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Conference Presentations 2010-2011

Abe, Y. (2011). Parody Diplomacy: A Civic Participatory Diplomacy. The USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Program Third Annual Research and Creative Project Symposium. Los Angeles, CA.

Agloro, A. (2011). Contemporary Coon Songs and Neo-minstrels: Auto-Tune the News, Antoine Dodson, and the “Bed Intruder Song.” Annual Meeting of the National Association for Ethnic Studies. Claremont, CA.

Agloro, A. & McVeigh-Schultz, J. (2011). Deconstructing Privilege: Using Synaptic Crowd as a Tool for Youth Empowerment. USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Research and Creative Project Symposium. Los Angeles. CA.

Agloro, A. (2010). Who Screenshot Ya?: Digital Representations of Mixed Race. Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference. Chicago, IL.

Weiss, E., Akira, S., Kim, Y. & Hollingshead, A. (2011). Online Brand Hate Groups: A New Way of Organizing. ICA 61st Annual Conference. Boston, MA.

Eisenstock, B., Mendoza, K., & Alper, M. (2011). New Media Literacy Strategies for Empowering Digital Citizenship: From Toddlers to Teens. Presented at the 10th Biennial National Association for Media Literacy Education Conference (NAMLE). Philadelphia, PA. July 22-25, 2011.

Alper, M. (2011). Representations of Non-American Foreigners in American Children’s Television. Presented in the Children, Adolescents and the Media Interest Group at the 61st Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA). Boston, MA. May 26-30, 2011. (top student paper award).

Alper, M., Fenton, L., Tasse, A. & Vathsangam, H. (2011). Poddles: How Manipulatives with Digital Surfaces and Interfaces can Revolutionize the Future of Children’s Play. Presented at the Third Annual USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Research and Creative Project Symposium. Los Angeles, CA. April 5, 2011.

Alper, M. (2011). “There’s a Nap for That!”: Parents’ YouTube Videos of Babies and Toddlers Using iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch Devices. Presented at the 2nd Annual Digital Media and Learning Conference (DML). Long Beach, CA. March 3-5, 2011.

An, Z. (2011). Cultural Differences in Communication Competence: A Comparison of Online and Offline Communication Traits. Paper submitted to the annual conference of the National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA.

An, Z. (2010). Cultural Characteristics and the Conceptualization of Healthy Eating: A Comparison of U.S. and Chinese Websites. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

An, Z. (2010). Cultural Differences in Predicting Behavioral Intention for Healthy Eating. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Anderson, J. (2011). The Natural & New Media: An Examination of Black Female Hair Politics and Digitally Mediated Agency. Radical Ecology: Black Technologies of Innovation and Intervention. Evanston, IL.

Arzumanova, I. (2010). Veiled Bodies: Empire, Race, and Capital in Karachi Fashion Week. 2010 Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. Santa Clara, CA. (August 13, 2010).

Arzumanova, I. (2011). Roundtable: Blogging, Tweeting, and Posting: Online Media Community Building & Scholarly Promotion. 2011 Society for Cinema & Media Studies Conference. New Orleans, LA. (March 12, 2011).

Arzumanova, I. (2011, forthcoming). Veiled Bodies: Aesthetics, Islam and Capital in Pakistan's Fashion Week. International Communication Association. Boston, MA. (May 26-30, 2011).

Barnes, S. (2010). Rhetorical Analysis of Balloon Boy Case. National Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Bautista, S. & Balsamo, A. (2011). Understanding the Distributed Museum: Mapping the Spaces of Museology in Contemporary Culture. Museums and the Web 2011. Philadelphia, PA.

Beacom, A. M., Kim, Y. J., Selby, J., Weber, M. S., & Monge, P. R. (2011, May). Identifying Perceived Experts in an Online Community of Practice. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference. Boston, MA.

Beacom, A. M., Frank, L. B., Nomachi, J., & Galloway-Gilliam, L. (2010, July). Multiplexity and Predictors of Collaboration in Interorganizational Networks. Paper presented at the 30th Annual International Sunbelt Social Networks Conference. Riva del Garda, Italy.

Frank, L. B., Beacom, A. M., Nomachi, J., & Galloway-Gilliam, L. (2010, July). The Importance of Place in Collaborative Inter-organizational Networks. Paper presented at the 30th Annual International Sunbelt Social Networks Conference. Riva del Garda, Italy.

Belanger, P. (2011). “The Declaration of Independence: Nationhood and Rhetorical Power.” Western States Communication Association. Monterey, CA.

Belanger, P. (2010). “Canada in Afghanistan: Legitimacy and Narrative Coherence.” National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Belanger, P. (2010). “The Rhetorical Art of Self-Defense.” National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Belanger, P. (2010). “Identity and Nationhood: Canada’s Apology to First Nations.” International Communication Association. Singapore.

Belanger, P. (2010). “Rhetorical Diplomacy / Global Security: Evolution of the ‘War on Terror’.” Canadian Communication Association, Concordia University. Montreal, Canada.

