conference paper Archive
Blazing a Different Trail
Abstract: The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) caused a media uproar locally and nationally in December 2014 when it announced it was dropping its football team, along with bowling […]
Understanding the politics of your public
Abstract: Hispanics, or Latinos, are the largest U.S. minority group and are poised to play a key role in U.S. elections. Public relations practitioners who work in politics should be interested […]
Dissecting the Root of Vaccine Misinformation on Pinterest
Abstract: This study employs a quantitative content analysis approach to the issue of vaccines, analyzing a total of 1,000 vaccine-related pins posted by four anti-vaccine organizations (Mercola, Natural News, Health […]
Important Tweets matter
Abstract: This work looks at the intersection of emotion, content, and engagement when a topic of importance is discussed on social media. Based on a conceptual framework connecting the elements […]
Reshaping broadcast television
Abstract: This work looks at the back story behind television broadcasting’s ability to maintain – even expand – its employment, while newspaper publishing and radio broadcasting have seen significant declines […]
More Than Just ‘Bad Blood’
Abstract: In the summer of 2015, musical artists Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift got caught up in a “Twitter War” regarding the racial politics of the music industry. The feud […]
Disabling Prejudice
Abstract: Part of the goal of the International Paralympic Committee is to “touch the heart of all people for a more equitable society.” Images of athletes with permanent visible physical […]
Connectivity and Freedom
Abstract: This paper compares data on Internet connectivity gathered by the Gallup World Poll against data from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and […]