Journalism faculty and grad students will present at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference

Friday, June 17, 2016

The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication will make a strong showing at the next annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Below are the refereed research papers that SJMC faculty and grad students will present at the meeting in Minneapolis on August 4-7, 2016.

  • John Carpenter, “The journalistic construction of English as a global lingua franca of news” (International Communication Division)
  • David Dowling, "Longform storytelling in the digital age: Marketing slow journalism." Theme session, "Emerging aspects of literary journalism," sponsored by the International Association for Literary Journalism.
  • Meenakshi Gigi Durham, “Burning brides and baby killers: A meta-analysis of journalistic depictions of violence against women in India” (Commission on the Status of Women)
  • Brian Ekdale, “Beyond hybridity: Intralocal frictions in music video production, distribution, and reception in Kenya” (International Communication Division)
  • John Haman and Kyle Miller, “Thoughtful but angry: Media narratives of NFL star Arian Foster's confession of nonbelief” (Religion and Media Division)
  • Volha Kananovich, “A fine-tuner of the Q-Sense: Exposure to political communication and misestimating public opinion on immigration” (Top student paper, Political Communication Interest Group)
  • Volha Kananovich and Rachel Young, “Too hard to shout over the loudest frame: Effects of competing frames in the context of the crystallized media coverage on offshore outsourcing” (Mass Communication and Society Division).
  • Volha Kananovich and Frank Durham,  "Reproducing the 'imprint of power:' Framing the 'creative class' in Putin's Russia" (Cultural and Critical Studies Division)
  • Dahmen, N., Natalia Mielczarek, & Morrison, D. “The (in)disputable 'power' of images of outrage: Public acknowledgement, emotional reaction, and knowledge of iconic imagery” (Mass Communication and Society Division)
  • Subin Paul, “When India was Indira: Indian Express’ Coverage of the Emergency (1975-77)” (Newspaper and Online News Division)
  • Ling Qi and Dan Berkowitz, “Constructing a ‘first’ First Lady through memory: The case of China's Peng Liyuan” (Cultural and Critical Studies Division)
  • Melissa Tully and Emily K. Vraga, “A message testing approach to news media literacy PSAs,” (Mass Communication and Society Division)
  • Amanda Hinnant, Rokeshia Ashley, Roma Subramanian, Mimi Perrault, Rachel Young, and Ryan Thomas. "How journalists characterize health inequalities and redefine solutions for Native American audiences” (Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk Division)
  • Shawn Harmsen, “Journalism values undermining valuable journalism: How modified morality politics influenced news framing of same-sex marriage backlash.” (Top student paper, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Interest Group.)
  • Jane Singer  (SJMC professor emerita) and Marcel Broersma, “Innovators or entrepreneurs? How journalism students and educators think about entrepreneurial journalism.” (Media Management, Entrepreneurship, and Economics Division)

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.