crisis 

Dagmar Punter, Tilburg University 

and Erik Bucy, Texas Tech 

10-1030-40 • “Image as Data”: Diachronic Exhibition 

and Mediated Production of Cover Images on WeChat 

Official Accounts – A Case Study of China’s Provincial 

Health Commissions 

Yipu Zeng, Weiman Chen, 

and Wenjing Tan, Fudan University 

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10-1030-41 • UX Design vs. UI Design: Understanding 

Employers’ Expectations Through Semantic Analysis 

of Job Descriptions 

Qian Xu and Ke Jiang, Elon 

10-1030-42 • Reconstructing Myth in Modern 

China – Study on the Narrative Structure 

of Chinese Animated Films 

Mengyao Shi, Nanjing University 

10-1030-43 • Nothing to See Here: What Newspapers 

“Say” When They Publish Blank Front Pages 

Susan Keith, Rutgers 

Discussant 

Mary Angela Bock, Texas at Austin 

Community Journalism Interest Group (COMJ) 

Topic I — Local Journalism and Trust 

10-1030-44 • [EA] We Do Not Trust in Journalism: 

A Randomized Controlled Trial on Farmers’ Trust in 

News Media 

Kang Namkoong, Maryland, 

Kathryn Thier, George Mason, 

Rick Burke, Wisconsin Department of Health 

Burney Kieke and Bryan Weichelt, Marshfield 

Clinic Research Institute 

10-1030-45 • [EA] How News Organizations Are 

Responding to Eroding Audience Trust in The U.S. 

Benjamin Toff and Elliott Edsall, Minnesota 

10-1030-46 • [EA] Remoteness and Rural News: 

A Computational-Ethnographic Approach to Local News 

on Facebook in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

Ava Francesca Battocchio, Brandi Stover, 

Jean Hardy, and Kjerstin Thorson, Michigan State 

10-1030-47 • [EA] ‘I’m Not the Environment Reporter’: 

Climate Change Reporting Perspectives Among Rural 

Journalists 

Jessica Walsh, Nebraska, 

Mildred “Mimi” Perreault 

and Gregory Perreault, South Florida, 

and Louisa Lincoln, Pennsylvania 

10-1030-48 • [EA] Journalists’ Emotional and Logistical 

Reactions to A Police Raid 

Stephen Wolgast, Kansas 

Discussant 


Topic II — Solutions for Local News Loss 

10-1030-49 • [EA] “They Are Just Going with The 

Times:” Exploring Rationalization, Loyalty And 

Continued Subscription of A “Ghost” Newspaper 

Sydney Boeger and Nick Mathews, Missouri 

10-1030-50 • “Journalism Doesn’t Always Love Back:” 

Rural Journalism and Resourcefulness at The Periphery 

Gregory Perreault, South Florida, 

and Celeste González de Bustamante, 


10-1030-51 • [EA] Collaborative Reporting in South 

Asia: Cross-Border Journalism An Antidote to Local 

Media Capture 

Prashanth Bhat, Houston 

10-1030-52 • Student Journalists and News Deserts: 

How Student Reporters Can Help Fill a Void in 

Community News 

Joseph Kasko and Katharine Hubbard, Winthrop 

10-1030-53 • [EA] Sustaining Community News 

Outlets: Editors’ Perspectives of Participating in News- 

Academic Partnerships 

Lara Salahi, Endicott, 

and Christina Smith, Georgia College 

Discussant 


Entertainment Studies Interest Group (ESIG) 

10-1030-54 • [EA] The Structured Experience 

of The Eras Tour Concerts and Movie 

Lindsey Maxwell, Southern Mississippi, 

Alec Tefertiller, Baylor, 

and David Morris, South Carolina-Aiken 

10-1030-55 • [EA] “That’s the Power of News”: 

How K-Drama Depictions May Impact Journalism 

Recruitment 

Emily S. Kinsky, West Texas A&M, 

and Susan Grantham, Hartford 

10-1030-56 • Intruders on the Timeline: Successful 

Transmedia Practices by Ted Lasso and Club of Crows 

Ana Gabriela Méndez Gutiérrez, Shanghai Jiaotong 

10-1030-57 • Been There, Streaming That: Media 

Substitution, Brand Equity, and Moviegoer Attitudes 

Towards Streaming Blockbuster Films 


10-1030-58 • Love for Pothos: Empirical Research 

of Motivation to Chinese Otome Game Engagement 

Ziyu Wu, Xiaoqing Qin, 

and Lun Zhang, Beijing Normal University 

Discussant 


Religion and Media Interest Group (RMIG) 

10-1030-59 • [EA] Doubling Down: Catholic Church 

Framing of Its Opposition To The 2022 Respect for 

Marriage Act 


10-1030-60 • [EA] Examining Audiences’ Psychological 

Reactance to Christian-Sourced Excessive Alcohol 

Consumption Messages in The United States 

Junho Park and Russel Clayton, Florida State 

10-1030-61 • [EA] How a Greek Catholic Newspaper in 

America Utilized The Word “Slavery” Against Opposing 

Religious Groups 

Diana Krovvidi, Maryland


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10-1030-62 • Inspiring the Nones?: Exploring Selftranscendent 

Media Use and Outcomes Among the 

Religiously Unaffiliated 

Arthur Raney, Buffalo, 

Sophie Janicke-Bowles, Chapman, 

Mary Beth Oliver, Pennsylvania State 

and Katherine Dale, Florida State 

10-1030-63 • Matters of Faith: News Coverage of 

Constraints on Religious Freedom in Central Asia 

Eric Freedman 

and Eleanor Pugh, Michigan State 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Sa023 Meeting Room 309/3rd 




Defining the Future of Journalism Education: 

Academia and Industry Working Together 


Tony DeMars, Lamar 

Discussant 


Sports Communication Interest Group (SPRT) 

Topic — Issues in International Sports Communication 

10-1030-64 • [EA] What the Rock was Cooking: 

The XFL/CFL Merger and Canadian Football’s 

Circuit of Culture 


10-1030-65 • [EA] Dimensional Analysis of How 

Naturalized Athletes Promote International Sports 

Communication Based on the Meltwater Corpus 

Ke Zhang and Qin Chen, Communication 

University of China 

10-1030-66 • [EA] Media Portrayal of Women 

Athletes with Disabilities in the Global South: 

Issues and Perceptions 

Aman Misra, 

and Erin Whiteside, Tennessee-Knoxville 

10-1030-67 • [EA] Between Diplomacy and 

Sportswashing: Framing eSports’s Soft Power 

Ken Kim, Idaho State 

10-1030-68 • [EA] Friends or Foes: Predicting Chinese 

Basketball Fans’ Attitudes Toward Naturalized Athletes 

Dongdong Yang, Connecticut, 

and Yuren Qin, Zhejiang University 

Panelists 

Janet Kolodzy, Emerson 

Tony DeMars, Lamar 

Denise James, Temple 

Ric Harris, NBC-10 Philadelphia 

Laurie Thomas Lee, Nebraska-Lincoln 

Ken Fischer, Nebraska-Lincoln 

This panel provides insight from academic programs and 

their recent-years curriculum challenges but also from a 

seasoned TV news professional who has seen industry 

changes first-hand. What are the foundational elements 

of journalism that must be retained, but at the same time 

what are the changes that must be made in training the 

next generation of journalists? 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Sa024 Salon I/5th 



High Density Paper Refereed Research Paper Session 


April Eichmeier, St. Thomas 

Saturday 

Discussant 

Ryan Tan, Nebraska-Lincoln 


abstract. 









Topic I — Narrative Communication and Discourse 

Analysis 

The Power of Patient’s Story: Navigating Patients’ 

Narratives in Reducing ED Stigma and Promoting 

Positive Attitudes and Behaviors Around Food 

Lola Xie, 

and April Wanhui Zhou, Hong Kong Baptist 

Offshore Wind Energy In NJ: Anti-Wind Activist 

Discourses from Protect Our Coast 

Alison Novak, Rowan 

“Climate Change” vs. “Global Warming”: A Corpusassisted 

Discourse Analysis of Climate Change 

Discussion on Twitter 

Yushi Luo, Jingyi Zhang, 

and Yunya Song, Hong Kong Baptist University, 

and Zeping Huang, Hang Seng University 

of Hong Kong

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Topic II — Mental Health and Stigma Reduction 

Celebrity Suicides and Mental Health Discourse: 

Shaping Social Media Narratives from Awareness 

to Advocacy 

Hye Min Kim, Massachusetts, 

and Soojong Kim, California-Davis 

When and For Whom Mediated Contact Shifts 

Stereotypes: Emotion and Narrative Involvement 

Audience Segments as Predictors of Stigma Reduction 

Jessica Myrick, 

and Rachel Smith, Pennsylvania State, 

Jin Chen, Grand Valley State, 

and Nicholas Eng, Georgia 

The Relationship Between Family Communication 

and Adolescent Problematic Internet Use: The Chain 

Mediation Effects of Loneliness and Depression 

Duo Zhang, Yuan You, Lin Cai, 

and Yibo Wu 

Active and Passive Social Media Use and Self- 

Stigmatization Among Chinese Patients with 

Gynecological Disorders: The Mediating Role 

of Social Support 

Menghan Yin, Minzu University of China, 

and Qing Xiao, University of Oxford 

* Second Place, Top Student Paper 

Topic III — Climate Change Discourses 

“Climate Change is Real, but I Don’t Wanna Talk 

About It:” Unraveling Spiral of Silence Effects Regarding 

Climate Change Among Midwestern American Farmers 

Nhung Nguyen, Nazra Izhar, 

Hong Vu, and Vaibhav Diwanji, Kansas 

National Threat Speaks Louder for Words Than for 

Actions: Examining Chinese Public’s Multi-Level Climate 

Risk Perceptions and Their Attitudes/Behaviors 

Yeheng Pan, Jingjie Qian, 

and Hepeng Jia, Soochow University 

Framing Climate Change in Children’s Picture Books: 

A Qualitative Study of Authors and Illustrators 

Tameka Shelford, Towson 

Discussant 

Christina Jimenez Najera, Tennessee, Knoxville 


Communication Technology and Advertising Divisions 


Integrating Generative AI into Curriculum: 

Fostering Originality and Critical Thinking 


Aziz Muqaddam, San Diego 

Panelists 


Jan Fernback, Temple 

Kimberly Kelling, Latitude Research 

Weilu Zhang, Kentucky 

This panel provides strategies to help educators integrate 

AI tools for authentic learning and student development. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Sa026 Meeting Room 404/4th 



The Jinx C. Broussard Award for Excellence 

in Teaching of Media History 


Bailey Dick, Bowling Green 

Panelists 

Michael Fuhlhage, Wayne State 

A.J. Bauer, Alabama 

Erin Coyle, Temple 

John Vilanova, Lehigh 

This award is presented to the winners of the division’s 

Transformative Teaching of Media and Journalism 

History ideas competition. The teaching competition 

award recognizes Jinx Broussard, a full professor and 

the Bart R. Swanson Endowed Memorial Professor in the 

Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana 

State University. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Sa027 Salon H/5th 

Minorities and Communication 



Navigating the Openly Anti-DEI Landscape: 

Exploring Classroom and Administrative 

Challenges and Opportunities 



Panelists 


Earnest Perry, Missouri 



This panel critically examines how social and politi-


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cal openly anti-DEI attacks have impacted teaching, 

research, campus DEI institutional transformation strategies 

and more. Most of the panelists teach in states that 

have passed or proposed anti-DEI legislation. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Sa028 Salon J/5th 


Paper Refereed Research Paper Session 

Top Student Papers 


Jiun-Yi Tsai, Northern Arizona 

Cultural Tightness and Public Assessment of Corporate 

Social Advocacy Legitimacy: An Exploratory Study* 

Dongqing Xu, Geyi Wang, 

Hui Shi, and Xinyu Zhao, Miami 

Perception of Ethicality of CSA on Employees’ 

Acceptance of Diversity and Advocacy: The Role of CSA 

Positive Emotional and Perceptions of Organization Fit** 

Xinyu Zhao, Miami 

Assessing the Impact of AI-PR Adoption on Mutuality, 

Openness, Trust and Satisfaction in Kenya*** 

John Maina Karanja, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Driving Collective Change: Understanding the Influence 

of Internal Communication on Employees’ Issue-driven 

Collective Activism Intention toward Police Brutality 

Issues 

Dongya Wang, Miami 

Pleasure Principles: Exploring Self-Portraits of Black 

Female-Presenting Photographers 

Vanessa Charlot and Marquita Smith, Mississippi 

Creativity, Community, and Dialogue: Youth Media 

Literacy and Zines 

Hannah Artman, Miami 

Exploring Visual Messages Strategies to Encourage Social 

Media Upstanders Against Anti-Asian Misinformation 

Rosie Jahng, Alexandra Porter, 

and Jill Wurm, Wayne State 

From Blackface to TikTok: An Examination of Humor 

and the Evolution of Blackface 

Mia Moody, Maddie Walkes, 

and Samira Alam, Baylor 

Discussant 

Berkley Hudson, Missouri 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Sa030 Meeting Room 407/4th 


and Media Ethics Division 


Lessons Learned: Creating a Guide 

to Best Practices for Ethical Collaborations 


Summer Harlow, Texas A&M, 

Hanan Badr, University of Salzburg, Austria, 

and Stine Eckert, Wayne State 

Saturday 

Discussant 

April Yue, Boston 

* First Place Paper, Student Paper Competition 

** Second Place Paper, Student Paper Competition 

*** Third Place Paper, Student Paper Competition 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Sa029 Salon L/5th 



Representing Diverse Communities 

through Visual Media 


Yung Soo Kim, Kentucky 

Desiring the Disabled Body: How Disabled Women 

Are Represented in Visual Journalism 

Joy Jenkins, Missouri, 

and Ayleen Cabas-Mijares, Miami 

Panelists 

Linda Steiner, Maryland 


Magdalena Saldaña, Pontificia Universidad 

Catolica, Chile 


This panel will be an interactive panel with discussions 

around developing solutions to problems that can arise 

when working in research and/or teaching collaborations. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Sa031 Salon K/5th 


and Magazine Media Division 


The Future Workplace for Mass Communication 

Students and Graduates 


Adam Pitluk, Coastal Carolina

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Panelists 

Debbie Davis, Texas Tech 

Charles (Chuck) Lubbers, South Dakota 



This panel features a discussion of the recent Commission 

on PR Education’s report “The Future of the Public 

Relations Workforce,” as well as discussion of on-campus 

career-focused initiatives and ways to incorporate career 

readiness into the classroom. 



and Media Ethics Division 


Students Covering Underserved Communities: 

Extractive Exercises or Democratic Deeds? 


Margot Susca, American 

Panelists 

Angie Chuang, Colorado, Boulder 


In this teaching panel discussion, we propose to discuss 

pedagogical strategies to teach inclusive journalism centered 

on issues of accuracy, fairness, objectivity, trust, 

and truth. We hope attendees–whether they teach in 

metropolitan areas, college towns, or rural areas–will 

leave with a list of best practices to aid their curriculum 

development and teaching strategies as they consider 

real-world reporting and community engagement opportunities 

for their students. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Sa033 Meeting Room 307/3rd 



Research 


2024 James A. Tankard Jr. /Knudson Prize 

Book Awards 


Melita Garza, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 


James A. Tankard Jr. Book Award Recipient 

Truth and Transparency: Undercover Investigations in 

the Twenty-First Century 

[Cambridge University Press, 2023] 

Alan K. Chen 

and Justin Marceau, Denver, Sturm College of Law 

Reviewers described the book as “a meticulously, rigorously, 

and deeply researched work.” It sheds light on the 

complex legal, ethical, and technological dimensions of 

undercover journalistic investigations, offering careful 

and expert explanations of First Amendment defenses 

against legislation aimed at suppressing such investigations. 

It highlights the significant historical and contemporary 

contributions of undercover investigations in 

exposing abuses of power and fostering reform, making it 

an essential read for anyone interested in accountability 

and the ethical boundaries of newsgathering in today’s 

digital landscape. 

Finalists 

Mr. Associated Press: Kent Cooper and the Twentieth- 

Century World of News 

[University of Illinois Press, 2023] 

Gene Allen, Toronto Metropolitan University 

In part, reviewers praised the book for its meticulous, 

in-depth archival research, telling the story of how Kent 

Cooper turned the U.S.-based Associated Press into 

the global and dominant wire service. It offers historical 

insight into the way Cooper helped the AP navigate 

technological challenges, including radio and television. 

At the same time, it demonstrates how Cooper championed 

impartiality, fairness, and journalistic independence 

while introducing celebrity profiles and powerful features 

that animated the wire services distinguished but staid 

offerings. 

The Journalist’s Predicament: Difficult Choices 

in a Declining Profession 

[Columbia University Press, 2023] 

Matthews Powers, Washington 

and Sandra Vera-Zambrano, Universidad 

Iberoamericana, Mexico City 

Reviewers described the book as a landmark sociological 

study of the news that uses a transnational lens to explore 

the essential question of what it means to be a journalist 

in the current era. Through expert interviewing, the 

authors explore the risk-reward balance and the tensions 

between journalistic and market ideals, including the disparities 

between local and national journalists.


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AEJMC-Knudson Latin America Prize Award Recipients 

Political Entertainment in a Post-Authoritarian 

Democracy: Humor and the Mexican Media 

[Routledge] 

Martin Echeverría, Autonomous University 

of Puebla, Mexico 

and Frida V. Rodelo, University of Guadalajara, 

Mexico 



[Routledge] 


Discussants 

Yong Volz, Missouri 

and Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana 

The James A. Tankard Jr. Book Award recognizes the 

most outstanding book in the field of journalism and 

communication. It also honors authors whose work 

embodies excellence in research, writing and creativity. 

First presented in 2007, the award is named in honor of 

Dr. James Tankard, Jr., posthumous recipient of AEJMC’s 

2006 Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research 

Award, former editor of Journalism Monographs and a 

longtime University of Texas at Austin journalism professor. 

The AEJMC-Knudson Latin America Prize is an annual 

award given to a book or project concerning Latin America 

or coverage of issues in Latin America. Submitted works 

must make an original contribution to improve knowledge 

about Latin America to U.S. students, journalists 

or the public. This award was endowed by the late Jerry 

Knudson, an emeritus professor at Temple University. 

Knudson was a long-time AEJMC member whose research 

and publications focused on Latin America. 

10:30 a.m. to Noon / Sa034 Salon C/5th 

Panelists 

Katie Foss, Middle Tennessee State, editor, 

Graduate Student Handbook (2020) 

Tracy Everbach, North Texas State, co-editor, 

Testing Tolerance (2020) 

George L. Daniels, Alabama, co-editor, 

Teaching Race (2021) 

Robin Blom, Ball State, co-editor, 

Teaching Race (2021) 

Nicole Kraft, Ohio State, co-editor, 

Teaching Media Ethics (2024) 

Kathleen Bartzen Culver, Wisconsin, co-editor, 

Teaching Media Ethics (2024) 

Nathien Shae Rodriguez, San Diego State, editor, 

Instructing Intersectionality (in press) 

Welch Suggs, Georgia, co-editor, Teaching Sports 

(upcoming) 

Lauren Smith, Rowan, co-editor, Teaching Sports 

(upcoming) 

The “Master Class” series: Five books published by Rowman 

& Littlefield, one to be published soon, and what’s 

coming next. Editors of in-print and upcoming titles will 

be there to discuss their books and how they can improve 

teaching across media curriculum. The titles include 

Master Class, the Graduate Student Handbook, Testing 

Tolerance, Teaching Race, and Teaching Media Ethics. 

