2008 AEJMC Convention - ICD Accepted Papers
The list of accepted papers for the 2008 conference from the International Communication Division are listed below. These represent papers that will be presented during various panels during the conference. For specific information on these papers and when they will be presented, please consult the official program from AEJMC.
Top Faculty Paper: Robert L. Stevenson Award
"Marketing Leisure in the Global Village: Culture Counts" - Doo Syen Kang, Michigan State University and Lucinda Davenport, Michigan State University
Session Title: Chinese Media in Transition
Presiding/Moderating: Tsan-Kuo Chang, University of Minnesota
Title of presentations or papers, panelists or authors:
- “A New Perspective on China’s Media Reforms” - Roya Akhavan-Majid, St. Cloud State University
- “Implications of Digital Network Economy for Chinese Media” Benjamin J. Bates, University of Tennessee
- “The Watchdog Role of Chinese Journalists: 2001-2007”- Jiang Zhan, China Youth University for Political Sciences
- “Internet and Quality of Life in China” - Paul Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- “Media Trust: Comparative Perspectives between U.S. & China” - Liu Tao, Beijing Normal University
- “Emerging Means of Press Control in China”- Zengjun Peng, St. Cloud State University
- “Performance & Effects of Media Convergence in China”- Wang Chunzhi, Renmin University of China
- “Impact of Convergence in China’s Newsrooms” - Jeff Wilkinson, United International College, Zhuhai, China
- “Chinese Media Markets: Business Models, Consumer Demand, & Government Regulation” - Mike Wirth, University of Tennessee
- “Other People’s Watchdog: Chinese Media Freedom in a Fragmented Authoritarian Framework” - Zixue Tai, University of Kentucky
Session Title: New Trends and Challenges in the International Media industries
Presiding/Moderating: Sylvia Chan-Olmstead, University of Florida
Title of presentations or papers, panelists or authors:
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- "Webcasting" - Louisa Ha, Bowling Green State University
- "Telecommunications" - Krishna Jayakar, Penn State University
- "Cable" - Seema Shrikhande, Oglethorpe University
- "Media management in developing countries – the case of South Africa" - Elanie Steyn, University of Oklahoma
Session Title: Global Perspectives on the US and the war in Iraq
Presiding/Moderating: Victoria Bemker, University of Iowa
Title of presentations or papers, panelists or authors:
- "Europe" - Jeannette McVicker, SUNY Fredonia
- "Africa" - Melinda Robins, Emerson College; Olubenga Ayeni, Eastern Connecticut State University
- "Asia" - Maria Williams-Hawkins, Ball State University; Seema Shrikhande, Oglethorpe University
Session Title: Online and Offline Social Networking: Contexts and Applications in the Academy
Presiding/Moderating: Amy Schmitz Weiss, University of Texas at Austin
Title of presentations or papers, panelists or authors:
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- Smeeta Mishra, Bowling Green State University
- Cindy Royal, Texas State University
- Itai Himelboim, University of Minnesota
- Catherine Cassara-Jemai & Lara Lengel, Bowling Green State University
- Jennifer Jacobs Henderson, Trinity University
Session Title: What’s Missing? International and Domestic Issues Absent in News and Opinions and How to Fill The Gaps
Presiding/Moderating: Michele Weldon, Northwestern University; Bella Mody, Colorado
Title of presentations or papers, panelists or authors:
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- Susy Schultz, managing editor, Kankakee Journal, formerly of Chicago Foundation for Women
- Alicia Shepard, ombudsman for National Public Radio (waiting for confirmation)
- Elizabeth Skewes, "Framing Hillary: How Opinion Columns in the World's Press Characterize the
- Clinton Candidacy," University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado
- Mary Caton-Rosser, "The End of Empowerment: Editorializing Bhutto's Rise and Fall," Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota
Session Title: The Transnational Audience
Presiding/Moderating: Elanie Steyn - University of Oklahoma
Title of presentations or papers, panelists or authors:
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- Indira Somani, Washington and Lee University
- Christine Ogan, Indiana University
- Karim Karim, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)
- Melissa Johnson, North Carolina State University
Session Title: How to Succeed in Business Abroad without Mistakes and Disasters
Presiding/Moderating: Dr. Elanie Steyn, University of Oklahoma
Title of presentations or papers, panelists or authors:
