ComArtSci faculty and students will travel to Philadelphia, PA to discuss their work at the 107th annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference. The four-day conference will take place on August 8-11 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.
Wednesday, Aug 7 (Pre-Conference)
Thursday, Aug 8 | Friday, Aug 9 | Saturday, Aug 10 | Sunday, Aug 11
ComArtSci and MSU faculty and students featured at the 2023 AEJMC conference are italicized. For the full program schedule, visit the AEJMC conference website. All times are listed in EDT.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
9am – 4:30pm
Mass Communication and Society Division, Participatory Journalism and Community Journalism Interest Groups
Workshop Session: Connecting Journalism Research and Practice
- Danielle K. Brown, Sandra Clark, Letrell Crittenden, Tamar Wilner
International Communication Division
Workshop Session: Conducting Comparative and Collaborative Journalism Research
- Beyond Survey: Challenges and Possibilities of Connecting Worlds of Journalism to Other Datasets, Methods and Epistemologies
- Jyotika Ramaprasad, Manasvi Maheshwari, Marcos Paulo da Silva, Rachel R. Mourão, Tim P. Vos, Esther Thorson, Marialina Antolini, Taewoo Kang
Thursday, August 8, 2024
8:30am – 10am
Advertising Division and Council of Affiliates
PFR Panel Session: Ask Mentors Anything: Networking and Mentorship for Graduate Students and Early Career Scholars Navigating Academic Pathways
- Juliana Fernandes, Change Dae Ham, Anatasia Kononova, Eunjin (Anna) Kim, Heather Showenberger, Jing Yang, Anan Wan, Yanyun (Mia) Wang, Quan Xie
Communication Technology and Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Divisions
PFR Panel Session: Using Technology to Increase Academic Productivity: Managing Time, Project, and Collaboration
- Eliana DuBosar, Donggyu Kim, Ava Francesca Battaocchio, Rachel Son
Trust, CSR, and Corporate Social Advocacy
- Chuqing Dong
Media Relations and Agenda Setting
(You Should) Say No to Fakes! Analysis of Public Service Anti-Counterfeit Campaigns to Build Theory-Informed Consumer Protection Strategies
- Anatasia Kononova, Moldir Moldagaliyeva, Dana Anafina, Heijin Lee, Saleem Alhabash, Patricia Huddleston, Phoebe Tran, Logan Baker
Visual Communication and Magazine Media Divisions
Teaching Panel Session: Winners of the 2024 Innovations in Teaching and Excellence in Teaching Competition
- Rawiya Kameir, Kristen Heflin, Nagwan Zahry, Adrianne Grumbein, Enrique Nuñez-Mussa, Chad Sherman, David Stephenson, Michael Vosburg, Elizabeth Spencer, Seth Gitner
10:30am – 12pm
Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Division
Refereed Research Paper Session: Science, Scientists, and Communication Practices
- Examining Scientists-in Training Conceptualizations of Science Communication: Draw-and-Write Methods through the Lens of the Circuit of Culture
- Nic Bennett
Environmental Media and Communication
Exploring Differences in the Communication Infrastructure Available to Scientists at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites
- John Besley, Alexandra Benitez
Health and Science Journalism and Institutions
Exploring Scientists Experiences with Science Communication Support
- John Besley, Alexandra Benitez
History Division
Refereed Research Paper Session: In Our Own Backyard: How Press Portrayals Informed Public Perceptions
- Discussant: Perry Parks
International Communication Division
Affective Intensity and Decision-Making in Contending Preferences: A Case from Mexico on Motivated Reasoning
- Manuel Chavez
12:30pm – 2pm
Communication Theory and Methodology Division
A Systematic Review of Current Research on the Privacy Calculus Model
- Zhao Peng, Emily Zhan
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Membership Committee
PFR Panel Session: Breaking the Silence: Intersectional Perspectives on Mental Health, Pedagogy, and Research in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Dorothy Bland, Danielle K. Brown, Chelsea Reynolds, Desiree Hill, Jennifer Midberry
4:30pm – 6pm
Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Division
