USC Annenberg faculty and doctoral student researchers will be a major part of the annual conference of the International Communication Association, which runs from May 24-28 in San Francisco. Fourteen USC Annenberg faculty members and research associates and 29 doctoral candidates will present papers, chair discussions and serve as respondents during the annual gathering of more than 2,400 of the world’s foremost communication academics. The theme of the conference, "Creating Communication: Content, Control, Critique," has elicited paper submissions from Annenberg researchers in diverse subjects such as social presence in human-robot interaction and network evolution in organizational communities.

"It's gratifying and important to have so many of our doctoral students represented on the program," School of Communication director Larry Gross said. "Our doctoral program is aimed at the professional development of a cohort of outstanding and promising scholars and their presence on the conference program is a testament to their — and our — success in achieving this goal."

USC Annenberg chairs, respondents, presenters and participants include:

School of Communication director Larry Gross participates in the pre-conference session “Setting the Agenda for Communication Research: The Next Five Years” at Stanford University in Palo Alto. He is also a respondent for the session “Celebrating the Scholarship of George Gerbner.” 

Fulbright Chair in Public Diplomacy Cory Doctorow serves as chair and respondent for the session “The Rise of Remix Culture: Identity, Power, and Imagination” in the Communication and Technology divisions.

Senior communication lecturer Jennifer Bevan presents “Modeling the Serial Argument Process in Close Relationships” in the Instructional & Developmental Communication division.

Associate communication professor Sheila Murphy chairs “Impact of Two Types of Advertising on Health Behavior: Direct-to-Consumer and Social Marketing” in the Health Communication division.

Assistant communication professor Kwan Min Lee presents “Social Presence in Human-Robot Interaction” in the Communication and Technology division.

Communication professor Michael J. Cody chairs the session “Message Strategies to Overcome Reactance, Resistance, and Low Self-efficacy," and presents “Affective and Behavioral Reactions to ‘Accident’ vs. ‘Terrorist’ Framing of Disaster,” both in the Health Communication division.

Communication professor Janet Fulk presents “NGO Networks in the Global Sphere” in the Organizational Communication division.

Communication professor Peter Vorderer participates in the session “International Encyclopedia Editorial Board Meeting” in the Reserved Sessions division.

Communication professor Peter Monge presents “Network Evolution in Organizational Communities” in the Organizational Communication division.

Journalism and communication professor Félix Gutiérrez is a respondent for the session “Emerging Directions in Latina/o Communication Studies” in the Ethnicity and Race in Communication division.

Research associate professor Ute Ritterfeld presents “Interactivity and Enjoyment” in the Game Studies division. She also chairs the session “Researching the Active User” in the Game Studies division.

Communication professor Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Ph.D. candidate Matthew Matsaganis & Annenberg Ph.D. graduate Holley Wilkin present "Comparing the Communication Ecologies of Geo-Ethnic Communities: How People Stay on Top of Their Community" in the Mass Communication division.

Bradford Owen, instructor for the Annenberg London Program, presents “Narrative Comprehension and Enjoyment of Feature Films: An Experimental Study” in the Information Systems division. 
     
Postdoctoral research associate Laura Robinson presents “Nationalism and Transnationalism in Online Communities: Processes of Negotiation Using New Media” in the Communications and Technology division. Robinson serves as chair and respondent for the session “Kids as Cultural Producers: Ethnographic Investigations of Kids and Digital Media in Urban California Schools” in the Popular Communication division. She also presents “Information the Wiki Way: Communication Processes and Information Evaluation in Collaborative Online Venues” in the Popular Communication division.

Postdoctoral research associate Patricia Lange presents “Fostering Friendship Through Video Production: How Youth Use You Tube to Enrich Local Interaction” in the Popular Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Cuihua Shen presents “Attributional Style, Motivation, and Competence in Intercultural Communication” in the Game Studies division. 

Communication doctoral candidate Lauren B. Movius presents “The Power of Narratives: The Effect of Organ Donation Storylines on the Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behaviors of Donors and Non-donors” in the Health and Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Matthew D. Matsaganis presents “Columbian Efforts for Peace From Within: The Role of Communication Networks of Middle-Level Officials” in the Mass Communication division.  
      
Communication doctoral candidate Laura Portwood-Stacer presents “Consuming ‘Trash’: Representatives of Poor Whites in U.S. Popular Culture” in the Ethnicity and Race in Communication division. Stacer also presents presents “Do-It-Yourself Feminism: Feminine Individualism and the Girlie Backlash in the ‘Craftivism’ Movement” in the Feminist Scholarship division.

