Communication Crossroads:
A Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference

Friday, April 4, 2008
Nafziger Room
5th Floor, Vilas Hall

News, Politics & Discussion (10:00-11:30 a.m.)
Ashley Anderson, “Willingness to Speak Up in Hostile Opinion Climates: The Role of Network Heterogeneity
Stephanie Edgerly, “Rickety Bridges? Participation versus Exposure”
Sojung Claire Kim, “International Crisis News and the Evaluation of Threat: Viewer Responses to News Coverage of the North Korean Nuclear Test”
Jacob R. Neiheisel & David Nelson, “Deliberative Discussion: Polarization or Middle Ground?”

Poster Session & Lunch* (11:45-12:45 p.m.)
Lindsay Bradfish, “Exploring the Dimensions of Risk Influencing Trans and Saturated Fat Consumption”
D. Jasun Carr, “Chronological Inconsistency: Re-examining the Persuasive Process”
Olivia D. Dawson, “The More Things Change: A Dialogue on Fears, Women and Satan through Film”
Chris Terry, “Evaluating the Federal Communications Commission’s Outlet Diversity Policy: A Two Market Case Study of Radio Competition and Viewpoint Diversity”
Rachel Vallens, Jill Hopke, Keith Zukas, Emily Carpenter, & Susannah Brook, “Youth and Global Warming: The Effects of Online Communication on Opinion, Action and Urgency”

New Media & Mass Communication in Society (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Joshua David Jackson, “‘Steal This Clip’: YouTube, Popular Culture, and the Economics of Intellectual Property on Web 2.0”
Erin Copple Smith, “Apple’s iPod+iTunes Campaign: The Role of Indie Music and the Internet in the Success of the New American Television Advertisement”
Timothy J. Tynan & Patty Loew, “Ojibwe Students Learn Science with an Organic Video Approach: Observations of Media, Science, and Tribal Youth Compatibility”
Davita Veselenak, “Risk, Trust, and Values: A Critical Look at Ronald Inglehart’s Value Shift Hypothesis”

Freedom of Speech & Alternative Media (2:45-4:15 p.m.)
Dan Lewerenz, “The Cherokee Nation Freedom of Information Act: An Analysis of Indian Country’s Only Open-Records Law”
Holly Y. McGee, “Social Perception and Interpretations of Race and Gender in the United States and South Africa, 1945-1965”
Jason M. Shepard, “Alexander Meiklejohn’s First Amendment and Extremist Media in the ‘War on Terror’”
Wendy Swanberg, “The Forgotten Censorship of Scientific American in 1950”

Social Hour 4:30, location TBA

Conference is free and open to all students, staff and faculty. Lunch will be provided to participants and attendees.

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