MAC Division Program @AEJMC2016
Program by Day: August 3 | August 4 | August 5 | August 6 | August 7
Wednesday, August 3
1 - 5 p.m.
Pre-conference workshop:
Teaching Online Media and Diversity Classes: Pitfalls and Unique Opportunities
Moderating/Presiding:
Birgit Wassmuth, Kansas State
Panelists:
Karen M. Turner, Temple
Victoria LaPoe, Western Kentucky
James Rada, Ithaca
Sharon Bramlett-Solomon, Arizona State
Benjamin LaPoe, Western Kentucky
Discussant:
Meta G. Carstarphen, Oklahoma
Link to pre-register for this workshop
Thursday, August 4
10 - 11:30 a.m.
Refereed Paper Research Session:
Top Research Papers
Moderating/Presiding:
Frances Ward-Johnson, Elon
Comparative Newspaper Coverage of the Twentieth
Century African American Freedom Struggle*
Christopher Frear, South Carolina
Do Black Lives Matter? A Content Analysis of New York
Times and St. Louis Post Dispatch Coverage of Michael
Brown Protests***
Mohamad Elmasry, North Alabama
and Mohammed el-Nawawy, Queens - Charlotte
Obsessing Over the White: The Effects of Fairness Cream
Commercials on Pakistani-American Women****
Aqsa Bashir, Florida
Using Media Literacy to Counter Stereotypical Images
of Blacks and Latinos*
Joseph Erba, Yvonnes Chen
and Hannah Kang, Kansas
Discussant:
Benjamin LaPoe, West Kentucky
* First Place Faculty Paper
** Second Place Student Paper
*** Third Place Faculty Paper
**** First Place Student Paper
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Panel Session:
The Race for the White House: New Research Models and Studies on Latinos and LatinAmericans, News Media, and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Moderating/Presiding:
Celeste González de Bustamante, Arizona
Panelists:
How Spanish and English Language News Media in New Mexico and Texas Cover Issues Related to Latinos and Latin Americans During the 2016 Presidential Election Campaign
Lourdes Cárdenas, New Mexico State
News Coverage of Latinos and Latin Americansin Spanish and English in Arizona News Media During the 2016 Election Campaign
Celeste González de Bustamante, Arizona
Spanish and English Language News Media Coverage of the 2016 Election Campaign in Southern California
Jéssica Retis, California State, Northridge
Spanish and English Language News Media Coverage of the Presidential Race in Southern Florida
Moses Shumowand Mercedes Vigón, Florida International
Discussant:
Federico Subervi, Kent State
1:30 - 3 p.m.
Refereed Paper Research Session:
The Intersection of Power, Politics and Race
the 21st Century
Moderating/Presiding:
Hazel Cole, West Georgia
Racial Congruence Effect in Candidate Coverage: How
Race Affects News Coverage of In- and Out-group
Candidates
Mingxiao Sui, Louisiana State;
Newly Paul, Appalachian State;
Paru Shah, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Political Science
Department;
Johanna Dunaway, Texas A&M
and Brooksie Chastant, Louisiana State
Mediating the President’s American Otherness from
“Birthers” to Bin Laden: Television-news Representations
of Barack Obama, False Balance, and Power
Angie Chuang and Anwulika Ngene, American
Media Politics of Belonging
Miriam Hernandez, Hong Kong
Trust and Credibility: Race and Its Effects on Audience
Perceptions of News Information from Broadcast News
and Anchors
Sadaf Ali, Eastern Michigan
and Fred Vultee, Wayne State
Discussant:
Melissa Johnson, North Carolina State
3:15 - 4:45 p.m.
Teaching Panel Session:
Fault Lines: Building Diverse and Inclusive Academies
Moderating/Presiding:
Marquita Smith, John Brown
Panelists:
Fineness: Fault Lines Improve Subject Matter Expertise
Evelyn Hsu, executive director, Robert C.Maynard Institute for Journalism
Education Facilitating Continuous Learning through Fault Lines
Martin G. Reynolds, Senior Fellow for Strategic Planning Director, Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education; senior editor, Community Engagement and Training for the Bay Area News Group/Digital First Media
#BLACKLIVESMATTER and Fault Lines
Jean Marie Brown, Texas Christian
Fault Lines: Enhancing Campus CQ - Cultural Intelligence
Marquita Smith, John Brown
Promote and Model Excellence
Frances Ward-Johnson, Elon
5 - 6:30 p.m.
Research Panel Session:
Race, Terror and Religion: Researching and Teaching About Violence and Identityin the 21st Century
Moderating/Presiding:
Catherine Squires, Minnesota
Panelists:
Evelyn Alsultany, Michigan
Christopher Campbell, Southern Mississippi
Kiah Bennett, Minnesota
Stephen Bennett, George Washington
Ruth DeFoster, St. Catherine
Friday, August 5
7 - 8 a.m.
Business Session:
Outgoing Executive Committee MeetingModerating/Presiding:
Masudul Biswas, Loyola-Maryland
8:15 - 9:45 a.m.
Teaching Panel Session:
J-School Programs Are Speaking a New
Language — Spanish
Moderating/Presiding:
Laura Castaneda, Southern California
Panelists:
Jessica Retis, California State-Northridge
Raul Reis, Emerson
Toni Albertson, Mt. San Antonio
11:45 - 1:15 p.m.
