FSUComm faculty, students present at Istanbul conference

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Dr. Steve McDowell, director of FSU’s School of Communication, Dr. Jennifer Proffitt, an associate professor of Communication, and five doctoral students presented at the 2011 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference held in Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17.

Presentations were as follows:

  • Ginevra Adamoli-Kalbli, and Dr. Proffitt: “Promoting Economics with Morals: Capitalist Ideology in Undercover Boss;”
  • Azmat Rasul and Dr. McDowell: “Images of Oppression: Coverage of the Afghan women in Time and Newsweek in Taliban and post-Taliban regimes;
  • Rasul and Dr. Proffitt: “Diversity or Homogeny: Concentration of Ownership and Media Diversity in Pakistan;”
  • Mariam Shaikh: “The Emerging Trends of Credit Cards for Children: Targeting the Most Vulnerable Commodity Audience for Profit or Public Interests?”
  • Khawaja Zain-Ul-abdin and Mariliis Vahe: “Using News Media to Document the Misuse of Media Regulation: The case of the PEMRA ordinance in Pakistan.”
  • Adamoli-Kalbli: “Using Participatory Communication to Betray Consumers: An Analysis of the Online Communicative Mechanics Used by Whole Foods to (Dis)engage consumers on Sustainable Issues.”

Some of the doctoral students’ costs of attending the conference were supported by the Karl and Madira Bickel scholarships.

For more information on the presentations and on the conference, go to http://iamcr.org/congress/istanbul-2011.