Coming soon is a text on teaching intersectionality. 

10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. / Sa035 Meeting Room 303/3rd 

“RATHER” 

Screening and Panel Session 


Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss, Managing Director 

of Westphal Family Philanthropy 

and Interim Executive Director of Mosaic 

Saturday 

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group and Association 

for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 


Master Class Lessons in Teaching: Instruction 

Strategies from the AEJMC Book Series 


Chris Roberts, Alabama, series editor 

This unprecedented feature-length documentary event 

weaves the past, present and future of journalism as it 

delves into the hidden history of the man behind the 

news. We will revisit Dan Rather’s 60+ years as a journalist 

with full unrestricted access and offer an unfiltered 

look at both his esteemed career and his present renaissance 

as one of the last beacons of quality reporting. 

RATHER is a candid, personal and urgent look at the 

world of journalism and the essential role it plays in preserving 

a thriving democracy through the lens of one of 

its greatest and most iconic figures. The story has never 

been more important for a generation thirsting for legitimate 

journalism in the era of “fake news.”

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12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / Sa036 Salon E/5th 


Luncheon Session 

Annual Awards Luncheon 



12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. / Sa037 Franklin Hall 8/4th 

Kappa Tau Alpha and Association for Education 

in Journalism and Mass Communication 

Awards Luncheon 


Beverly Horvit, Missouri, executive director, KTA 

and Linda Aldoory, American, president, 

AEJMC 2023-24 

The ceremony recognizes both associations’ award winners 

and divisions’ student paper winners. A KTA business 

meeting will follow the ceremony. KTA remains 

committed to its guiding principles of Knowledge, Truth 

and Accuracy. Pre-registration is required. 





Paper Session 

Entertainment Studies Interest Group (ESIG) 

11-1430-01 • Reel Realities: Investigating 

Representation of Original Films on Streaming Platforms 

Traci Williams, Kyra Newcombe, 

and Bailey Schuman, Oklahoma 

11-1430-02 • [EA] An Analysis of Social Media 

Discourse Regarding Bullying Dynamics 

on Big Brother Naija All-Stars Season 

Harriet Ayiku, Indiana-Bloomington 

11-1430-03 • [EA] Humor and Holderness; How 

Memes and Parodies Shined a Light on Different Coping 

Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

Hallie Bowen, North Carolina State, 

and Mildred “Mimi” Perreault, South Florida 

11-1430-04 • [EA] How Different Moral Mechanisms 

Affect Players’ Decisions: A 2x2 Moral Experiment 

in Purpose-made Game 

Yu Qiu Zhou, and Wenqi Pan 

11-1430-05 • [EA] Music Culture as Commerce: 

Authenticity in Advertising in Music Festivals 

Alex Eschbach, Oklahoma 

Discussant 

William Schulte, Winthrop 


abstract. 









2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Sa039 Salon A/5th 




Empowering Communication Scholars: Amplifying 

Academic Voices on Social Media Platforms 


Benjamin K. Johnson, Florida 

and Rana Arafat, City University of London 

Panelists 

Shahira Fahmy, American University in Cairo 

Sahar Khamis, Maryland 


Shannon McGregor, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Magdalena Saldaña, Pontificia Universidad Católica 

de Chile 

Our panel examines how communication scholars have 

made—and continue to make use of—social media for 

building and improving our collective scholarship and 

sense of belonging. It offers strategies for establishing 

and maintaining impactful academic presence on social 

media platforms. In particular, we focus on the potential 

that exists for improved access, inclusion, and promotion 

of scholarship from women in the Global South who face 

unique challenges in gaining visibility, accessing international 

networks, and navigating language barriers.


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2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Sa040 Salon L/5th 



Understanding the Borders and Relationships 

of Journalism 

enhancing the leadership capabilities and adaptive 

capacities of future media and communication professionals. 

It will offer insights and lessons learned from 

those who have developed leadership courses and initiatives 

and provide tips for helping students build their 

leadership portfolios. 


Lea Hellmueller, City University, London 

Watchdogs or Storytellers? Examining Journalistic Roles 

and Boundaries in Ghana 

Ivy Fofie, and Nahla Bendefaa, Oregon 

Use Of Social Media for Sourcing: Journalistic Practices 

in Pakistan 

Umer Bilal, Oklahoma 

“You Receive Gos-Zakaz, Keep Your Mouth Shut”: 

How State Information Policy in an Asian Context 

De-Professionalizes Journalism and Threatens 

Independent Media 

Bahtiyar Kurambayev, Gulf University for Science 


and Karlyga Myssayeva, al-Farabi Kazakh National 

University 

The Importance of the Human Touch in Journalism: 

Journalistic Values from an Audience Perspective 

Claudia Mellado, and Constanza Gajardo, 

Universidad de Concepción, Chile 

The Media’s Coverage of the 2005 Assassination 

of Lebanese Journalists 

Sally Farhat, Maryland 

Discussant 

Ruth Moon, Louisiana State 

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Sa042 Salon B/5th 




Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century 


Patrick Walters, Washington and Lee 

Panelists 

Menna Elhosary, American University Cairo 

Jessica James, Texas State 


Jessica Walsh, Nebraska-Lincoln 

Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century has been 

highlighting innovative approaches to the teaching of 

journalism since 2009. Presented by the Newspaper 

and Online News and Scholastic Journalism divisions, 

the panel examines innovative ideas for teaching news 

writing, reporting, editing, or other journalistic concepts 

and skills in the classroom. Panelists will present on their 

winning teaching assignments from this year’s TNT 21 

competition. 

Saturday 

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Sa041 Salon K/5th 

Media Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship 

and Advertising Divisions 


The JMC Curricular Imperative: Teaching 

Students to Lead 


Wendy Whitt, South Florida 

Panelists 

Margaret Duffy, Missouri 

Kathy Fitzpatrick, South Florida 

Kelly Frank, CBS Philadelphia 

Juan-Carlos Molleda, Oregon 

The session will highlight innovative efforts aimed at 

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Sa043 Meeting Room 307/3rd 



Media and Political Trust 


Xia Zheng, Stonybrook 

Do It My Way: Need for Chaos, Media Trust, 

and Support for Donald Trump 

Thomas Johnson, Texas at Austin 

Barbara Kaye, Tennessee, Knoxville, 

and Joseph Yoo, Wisconsin - Green Bay 

Do People Trust Experts? An Analysis of the 

Mechanisms Influencing Expert Trust in Public Issues 

Qianhui Chen, 

and Sirui Zhang, Renmin University of China

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Social Contact and Competence Generationally: 

Learning to Trust Online and Off 


A Cross-national Replication of Perceived News 

Media Importance: Further Validating and Expanding 

a Measure for Understanding Valuations of Normative 

Journalism Roles 

Jason Peifer, and Junghyun Moon, Indiana 

and Hyunjin Song, Yonsei University 

Empowered by Curation: Addressing Spatial Polarization 

of Political Trust through Social Media Political 

Personalization Acts 

Taewoo Kang, Michigan State 

Discussant 

Tobias Hopp, Colorado 

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Sa044 Salon I/5th 



Top Teaching Papers and GIFTS 

High Density Session 


Minhee Choi, Texas Tech 

Top Teaching Papers 

Role-play-based Gamification in the Use of Guest 

Speakers: A Disney-inspired Approach for Student 

Learning* 

Angela Mak, Hong Kong Baptist 

The Kids Are Alright: Examining How U.S. Public 

Relations Students Ethically Navigate Artificial 

Intelligence** 

Alec Tefertiller, Rosalynn Vasquez, 

and Matthew Brammer, Baylor 

Exploring Key Drivers for Embracing Artificial 

Intelligence in Public Relations Pedagogy*** 

Imran Mazid, Adrienne Wallace, 

Sera Choi, and Jin Chen, Grand Valley State 

Discussant 

Jensen Moore, Oklahoma 

GIFTS Papers 

Creating a Prompt Library: Applying Generative AI Skills 

to Public Relations Practice**** 

Pauline Howes, Kennesaw State 

Leveraging AI for Newsjacking in Real-Time PR***** 

Erika Schneider, Syracuse, 

Adrienne Wallace, Grand Valley State, 

and Regina Luttrell, Syracuse 

The Writing on the Wall: A Game for Teaching 

SMART Objectives****** 

Brenda Wilson, Tennessee Tech 

(Re)Framing the Women’s Marathon 


A Simulation Exercise on Tackling AI-related Crisis 

Ruoyu Sun, Yan Jin, 

and Wenqing Zhao, Georgia 

Key Messages and Haiku: Using an Arts-Based Pedagogy 

in the PR Classroom 

Steve Ryan, Temple 

Unlocking the Data Tapestry: A Comprehensive Social 

Media Audit and Strategy Dive 

Julie O’Neil, Texas Christian 

Discussant 

Lucinda Austin, North Carolina 

* First Place Paper, Teaching Paper Competition 

** Second Place Paper, Teaching Paper Competition 

*** Third Place Paper, Teaching Paper Competition 

**** First Place Paper, GIFTS Competition 

*****Second Place Paper, GIFTS Competition 

******Third Place Paper, GIFTS Competition 

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Sa045 Salon J/5th 

Visual Communication 



The Role and Status of Minority Professionals 

in Visual Communication Field 


Yung Soo Kim, Kentucky 

Panelists 

Gabriel B. Tate, Ball State 

Lisa Krantz, Missouri 

Deborah S. Chung, Kentucky 

Discussants 


and Sydney Dillard, DePaul 

This panel session will enable a space for discussion 

and sharing of personal experiences from former minority 

(i.e., female and African American) photojournalists. 

We will also discuss the theoretical foundations on the 

significance of diversity and inclusion in photojournalism 

and society.


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2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Sa046 Salon C/5th 


and Religion and Media Interest Group 


My First Year as a Full-Time Faculty Member: 

Experiences and Lessons from the First-Year 

On the Job 



Panelists 


Christoph Mergerson, Maryland 

Omar Hammad, Hunter College 


Kathryn A. Montalbano, Kentucky 

abuse. This session will focus on how women journalists, 

activists, and everyday citizens are finding solutions to 

this problem through collective action, including supporting 

each other, pressuring supervisors and institutions 

to protect them, encouraging social media companies to 

stop harassers, and exploring legal remedies. 


Community Journalism Interest Group 

and History Division 


Partisan Media and Its Roots 

in American Journalism 



This panel will provide graduate students insight into 

what life is like for a new full-time faculty member during 

the first year on the job. It will center around graduate 

students and freshly minted PhDs’ questions about 

tenure-track and tenure-bearing positions. The panel will 

comprise both graduate students and faculty members 

from diverse racial and gender identities and various 

academic disciplines, including Media Studies, Religion, 

Law, Digital Media, Journalism, Sex, and Sexuality. 

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Sa047 Salon D/5th 

Panelists 

Marcus Funk, Sam Houston State 

Sharon Meraz, Illinois-Chicago 

A.J. Bauer, Alabama 

Andie Tucher, Columbia 

This panel will address these elements and help faculty 

understand the history of partisan journalism, their similarities 

to the present, and how best to approach teaching 

these connections and influence on the modern media 

environment. 

Saturday 


and Law and Policy Division 


Resistance and Persistence: How Women 

Are Reclaiming Their First Amendment Rights 


Caitlin Carlson, Seattle 

Panelists 


Michelle Ferrier, Board President, Journalism 

That Matters; Board President, International 

Association of Women in Radio and Television; 

Executive Director, Media Innovation 

Collaboratory; Founder, TrollBusters 

Kyla Garrett Wagner, Syracuse 

This panel will explore how women respond both collectively 

and individually to barriers to free expression and 

press freedom. We will discuss the specific ways women 

are mitigating the realities of online harassment and 



and Magazine Media Division 


Communicating Social Justice in Sports: 

In the Media, on the Field, and in the Classroom 


Andrew Sturt, Colorado at Boulder 

Panelists 


Ever Figueroa, Colorado at Boulder 

Tammy Matthews, St. Bonaventure 


This panel will cover social justice efforts in a variety of 

sports, including major sports like basketball, baseball, 

football, and soccer, as well as more obscure sports like 

roller derby to demonstrate what communicating social 

justice looks like across sports cultures and contexts.

At The Media School at Indiana University, we view 

communication scholarship through an interdisciplinary 

lens. We are humanities scholars, social scientists, legal 

experts, historians, economists, and accomplished media 

professionals whose plurality of approaches intersect at 

the study of media. 

Our centers and institutes 

• Black Film Center & Archive 

• Center for Documentary Research and Practice 

• Center for International Media Law and Policy Studies 

• Institute for Communication Research 

• Michael I. Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism 

• National Sports Journalism Center 

• Observatory on Social Media 

Learn about our graduate programs at go.iu.edu/mschgrad

MEET OUR 

NEWEST 

FACULTY 

The Media School is proud to welcome our esteemed 

new faculty members. To view our full list of faculty, 

visit: go.iu.edu/media-faculty 

Nicky Lewis 

Associate professor, 

sports media and 

communication 

A sports media and 

social psychological 

media effects researcher 

with a record of grant 

success, Lewis joins us 

from the University of 

Kentucky. 

Patricia Pizer 

Professor of practice, 

game design 

A veteran of the video 

game design industry, 

Pizer has served in roles 

varying from designer to 

creative director, to 

consultant, to founder, 

working on games of all 

formats, including 

mobile, console, 

massively multiplayer 

online games, and 

alternate reality, 

Brandon Wallace 

Assistant professor, 

sports media and 

communication 

An interdisciplinary 

scholar of sport, race, 

social movements, 

activism, and media, 

Wallace is beginning his 

academic career with us 

after earning his 

doctorate from the 

University of Maryland.

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2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Sa050 Meeting Room 407/4th 




Catching Up with the Scholars: Progress Reports 

from 2024 Senior and Emerging Scholars 

and the 2023 Collaborative Scholars 



2024 Senior Scholar Projects 

Digital Alternative Journalism in India: Analyzing 

an Emergent Phenomenon and Its Implications for the 

Indian Public Sphere 

Kalyani Chadha, Northwestern 

Expanding Affective Intelligence Theory: How Voters’ 

Feelings of Disgust Toward the Candidates Affect Voting 

Intention in 2024 


2024 Emerging Scholar Projects 

The Twitter Exodus: Negotiating the Transition from 

Twitter to Mastodon among Journalists 

Yee Man Margaret Ng, Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

Evaluating Differences in Trust toward Audio- versus 

Text-based Modes of News 

Benjamin Toff, Minnesota 

2023 Collaborative Scholar Projects 

The Holocaust as a Polarizing Metaphor for Emotionladen 

Political Conversations on Social Media 

Amy Ritchart, Alabama 

Polarization by Examining How Targeted Ideological 

Messaging through Useof Moral Cues May Stimulate 

Political Participation and Influence Attitudes in Support 

for Green Energy 

Alexandrea Matthews, Florida 

The AEJMC Senior Scholars Program is designed to support 

researchers in a wide area of study. These funds may 

support research assistants, travel to research centers or 

relevant locations, or pay for supplies and services associated 

with the research. This program seeks to recognize 

senior (typically tenured) scholars who aim to engage in 

extended research projects. 

The AEJMC Emerging Scholars Program awards research 

and teaching grants to emerging scholars to fund research 

or teaching proposals to encourage innovative and timely 

projects in journalism and mass communication. 

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. / Sa051 Salon H/5th 



Publications 


Looking Back at Our Field’s Books to Look Forward 


Viorela Dan, University of Innsbruck 

Panelists 

Harsha Gangadharbatla, Colorado 

Richard Perloff, Cleveland State 


Sabine Baumann, Berlin School of Economics 

and Law 

Stephen Reese, Texas at Austin 

Jonathan Peters, Georgia 

Shannon McGregor, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Russell Clayton, Florida State 

Arthur Raney, Buffalo 

This session reflects on JMCQ’s 100th anniversary book 

review section, with speakers offering prescriptions on 

the future of the field based on the hallmark texts of the 

field’s past. 



and Mass Communication Elected Standing Committee 

on Teaching 


2024 Teaching Best Practices Competition: 

Representation and Voice: The Future 

of Democracy in the JMC Classroom 


Shearon Roberts, Xavier-Louisiana, 2023-24 Chair, 

ESC Teaching 

First Place 

Representing Youth Voices, Amplifying Emerging 

Journalists 


Second Place 

The Different Perspectives Podcast Assignment 

Ryan Alessi, James Madison


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Third Place 

Look Back to Live Ahead 

Laura Kebede-Twumasi 

and Taylor Ackerman, Memphis 




Discussant 

Shearon Roberts, Xavier-Louisiana, 2023-24 

Chair, ESC Teaching 

Top Great Ideas for Teachers (GIFTs) will be shared representing 

this year’s competition theme by the Standing 

Committee on Teaching: “Representation and Voice: 

The Future of Democracy in the JMC Classroom.” Their 

award-winning work will also be featured in the 2024 

Best Practices in Teaching booklet. 




General/Award Session 

General Session and Sass Award Presentation 


Johnny Sparks, Ball State, 2023-24 ASJMC President 

2024 Gerald M. Sass Distinguished Service Award 

Recipient 

Irving Washington, Senior Fellow 

for Misinformation and Trust, Kaiser Family 

Foundation (KFF) 

The Sass award was established in 1946 by the American 

Society of Journalism School Administrators (ASJSA) as 

the Citation of Merit Award to recognize outstanding service. 

The award was originally presented to media organizations 

but was changed in 1978 to honor individuals. 

Speaker 

Free-expression-related Higher Education Legislation 

Jacqueline Allain, Program Coordinator, Freedom 

to Learn, PEN America 

PEN America, a registered 501(c)(3) organization, headquartered 

in New York City, with offices in Los Angeles 

and Washington, D.C. and chapters in 10 regions. PEN 

“stands at the intersection of literature and human rights 

to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide.” 

Installation of 2024-25 ASJMC President 

Emily Metzger, Kent State 


Expanding Journalism Education: Balancing Hard, 

Soft and Intangible Skills to Effectively 

Train Student Journalists 



Panelists 

Jennifer Thomas, Howard 

Maggie Messitt, Pennsylvania State 

Ty Lawson, Columbia 

Justin C. Blankenship, Auburn 

A. Kix Patterson, Florida 

This panel will bring together educators on the forefront 

of teaching intangible skills in their classrooms to discuss 

how best to incorporate these lessons into curricula. 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Sa055 Salon K/5th 




Health and Science Journalism and Institutions 


Pechulano Ngwe Ali, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 

Intersecting Identities and HIV Conspiracy Theories: 

Black and LGBTQIA+ Individuals’ Trust 

in Health Institutions and Information Sources 

Gyo Hyun Koo, Howard, 

Soojeong Kim, Zhi Lin, 

Salih Hurdogan, Sungwon Jung, 

and Thomas Johnson, Texas at Austin 

U.S. Health Journalists’ Background, Perceptions, 

and Practices: Results from a National Survey 

Rachel Young, Iowa, 

Amanda Hinnant, Missouri, 

and María Len-Ríos, Minnesota 

In Guts We Trust: Intuitionist Epistemic Identity 

Predicts Misperception 

April Eichmeier, St. Thomas 

Frame-Sentiment Dynamics and Evolution in U.S. 