Research Panel Session:
Native Media and Web 3.0 — Are We Interactive Yet?
Moderating/Presiding:
Meta G. Carstarphen, Oklahoma
Panelists:
Virtual Spaces & Representation: Tourism Messagesand Indian Nations in Oklahoma
Meta G. Carstarphen, Oklahoma
Media and the Native Health News Alliance
Teresa Trumbly Lamsam (Osage), executive editor, Native Health News Alliance; Nebraska at Omaha
Telling Stories in the Digital Age: Journalism in Indian Country
Victoria LaPoe (Cherokee), Western Kentucky
Producing for TV & Radio Online for Indian and Non-Indian Audiences Ramona Marozas, web producer/producer, KBJT & KDLH, Duluth, Minnesota
The Cherokee Phoenix story: From Syllabry to Cyberspace
Bryan T. Pollard (Cherokee), director, Tribal Relations, Arkansas School of Law; former executive editor, Cherokee Phoenix
1:30 - 3 p.m.
Scholar to Scholar Session:
When Video Becomes Salient: How Ethnic and Mainstream Newspapers Framed the Sandra Bland Controversy
Earlesha Butler, Florida
Finding the Impact Zone: Testing Health News for the Native American Audience
Sherice Gearhart, Texas Tech; Teresa Trumbly-Lamsam and Casey Riesberg, Nebraska at Omaha
Discussant:
Miglena Sternadori, Texas Tech
1:30 - 3 p.m.
Teaching Panel Session:
From Trigger Warnings to Testing Tolerance: Creating Classrooms that Support and Encourage Student Engagement with Controversial Topics
Moderating/Presiding:
Candi Carter Olson, Utah State
Panelists:
Chelsea Reynolds, Minnesota
Victoria LaPoe, Western Kentucky
Tracy Everbach, North Texas
Candi Carter Olson, Utah State
Meredith Clark, North Texas
5 - 6:30 p.m.
Panel Session:
Transgressive Girls, Mothers, and Feminists: Transformations Through Social Media
Moderating/Presiding:
Lisa Cuklanz, Boston College
Panelists:
History in a Hashtag: Using Social Media to Write Women into the Historical Record
Candi Carter Olson, Utah State
Communicating, Circulating, and Celebrating Feminist Ideals through Social Media
Mia Moody-Ramirez, Baylor
Name and Shame: How Indian Feminists are Using Digital Tools to Shame Perpetrators of Sexual Harassment/Abuse?
Kalyani Chadha and Pallavi Guha, Maryland
More than Mthers: Women Bloggers with Children Stine Eckert, Wayne State Leave a Comment: Mommyblogs and the Everyday Struggle to Reclaim Parenthood
Carolyn Bronstein, DePaul and Linda Steiner, Maryland
6:45 - 8:15 p.m.
Minorities and Communication Division Business Session:
Members’ Meeting
Moderating/Presiding:
Masudul Biswas, Loyola-Maryland
8:45 - 10:00 p.m.
Off-site MAC Social
Venue: TBA via MAC listserv
Saturday, August 6
7 - 8 a.m.
Business Session:
Executive Committee Meeting
Moderating/Presiding:
Josh Grimm, Louisiana State
12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Annual Luncheon:
Annual Diversity and Journalism Education Luncheon
Moderating/Presiding:
Jeff Browne, Colorado and Josh Grimm, Louisiana State
Presentation of Scholastic Journalism Division’s Robert P. Knight Multicultural Award Recipient:
Kimetris Baltrip, Kansas State
Recognition of the 2016 Lionel C. Barrow, Jr. Award Recipient:
Joel Beeson, West Virginia
Luncheon Speaker:
Ramona Marozas, KDLH-TV, Duluth, Minnesota
Pre-registration is required. Link to luncheon registration form.
1:45 - 3:15 p.m.
PF&R Panel Session:
The Rhetoric of Riot: Criticism of Media Coverage in Baltimore and Beyond
Moderating/Presiding:
Laura K. Smith, South Carolina
Panelists:
Hub Brown, Syracuse
Masudul Biswas, Loyola Maryland
Leigh Moscowitz, South Carolina
Robert Spicer, Millersville
Sunday, August 7
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Refereed Paper Research Session:
Media, Trust and the Proliferation
of Racial Disparities
Moderating/Presiding:
Maria Taveras DeMoya, DePaul
We Talk of What We Care About: Understanding Climate
Change Perceptions and Attitudes Across Hispanic,
African American, and Anglo Racial/Ethnic Groups
Troy Elias, Nicole Dahmen, Daniel Morrison,
Deborah Morrison
and David Morris II, Oregon
Latino is the New Black: Racial Disparities in Network
Television Coverage of Major League Baseball Games
James Rada, Ithaca
and K. Tim Wulfemeyer, San Diego State
At the Border: A Comparative Examination
of U.S. Newspaper Coverage about Unaccompanied
Immigrant Minors**
Ricardo Valencia, Oregon
Ethnic Media as Communities of Practice: The Cultural and Institutional Identities*
Sherry Yu, Temple
Discussant:
Melody Fisher, Mississippi State
* Second Place Faculty Paper ** Third Place Student Paper