Boser, B.L. (2010). New Conservative Social Imaginaries: The Case of Smart Girl Politics, Inc. Competitive paper presented in Public Address interest group at 2011 Western States Communication Association Conference. Monterey, CA.

Boser, B. L. (2010). Redefining Feminism and Choice in “The Feminist Case Against Abortion.” Competitive paper presented in Public Address interest group at 2010 National Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Broad, G. M. & Gonzalez, C. (2011, May). Intergroup Relations in South Los Angeles – Combining Communication Infrastructure and Contact Hypothesis Approaches. Paper presented at the Conference of the International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Broad, G. M., et al. (2011, February). Visualization of Slow Developing Hazards: Influencing Perceptions and Behaviors to Facilitate Adaptation Planning. Paper presented at the Conference of the Western States Communication Association. Monterey, CA.

Broad, G. M. (2010, November). Revolution on Primetime TV: Jamie Oliver Takes on the School Food System. Paper presented at the Conference of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Broad, G. M. (2010, November). Ritual Communication and Use Value in the Case of the South Central Farm. Paper Presented at the Conference of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Broad, G. M. (2010, November). Urban Agrarianism: Envisioning the Agrarian in the City and Suburb of the Future. Paper presented in the Agrarian Studies Mini-Conference at the Conference of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Broad, G. M. & Villanueva, G. (2010, November). Redirecting the Negative Communicative Urban Tradition of the South Figueroa Corridor: Visualizing Communication Asset Mapping and Neighborhood Storytelling. Paper presented at the Urban Communication Foundation Seminar at the Conference of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Brody, E. (2011). Categorizing Coming Out: The Modern Televisual Mediation of Queer Youth Identification. International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Brody, E. (2011). He’s On Our Team: The (Re)Negotiation of Competition and Community in LGBT Sports Culture. Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Symposium. Los Angeles, CA.

Brody, E. (2011). Because I Said So: The Operationalizing of Queer Authenticity Within Mediated Coming Out Narratives. The Society for Cinema & Media Studies. New Orleans, LA.

Brough, M. (2011). Youth Empowerment in a Participatory (Digital) City? Learning from the Case of Medellin, Colombia. Digital Media and Learning Conference. Long Beach, CA.

Brough, M. (2010). Nuevas Tecnologías, Nuevas Prácticas?: Oportunidades Para los Medios Comunitarios y Ciudadanos. Seminario Internacional, Radio Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia.

Chatman, D. E. (2010). Watching Race in a Post-racial Era: A Critical Exploration of Constructions of Blackness on HBO’s True Blood. Presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Frank, L. B., Chatterjee, J. S., Chaudhuri, S., Lapsansky, C., Bhanot, A., & Murphy, S. T. (2010, June). Talking and Complying: The Role of Interpersonal Discussion and Social Norms in Public Communication Campaigns. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference. Singapore.

Driscoll, K. (2010). "Dude, Where's My Video?". Society of Ethnomusicology. Los Angeles, CA.

Yochim, E. C. & Driscoll, K. (2010). "Summary: Who's Holding the Camera? The Co-Evolution of Open Video and Skateboarding". Open Video Conference. New York City, NY.

Driscoll, K., McVeigh-Schultz, J., & Swartz, L. (2011). "Thinking through Code: DIY Data-Mining and the Politics of Off-Topic Forums". Digital Media and Learning. Long Beach, CA.

Evans, S.K. (2011). Managing Creative Capacity: Creativity as a Process of Organizational Change. Conference of the International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Farr, B. (2011). Keeping Cinderella in Her Place: Vampire Fairy Tales and Gender Normativity. Western States Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA.

Eisenstock, B., Mendoza, K., Felt, L.J. & Alper, M. (2011, July). New Media Literacy Strategies for Empowering Digital Citizenship: From Toddlers to Teens. National Association for Media Literacy Education Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA.

Felt, L.J. & Schrock, A. (April 5, 2011). Participatory Learning and You! Annenberg Graduate Fellows Symposium. Los Angeles, CA.

Vartabedian, V., Felt, L.J., Literat, I., Schrock, A., & Klosterman, M. (March 3, 2011). The Characteristics of Participatory Learning. Digital Media & Learning Annual Conference. Long Beach, CA.

Felt, L.J., Literat, I., & Morgan, M. (November 18, 2010). New Media Literacies: The Core Challenges of Implementation and Assessment in International Contexts. Curricular Track: Global Competencies/21st Century Skills. 2010 Global Education Conference. Elluminate.com.

Felt, L.J. (November 16, 2010). Leveraging New Media Literacies & Social & Emotional Learning to Enrich Teen Education in Senegal. 96th Annual National Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Frank, L. B., Beacom, A. M., Nomachi, J., & Galloway-Gilliam, L. (2010, July). The Importance of Place in Collaborative Inter-organizational Networks. Presented at the International Network for Social Network Analysis Sunbelt Conference. Riva del Garda, Italy.