Climate News: Semi-supervised Machine Learning 

and Panel Data Analysis 

Byung Wook Kim, Ethnic Minorities of Burma 

Advocacy & Resource 

Saturday

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LGBTQ Science News Together but Not Apart: An 

Experimental Study of LGBTQ Science News from 

a Multiple Social Identity Perspective 

Josh Anderson, Arizona 

Staying In Our Lane: COVID-19 Through Spanish- 

Language Broadcast Media in North Carolina 

Lisa Paulin, North Carolina Central 

Discussant 

Carol Terracina-Hartman, Murray State 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Sa056 Salon A/5th 


and Small Programs Interest Group 


Method Classes for Journalism 

and Mass Communication Programs 



Panelists 

Experimental Methods 


Journalism-related Methods and Skills 

Wilson Lowrey, Alabama 

Methods Required for Working in Media Industries 

AnneMarie McClain, Boston 

Research Methods Required at Master’s Level 

Bruno Takahashi, Michigan State 

This panel discusses journalism methods pedagogy and 

relevant methods to include at the undergraduate and 

graduate level. Topics include methods for undergraduate 

vs. graduate programs and the must-have toolkit for 

graduates entering today’s job market. 




Within the Without: How We View 

the Work We Do 


Bailey Dick, Bowling Green State 

Demarcated: Scholastic Journalism, Collegiate 

Journalism and the Fight to Define Journalism Education 

Nate Floyd, Miami (Ohio) 

and Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen, Idaho 

Looking to The Lincoln Journalism Newsletter as Trade 

Publication for Black Journalists and Media Educators 


In the Name of the State: Indigenization of a Missionary 

Magazine and Invention of Political Tradition of Press in 

China, 1870s-1890s 

Huizhong Xia 

Discussant 

Sid Bedingfield, Minnesota, Twin Cities 

This session offers insights into how the work of journalism 

has been defined by those who engage in that work 

as well as by those who observe and, in some cases, seek 

to control the work of those same journalists. 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Sa058 Salon I/5th 



Practicing Journalism and Understanding 

Social Media in Diverse Contexts 


Marcos Paulo da Silva, Universidade Federal 

de Mato Grosso do Sul 

Topic I — Assessing the Field 

Disrupting Hegemonies in Building Knowledge 

in the Global South 

Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, Cornell 

Investigating Implicit Bias as a Factor in the 

Underrepresentation of African-based Journalism 

Scholars in High-impact Journals 

Success Osayi, Colorado-Boulder, 

and Samson Omosotomhe, Auchi Polytechnic 

Farther Away America, Higher Citation Counts: The Effect 

of the First Author’s Affiliation Country on Communication 

Research Article Citations (2018-2023) 

Xu Dong, Renmin University of China, 

and Xinlu He, Xiamen University 

Building Bridges: A Narrative Literature Review of 

Spanish and Portuguese-language Climate Change 

Communication Scholarship from Latin America 

Bruno Takahashi, 

and Iasmim Amiden dos Santos, Michigan State, 

and María Fernanda Salas, Universidad de 

Costa Rica 

[EA] Understanding Jordanian Journalism Education: 

Degree Motivations and Role Conceptions 

Brian J. Bowe, Western Washington, 

Naheda Makhadmeh, Yarmouk University, 

and Rawea Mohammed, Ibrahim Yarmouk 

University


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Discussant 

Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce, Texas State 

Topic II — Social Media Problems (and Solutions) 

[EA] Unveiling Geopolitical Dynamics: Semantic and 

Coherency Network Analysis of Social Media Posts from 

Major News Agencies in the United States and China 

Ke Jiang, Elon University 

and Xiyuan Jiang, Shanghai Institute 

of International Studies 

[EA] From Hashtag to Networked Hate: Analyzing 

Cross-platform Hate in the #MeToo Movement 

in South Korea 

Yoo Ji Suh, Wisconsin 

Suk Jiyoun, University of Connecticut 

Hyerin Kwon, Wisconsin 

and Yini Zhang, Buffalo 

[EA] Affinities for competing knowledge systems: 

Perceived News Media Importance and Social Media 

Importance across cultural contexts 

Jason Peifer 

and Junghyun Moon, Indiana, 

Taeyoung Lee, Houston 

and Hyunjin Song, Yonsei University 

[EA] “Panda Return Home” Transcends Various 

Ideological Barriers: A Study of International 

Communication Effects of Giant Panda 

in the United States on Social Media 

Yuxuan Wang, Yanlin Lu, 

and Bu’en Xu, Communication University of China 

[EA] “Equally Objectifying All Genders”: Gender and 

Self-Presentation Differences Among ‘Edge-Touching’ 

Influencers on Douyin 

Wenwen Cao, University of Melbourne, 

and Zhengyu Kang 

Discussant 

Sung Woo Yoo, SUNY Cortland 


abstract. 


Magazine Media 



Diversity and Inclusion as Classroom Practice 


David Wolfgang, Colorado State 

Panelists 

Tatyana Dumova, Point Park 

Brittney Nix-Crawford, Rosemont College 



This panel focuses on diversity and inclusivity as foundational 

elements of classroom teaching. Panelists will 

discuss ways to support these aims in the classroom 

throughout the academic term, from overall teaching 

approaches/methods to specific assignments and daily 

activities. 




Paper Session 

Topic I — Bystander Intervention and Online 

Bereavement 

12-1630-01 • Responses of Incivility in Online 

Interactions: A Qualitative Analysis of the Underlying 

Reasons to Intervene and the Influence of Group Identity 

and Types of Respondents 

Baiqi Li, Jingyi Zhang 

and Yunya Song, Hong Kong Baptist 

12-1630-02 • The Role of Exposure to Depictions of 

Bystander Intervention in Crime Dramas and Reality 

Dating Television on Bystander Intervention Behavior 

Leticia Couto, DePaul, 

Stacey Hust, Christina Nickerson 

and Kathryn Robinson-Tay, Washington State 

12-1630-03 • The Moderated Mediation Model in 

Relationships between Predictors of User Engagement 

and Emotion Regulation Effect in Online Bereavement 

Narrative 

Jiyuan Qi and Youyi Wei, Chinese Hong Kong 

12-1630-04 • [EA] Relational Practices of Digital 

Mourning Through the Lens of Continuing Bonds 

Zhenting He, Shenzhen University 

Discussant 

Bradley Gorham, Syracuse 

Topic II — News Consumption and Storytelling 

12-1630-05 • How News Consumption in Modern 

Media Landscapes Relates to Threats Perceptions and 

Fears in Public Spaces. A Scoping Review 

Ines Spielvogel, Kevin Koban 

and Joerg Matthes, Vienna 

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12-1630-06 • “My Body, My Choice” Versus “Officials 

Say”: Examining the Effects of Solidarity and Monitorial 

Reporting 

Anita Varma, Gina Masullo, 

Brad Limov, Emily Graham 

and Moo Sun Kim, Texas at Austin, 

Kanchan Malik, Hyderabad 

12-1630-07 • How Comment Moderation 

and User Comments Influence Perceived News Bias: 

An Experiment Study 

Tianlun Zhou, Hong Kong Baptist 

12-1630-08 • In Feature Story Reporting, Curiosity 

is a Personality Trait, a Motivation, and a Skill 

Christine Flammia, Columbia 

12-1630-09 • [EA] Curiosity in Feature Journalism Story 

Conception 

Christine Flammia, Columbia 

Discussant 


Topic III — Cybersecurity, Social Media Trust, Privacy 

and Support 

12-1630-10 • Social Stigma in Cybersecurity: Mixed 

Media Effects on Chinese Migrant Workers’ Online 

Fraud Coping Behaviors 

Hongliang Chen and Yijin Guo, Zhejiang, 

David Atkin, Connecticut 

12-1630-11 • The Scale Theory for Social Media Trust: 

Maintaining Trust After the Fairness Doctrine 

Sarah Fisher, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 

12-1630-12 • Violating Privacy in the Name of Justice: 

Investigating Third-person Effects in Relation to Cyber 

Vigilantism 

Stella Chia, Concordia, Canada 

Fangcao Lu, Hong Kong Polytechnic 

12-1630-13 • [EA] Online Social Support in Virtual 

Community: A Case Study of Online Ride-Hailing 

Drivers in China 

Xu Wang, Syracuse 

Discussant 

Terri Hernandez, Mississippi State 

Topic IV — Risk and Emergency Communication 

12-1630-14 • U.S. State Health Departments’ Risk 

Communication During the First Year of the Pandemic 

Revealed Missed Opportunities 

Yvonnes Chen, Nhung Nguyen 

and Hong Vu, Kansas, 

Giang Truong Do, Tennessee Chattanooga, 

and Anh Tu, White Neuron Company Limited, 

Vietnam 

12-1630-15 • Echo Chambers and Moral Foundations 

in Vaccine Discourse: A Comparative Research Between 

HK Discuss and Reddit 

Yunya Song, Hong Kong Baptist, 

Xian Yang, Manchester, 

Qintao Huang, Hong Kong Baptist, 

Xiang Meng, Hong Kong Polytechnic, 

Shijun Ni, Hong Kong Baptist 

12-1630-16 • Research on the Impact Mechanism 

of Official Information Access Channels on Government 

Trust 

Yang Su, Shanghai Jiao Tong 

12-1630-17 • [EA] Unveiling Hurricane Evacuation 

Order Vulnerabilities through Social Media Engagement 

and Communication: An Integrative Analysis of Coping 

and Interaction Process Analysis 

Sunha Yeo, Momin Khondhaker 

and Sadri Arif, Oklahoma 

Discussant 


Topic V — Online Content Creator & Digital Media 

Use 

12-1630-18 • Creator Culture and Communication: 

Predicting Online Video Posting Behaviors 

Leo Jeffres, Cleveland State, 

David Atkin, Connecticut, 

and Kimberly Neuendorf, Cleveland State 

12-1630-19 • Adolescent Attraction to Authoritarianism: 

Schools and Media in the Social Learning of Aggression 

Michael McDevitt 

and Nicky Redl, Colorado-Boulder 

12-1630-20 • [EA] Intergenerational Support 

and Digital Media Use: A Cross-sectional Analysis 

from the Longitudinal Study of Aging in China 

Ruifeng Qie, Hong Kong Baptist, 

and Shoukui Cui, Malaya 

12-1630-21 • [EA] Representing Young African Fashion 

Micro-Celebrities: The Spatiality of Performative 

Authenticity on Social Media 

Qingyi Yan, Tsinghua 

Discussant 

Sining Kong, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi 

Topic VI — Gender and Media 

12-1630-22 • Applying Different Ways to Help 

Female and Male Be Themselves: Revealing the Effect 

Process of High-visual Social Media Exposure on Selfobjectification 

among Young People 

Jieying Yang, Beijing Normal - Hong Kong Baptist 

12-1630-23 • Put Yourself First (In a Sexy Way): 

Postfeminist Beauty Messaging and Resistant 

Media Texts 

Margarita Artoglou, Temple


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12-1630-24 • [EA] Legitimacy of Gender Hierarchy 

(LGH) Moderates the Effects of Challenges 

for Corporate Hypocrisy 

Rongwei Tang, Serena Armstrong, 

and Emily Vraga, Minnesota – Twin Cities 

12-1630-25 • [EA] News-finds-me Perception 

and Substance Use Misperceptions: The Moderating 

Role of Gender 

Hae Yeon Seo, Porismita Borah, 

Andrew Sutherland, Jordan Foley 

and Erica Austin, Washington State 

Discussant 

Christina Najera, Tennessee-Knoxville 

Topic VII — Media’s Portrayal and Framing 

12-1630-26 • Media’s Portrayal of Teen Mental Health: 

A Content Analysis of Netflix’s Top Teen Programming 

Jessica Castonguay, Simu Dey 

and Carley Kurtz, Temple 

12-1630-27 • Does the Dog Die? Empathic Distress 

and Spoilers as Self-Protection 

Judith Rosenbaum, Maine, 

Morgan Ellithorpe, Delaware, 

and Sarah Brookes, SUNY Geneseo 

12-1630-28 • Framing the Recent Israel-gaza Conflict: 

A Semantic Network Analysis of News On Al Jazeera, 

BBC, And CNN Websites 

Muhammed Rashedul, Illinois at Chicago 

12-1630-29 • #Justice4Mohbad: How Hashtag Activism 

is Driving “Journalism for Social Justice” in Nigeria 

Ugochukwu Madu, Iowa 

Discussant 

Gina Masullo, Texas at Austin 

Topic VIII — Media Literacy and Narrative Engagement 

12-1630-30 • Roles, Responsibilities, And Resources 

for a Media Literacy Policy: Perceptions of Senegalese 

Media Professionals 

Layire Diop, Francis Marion, 

Dani Madrid-Morales, Sheffield, 

Frankline B. Matanji, Iowa, 

Kevin Mudavadi, Indiana, 

Melissa Tully, Iowa 

12-1630-31 • Empowering Narratives: Understanding 

Consent, Personal Boundaries, and Body Autonomy in 

Children’s Literature 

Opeyemi Johnson 

and Stacey Hust, Washington State 

12-1630-32 • Towards Identifying Self-Transcendent 

Media Content: Effects of Narrative Tone and Context 

on Feelings of Connectedness 

Kaitlin Fitzgerald, Cornell, 

Charles Francemone 

and Matthew Grizzard, Ohio State 

12-1630-33 • [EA] Scaffolding Strategies in Parent 

Child Dialogic Digital Shared Book Reading 

Noah Hamwamba, Shanghai Jiao Tong 

Discussant 

Weirui Wang, Florida International 

Topic IX — Partisan Media Use and Conflict 

12-1630-34 • Government Restraints on Press 

Information Dissemination Amid the COVID-19 

Pandemic: A Case Study in Bangladesh 

Ershad Khan, Colorado-Boulder 

12-1630-35 • Watch the World Burn: Need for Chaos, 

Alternative/Hyper-partisan Media Use, and Believing 

Conspiracy Theories 


Ekaterina Romanova, Kansas, 

Brittany Shaughnessy, 

and Luna Pittet Gonzalez, Florida 

Jessica Sparks, Auburn 


12-1630-36 • Matching Journalists and Audiences: 

Effects of Source Characteristics on Processing 

Affirmative Action News Articles 

Tianting Zhang, Missouri, 

Namyeon Lee, North Carolina Pembroke, 

Ki Jun Kang, Yong Volz 

and Sungkyoung Lee, Missouri 

12-1630-37 • Too Much of What? Evidence for 

Selective (De-)Sensitization Through Frequent 

Exposure to Digital Hate 

Rinat Meerson, Kevin Koban 


Discussant 

Stephenson Waters, Louisiana Lafayette 

Topic X — Journalism Skills & Social Media Usage 

12-1630-38 • Journalism’s Ethos and the Future of the 

Field: Student Motivations and Role Conceptions 

Brian J. Bowe, Western Washington, 

Lucinda D. Davenport, Michigan State, 

and Robin Blom, Ball State 

12-1630-39 • [EA] Research on Intangible Cultural 

Heritage Communication from the Perspective 

of Media Space 

Yuxi Zhou, Yiran Zhao, 

Qishan Shi, Mengqi Miao 

and Ailang Li, Communication University of China 

Saturday

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12-1630-40 • [EA] Tracking Burger Brand Promotion 

from Media Visibility to Word of Mouth 

Jennifer Ma, Winona State, 

and Mark Hamilton, Connecticut 

Discussant 



abstract. 

Panelists 

Chen Kaiping, Wisconsin at Madison 


Josephine Lukito, Texas at Austin 

This panel aims to give tips for journalism educators on 

self-learning the use of various AI tools and effectively 

incorporating them in journalism curricula, offering guidance 

on how to teach students about ethics and responsibility 

related to it. 





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Media Ethics and Law and Policy Divisions 


Newsgathering, Privacy and Ethics: 

Expanding Ethics in a Digitized World 


Sheila B. Lalwani, Texas 

Panelists 

Jane Kirtley, Minnesota 

Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CEO, International 

Association of Privacy Professionals 

Jasmine McNealy, Florida 

This panel focuses on data privacy and surveillance laws 

in the U.S. and European Union and the ethical implications 

for journalists, media professionals and media 

organizations. 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Sa063 Salon D/5th 


and Internships and Careers Interest Group 


Teaching Authenticity and Transparency 

in the Era of Generative AI 



Panelists 

Rosalynn Velazquez, Baylor 

Stephanie Mahin, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Travis Loof, South Dakota 

Erika Schneider, Syracuse 

Rosalynn Velazquez, Baylor 

Adrienne A. Wallace, Grand Valley State 

The panel explores the potential of artificial intelligence 

(AI) in transforming public relations education and the 

profession, by presenting new opportunities for professionals, 

scholars, and educators to enhance their communication 

strategies, engage with audiences in real-time, 

and analyze data more efficiently and more importantly, 

authentically. 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Sa064 Salon C/5th 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Sa062 Salon B/5th 


and Communication Technology Divisions 


Educating the Educators: How to Effectively 

Incorporate AI-related Topics and Tools in Your 

Journalism Curriculum 


and Commission on Graduate Education 


Getting Curricularly Creative 




Jan Lauren Boyles, Iowa State


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Panelists 


Yayu Feng, St. Thomas 

Alexis Romero Walker, Manhattanville College 


Greg Hoplamazian, Loyola Maryland 

Jasun Carr, Idaho State 

This panel will focus on varied approaches to developing 

a curriculum that is both responsive to moments 

and changes and sustainable to keep faculty workloads 

manageable. 

the intersection of women, politics and policy, and an 

MSNBC Contributor. An award-winning political journalist 

focused on issues of race, gender and politics, she was 

previously the Associated Press’ National Writer on Race 

and Ethnicity. She has also worked at The Washington 

Post, The Orlando Sentinel and The Los Angeles Times. 

The AEJMC First Amendment Award recognizes individuals 

or organizations who demonstrate a strong 

commitment to freedom of the press and who practice 

or support courageous journalism. Created in 2006, the 

award is presented by AEJMC’s Standing Committee on 

Professional Freedom & Responsibility. 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Sa065 Salon L/5th 




Defending Democracy with Ethical Leadership 

in Media 



Panelists 

Lourdes Cueva Chacon, San Diego State 

Kathleen McElroy, Texas at Austin 

Thomas Durkin, Marquette 

and James W. Foley Legacy Foundation 

Jingyao Yu, Resolve Philadelphia 

Panelists will tackle issues such as discrimination against 

marginalized groups, media bias, and fake news. After 

discussing these topics, they will propose best practices 

and solutions. 




