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2002 Graduate Research Forum Program

4th Annual SCAT Graduate Student Research Forum


February 1, 2002

Tuttleman Learning Center 405A/B

 

8:45-9:00 Refreshments & welcoming remarks

 
9:00-10:10

Panel 1:  Mass Media and Popular Culture

Moderator: Carolyn Kitch
  Vaun Monroe

The Moral Ambiguity of Black/White Race Relations in Film Noir (abstract)

  Margaret Rakus

The Brady Bunch:  Nostalgia Then and Now (abstract)

  Hong Chi Shiau

Making Sense of South Park and American Humor. A Case Study of Star TV's Innovative Adjustment to Local Tastes in Taiwan

Qiang Huang

Is Witnessing A Problem?

Jennifer Musser-Metz

Creative Collective Memory of ?That Woman?: A Study of Monica Lewinsky?s Portrayal in Newsweeklies During Five Weeks in 1998

10:20-11:20

Panel 2:  Organizations and Globalization

Moderator: Michael Maynard
  Olga Vilceanu

Framing the Millennium

  Anna Zaks

Virtual Organizations: The Effects of Degrees of Virtuality on Various Organizational Practices

  Gisela Gil-Egui

Geopolitical References, Regional Issues, and National Identities in Cyberspace:  A Study of Crossposted Messages in Usenet soc culture, Newsgroups

  Yan Tian

A Study of the Internet-Related Conglomerations:  An Application and Revision of a Corporate Culture Model

11:30-12:15

Panel 3:  Social Psychological Aspects of New Media

Moderator: Priscilla Murphy
  Heeman Kim

Attention to Online Structural Features

  Melissa Selverian

Virtual Learning: In Search of a Psychological Model

  Sung Bok Park

An Analysis of the Offline Gathering in Korean Online Community: The FLASH as Connection Between Cyberspace and Physical Territory

12:30-2:00  

Presentation of awards;

Lunch at the Diamond Club Rhoades Room (For authors, presenters and faculty)