Communication doctoral candidate Meghan Moran presents “The Role of Parasocial Reference Groups in the Formation of Descriptive Norms About Alcohol Consumption” in the Health Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Bettina M. Richards Heiss presents “The Role of the Term ‘Online Community’ as Coordinative Production Frame for a Growing Multidisciplinary Knowledge Network of Scholars” in the Communication and Technology division. Richards Heiss also presents “New Challenges for Transnational Social Movement Networks: Studying Framing in the U.S.-Led Response to Sex Trafficking” in the Organizational Communication division, and “Organizational Network Implications of Relating as Communicating: Recommendations for Prudent Users of the Multitheoretical, Multilevel Framework” in the Organizational Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Amelia Arsenault presents “Too Much Information?: Gatekeeping and Information Dissemination in a Networked World” in the Communication and Technology division.

Communication doctoral candidate Seungyoon Lee is the session organizer and presenter of “Social Networks and ICT for Development: Preliminary Findings From Brazilian Rural Communities” in the Communication and Technology division.

Communication doctoral candidate Ying Li presents “Making Sense of Facilitative Media: A Theoretical Exploration on Digital Storytelling” in the Visual Studies division.

Communication doctoral candidate Araba B. Sey presents “What Have Mobile Phones Wrought?” in the Communication and Technology division.
     
Communication doctoral candidate Arul Chib presents “Social Network Influences in Health Interventions: Multimedia Games in Peru” in the Communication and Technology division. Chib also presents “ICT as a Social Marketing Tool: Lessons From Tsunami Relief Efforts in Asia” in the Intercultural & Development Communication/ International & Development Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Namkee Park presents “Effects of Discussions in Online News Forum on Corporate Reputation” in the Public Relations division.

Communication doctoral candidate Jessica Gould presents “Online Communities: Understanding Organizational Processes” in the Communications and Technology division.

Communication doctoral candidate Younbo Jung presents “Motivation and Consequences of Blogging in Social Life” in the Communication and Technology division.

Communication doctoral candidate Craig Hayden presents “Media Arguments About United States Credibility in Arab News Outlets” in the Intercultural & Developmental Communication/ Intercultural Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Shawn Powers presents “The Danish Cartoon Affair: A Caricature of Media Diplomacy” in the Intercultural & Developmental Communication/ Intercultural Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Hua Wang presents “Computer-Mediated Communication in Relationship Maintenance: An Examination of Self-Disclosure in Long-Distance Friendships” in the Communication and Technology division.

Communication doctoral candidate Aram A. Sinnreich presents “Niche is the New Mainstream: Measuring the Growth and Impact of Configurable Culture” in the Communication and Technology division and participates in the session “The Rise of Remix Culture: Identity, Power, and Imagination.”

Communication doctoral candidate John L. Christensen presents “Negative Affective Reactions to an HIV Prevention Intervention: Impact on Subsequent Sexual Risk Taking Among Young MSM” in the Health Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Rabindra A. Ratan presents “Mimicry, Facial Similarity, and Persuasion in a Collaborative Virtual Environment” in the Communications and Technology division.

Communication doctoral candidate Rebecca Herr Stephenson is the chair, session organizer, and presenter of “Mischief Managed: Developing Media Literacy Through Fan Production in the Harry Potter” in the session “Kids as Cultural Producers: Ethnographic Investigations of Kids’ Informal Learning Through Engagement With Popular Culture” in the Popular Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Carlos Gustavo Godoy presents “Using Virtual Environments to Unobtrusively Measure Real Life Risk Taking: Findings and Implications From a Health Communication Perspective” in the Health Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Euiyeon Lee presents “Organization-Public Relationships and Crisis Communication” in the Public Relations division.  

Communication doctoral candidate Paulina Chow-White presents “Snakeheads to Skinheads: Case Study on Globalization and the Local Dramastism of Race vis-à-vis Canadian News Media’s Representation of Chinese Migrants” in the Ethnicity and Race in Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Jae Eun Chung presents “Willingness to Pay for Telephone Service in Peru” in the Intercultural & Development Communication/ International & Development Communication division. 

Communication doctoral candidate Elaine Y. Chan presents “The Quest for Zarradyn’s Gauntlets: Task and Nontask Group Communication Activity in AvatarMUD” in the Intergroup Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Hayeun Song presents “Seeing Oneself in the Media” in the Information Systems division.

Communication doctoral candidate Drew Margolin presents “Label Evolution: How Organizational Routines Create an Evolutionary Environment for Organizational Terms” in the Organizational Communication division.

Communication doctoral candidate Joyee S. Chatterjee presents “The Internet as Matchmaker: A Study of Why Young Indians are Seeking Marriage Alliances Online” in the Communication and Technology division.

Communication doctoral candidates Drew Margolin and Bettina M. Richards Heiss present “Network Evolution in Organizational Communities” in the Organizational Communication division.

2007 ICA Conference 
International Communication Association 
USC Annenberg at ICA in 2006 
USC Annenberg at ICA in 2005