Teaching 


Advancing Career Preparedness in Ph.D. 

Programs for Next-Gen Faculty 


Amanda J. Weed, Kennesaw State 

Part I — What Universities Want: The State 

of the Journalism & Mass Communication 

Academic Job Market 

Panelists 

Nandini Bhalla, Texas State 

Teresa de los Santos, Pepperdine 



Saturday 

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. / Sa066 Salon J/5th 





First Amendment Award Presentation and Q&A 




Errin Haines and the Staff of The 19th 

Errin Haines is a Founding Mother and Editor at Large for 

The 19th, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom covering 

Part II — Beyond Sink or Swim: Teaching Training 

in Communication Ph.D. Programs 

Panelists 

Raluca Cozma, Kansas State 




This workshop will share the results of two research 

studies that explore U.S. doctoral education and recent 

job postings from AEJMC. Workshop attendees will also 

participate in breakout sessions to brainstorm innovative 

approaches to advance career preparedness for Ph.D. students. 

Recommendations from the breakout sessions will 

be shared at the conclusion of the workshop. Graduate 

directors and faculty, Ph.D. students, and administrators 

are all welcome to attend this free workshop.

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Chinese Communication Association (CCA) 


Understanding Political and Health Communication 

on New Media in the Chinese Context 


Yuan Wang, City University of Hong Kong 

Combine The Folktale Morphology with the Hierarchical 

Political Trust Model to Map How the Public Perceives 

Multiple Trustees in Social Media Events Surrounding 

TCM During the Pandemic* 

Chenying Weng, Texas A&M 

and He Gong, Renmin University of China 

Investigating the Country Reputation of China in English 

Online News During The COVID-19 Pandemic Period 

Xiaoqun Zhang, North Texas 

Is Health Code Disappearing in China? Accepting 

Suishenma as Technology on Programmable Platforms 

Ji Pan, Fudan University 

When Nationalism Meets Machine Heuristics: 

Investigating the Effect of Ai’s “Nationality” On the 

Perceived Credibility Of AIGC** 

Junyi Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 

and Weixi Zeng, Nanjing University 

How Does Incidental News Exposure Increase Online 

Political Participation? A Parallelserial Mediation Model 

Among Young Netizens in China 

Lu Zhu, Zhejiang University, 

and Yusi Liu, Nanjing University 

Discussant 


*Best Faculty Paper 

**Best Student Paper 

This session is organized by the Chinese Communication 

Association (CCA). It features five high-quality refereed 

research papers on Chinese communication. Their topics 

range from social media trust, country reputation, health 

code, artificial intelligence credibility, and political participation, 

especially in the context of the COVID-19 

pandemic. 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa069 Meeting Room 307/3rd 


Division 



Jessica Willoughby, Washington State 

The Interplay of Deference, Ideology, and Risk/Benefit 

Perceptions in Shaping Support for Human Brain 

Organoids* 

Isabel Villanueva, Dayeon Eom, 

Ashley Cate, Nicky Krause, 

Dietram Scheufele, 

and Dominique Brossard, Wisconsin-Madison 

AI Chatbot Use for Mental Health: Evidence from a 

Field Experiment on Stress Reduction Through Perceived 

Message Contingency and Social Support** 

Hanyoung Kim, 

and Weilu Zhang, Kentucky, 

and Jeong-Yeob Han, 

Hye Jin Yoon, Ja Kyung Seo, 

and Jiyoung Yeon, Georgia 

Unveiling Imperfections: How Scientists’ Self- 

Presentation Can Influence Public Perceptions, Science 

Advocacy, and Information Seeking Intentions*** 

Annie Zhang, 

and Hang Lu, Michigan 

Mediating Sustainability at the World’s Fair: How the 

Socioeconomic Conditions in Countries Shape their 

Discursive Narratives**** 

Kyungsun Karen Lee, Zayed University, 

and Michael Dokyum Kim, SUNY New Paltz 

Sit is Not Lit: Influence of Social Media Messaging on 

Reducing Sedentary Behavior**** 

Mahar Nirmala, Huanyu Bao, 

Brenda Jansen, Koh Melissa Wen Ai, 

Kok Li Wen, Jasmine Jiemin Ng, 

and Lee Edmund Wei Jian, Nanyang 

Technological University 

Parental Support, Social Media Disorder, and Depressive 

Symptoms Among Early Adolescents in the U.S.- 

Affiliated Pacific Islands: 

The Case of Guam**** 

Francis Dalisay, Florida, 

Masahiro Yamamoto, Albany, 

Yoshito Kawabata, University of Guam, 

Pallav Pokhrel, 

and Scott Okamoto, University of Hawaii 

Cancer Center 

To Be or Not to Be “Well”: A Concept Explication 

of Well-Being in Communication Research***** 

Rudy Sunrin Kim, Maryland


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Discussant 

Matthew VanDyke, Alabama 

* First Place Paper 

** Second Place Paper 

***Third Place Paper 

****Fourth Place Paper, Tie 

*****First Place Student Paper 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa071 Salon C/5th 



Best of CTAM 



6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa070 Salon J/5th 




Mustafa Oz, Tennessee-Knoxville 

Perceived Human Dominance in the Human-generativeai 

(Genai) Relationship: The Impacts of Listening-centric 

Communication Strategies of Genai* 

Yingru Ji, Mengqing Maggie Zhang, 

and Hai Liang, Illinois Urbana Champaign 

Digital Back-Feeding or Inter-Feeding: Field Observation 

on the Use of Social Robots for Older Adults in China** 

Liu Yiran, Nanjing University 

and Shen Qi, Fudan University 

Resource Exchange, Perceived Social Support, 

Companionship and Intimacy: Characterizing the Social 

Relationship Between Users and ChatGPT 

Yixiao Sun, Yunjie Fei, 

and Chunyan Yu, Nanjing University 

Trust Spillover: An Exploration of Political Influencer 

Campaigns in Building Social Media Users’ Trust in 

Government 

K. Hazel Kwon, Chun Shao, 

and Amanda Kehrberg, Arizona State 

Decoding Algorithms, Engaging Fans: The Empirical 

Dance of Understanding and Manipulating Algorithms in 

Fan Communities 

Qing Xiao, University of Oxford 

and Yuhang Zheng, Universiteit van Amsterdam 

I’ve Been Targeted for Going Against the Narrative: 

Understanding Implications of Content Moderation 

and De-platforming 




*Faculty Top Paper 

**Top Student Paper 

Social Media Influencers Can Increase Collective 

Political Beliefs and Actions: Findings from Experiments 

and a Field Study* 

Pascal Merz, and Christian von Sikorski, 

RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau 

Influencer Media Logics** 

Fatima Gaw, Northwestern 

All Roads Lead to Hate? Five Prediction Paths for Online 

Incivility and Intolerance Perpetration*** 

Kevin Koban, Stephanie Bührer, 


Validation of the Character Morality-as-Cooperation 

Questionnaire (CMACQ)**** 

Charles Monge, 

and Matthew Grizzard, Ohio State, 

Rebecca Frazer, Florida, 

and Charles Francemone, Ohio State 

Discussant 

Mike Schmierbach, Pennsylvania State 

* First Place Open Competition Paper 

** First Place Top Student Paper 

*** Top Theory Paper 

**** Top Method Paper 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa072 Salon K/5th 





Division PF&R Winner 

Linn Washington, Jr., Temple 

Living the American Dream? Satirizing Neoliberal 

Capitalismin Killing It and Severance** 

Corinne Weinstein, Rutgers 

“Any Good Journalist is an Activist for Truth”: Producing 

Fact-based News Without Objectivity* 


Saturday

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Digital Echoes: Unraveling the Pathways of Online 

Radicalization and De-radicalization on Facebook** 

Muhammad Ali, Colorado Boulder 

Discussant 



** First Place Student paper 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa073 Salon D/5th 




Lea Hellmueller, City University, London 

Shattered Lives, Unbroken Stories: Journalists’ 

Perspectives from the Frontlines of War* 

Shahira S Fahmy, Mohamed Salama, 

and Mona R. Alsaba, American University in Cairo 

When and Why Do Arabs Verify? Predicting Online 

News Verification Intention during the 2023 Gaza War** 

Menna Elhosary 

and Rasha Abdulla, American University in Cairo 

Selective Truths: An Analysis of Government-operated 

Fact-checking and Its Implications for Democratic Public 

Sphere in Türkiye*** 

Salih Hurdogan, Inga Kristina Trauthig, 

and Samuel Christopher Woolley, Texas at Austin 

Embedded Critics: How Pro-Russian Bloggers Combined 

Propaganda and Journalism on Telegram During Russia’s 

War in Ukraine**** 

Nicole Marie Klevanskaya, Minnesota 

*First Place, Robert L. Stevenson Open Competition 

**Second Place, Robert L. Stevenson Open Competition 

***Third Place, Robert L. Stevenson Open Competition 

****First Place, James W. Markham Student Competition 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa074 Meeting Room 404/4th 



Best of the Best: Magazine Media Division 



Carol Terracina Hartman, Murray State 

Empowered Narratives: How BLK Magazine Used 

Advocacy Journalism to Represent Black LGBTQ 

People During the AIDS Epidemic* 


Helpful or Hurtful: Legacy Magazine Journalism 

Continues to Wrestle with the Advent of AI Technology 

in the Newsroom** 

Adam Pitluk, Coastal Carolina, 

Jennifer Wilson and Jeff Inman, Drake 

Who are Lifestyle Journalists? Theorizing the Normative, 

Cognitive, and Narrated Roles of Lifestyle Journalists*** 

Lydia Cheng, Sydney 

[EA] Magazine Division Goodbye, Bitch Magazine: 

A Qualitative Analysis of Letters From the HG**** 


Discussant 



abstract. 

* First Place Paper Award 

** Second Place Paper Award 


**** Top Extended Abstract 

Top Paper Award Recognition: The Magazine Media 

Division will honor all top paper award winners at the 

end of this session and prior to our Division Social. 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa075 Salon A/5th 



Media Ethics Division Top Paper Panel 


Kelsey Whipple, Massachusetts, Amherst 

Truth, Justice, Virtue, And Care: The Historical Black 

Press as An Exemplar of A Critically Collaborative 

Care Ethic* 

Joseph Jones, West Virginia 

Journalism in Crisis: Pragmatic Objectivity Grounded 

in Moral Clarity** 

Lana Medina, Pennsylvania State 

“Her Cavalier Attitude Toward Fact”: Paradigm Repair 

and Gender In The Wake of Charissa Thompson 

Ashley Carter, 

and Patrick Ferrucci, Colorado, Boulder 

The Past Is Not at Rest: Service as A Value 

of Journalism Practice 

Patrick R. Johnson, Marquette


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Pennsylvania State Davis Ethics Dissertation Award 


Discussant 

TBA 

* Top Faculty Paper 

** Top Student Paper 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa077 Salon I/5th 





6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa076 Salon F/5th 




Rafael Matos, Northwestern 

First Place 

Bring a Bucket, Bring a Mop: News Coverage of WAP 

and the Contentious Articulation of Black Women’s 

Politics of Pleasure* 

Ayleen Cabas-Mijares, Miami 

and Jules Balli, Marquette 

“What am I, Then?”: Identity Politics and Intergroup 

Dynamics in Online Discussions of Latinx Identity** 

Catalina Farías, Northwestern 

Second Place 

Can You Hear Us Now? The Role of Podcasting 

in Supporting an Intersectional News Praxis* 

Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin, Michigan 

[EA] Hispanic/Latinx Broadcast Ownership and 

Subsequent Coverage of the BLM Movement: 

A Political Economic Analysis** 

Carolina Perez 

and Brittany Potter, Texas Tech 

Third Place 

Implications of Similarities and Differences Amongst 

Media Literacy Skills and Trust Across Communities 

of Color* 

Erica Austin, Nadia Alamgir, 

Alexandra Fil, Sultana Ismet Jerin, 

Di Mu, Albert Junior Nyarko, 

Folake Okor, Pearl Oladele, 

Hae Yeon Seo, 

and Andrew Sutherland, Washington State 

Discussant 

Vanessa Bravo, Elon 

Folk Theories of Identifying Sincerity in Online 

Public Discussion 

Youjia Huang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

When Differences Truly Lead to Polarization: 

Media Diet Diversity, Zero-Sum Beliefs, 

and Political Polarization 

Nan Zhu, 

and Tien-Tsung Lee, University of Macau 

Building Identity Through Narratives: Who Voices 

Dissent Within the Party? 

Yixiao Sun 

and Zhenfeng Zhou, Nanjing University 

Examining Media Consumption in the UK-Based Hong 

Kong Diaspora and Its Impact on Cultural Identity 

Boris Pun, 

and Jeremy Ko, Chinese University of Hong Kong 

The Political Economy of Media in Afghanistan: A Case 

Study of Pajhwok Afghan News from Establishment to 

Investigative Reporting 

Somaya Shafiqi, Zhejiang University 

Source and Message Effects on Reactance 

to Conflict Reporting: Evidence from a Survey 

Experiment in Hong Kong 

Jingyi Pu, 

and Xinzhi Zhang, City University of Hong Kong 

Leadership without Leaders: Public Agency in Populist 

Social Movements 

Liwen Zhang, Tsinghua University 

Analyzing Political Campaign Ads 

Felicity Sena Dogbatse, Maryland College Park 

Discussant 

Oluseyi Adegbola, Tennessee-Knoxville 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa078 Salon L/5th 



Top Papers: DEI in Public Relations Competition; 

History Competition; Open Competition; Newsom 

Competition 

Saturday 

* Faculty Paper 

** Graduate Student Paper 

Moderating/presiding 

Luke Capizzo, Missouri

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Top Open Papers 

The Role of CDR Communication Strategy in Building 

Trust in Gen AI through Perceived Ethics* 

Joon Soo Lim, Syracuse, 

Chunsik Lee, North Florida, 

Donghee Shin, Texas Tech, 

Junga Kim, North Florida, 

and Jun Zhang, Middle Tennessee State 

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence–Powered Chatbots for 

Nonprofit Organizations: Examining the Antecedents 

and Outcomes of Chatbot Trust and Social Media 

Engagement** 

Yang Cheng, North Carolina State, 

and Yuan Wang, City University of Hong Kong 

Examining USAID’s Strategic Communication for 

International Development in Post-Ebola Liberia*** 

Elinam Amevor, Pittsburgh—Bradford 

Discussant 

Nicholas Browning, Indiana 

History 

Networking Globally: The International Peace 

Movement’s Use of Public Relations 

in the 19th Century**** 

Tyler Page, Connecticut, 

Edward E. Adams, Bringham Young, 

and Wenqi “Marcus” Wu, Connecticut 

DEI 

The Employee’s Influence: How Downward 

Social Comparisons Are Impacting the Leadership 

of Women Ccos***** 

Breann Murphy, Jacksonville State 

Newsom 

Globalization and MNO Prosocial Communication 

in Public Relations: Perspectives from Bangladesh, 

Botswana, Indonesia, and Kenya****** 

Jeannette Iannacone, Tennessee, 

Drew Ashby-King, East Carolina, 

Teresia Nzau, 

and Boitshepo Balozwi, Missouri, 

Habib Mohammad Ali, University of Liberal 

Arts Bangladesh, 

and Irmawan Rahyadi, Bina Nusantara University 

Discussant 

Damion Waymer, South Carolina 

* First Place Paper, Open Research Competition 

** Second Place Paper, Open Research Competition 

*** Third Place Paper, Open Research Competition 

**** PR History Award Winner 

*****DEI Award Winner 

******Newsome Award Winner 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa079 Salon B/5th 



Meeting Current Expectations and Needs: 

Responses from Journalism Educators, 

Young Professionals, and Audience Members 


Serajul Bhuiyan, Savannah State 

High School Journalism Field Trips: Post-Pandemic 

Barriers and Opportunities* 

Monica Hill, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 

Marina Hendricks, South Dakota State, 

Sarah Cavanah, Kansas, 

and Peter Bobkowski, Kent State 

Entering Journalism in Times of Democratic Backsliding: 

Hong Kong Young Journalists’ Career Decision 

and Persistence 

Tsz Fung Hans Tse, Francis Lee, 

and Ziqi Yang, The Chinese University 

of Hong Kong 

Improving the “Experience” of News Use: Toward a UX 

Perspective that Bridges Audience Studies in Journalism 

and Human-Computer Interaction** 

Emmanuel Maduneme, Oregon 

Discussant 

Elizabeth Smith, Pepperdine 

Honors Lecture 

Vincent Filak, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 


** First Place Graduate and Undergraduate Student 

Paper Award 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa080 Franklin Hall 10/4th 





Redefining Femininity and Defying Traditional Gender 

Norms: An In-Depth Visual Analysis of North African 

Women Athletes’ Instagram Branding*** 


and Ali Ibrahim, Florida Atlantic


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Seeing Differently: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Visual 

Narratives Before and after the Abraham Accords 

in Arab Media** 

Mona R. Alsaba, 

and Shahira S. Fahmy, American in Cairo 

Unveiling Repetitive Visual Stages: Media Narratives 

and School Shooting Coverage Post-Columbine**** 

Taylor Sheridan, Texas at Austin 

Video Catalyzing Misinformation Online: Modality 

and Source Effects of Credibility, Health Attitudes 

and Behaviors* 

Ivanka Pjesivac, Sohyun Park, 

and Alexia Little, Georgia 

Weight-Stigmatizing News Images as Visual 

Misinformation: Investigating Facebook’s ‘Related 

Articles’ Feature and Comments as Counter- 

Information***** 

Aditi Rao, Connecticut 

Discussant 

Keith Greenwood, Missouri 

*Top Faculty Paper 

**Runner-Up Faculty Paper 

***Third-Place Faculty Paper 

****Top Student Paper 

*****Runner-Up Student Paper 





Mark Poepsel, Southern Illinois, Edwardsville 

Participatory Podcast Journalism: True Crime Case 

Crowdsourcing** 

Sarah Witmer, Iowa 

Personalization Strategies Used at Engaged Journalism 

Outlets to Create Perceived Credibility and Trust 

with the Audience* 

Kirsten Johnson, Elizabethtown 

and Burton St. John, Colorado Boulder 

Discussant 

Nisha Sridharan, Arizona State 



Group 


Championing Change: LGBTQ Interest Group 



A. Kix Patterson, Florida 

Reinventing Scaffolded Selves: Visual Media 

Representations of Queer Infrastructures* 

Cassandra Hayes, Texas Christian 

Group Swinging as Strategic Approach to Curating 

Multiple Minority Identities Online: Study of Lesbian 

Gamers** 

Zizhong Zhang, Tsinghua, 

Haixin Mu 

and Don Lok Tung Chui, Chinese University 

of Hong Kong 

Marginalised People Gather in the Cyberspace: Online 

Community Engagement of Chinese Bisexual Individuals 

KJ Kaixin Deng 

and Dengjin Yu, Beijing Normal University-Hong 

Kong Baptist University United International College 

Queering Contemporary Comedy: F/X’s “What We 

Do in the Shadows” 

Erika Engstrom, Kentucky, 

Evan Brody, Nevada-Reno 

and Annie Casadevall, Kentucky 

Counter Moral Stereotypes with Corresponding Positive 

Framing: Experimental Evidence from Singapore 

Jingwei Zheng 

and Nuri Kim, Nanyang Technological 

Missed Opportunities: Portrayals of LGBTQIA+ 

Individuals in Law & Order: SVU Episodes Over Time 

Ron Price 

and Stacey Hust, Washington State 

Discussants 


and Minjie Li, Tennessee 

* First Place Faculty Paper Award 

** First Place Graduate and Undergraduate 

Student Paper Award 

Saturday 

* Top Faculty Paper 

** Top Student Paper

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6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. / Sa083 Meeting Room 411/4th 



Sports Communication Top Paper Session 


Betsy Emmons, Nebraska-Lincoln 

Examining Sports Media Credibility, Bias, Political 

Identification, and Fandom Using a Repeated Crosssectional 

Survey* 

Natalie Brown-Devlin, Jingyue Tao, 

Chris Imbrogno, 

and Nicole Butterbaugh, 

Xiaotong Liu, Leonard Memon, 

and Yara Acaf, Texas at Austin 

and Josh Anderson, Arizona 

Student-Athletes’ Road to Success in College Life: 

Factors Influencing Well-being, Athletic, 

and Academic Performance** 

Seok Kang, 

and Adel Alaeddini, Texas at San Antonio 

In-House Sports Reporters on the Journalism Periphery: 

Journalistic Heterodoxy and Heteronomy*** 

Gregory Perreault, South Florida 

and Daniel Nölleke, German Sport 

University Cologne 

and Monica Crawford, Minnesota 

and Ella Hackett, South Florida 

“If Those Stats Make You Mad, Then You’ve Come to 

the Right Place”: Theorizing A Women’s Sport Media 

Counterpublic**** 

Monica Crawford, Minnesota 

Discussant 

Betsy Emmons, Nebraska-Lincoln 


** Second Place Open Competition Paper Award 

*** Third Place Open Competition Paper Award 

**** Top Student Paper Award 

8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. / Sa084 Liberty Lanes (Lobby) 

8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. / Sa085 The Continental Midtown 


and International Communication Division 

Offsite Social 

Hosting 


and Lea Hellmueller, City, University of London 

Location TBA 


Public Relations Division Social 

Hosting 

Christopher Wilson, Brigham Young 

The PRD Annual Social is an evening for members and 

others to network, catch up, and meet new colleagues. 

