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October 17, 2013

A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications faculty present research

Submitted by Ambrosia Franklin

Graduate faculty in the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications program presented their research at recent annual national and international 1xbet online sports betting conferences.

Associate professors Joye Gordon and Bonnie Bresser's study "Hacks, Flacks, and Whacks: A Pilot Study of the Utility of Individualistic Ethical Orientation as a Variable of Interest in the Study of Media Ethics" was presented at the annual Association for Education Journalism and Mass 1xbet online sports betting conference in Washington, D.C. Steven Smethers, associate professor, and co-author Danny Shipka, Oklahoma State University, presented "I Did it Myself!: Pinterest and the Evolution of DIY Communities" at the conference.

Others from the department who attended the conference included Birgit Wassmuth, the new director of the Miller School, and Louise Benjamin, professor.

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Internationally, Angela Powers presented the paper "Family-Owned Newspapers Filling Niches in Rural Communities" at the annual International 1xbet online sports betting Association conference in London, England. The paper was co-authored with Ardyth Sohn, former director of the Greenspun Journalism Program at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Jane Briggs-Bunting, retired former director of the School of Journalism at Michigan State University. A paper from Curtis Matthews, assistant professor, and colleagues from Texas Tech University and Auburn University, "Lack of Credibility Accompanying Public Relations Messages Distributed Through Corporate Channels: A Longitudinal Experimental," also was presented at International 1xbet online sports betting Association conference.

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Nancy Muturi presented the paper "Gender and HIV/AIDS in Kenya" at the annual International Association of Media and 1xbet online sports betting Research conference in Dublin, Ireland. A paper by former graduate student Travis Hasler, "HIV/AIDS 1xbet online sports betting Strategies in Developing Countries: Behavior Change in a High Fear Environment," also was presented at the conference.

TheInternational Association of Media and 1xbet online sports betting Research central conference theme was "Crises, 'Creative Destruction' and the Global Power and 1xbet online sports betting Orders." Reflections and papers presented at the conference addressed shifts in the geopolitical and 1xbet online sports betting order initiated by current deep economic/financial crisis and its creative destruction.