36th Annual Research Symposium
College of Communication and Information
University of Tennessee
“Communication and Information Research
in a Global Environment”
College of Communication and Information
February 26, 2014
Research Symposium 2014 Program
Supported by the College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Registration Continental Breakfast | CCI 3rd Floor Lobby |
| 9:00-9:55 a.m. | Poster Session Poster presenters will be with their posters during this time to discuss the posters with judges and with symposium attendees. A complete list of posters and presenters is provided at the end of the program. Poster Judges:
| CCI 3rd Floor Lobby |
| 10:00-10:55 a.m. | Contributed Paper Session 1 Moderator: Dr. Candace White Celebrity Endorsement in Military Advertising, Sejin Park, Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee Effects of U.S. Media on the Adjustment of International Students at U.S. Universities, Whitney Porter, Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee Correlates of Belief in Horatio Alger Mythology, Dr. Mark Harmon, Professor, University of Tennessee | Patrick Auditorium (321 Communications Building) |
| 11:00-11:55 a.m. | Keynote Address Introduction of Speaker: Dean Michael Wirth Mao in India: Comparing Representations in India’s Thriving Regional, Hindi and English Language Dailies Speaker: Dr. Bella Mody James de Castro Chair and Professor in Global Media Studies School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Colorado, Boulder | Patrick Auditorium (321 Communications Building) |
| 12:00-1:15 p.m. | Lunch with Pecha-Kucha Presenters:
| Scripps Convergence Lab (402 Communications Building) |
| 1:30-2:25 p.m. | Panel – Communicating with Funding Sources
| Patrick Auditorium (321 Communications Building) |
| 2:30-3:25 p.m. | Contributed Paper Session 2 Moderator: Dr. Mark Harmon Reliability Cases: Coded Behaviors for Disney Princesses and Princes, Kendal Livick, M.A. Student, Virginia Tech, Raven Griffin, M.A. Student, Virginia Tech Expectancy Violations within Parasocial Relationships, Sarah Harvey, Undergraduate, University of Tennessee Perfect Mothers: How Mothers are Represented in Images in Food Advertising, Jinhee Lee, Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee | Patrick Auditorium (321 Communications Building) |
| 3:30-4:15 p.m. | Contributed Paper Session 3 Moderator: Dr. Awa Zhu Fearing Yourself: Genetic Privacy and Discrimination in an Age of Human Genome Revelation, Chris Samoray, M.S. Student, University of Tennessee Microfinance: Key Concepts, Challenges, Innovative Solutions, and Opportunities for Communication and Information Researchers, Dr. Devendra Potnis. Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee | Patrick Auditorium (321 Communications Building) |
| 4:15 p.m. | Closing and Presentation Awards Dr. Carol Tenopir, Director, Center for Information and Communication | Patrick Auditorium (321 Communications Building) |
Poster Presenters
| Poster Title | Presenters |
|---|---|
| The Construction of Cultural Identity in the Vietnamese Film Củ Chi | Lindsey Bier, Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee |
| Exploring Communication Accommodation Theory as a Contributor to Source Credibility in Health Messages within the Black Community | Stephan Spates, Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee |
| Scholars’ Blogs in Limbo: Characteristics of Inactive, by Publicly Available Blogs | Dr. Carolyn Hank, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Sarah Holmes, M.S. Student, University of Tennessee Michelle Schabowski, M.S. Student, University of Tennessee |
| A Biome Approach to Finding Information via Land-Grant Universities | Inga Haugen, M.S. Student, University of Tennessee |
| Eye-Tracking Capabilities of the User-Experience Lab | Rachel Volentine, Research Coordinator, University of Tennessee Amber Owens, M.S. Student, University of Tennessee Chad Mitchell, M.S. Student, University of Tennessee Tanner Jessel, M.S. Student, University of Tennessee |
| Life is Not Supposed to be Pain-Free: Nurse-Patient Communication, Health Literacy, and the Abnormalization of Pain | Betsy Dalton, Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee Scott Eldredge, Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee Dr. Laura Miller, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee |
| Perceived Racial Microaggressions and Job Satisfaction among African-American Librarians in Academic Research Libraries | LaVerne Gray, Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee |
| Scientific Communication for Information Professionals | Elizabeth Frakes, M.S. Student, University of Tennessee Chelsea Williamson-Barnwell, M.S. Student, University of Tennessee |
| Early Adopters of Open Research Output: A Study of the Motivations and Opinions of Figshare.com Users | Tanner Jessel, M.S. Student, University of Tennessee Ben Birch, Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee |
| Mothers’ Understanding of Ads in Parenting Magazines: How do Mothers’ Make Sense of Ads in these Magazines? | Meenakshi Trichur Venkitasubramanian, Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee |
Symposium Committee
- Dr. Suzie Allard, School of Information Sciences
- Dr. Rachel Fleming-May, School of Information Sciences
- Ms. Diana Hall, Administrative Services Assistant
- Dr. Mark Harmon, School of Journalism and Electronic Media
- Dr. Jonathan Pettigrew, School of Communication Studies
- Ms. Bobbie Suttles, Center for Information and Communication Studies
- Dr. Carol Tenopir, Direc
tor, Center for Information and Communication Studies - Dr. Candace White, School of Advertising and Public Relations
- Dr. Awa Zhu, School of Information Sciences