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