2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

FRIDAY
2:30 – 4:00 P.M.
3123 Adolescence in Film & Television V: Feminism, Misogyny, and Trauma
in Adolescent Television
Chair: Gregory Bray, SUNY, New Paltz
"Sisterhood is Powerful, It's Just Not Sexy: Representations of Feminism in
Veronica Mars"
Marcia Chatelain, University of Oklahoma
"Going to ‘Slut School’: Intellect, Sexuality, and Misogyny in The Secret Life of the
American Teenager"
Laura Thomason, Macon State College
"The Role of Parents and Adolescent Trauma in Smallville"
Gregory Bray
Preservation Hall Studio 10 (2nd Floor)
3124 Celebrity in Culture I: Shatner, Cobain, Zara, and Capote
Chair: Maxim Furek, Pennsylvania Dept. of Health and Bureau of Drug and
Alcohol Programs
"‘Transformed Man’: The Duality of William Shatner's Stardom"
Erin Hanna, University of Michigan
"Generation X's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy"
Maxim Furek
"Young Consumer Adoption of Red Carpet Fashion"
Chuanlan Liu, Louisiana State University
"‘The Echo That's Meaningless and Yet It's There.’"
Caroline Conoly, Graduate Center -The City University of New York
La Galerie 2 (2nd Floor)
3125 Communication & Digital Culture IV: Discursive Conflicts
Chair: Mark Nunes, Southern Polytechnic State University
"A Rhetoric of Empowerment in NBC's You Do the Promo Contest "
Michael Lahey , Indiana University
"Regulating Free Labor to Fence out Free Speech: Internet Real Name Policy in
Korea"
Siho Nam, University of North Florida
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