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2004 Graduate Research Forum Program

6th Annual SCT Graduate Student Research Forum
February 27, 2004

Temple University Center City (TUCC) Room 406.

 

8:45-9:00 Refreshments & welcoming remarks

 

9:00-10:00

Panel 1: Alternative perspectives on media influence

Moderator: Renee Hobbs

 

Amanda Scheiner

Resistance Theory and Media Activism
  Maria A. Simone

CODE PINK Alert: The World Wide Web at Work in the Public Sphere

 

Melissa Forbes

The Celebrity?s Elusive Right to Privacy
Melissa Garrison

Organization Environment: The Impact of the Media on the Ability to Secure Resources

10:10-10:50 

Panel 2:  Models of media coverage

Moderator: Matthew Lombard

  Sue Robinson

Newspapers on the Web: Forming a New Journalism Online: A Research Proposal

  Margaret Rakus

Rosie's Site of Inclusion: A Textual Analysis of Lesbian Mother Subtext In A National Women?s Magazine

  Olga Vilceanu

Old vs. New: The Case of Genetically Modified Foods in Us and French Newspapers, 1998-2002

11:00-12:00 

Panel 3: Narratives of resistance within popular culture

Moderator: Nancy Morris

  Suhi Choi

The Analysis of Two Visual Strategies in Cross-Cultural Documentary: Sharing Authority and Being Reflexive

  Heather Muse

Hey, That's My Band!: Subcultural Theory, Indie Rock and Advertising

  Moira O'Keeffe

Marketing The Indie Mystique: Film Trailers From Studio Specialty Divisions

Guillermo Avila-Saavedra

Influence of Television Exposure on Perceptions of Latinos

12:10-1:00  

Panel 4: Comic art and gender politics

Moderator: Carolyn Kitch

  Matthew Jones

Erotic Comics: An Investigation into the Arousal of Sexual Desire through Comic Art

  Sueen Noh

In The Name Of Love: Adolescent Heterosexuality In Korean And Japanese Comics For Girls

  Tom Polcari

Behind Every Great Woman There Has to Be a Great Man: The Structural Role of Boys, Men, and Masculine Beasts in Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls

  Rebecca Hains

Power(Puff) Feminism: Strength and Collective Action

1:00-??? 

Presentation of awards; pizza party