In mid-June, faculty and graduate students of MSU’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences will travel to Denver, Colorado to discuss their research at the 75th Annual International Communication Association Conference.
The ICA Conference will take place Thursday, June 12 - Monday, June 16, 2025, in a hybrid capacity with sessions taking place virtually as well as in person. The in-person portion of the conference will be held at Hyatt Regency Denver and Grand Hyatt Denver.
ComArtSci and MSU presenters are italicized.
Tuesday, June 10 | Friday, June 13 | Saturday, June 14 | Sunday, June 15 | Monday, June 16
Tuesday, June 10
Disrupting Mental Health Screeners: Partnering with Autistic Adolescents to Interrogate the Validity of Dominant Screeners
Jessica Freedman
Friday, June 13
Analyses of Media Representation and Narrative Change
Danielle K. Brown
#JournalismStillSo... White? Male? Analyzing Author Inclusivity and Diversity in Journalism Scholarship
Danielle K. Brown; Miya Williams Fayne
Social Media and Health: Understanding the Impact of Culturally Relevant Content on Hispanic Diabetes Prevention
Mohammed Madouh; Juan Mundel; Maricarmen Vizcaino
Farmers’ Experiences of Stress, Social Support, and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Amanda Holmstrom; Gwyn Shelle
Framing of Pro-Palestine Encampments on U.S. University Campuses
Saleem Alhabash
Does Culture Moderate the Effectiveness of Esteem Support Messages? Testing the Cognitive-Emotional Theory of Esteem Support Messages With an Eastern Culture Sample
Jong In Lim; Junwen M. Hu; Yue Zhang; Xiaoran Cui; Brooke H. Wolfe; Amanda Holmstrom
Supportive Communication in Response to High and Low Esteem-Threatening Situations: Replication and Extension of Prior Work
Junwen M. Hu; Amanda Holmstrom; Jong In Lim; Yue Zhang; Xiaoran Cui; Brooke H. Wolfe; Andrew Bredland
Trait Self-Efficacy as a Moderator of Esteem Support Message Effects in the Parole/Probation Agent-Client Relationship
Amanda Holmstrom; Merry Morash; Amanda Witwer
What ASD Finds in VRChat: The Potential for VR to Address the Communication Barriers Faced by Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Alex P. Leith; Maxwell Foxman; Chaeyun Lim; David G. Beyea
Selecting Games to Procrastinate: How Game Characteristics and Personal Traits Affect Procrastinatory Game Choice
Yihan Danny Jia; Yiming Skylar Lei
Out of Character Matters: AI Expectancy Violations and Its Impact on Real-Life Relationship Perceptions
Jiahui Liu; Tianshu Du
“There Are Many Ways to Make the World Better:” The Impact of Inclusive Admissions Messages on Student Essays and Belonging
Ellen C. Reinhart
A Looking Glass Into a Research Wonderland: 40 Years of Virtual Reality Scholarship Explicated via Natural Language Processing
David M. Markowitz; Jeremy Bailenson
Navigating Cultural Norms from Within: Challenges Community Members in Leadership Roles Face in Resolving Gender-Based Violence and Other Topics
Saraniya Tharmarajah; Lorraine M. Kuch; Rohini Ganjoo; Maria Lapinski; Minati Swain; Daryl Stephens; Tanisha Luthria; Ananya Bhakataram; Rajiv N. Rimal
Student Athletes and Mental Health: A Social Identity Theory Perspective
Shaheen Kanthawala; Jessica L. Payne; Bree E. Holtz; Scott Parrott
Strategic Self-Stereotyping and Well-Being: Bifurcated Identities Among Women in STEM
Shay X. Yao; Nancy Rhodes; Morgan E. Ellithorpe
The Negativity Bias for News: A Value-Based Decision Making Study
Jason X. Gong; Ezgi Ulusoy; Elizabeth E. Riggs; Rachael L. Kee; Ziyu Zhao; Jason Coronel; Allison Eden; Amber Boydstun; Richard Huskey
The Negativity Bias for News: A Computational Neuroimaging Investigation
Jason X. Gong; Rachael L. Kee; Allyson L. Snyder; Ziyu Zhao; Ezgi Ulusoy; Elizabeth E. Riggs; Sophia Sarieva; Valerie Klein; Jason Coronel; Allison Eden; Amber Boydstun; Richard Huskey
