Research
Activity Highlights
2005-2006
Presentations
Besley, John (2006, August). Media use and procedural fairness perceptions
in the context of local cancer cluster investigations. Paper presented at the
annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
(Science Communication Interest Group), San Francisco.
Besley, John, Katherine McComas and Craig Trumbo (2006, August).
Media content and procedural justice in the context of local cancer
cluster investigations. Paper presented at the annual conference
of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
(Mass Communication and Society Division), San Francisco.
Cho, Sooyoung (2006, August). The power of public relations in
media relations: A national survey of health public relations practitioners.
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Public Relations
Division), San Francisco.
Cho, Sooyoung (2006, August). Network news coverage of lung
cancer, 1968-2005. Paper presented at the annual conference of
the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
(Radio-Television Journalism Division), San Francisco.
Cho, Sooyoung (2006, April). TV news coverage of plastic surgery,
1972-2004. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Broadcast
Education Association (News Division), Las Vegas. Top Paper Award
(First Place) in the Debut category of the News Division paper
competition.
Cho, Sooyoung and William Benoit (2006, June). 2004 Presidential
campaign messages: A functional analysis of news releases from
President Bush and Senator Kerry. Paper presented at the annual
conference of the International Communication Associations (Public
Relations Division), Dresden, Germany.
Christian, James (2006, March). Flattening the S curve: The diffusion
of innovation from hybrid corn to the cellular telephone. Paper
presented at the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters
(Communication Division).
Christian, James (2006, March). Student integrity: The student-faculty
disconnect across cultures. Paper presented at the Michigan Academy
of Science, Arts, and Letters (Education Division).
Duhe’, Sonya. (2006, April). Advancing discovery and understanding
in natural and willful disasters: Where do we go from here? Presentation
at national summit, University of South Carolina at Columbia, Coastal
Resiliency Information Systems Initiative for the Southeast.
Harris, Cheryl (2006, June). The impact of technological innovation
on media exposure tracking: In search of “The new traditional.” Presented
at the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) Audience Measurement
Symposium, New York.
Harris, Cheryl (2006, July). Convergence and new media research
methods. Presented at the IAMCR conference, Cairo.
Grant, August, Wilkinson, J. and Hui Liu (2006, April). Repeating
viewing of theatrical movies: A pilot study. Paper presented
to NCTA academic seminar, Atlanta.
Grant, August and Tim Brown (2006, April). Impediment to innovation:
The influence of social factors on the adoption of non-linear video
editing. Presented at the
Annual Convention of the Broadcast Education Association, Second
Place Paper, News Division, Las Vegas.
Grant, August, Lindsay Morrow and Carmen Maye (2006, April). The
missing pieces in media-law texts: Contracts and employment law.
Presented at the Annual Convention of the Broadcast Education Association,
Law & Policy Division, Las Vegas.
Grant, August (2006, April). Training broadcasters to improve
AMBER Alerts. Presented to the Annual Convention of the Broadcast
Education Association, Law & Policy Division, Las Vegas.
Grant, August (2006, April). Converged audience behavior. Presented
to the Annual Convention of the Broadcast Education Association
(Plenary Session), Las Vegas.
Grant, August (2006, August). The impact of The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart on current events knowledge of young adults.
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Mass Communication
and Society Division), San Francisco.
Fussell, Hilary (2006, June). Who are fundraisers? An exploratory
look at public relations roles in fundraising. Paper presented
at the 56th Annual Conference of ICA (Public Relations Division),
Dresden, Germany.
Jordan, Staci and Doug Fisher (2006, August). The reality of graphics
editing in the newsroom: A study of practices at 6 newspapers in
the Carolinas. Paper presented at the annual conference of the
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication,
San Francisco.
Konkle, Bruce (2006, August). The English and Journalism secondary
education curriculum connection: A preliminary historical perspective.
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Scholastic Journalism
Division), San Francisco.
