More than two dozen Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication faculty, students and alumni will participate in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 102nd Annual Conference, scheduled for August 7-10, 2019, in Toronto, Canada.
College of Media & Communication scholars will be presenting their research as well as panelling and participating in various discussions, all with the unifying conference theme of “Investing in Our Futures.”
“AEJMC is one of the most important conferences in our discipline,” reported Glenn Cummins, Ph.D., associate dean for research & grants in the College of Media & Communication.
“It's a chance for scholars from across a wide range of specializations to get together to discuss their research, see what others are doing, and generate some really useful discussion.”
Recognized as one of the largest conferences for media and communication scholars, Texas Tech University CoMC will have an impressive turnout of current students and faculty, along with alumni and incoming faculty.
“In terms of size, this is one of the three or four biggest academic conferences in our discipline, and it attracts some of the leading communication scholars from around the world,” Cummins said. “So, it's very important for our college to be a part of that exchange of ideas.”
The conference also marks its annual change in leadership. David D. Perlmutter, Ph.D., CoMC professor and dean, will be installed as the president of AEJMC for the 2019-2020 term. Perlmutter has appointed members as the 2018-2019 AEJMC Presidential Task Force on Careers to focus on further developing the professional environment of AEJMC in order to better support all of AEJMC members as they progress through the different stages of their careers.
In boldface type below are the names of the College of Media & Communication faculty, students and alumni who are participating at the conference.
Presentations:
Tuesday, August 6th
1 to 5 p.m. / PC09
Kris Boyle (TTU PhD, 2008; Brigham Young University), Moderating/Presiding Preconference Session,
“So You've Decided to Earn a Ph.D., Now What?”
Wednesday, August 7th
8:15 to 9:45 a.m. / W006
Oluseyi Adegbola and Weiwu Zhang, “Investigating Empathic Concern, Reporting Efficacy & Journalistic Roles as Determinants
of Adherence to Peace Journalism”
8:15 to 9:45 a.m. / W010
Erik Bucy and Othello Richards, “Visualizing Candidates and Graphicating the News: Evidence from US Presidential
Campaign Coverage, 1992-2012”
11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. / W031
Brandon Bouchillon (TTU PhD, 2014; University of Arkansas), “Social Networking for Interpersonal Life: Facebook Use and the Forms of Competence”
Melissa Gotlieb (Discussant), “Advances in Social Media Research” Refereed Research Paper Session
11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. / W033
Lyombe Eko (Panelist), “Law and Gaming: Issues in News and Tech”
11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. / W038
Bethany Pitchford, Miglena Sternadori, Jesse Starkey, and Amy Koerber, “From F-Bombs to Kissing Students: Media Framing of Male and Female Professors Accused
of Sexual Harassment”
11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. / W039
Miglena Sternadori, “Distinguishing Fake from Real News,” (Second place teaching panel presentation,
“Best Practices: Media Literacy”)
3:15 to 4:45 p.m. / W068
Travis Loof, Moderating/Panelist (TTU PhD, 2017; University of South Dakota), “Video Games as
Research: Discussing Upcoming Research and Methods”
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. / W074
John Besley (Michigan State); Nicole Lee (TTU PhD, 2016; North Carolina State); and Geah Pressgrove (West Virginia), “Reassessing the Variables Used to Measure Public Perceptions of Scientists”