Beacom, A. M., Frank, L. B., Nomachi, J., & Galloway-Gilliam, L. (2010, July). Multiplexity and Predictors of Collaboration in Interorganizational Networks. Presented at the International Network for Social Network Analysis Sunbelt Conference. Riva del Garda, Italy.

O’Brien, N. F., Frank, L. B., Gould, J. J., Schultz, C. M., Weber, M. S., & Monge, P. R. (2010, July). Collective Action in Virtual Organizations: Networks of Collaboration in an Online Scientific Community. Presented at the International Network for Social Network Analysis Sunbelt Conference. Riva del Garda, Italy.

Frank, L. B., Chatterjee, J. S., Chaudhuri, S., Lapsansky, C., Bhanot, A., & Murphy, S. T. (2010, June). Talking and Complying: The Role of Interpersonal Discussion and Social Norms in Public Communication Campaigns. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference. Singapore.

Gillespie, R. (2011). “Styles of Imagining Publics: Poetic and Deliberative World-Making in the Age of Networks.” Competitive paper presented at Western Communication Association Annual Conference. Monterey, CA.

Gillespie, R. (2010). “Reflections on Marx, Value and Circulation Amidst A Global Financial Crisis: Toward a New Theoretical Account of Speculative Capitalism.” Presentation at NCA Preconference on Marxism and Social Change. San Francisco, CA.

Broad, G., González, C. (2011, May). Intergroup Relations in South Los Angeles: A Communication Infrastructure and Contact Hypothesis Approach. Presented at the International Communication Association Conference. Boston, MA. (top student paper in Intergroup Communication Division).

González, C., Robbins, C., Bar, F., Brough, M., Lapsansky, C., Stokes, B. (2011, May). Storytelling Across the Mobile Divide. Presented at the International Communication Association Conference. Boston, MA.

González, C. (2010, November). Retelling South Los Angeles: Building Bridges through Storytelling. Presented at the National Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Ball-Rokeach, S. J., González, C. (2010, June). Conceptual Tools for Exploring Immigrants’ Communication Landscapes. Presented at the International Communication Association Conference, ERIC & IAMCR Migration, Diaspora & Media Panel. Singapore.

González, C. (2010, June). Mobilizing Information in Univision Online’s Election 2008 Forum. Presented at the International Communication Association Conference. Singapore.

González, C. Mobile Voices: Storytelling Tools for Social Change (2010, April). Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaborative (HASTAC) Virtual Conference.

González, C., Gonzalez M, & Stokes, B. (2010, March). Spanning the Digital Divide with Mobile Video and Technology. Presented at the LA Media Reform Summit. Occidental College. Los Angeles, CA.

Gould, J.J., & Schultz, C.M. (2010). Exploring the Implications of Trust and Positive Affect for Organizational Information Exchange. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention. San Francisco, CA.

Schultz, C.M, & Gould, J.J. (2010). Working with Power: Exchange, Dependency, and Transactive Memory Systems. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Heckman, J.L. (2011). Clashing Institutional Logics: The California Prison System and the Battle for Legitimacy under Coercive Isomorphism. International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Heckman, J.L. (2005). New Institutionalism in the University System: Coercive Isomorphism as Unintended Consequence. Western States Communication Association. Albuquerque, NM.

Hilbert, M. (2010). Modeling Seven Different Cognitive Biases with One Common Framework: Reviving the Information Theoretic Approach to Human Decision-making. Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. St. Louis, MO. November 20-22, 2010.

Hilbert, M. (2010). The Manifold Definitions of the Digital Divide and their Diverse Implications for Policy Responsibility. The 38th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC). Arlington, VA. October 1-3, 2010.

Hou, J. & Wang, H. (2011). Networked Play as Online Community Participation: Uses and Gratifications of Social Games. CHI 2011. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. May 8, 2011.

Hou, J. (2010). Uses and Gratifications of Social Games: Blending Social Networking and Game Play. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Singapore. June 22-26, 2010.

Kahn, A. S. (2011). We’re All in this (Game) Together: Group Composition, Social Presence, and Transactive Memory Systems in Video Game Teams. Paper presented at the 61st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Ratan, R. A., Kahn, A. S., & Lee, K. M. (2011). Media Use, Explicated. Paper presented at the 61st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Kahn, A. S., Hou, J., & Obsorn, J. (2011). The Trojan Player Typology. Presentation at 3rd Annual USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Program Research and Creative Project Symposium. University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA.

Kamler, E. (2010). "NGO Narratives in the Global Public Sphere." 11th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations. University of the Western Cape. Cape Town, South Africa. (virtual presentation).

Kamler, E. (2010). "Trafficking and Prostitution in Thailand: Reconceptualizing International Law in the Age of Globalization." 11th Annual Thai Studies Conference. Mahidol University. Bangkok, Thailand.

