Research and Insights

CJC at the 2023 International Communication Association Conference

May 25-29, 2023
Toronto

Thursday, May 25

Human-Machine Communication: Authenticity in Communicating With Machines

Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust Seungahn Nah

Friday, May 26

Wall of Fame: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Al-Sisi and Al-Assad Visual Image-Making and Self-Presentation on Instagram

Doctoral student Hadeel Alhaddadeh and Executive Associate Dean Spiro Kiousis

What Do People Talk About Replika? Investigating How Replika is Discussed and Interpreted Among Groups With Different Interests

MPMT Assistant Professor in Emerging Media Kun Xu and doctoral student Xiaobei Chen

Political Discussions on Russian YouTube: How Did They Change Since the Start of the War in Ukraine?

Doctoral student Ekaterina Romanova

When Trust in AI Mediates: AI News Use, Public Discussion, and Civic Participation

Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust Seungahn Nah, doctoral students Ekaterina Romanova and Fanjue Liu

Social-Mediatization of News: Normative Logic and Market Logic

MPMT Assistant Professor Jieun Shin

A Theory of ASMR Advertising Persuasion: Advertising Consumers’ Resistance-Overcoming Sensory Satisfaction

Advertising Associate Professor Benjamin Johnson and CJC alumna Susanna S. Lee

What Can AI Do for Democracy? Community Storytelling Network, AI Technologies, and Civic Participation

Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust Seungahn Nah

Saturday, May 27

Parents’ COVID-19, HPV, and Monkeypox Vaccination Intention: A Multilevel Structural Equation Model of Risk, Benefit, Barrier, and Efficacy Perceptions and Individual Characteristics

Public Relations Assistant Professor Haoran Chris Chu

Mediated Sports: Sacrifice of Authenticity?

Doctoral student Xinlei Wu

Hybrid: Blue Sky Big Ideas Workshop: AI in the Communication Discipline: Next Challenges and Opportunities

MPMT Associate Professor Jasmine McNealy

More Is Not Necessarily Merrier: The Moderating Tole of Loneliness in the Effects of Bandwagon Cues on Audience’s Perception of the Streaming Experience

MPMT Associate Professor Yu-Hao Lee

Using Primary Motivational Aspects of GMO Foods to Shift Attitudes

Public Relations Associate Professors Jay Hmielowski, Myiah J. Hutchens and doctoral student Jessica F. Sparks

Seeing Red (and Blue): Partisan Identity, Emotions, and Selective Exposure

Public Relations Associate Professor Myiah J. Hutchens and doctoral students Eliana DuBosar and Brittany Shaughnessy

Virtual Verdancy: Exploring Human-Nature Interactions in the Metaverse

Journalism Professor Sri Kalyanaraman and alumnus Daniel Pimentel

Blue Sky Professional Development Workshop: Enhancing Lab Research: How to Establish and Manage a Successful Communication and Technology Lab

Moderator:  MPMT Assistant Professor in Emerging Media Kun Xu

Influencers and Content Creators

Chair: Advertising Associate Professor Benjamin Johnson

The Reception of Fact-Checking: Opening the Black Box of Information Consumption

Journalism Assistant Professor Celeste Wagner

Gaming the Algorithm: Examining Creators’ Sense of Self-Authenticity, Desire for Fame and Algorithm Gaming Behaviors

MPMT Associate Professor Jasmine McNealy

From Representation to Reality: Media’s Cultivation of Attitudes towards Transracial Adoption

Journalism Associate Professor Frank Waddell and doctoral student Chelsea Moss

It All Begins With a Name: Examining News Coverage of the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court Nomination

Journalism Assistant Professor Rachel Grant and Advertising Associate Professor Benjamin Johnson

Let the Dead Talk: How Deepfake Resurrection Narratives Influence Audience Response in Prosocial Contexts

Public Relations Assistant Professor Haoran Chris Chu

Tweaking the Messages and Opening the Black Box: Combining Persuasive AI and Explainable AI for Mental Help-Seeking

MPMT Assistant Professor in Emerging Media Kun Xu and doctoral student Xiaobei Chen