Haoran Chu and Janet Yang (Buffalo), “Desirable or Feasible? How Psychological Distance Influences Climate Change Engagement”
Jacob Copple (TTU MA, 2015), Nichole Bennett, Won-Ki Moon, Anthony Dudo, Nicole Leavey, and Todd
Newman (Texas at Austin); Laura Lindenfeld (Stoney Brook); and Chris Volpe (ScienceCounts),
“Untangling the Contribution of Training on Scientists' Willingness to Participate
in Public Engagement: A Test of Parallel Multiple Mediation”
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. / W078
Refereed Research Paper Scholar-to-Scholar (Poster) Session
Joshua Dunn and Bryan McLaughlin, “Identification with Stereotypical Social Groups: Counter-Stereotyped Protagonists and Stereotyped Supporting Casts Influence on Symbolic Racism” (Poster #30)
Sherice Gearhart (Discussant), “Political Engagement and Socialization”
Oluseyi Adegbola and Melissa Gotlieb, “Advancing a Communication Mediation Model of Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa” (Poster #43)
Brandon Bouchillon (TTU PhD, 2014; University of Arkansas), “Social Computing for Generalized Trust: The Value of Presence for Establishing Contact Theory Online” (Poster #49)
Bryan McLaughlin (Discussant), “Media Trust”
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. / W081
Lamia Zia, “Social Media & Political Engagement in Pakistan: Exploring Old Theories in the
New Era of Digital Politics”
Thursday, August 8th
8:15 to 9:45 p.m. / T019
Lyombe Eko, “Theorizing Outside the Same Old Tool Box”
11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. / T048
Nicole Lee, Panelist (TTU PhD, 2016; North Carolina State University), “Strategic Use of Social
Media and Social Media Data for Science and Health Communication”
1:30 to 3:00 p.m. / T065
Refereed Research Paper Scholar-to-Scholar (Poster) Session
Josephine Lukito, Prathusha Sarma, Jordan Foley, Jon Pevehouse, Aman Abhishek and Dhavan Shah (Wisconsin-Madison); Erik Bucy; Chris Wells (Boston); and Ayellet Pelled (Wisconsin-Madison), “Highlights of Two U.S. Presidential Debates: Identifying Candidate Insults that Go Viral” (Poster #8)
Miglena Sternadori (Discussant), “Magazines and Body Image”
Bingbing Zhang and Sherice Gearhart, “It's Obviously Funny to be a Meme: Using Memes for Political Entertainment & Observation”
(Poster #40)
1:30 to 3:00 p.m. / T070
Ioana Coman (Panelist), “Ten Years of Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century: Innovative
Approaches for the Modern Journalism Classroom”
1:30 to 3 p.m. / T076
Brandon Bouchillon (TTU PhD, 2014; University of Arkansas), Moderating/Presiding “Blowing Up the Silos:
Integrating Multimedia Techniques Into Print Journalism Curricula” Teaching Panel
Session
3:15 to 4:45 p.m. / T083
Oluseyi Adegbola, Janice Cho and Sherice Gearhart, “Reporting Bias in Coverage of Iran Protests: An Analysis of Coverage by Global
News Agencies”
3:15 to 4:45 p.m. / T085
Nathian Rodriguez (TTU PhD, 2016; San Diego State) Panelist, “Strange Fruit: Diversity and Storytelling
Across the Podcasting Platform, “Latinx Podcasts and Queer Intersectional Identities”
3:15 to 4:45 p.m. / T090
Matthew Van Dyke, Panelist (TTU PhD, 2017; Alabama), “Interaction and Conflict of Science and Religion”
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. / T101
Emily Kinsky (TTU PhD, 2008; West Texas A&M), Discussant, Public Relations Division High Density
Paper Session and GIFTs
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. / T093
Jeanine Guidry (Virginia Commonwealth); Ioana Coman; Lucinda Austin (North Carolina at Chapel Hill); Nicole O'Donnell (Virginia Commonwealth);
Alessandro Lovari (Università degli studi di Cagliari); Marcus Messner (Virginia Commonwealth),