Kamler, E. (2011). "Culture and Gender as Identity 'Spaces:' Re-Conceptualizing Discourses on Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery." Re-Thinking the Modern: Colonialism, Empire and Slavery Conference. British Sociological Association. Birmingham, UK.

Kim, Y. J. (2011). Managing the Division of Cognitive Labor in Diverse Groups: A Transactive Memory System Perspective. Paper to be presented at the annual convention of the International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Beacom, A. M., Kim, Y. J., Selby, J. L., Weber, M. S., & Monge, P. (2011). Identifying Perceived Expertise in an Online Community of Practice. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Weiss, E., Akira, S. I., Kim, Y. J., & Hollingshead, A. B. (2011). Brand-hate Groups on Facebook: Community and Collective Action against Brands. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Kim, Y. J. (2011). Deciding what’s Credible Online: Effects of Source and Message Characteristics on Credibility of User-generated Information in Online Communities for Business Reviews and Health Information. Poster presented at the Third Annual Research and Creative Project Symposium. USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Program. Los Angeles, CA. ($700 award).

Son, M., & Kim, Y. J. (2011). Diasporic Community and Identity Building in Cyberspace: A Case Study of Korean American Women in MissyUSA.com. Abstract accepted to the 4th Global Conference on Diasporas: Exploring Critical Issues. Oxford, UK.

Kim, Y. J., & Meng, J. (2010). Conceptualizing and Measuring Social Capital of Brand-consumer Relations in Online Brand Communities. Panel paper presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Kligler-Vilenchik, N. (2011). Sustainability in Fan Activism: The Case of the Harry Potter Alliance. Digital Media and Learning Conference. Long Beach, CA.

Kligler-Vilenchik, N. (2011). Setting the Collective Memory: Empirical Analysis of Mainstream Media's Influence on Collective Memory in Israel. International Communication Association. Boston, MA. (top student paper award for the Mass Communication Division).

Kligler-Vilenchik, N. (2011). Memory-Setting: Applying Agenda-Setting Theory to the Study of Collective Memory. International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Gonzalez, C., Robbins, C., Bar, F., Brough, M., Lapsansky, C., & Stokes, B. (2011, June). Storytelling across the Mobile Divide. To be presented at Seamlessly Mobile International Communication Association Pre-Conference Workshop. Boston, MA.

Brough, M., Lapsansky, C., Gonzales, C., & Bar, F. (2011, June). Participatory Design of Mobile Platforms for Social Justice. To be presented at Seamlessly Mobile International Communication Association Pre-Conference Workshop. Boston, MA.

Lapsansky, C. & Brough, M. (2010, June). MSC and Video in South Africa: A Case Study Exploration of Visual Approaches to Participatory Evaluation. Presented at International Communication Association Conference. Singapore.

Frank, L., Chatterjee, J., Chaudhari, S., Lapsansky, C., Bhanot, A. & Murphy, S. (2010, June). Talking and Complying: Interpersonal Discussion and Social Norms in Public Communication Campaigns. Presented at International Communication Association Conference. Singapore.

Literat, I. (2010, November). “New Media Literacies: The Core Challenges of Implementation and Assessment in International Contexts.” Global Education Conference (virtual, via Elluminate).

Literat, I. (2011, March). “Exploring the Characteristics of Participatory Learning”. Digital Media and Learning (DML) Conference. Long Beach, CA.

Literat, I. (2011, May). “The Rags, the Apron and the Zootsuit: The Image of African-Americans in Wartime Cartoons.” International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference. Boston, MA.

Literat, I. (2011, May). “Cultural Innovation and Narrative Synergy in R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet.” International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference. Virtual Overlay. Boston, MA.

Liu, J. (2010, June). The Dialectic Role of ICTs in Environmental Protection - A Comparative Study of ICTs for US and Chinese Environmental Campaigns. 60th Annual International Communication Association Conference. Singapore. (top student paper award in division of Global Communication and Social Change).

Liu, J. (2010, June). A Theoretical Exploration of Organization Greening and Change. 60th Annual International Communication Association Conference. Singapore.

Liu, J. (2010, June). A Two-Stage Model of New Media-based Collective Action. 60th Annual International Communication Association Conference. Singapore.

Liu, J. (2010, May). Green Information Technology and Environmental Sustainability. Conference on Understanding Sustainability: Perspectives from the Humanities. Portland Center for Public Humanities, Portland State University. Portland, OR.

Liu, W. (2010). Social Networks, Community Interaction and Political Participation of U.S. Immigrants. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of World Association of Public Opinion Research. Chicago, IL.

Lopez, L. K. (2011). Asian American Media and the Formation of a Consumer Audience. Paper presented at the Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.

Lopez, L. K. (2011). Colorblind Casting and the Aftermath of The Last Airbender. Paper presented at the National Association for Ethnic Studies Annual Conference. Claremont, CA.

Lopez, L. K. and Lopez, J. K. (2011). The Paradox of Racial Identity: Nisei and Representations of Japan. Paper presented at the National Association for Ethnic Studies Annual Conference. Claremont, CA.