Book raffles and door prizes add to the fun, along with 

local food and drinks. Any AEJMC member is welcome to 

attend. Pre-registration is required. 

8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. / Sa087 Salon H/5th 

University of Iowa, School of Journalism and Mass 

Communication, University of Minnesota, Hubbard 

School of Journalism and Mass Communication and 

University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Journalism 


Social 

Hosting 

Melissa Tully, director, Iowa, 

Elisia Cohen, director, Minnesota, 

and Katy Culver, director, Wisconsin-Madison 

Enjoy desserts, drinks and conversation with Iowa, 

Minnesota, and Wisconsin university faculty and students. 

Pre-registration is required. 


and Risk Division Social 

Hosting 

Matthew VanDyke, Alabama


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University of Oklahoma, Gaylord College of Journalism 

and Mass Communications 

Social 

Hosting 

Andrea Miller, dean, Gaylord College 

8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. / Sa089 Salon E/5th 

University of Tennessee, College of Communication 

& Information, Michigan State University, School of 

Journalism and Washington State University, Edward R. 

Murrow College of Communication 


Department of Journalism, Public Relations, and 

Mass Communication, Baylor University; School of 

Journalism and Media, University of Texas at Austin; 

Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, 

Abilene Christian University; Texas State University, 

School of Journalism and Mass Communication; 

University of Houston, Jack J. Valenti School of 

Communication; University of North Texas, Mayborn 

School of Journalism; Southern Methodist University 

Division of Journalism, and Texas Christian University, 

School of Journalism and Mass Communication 

Social 

Texas Departments and Schools 

of Journalism Reception 

Social 

Hosting 

Joe Mazer, dean, Tennessee, 

Tim P. Vos, director, Michigan State, 

and Bruce Pinkleton, dean, Washington State 

Hosting 

Mia Moody-Ramirez, Baylor, 

David Ryfe, Texas at Austin, 

Kenneth Pybus, Abilene Christian, 

Judy Oskam, Texas State, 

Jennifer Vardeman, Houston, 

James Mueller, North Texas, 

Jake Batsell, Southern Methodist, 

and Uche Onyebadi, Texas Christian 

This is a reception for departments and schools of journalism 

in the state of Texas. 

Saturday

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DISCOVER THE DIVERSE RESEARCH INTERESTS OF 

THE SCHOOL OF OURNALISM’S DOCTORAL STUDENTS 

Iasmim Amiden dos Santos 

Environmental journalism and communication in 

Latin America 

Marialana Côgo Antolini 

Youth activism and platforms in the Global South 

Adanma Mbonu 

Understanding journalism’s influence for 

underrepresented communities 

Tara Jean Mesyn 

Media in the context of education 

Huzaifa Muhammad 

How power shapes media messages; media 

sociology and political communication 

Gisele Souza Neuls 

Environmental journalism, indigenous media and 

participatory research 

Enrique Núñez-Mussa 

Epistemologies and journalists as social 

explainers 

Jessica Pettengill 

Community-based journalism practice and 

discourse 

Leilane Menezes Rodrigues 

Black media studies, images of racial violence and 

resistance 

Prosper Kofi Senyo 

Journalism cultures and media systems 

Leigh Anne Tiffany 

Science communication in journalism and public 

relations 

Emily (Shuo) Zhan 

Media psychology and human-computer 

interaction 

Qucheng Zhang 

Chinese climate change journalism 

INTRODUCING THE SCHOOL OF 

JOURNALISM'S NEW GRADUATE 

PROGRAM DIRECTOR, 

PERRY PARKS

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m 

MEET THE DEPARTMENT OF ADVERTISING AND 

PUBLIC RELATIONS’ NEWEST FACULTY MEMBERS 

JUAN 

MUNDEL, Ph.D. 


MARIAH 

WELLMAN, Ph.D. 


LUKE 

CAPIZZO, Ph.D. 


Introducing the doctoral candidates and their research interests 

from the Department of Advertising and Public Relations 

Sofia Aparicio 

Media effects on children’s development 

Heijin Lee 

Influencer marketing, strategic communication, 

international advertising 

Ava Francesca Battocchio 

Rural communities, civic information, strategic 

communication 

Kaitlin Lewin 

Communication neuroscience 

Alexandra Benitez 

Science communication and public engagement 

Jennifer McDermitt 

Digital inclusion of older adults 

Faith Delle 

Cognitive and emotional processing of media 

Zijie (Jay) Mei 

Social media psychology and neuroscience 

Ike Gogolin 

Technology adoption of rural healthcare entities 

Moldir Moldagaliyeva 

Cross-cultural communication and digital 

behavior 

Dan Henley 

Media psychology, decision-making, social media 

Julia Terhune 

Media’s impact on a rural healthcare workforce 

Barikisu Issaka 

Health communication, media representations, 

technology 

Nan Zhang 

Computational methods for digital advertising 

issues 

Taewoo Kang 

Political communication in digital environments 

Qi Zheng 

Public relations, government communication, 

crisis 

SPARTANS WILL.

NEW @ KU 

Sarah Cavanah, M.P.W., Ph.D., University of Minnesota 

Sarah Cavanah joins the William Allen White School of Journalism and 

Mass Communications this fall as an assistant professor. Her research 

explores the role of news in the health of communities, particularly the 

effects of news and civic information access, student-produced media 

and science communication on social media. Her professional experience 

includes work with rural and metro newspapers, magazines, educational 

publishing, non-profit public relations and administration, and marketing. 

Yunwen Wang, Ph.D., University of Southern California 

Yunwen Wang joins the William Allen White School of Journalism and 

Mass Communications this fall as an assistant professor. She joins KU as 

part of a grant focusing on safety and security and will be part of KU's 

Research Rising strategic initiative interdisciplinary team. Using 

computational mixed methods, her research examines health 

communication, UX, and the impact of media and information technology 

on consumer well-being, with a focus on health equity and social justice. 

She will join KU from her current role as a postdoctoral scientist at the 

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. 

Tamar Wilner, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin 

Tamar Wilner joins the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass 

Communications this fall as an assistant professor. Her research interests 

include news literacy, misinformation, and media trust, as well as the gap 

between journalism research and practice. Wilner is the 2024 winner of 

AEJMC's Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award. She will join KU 

from her current postdoctoral role with the University of Texas School of 

Information, where she works on co-designing for Trust, a National 

Science Foundation-funded project. 

Congratulations to our promoted faculty 

Mugur Geana 

Full Professor 

Angie Hendershot 

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Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Member in Media, Democracy and Technology

Celebrating the Legacy, 

Embarking on the Future. 

Established in 1923, our school has a rich, award-winning 

legacy. As the SJMC moves into its second century, we 

celebrate all that our students, faculty and alumni have 

accomplished. Yet, we eagerly anticipate what’s on the 

horizon. We welcome our newest faculty members — as 

they will help us set the stage for another 100 years 

of educational excellence. 

LEARN MORE 

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Research 


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“Our school has tremendous momentum, 

and I am excited to see the ways our 

programs and research evolve as we strive 

to provide the best educational experience 

for our students and work environment for 

our faculty and staff.” 

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Professor and Director 

School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Sunday Sessions 

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7:30 to 9 a.m. / Su001 Franklin Hall 13/4th 

9:30 to 11 a.m. / Su003 Salon L/5th 




2023-24 Council of Divisions Meeting 


Meredith D. Clark, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 

2023-24 chair, Council of Divisions 

and Avery Holton, Utah, 2023-24 vice chair, 

Council of Divisions 

9:30 to 11 a.m. / Su002 Salon D/5th 



Influencer Marketing and Brand Relationships 



Influencer Endorser Response to Negative Publicity: 

Safeguarding Positive Evaluation Amid Brand 

Transgressions in Live-streaming e-Commerce** 

Shuai Guo 

and Mengtian Jiang, Kentucky 

The Consumer-Brand-Influencer Relationship: The 

Symbiotic Triad in Influencer Advertising 

Yang Zhou 

and Jameson Hayes, Alabama 

Exploring Ethnic Identifications’ Impact on Gen-Z 

Asian Americans’ Perception Of Instagram Influencer 

Beauty Advertisements 

Jessica Arguelles, Xiaohan Hu, 

and Nathian Rodriguez, San Diego State 

I Know It, So I Book It: Persuasion Strategy and 

Knowledge Structure on Sustainable Hospitality 

Influencer Marketing 

Cen Wang 

and Yun Yang, Shandong University 

Discussant 

Quan Xie, Southern Methodist 



Media, Politics, and Narratives 


David Dowling, Iowa 

Producing Inclusive Narratives: Strength of Weak 

Ties Framework to Empower Marginalized Voices 

in Broadcast News* 

Kristina Vera-Phillips, Arizona State 

Parsing Perspectives: An Analysis of Guilty 

and Innocent Language in Trump’s Indictments 

Across Television Networks 

Andrew Daws 

and Kaitlyn Johns, Alabama 

Narratives from the War Zone: Trauma Experiences 

among Central-Eastern European Correspondents 

Covering the War in Ukraine 

Teodora Trfionova, Tennessee 


Framing Egypt’s 2012 Election: Case Study 

of “Misr Tantakhib Elraees” 

Nihal Alaqabawy, Colorado Boulder 

[EA] Decolonizing Political Reporting in Ghana: 

A Comparative Analysis of Journalistic Norms 

and Practices Among English and Indigenous 

Language Political Broadcasters 

Martha Darkwa Seffah 

and Karin Assmann, Georgia 

Watching A Show Versus Being There: Embodied 

Gatekeeping and Visual Perspective in Congress 

Mary Bock 

and Renita Coleman, Texas at Austin 

Discussant 

Lee Hood, Loyola 

* Second Place, Student Paper Competition 


abstract. 

Sunday 

* Open Research Third Place

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9:30 to 11 a.m. / Su004 Salon A/5th 

History and International Communication Divisions 


The Politics of the Archive: From 1946 

to the Trump Administration 


Will Mari, Louisiana State 

Panelists 

Kate Wright, University of Edinburgh, UK 

Mel Bunce, City University, London 

Martin Scott, University of East Anglia 

Robin Sundaramoorthy, Maryland 

Lindsay Palmer, Wisconsin-Madison 

Glenda Cooper, City University, London 

Given the fraught state of US politics, it is vital that 

journalism scholars engage mindfully, responsibly, and 

transparently with the political dimensions of archival 

research. This is just as important when dealing with 

distant history as it is when investigating the recent past, 

as memory plays a crucial role in constructing national 

identities, as well as international relationships. 

9:30 to 11 a.m. / Su005 Salon K/5th 

Newspaper and Online Division 


Artificial Intelligence and the Cutting Edge 

of Journalism 


Michael Clay Carey, Samford 

Testing Generative AI for Source Audits 

in Student-Produced Local News 

Rahul Bhargava, 

Elisabeth Hadjis, 

and Meg Heckman, Northeastern 

When Artificial Intelligence Meets Humans: 

A Comparative Study of News Credibility Among 

AI, Journalists, and AI-Journalists Collaboration 

Fanjue Liu, Mo Chen, 

and Seungahn Nah, Florida 

AI-Generated Opportunities and Challenges: Analyzing 

Differences between Newspaper Narratives and Public 

Discourses about Generative AI 

Mohammad Yousuf, Sara Velasquez, 

Brooklynn Gray, Maegan Carberry, 

and Whitney Okumu, New Mexico 

Discussant 

Hans Meyer, Ohio 


abstract. 

9:30 to 11 a.m. / Su006 Salon C/5th 


and Participatory Journalism Interest Group 


Can Community Engagement Journalism 

Counter Conservative Distrust 


Doron Taussig, Ursinus 

Panelists 


Anthony Nadler, Ursinus 

Terry Tracy, Broad + Liberty 


This panel will ask whether engagement journalism can 

help to counter this trend by asking: What are the different 

understandings of the origins of conservative distrust 

in journalism? Which of these diagnoses suggest engagement 

journalism tactics may help build better relationships 

with these news consumers? What specific tactics – 

associated with engagement practices or complementary 

to them -- might mitigate conservative alienation? 

9:30 to 11 a.m. / Su007 Salon J/5th 


and Scholastic Journalism Division 


Chatting ChatGPT: Ethical Use of AI in Research 

and Pedagogy 


Briana Trifiro, Boston 

Panelists 

Kate Mays, Vermont 

Jared Schroeder, Missouri 

Laura K. Smith, South Carolina 

Bradley Wilson, Midwestern State 

Fan Yang, South Florida 

This panel will introduce attendees to a number of emerging 

AI platforms that can help scholars at all career stages


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to conduct research more diligently and effectively, from 

conducting thorough literature reviews to formatting a 

manuscript to journal specifications, as well as offer solutions 

for ways in which instructors can integrate technology 

and AI in the classroom in innovative, productive, 

and above all – ethical – ways. 

Panelists 


Shearon Roberts, Xavier-Louisiana 

Lyric Mandell, Louisiana State 

Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante, Texas at Austin 

Silvia DalBen Furtado, Texas at Austin 

9:30 to 11 a.m. / Su008 Meeting Room 404/4th 



Feminism, Intersectionality, and Representation 

in the Digital Public Sphere 



“We Have Never Been Pseudo-Feminists!:” Unveiling 

The Feminist Struggle Of Chinese Beauty Influencers 

in The Age of Digital Feminism 

Qingyue Sun, Drexel 

and Runze Ding; Beijing Normal University 

An Intersectional Approach to Examining TikTok Users’ 

Framing of Sha’Carri Richardson and Brittney Griner 

Mia Moody-Ramirez, Baylor, 

Dorothy Bland, North Texas, 

and Hazel Cole, West Georgia 

Can You Believe This Was Once A Football School?: 

Social Media Fan Discourse Before, During and After 

Nebraska’s Record-Setting Volleyball Game 

Shannon Scovel, Tennessee 

and Kelli Boling, Nebraska-Lincoln 

#Tradwives on TikTok: The Promotion of Traditional 

Gender Roles and the Radicalization of Online 

Audiences 

Macy Burkett, Kansas 

Discussant 

Megan Duncan, Virginia Tech 

Stereotypes, implicit bias and microaggressions can 

negatively impact teaching and learning, but there are 

tools instructors can use the classroom to combat these 

and other inclusivity threats. This panel will explore these 

tools and help instructors understand their own implicit 

biases to help create a more inclusive learning environment. 

You will come out of this panel having learned 

your own implicit biases, and you will discover ways to 

combat it. 

9:30 to 11 a.m. / Su010 Salon I/5th 


and Mass Communication and Society Division 


My Textbook Costs How Much?: How OER 

Can Solve the Increasing Textbook Cost Crisis 


Jenny Dean, Texas Wesleyan 

Panelists 


Rosemary Martinelli, Pennsylvania State 

Kristina M. De Voe, Temple 

Jodie Gil, Southern Connecticut State 

Panelists will discuss options for continued use and growth 

in OER resources in mass communication and provide 

audience members with ideas on how to create their own 

OER textbooks. 

Sunday 

9:30 to 11 a.m. / Su009 Salon B/5th 


Group and Commission on the Status of Minorities 


Teaching with Intersectional Inclusivity 

in an AI Age 



9:30 to 11:30 a.m. / Su011 Franklin Hall 1/4th 




Incoming AEJMC Board of Directors Meeting 


Teresa L. Mastin, Michigan State, 

AEJMC President-Elect, 2023-24 

By invitation only.

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11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Su012 Salon K/5th 



Theory and Method: Studying Politics 

and Polarization 



Maybe They’re Not So Bad: Political Discussion, 

Support for Partisan Compromise, and Affective 

Polarization 


and Luna Pittet Gonzalez, Florida, 

Eliana DuBosar, 

and Jessica Sparks, Auburn 


[EA] That’s What (Politically Diverse) Friends 

are for: Examining the Correlations and Effects 

of Social Network Diversity on Polarization 

and Feelings about the Future 

Jay Hmielowski, Florida, 

Vincent Cicchirillo, Saint Xavier University 


Examining the Impact of Conspiracy Mentality 

on Government Performance Assessment: 

The Mediating Role of Policy Issue Concerns 

Bingbing Zhang, Iowa, 

Mateos Diaz, University of Salamanca 

and Homero Gil de Zúñiga, University of 

Salamanca/Pennsylvania State 

I Hate Everything About News: Examining the Perceived 

Ideology of Journalists as a Mediating Variable between 

Political Beliefs and Media Perceptions 

Jay Hmielowski, Florida, 

and Masahiro Yamamoto, Albany 

Sorry, We’re Closed to Your Views: Partisan Media 

Use, Moral Polarization, and Support for the Open 

Marketplace of Ideas 


and Jay Hmielowski, Florida 

Discussant 

Ryan Broussard, Sam Houston State 


abstract. 

