Research talks feature social media, advertising, medical media topics
Remote participation in Turkish protests, perceptions of same-sex couples in advertising and “genderization” of disease are among the topics that researchers will discuss April 10.
Professor Emerita Chris Ogan will present “Participating in the Turkish Gezi Park Protests from Afar: Roles played by the Diaspora in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany” at the Research Colloquium at 12:30 p.m. in Ernie Pyle Hall lounge.
Ogan examined the Turkish Gezi Park demonstrations in 2013 and how ethnic minorities living in Europe used online networks to connect during and after the protests.
The Brown Bag Seminar begins at 12:30 p.m. in RTV226 and features two talks.
“Explicit and Implicit Responses to Same-Sex Couples in Advertisements” by doctoral student Glenna Read looks at people’s reactions to advertisements featuring same-sex couples. The study found that people with high anti-gay bias try to ignore messages with couples they see as objectionable, but social desirability prevented subjects from expressing those attitudes. Co-authors are Irene van Driel, Yongwoog Jeon and associate professor Robert Potter.
“The Entanglement of Sex, Culture, and Media in Genderizing Disease” by doctoral student Irene van Driel, explores how biological sex, culture and media factors cultivate gender-based susceptibility to diseases, and noted that aside from sex and culture, medical media contributed to the genderization of diseases. Co-authors are assistant professor Jessica Gall Myrick, doctoral student Rachelle Pavelko and professor Betsi Grabe, and Paul Hendriks-Vettehen, Mariska Kleemans and Gabi Schaap, all of Radboud University Nijmegen.
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