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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 |
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| 9:00-10:00 | Media and Political Institutions
Moderator: Melissa Lenos |
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| Dianne Garyantes | Media Coverage of Iraqi Elections | |
| Susan Robinson | Gateway or Gatekeeper: The Institutionalization of Online News in Creating an Altered Technological Authority | |
| Gwen Shaffer | Blogged Down: Communication Theory Literature and the Blogging Phenomenon | |
| 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 |
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| 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) | |
| Rick Popp | Myth and Narrative in Newsmagazines’ Photographic Coverage of Hurricanes, 1935-2005 | |
| Heather Muse | Myth and Ritual in Red Sox Films | |
| 11:00-11:15 | Break |
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| 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 | |
| Guillermo Avila-Saavedra | Saavedra Madame President and the First Gentleman: Gender and Power in Commander in Chief | |
| Rebecca Hains | Pretty Smart: Subversive Intelligence in Girl Power Cartoons | |
| 12:00-12:15 | Break |
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| 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 | |
| Dominique Ruggieri | Cultural Studies and Pediatric Obesity: A Valuable Application | |
| Eliza L. Jacobs | Celebrity Branding of Public Health Issues: Impact on Awareness, Personal Concern, Involvement and Perceived Campaign Effectiveness | |
| 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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