Texas Tech faculty attend the 107th Annual AEJMC Conference in Philadelphia to showcase their research to other educators of journalism and mass communication. View the full program online.
Schedule of Faculty Presentations
Thursday, August 8th
12:30 to 2 Meeting Room 411
Recovering from a Political Scandal: Testing the Effects of Mortification Rhetoric on Image Repair Efforts
Oluseyi Adegbola, Tennessee, and Sherice Gearhart, Texas Tech
12:30 to 2 Meeting Room 404
“Keeping Their Shift Together”: An Exploratory Visual Analysis of a Brazilian Crowd Crime
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM Salon J
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
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Salon J
History and Magazine Media Divisions
Research Panel Session: The Future of Academic Publishing
- Panelists: Miglena Sternadori, Texas Tech
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Salon I
Newspaper and Online News Division
High Density Refereed Research Paper Session: Political issues and Journalism
- Incidental Encounters, Intentional Engagements: Dissecting Political News Consumption
on Short-Form Video Platforms
Yani Zhao, Texas Tech, Richard M. Perloff Cleveland State and Sherice Gearhart, Texas Tech - Cross-Border Framing: Coverage of Brazil's 2022 Election By Five U.S. Newspapers
Marina Petric and Miglena Sternadori, Texas Tech - Media Framing Analysis of Election Misinformation: A Study on Bangladeshi Newspapers
Mahedi Hasan, Md. Sajedul Islam, Suhanur Rahman Shuvo, Ali Ashan, Texas Tech and Md Abu Bakkar Sikkik, Nanjing University
4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Salon L
Commission on the Status of Women
Refereed Research Paper Session: Voices and Visibility: Navigating the Narratives of Women in Journalism, TV, and Music
- Mama's Holding the Matches: The Ideological Representation of Single-Mothers and Mother-Blaming
in Ginny and Georgia
Hanne Murray, Texas Tech
Friday, August 9th
7:00 a.m to 8:00 a.m. in Salon D
Public Understanding of Artificial Intelligence - An Analysis of News and Readers' Comments
Minhaz Uddin, Texas Tech
8:30 to 10 a.m. in Franklin Hall 10
Broadcast and Mobile Journalism and Political Communication Divisions
Teaching Panel Session: Election 2024: Student Media Coverage, Special Projects and Innovative Storytelling Tools
- Panelist: Sherice Gearhart, Texas Tech
8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in Franklin Hall 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
8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in Franklin Hall 08
The Elephant in The Nursing Room: A Thematic Analysis of #Postpartumpsychosis on Twitter and Instagram
Yvonne Okoro and Ioana Coman, Texas Tech
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Salon H
Police Unions, Ideology, and Counter Campaigns: A Rhetorical Analysis of Proposition B in San Antonio
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Salon I
Antimonumenta Vivas Nos Queremos: Networked Activism and Mediated Hybrid Spaces*
Melissa Santillana, Texas Tech
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Meeting Rm. 309
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
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Meeting Room 308
Magazine Media Division
- Refereed Research Paper Session: Visual Analyses of Magazine Covers, Articles, and
Advertisements Beyond the Magazine Cover: A Visual Exploration of Societal Discourses
on Artificial Intelligence
Mir Hasib and Lyombe Eko, Texas Tech - Crown to Crop Top: Visual Analysis of Elements of Second- and Third- Wave Feminism
in U.S. Vogue Covers
Mackenzie Mickavicz, Texas Tech
12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Salon H
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Elected Standing Committee on Publications
Research Panel Session: The Legacy of JMCQ: Centennial Reflections
- Panelist: Erik P. Bucy, Texas Tech
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Meeting Room 411
Topic V — Artificial Intelligence in South Asian Contexts
- 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
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Franklin Hall 9
Visual Communication Division
Theory Colloquium Panel Session; Visual Framing: A Vision for Future Research
- Panelist: T
he Inexorable Weight of Words: Freed from Text, Visuals Can Mean More
4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Franklin Hall 11
Communication Technology Division
Topic I — Understanding and Adoption of AI: Perceptions, Acceptance, and Integration
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Public Understanding of Artificial Intelligence_An Analysis of News
and Readers' Comments
Minhaz Uddin, Texas Tech
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Meeting Room 308
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
Saturday August 10th
8:30 to 10 a.m. in Salon H
Communication Theory and Methodology and Visual Communication Divisions
Teaching Panel Session Analyzing Visual Data: Diverse Perspectives and Approaches
- Panelist:
Eye-tracking & Examining Visual Ads
8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Franklin Hall 10
Platform-Dependent Echoes: The Varied Impact of Social Media on Incidental News Exposure
Yani Zhao, Texas Tech, Shengjie Yao, Sam Houston State, and Sherice Gearhart, Texas Tech
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Salon K
“Caught in a Bad Romance?” The Romanticizing of Domestic Violence in Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us
Lauren Tortella, Texas Tech
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Meeting Rm 404
Murders and Mayhem: Exploring the Representations of Female Victims in True Crime Podcasts
Aubree Herman and Mackenzie Mickavicz, Texas Tech
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Salon A
Containable or Existential Threat? Visual Framing of the North Korea Nuclear Crisis
Dagmar Punter, Tilburg University and Erik Bucy, Texas Tech
10:30 a.m. to Noon in Salon K
Internships and Careers Interest Group and Magazine Media Division
Teaching Panel Session: The Future Workplace for Mass Communication Students and Graduates
- Panelist: Debbie Davis, Texas Tech
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Salon I
Public Relations Division
High Density Paper Refereed Research Paper Session: Top Teaching Papers and GIFTS
Moderating/Presiding: Minhee Choi, Texas Tech
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Salon F
Minorities and Communication Division
Top Paper Refereed Research Paper Session:
Second Place
- Hispanic/Latinx Broadcast Ownership and Subsequent Coverage of the BLM Movement: A
Political Economic Analysis
Carolina Perez and Brittany Potter, Texas Tech
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Salon L
Public Relations Division
Top Paper Refereed Research Paper Session - Top Papers: DEI in Public Relations Competition; History Competition; Open Competition; Newsom Competition
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, Don Shin, Texas Tech, Junga Kim, North Florida,
Joshua D. Cloudy – 2023 recipient of the 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.