Coding Moral Events in Film
Allison Eden; Ezgi Ulusoy; Alex Lover; Jacob T. Fisher; Sara M. Grady
Parents’ and Children’s Reactions to and Perceptions of Racial and Cultural Representation in Children’s STEM TV
Fashina Alade; Claudia Aparicio; Anneliese Samples
The (In)Efficacy of AI Personas in Deception Detection Experiments
David M. Markowitz; Timothy R. Levine
Wellness washing: How commercial brands, mass media, and influencers shift the focus from diet culture to “wellbeing”
Mariah Wellman; Kai Prins
Ethical Decision-Making Across the North Atlantic: How Journalists Negotiate a Mythical Media System Model
Lea C. Hellmueller; Tim P. Vos; Jane B. Singer; Glenda Cooper; Neil Thurman; Imke Henkel; Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri
Why Identity Matters in Science Communication
Soo Yun Shin; Nic Bennett; Iasmim Amiden dos Santos; Bruno Takahashi; Sunshine Menezes
#CRT IS: Twitter as an Information Channel for Anti-CRT Messages
Miyoung Chong; Marisa A. Smith; Om Sai Krishna Madhav Lella
Intergenerational Sense-Making About Historical Trauma: Parent-Child Conversations About Apartheid in South Africa
Haley K. Horstman; Olivia Watson; Diana Breshears; Athena Pedro; Tessa Goldschmidt
A Synergy Between Platform and Mobile News Traffic? Evidence From Four Societies
Tian Yang; Xuzhen Yang
The Qualities and Quality of Qualitative Research in Journalism and Journalism Studies
Serena Miller; Tim P. Vos
Communication Maturity in Organizations: Investigating Communication Values of Leaders, Members and Communication Professionals
Catrin E. Johansson; Vernon Miller; Scott Shank; Christina Grandien
Saturday, June 14
Activist Strategies of Peace, Purpose, and Joy Responses in the Sustainability Polycrisis
Susan McFarlane-Alvarez; Nahed Eltantawy; Luke W. Capizzo; Kristina Bell; Charis Tucker; Anastasia Kononova
Sensitivity and Bias in Fake News: Accuracy and Directional Motivated Reasoning
Tsai-Wei Ling; Chen-Chao Tao; David Ewoldsen
Embracing Dialectic Intersubjectivity: Coordination of Different Perspectives in Content Analysis With LLM Persona Simulation
Taewoo Kang; Kjerstin Thorson; Taiquan Peng; Dan Hiaeshutter-Rice; Sanguk Lee; Stuart Soroka
An Agenda for Generative Artificial Intelligence in Content Analysis: Navigating Opportunities, Challenges, and Considerations in AI-Aided Content Analysis
JungHwan Yang; Joshua Baldwin; Sara M. Grady; Rui Zhu; Jong In Lim; David M. Markowitz; Jingwen Zhang
Can Direct Reciprocity Mend the Effects of Ostracism on Group Identification?
Yiming Skylar Lei; Hanjie Liu; David Ewoldsen; Nancy Rhodes
Development of a Generic Scale for Artificial Intelligence Cognitive Offloading Propensity
Taewoo Kang
Navigating Ambiguities: A Systematic Review and Comparative Analysis of Social Bot Detection Practices in Communication Research
Xiao Meng; Xiaohui V. Wang; Taiquan Peng
Can AI Apologize on the Company’s Behalf? The Role of Expectancy Violation and Perceived AI's Capability
Emily Zhan; Taenyun Kim; Maria de Bruin Molina
Discrepancies and Dynamic Changes of Self-Perceptions During Social Media Usage: Introducing a Dynamic S4D4 Framework on Self and Social Media
Hanjie Liu
I Want to Belong, So I Change My Attitudes to Fit in: Social Media Ostracism and Attitudinal Changes Towards Group Norms
Hanjie Liu; Yiming Skylar Lei; Nancy Rhodes; David Ewoldsen
Journalists, Emotions, and the Introduction of Generative AI Chatbots: A Large-Scale Analysis of Tweets Before and After the Launch of ChatGPT
Seth Lewis; David M. Markowitz; Jon Benedik A. Bunquin
Linking Slovene Women’s Family-of-Origin Communication with Perceptions of Resilience, Support Availability and Happiness in Adulthood
Elizabeth Dorrance Hall; Olivia Watson; Yue Zhang; Metka Kuhar; Mengyan Ma
Communication of Story World Norms in The Devil Wears Prada: A Qualitative Exploration