Lopez, L. K. (2011). When Fans Become Activists. Paper presented at the Digital Media and Learning Conference. Long Beach, CA.

Lopez, L. K. (2010). Rethinking Asian American Audiences. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Lu, L. (2011). Group Communication and the Development of TMS in Groups in Online Video Games. Paper presented at the International Communication Association’s Annual Convention. Boston, MA. May. 2011.

Lu, L. & Mannix, E. (2010). Dyadic Conflicts in the Group: Looking More Closely at Who’s Mad at Who. Paper presented at 14th Research on Managing Groups and Teams Conference. Stanford University. Palo Alto, CA. May, 2010.

Lu, L. & Yuan, Y. (2010). Information Insufficiency in Information Source Selection. Paper presented at the International Communication Association’s Annual Convention. Singapore. June, 2010.

Lu, L. & Meng, J. (2010). The Role of Conflict in Group Usage of Connective and Communal Transactive Memory Systems. 2010 INGRoup Conference. Washington, DC. July 24, 2010.

Lu, L. (2010). The Influence of Relationship and Task Conflict on Transactive Memory in Intercultural Context. Paper presented at the 2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada. August, 2010. (paper nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Award for best paper with international implications).

Lu, L., Yuan, Y., & McLeod, P., Ling, X., (2010, November). Twenty-Five Years of Hidden Profiles in Group Decision Making: A Meta-Analysis. Paper presented at the National Communication Association’s 96th Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA. 

Mailland, J. (2011). On Hillary Clinton’s Remarks on Internet Freedom: America's Digital Diplomacy. International Studies Association National Convention. Montréal, Canada. March 16, 2011.

Mailland, J. (2010). The Aesthetics of Cloud Computing, American Political Science Association National Convention. Washington, D.C. September 2, 2010.

Mailland, J. (2010). The Semantic Web and Information Flow: A Legal Framework. International Studies Association National Convention. New Orleans, LA. February 20, 2010.

Monge, P.R., & Margolin, D.B. (2011, February). Relational Carrying Capacity: Limitations on Network Growth. Paper presented at International Sunbelt Social Network Conference XXX. St. Petersburg, FL.

McClain, W. (2010). Participation without Guarantees: Documentary Ethics, Digital Media, and Hegemony. National Communication Association Conference. Chicago, IL.

Movius, L., Mehta, A., Mailland, J., Hong, Y., Bar, F. & Baer, W. (2011). Mobile Wireless Openness: Comparing National Frameworks. Seamlessly Mobile? Mobile Communication @ A Crossroads, 2011 International Communication Association Pre-Conference Workshop. Boston, MA. (pending).

Mehta, R. (2010). A Revised Notion of 'Distributed Cognition' for the New Media Literacies Project. National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Mehta, R. (2010). 'Flash Activism': Temporal, Effective Sustenance. Digital Media and Learning Conference. Long Beach, CA.

Meng, J. (2011). Social Networking with PatientsLikeMe: A Social Network Analysis of Support Network and its Effect on Mental Health Outcomes. Presented at 61st International Communication Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA. May, 2011.

Meng, J. (2011). The Role of Emotion Management in Mitigating the Negative Effect of Relationship Conflict on Information Seeking in Groups: A Cross-level Analysis. Presented at 61st International Communication Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA. May, 2011.

Meng, J., Kim, Y., & Hollingshead, A. B. (2010). Reconceptualizing Interactivity in Online Consumer Communities. Presented at 60th International Communication Association Annual Conference. Singapore. June, 2011.

Movius, L. The United Nations and the Grassroots: The Influence of Global Civil Society on International Negotiations of Internet Governance. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference. Boston, MA. May 26 – 30, 2011. (top three student papers award).

Song, H., Nam, Y., Gould, J., Sanders, S., & McLaughlin, M. (2011). Cancer Survivor Identity Shared in a Social Media Intervention and its Psychosocial Effects for Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer. American Public Health Association. Chicago, IL.

Nam, Y. (2011). Social Capital and Its Impacts on Mental Health Outcomes in Computer-Mediated Patient Social Support Groups. Annual USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Research and Creative Project Symposium. Los Angeles, CA.

McLaughlin, M., Nam, Y., Gould, J., Pade, C., Meeske, K., Ruccione, K. & Fulk, J. (2011). A Videosharing Social Networking Intervention for Young Adult Cancer Survivors. National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA. (under review).

Nam, Y., Lee, K., Hui, J. & Peng, W. (2011). The Effect of Screen Size and Immersion Tendency on Presence, Mood, and Social Responses to Avatars. National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA. (under review).

Nam, Y. (2011). The Theory of the Bipolization Effect of Social Presence in Online Health Message Framing. National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA. (under review).

