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A contingent from The Media School attended the National Communications Association’s 100th annual convention Nov. 23-24 in Chicago. Twenty-six faculty members and graduate students presented papers, served on panels and moderated talks on many aspects of media and communications.

Journalism assistant professor Jessica Gall Myrick was presented the top health communication dissertation award while at the conference. “Searching from the Heart: The Interplay Between Emotions and Customization in Online Health Information Seeking” was her dissertation when she earned her Ph.D. at University of North Carolina.

Other participation:

Ozen Bas, doctoral candidate

• “Putting a Human Face on Cold-Hard-Facts: Effects of Emotional Personalization on Perceptions of Issue Importance,” co-author.
  “Measuring Implicit Reactions to Social Issues through Computerized Analysis of Written Responses to News Stories,” co-author.

Sean Connolly, doctoral student

•  “Face-ism and Body-ism in Profile Pictures: Perceptions of Women’s Personality Traits and Reproductive Potential,” co-author.

Lindsay Ems, doctoral candidate

• “Subculture-Centered Public Health Communication: A Social Media Strategy,” author.

Matthew Falk, doctoral candidate

• “The Effects of Gender and Task-Orientation on the Attractiveness and Design of Virtual World Avatars,” co-author.

Amy Gonzales, assistant professor

• “Subculture-Centered Public Health Communication: A Social Media Strategy,” co-author.
•  “Health Benefits and Barriers to Cell Phone Use in Low-Income Urban U.S. Neighborhoods: Indications of Technology Maintenance,” author.

Maria Elizabeth Grabe, professor

• “Putting a Human Face on Cold-Hard-Facts: Effects of Emotional Personalization on Perceptions of Issue Importance,” co-author.
• “Face-ism and Body-ism in Profile Pictures: Perceptions of Women’s Personality Traits and Reproductive Potential,” co-author.
• “Measuring Implicit Reactions to Social Issues through Computerized Analysis of Written Responses to News Stories,” co-author

Dan Hassoun, doctoral student

• “Optimizing the Poor Juggler: Multitasking and the (In)Efficient Computerization of the Mind,” author.

Minchul Kim, doctoral student

• “Putting a Human Face on Cold-Hard-Facts: Effects of Emotional Personalization on Perceptions of Issue Importance,” co-author.
• “Measuring Implicit Reactions to Social Issues through Computerized Analysis of Written Responses to News Stories,” author.

Matthew Kobach, doctoral candidate

• “Face-ism and Body-ism in Profile Pictures: Perceptions of Women’s Personality Traits and Reproductive Potential,” author.

Elizabeth Kwon, doctoral student

• “The Portrayal of Mental Illness in Television News,” author.
• “Face-ism and Body-ism in Profile Pictures: Perceptions of Women’s Personality Traits and Reproductive Potential,” author.

Nicky Lewis, doctoral candidate

• “The Role of Priming and Self-Image on Emotional Responses to Social Comparisons in Reality Television Programming,” author.

Kristin Lindsley, doctoral candidate

• “The Effects of Gender and Task-Orientation on the Attractiveness and Design of Virtual World Avatars,” author.

Teresa Lynch, doctoral student

• “Psycho/Biological Considerations for Human Interactions within Video Games,” presenter.

Nicole Martins, assistant professor

• “The Portrayal of Mental Illness in Television News,” co-author.
• “Playing by the Rules: Parental Mediation of Video Game Play,” author.

Nicholas Matthews, doctoral candidate

• “Playing by the Rules: Parental Mediation of Video Game Play,” co-author.
• “Psycho/Biological Considerations for Human Interactions within Video Games,” presenter.

Jessica Gall Myrick, assistant professor

• “Putting a Human Face on Cold-Hard-Facts: Effects of Emotional Personalization on Perceptions of Issue Importance,” author.
• “Gender and Sexuality in New Media,” chair.
• “All the Moods That are Fit to Click: Effects of interactive Emotion Meters on Attitudes, Recall, and Sharing Intentions in Online News,” co-author.
• “Measuring Implicit Reactions to Social Issues through Computerized Analysis of Written Responses to News Stories,” co-author.

 Sangwon Park, doctoral candidate

• “Anything Besides the Korean Wave? Communication Scholars’ Research Agendas in the Era of Globalization,” author.
• “From Chinese Salon Photography to Korean K-pop: Branding a Nation through Visual Communication,” presenter.

Radhika Parameswaran, professor

• “Scholars’ Office Hours,” presenter.

Bryant Paul, associate professor

• “The Effects of Gender and Task-Orientation on the Attractiveness and Design of Virtual World Avatars,” co-author.

Stephen Stewart, doctoral student

• “’Man up, Bro’: An Analysis of Bro-identity as Performed and Constructed on Twitter,” author.

Ted Striphas, associate professor

• “Remembering Stuart Hall: Passion, Politics, and Power,” chair.
• “Recommended for You: The Netflix Prize and the Production of Algorithmic Culture,” co-author.

Irene van Driel, doctoral student

• “Measuring Implicit Reactions to Social Issues through Computerized Analysis of Written Responses to News Stories,” co-author.

Joshua Vasquez, doctoral candidate

• “’You Know Why I’m the Way I Am?’: Cinematic Representations of the Melancholy Veteran as Cultural Containment of the Damaged Masculine,” author.

A. Jay Wagner, doctoral candidate

• “Access as an Asset: Obama’s Open Government,” author.

Andrew Weaver, associate professor

• “The Role of Priming and Self-Image on Emotional Responses to Social Comparisons in Reality Television Programming,” co-author.

Daphna Yeshua-Katz, doctoral candidate

• “Navigating Infertility Stigma in Online Communities,” author.