Catherine A. Marple; Miyeon Kim; Yan Wang; Faith A. Delle; Muhammad Huzaifa; Nancy Rhodes
Tracing nonprofit issue stewardship: CSA engagement amid polarization in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Virginia S. Harrison; Luke W. Capizzo; Ama A. Assenso-Onyinah
For Whom Does CSA Matter? A Transnational Study Profiling Citizen CSA Expectations in Australia, Belgium, China, and the US
Anli Xiao; Bingbing Zhang; Luke W. Capizzo; Yu Chen; Fritz Cropp
Navigating Guilt and Shame Appeal: The Moderating Influence of Efficacy Cues in Persuasion
Monique Turner; Jong In Lim; Yuetong Du; Hee Jung Cho; Jiawei Long
Rumination vs. Imagination: Exploring the Different Trajectories of Rumination and Retrospective Imaginative Involvement (RII) on Psychological Well-Being
Hanjie Liu; David Ewoldsen; Nancy Rhodes
From Rules to Scales: Evaluating Netiquette in Social Media Messenger Contexts
Moldir Moldagaliyeva
Rethinking Gatekeeping’s Theoretical Mechanisms
Tim P. Vos
Creating for a Cause? Values and Perceived Effectiveness of Social Media Among Environmental Content Creators in India
Shreya Dubey; Bruno Takahashi; Edith G. Smit; Eline S. Smit; Jagadish Thaker; Marijn H. Meijers
Parent-Child Dyads Respond to Culture and Inclusion Cues in a Preschool STEM Television Program
Breniel Lemley; Fashina Alade; T. J. Mesyn; Claudia Aparicio
Sunday, June 15
Looking Beyond Meet Space: Presenting a Research Platform in VRChat
Oskar Milik; Maxwell Foxman; Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen; Swati Pandita; Alex P. Leith; Rabindra (Robby) Ratan
Book Review Section Editing (Journal of Communication Book Review Section)
Sandra Braman
Transforming Existing Publications (Annals)
David Ewoldsen
Freedom of Speech or Democratic Role? Metajournalistic Discourse in U.S. and Brazilian Newspaper Coverage of the X Ban in Brazil
Michelle Rossi; Marcos Paulo da Silva; Tim P. Vos
Compliance or Domestication: Exploring Factors Influencing Algorithmic Interaction Behaviors
Qianyi Jin
Predicting Offline and Online Political and Community Participation: News, Communication With Others, Knowledge, and Civic Values
Weiyue Chen; Esther Thorson; Margaret Duffy; Emily Zhan
The Role of Health Literacy in Risk Perceptions and Protective Behaviors Related to Buying Medications Online: An Eight-Country Study
Subhalakshmi Bezbaruah; Heijin Lee; Moldir Moldagaliyeva; Naadiyahtu Iddrisu; Dana Anafina; Zheran Liu; Yerkebulan Almanov; Juan Mundel; Patricia Huddleston; Saleem Alhabash; Anastasia Kononova
Epistemologies of U.S. Journalists: Using Latent Profile Analysis to Categorize Epistemic Beliefs
Esther Thorson; Weiyue Chen; Tim P. Vos; Rachel Mourão
Now It’s All About Versace: Music Preferences and Partisanship
Dan Hiaeshutter-Rice; Mia Carbone; Ezgi Ulusoy; Dustin Carnahan
Normative Influence, Revisited: A Meta-Analytic Assessment of Perceived Descriptive and Injunctive Norms in Health
Callie S. Kalny; Nathan Walter; Maria Lapinski; Hillary Shulman; Stefanie Z. Demetriades
Identity Gaps in Transnational Migrant Families in Luxembourg
Olivia Watson; Julia Barone
‘If I Tell, They Won’t Eat….’: Applying Revelation Risk Model to Understand Women’s Disclosure Dynamics of Obstetric Fistula
Ebenezer A. Aidoo; Sandra F. Wood; Barikisu Issaka; Pamela O. Boateng; Kweku E. Lindsay
Time and Game Production
Amanda Cote
Expectation of Algorithm Bias Increases Caution: Implications for Human-in-the-Loop Decisions
Hannah Overbye-Thompson; Kristy A. Hamilton; Jacob T. Fisher
Problematic Social Media Use Is Associated With Reduced Reward Learning but Not Cognitive Inflexibility
Zijie Mei; José Perales; Antonio Verdejo-García; Dar Meshi
Communicating Across the Virtual Stage: A Bio-Behavioral Analysis of Public Speaking Dynamics With Supportive and Unsupportive Audiences
Sue Lim; Ralf Schmaelzle
