ComArtSci Faculty and Students featured at the 2021 AEJMC conference are italicized. For more information and for the complete schedule, please visit http://aejmc.org/events/virtual21/schedule/
Tuesday, August 3
1:30 to 5:30 p.m. / PC015 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Saleem Alhabash, Michigan State (’19-’20 Class Fellow)
Wednesday, August 4
9 to 10:30 a.m. / W001 Advertising Division
- Saleem Alhabash, Michigan State
9 to 10:30 a.m. / W008 Newspaper and Online News Division Scholar-to-Scholar Refereed Paper Poster Session
- Diversity Sourcing Tool: Intentions, Self-Observation, and Learning - Lucinda Davenport and Joseph Grimm, Michigan State
- Promises Granted: Venture Philanthropy and the Tech Industry’s Increasing Authority Over the Journalism Field - Brian Creech, Temple and Perry Parks, Michigan State
9 to 11 a.m. / W012 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Rachel Mourão, Michigan State (Panelist)
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. / W022 Visual Communication and Newspaper and Online News Divisions
- Student Division — Photography First Place Clinically (in)Significant - T.J. Mesyn, Michigan State
1 to 2:30 p.m. / W028 Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk and Political Communication Divisions
- Teresa Mastin, Michigan State (Panelist)
1 to 2:30 p.m. / W042 AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Professional Freedom and Responsibility
- Anastasia Kononova, Michigan State (Panelist)
3 to 4:30 p.m. / W047 Communication Theory and Methodology Division
- The Media Use Model: Using Constraint Satisfaction and Coherence to Explain Media Processes and Effects - Jennifer Hoewe, Purdue and David Ewoldsen, Michigan State
3 to 4:30 p.m. / W049 Minorities and Communication Division
- 600 & Rising’s Quest to Improve Diversity in the Advertising Profession - Teresa Mastin, Alina Freeman and Susan Reilly, Michigan State
3 to 4:30 p.m. / W056 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Presidential Committee on Career Development
- Geri Zeldes, and Rachel Mourão, Michigan State (Panelists)
7 to 8:30 p.m. / W070 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Keynote Session
- Tim P. Vos, Michigan State, 2020-21 AEJMC President
Thursday, August 5
9 to 10:30 a.m. / T001 Advertising and Communication Theory and Methodology Divisions Scholar-to-Scholar Refereed Paper Poster Session
- The Strength and Pitfalls of Topic Modeling in Communication Studies: A Systematic Review - Yingying Chen, South Carolina and Zhao Peng, Michigan State
- A Systematic Method of Cataloging Civic Information Infrastructure - Ava Francesca Battocchio, Michigan State; Christopher Etheridge, Kansas; Kjerstin Thorson, Moldir Moldagaliyeva, Dan Hiaeshutter-Rice, and Chuqing Dong, Michigan State; Kelley Cotter, Arizona State; Yingying Chen, Michigan State and Stephanie Edgerly, Northwestern
- A Participant Observation Method Guide for Ethnographers Based on an Examination of Journalism Newsroom Scholarship - Soo Young Shin and Serena Miller, Michigan State
9 to 10:30 a.m. / T013 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Prabu David, Michigan State (Panelist)
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. / T023 Newspaper and Online News Division
- An Evolutionary Approach to Why People Seek and Avoid More Information About Negative News Stories - Esther Thorson, Carin Tunney and Kevin Kryston, Michigan State
1 to 2:30 p.m. / T029 Communication Theory and Methodology and Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Divisions
- Rachel Mourao, Michigan State (Panelist)
1 to 5:30 p.m. / T040 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Bruno Takahashi, Michigan State (2021-22 Jennifer H. McGill Class Fellow)
1 to 2:30 p.m. / T041 Kappa Tau Alpha and Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Tim P. Vos, Michigan State, AEJMC President, 2020-21