McLaughlin, M., Yeh, S., Nam, Y., Sanders, S., Chang, C., Kennedy, B., Flynn, S., Lange, B., Li, L., Chen, S., Whitford, M., Winstein, S., Jung, Y. & Rizzo, A. (2011). Emotions and Telerebabilitation: Pilot Clinical Trials for Virtual Telerebabilitation Application Using Haptic Device and its Impact on Post Stroke Patients' Mood and Motivation. International Games Innovation Conference. Los Angeles, CA. (in preparation).

Nam, Y. (2011). Weak–tie Connections for Psychological Well-being: Social Capital in Online Patient Support Groups on DailyStrength.com. National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA. (under review).

Camerini, L. & Nam, Y. (2010). Evaluation and Review of eHealth Theories and Practice: Unpacking Empowerment, Health Literacy, and the Healthcare Deliveries through eHealth. Association of Internet Researchers. Gothenburg, Sweden.

Nam, Y. (2010). Social Capital and Dating Rituals among Young Children in Virtual Worlds: Understanding Romantic Relationships among Tweens in Whyville.net. National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Nam, Y. (2010). Online Patient Support Groups for Pervasive Illnesses and Patterns of Social Networks. National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

McLaughlin, M., Gould, J., Nam, Y., Sanders, S., Qi, E., Meeske, K., Ruccione, K., Weber, M., Schultz, C., Xiong, L., Fulk, J., Katz, J., Song, H. (2010). A Mobile Social Networking Approach to a Cancer Survivorship Intervention for Young Adults. International Psycho-Oncology Society World Congress. Québec, QC, Canada.

Noyes, A. (2010). Governance in the Digital Future. National Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.

O'Brien, N. (2010). “A Union Divided" Polarization in the Screen Actors Guild. International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) Sunbelt Conference. Riva Del Garda, Italy.

O'Brien, N., Frank, L., Gould, J., Schultz, C., Weber, M. & Monge, P. (2010). Collective Action in Virtual Organizations, Networks of Collaboration in an Online Scientific Community. International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) Sunbelt Conference. Riva Del Garda, Italy.

Ognyanova, K. (2010). Media Transformations and Public Opinion: Agenda-Setting in a Digital Age. Paper presented at the NCA Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Ball-Rokeach, S., Parks, M., Chen, N., & Ognyanova, K. (2010). Building New Media Bridges across Ethnicity en route to Increased Civic Engagement. Paper presented at the NCA Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Huang, M., Huang, Y., Margolin, D., Ognyanova, K., Shen, C., & Contractor, N. (2010). The Effects of Diversity and Repeat Collaboration on Performance in Distributed Nanoscientist Teams. Paper presented at the AOM Annual Conference. Montreal, QC, Canada.

Huang, M., Huang, Y., Margolin, D., Ognyanova, K., Shen, C., & Contractor, N. (2010). Size, Diversity, & Beyond: A Mediated Model of Team Composition and Performance in “Team Science”. Paper presented at the ICA Annual Conference. Singapore.

Ognyanova, K., Margolin, D., Shen, C., Huang, M., Huang, Y., & Contractor, N. (2010) Team Assembly and Scientific Collaboration on NanoHub. Paper presented at the INSNA Sunbelt Conference. Riva del Garda, Trento, Italy.

Oh, P.  (2010). Another Condition for Successful Deliberation: A Mathematical Approach. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention. Denver, CO.

Oh, P. (2010). The Important Roles of Unimportant TV Programs in the Creation of Social Captial. 96th Annual National Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Oh, P. (2010). Interaction Effects of Message Desirability, Social Distance, and Target Corollary on Third-person Perception. 96th Annual National Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Oh, P. (2011). A New Measure of Structural Holes for Dynamic and Adaptive Networks. XXXI International Sunbelt Social Network Conference. St. Pete Beach, FL.

Oh, P. (2011). Hidden-profile Paradigm, a Tautology or an Uninteresting Argument at Best: Toward Complex and Dynamic Models of Group Information Process. International Communication Association Conference. Boston, MA.

Pariera, K. (2011). “Seeking Health Information on the Web: How Visual and Textual Cues Contribute to Website Credibility Assessments.” The International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society. Berkeley, CA.

Pariera, K. (2011). “Seeking Health Information on the Web: How Visual and Textual Cues Contribute to Website Credibility Assessments.” Third Annual USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Research and Creative Project Symposium. Los Angeles, CA.

Phua, J.J. (2010). Influence of Peer Norms and Popularity on Smoking and Drinking Behavior among College Fraternity Members: A Social Network Analysis. International Communication Association Conference. Singapore. May, 2010.

Phua, J.J. & Jin, S. (2010). Finding a Home Away from Home: International Students’ Use of Social Networking Sites for Bridging and Bonding Social Capital. International Communication Association Conference. Singapore. May, 2010.

Phua, J.J. (2010). Obesity is No Laughing Matter!: Content Analysis of Food Messages in Popular African American Primetime Comedies. National Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA. November, 2010.

