Journalism Faculty Active at AEJMC Conference

This is a panel at the August AEJMC conference featuring several MSU School of Journalism faculty members.

The Michigan State University School of Journalism had a robust presence at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference held in August.

Faculty and students won several awards, made a number of presentations, and served as panelists at the annual event, which was held in Chicago.

Here is a list of those who participated:
Manuel Chavez

Nieves, Y., Takahashi, B., and Chavez, M. When Everything Else Fails: Radio Journalism During Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico Moderating/Refereed Paper Panel Chair: Social Media and its Influences across the World: From Empowerment to Disempowerment

Lucinda Davenport

Bowe, B., Blom, R., & Davenport, L. The Journalism and Mass Communication Capstone Course: Bringing It All Together? AEJMC Representative to ACEJMC (accreditation council)

Eric Freedman

In the Crosshairs: The Perils of Environmental Journalism

Joe Grimm

Top Teaching Award, and Presentation: Best Practices Competition Winners:  "Busting Biases by Publishing Cultural Competence Guides"

Steve Lacy

Panelist, Cornerstone Session: Manuscript Reviews: Is This the Best We Can Do?

Serena Miller

Panel Organizer, Tankard Book Award

Moderator/Presiding, Manuscript Reviews: Is This the Best We Can Do? Cornerstone Session

Standing Committee for Research meeting

Kettering Foundation representative meeting

Rachel Mourao

Mourao, R.  & Chen. W. Covering the Protests on Twitter- The Influences on Brazilian Journalists' Social Media Portrayals of the 2013 and 2015 Demonstrations

Robertson, C. & Mourao, R. Conceptualizing Fake nNews from the Perspective of its Producers

Kilgo, D. & Mourao, R.  Media Effects and Marginalized Ideas: Relationships Among Media Consumption and Support for Black Lives Matter

Perry Parks

Top Paper Award, and Presentation: From sensation to stigma: Changing standards for suicide coverage in journalism textbooks, 1894-2016 (ComSHER Division)

Top Paper Award, and Presentation: Textbook news values: A century of stability and change (History Division) The discipline-autonomy paradox: How journalism textbooks construct reporters' freedom just to tear it down (Cultural & Critical Studies Division)

Bruno Takahashi

Duan, R., Takahashi, B. & Zwickle, A., Examining the Effect of Climate Change Images on People's Estimation of Egocentric Psychological Distance

Takahashi, B., Van Witsen, T., Joshi, A., Duan, R., & Li, W., A Systematic Review of Research on News Media Coverage of the Environment

Nieves, Y., Takahashi, B., and Chavez, M. When Everything Else Fails: Radio Journalism During Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

Esther Thorson

Thorson, E., Tham, S., & Duffy, M. The Role of Media Context and General Advertising Attitudes on Ad Avoidance

Thorson, E., Chen, W., Bode, L. Effects of Scandals and Presidential Debates in the U.S. 2016 Presidential Election

Panelist: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Elected Standing Committee on Research

Discussant: Newspaper and Online Division

Kjerstin Thorson

Top Paper Award.  Lavaccare, J., Thorson, K. & Wang, L., Frames and sources of links in the climate discussion on Twitter, 2012-2015

Partisan Media, News Events, and Asymmetric Political Evaluations in the 2016 Election

Panelist, Relationships Between Grad Students and Advisors

Brendan Watson

Officer in Mass Communication & Society Division and discussant for division's top paper award presentations

Students

Weiyue (Cynthia) Chen

Mourao, R. & Chen. W. Covering the protests on Twitter- The Influences on Brazilian Journalists' Social Media portrayals of the 2013 and 2015 Demonstrations

Thorson, E., Chen, W., Bode, L. Effects of Scandals and Presidential Debates in the U.S. 2016 Presidential Election

Marquitta Critchlow

Top Award, and Presentation:  Best of Web/Best of Digital Competition: https://relationshipbehaviors.wordpress.com

Ran Duan

Duan, R., Takahashi, B. & Zwickle, A., Examining the Effect of Climate Change Images on People's Estimation of Egocentric Psychological Distance

Takahashi, B., Van Witsen, T., Joshi, A., Duan, R., & Li, W., A Systematic Review of Research on News Media Coverage of the Environment

Apoorva Joshi

Takahashi, B., Van Witsen, T., Joshi, A., Duan, R., & Li, W., A Systematic Review of Research on News Media Coverage of the Environment

John Lavaccare

Top Paper Award.  Lavaccare, J., Thorson, K. & Wang, L., Frames and sources of links in the climate discussion on Twitter, 2012-2015

Yadira Nieves-Pizarros

Nieves, Y., Takahashi, B., and Chavez, M. When Everything Else Fails: Radio Journalism During Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

Soo Young Shin

Fake News and Its Sourcing Patterns

Samuel Tham

Deng, T., Hussain, S., Tham, S. & Alhabash, S., Effects of Race, Attractiveness, and Mental Health Attribution in Mass Shooting News

The Effects of Flow in Mobile Gaming: Involvement, Spending Practices, and Attitude

Thorson, E., Tham, S., & Duffy, M. The Role of Media Context and General Advertising Attitudes on Ad Avoidance

Tony Van Witsen

Takahashi, B., Van Witsen, T., Joshi, A., Duan, R., & Li, W., A Systematic Review of Research on News Media Coverage of the Environment