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Su013 Salon C/5th 


and Entertainment Studies Interest Group 


A Perfect Fit: Fashion Media and American 

Mass Communication Scholarship 



Panelists 

Myles Ethan Lascity, Southern Methodist 

Lisa D. Lenoir, Indiana-Bloomington 

Kimberly Wilmot Voss, Central Florida 

Katie Baker Jones, West Virginia 

This panel will focus on what fashion media could — 

even should — look like in American academic circles. 

More importantly, this panel will hold that American 

journalism and mass communication scholarship should 

see fashion as a legitimate discipline of inquiry, and one 

that cuts across AEJMC’s various divisions. 

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Su014 Salon L/5th 



Government Power, Speech, and Actions 



[EA] Exploring the Underappreciated Positive 

Impact of Kennedy v. Bremerton on the Public 

Employee Speech Doctrine 

Jose Israel Balderas, Elon 

Preferred or Prioritized: Section 706(a) of the 

Communications Act of 1934 and Presidential Power* 

Matthew Conaty, Pennsylvania 

Newspaper Coverage of the Supreme Court’s decisions 

in Masterpiece Cakeshop and 303 Creative 

Erica Salkin, 

and Emma Maple, Whitworth 

Discussant 

Kristen Patrow, Butler 

* Third-Place Student Paper Award 


abstract.


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11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Su015 Salon B/5th 

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Su017 Meeting Room 404/4th 

Magazine Media and Media Management, Economics 

and Entrepreneurship Divisions 


The New Normal: Affiliate Links in Journalism 



Panelists 

Patrick Ferrucci, Colorado-Boulder 

Susanna Lee, Temple 

Caitlin Petre, Rutgers 

Lydia Cheng, Sydney 

This panel discusses the implications of the business 

model for larger media issues of trust, credibility, authenticity, 

and objectivity. Affiliate links are the norm in 

media at the edges of journalism, such as YouTube and 

TikTok, where personal recommendations hold significant 

sway over consumer decisions. 

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Su016 Salon A/5th 

Media Ethics and Communicating Science, Health, 

Environment and Risk Divisions 


Too Hot to Handle: The Ethics of Reporting 

Climate Change 


Grace Provenzano, Arizona State 

Panelists 

Hollie Smith, Oregon 

Bruno Takahashi, Michigan State 

Roberta Baskin, Climate Democracy Initiative 

Board Member 





Rafael Matos, Northwestern 

Topic I – Racial/Ethic Identity Information, 

Misinformation and Framing 

The Coverage of The Anti-Critical Race Theory (CRT) 

Bills In The Opinions of The Media 

Delaware Arif 

and Pavica Sheldon, South Alabama 

[EA] Disinformation Intervention Preferences 

in Communities of Color 

Shelvia Dancy, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

and Greg Munno, Syracuse 

Unique Practices of the Overrepresented: Exploring 

Self-Identified, Repertoire and Topical News Avoidance 

Among Black Adults 

Miya Williams Fayne, Wisconsin – Madison 

and Stephanie Edgerly, Northwestern 

Philadelphia As Cradle of Black Journalist Activism: 

The Story of NABJ’s Predecessor and Its Founders 


WhatsApp Usage and Misinformation Belief: Surveying 

Cuban, Indian, and Mexican Diaspora Communities 

Joao Ozawa, Texas at Austin, 

Martin Riedl, Tennessee, Knoxville, 

Inga Kristina Trauthig, 

and Samuel Christopher Woolley, Texas at Austin 

and Kiran Garimella, Rutgers 

Discussant 



abstract. 

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Su018 Salon I/5th 

Sunday 

This panel discusses the ethical dilemma facing journalists 

when it comes to covering climate change issues. 

Extreme weather is being reported but the “how” and 

“why” is largely unexplained which is a missed opportunity 

to educate news consumers to climate change 

and a warming planet. Panelists address the state of this 

existential issue around the globe, the diversity problems 

that arise from the crisis and what is being done to communicate 

this important information to news consumers 

on a local and international level. 

Public Relations 

and Communication Technology Divisions 


I Am Not Able to Assist with That.”: AI Assistance 

in Risk and Crisis Communications (Research) 


Erika Schneider, Syracuse

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Panelists 

Yan Jin, Georgia 

Taylor Jing Wen, South Carolina 

Hao Xu, University of Melbourne 

Joon Soo Lim, Syracuse 

This panel will share scenarios that explore how AI has 

been integrated into risk and crisis communications 

within PR research and practices. The use of AI in this 

context presents a unique set of benefits and limitations, 

and our panelists will draw from their experiences and 

expertise to explore these nuances. The discussion will 

also serve as a platform to encourage forward-thinking 

attendees to engage with panelists to explore avenues for 

future research. 

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Su019 Salon J/5th 



The Influence of Emotion in Social Media Visuals 



[EA] Reflection in the Feed: Analyzing Body Image 

Dissatisfaction in Male Fitness Influencers Profiles 

on Instagram 

Ayesha Riaz 

and Mark Ribott, Kentucky 

When “90s Kids” Have Kids: Nostalgia, Pop Culture, 

and Support on Nick Jr’s Instagram Account 

Rachel Patterson, Pennsylvania State 

#Route66: Traveler Posts, Themes, and Their 

Relationship to Engagement 

Nate Fisher 

and Doyle Yoon, Oklahoma 

The Salience of Faces in Mobile News 

Michael Vosburg, Benedict 

[EA] Understanding the Factors Shaping Music Reaction 

Videos: A Comparative Sturdy of Bilibili and YouTube 

Pan Hou, Northwest University Xi’an 

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Su020 Salon D/5th 



Faith in the Digital Age: Religion, the Internet, 



Omar Hammad, Hunter College 

A Values-Principle Model for Examining Religious 

Faith and Media Technologies 

Jim Trammell, High Point 

[EA] For the Bible Scholar Tells Me So: Analyzing 

Attempts at Debunking Religious Misinformation Online 

Joseph Stepniewski, Texas at Austin 

The Moderating Role of Intrinsic, Extrinsic and Quest 

Religiosity in Religious and Political Communication 

on Social Networking Sites 

Mian Asim 

and Fokiya Akhtar, Zayed University 

[EA] Unraveling the Popularity of Online Divination 

Among Bilibili’s Youth: Characteristics, Perceptions, 

and Motivations 

Zhifang Wei, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 

Discussant 

Yoel Cohen, Ariel University 


abstract. 

Discussant 

Shane Epping, Wyoming 


abstract.

EXPLORING THE POWER AND IMPACT OF 

ARTIFICIAL 

INTELLIGENCE 

AI RESEARCH 

With dedicated AI scholars and AI research being conducted across 

the College, the University of Florida College of Journalism and 

Communications is becoming a leader in emerging technology insights. 

For more information 

on AI research, visit 

jou.ufl.edu/research 

Recent AI initiatives include: 

Authentically, AI-driven 

language analysis tool that 

will help journalists by 

flagging potentially 

biased language. 

Testing trust in humangenerated 

and AI-generated 

news content and how the 

level of trust leads to civic 

engagement. 

Exploring how virtual 

humans can become 

messengers of truth in 

the battle against climate 

change misinformation. 

De-coding the effectiveness 

of chatbot ads in driving 

consumer perceptions. 

ATLAS LAB 

Fueled by sophisticated, AI-driven digital media analysis tools, 

the Atlas Lab is a state-of-the-art facility for students, faculty 

and staff to develop an expertise in analyzing digital media 

dynamics, behavior and conversations. 

For more information about 

the lab, contact Atlas Lab 

Director Nathan Carpenter at 

nathancarpenter@ufl.edu 

or visit jou.ufl.edu/atlas

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IN FIRST AMENDMENT AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ISSUES 

TO JOIN US AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 

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FIRST AMENDMENT 

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LEARN about free speech and 

technology, artificial intelligence 

ENGAGE with UF Levin 

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APPLY legal research 

WRITE amicus briefs for 

important free speech cases 

PARTICIPATE in First 

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FREEDOM OF 

INFORMATION 

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SUBMIT to our peer-reviewed 

Journal of Civic Information 

PRODUCE Brechner Report 

FOI email newsletter 

COMPETE in new college 

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PARTICIPATE in annual FOI 

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janebambauer@ufl.edu 

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Welcome 

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FRANCIS 

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Department of 


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Department of Media 

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STEM Translational 

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JOURNALISM PROFESSOR EMERITUS 

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WINNER OF THE 2024 AEJMC 

PAUL J. DEUTSCHMANN AWARD 

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of Journalism 1912-1950 

1912 Willard G. Bleyer, Wisconsin 

1913 Talcott Williams, Columbia 

1914 Merle Thorpe, Kansas 

1915 Merle Thorpe, Kansas 

1916 James M. Lee, New York U. 

1917 Fred N. Scott, Michigan 

1918 Wartime, no convention 

1919 Wartime, no convention 

1920 H.F. Harrington, Northwestern 

1921 Willard G. Bleyer, Wisconsin 

1922 E.W. Smith, Stanford 

1923 F.W. Beckman, Iowa State 

1924 J.W. Piercy, Indiana 

1925 N.A. Crawford, Kansas State 

1926 M.G. Osborn, Louisiana State 

1927 F.J. Lazell, Iowa 

1928 Grant M. Hyde, Wisconsin 

1929 E. Marion Johnson, Minnesota 

1930 John E. Drewry, Georgia 

1931 Lawrence R. Murphy, Illinois 

1932 Ralph L. Crosman, Colorado 

1933 Ralph L. Crosman, Colorado 

1934 William L. Mapel, Washington & Lee 

1935 Kenneth E. Olson, Northwestern 

1936 C. Gayle Walker, Nebraska 

1937 Blair Converse, Iowa State 

1938 Edward N. Doan, Ohio State 

1939 Charles L. Allen, Northwestern 

1940 Charles L. Allen, Northwestern 

1941 Ralph O. Nafziger, Minnesota 

1942 Douglass W. Miller, Syracuse 

1943 Douglass W. Miller, Syracuse 

1944 Frederic E. Merwin, Rutgers 

1945 Frederic E. Merwin, Rutgers 

1946 Curtis D. MacDougall, Northwestern 

1947 Marcus M. Wilkerson, Louisiana State 

1948 Roland E. Wolseley, Syracuse 

1949 A. Gayle Waldrop, Colorado 

1950 Henry Ladd Smith, Wisconsin 


1951-1982 

1951 Ralph O. Nafziger, Wisconsin 

1952 J. Edward Gerald, Minnesota 

1953 Earl English, Missouri 

1954 George E. Simmons, Tulane 

1955 Roscoe Ellard, Columbia 

1956 Kenneth R. Marvin, Iowa State 

1957 Norval N. Luxon, North Carolina 

1958 Warren K. Agee, Texas Christian 

1959 Mitchell V. Charnley, Minnesota 

1960 Fred S. Siebert, Illinois 

1961 Charles T. Duncan, Oregon 

1962 Kenneth N. Stewart, California-Berkeley 

1963 Theodore E. Peterson, Illinois 

1964 William E. Porter, Michigan 

1965 Edward W. Barrett, Columbia 

1966 DeWitt C. Reddick, Texas 

1967 Harold L. Nelson, Wisconsin 

1968 Robert L. Jones, Minnesota 

1969 James W. Schwartz, Iowa State 

1970 William E. Ames, Washington 

1971 Wayne Danielson, Texas 

1972 Hillier Krieghbaum, New York U. 

1973 R. Neale Copple, Nebraska 

1974 Bruce H. Westley, Kentucky 

1975 Edwin Emery, Minnesota 

1976 Edward Bassett, Southern Cal 

1977 Kenneth Devol, California State, Northridge 

1978 James Carey, Iowa 

1979 Mary A. Gardner, Michigan State 

1980 Richard G. Gray, Indiana 

1981 Del Brinkman, Kansas 

1982 Kenneth Starck, Iowa 



1983- 

1983 Richard Cole, North Carolina 

1984 Everette Dennis, Oregon 

1985 Douglas Ann Newsom, Texas Christian 

1986 Dwight L. Teeter, Jr., Texas at Austin 

1987 Sharon M. Murphy, Marquette 

1988 David H. Weaver, Indiana 

1989 Thomas A. Bowers, North Carolina 

1990 MaryAnn Yodelis Smith, Wisconsin Centers 

1991 Ralph Lowenstein, Florida 

1992 Terry Hynes, California State, Fullerton 

1993 Tony Atwater, Rutgers 

1994 Maurine Beasley, Maryland 

1995 Judy VanSlyke Turk, South Carolina 

1996 Pamela J. Shoemaker, Syracuse 

1997 Alexis Tan, Washington State 

1998 Stephen R. Lacy, Michigan State 

1999 Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, Florida International 

2000 Marilyn Kern-Foxworth, Texas A&M 

2001 Will Norton, Jr., Nebraska-Lincoln 

2002 Joe S. Foote, Arizona State 

2003 Theodore L. Glasser, Stanford 

2004 Jannette L. Dates, Howard 

2005 Mary Alice Shaver, Central Florida 

2006 Sharon Dunwoody, Wisconsin-Madison 

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2007 Wayne Wanta, Missouri-Columbia 

2008 Charles C. Self, Oklahoma 

2009 Barbara B. Hines, Howard 

2010 Carol J. Pardun, South Carolina 

2011 Jan Slater, Illinois at Urbana 

2012 Linda Steiner, Maryland 

2013 Kyu Ho Youm, Oregon 

2014 Paula M. Poindexter, Texas at Austin 

2015 Elizabeth L. Toth, Maryland 

2016 Lori Bergen, Colorado-Boulder 

2017 Paul Voakes, Colorado-Boulder 

2018 Jennifer D. Greer, Alabama 

2019 Marie Hardin, Pennsylvania State 

2020 David D. Perlmutter, Texas Tech 

2021 Tim P. Vos, Michigan State 

2022 Susan Keith, Rutgers 

2023 Deb Aikat, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

2024 Linda Aldoory, American 

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AEJMC Award Recipients 

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Krieghbaum Mid-Career Award 

This award was created and funded by the late Hillier 

Krieghbaum, New York, a long-time AEJMC member and 

a past president. The annual award honors an AEJMC 

member with between six and 14 years of consecutive 

teaching experience who has shown outstanding achievement 

and effort in all three AEJMC areas: teaching, 

research and public service. It is an association-wide 

award with the association’s three standing committees 

each having a representative serving on the selection 

committee which evaluates and scores nominees. 

Annual award. 

2024 Emily Vraga, Minnesota 

2023 Ryan Thomas, Washington State 

2022 Linjuan Rita Men, Florida 

2021 Karen McIntyre, Virginia Commonwealth 

2020 Edson C. Tandoc Jr., Nanyang Technological 

Janet Yang, Buffalo-The State University 

of New York 

2019 Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn, Georgia 

2018 Shirley S. Ho, Nanyang Technological 

2017 Jakob D. Jensen, Utah 

2016 Jörg Matthes, Vienna 

2015 Homero Gil de Zùñiga, Vienna 

2014 Yan Jin, Virginia Commonwealth 

2013 John Besley, Michigan State 

2012 Susan Robinson, Wisconsin-Madison 

2011 Sri Kalyanaraman, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

2010 Dietram Scheufele, Wisconsin-Madison 

2009 Kimberly Bissell, Alabama 

2008 Patricia Moy, Washington 

2007 William P. Eveland, Jr., Ohio State 

2006 David S. Domke, Washington 

2005 Dhavan V. Shah, Wisconsin-Madison 

2004 Clay Calvert, Pennsylvania State 

2003 Julie Andsager, Washington State 

2002 David T.Z. Mindich, Saint Michael’s 

2001 Erica Weintraub Austin, Washington State 

2000 Carolyn Kitch, Temple 

1999 David Atkin, Cleveland State 

1998 Edward Adams, Angelo State 

1997 Annie Lang, Indiana 

1996 John Ferré, Louisville 

1995 Wayne Wanta, Oregon 

1994 Stephen D. Reese, Texas at Austin 

1993 Marilyn Kern-Foxworth, Texas A&M 

1992 Carroll Glynn, Cornell 

1991 Jeff Smith, Iowa 

1990 Pamela Shoemaker, Texas at Austin 

1989 Robert Drechsel, Wisconsin-Madison 

1988 Jane D. Brown, North Carolina 

1987 Theodore Glasser, Minnesota 


1985 Lee Becker, Ohio State 

1984 Ellen Wartella, Illinois 

1983 David H. Weaver, Indiana 

1982 Everette Dennis, Oregon 

1981 David Rubin, New York (first) 

Baskett Mosse Award for Faculty 

Development 

The Baskett Mosse Award was created by AEJMC 

and the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism 

and Mass Communications in honor of the late Baskett 

Mosse, executive secretary of the Accrediting Committee 

for 26 years. The award recognizes an outstanding young 

or mid-career faculty member and helps fund a proposed 

enrichment activity. Not an annual award. 

2023 Amy Simons, Missouri 

2021 Karin Assmann, Georgia 

2019 Michelle K. Baker, Pennsylvania State 

2017 Janice Collins, Illinois 

2015 Kim Smith, North Carolina A&T 

2013 Homero Gil de Zuniga, Texas at Austin 

2011 Murgur Geana, Kansas 

2009 Barbara Friedman, North Carolina 

2005 Robert Kerr, Oklahoma 

2003 Sandra Chance, Florida 

2002 Laura Castañeda, Southern California 

2001 Andrew Mendelson, Temple 

2000 Jan LeBlanc Wicks, Arkansas-Fayetteville 

1999 Debashis Aikat, North Carolina 

1998 Lauren Tucker, South Carolina 

1996 Sue A. Lafky, Iowa 

1995 Kathleen Fearn-Banks, Washington 

1994 Laurence B. Alexander, Florida 

1993 Glen Cameron, Georgia 

1992 Joy Morrison, Alaska-Fairbanks 

1991 Lael Morgan, Alaska-Fairbanks 

1990 C. Zoe Smith, Marquette 

1989 Stephen R. Lacy, Michigan State 

Charles Salmon, Wisconsin-Madison 

1988 Terry Hynes, California State, Fullerton 

1987 Tony Atwater, Michigan State 

1986 Patrick S. Washburn, Ohio 

1985 Margaret Ann Blanchard, North Carolina 

1984 Donna Lee Dickerson, South Florida (first) 

AEJMC Presidential Award 

Given to dedicated and long-serving AEJMC members 

by the current AEJMC president. The award recognizes distinguished 

service to journalism and mass communication 

education. Presented on an as-appropriate basis. 

