2007 Convention Papers

The following Iowa faculty members and Doctoral Candidates have had their papers accepted for presentation at the 57th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco (May 24-28, 2007).

Choonghee Han:
“Towards an Online Public Sphere: A Case Study of an Online Civic Journalism." Communication and Technology Division.

David Domingo:
"The Myth of Interactivity in the Daily Routines of Online Newsrooms: An Ethnographical Approach." Journalism Studies Division.

Lyombe Eko & Dan Berkowitz:
“Le Monde, French Secular Republicanism and the Mohammad Cartoons Affair: ‘Re-presentation’ of the Sacred Right to Offend.” Journalism Studies Division.

Gigi Durham:
“Sex and Spectacle in Seventeen Magazine: A Feminist Myth Analysis.” Feminist Scholarship Division

"Media Controversy Around Girls' Sexuality." Popular Communication Division

Lee Farquhar:
“Structuration and the Online Community.” Interpersonal Communication Division.

Josh Grimm:
"Mirror, Mirror: Hegemonic Framing of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., in the New York Times" Ethnicity and Race Interest Group.

"Happily ever after: Myth, rape, and romance in the Mary K. Letourneau case" (with Dustin Harp). Feminist Scholarship Division.

Joe Schwartz:
“Covering the Catholic Charities controversy: The Boston Globe's Reporting on Adoption by Gays and Lesbians.” GLBT Division.

Joseph Schwartz, Julie Andsager & Kate LaVail: “Sexual Health and Stigma in Urban News Coverage of Methamphetamine.” Health Communication Division.

Carol Liebler, Joseph Schwartz, Todd Harper: “Queer tales: Hegemonic framing and same-sex marriage.” GLBT Division

Mervat Youssef: "A Story of 'Us': Negotiating National Identity on Opinion Pages in Times of Crisis." Journalism Studies Division

Other Conferences

American Academy of Advertising (AAA) 2007 Asian-Pacific conference (May, 2007)

Yeon Kyeong Kim:
“Asian Americans in Prime-Time Television Commercials: An Update.”