Comm School Contributes Research to International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference

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The 2018 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference took place in Eugene, Oregon, June 20-24. A dozen FSU School of Communication students, alumni, and faculty attended the conference to present their work.

IAMCR conferences address a wide range of topics defined by 31 thematic sections and working groups. Additionally, IAMCR includes a single central theme to be explored throughout the conference “with the aim of generating and exploring multiple perspectives on a shared set of issues,” according to their website. For this year’s conference, the central theme was Reimagining Sustainability: Communication and Media Research in a Changing World.

Read on for a full list of those who represented the FSU School of Communication at IAMCR 2018.

Presentations

  • ‘Global capital, global labor, and global dominance: The case of xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ – Kailash Koushik (Ph.D. candidate) and Jennifer Proffitt (Professor)
  • ‘Where Political Economy and Entertainment Public Relations Run Parallel: An Analysis of Paratexts in Bollywood Films’ – Azmat Rasul (Ph.D. alumnus), Nicole Cox (bachelor’s master’s, and Ph.D. alumna) and Jennifer Proffitt (Professor)
  • ‘Hollywood’s Contradictory Year: 2017’s Star War’s: The Last Jedi, Beauty and the Beast, and the Modern Commodification of Women’s Social Movements’ – Abigail Reed (Ph.D. candidate) and Kailash Koushik
  • ‘Barriers to innovation: Examining the impact of cultural schema and adoption of a Bus Rapid Transit System’ – Nivia Escobar Salazar (master’s alumna and incoming Ph.D. candidate) and Jessica Wendorf Muhamad (Assistant Professor)
  •  ‘Steven’s and Andy’s Crazy Stickers: A Personal Archeology of Resistance’ – Andy Opel (Professor)
  • ‘Students Make Community Media: An Analysis of Interdisciplinary Projects for Social Justice’ – Andy Opel
Others who attended and presented
  • Thomas F. Corrigan (T.C.) – bachelor’s and master’s alumnus
  • Richelle Crotty – bachelor’s and master’s alumna