3 to 4:30 p.m. / T044 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Scholar-to-Scholar Refereed Paper Poster Session
- Impact of Science Journalism Experience on Information Selection from Press Releases: A Novel Quasi-Experimental Approach - Leigh Anne Tiffany, Michigan State
- Touch in Disaster Reporting: Television Coverage before Hurricane Maria - Qucheng Zhang, Bruno Takahashi, Manuel Chavez, and Yadira Nieves, Michigan State
3 to 4:30 p.m. / T045 Communication Theory and Methodology and Political Communication Divisions
- Saleem Alhabash, Michigan State (Panelist)
5 to 6:30 p.m. / T062 Magazine Media and Visual Communication Divisions
- Asynch Architect: Designing a Journey—Not Just a Destination - TJ (Tara) Mesyn, Michigan State
5 to 6:30 p.m. / T070 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Tim P. Vos, Michigan State, AEJMC President, 2020-21
7 to 8:30 p.m. / T075 International Communication, Political Communication and Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Divisions Scholar-to-Scholar Refereed Paper Poster Session
- An Online Experiment Evaluating the Effects of Social Endorsement Cues, Message Source, and Responsibility Attribution on Young Adults’ COVID19 Vaccination Intentions - Li Chen, West Texas A&M; and Chuqing Dong, Michigan State and Yafei Zhang, West Texas A&M
- Hydropower in the News: How Journalists Do (Not) Cover the Environmental and Socioeconomic Costs of Dams in Brazil - Rachel Mourao and Gisele Souza Neuls, Michigan State and Karina Ninni Ramos, São Paulo
Friday, August 6
9 to 10:30 a.m. / F010 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Interest Group and Public Relations Division Scholar-to-Scholar Refereed Paper Poster Session
- Matching Words with Actions: Understanding the Effects of CSA Stance-action Consistency on Negative Consumer Responses - Ziyuan Zhou, Bentley and Chuqing Dong, Michigan State
11 to 12:30 p.m. / F014 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Tim P. Vos, Michigan State, 2020-21 AEJMC President
3 to 4:30 p.m. / F029 Communication Theory and Methodology Division
- Hyperlocal Affective Polarization: Remixing Rural Understanding - Ava Francesca Battocchio, Michigan State
5 to 6:30 p.m. / F044 Cultural and Critical Studies and Mass Communication and Society Divisions Scholar-to-Scholar Refereed Paper Poster Session
- Media Consumption, Attitudes, and #BlackLivesMatter on the Ground, Court and Field - Danielle K. Brown, Minnesota, Twin Cities; Rachel Mourão, Michigan State; and Tania Ganguli, Minnesota
7 to 8:30 p.m. / F064 Scholastic Journalism Division
- The Future of the Field: Journalism Degree Motivations, Roles and Relevancy of the Field - Brian J. Bowe, The American University in Cairo/Western Washington; Lucinda Davenport, Michigan State, and Robin Blom, Ball State
Saturday, August 7
10:30 am to 3 pm / S011 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Tim P. Vos, Michigan State, AEJMC President, 2020-21
12:30 to 2 p.m. / S012 Advertising Division
- “Do Good and Be ‘Liked’”: Corporate Messaging on Social Media During COVID-19 and Consumer Responses - Jing Yang, Loyola University Chicago, Ebbe Bertellotti, Chicago, Ava Francesca Battocchio, Michigan State, Camila Teran, Loyola University Chicago
12:30 to 2 p.m. / S017 Mass Communication and Society Division
- How Do NPOs Effectively Engage with Publics on Social Media? Examining the Effects of Interactivity and Emotion on Twitter - Yafei Zhang, West Texas A&M; Chuqing Dong, Michigan State
and Yuan Daniel Cheng, Minnesota – Twin Cities
12:30 to 2 p.m. / S017 Mass Communication and Society Division
- Change is the Only Constant: Young Adults as Platform Architects and the Consequences for News - Kjerstin Thorson and Ava Francesca Battocchio, Michigan State