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2006 Graduate Research Forum
Program
Temple University School of Communications and Theater
8th Annual Graduate Student Research Forum
Friday, March 24, 2006
Tuttleman Learning Center 300, 8:45 am to 1:15 pm
8:45-9:00 Welcoming remarks
Concetta Stewart, Dean of the School of Communications and Theater
Carolyn Kitch, Director, Mass Media and
Communication Doctoral Program, SCT
Michael Maynard, Chair, Graduate Research Forum Committee
9:00-10:00 Media and
Political Institutions
Moderator: Melissa Lenos
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Dianne
Garyantes |
Media Coverage of Iraqi Elections |
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Susan
Robinson |
Gateway or Gatekeeper: The Institutionalization of Online News in
Creating an Altered Technological Authority |
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Gwen
Shaffer |
Blogged Down: Communication Theory Literature and the Blogging
Phenomenon |
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Dawn Gilpin |
Celebrating Nature: Dialogic
Discourses of Celebrities, Genre and the Development in National
Geographic’s Strange Days on Planet Earth |
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:00 Media, Myth and
Ritual
Moderator: Guillermo Avila-Saavedra
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Melissa Lenos |
Stacking the Deck: Mythic
Structure and The Manchurian Candidate(s) |
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Rick
Popp |
Myth
and Narrative in Newsmagazines’ Photographic Coverage of Hurricanes, 1935-2005 |
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Heather
Muse |
Myth
and Ritual in Red Sox Films |
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:00
Gender Issues
Moderator:
Heather Muse
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Rebecca Kern |
Structuring the Status Quo:
The L-Word and Queer Female Acceptability |
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Guillermo Avila-Saavedra |
Madame
President and the First Gentleman: Gender and Power in Commander in Chief |
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Rebecca
Hains |
Pretty
Smart: Subversive Intelligence in Girl Power Cartoons |
12:00-12:15
Break
12:15-1:15 Health,
Media and Celebrity
Moderator:
Rick Popp
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Kelly Mendoza |
Media Literacy and Health
Education: What’s the Prognosis? |
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Li-Yuan
Chang |
Measuring Participation: A Secondary Data Analysis |
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Dominique Ruggieri |
Cultural Studies and Pediatric Obesity: A Valuable Application |
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Eliza L. Jacobs |
Celebrity Branding of Public Health
Issues: Impact on Awareness, Personal Concern, Involvement and Perceived
Campaign Effectiveness |
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Maria Olivera |
The Leader as the Face of a Crisis: An
Analysis of Philip Morris’ CEO Speeches |
1:30-2:30
Lunch for presenters and faculty
Presentation of top-paper awards
Rhodes Room, Diamond Club, Mitten Hall
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