AEJMC Southeast Colloquium accepts 13 research papers by Carolina graduate students

The 2013 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Southeast Colloquium will feature 13 papers from 12 graduate students from the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. 

This year’s colloquium is hosted by the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla., Feb. 28 – March 2.

Carolina graduate students will present nine of the 20 papers in the Law and Policy Division – the most of any school. Second-year doctoral student Elizabeth Woolery had two papers accepted in the division. Her paper, “The Press, the Public, and Capital Punishment: California First Amendment Coalition and the Development of a First Amendment Right to Witness Executions,” won third-place student paper.

Second-year doctoral student Lisa Barnard won top paper honors in the Open Division for "The Creepiness Factor: Explaining Conflicting Audience Attitudes toward Tailored Media Content."

“The AEJMC Southeast Colloquium draws research paper submissions from faculty and graduate students at some of the very best journalism and mass communication programs across the nation each year,” said associate professor Michael Hoefges, who will moderate a law and policy panel at this year’s colloquium. “Having so many Carolina papers accepted through the blind-review process for presentation this year continues a strong tradition of research for which the program has been known for many years.” 

Ph.D. alumni Michael Fuhlhage, an assistant professor at Auburn University, and Dana Rosengard, an assistant professor at Suffolk University, had papers accepted in the History Division and Electronic News Division, respectively.

Accepted Law and Policy Division papers include:

• "Documenting Fair Use: Has the Statement of Best Practices Loosened the Fair Use Reins for Documentary Filmmakers?" — Jesse Abdenour, first-year doctoral student
• "The Advertising Regulation 'Green Zone': Analyzing Parallels of Commercial Speech Jurisprudence As It Might Apply to the Growing Issue of Medicinal Marijuana Advertising, Using the Denver Advertising Ban as an Illustrative Example" — Joseph Cabosky, first-year doctoral student
• "Hazelwood's Footnote Seven" — Ryan N. Comfort, first-year master’s student
• "Consumer Protection Challenges on the Social Web: How the FTC Regulates Consumer-Generated Media as Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising" — Emily A. Graban, first-year master’s student
• "Abortion Informed Consent Laws: How Have Courts Considered First Amendment Challenges?" — Jaya Mathur, first-year master’s student
• "How the FTC Has Enforced Its Deception Jurisdiction in Cases Involving an Ill, and Therefore, Vulnerable Audience" — Emery Rogers, first-year master’s student
• "A Decade of True Threats Decisions Since Virginia v. Black: The Digital Age Demands Supreme Court Attention to True Threats Definition and Doctrine" — Lynn Marshele Waddell, first-year master’s student
• "The Press, the Public, and Capital Punishment: California First Amendment Coalition and the Development of a First Amendment Right to Witness Executions" — Elizabeth Woolery, second-year doctoral student
• "When News(Gathering) Isn't Enough: The Right to Gather Information in Public Places" — Elizabeth Woolery, second-year doctoral student

Accepted Newspaper and Online Division papers include:

• "Three Days a Week: Has a New Production Cycle Altered The Times-Picayune'sNews Coverage?" — David Bockino, first-year doctoral student

Accepted Open Division papers include:

• "The Creepiness Factor: Explaining Conflicting Audience Attitudes toward Tailored Media Content" — Lisa Barnard, second-year doctoral student
• "What Motivates People to Pass on Anti-brand Rumors Online?" — Hyosun Kim, second-year doctoral student
• "What Sports Journalists Need to Know: Four Areas of Student-athlete Privacy Invasion" — Sada Reed, first-year doctoral student