Refereed Research Paper Session: AI and Machine Learning Techniques in ComSHER
- Moderator: Nic Bennett
Cultural and Critical Studies Division
Field Collision: Advancing Field Theory by Analyzing the Power Struggle Between Journalism and Social Media Platforms
- Enrique Núñez-Mussa
Politics/History
Video Essays as Tools for Reflection and The Development of An Authorial Voice on Socially Relevant Topics
- Enrique Núñez-Mussa
6:30pm – 8:30pm
General Session
Installation of 2024-25 AEJMC President
- Teresa Mastin
Friday, August 9, 2024
8:30am – 10am
Cultural and Critical Studies Division and Community Journalism Interest Group
Interrogating New(s) Media and Digital Media Practice
- “Not the Whole Story”: The “On Being” Podcast and Journalism as a Healing Art
- Perry Parks
“Games of Popular Culture, AI, and Power”
Environmental Discourses in Latin America Media: A Theoretical Model Grounded in Mediaciones and Decolonial and Counter-Hegemonic Propositions
- Bruno Takahashi, Iasmim Amiden dos Santos
Public Relations Division
Refereed Research Paper Session: Public Relations for Social Good: Government, Higher Education, DEI, and CSR Contexts
- Does AI-Generated Caring Message Increase Trust in Government? The Pivotal Role of AI Knowledge in Government Crisis Responses
- Emily Zhan, Qi Zheng, Chuqing Dong, Esther Thorson
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication
Coffee with Leadership
- Teresa Mastin, Bey-Ling Sha, Johnny Sparks, Emily Metzger, Hub Brown
10:30am – 12pm
Communication Theory and Methodology Division
The Multidimensionality of being “Rural”: Geography, Media Use, and Mental Health
- Taewoo Kang, Ava Francesca Battochio, Chuqing Dong, Kjerstin Thorson
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Elected Standing Committee on Publications
Research Panel Session: The Legacy of JMCQ: Centennial Reflections
- Jane B. Singer, Arthur Raney, Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ingrid Bachmann, Robert Kerr, Erik P. Bucy, James Grunig, Esther Thorson
2:30pm – 4pm
International Communication and Minorities and Communication Divisions
PFR Panel Session: Elevating Female-Identified Voices on the Job Market: How Can We Support Women Scholars Making Career Choices in Academics?
- Kathleen McElroy, Karin Wilkins, Maha Bashri, Mel Bunce, Rachael Mourão, Mariana Sanchez
4:30pm – 6pm
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
AI and Ethics
- Perceived Threats and Benefits of Artificial Intelligence to Intellectual Property
- Saleem Alhabash, Maria Molina, Kari Kammel, Duygu Kanver
- Can AI Chatbots Support Me? Exploring the Roles of Governmental Agent Type and (Non)Verbal Person-centered Communication Strategies
- Qi Zheng, Emily Zhan, Chuqing Dong, Esther Thorson, Junwen Hu
Advertising and Mass Communication and Society Divisions
Teaching Panel Session: Teaching Advertising through the Social Justice Lens: What Ad Professors Should Know
- Robin Spring, Fang (Faye) Yang, Minjin (MJ) Rheu, Anatasia Kononova, Pam Morris
Participatory Journalism Interest Group and Cultural and Critical Studies Division
Research Panel Session: Joy and Local Journalism: Using Participatory Community Events for Engagement
- Rasheed Ajamu, Anita Li, Perry Parks, Tahera Rahmani
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Advertising Division
Top Paper Refereed Research Paper Session: Best of the Best: Advertising Division Top Paper Session
- Moderator: Saleem Alhabash
History Division
Top Paper Refereed Research Paper Session
- Extra! Extra! Sing All About It: Portraying Newsies in 19th and 20th Century Sheet Music
- Eric Freedman, Joshua Duchan, Vladislava Sukhanovskaya, Finn Hopkins
Newspaper and Online News Division
Top Paper Refereed Research Paper Session
- Curated Verification: Partisan Differences in Audiences Information Validation Strategies
- Taewoo Kang, Esther Thorson, Rachel Mourão
Community Journalism Interest Group
Top Paper Refereed Research Paper Session: Community Journalism Interest Group Top Papers
- Place Matters: Variations in U.S. Journalism Culture*
- Tim Vos, Taewoo Kang, Rachel Mourão, Esther Thorson, Marialina Antolini