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- "Managing international public relations: Lessons from public relations firms" - Dr. Pam Bourland-Davis, Professor, Chair, Department of Communication Arts, Georgia Southern University
- "Cultural inclusiveness: What’s so important anyway?" - Dr. T. Kenn Gaither, Assistant Professor, School of Communications, Elon University
- "Doing business with China: Cultural and intellectual dissonance" - Dr. Jessica Gisclair, Associate Professor, School of Communications, Elon University
- "Localizing the marketing mix for business success abroad: Perspectives from a dualistic economy" - Dr. Derik Steyn, Associate Professor, School of Business, Cameron University
- "Politics of culture: Geopolitical considerations of doing business in Russia" - Dr. Katerina Tsetsura, Assistant Professor, Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oklahoma
2008 AEJMC Convention - ICD Accepted Papers - Poster Session
Group 7 — International Health Communication and Social Responsibility
48. Information Appropriateness and Health Risks to Consumers: A Content
Analysis of Chinese Dietary Supplement Company Websites, Song Tian, University of Alabama
49. News Coverage of Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign: A Comparative Study
of News Coverage of the U.S. and South Korean Newspapers, Joon Yea Lee, Texas at Austin and Jooyun Hwang, Florida
50. No News is Bad News: NGOs, the News Media, and State-imposed
Limits on Free Press, Patrick File, Minnesota
51. Japan’s “Baby Bust:” in the Daily Yomiuri: Newsworthiness of International
Experiences of a Domestic Issue, Sheila Peuchaud, North Carolina at Chapel Hill
52. Corporate Social Responsibility in China: Perspectives from a Developing Country
Hongmei Shen, Maryland
Discussant: Margaretha Geertsema, Butler
Group 8-International Framing and Media Reliance
53. Media Framing through Stages of a Political Discourse: International
News Agencies’ Coverage of Kosovo’s Status Negotiations, Lindita Camaj, Indiana
54. Political Socialization to the Near East: Media Reliance and Feelings Toward
Muslims, Arab Leaders and Al-Qaida, Justin Martin, North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and Jennifer Kowalewski
55. Framing a Political Issue: Coverage of 2007 Constitutional Referendum
By Kyrgyzstan’s Print and Internet-Based Media, Svetlana Kulikova, Louisiana State
56. Media Frames and Terror: U.S. Print Media Representation of Pakistan, Hena Bajwa, Texas at Austin
57. Framing the headlines: Comparative and Inter-language Framing of Al-Jazeera’s
Arabic and English News Websites, Stephen Hetzel
58. Global Risk, Domestic Framing: How U.S., China and South Korea News
Agencies Cover the North Korea Nuclear Test, Jia Dai and Kideuk Hyun, Texas at Austin
Discussant: Maria Marron, Central Michigan
Group 9-International New Media and Electronic Media
59. How People’s Words Find Their Way to Mainstream Media: Online
Discussion and News in China, Di Zhang and Jinghui Hou, Syracuse
60. Culture and Technology in South Korean and U.S. Online Military
Strategic Communications, Sungwook Hwang, Missouri at Columbia
61. Culture, Internet and Gratifications: Do You See the Connection?
Tulika Biswas, Tennessee-Knoxville
62. Political Implications of International Satellite Broadcasting:
A Case Study, Foad Izadi, Louisiana State
63. Painful Pictures: Photojournalism and Reconciliation in Peru
Robin Hoecker, Missouri
Discussant: Osa’ P. Amienyi, Arkansas State
Group 10-Legacies of International Figures
64. Responses of Middle Eastern Governments to Danish Cartoons Depicting
the Prophet Mohammed, Justin Martin, North Carolina at Chapel Hill
65. Destiny, Dynasty and Death, Pakistani Press Reports Frame
Benazir Bhuto’s Assasination, Tania Cantrell and Ingrid Bachmann, Texas at Austin
66. Collective Memory through Fidel: The Construction of Collective
Memory Through the News Coverage of Fidel Castro’s Resignation, Mary Ann Martin, Iowa
67. Framing the Death of Investigative Journalism; Anna Politkovskaya’s
Murder in the NYT and Izvestiya, Susan Novak, Kansas
68. What’s In a Name: The Reputation of Al-Jazeera English in the United States
Ronnie Lovler, Florida
Discussant: Marcie Hinton, Middle Tennessee State
Group 11-Multiculturalism and Social impact
69. Sex and the City in Seoul: An Incomplete Project
Kyung Lee, Pennsylvania
70. Chips and Curry; Kraut and Kebabs: Exploring Multiculturalism Through Comedy
Rosemary Pennington, Indiana
71. Generation Y and the Post 82s Culture Identity: A Cross Cultural Perspective
Huan Chen
72. Motivations for Communicating over Mobile TV and Its Social Impacts
in Everyday Life, Seung-Hyun Lee, Texas at Dallas
73. “Who You Are” Versus “Who You Think You Are”, Tsung-Jen Shih, Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant: David Burns, Zayed
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