USC Annenberg is well represented at the 2007 National Communication Association Conference from Nov. 15-18, with more than 50 faculty and doctoral students making the trip to
The theme of the conference, “Communicating Worldviews: Faith-Intellect-Ethics,” encourages participants “to examine communication within the discipline, society or world through a literal, metaphorical, or virtual lens.”
Two of the Annenberg doctoral candidates presenting co-authored papers at the conference, Matthew Weber and Steve Rafferty, are looking forward to a strong USC presence.
“We’re covering the spectrum this year,” said Weber, whose paper Globalization, Leapfrogging and the Diffusion of Affordable Technologies Toward a Theory of Pro-Social Convergence , will be offered at a scholar-to-scholar session Nov. 16 .
Rafferty, who on Nov. 17 will discuss the role of parody as a form of political criticism, has never presented a co-authored paper but is confident that the program at Annenberg has given him the tools to succeed in
“The best thing about the [Annenberg] program is the emphasis on getting out there and engaging in broader academic conversations,” Rafferty said. “It was extremely useful for me in getting [the paper] ready for
Weber credits the support of doctoral advisors at USC with giving him a better grasp on the subject matter he plans to present in
“The Annenberg communication program’s faculty gives us quite a bit of academic and scholarly freedom,” Weber said. “It’s the willingness of Annenberg to support any and all research. We are supported 100 percent by the university, and to present when ready, so we’ve had time to continue developing ideas in the paper.”
Other graduate and doctoral students representing USC this year include second- and third-year cohort students, the first time they have been represented by such a large number of participants.
The USC Annenberg participants include:
Communication professor Sandra Ball-Rokeach chairs the Nov. 18 session of “Mediating the Lives and Experiences of Latino Immigrants: Ethnic Media as a Meaning System.” She is also presenting a paper titled “The Role of Health Communication Connections in Cancer Prevention.”
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Communication professor Janet Fulk serves as respondent in the session “Conversations with Leading Scholars: The Past, Present and Future Research on Human Communication and Technology, Parts I and II” on Nov. 16. She also presents “Adaptive Structuration Theory and Online Communities” on Nov. 17 as a celebration of the Career Achievement of Marshall Scott Poole. |
Communication professor Thomas Goodnight is a respondent in the Nov. 17 session of “A Debate: Richard M. Weaver’s Ideal Orator…Not Lincoln but
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Communication professor Andrea B. Hollingshead presents “Study of Temporal Patterning and Development in Groups” during the “Celebration of the Career Achievement of Marshall Scott Poole” session on Nov. 17. |
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Assistant communication professor Kwan Min Lee takes part in the “Changes in Communication Technologies: Case Studies” session’s presentation of “Educational Effects of Games: An Experimental Study on an Interactive Edu-Game” on Nov. 15 and “Effects of the User Choice on Social Responses to Computer-Synthesized Speech,” part of the session “Rhetoric and Language in Technology-Mediated Communication” on Nov. 16. |
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Communication professor Margaret L. McLaughlin takes part in the session “Interactive Social Interaction: Online Chats, Role-Playing, and Moral Orders” and the presentation of “Multiple Layers of Conjoint Action: Players’ Identity Management in Role-Playing Blogs” on Nov. 17. |
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Communication professor Peter Monge is a respondent in “Social Network Analysis: Its History and Future in Communication Research,” a session unit of the Organizational Communication Division of the Conference. |
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Communication professor Patricia Riley is a respondent in “Honoring the Accomplishments and Career of Dean Gustav Friedrich” and presents “Globalization, Leapfrogging and the Diffusion of Affordable Technologies Toward a Theory of Pro-Social Convergence” in a Scholar to Scholar session on Nov. 16. |
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Communication professor Stacy Smith presents “Evidence of Things Not Seen: Rhetoric, Vision, and the Problem of Identity” and “Interceding for Faith and Science,” both on Nov. 15. |
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Communication professor Gordon Stables presents at the AFA Nominating Committee on Nov. 14 and “A Look Back at the CEDA-NDT Merger” Nov. 18. |
Visiting professor Takeshi Suzuki presents at the AFA Publications Committee of the American Forensic Association Unit and “The Rose of Versailles: A Dramatistic Analysis of Oscar as A Transgender Hero” in the session “Contrasting Japan-U.S. Worldviews” Nov. 16.
Other graduate and doctoral students representing Annenberg and presenting papers at the NCA Conference are Amelia Arsenault, Vicki Beck, Julie Carver, Omri Ceren, Christopher Anthony Chavez, Arul Chib, Jae Eun Chung, Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Carmen Gonzalez, Jessica Janine Gould, Craig A. Hayden, Bettina M.R. Heiss, Heather J. Hether, Grace Huang, Seung-A jin, Younbo Jung, Vikki Sara Katz, Seugyoon Lee, Hongmei Li, Jingfang Liu, Zoltan P. Majdik, Mark C. Marino, Matthew D. Matsagainis, Margaret L. McLaughlin, Meghan B. Moran, Eleanor G. Morrison, Namkee Park, Gregory H. Patton, Carrie Anne Platt, Shawn M. Powers, Stephen Rafferty, Stephen R. Robertson, Laura C. Robinson, Raul Roman, Travers C. Scott, Araba B. Sey, Ha Yeon Song, L. Paul Strait, N.B. Usher, Thomas W. Valente, Don J. Waisanen and Matthew S. Weber.