2023 Alberto Ibargüen, Knight Foundation 

2018 Charles Self, 227 International, LLC 

2017 Sharon Dunwoody, Wisconsin-Madison

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AEJMC Award Recipients (Continued) 

2016 Barbara Hines, Howard 

2015 Pam Bourland-Davis, Georgia Southern 

2014 Carolyn Stroman, Howard 

2013 Douglas Anderson, Pennsylvania State 

2012 David T.Z. Mindich, St. Michael’s 

2010 Suzette Heiman, Missouri 

2009 Candace Perkins Bowen, Kent State 

Alexis Tan, Washington State 

2008 Keith Sanders, Missouri 

Silvia Pellegrini, Pontificia Universidad 

Catolica de Chile, Santiago 

2007 Donald Shaw, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Maxwell McCombs, Texas at Austin 

2006 David Weaver, Indiana 

Cleveland Wilhoit, Indiana 

2005 Kim Rotzell, Illinois (posthumously) 

2004 Lee Becker, Georgia 

Trevor Brown, Indiana 

2003 James Carey, Columbia 

Clifford Christians, Illinois 

2002 Terry Michael, Washington Center for Politics 

and Journalism 

Roberta Win, Voice of America 

2001 Susanne Shaw, Kansas 

David McHam, Houston 

2000 Karen Brown Dunlap, Poynter Institute 

Oscar Gandy, Pennsylvania 

1999 Mark Goodman, Student Press Law Center 

1998 Jennifer H. McGill, AEJMC/ASJMC 

1997 Lionel Barrow, Jr., Howard 

1996 Gerald M. Sass, The Freedom Forum 

Steven Chaffee, Stanford 


Harry Heintzen, Voice of America 

1994 Edwin Emery, Minnesota 

1993 Orlando Taylor, Howard 

Vernon Stone, Missouri 

1992 Sharon Brock, Ohio State 

Carol Reuss, North Carolina 

1991 Bill Taft, Missouri 

John Merrill, Louisiana State 

1990 Wilma Crumley, Nebraska 

1989 Hillier Krieghbaum, New York 

1988 Fred Zwahlen, Oregon State 

1987 Félix Gutiérrez, Southern California 

1985 Al Scroggins, South Carolina 

1984 Bill Chamberlin, North Carolina 

Gerald Stone, Memphis State 

Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in 

Research 

This award is named in honor of Paul J. Deutschmann, 

who was a central force in the movement to study journalism 

and mass communication scientifically. He helped 

establish and develop the College of Communication 

Arts at Michigan State University, and served as director 

of its Communications Research Center. This award is 

presented by the AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on 

Research. Not an annual award. 

2024 Wayne Wanta, Florida 

2023 Jane Singer, City, University of London 

2022 Annie Lang, Indiana University Bloomington 

2021 Glen T. Cameron, Missouri 

2020 Daniel Riffe, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

2019 Esther Thorson, Michigan State 

2018 S. Shyam Sundar, Pennsylvania State 

2017 Steve Reese, Texas at Austin 

2015 Pamela Shoemaker, Syracuse 

2013 Lee Becker, Georgia 


2010 Stephen Lacy, Michigan State 

2009 David Weaver, Indiana 

2007 Guido H. Stempell, III, Ohio 

2005 Donald L. Shaw, North Carolina 

2004 Clifford Christians, Illinois 

2003 Melvin DeFleur, Boston 

2001 Ivan Preston, Wisconsin-Madison 

2000 James Grunig, Maryland 

1999 Steven Chaffee, Stanford 

1998 Maxwell E. McCombs, Texas at Austin 

1997 Jack M. McLeod, Wisconsin-Madison 

1996 George Gerbner, Pennsylvania 

1995 Richard F. Carter, Washington 

1994 Phillip Tichenor, Minnesota 

George Donohue, Minnesota 

Clarice Olien, Minnesota 

1993 Wayne Danielson, Texas at Austin 

1991 Scott Cutlip, Georgia 

1985 Bruce Westley, Kentucky 

1981 Harold L. Nelson, Wisconsin-Madison 

1979 J. Edward Gerald, Minnesota 

1973 Wilbur Schramm, Iowa 

1972 Ralph O. Nafziger, Minnesota/Wisconsin- 

Madison 

1969 Chilton R. Bush, Stanford (first)


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Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research 

Award 

This award was created by the AEJMC Elected 

Standing Committee on Research to recognize a person 

who has devoted a substantial part of his/her career to 

promoting research in mass communication. It is named 

in honor of the first recipient, Eleanor Blum, a communication 

librarian. Not an annual award. 

2024 Clifford Christians, Illinois, emeritus 

2023 Patricia Moy, Washington 

2021 Louisa Ha, Bowling Green State 


2019 Melvin DeFleur, Louisiana State 

(posthumously) 

2017 Esther Thorson, Michigan State 

2016 Paula Poindexter, Texas at Austin 

2014 Daniel Riffe, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

2008 Maurine Beasley, Maryland 

2007 Patrick Washburn, Ohio 

2006 James W. Tankard, Jr., Texas at Austin 


2005 Margaret Blanchard, North Carolina 


2004 Everette E. Dennis, Fordham 

2003 James A. Crook, Tennessee 

2001 Barbara Semouche, North Carolina 

1996 Frances Wilhoit, Indiana 

1989 Guido Stempel, III, Ohio 

1986 Ed Emery, Minnesota 

1983 Raymond B. Nixon, Minnesota 

1980 Eleanor Blum, Illinois (first) 

Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award 

This award is named for pioneering journalism 

and mass communication educators Ralph O. Nafziger 

and David Manning White, who donated the royalties 

from their book Introduction to Mass Communication 

Research to fund the award. The award recognizes and 

encourages outstanding dissertation research in journalism 

and mass communication. Michael Salwen’s name 

was added to the award in 2008. Salwen, who died in 

2007, was a co-author of “An Integrated Approach to 

Communication Theory and Research”, the royalties of 

which now help fund this award. Annual award. Year 

listed is year award was presented. 

2024 Tamar Wilner, Texas at Austin 

Adviser: Gina Masullo, Texas at Austin 

2023 Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin, Michigan 

Adviser: Aymar Jean Christian, Northwestern 

2022 Rana Arafat, City University of London 

Advisers: Jolanta A. Drzewiecka & Russ Mohl 

2021 Scott Memmel, Minnesota 

Adviser: Jane Kirtley, Minnesota 

2020 Qun Wang, Rutgers 

Adviser: Susan Keith, Rutgers 

2019 Pallavi Guha, Maryland (Now at Towson) 

Advisers: Kalyani Chadha & Linda Steiner, Maryland 

2018 Brooks Fuller, Louisiana State University 

Advisers: Michael Hoefges & Victoria Ekstrand, 


2017 Jieun Shin, Southern California 

Adviser: Lian Jian, Southern California 

2016 Rodrigo Zamith, Minnesota 

Adviser: Seth Lewis, Minnesota 

2015 Summer Harlow, Florida State 

Adviser: Mercedes de Uriarte and Tom Johnson, 


2014 Scott Parrott, North Carolina, Chapel Hill 

Adviser: Rhonda Gibson, North Carolina 


2013 Brendan Watson, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Adviser: Daniel Riffe, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

2012 Dean Smith, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Adviser: Cathy Packer, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

2011 Matthew W. Ragas, DePaul 

Adviser: Spiro Kiousis, Florida 

2010 Jeremy Littau, Lehigh 

Adviser: Esther Thorson, Missouri 

2009 Leigh Moscowitz, College of Charleston 

Adviser: Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana 

2008 Ronald J. “Noah” Arceneaux, San Diego State 

Adviser: Jay Hamilton, Georgia 

2007 David Cuillier, Washington State 

Adviser: Susan Denté Ross, Washington State 

2006 Kathy Roberts Forde, North Carolina 

Adviser: Ruth Walden, North Carolina 

2005 Young Mie Kim, Illinois 

Adviser: David Tewksbury, Illinois at 

Urbana-Champaign 

2004 Zala Voicic, Colorado at Boulder 

Adviser: Andrew Calabrese, Colorado at Boulder 

2003 Mark Avrom Feldstein, North Carolina 

Adviser: Margaret A. Blanchard, North Carolina 

2002 Carolyn Bronstein, DePaul 

Adviser: James L. Baughman, Wisconsin-Madison 

2001 Edward Alwood, North Carolina 

Adviser: Margaret A. Blanchard, North Carolina 

2000 Dhavan V. Shah, Wisconsin-Madison 

Adviser: Daniel B. Wackman, Minnesota 

1999 Barbara Zang, Missouri 

Adviser: David Nord, Indiana 

1998 Craig Trumbo, Cornell 

Adviser: Garrett O’Keefe, Wisconsin-Madison 

1997 David Scott Domke, Minnesota 

Adviser: Hazel F. Dicken-Garcia, Minnesota

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1996 Paul Voakes, Indiana 

Adviser: Robert Drechsel, Wisconsin-Madison 

1995 Karen S. Miller, Georgia 

Adviser: James L. Baughman, Wisconsin-Madison 

1994 Jane Rhodes, Indiana 

Adviser: Margaret Blanchard, North Carolina 

1993 Caroline Schooler, Stanford 

Adviser: Steven Chaffee, Stanford 

1992 Mark D. West, North Carolina 

Adviser: Jane Brown, North Carolina 

1991 Namjun Kang, Syracuse 

Adviser: George Comstock, Syracuse 

1990 Bob McChesney, Wisconsin-Madison 

Adviser: William Ames, Washington 

1989 Diane C. Mutz, Wisconsin-Madison, 

Adviser: Steven Chaffee, Stanford 

1988 Vincent Price, Michigan, 

Adviser: Donald F. Roberts, Stanford 

1987 John R. Finnegan, Jr., Minnesota, 

Adviser: Hazel Dicken-Garcia, Minnesota 

1986 Jeffery Smith, Wisconsin-Madison 

Adviser: Jim Baughman, Wisconsin-Madison 

1985 Richard Kielbowicz, Minnesota 

Advisers: Ed Emery, Minnesota; 

and Hazel F. Dicken-Garcia, Minnesota 

1984 Ron Tamborini, Indiana (first) 

Adviser: Dolf Zillmann, Indiana 

AEJMC First Amendment Award 

The AEJMC First Amendment Award recognizes professionals 

with a strong commitment to freedom of the 

press, and who practice courageous journalism. Created 

in 2006, the award is presented by the Professional 

Freedom & Responsibility Committee. Annual award. 

2024 Errin Haines and staff, The 19th 

2023 Margaret Sullivan, Synidcated Columnist 

2022 Steven Waldman, Report for America 

2021 Omar Jimenez, CNN 

2020 Shane Bauer, Mother Jones 

2019 Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times 

Magazine 

2018 Ronan Farrow, Jodi Kantor 

and Megan Twohey, The New York Times 

2017 The Pulitzer Prizes 

2016 Reporters Without Borders 

2015 Floyd Abrams, 1st Amendment Attorney 

2014 Joel Simon, Committee to Protect Journalists 

2013 First Amendment Center, Nashville, TN 

2012 Carole Simpson, Broadcaster 

2011 Michael Kirk, Frontline Filmmaker 

2010 Nat Hentoff, Syndicated Columnist 

2009 Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker 

2008 Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune 

2007 Helen Thomas, UPI, Hearst 

2006 Molly Ivins, Synidcated Columnist (first) 

AEJMC Tankard Book Award 

The Tankard Book Award was established to honor 

James W. Tankard, Jr. of Texas at Austin. A former editor 

of Journalism Monographs, the award recognizes his 

many contributions to the field of journalism and mass 

communication education. Award established in 2007. 

2024 — Truth and Transparency: Undercover 

Investigations in the Twenty-First Century 

Alan K. Chen and Justin Marceau, Denver, 

Sturm College of Law 

2023 — “Journalistic Autonomy: The Genealogy 

of a Concept” 

Henrik Örnebring and Michael Karlsson, Missouri 

2022 — “Surviving Mexico: Resistance and Resilience 

Among Journalists in the Twenty-First Century” 

by Celeste González de Bustamante, Texas at Austin, 

and Jeannine E. Relly, Arizona 

2021 — “Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, 

Smartphones, & the New Protest #Journalism” 

by Allissa V. Richardson, Southern California 

2020 — “Automating the News: How Algorithms Are 

Rewriting the Media” 

by Nicholas Diakopoulos, Northwestern 

2019 — “Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power 

and Privilege Shape Public Discourse in Progressive 

Communities” 

by Sue Robinson, Wisconsin-Madison 

2018 — “The News Untold: Community Journalism and 

the Failure to Confront Poverty in Appalachia” 

by Michael Clay Carey, Samford 

2017 — “Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of 

Investigative Journalism” 

by James T. Hamilton, Stanford 

2016 — “Radical Media Ethics: A Global Approach” 

by Stephen Ward, Wisconsin-Madison 

2015 — “Making News at The New York Times” 

by Nikki Usher, George Washington 

2014 — “Shaping Immigration News: A French- 

American Comparison” 

by Rodney Benson, New York 

2013 — Into the Fray: How NBC’s Washington 

Documentary Unit Reinvented the News 

by Tom Mascaro, Bowling Green State 

2012 — Radio Utopia: Postwar Audio Documentary in 

the Public Interest by Matthew C. Ehrlich, Illinois 

2011 — About to Die: How News Images Move the 

Public by Barbie Zelizer, Pennsylvania 

2010 — Journalism’s Roving Eye: A History of American 

Foreign Reporting 

by John Maxwell Hamilton, Louisiana State 

2009 — The Environment and the Press: From 

Adventure Writing to Advocacy 

by Mark R. Neuzil, St. Thomas 

2008 — Dark Days in the Newsroom: McCarthyism


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Aimed at the Press 

by Edward M. Alwood, Quinnipiac 

2007 — The African-American Newspaper: Voice of 

Freedom by Patrick S. Washburn, Ohio (first) 

AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award 

The AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award recognizes 

Journalism and Mass Communication academic programs 

that are working toward, and have attained measurable 

success, in increasing equity & diversity within their units. 

Programs must display progress and innovation in racial, 

gender, and ethnic equity and diversity over the previous 

three-year period. Created in 2009. Annual award. 

2024 School of Journalism & Media 

and Tombras School of Advertising & PR 

University of Tennessee, Knoxville 

2023 Department of Journalism and Strategic Media, 

University of Memphis 

2022 Department of Communications, California State 

University, Fullerton 

2021 School of Journalism, University of Missouri 

2020 S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, 

Syracuse University 

2019 Reynolds, School of Journalism, 

University of Nevada, Reno 

2018 Klein College of Media & Communication 

Temple University 

2017 Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass 

Communication at Arizona State University 

2016 Mayborn School of Journalism, University of 

North Texas 

2015 College of Communication and Information 

Sciences, University of Alabama 

2014 Greenlee School of Journalism 

and Communication, Iowa State University 

2013 College of Communications, 

Pennsylvania State University 

2012 Annenberg School for Journalism, 

University of Southern California 

2011 School of Journalism & Mass Communication, 

Texas State University, San Marcos 

2010 School of Communications, Elon University 

2009 Manship School of Mass Communication 

at Louisiana State University (first) 

Dorothy Bowles Public Service Award 

The Dorothy Bowles Public Service Award will 

recognize an AEJMC member who has a sustained and 

significant public-service record that has helped build 

bridges between academics and professionals in mass 

communications either nationally or locally, and, been 

actively engaged within the association. Created in 2012. 

Annual award. 

2024 Chris Roberts, Alabama 

2023 Matt Ragas, DePaul 

2022 Joe Grimm, Michigan State 

2021 Sharon Bramlett-Solomon, Arizona State 

2020 Bill Cassidy, Northern Illinois 

Carol Holstead, Kansas 

2019 Jan Leach, Kent State 

2018 Donald K. Wright, Boston 

2017 Sandra Utt, Memphis 

2016 Rosental Alves, Texas at Austin 

2015 W. Wat Hopkins, Virginia Tech 

2014 Don W. Stacks, Miami 

2013 Judy VanSlyke Turk, Virginia Commonwealth 

2012 Candace Perkins Bowen, Kent State (first) 

Outstanding Contribution to Journalism Education 

This award, presented by the Commission on the 

Status of Women in Journalism Education, recognizes a 

woman who has represented women well through personal 

excellence and high standards in journalism and 

mass communciation education. Not an annual award. 

2024 Katie Place, Quinnipiac 

2023 Cory Armstrong, Nebraska-Lincoln 

2021 Amanda Hinnant, Missouri 

2020 Nicole Kraft, Ohio State 

2019 Stacey J.T. Hust, Washington State 

2016 Mia Moody-Ramirez, Baylor 

2015 Julie Andsager, Tennessee 

2014 June Nicholson, Virginia Commonwealth 

2013 Geneva Overholser, Southern California 

2012 Barbara B. Hines, Howard 


2010 Diane Borden, San Diego State 

2009 Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, Florida International 

2008 Esther Thorson, Missouri 

2006 Judy VanSlyke Turk, Virginia Commonwealth 

2002 Wilma Crumley, Nebraska-Lincoln 

2000 Douglas Ann Newsom, Texas Christian 

1998 Jennifer H. McGill, AEJMC/ASJMC 

1997 Carol Oukrop, Kansas State 

1996 Carol Reuss, North Carolina 

1994 Maurine H. Beasley, Maryland 

1992 Jean Ward, Minnesota 

1991 MaryAnn Yodelis Smith, Wisconsin 

1990 Ramona Rush, Kentucky

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1989 Mary Gardner, Michigan State 

1988 Donna Allen, Women’s Institute for Freedom 

of the Press, Washington, DC 

1983 Cathy Covert, Syracuse 

1982 Marion Marzolf, Michigan (first) 

Robert Knight Multicultural Recruitment Award 

This award is presented annually by the Scholastic 

Journalism Division to organizations or individuals who 

have made outstanding efforts in attracting high school 

minority students into journalism and mass communication. 

Created in 1987. 

2024 Melanie Wilderman, Oklahoma 

2023 R. J. Morgan, Mississippi 

2020 Ed Madison, Oregon 

2019 Tori Smith, Northern Arizona 

2018 Acel Moore High School Journalism 

Workshop, The Philadelphia Media Network 

2016 Kimetris Baltrip, Kansas State 

2015 George Daniels, Alabama 

2014 Steve O’Donoghue, California Scholastic 

Journalism Initiative 

2013 Linda Florence Callahan, North Carolina 

A&T State 

2012 Illinois Press Foundation 

and Eastern Illinois University High School 

Journalism Workshop 

2011 Joseph Selden, Pennsylvania State 

2010 University of Arizona School of Journalism 

2009 Michael Days & Staff, Philadelphia Daily News 

2008 June O. Nicholson, Virginia Commonwealth 

2007 Ed Mullins, Alabama 

2006 Ted Stanton, Houston 

2005 Linda Ximenes, Ximenes & Associates 

2004 Diana Mitsu Klos, American Society 

of Newspaper Editors 

2003 Vanessa Shelton, Iowa 

2002 Walt Swanston, Radio and Television 

News Directors Foundation 

2001 Doris Giago, South Dakota State 

2000 Linda Waller, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund 

1999 Marie Parsons, Alabama 

1998 Lucy Ganje, North Dakota 

1997 California Chicano News 

Media Association, San Diego Chapter 

1996 Barbara Hines, Howard 

1995 Diane Hall, Florida A&M 

1994 Mary Arnold, Iowa 

1993 Alice Bonner, The Freedom Forum 

1992 Richard Lee, South Dakota State 

1991 Thomas Engleman, Dow Jones 

Newspaper Fund 

1990 Robert Knight, Missouri 

1989 George Curry, The Chicago Tribune, 

Washington, DC, Bureau 

1988 Craig Trygstad, Youth Communication, Inc., 

Washington, DC 

1987 Pittsburgh Black Media Federation (first) 

MaryAnn Yodelis Smith Research Award 

This award was created in 1991 by the Commission 

on the Status of Women in honor and memory of 

MaryAnn Yodelis Smith of Minnesota and Wisconsin, 

1989-90 AEJMC president. 