“Tweeting the #Flushot: Beliefs, Barriers, and perceived Threat at Different Points
of the Flu Season”
6:45 to 8:15 p.m. / T114
Todd Chambers, Recipient, “Barry Sherman Teaching Award”; accepting the award on his behalf, Glenn Cummins
Friday, August 9th
7 to 8 a.m. / F006
Kris Boyle (TTU PhD, 2008; Brigham Young University), Moderating/Presiding, Newspaper and Online
News Division Business Meeting
8:15 to 9:45 a.m. / F012
Refereed Research Paper Scholar-to-Scholar (Poster) Session
Nathian Rodriguez (TTU PhD, 2016) and Peggy Peattie (San Diego State), “Mobile Phones and a Capability Approach to THose Experiencing Homelessness in Southern California” (Poster #8)
Erik Bucy; Jacob Groshek and Li Zhang (Boston), “Media Participation When Nothing and Everything is at Stake: Creative, Consumptive Influences on Political Engagement” (Poster #17)
Gabriel Dominguez Partida, “A Devil's Dissection: Thematic Analysis of the Discussion of the Mexican Documentary the Devil's Freedom on Twitter” (Poster #34)
Nihar Sreepada, Ioana Coman, and Simranjit Singh, “The Aftermath of 2019 Pulwama Terror Attack” (Poster #37)
10:00 to 11:15 a.m. / F026
Installation of 2019-20 AEJMC President,
David D. Perlmutter
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. / F028
Refereed Research Paper Scholar-to-Scholar (Poster) Session
Oluseyi Adegbola and Sherice Gearhart, “Doesn't Beto Look Hispanic? Perceived Co-ethnicity and Voting in 2018 Texas Senate Election” (Poster #13)
Nathian Rodriguez, Discussant (TTU PhD, 2016; San Diego State), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Interest Group
Doug Mendenhall (TTU PhD, 2014; Abilene Christian), “Dueling Tones of the NBA GOAT Debate” (Poster #40)
1:15 to 2:45 p.m. / F050
Kris Boyle (TTU PhD, 2008; Brigham Young University), Moderating/Presiding, “The Profession
and Practice of Journalism” High Density Refereed Paper Session
1:15 to 2:45 p.m. / F053
Natalie Brown-Devlin (Texas at Austin) and Michael Devlin (TTU MA, 2007; Texas State), “Expecting Victory Due to TV or Identity?: Examining
Media Consumption, Social Identification, and Fan Expectations”
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. / F060
Refereed Research Paper Scholar-to-Scholar (Poster) Session
Janet Yang, Haoran Chu, Sixiao Liu, and Jun Zhuang (Buffalo), “FEMA, Media, or Search Engine? Rumor Validation on Social Media” (Poster #40)
Weiwu Zhang and Oluseyi Adegbola, “Toward an Emotional Intelligence Approach to Public Relations” (Poster #74)
Jeffrey Ranta (Coastal Carolina), Debbie Davis, and Andrea Bergstrom (Coastal Carolina), “Creating Career Confidence: Fostering
Professional Self-Efficacy Through Student-Run Agencies and Integrative Learning”
(Poster #78)
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. / F066
Travis Loof, Panelist (TTU PhD, 2017; University of South Dakota), “Social Media Management:
Teaching Data Analytics, Social Media Marketing, and Content Strategy” Teaching Panel
Session
4:45 to 6:15 p.m. / F076
Rauf Arif, “When Art & Culture Becomes the Symbol of Resistance: An Analysis of Creative Protests
During the Political Unrests of Pakistan, Egypt and Tunisia”
4:45 to 6:15 p.m. / F085
Glenn Cummins, Melissa Gotlieb, and Bryan McLaughlin (Panelists), 2018 ASJMC Enrollment Survey
Saturday, August 10th
9:15 to 10:45 pm. / 003, Sheraton Hall A (Lower Concourse)
Emily Kinsky (TTU PhD, 2008; West Texas A&M), Panelist, “Career Ready: Not Just a Lecture” Teaching
Panel Session
11 a.m. to 12:30 pm. / S021
Hector Rendón, Moderating/Presiding, “Digital Advocacy for and By Ethnic Groups”
12:45 to 2:15 p.m. / S028
Nathian Rodriguez (San Diego State), “Coming Out of the Celebrity Closet: LGBTQ and Authentic Mediated
Confessions”
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