Communication and Change Symposium
Thursday, December 8, 2005

FIRST SESSION: Power to the People!

David Heineman
"From Devilish Designs to Cyberterrorism: Institutional Responses to Radical Protest Rhetorics"
Discussant: Joseph Schwartz

Choonghee Han
“Possible but not yet a Sufficient Public Sphere: Ohmynews on the Web”
Discussant: Yeon Kim
Charlie Shifflett
“Freedom’s Hollow Ring: Yahoo! Inc. and the Chinese Internet”
Discussant: Lee Farquhar
Jin Kim
“Evolution of Information Technology in France: Minitel to Internet”

Discussant: Josh Grimm

SECOND SESSION: Online Communities

Joseph Schwartz
“Framing Same-Sex Marriage: An Examination of Three Groups’ Websites”

Discussant: Kate LaVail

Anna Barron
“Fan Signification and the Creation of Online Texts: An Analysis of The L Word Fan Fiction Authors”
Discussant: Dave Heineman
Arlecia Simmons
“The Convergence of `The Electric Church’: How Bishop T.D. Jakes and Pastor Joel Osteen Use the Internet for Business and Ministry”

Discussant: Charlie Shifflett
Lee Farquhar
"Online Structuration: Roles and Rules in the Fantasy Sports Community”

Discussant: Jin Kim

THIRD SESSION: Katrina and the Media

Kate LaVail
"Health Information and Hurricane Katrina: A Mental Models Approach to Health-Related Articles”

Discussant: Arlecia Simmons

Yeon Kyeong Kim
“Framing Hurricane Katrina in Black and White: News and Discussion Boards in the Chicago Defender and the Minneapolis Star Tribune

Discussant: Anna Barron
Josh Grimm
“Katrina in a Thousand Words: Visual Framing of Narrative and Race”

Discussant: Choonghee Han

Research paper authors are UI graduate students
in 019:254, Communication and Change, Fall 2005