UNC J-school community to present at ICA conference in London June 17-21

Five faculty members, nine graduate students and three alumni will represent the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the International Communication Association’s (ICA) 63rd annual conference in London June 17-21.

The Carolina contingent will present 14 authored or co-authored papers and serve on multiple panels. Faculty members Sri Kalyanaraman and Daniel Kreiss earned top paper honors for the conference. 

Kalyanaraman’s "Overcoming Consumer Suspicion of Advocacy Advertising: An Exploration of the Persuasive Effects of Self-Brand Connections," co-authored with 2011 doctoral alumna Christina Malik, was named top paper in the Health Communication Division. Kreiss’s "Political Performance and Active Spectatorship: Symbolically Organizing the Polity During the 2012 Democratic National Convention," which he co-authored with doctoral student Laura Meadows and May 2013 master’s graduate John Remensperger, was named a top three faculty paper.

The following faculty members, students and alumni will present (UNC names in bold):

Tuesday, June 18, 9 - 10:15 a.m. 
Yeuseung Kim and Sri Kalyanaraman 
"Effects of Product Type and Source of Customized Recommendations on Attitudes toward the Website"

Wednesday, June 19, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Jess Myrick and Mary Beth Oliver 
"Laughing and Crying: Mixed Emotions, Compassion, and the Effectiveness of a YouTube PSA about Skin Cancer"

Wednesday, June 19, 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Ryan Rogers, Lisa Barnard and Francesca Carpentier 
"Effects of Agency in New Media Storytelling on Attitudes and Behavior Intention"

Wednesday, June 19, 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Ryan Rogers 
"Concerning Interactivity: Effective Video Game Content Analysis"

Thursday, June 20, 8 - 10:45 a.m.
Christina Malik and Sri Kalyanaraman
"Overcoming Consumer Suspicion of Advocacy Advertising: An Exploration of the Persuasive Effects of Self-Brand Connections" 
Top paper in Health Communication Division

Thursday, June 20, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Scott Brennan
"Culturing Latour: (Re)Constructing Culture in Latour's Actor-Network Theory"

Thursday, June 20, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Scott Parrott, Temple Northup and Francesca Carpentier
"The Influence of Virtual Perspective Taking on Attitudes toward Mexican Immigrants in the United States"

Thursday, June 20, 2 - 3:15 p.m.
Mary Beth Oliver, Nick Bowman, Julia Woolley, Ryan Rogers, Brett Sherrick and Mun-Young Chung 
"Video Games as Meaningful Entertainment Experiences"

Thursday, June 20, 2 - 3:15 p.m.
Edward Downs, Jacqueline Borrett and Sarah Erickson
"Invading Public Spaces: Exploring the Effects of Media Type and Social Prompts on Cognition"

Thursday, June 20, 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Stephanie Kay Van Stee, Seth Noar and Nancy Grant Harrington
"The Effects of Metaphor Use and Message Format on Cognitive Processing and Persuasive Outcomes of Condom Promotion Messages"

Thursday, June 20, 5 - 6:15 p.m.
Daniel Kreiss, Laura Meadows and John Remensperger
"Political Performance and Active Spectatorship: Symbolically Organizing the Plity During the 2012 Democratic National Convention" 
Top three faculty paper

Friday, June 21, 9 - 10:15 a.m.
Nori Comello, Jess Myrick and April Raphiou
"The ‘Foot-in-the-Door’ Compliance-Gaining Effect and Psychological Moderators"

Friday, June 21, 9 - 10:15 a.m.
Lisa Barnard
"Me, Myself, and My Education: Technology and Personalized Learning"

Friday, June 21, 3 - 4:15 p.m.
David Karpf, Daniel Kreiss and Rasmus Nielsen
"A New Era of Qualitative Political Communication Research?: A History and a Case for New Approaches"