2024 Nini Zhou, Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

2023 Sahar Khamis, Maryland, College Park 

2021 Lisa D. Lenoir, Missouri 

2020 Jennifer Huemmer, Ithaca 

and Lauren Britton, Ithaca 

2019 Stine Eckert, Wayne State 

2016 Tania Rosas-Moreno, Loyola-Maryland 

2015 Dustin Harp, Texas at Arlington 

2014 Stacey J.T. Hust, Washington State 

Kathleen Boyce Rodgers, Washington State 

2013 Cory Armstrong, Florida 

2012 Shayla Thiel-Stern, Minnesota 

2011 Marilyn Greenwald, Ohio 

2010 Sheila Webb, Western Washington 

2009 Elizabeth Skewes, Colorado 

2008 Margaretha Geertsema, Butler 

2007 Barbara Barnett, Kansas 

2006 Marie Hardin, Pennsylvania State 

2005 Jan Whitt, Colorado 

2004 Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana 

Kavitha Cardoza, Illinois at Springfield 

2003 Susan Henry, California State-Northridge 

2000 E-K Daufin, Alabama State 

1999 Marilyn Kern-Foxworth, Florida A&M 


1997 Kathleen Endres, Akron 

1996 Linda Steiner, Rutgers 

1995 Carolyn Stewart Dyer, Iowa (first) 

Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for Distinguished 

Achievement in Diversity Research 

Created in 2009, the award recognizes outstanding individual 

accomplishment and leadership in diversity efforts 

within the Journalism and Mass Communication discipline. 

Created by the AEJMC Minorities & Communication 

Division and the Commission on the Status of Minorities, 

the award honors Barrow’s lasting impact, and recognizes 

others who are making their mark in diversifying JMC 

education. 

2024 Dorothy Bland, North Texas 

2023 Bey-Ling Sha, California State Fullerton 

2022 Sharon Bramlett-Solomon, Arizona State


211 

2021 Earnest L. Perry, Missouri 

2020 Meta Carstarphen, Oklahoma 

2019 Rochelle Forde, Elon 

2018 Mia Moody-Ramirez, Baylor 

2017 Loren Ghiglione, Northwestern 

2016 Joel Beeson, West Virginia 

2015 Alice Tait, Central Michigan 

2014 Marilyn Kern-Foxworth, Marketing and 

Media Consultant 

2013 Clint C. Wilson II, Howard 

2012 Federico Subervi, Texas State San Marcos 

2011 Félix Gutiérrez, Southern California 

2010 Robert M. Ruggles, Florida A&M 

2009 Paula M. Poindexter, Texas at Austin (first) 

Lee Barrow Doctoral Minority Student Scholarship 

Co-Sponsored by the Communication Theory and 

Methodology Division, the Minorities and Communication 

Division and the Commission on the Status of Minorities, 

the scholarship is named for Dr. Lionel C. Barrow, Jr., of 

Howard University in recognition of his pioneering efforts 

in support of minority education in journalism and mass 

communication. The scholarship assists a minority student 

enrolled in a doctoral program in journalism or mass 

communication. 

1993 Shalini Venturelli, Colorado 

1991 Diana Rios, Texas at Austin 

1990 Jose Lozano 

1989 Jane Rhodes, North Carolina 

1987 James Sumner Lee, North Carolina 

1985 Barbara McBain Brown, Stanford 

1983 Dianne L. Cherry, North Carolina 

1982 Tony Atwater, Michigan State 

1981 Sharon Bramlett, Indiana 

1980 Federico Subervi, Wisconsin-Madison 

1979 Gillian Grannum, North Carolina 

1978 Paula Poindexter, Syracuse 

1977 John J. Johnson, Ohio 

1975 Norman W. Spaulding, Illinois 

1974 Rita Fujiki, Washington 

1973 William E. Berry, Illinois 

Clay Perry, Indiana 

Sherrie Lee Mazingo, Michigan State 

1972 Richard Allen, Wisconsin-Madison (first) 

2023 Joshua D. Cloudy, Texas Tech 

2022 Kristina Medero, Ohio State 

2021 Krishna Madhavi P. Reddi, North Carolina 


2018 Qun Wang, Rutgers 

2017 Osita Iroegbu, Virginia Commonwealth 

2016 Adrienne Muldrow, Washington State 

2015 Diane Francis, North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

2014 Jenny Korn, Harvard 

2013 Dominique Harrison, Howard 

2012 Rowena Briones, Maryland 

2011 Adrienne Chung, Ohio State 

2010 Eulalia Puig Abril, Wisconsin-Madison 

2009 Emily Elizabeth Acosta, Wisconsin-Madison 

2008 Troy Elias, Ohio State 

2007 Yusur Kalynago, Jr., Missouri 

2006 Omotayo Banjo, Pennsylvania State 

2005 Jeanetta Simms, Central Oklahoma 

2004 Susan Chang, Michigan State 

2003 T. Kenn Gaither, North Carolina 

2002 Mia Moody-Hall, Texas at Austin 

2001 George Daniels, Georgia 

2000 Maria E. Len-Rios, Missouri 

1999 Meredith Lee Ballmer, Washington 

1998 Osei Appiah 

1997 Alice Chan Plummer, Michigan State 

1996 Dwayne Proctor, Connecticut 

1995 Dhavan Shah, Minnesota 

1994 Qingnen Dong, Washington State

Congratulations, 

Kalyani Chadha 

for receiving an AEJMC 

Senior Scholar Grant 

for “Digital Alternative 

Journalism in India: 

Analyzing an Emergent 

Phenomenon and Its 

Implications for the 

Indian Public Sphere”

We are Mayborn proud 

2024 AEJMC Lionel C. Barrow Jr. 

Award for Distinguished 

Achievement in Diversity Research 

and Education 


Dr. Dorothy Bland 

We are thrilled to congratulate and welcome our new faculty 

members for Video, Broadcast and Multimedia journalism. 

Hoda Emam 

Lecturer 

Christopher T. Assaf, Ph.D 

Assistant professor

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AEJMC Historical Conference Sites 

2024 August 8 - 11 .................................. Philadelphia, PA 

2023 August 7 - 10 .................................. Washington, DC 

2022 August 3 - 6 ............................................. Detroit, MI 

2021 August 4 - 7 ................................. Virtual Conference 

2020 August 6 - 9 ................................. Virtual Conference 

2019 August 7 - 10 .................................. Toronto, Canada 

2018 August 6 - 9 .................................... Washington, DC 

2017 August 9 - 12 .......................................... Chicago, IL 

2016 August 4 - 7 ................................... Minneapolis, MN 

2015 August 6 - 9 .................................. San Francisco, CA 

2014 August 6 - 9 .................................. Montréal, Canada 


2012 August 9- 12 ........................................... Chicago, IL 

2011 August 10 - 13 ..................................... St. Louis, MO 

2010 August 4 - 7 ............................................. Denver, CO 

2009 August 5 - 8 ............................................. Boston, MA 

2008 August 6 - 9 ............................................. Chicago, IL 


2006 August 2 - 5 ................................... San Francisco, CA 

2005 August 10 - 13 .................................. San Antonio, TX 

2004 August 4 - 7 ...................................... Toronto, Canada 

2003 July 30 - August 2 ............................. Kansas City, MO 

2002 August 7 - 10 ................................... Miami Beach, FL 

2001 August 5 - 8 ...................................... Washington, DC 

2000 August 9 - 12 .......................................... Phoenix, AZ 

1999 August 4 - 7 ..................................... New Orleans, LA 

1998 August 5 - 8 ......................................... Baltimore, MD 

1997 July 30 - August 2 ..................................... Chicago, IL 

1996 August 10 -13 ......................................... Anaheim, CA 


1994 August 10 -13 ........................................... Atlanta, GA 

1993 August 11 - 14 ................................. Kansas City, MO 

1992 August 5 - 8 .................................... Montreal, Canada 

1991 August 7 - 10 ............................................ Boston, MA 

1990 August 9 - 12 ................................... Minneapolis, MN 


1988 July 2 - 5 ............................................. Portland, OR 

1987 August 1 - 4 .......... Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 

1986 August 3 - 6 ........................... University of Oklahoma 

1985 August 3 - 6 ........................ Memphis State University 

1984 August 5 - 8 ............................... University of Florida 

1983 August 5 - 10 ....................... Oregon State University 

1982 July 25 - 28 ............................ Ohio University-Athens 

1981 August 8 - 11 .................... Michigan State University 

1980 August 10 - 13 .............................. Boston University 

1979 August 5 - 8 ............................ University of Houston 

1978 August 13 - 16 ...... University of Washington-Seattle 

1977 August 21 - 24 ........ University of Wisconsin-Madison 

1976 July 31 - August 4 ................ University of Maryland 

1975 August 16 - 20 .... Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada 

1974 August 18 - 21 ..................... San Diego State University 

1973 August 19 - 22 ................. Colorado State University 

1972 August 20 - 23 ... So... Illinois University at Carbondale 

1971 August 21 - 25 ............... University of South Carolina 

1970 August 16 - 20 . American University, Washington, DC 

1969 August 24 - 27 ......... University of California-Berkeley 

1968 August 25 - 29 ............................ University of Kansas 

1967 August 27 - 31 ........... University of Colorado-Boulder 

1966 August 28 - Sept 1 ........... University of Iowa-Iowa City 

1965 August 22 - 26 ............................. Syracuse University 

1964 August 26 - 30 ............... University of Texas at Austin 

1963 August 25 - 29 ......................... University of Nebraska 

1962 August 26 - 30 ................ University of North Carolina 

1961 August 27 - 31 ...... University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 

1960 August 29 - Sept 2 ........... Pennsylvania State University 

1959 August 25 - 29 ........ ... University of Oregon-Eugene 

1958 August 25 - 29 .... ... University of Missouri-Columbia 

1957 August 26 - 30 ................................ Boston University 

1956 August 28 - 31 ........................ Northwestern University 

1955 August 22 - 26 ............ University of Colorado-Boulder 

1954 August 31 - Sept 2 ... Univ of New Mexico-Albuquerque 

1953 August 24 - 27 ........................ Michigan State College 

1952 August 25 - 29 ............................ Columbia University 

1951 August 27 - 29 ............................ University of Illinois 

1950 August 28 - 30 ......... University of Wisconsin-Madison 

1949 August 30 - September 1 ........ University of Minnesota 

1948 September 1 - 3 ...... University of Colorado at Boulder 

1947 December 29 - 31 ....................... Temple University 

1947 January 9 - 11 ........................................ Lexington, KY 

1946 January 24 - 26 ........ Ohio State University-Columbus 

1st joint AASDJ & AATJ convention since 1941 

1945 January 26 - 27 ....................................... Chicago, IL 

1944 January 14 - 15 ............................ Chicago-informal 

1943 January 8 - 9 ................................ Chicago-informal 

1942 ............................................................................. None 

1941 December 27 - 30 ............................ Des Moines, IA 

1940 December 27 - 29 Columbia & New York Universities 

1939 ............................................................................. None 

1938 December 27 - 29 .................................. Topeka, KS 

Constitution changed to biennial conventions 

1937 December 28 - 30 ..................... Ohio State University 

1936 December 30 - 31 .................................. St. Louis, MO 

1935 December 27 - 30 .............................. Washington, DC 

1934 December 27 - 29 ..................................... Chicago, IL 

1933 December 27 - 30 ...................................... Chicago, IL 

1932 ........................ Convention cancelled-Great Depression 

1931 December 27 - 28 ................. University of Minnesota 

1930 December 29 - 31 ............................ Boston University 

1929 December .......................................... Baton Rouge, LA 

1928 December ............................................. Ann Arbor, MI 

1927 December ................................................ Iowa City, IA 

1926 December ............................................ Columbus, OH 

1925 December ............................................. New York City 

1924 December .................................................. Chicago, IL 

1923 December .................................................. Chicago, IL 

1922 December ............................. Northwestern University 

1921 December .............................. University of Wisconsin 

1920 December ................................. University of Missouri 

1919 no convention held, WWI 

1918 no convention held, WWI 

1917 April .......................................................... Chicago, IL 

1916 April ............................................ University of Kansas 

1915 no convention held 

1914 December ................. Columbia University, New York 

1913 Nov 28-29 ............... University of Wisconsin-Madison 

1912 Founded November 30 in Chicago, Illinois

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2024 

Award Winners 

Standing Committee on Research Awards 

Eleanor Blum 

Distinguished Service 

to Research Award 

Clifford Christians, Research 

Professor Emeritus, Illinois 

Paul J. Deutschmann 

Award for Excellence in 

Research 

Wayne Wanta, Florida 

AEJMC-Knudson Latin 

America Prize 

Political Entertainment in a 

Post-Authoritarian 

Democracy: Humor and the 

Mexican Media by Martin 

Echeverría and Frida V. 

Rodelo 

AEJMC-Knudson Latin 

America Prize 

Digital-Native News and the 

Remaking of Latin American 

Mainstream and Alternative 

Journalism by Summer 

Harlow 

Nafziger-White-Salwen 

Dissertation Award 

Tamar Wilner, Texas at 

Austin 

Tankard Book Award 

Truth and Transparency: 

Undercover Investigations in 

the Twenty-First Century by 

Alan K. Chen and Justin 

Marceau 

Standing Committee on Professional Freedom & Responsibility Awards 

AEJMC Equity & 

Diversity Award 

The School of Journalism & 

Media and Tombras School 

of Advertising & Public 

Relations, The University of 

Tennessee, Knoxville 

AEJMC First 

Amendment Award 

Errin Haines and Staff, 

The 19th 

Krieghbaum Mid-Career 

Award 

Emily Vraga, Minnesota 

Dorothy Bowles Award 

for Outstanding Public 

Service 

Chris Roberts, Alabama

Standing Committee on Teaching Awards 

Best Practices in 

Teaching Competition 

First Place Winner: 

Representing Youth Voices, 

Amplifying Emerging 

Journalists (Sherri Williams, 

American) 



Second Place Winner: 

The Different Perspectives 

Podcast Assignment (Ryan 

Alessi, James Madison) 



Third Place Winner: 

Look Back to Live Ahead 

(Laura Kebede-Twumasi and 

Taylor Ackerman, Memphis) 

Association Awards 

Lillian Lodge 

Kopenhaver Outstanding 

Early-Career Woman 

Scholar Award 

Kelli Boling, Nebraska- 

Lincoln 

Lionel C. Barrow Jr. 

Award for Distinguished 

Achievement in Diversity 

Research and Education 


News Audience Research Paper Award 

Out with the Old, In with the New: What Young Adults Think of the 

‘TikTokification’ of News by Amanda Siew (left) and Daniel 

Thompson, Oklahoma 

Association Grants 

AEJMC 2024 Senior 

Scholar 

Kalyani Chadha, 

Northwestern 

AEJMC 2024 Senior 

Scholar 

Renita Coleman, Texas at 

Austin 

AEJMC 2024 Emerging 

Scholar 

Yee Man Margaret Ng, 

Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

AEJMC 2024 Emerging 

Scholar 

Benjamin Toff, Minnesota

Urban Communication Foundation/AEJMC Awards 

Gene Burd Award for 

Research in Urban 



Gene Burd Award for 

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Journalism 

Suzette Hackney, USA 

Today 

Scripps Howard Fund/AEJMC Awards 

Kappa Tau Alpha/AEJMC Awards 

2023 Scripps Howard 

Fund Journalism & Mass 

Communication 

Administrator of the Year 

Award (Awarded in 2024) 

Ann Brill, Kansas 

2023 Scripps Howard 

Fund Journalism & Mass 

Communication Teacher 

of the Year Award 

(Awarded in 2024) 


Frank Luther 

Mott/Kappa Tau Alpha 

Award 

Digital-Native News and the 

Remaking of Latin American 

Mainstream and Alternative 

Journalism by Summer Harlow, 

The Knight Center for Journalism 

at Texas at Austin 

Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication Awards 

ASJMC Gerald M. Sass 

Distinguished Service 

Award 

Irving Washington, Health 

Misinformation and Trust 

Initiative at Kaiser Family 

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100th JMCQ Anniversary, 144 

2024 AEJMC Award Recipients, 216-218 

2025 AEJMC Regional Meetings, 143 

Alabama, University of, 150, 151 

Arizona State University, 123-129 

Arthur Page Society, 223 

ASJMC Conference, 221 

Ball State University, 86 

Baylor University, 18 

Boston University, 2 

Bowling Green State University, 16, 86 

Colorado, University of, 36-38 

Elon University, 109, 111, 113 

Florida, University of, 198-202 

Fordham University, 35 

Howard University, 202 

Georgia, University of, 85, 197 

Indiana University, 168, 169 

Jennifer H. McGill (IDL) Fellows, 88 

Kansas, University of, 28, 188 

Kentucky, University of, 57 

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, 12 

Louisiana State University, 46, 47 

Macmillian Learning, 215 

Maryland, University of, 189 

Memphis, University of, 30 

Miami, University of, 34 

Michigan State University, 17, 186, 187 

Middle Tennessee State University, 13 

Minnesota, University of, 66, 67 

Mississippi, University of, 84 

Missouri, University of, 14, 15 

Nevada Reno, University of, IFC 

News Engagement Day, 186 

North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of, 224 

North Texas, University of, 213 

Northwestern University, 142, 212 

Oklahoma, University of, 76, 77 

Peter Lang/AEJMC Scholarsourcing, 32 

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 31 

Rutgers University, 29 

South Carolina, University of, 190 

Syracuse University, 22, 23 

Tennessee-Knoxville, University of, 8, 9 

Texas at Austin, University of, 10, 11 

Texas State University, 90 

The Knight Foundation, BC 

University of Nebraska Press Journals, 87 

University of Texas Press, 204 

Wisconsin-Madison, University of, 33 

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CHICAGO, IL 

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2025 AEJMC VISC SAN FRANCISCO 

LOGO COMPETITION 

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Annual AEJMC Conference Logo Contest! This year, we had 46 

entries from seven universities. Thank you to everyone who entered and thank you especially to our generous 

judges. See you in San Francisco in 2025! 

Tara Mortensen, University of South Carolina, chair 

Thank you to our judges! 

David Grewe, California State University Northridge 

Kristen DiFate, Creative Director & Brand Strategist 

Stefanie Graf, Creative Director, Stegra Media 

Shannon Zenner, Elon University 

Bob Britten, West Virginia University 

Chad Sherman, Seton Hill University 

Katie Longrich, Creative & Brand Director at The Young Team 

1st Place 

Callie Hribar, South Carolina 

2nd Place 

Abby Brady, Kentucky 

3rd Place 

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recognizes Denise Bortree, associate dean for academic 

affairs, for her outstanding service to JMC education 

through the Page Center. 

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The Arthur W. Page Center is an international leader in research on ethics and integrity 

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