The Role of Family Communication in the Fight Against COVID-19: How Family Communication Patterns Impact COVID-19 Vaccination Messaging

Journalism Associate Professor Frank Waddell and doctoral students Chelsea Moss and Shelby Thomas

Examining the Impact of Instagram Influencers on Risk Perception in U.S. National Parks

Advertising Associate Professor Benjamin Johnson

Initial Validation of the Character Morality-as-Cooperation Questionnaire (CMACQ)

Public Relations Assistant Professor Rebecca Fraser

Partnering for Policy and Public Scholarship

MPMT Associate Professor Jasmine McNealy

Fake It ‘Til You Make It: Linking Behaviors of Untrustworthy News Websites

MPMT Assistant Professor Jieun Shin and doctoral students Jessica F. Sparks and Renee Mitson

Sunday, May 28

The Effectiveness of Gain-Loss Framed Messages for Maternal Smoking Cessation: Persuasion Through Emotion and Self-Efficacy

Doctoral student Qing Xu

The Appraisal Tendencies of Core and Moral Disgust and the Effects on Food Choices

MPMT Associate Professor Yu-Hao Lee and CJC alumna MinJi Kim

Similarities and Differences in Partnerships of Researchers With Professionals in Healthcare or With Policymakers

Doctoral student Taylor Vasquez

“I = We” Mentality: The Structural Model of Collective Action in Modern Russia

Doctoral student Ekaterina Romanova

When AI Meets Ethics: Rethinking Attitude Toward Use of AI Technologies

Dianne Snedaker Chair in Media Trust Seungahn Nah, MPMT Associate Professor Jasmine McNealy and CJC alumna Heidi Makady

How Does Effective Internal Communication Impact Employees’ External Whistleblowing Intention? The Mediating Role of the Relational Psychological Contract

Doctoral student Jie Jin and CJC alumna Leping You

A Mini Imitation Game: How Individuals Model Social Robots via Behavioral Outcomes and Social Roles

MPMT Assistant Professor in Emerging Media Kun Xu and doctoral students Fanjue Liu and Xiaobei Chen

Theoretical and Critical Perspectives to HMC

Chair: MPMT Assistant Professor in Emerging Media Kun Xu

From Me to You to Us: Exploring the Relationship Between Self-Care, Partner Communication, and Family Harmony

Doctoral students Chelsea Moss and Taylor Vasquez

The Influence of Information Overload on Conversations With a Virtual Clinician: Heuristic-Systematic Processing as a Mechanism to Understand Colorectal Cancer Screening Intentions

Advertising Professor Janice Krieger and doctoral student Xiaobei Chen

Brand Tastemakers or Eeriness-Makers? An Integrated Model Disentangling the Consumer-Virtual Influencer Parasocial Relationships

Doctoral student Fanjue Liu and CJC alumnus Rang Wang

“The Highest Expression of Black Power:” The Burning Spear Newspaper Fights for Global Black Unity

Journalism Assistant Professor Rachel Grant and doctoral student Ernest Makata

Monday, May 29

Authentic or Not? A Holistic Evaluation of Authenticity in Store Environments
Advertising Lecturer Elizabeth Calienes

A Content Analysis of Social Support Messages About Environmental Breast Cancer Risk Within Blogs for Mothers

Advertising Associate Professor Carla Fisher

You Go to Extremes: Examining Perceived Ideological Extremity as a Mediator between Partisan Media Use and Affective Polarization

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Public Relations Associate Professors Jay Hmielowski and doctoral students Brittany Shaughnessy and Luna Pittet Gonzalez

A Feminist Pedagogy of Patience: Communication Against Gender-Based Violence in the Argentina of the Ni Una Menos and the United States of #MeToo

Journalism Assistant Professor Celeste Wagner

Gender and Authenticity Performance by Virtual Influencers and How They Are Received

MPMT Associate Professor Yu-Hao Lee

Can Virtual Influencers Have Real Influence? The Moderating Role of Product Type and Mediating Role of Agency on Authenticity, Product-Endorser Fit, and Endorsement Effectiveness

MPMT Associate Professor Yu-Hao Lee and doctoral student Fanjue Liu