2009 AEJMC Convention – Boston

Papers presented in the order of their presentation day and time

Vanessa Shelton, moderator – A Beantown teach-in for high school and middle school scholastic media teachers; Scholastic Journalism Division and ASNE

Robin Johnson, paper –State-sponsored cyborgs: Gender, technology and immaterial labor in NBC’s “Bionic Woman” and “Chuck”; Cultural & Critical Studies Division

Vanessa Shelton, discussant – Innovative outreach to scholastic media; Scholastic Journalism Division

Jane Singer, discussant – Communication technology: Influence and impact of blogs; Communication Technology Division (poster session)

Judy Polumbaum, paper -- Professionalism in Chinese newswork: From concept to practice; International Communication Division (poster)

Etse Sikanku, paper – Inter-media agenda setting effects in Ghana: Newspaper vs. online and state vs. private; International Communication Division (poster)

Julie Andsager, panelist – Integrity of the review process; AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Research (plenary)
Jane Singer, presiding – Kappa Tau Alpha and AEJMC Awards Luncheon

Zhaoxi (Josie) Liu, paper -- Striving for hegemony in a public health crisis: Xinhua News Agency’s framing of the Sanlu tainted formula scandal; Cultural & Critical Studies Division

Julie Andsager, moderator – Recognizing the winners of the 2009 James Tankard Book Awards; AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Research

Julie Andsager & Elizabeth Stoycheff, paper – Perceived realism, anxiety, and health orientation in viewers’ responses to health news and entertainment; Mass Communication & Society Division (poster)

David Perlmutter, panelist – So many projects, so little time: Faculty concerns over balancing teaching, research, service, and life – The stress of earning tenure; AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Teaching

Jane Singer, paper – Quality control: Perceptions about user-generated content among local British newspaper journalists; International Communication Division

Jane Singer, paper – Role call: 2008 campaign and election coverage on the websites of leading U.S. newspapers; Newspaper Division & Council of Affiliates (Top Faculty Paper, Special Call)

Qingjing Yao & Zhaoxi (Josie) Liu, paper – Message desirability and social distance: Testing the third-person perception in a gubernatorial election; Communication Theory & Methodology Division

Leo Eko, paper -- American exceptionalism, the French exception, and harmonization of international intellectual property law; Law & Policy Division (poster)

Jane Singer, paper – Interactive ethics: Overlapping norms of practitioners and the public in a shared media space; Media Ethics Division (poster)

Hye-Jin Lee, paper -- Politicization of teen pregnancy: Fox News Channel’s coverage of Bristol Palin’s pregnancyduring the 2008 presidential election; Cultural & Critical Studies Division (poster)

David Perlmutter & Tien-tsung Lee, paper – Future voters survey: What does the electorate of tomorrow want? Communication Technology and Communication Theory & Methodology Divisions

Vanessa Shelton, moderator – Email alerts, mobile text news, twittering, blogs, Facebook and web updates: We can’t just teach them print, broadcast or online anymore; Radio-Television Journalism and Scholastic Journalism Divisions

Vanessa Shelton, moderator – Expectations, assessment, and the law; Scholastic Journalism Division

Gayane Toroysan & Charles Munro, paper - EARwitness testimony: Applying listener perspectives to developing a working concept of “localism” in broadcast radio; Radio and Television Journalism Division (Top Faculty Paper)

Congratulations to our faculty receiving special recognition at AEJMC

Judy Polumbaum – Newspaper Division’s Professional Freedom and Responsibility Educator of the Year

Jane Singer – national president, Kappa Tau Alpha