Konkle, Bruce (2006, January). South Carolina scholastic publications:
The search for origination dates and related research projects.
Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication’s Scholastic Journalism Division meeting.
Lee, Yang-Hwan (2006, August). Mobile phone diffusion in developed
and developing countries: digital divide, factor, difference. Interactive
paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Communication Technology
Division), San Francisco.
Mallia, Karen (2006, August). “Why not ‘the Best’?
Women scarce when Adweek ranks the best creative. Presented at
the Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication (Advertising and Research Division) San
Francisco.
Priest, Susanna, and Hilary Fussell. (2006, August). Nanotechnology:
Constructing the public and public constructions. Paper presentation
at Annual Meeting, Science Communication Interest Group, Association
for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco.
Priest, Susanna. (2006, March). When scientists become advocates:
Communication, governance and policy-making in the face of scientific
uncertainty. Invited presentation, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
Priest, Susanna (2006). New technologies and the public: Ordinary
thinking about new frontiers. Panel presentation, American Association
for the Advancement of Science, St. Louis, MO (February).
Priest, Susanna (2006, August). Katrina evacuees: Interviews from
four states. Workshop presentation at Annual Meeting, Public Relations
and Critical and Cultural Studies Divisions and Science Communication
Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication, San Francisco.
Roberts, Chris (2006, March). Journalism ethics codes and appellate
courts. Paper presented at the Association of Educators in Journalism
and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Roberts, Chris and Lindsay Morrow (2006, March). Moving the bottom
Line: The prominence of net income in earnings press releases.
Paper presented at the Association of Educators in Journalism and
Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium (Best Paper), Tuscaloosa,
AL.
Smith, Kim and Brian Murley (2006, April). Bloggers strike a nerve.
Abstract presented at Ohio University’s Blogging and Online
Journalism Conference.
Smith, Laura K., Kenneth Campbell, and Yang-Hwan Lee (2006, August).
Hurricane Katrina & media criticism: Interpretive communities
and perceptions of media performance in times of crisis. Presented
at the Annual Conference of the Association of Educators in Journalism
and Mass Communication (Mass Media & Society Division), San
Francisco.
Smith, Laura K. (2006, April). Race, ethnicity & student sources: Minority
newsmakers in student-produced versus professional TV news stories.
Presented at Annual Convention of the Broadcast Education Association,
Winner: Multicultural Division Open Paper Competition, News
Division, Las Vegas.
Stephens, Lowndes R., Qingjiang Yao, and Zhao Xi Liu (2006, August).
A comparison of media portrayals of nano R&D in major newspapers
in China (PRC), the United States and Europe, 2004-2005. Presented
at the Annual Conference of the Association of Educators in Journalism
and Mass Communication (Science Communication Interest Group),
San Francisco.
Tanner, Andrea, and Laura Smith. (2006, August). Preparing students
for convergent journalism: A nationwide survey of medium and small
market TV producers and reporters. Presented at the Annual Conference
of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
(Internships & Careers Interest Group) San Francisco.
Tanner, Andrea, and Kim Smith (2006, August). Multimedia stories
on health issues facing University of XXX students. Presentation
at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication (Great Ideas For Teachers), San Francisco.
Wei, Ran (2006, June). Adoption of WIFI among academics. Paper
presented at the 56th Annual Conference of ICA (The Communication
and Technology Division), Dresden, Germany.
Wei, Ran (2006, August). Internet gratifications, media use and
technology cluster as predictors of Wi-Fi adoption: A process approach.
Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication Annual Convention, San Francisco.
Wei, Ran, Ven-hwei Lo, and Hung-yi Lu (2006, August). Reconsider
the relationship between the third-person effect and optimistic
bias. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication Annual Convention, San Francisco.
Zoch, Lynn and Collins, Erik L. (2006, June). The use (or lack
thereof) of framing devices on activist organizations’ websites.
Paper presented at the 56th Annual Conference of ICA (Public Relations
Division), Dresden, Germany. |