Entertainment Studies Interest Group
Top Paper Refereed Research Paper Session: Entertainment Studies Interest Group Top Paper Panel
- This Gender Gap in Sexual Objectification, Agency, and Reciprocation in Film: A Content Analysis*
- Jessica Pettengill
Religion and Media Interest Group
Top Paper Refereed Research Paper Session
- Top Student Papers: Beyond the Veil, a Need for Minority Voices: Identity (Mis)Representations of Muslim Women in US Media and Muslim Women’s Coping Strategies of Mitigation
- Bariskisu Issaka
8:30pm – 10pm
Advertising Division
- Hosting: Saleem Alhabash
Saturday, August 10, 2024
8:30am – 10am
Minorities and Communication Division
Refereed Research Paper Session: Lived Experiences of Black Journalists
- Responses to Black and White Female Television Anchors: Effects of Audience Race and Expectation Violations
- Linda White, Saleem Alhabash, Esther Thorson
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Panel Session: Report from Presidential Task Force of AEJMC’s DEI
- Teresa Mastin, Gabriel B. Tate, Nathian Shae Rodriguez, Patrick R. Johnson
10:30am – 12pm
In the (News) Making: Navigating Challenging and Trends in Journalism Practice
Communication Technology Division (CTEC)
- Lifetime Video Game Exposure is Associated with Internalization of Sexist STEM Beliefs in Women and Men
- Morgan Ellithorpe, Shay Xuejing Yao, Nancy Rhodes
Community Journalism Interest Group (COMJ)
Local Journalism and Trust
- Remoteness and Rural News: A Computational-Ethnographic Approach to Local News on Facebook in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
- Ava Francesca Battocchio, Brandi Stover, Jean Hardy, Kjerstin Thorson
Solutions for Local News Loss
Religion and Media Interest Group (RMIG)
- Matters of Faith: News Coverage of Constraints on Religious Freedom in Central Asia
- Eric Freedman, Eleanor Pugh
2:30pm – 4pm
Political Communication Division
Paper Refereed Research Paper Session: Media and Political Trust
- Empowered by Curation: Addressing Spatial Polarization of Political Trust Through Social Media Political Personalization Acts
- Taewoo Kang
4:30pm – 6pm
Communication Theory and Methodology Division and Small Programs Interest Group
Teaching Panel Session: Method Classes for Journalism and Mass Communication Programs
- Renita Coleman, Wilson Lowrey, AnneMarie McClain, Bruno Takahashi
International Communication Division
High Density Paper Refereed Research Paper Session: Practicing Journalism and Understanding Social Media in Diverse Contexts
- Assessing the Field
- Building Bridges: A Narrative Literature Review of Spanish and Portuguese-Language Climate Change Communication Scholarship from Latin America
- Bruno Takahashi, Iasmim Amiden dos Santos, Maria Fernanda Salas
- Building Bridges: A Narrative Literature Review of Spanish and Portuguese-Language Climate Change Communication Scholarship from Latin America
Mass Communication and Society Division
Scholar-to-Scholar (Poster) Paper Refereed Research Paper Session
- Journalism Skills and Social Media Usage
- Journalism’s Ethos and the Future of the Field: Student Motivations
- Brian J. Bowe, Lucinda D. Davenport, Robin Blom
- Journalism’s Ethos and the Future of the Field: Student Motivations
Scholastic Journalism Division and Commission on Graduate Education
Teaching Panel Session: Getting Curricularly Creative
- Nicole Kraft, Yayu Feng, Alexis Romero Walker, Perry Parks, Greg Hoplamazian, Jasun Carr
8:30pm – 10pm
University of Tennessee, School of Journalism and Media, Michigan State University, School of Journalism and Washington State University, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
Social
- Hosting: Amy Jo Coffey, Tim P. Vos, Bruce Pinkleton
Sunday, August 11, 2024
9:30am – 11:30am
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Moderator: Teresa Mastin
11:30am – 1pm
Media Ethics and Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Divisions
Research Panel Session: Too Hot to Handle: The Ethics of Reporting Climate Change
- Hollie Smith, Bruno Takahashi, Roberta Baskin, Sharon Bramlett-Solomon
By: Miles Sloan