Sessions sponsored by the Poli Com IG at AEJMC 2011

Here are all the sessions sponsored by our group at the upcoming AEJMC 2011:

1) Tuesday, 11 am to 12:15 pm -- Luncheon: Political Entertainment, Ethics, and the Midterm Elections.

• Moderating/Presiding: Anne Golden Worsham, Brigham Young.
• Panelists: William Babcock, Southern Illinois-Carbondale, editor, Gateway Journalism Review, former senior international news editor/writing coach, Christian Science Monitor; Jo Mannies, political reporter, St. Louis Beacon; William Freivogel, J.D., Southern Illinois-Carbondale, former editorial writer and Washington assistant bureau chief, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

2) Wednesday, 11:45 am to 1:15 pm -- PF&R Panel Session: How Much Influence Should Corporations Have on Political Campaigns?: The Effects of the Supreme Court’s Ruling in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Case

• Moderating/Presiding: Courtney Barclay, Syracuse
• Panelists: Sandra Chance, Florida; Robert Kerr, Oklahoma; Jason M. Shepard, California State, Fullerton; Ed Carter, Brigham Young; Kevin Horrigan, deputy editorial page editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

3) Wedneday, 1:30 pm to 3 pm -- Research Panel Session: The Impact of Digital Media on Political and Civic Engagement: Do Digital Media Matter?

• Moderating/Presiding: TBA
• Panelists: Bruce Bimber, California, Santa Barbara; Jacob Groshek, Erasmus; Ben Detenber, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Dhavan Shah, Wisconsin, Madison; Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Texas at Austin

4) Thursday, 11:45 am to 1:15 pm -- Luncheon: Honoring Maxwell McCombs, a Living Legend in Journalism and Mass Communication Education

• Moderating/Presiding: Michel Haigh, Pennsylvania State and Tom Johnson, Texas at Austin
• Speakers: David Weaver, Indiana; Paula Poindexter, Texas at Austin; Wayne Wanta, Florida; Donald Shaw, North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Maxwell McCombs, Texas at Austin
• Description: Scholars, current and former graduate students, friends and colleagues will celebrate the contributions of Dr. Maxwell E. McCombs. Whether it is his groundbreaking agenda-setting research, mentoring of graduate students and young scholars, or dedicated service, Dr. McCombs’ impact has been instrumental to the growth of the mass communication field. Pre-registration is required.

5) Thursday, 5 pm to 6:30 pm -- Refereed Paper Research Session: Political Communication in the New Media Environment

• Moderating/Presiding: Erik Nisbet, The Ohio State
• Panelists: Porismita Borah, Maryville --- Examining News Frames in the New Media Landscape: Moderating Effects of Incivility in the Political Blogospher; W. Joann Wong, Indiana -- How Blog Use Affects Voter Behavior: Engagement, Expressiveness and Voting; Jae Kook Lee and Renita Coleman, Texas at Austin -- Investigating Media’s Agenda-setting Effects on Different Generations in the New Media Environment, 1976-2004; Ericka Menchen-Trevino, Northwestern -- Registered Voters on the Web: Looking for Information, Looking for Confirmation, Not Looking At All
• Discussant: Tom Johnson, Texas at Austin

6) Thursday, 6:45 pm to 8:15 pm -- Business Session: Members’ Meeting

7) Thursday - Off-site Social. Location to be announced at the Members’ Meeting.

8) Friday 8:15 am to 9:45 am -- Refereed Paper Research Session: Emerging Topics in Political Communication

• Moderating/Presiding: Guy Golan, Syracuse
• Panelists: Michael Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong; and Jing Guo, Maryland-- The Impact of Political Identity, Efficacy, and Selective Media Exposure on Political Participation: A Comparative Study of Young Adults in the United States and Hong Kong*; Colin Lingle and Damon Di Cicco, Washington -- Burned by the Spark: Tea Party Identity and News Media; Esther Thorson, Edson Jr. Tandoc and Mi Jahng, Missouri-Columbia -- Parenting Styles in Political Socialization: How the Path to Political Participation Begins at Home; Stephanie Edgerly, Melissa R. Gotlieb and Emily Vraga, Wisconsin-Madison -- Psychological Needs and Talk Show Host Style: News Effects in the Post-Broadcast Age
• Discussant: Lauren Feldman, American

* Best Research Paper Award, Political Communication Interest Group

9) Friday, 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm -- Scholar-to-Scholar Poster Session

• Discussant: Stephen Banning, Bradley
• Panelists: Kjerstin Thorson, Southern California -- Knowing is Half the Battle: Youth, Civic Norms and the Informed Citizen in Late Modern Society; Heather LaMarre, Minnesota and Kristen Landreville, Wyoming -- Humor Works in Funny Ways: Examining Humorous Tone as a Key Determinant in Political Humor Message Processing; Emily Vraga, Wisconsin-Madison -- Can I Support That Candidate’s Party? Implications of Disagreement with Party Candidates for Political Attitude; Sung Woo Yoo, Yonghwan Kim and Homero Gil de Zuniga, Texas at Austin -- A Free Bonus in the Internet: Incidental News-Exposure Effects on Political Knowledge, Online and Offline Participatio; John Williams, Principia College -- The Power of Local Political Debates to Influence Voters: An Experiment at the Congressional Level

10) Friday, 3:30 pm to 5 pm -- Scholar-to-Scholar Refereed Paper Research Session

11) Saturday, 10 am to 11:30 am-- Teaching Panel Session: Teaching Political Communication Using Social Media

• Moderating/Presiding: W. Joann Wong, Indiana
• Panelists: Thomas J. Johnson, Texas at Austin; Cindy Royal, Texas State, San Marcos; Sharon Meraz, Illinois at Chicago; Marcus Messner, Virginia Commonwealth