Phua, J.J. (2010). College Students and Smoking: How their Attitudes towards Smoking and Smoking Behavior are Influenced by Social identification with Close Friends, College Peers and Family Members. National Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA. November 2010.

Rafferty, S. (2010, November). Dancing ‘About’ Architecture: The Aesthetic Dimensions of Institutional Discourse and Rhetorical Agency. Paper presented at the 96th Annual Conference of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Rafferty, S. (2010, November). Mapping the Unspeakable Irony of Race: Comic and Tragic Framings of Michael Richards' Rhetorical Transgressions. Paper presented at the 96th Annual Conference of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Rafferty, S. & Muellerleile, N. (2010, June). What’s Love Got To Do With It? Deliberation in Contemporary Popular Communication. Paper presented at the 11th Communication Ethics Conference. Pittsburgh, PA.

Martins, N., Williams, D. C., Harrison, K., & Ratan, R. (2010). Virtual Masculinity: A Content Analysis of Male Body Imagery in Video Games. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA. (top three paper, Mass Communication Division).

Ratan, R. (2010). Self-Presence, Explicated. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Singapore. (named top student paper in Communication and Technology Division).

Kahn, A.S., Ratan, R., & Williams, D. (2010). Why We Distort in Self-Report: The Effects of Cognitive Dissonance and Balance Theory on Self-report Errors. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Singapore.

Schrock, A. (2011). Collaboration in Rural First-Generation Immigrant Families: Urban Comparisons, Team Characteristics, and Implications for Knowledge Gap Research. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference. Boston, MA.

Schuh, J. S. (2010, May). The Effects of Involvement with Celebrities: Examining Similarity Identification, Wishful Identification, and Parasocial Interaction in a Celebrity Effects Model. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Singapore. (top 3 student paper, Mass Communication Division).

Schultz, C. M. & Gould, J. J. (2010). Working with Power: Exchange, Dependency, and Transactive Memory Systems. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Gould, J. J. & Schultz, C. M. (2010). Exploring the Implications of Trust and Positive Affect for Organizational Information Exchange. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Hollingshead, A. B., Schultz, C. M., Sanders, S., & Kim, Y. (2010). Setting the Stage: Online Consumer Communities and the Top 100 Brands. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Singapore.

O’Brien, N.F, Frank, L.B., Gould, J.J., Schultz, C. M., Weber, M.S., & Monge, P.M. (2010). Collective Action in Virtual Organizations: Networks of Collaboration in an Online Scientific Community. Paper presented at the XXX International Sunbelt Social Network Conference. Trento, Italy.

Selby, Jaclyn L. (2010). “International Business Organism: Organizational Change and the Mimetic Code.” 96th Annual Convention of the National Communications Association. San Francisco, CA. November. 16, 2010.

Beacom, A., Kim, Y., Selby, J., & Weber, M. (2011). “Identifying Perceived Experts in an Online Community of Practice.” International Communications Association Conference. Boston, MA. May 26, 2011.

Smith, F. M. (2010). The ‘Pillow Angel’: Burkean Piety and Redemption in a Rhetoric of (Dis)ability. Paper presented at the National Communication Association’s Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA.

Smith, F. M. (2010). From the Front Lines to the Computer Screen: Battlefield Blogs and the Gameification of the Iraq War. Paper presented at the National Communication Association’s Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA.

Fullerton, T., & Stokes, B. (2011). Connecting User Research to Game Design for Learning. Presented at the Games User Research. San Francisco, CA.

Stokes, B., Fullerton, T., & Duncombe, S. (2010). Direct Action Games. Presented at the Games for Change. New York, NY.

Stokes, B., Ruiz, S., & Flanagan, M. (2011). Real World Games for Civic Action Platforms. Presented at the DML2011. Long Beach, CA.

Swartz, L., & Stokes, B. (2010). Unexpected Civic Platforms and Participatory Culture. Presented at the DIY Citizenship. Toronto, Canada.

Strait, L. P. (2010). A Formal Pragmatic Theory of Human Rights. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA. (top paper, Semiotics and Communication Division).

Strait, L. P. (2010). Truth and Reconciliation in the Late Modern Global Public Sphere: A Case Study of Timor-Leste. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association. Singapore.

Stokes, B. & Swartz, D. (2010). Unexpected Civic Platforms and Participatory Culture. DIY Citizenship. University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada.

Blakely, J., Swartz, D., Aboutseit, N. and Rajaram, A. (2011). Fashion and Free Culture. Students for Free Culture. New York University. New York, NY.

Driscoll, K., McVeigh-Schultz, J. & Swartz, D. (2011). DIY Datamining. Digital Media and Learning. Long Beach, CA.

Swartz, D. (2011). Invited participant. Future of Money and Technology Summit. San Francisco, CA.

Swartz, D. (2011). Business of Sharing, Ghoulish ATMs and Time Banks: Personal Economics and Social Change. Media in Transition International Conference. MIT. Cambridge, MA. (accepted).

