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2007 Graduate Research Forum Program

Temple University School of Communications and Theater
9th Annual Graduate Student Research Forum

Friday, February 23, 2007
Tuttleman Learning Center 300, 8:45 am to 1:15 pm

 

8:45-9:00 Welcoming remarks

 

Tom Jacobson, Senior Associate Dean, SCT
Carolyn Kitch, Mass Media and Communication Doctoral Program, SCT
Michael Maynard, Chair, Graduate Research Forum Committee
9:00-10:00

 

Myth, Culture and Identity

Moderator: Rebecca Kern

Melissa Lenos
"Something More than Just an Ape: The Myth of King Kong (1933, 1976, 2005)"

Michael Robb Grieco
"The Role of Media in Adolescent Identity: A Literature Review"

Dawn Gilpin
"Attractor Basins in the Phase Space of Reputation: The example of Wal-Mart and the News Media"

Dianne M. Garyantes
"Cultural Competency of Journalists: Temple’s MURL Program"
10:00-10:15

Break

  
10:15-11:00 Narrative Film, Comparative Analysis and Postmaterialism

 

Moderator: Rick Popp

Maria de Fatima Oliveira
"By Alternative Standards: An Analysis of the Crisis through the Lens of Postmaterialism"

Ted Nannicelli
"Two Faces of Faces: A Critique of Ray Carney's Writing on John Cassavetes and a Comparative Analysis of Style and Meaning in the Original and Alternative Prints of John Cassavetes's Faces"

Naima Lowe
"Pushing Porno's Buttons: Spectator Pleasures in Hard-core Narrative Pornography"
11:00-11:15

Break

  
11:15-12:00

Framing and the Media

Moderator: Jordan McClain

Amanda Scheiner
"Katie Couric, First Female Prime Time Solo News Anchor: Press Coverage Themes from Liberal and Radical Feminist Perspectives"

Kirstin Lindermayer
"Faith and Forgiveness: The Dominant Frame of the West Nickel Mines Shooting Story"

Gwen Shaffer
"Let's Talk about Text: How Government and Telcom Documents Frame Arguments For and Against Municipal Wireless Initiatives"

Kelly K. Ryan
"Public Death: Framing, American News Discourse and Public Opinion in the Terri Schiavo Case"
12:00-12:15

Break

  
12:15-1:15 Applications of Media Literacy

 

Moderator: Gwen Shaffer

Kelly Mendoza
"Mapping Parental Mediation and Making Connections with Media Literacy"

Tina L. Peterson
"The Role of Recipe Usage in Nutrition Literacy, Eating and Cooking Habits of Women"

Cheraine Stanford
"The Art of Creative Subterfuge: A Guide to Teaching Media Literacy in the Urban High School"
1:30-2:30 Lunch for presenters and faculty

 

Presentation of top-paper awards
Rhodes Room, Diamond Club, Mitten Hall