How Low Can You Go? Testing the Efficacy Threshold for the Anger Activism Model
Monique Turner; Hyungro Yoon; Moonsun Jeon; Hee Jung Cho; Jong In Lim
Stress and Coping in VRChat: A Mixed-Method Case Study of the Use of VRChat as a Coping Tool During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Alex P. Leith; Chaeyun Lim; Maxwell Foxman; David G. Beyea; David C. Jeong
Don’t Use “Don’t”: Negative Question Wording Suppresses External Political Efficacy Scores
Katherine Haenschen; Anna Zhang; Marisa A. Smith
Seeking Validating in the Digital Age: The Impact of Validation Seeking on Self-Image and Internalized Stigma among Self- vs. Clinically Diagnosed Individuals on r/ADHD
Xinyu Zhang; Yoo Jung Oh; Yunhan Zhang; Jianfeng Zhu
Patient-Centered Communication and Minority Health Outcomes in the United States
Ebenezer A. Aidoo; Sandra F. Wood; Barikisu Issaka
From Strategy to Sentiment: Examining the Role of Partisan News in Fostering White Racial Consciousness and Shaping Attitudes Toward Critical Race Theory
Marisa A. Smith; Meredith D. Clark; Om Sai Krishna Madhav Lella
Understanding the Manifestation and Impact of Care Ethics at Workplace in the Public Sector: A Multilevel Care Model Highlighting Generational Differences
Chuqing Dong; Qi Zheng; Jordan Morehouse
Monday, June 16
Gaze-Contingent Exposure in VR: An Inception Paradigm for Embedding Messages Into Memory
Hee Jung Cho; Sue Lim; Miriya Saenz; Ralf Schmaelzle
The Right Story at the Right Time? A Qualitative Study Into Meaning-Making From Meaningful Films Across Life Stages
Rhanna Haverkort; Sara M. Grady; Allison Eden; Serena Daalmans
Mixed Emotions, Mixed Effects? Exploring the Origins and Impact of Co-Occurring Versus Individual Emotions in Persuasion
Callie S. Kalny; Jiyoung Lee; Jessica G. Myrick; Monique Turner; Nathan Walter
Curiosity, Critique, and Cultural Clash: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Post-Feminism and Traditional Gender Norms on Chinese Weibo Amid Lisa’s Crazy Horse Show
Huiqian Lai; Jiahui Liu; Runze Ding
Do I Need Pleasure, Meaning, or New Ideas Today? Exploring the Relationship Between Daily Experiences, Motivations for Media Use, and Content Preferences
Sara M. Grady; Dominique S. Wirz; Morgan E. Ellithorpe; Ezgi Ulusoy; Allison Eden
Self-Affirmation as an Intervention for Body Dissatisfaction Following Idealized Instagram Imagery Exposure
Amelia Couture Bue; Dar Meshi
Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Journalistic Norms and Journalistic Practices
Tim P. Vos; Thomas Hanitzsch
Nonverbal Behaviors in a VR Classroom: Examining Associations Between Gaze, Distance, Social Presence, Fatigue, and Learning Outcomes Over Time
Alex Lover; Chaeyun Lim; Qiyang Lin; Dayeoun Jang; Chloé Baxter; Anuja Anuja; Eugy Han; Mark R. Miller; Rabindra (Robby) Ratan; Jeremy Bailenson
“In a Crowd, Alone,”: An Experimental Review of Virtual Reality Uses in E-Sports Spectatorship
Shane L. Burrell; Md Waseq Ur Rahman; Maxwell Foxman; Amanda Cote; Vasil A. Arangelov
Social Media and Change in Adolescent Self-Esteem Over Time: Pathologizing Friendship and the Stand-in Theory of Informal Socializing
Keith N. Hampton; Gabriel E. Hales
Disability and Digital Influence: The Power of Representation in the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK
Edward Timke
Thinking Outside of Yourself: The Potential of Awe in Mitigating Psychological Reactance via Inspiring Self-Transcendence
Yao Yao; Yuetong Du
Can Adding Emotional Empathy to Cognitive Empathy Enhance User Preference for Mental Health Chatbots?
Tsai-Wei Ling; Taenyun Kim; Wei Peng
A Building Block of Identification: Developing and Comparing Three Measures of Goal Sharing
Catherine A. Marple
Investigating Job Crafting as a Communication Process
Vernon Miller; Scott Shank; Emma Dressler; Megan Mallie; Jillian Plant