Tustin, N. (2010, November). The Cost of Shift Work on Employee Health and Performance: Can Organizations Afford to Ignore the Consequences? Annual APHA Conference. Denver, CO.

Tustin, N. (2010, June). Learning from Field Research: Why Emphasizing Only the C in ABC may not be an Effective Strategy for Developing Countries. Annual ICA Conference. Singapore.

Usher, N. & Riley, P. (2010). Change at the Christian Science Monitor. National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Usher, N. (2011). Between Creativity and Routine - Newsmaking in Online Journalism. International Symposium on Online Journalism. Austin, TX.

Usher, N. (2011). Miniplenary: Reframing the Crisis in Journalism. Mapping the Relationship Between Professional and Citizen Journalists: A Critical Inquiry. International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Usher, N. (2011). Going Web-First at the Christian Science Monitor: A Three Part Study of Change. International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Usher, N. (2011). News Routine or Deliberate Choice: News Construction at MoneyTalk Public Radio. International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Usher, N. (2011). The Decline and Adaptation of Gay Newspapers – and the Rise of Gay News Blogs: Transformations in Gay Journalism in the Digital Age. International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Vichot, R. (2011). “Good Luck Have Fun”: Team Organization, Conflict Resolution, Performance, and Satisfaction in Team-based Competitive Videogames. Paper presented at Teamwork in Group Play Panel at the International Communication Association World Conference. Boston, MA.

Vichot, R. (2011). Anime MADs, Postmodern Remix Culture, and Japanese Pastiche. Paper presented at the Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. San Antonio, TX.

Vichot, R. (2011). Anime MADs, Postmodern Remix Culture, and Japanese Pastiche. Annenberg Research Symposium. Los Angeles, CA.

Leavitt, A., Phillips, W., Campbell, M., & Vichot, R. (2011, March). Playing with Fire: Learning in Niche Online Communities. Digital Media and Learning Conference. Long Beach, CA.

Vichot, R. (2010). Détournement, Culture Jammers, Tactical Media Makers, and the Use of Media by Anonymous and Project Chanology. Paper and poster presented at the National Communication Association National Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Villanueva, G. & Broad, G. (2011). 'Redirecting the Negative Communicative Urban Tradition of the South Figueroa Corridor: Visualizing Communication Asset Mapping and Neighborhood Storytelling'. USC GPSS Poster Symposium. Los Angeles, CA.

Villanueva, G. (2011). 'Communicating the Space of Community Redevelopment in Hollywood: Harnessing Community-Based Research, New Information Technology, and Digital Media to Uncover the Neighborhood of Hollywood'. USC Annenberg Fellows Symposium. Los Angeles, CA.

Villanueva, G., A. Holsheimer, and J. Cowley. (2011). ‘Engaging the Space of Community Redevelopment in Los Angeles: Harnessing Community-Based Research, Organizational Capacity-Building, New Information Technology, and Digital Storytelling Tools to Enhance Civic Engagement’. Spaces and Flows: An International Conference on Urban and Extraurban Studies. UCLA. Los Angeles, CA

Villanueva, G. & Broad, G. (2010). ‘Redirecting the Negative Communicative Urban Tradition of the South Figueroa Corridor: Visualizing Communication Asset Mapping and Neighborhood Storytelling.' Urban Communication Foundation Pre-Conference, National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.

Villanueva, G. (2011) 'Communicating Urban Spaces On and Off Screen: The Mediation of Los Angeles in the Films Crash and Quinceanera’. Paper presented at the International Communication Association. Singapore.

Wang, C. (2010). Negotiating the Expert: Discourse in Comment Sections of YouTube Videos of Classical Music. New York State Communication Association. Ellenville, NY.

Wang, C. (2011). Slices of Time: An Exploration of Temporally-Bound Media and Temporal Capital in the Age of the Internet. Carleton University Graduate Conference. Ottawa, Canada.

Wang, C. (2011). Making Space, Negotiating Identities, Being Seen: Asian American Musicians in the Age of Digital Media and the Internet. Ethnic Studies Conference. Claremont, CA. April 7, 2011.

Wang, C. (2011). Tinkering with the iPhone: Subversion and Reappropriation of Power in Apple’s World. Communication in the Millennium. San Diego, CA. (May, 2011).

Weiss, E. (2011). Journalism’s changing Norms of Accountability: A Study of Corrections Policies of Major News Web Sites. International Communication Association Conference. Communication @ the Center. Boston MA.

Weiss, E., Akira, S., Kim, Y., Hollingshead, A. (2011). Brand-hate Groups on Facebook: Community and Collective Action against Brands. International Communication Association Conference. Communication @ the Center. Boston, MA.

Xiong, L. (2011. May). How Communication Technologies Facilitate Knowledge Sharing: An Overview and Critique. Paper presented at the 61st Annual Conference of the International Communication. Boston, MA.

Xiong, L. (2010, June). Evaluating Restaurant Reviews and Reviewers on Yelp.com. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Singapore.