USM Graduate Student Research Symposium

Congratulations to the following students who will present their research paper at the USM Graduate Student Research Symposium on March 26, 2010.

Kaylene Armstrong

COVERING THE MORMONS: THE INFLUENCE OF NEW OWNERS OF THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ON COVERAGE OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

MAKING IT PERSONAL: REPORTER/SOURCE RELATIONSHIP IN THE 1985 MURDER TRIALS OF THE LAFFERTY BROTHERS

Thomas Broadus

THE PAY WALL, THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER AND NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

Alice Ferguson

ECOLOGICAL AFFORDANCES OF H1N1 PANDEMIC NEWS COVERAGE: NEWS MEDIA FRAMING AND DELINEATION OF BEHAVIORAL OPTIONS

FCC TO CITIZENS: GO JUMP OFF A (DIGITAL) CLIFF – BROADCAST REGULATION HISTORY, IDEOLOGY AND THE MYTH OF THE DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSITION

Casey Hart

DIS-ENCHANTED: THE EVOLUTION OF THE DISNEY FAIRY-TALE PRINCESS

Sid Muralidharan

SPOOFING: SOCIAL COMMENTARY OR EFFECTIVE MARKETING TOOL? TESTING THE RECIPROCAL MEDIATION HYPOTHESIS IN SPOOF ADVERTISEMENTS

Pam Parry

SECOND FIDDLE, NOT SECOND RATE: ASSOCIATE ROLE OBSCURES ANNE WHEATON’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC RELATIONS

Leslie Rasmussen

WHAT ACCENT? THE MARGINALIZATION AND ASSIMILATION OF LATINOS ON TELEVISION: A CONNOTATIVE READING OF ABC’S MODERN FAMILY

Judith Roberts

OBAMA’S USE OF NEW MEDIA IN THE 2008 ELECTION: HOW ACCESSIBILITY, INCREASED DONATIONS, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT HELPED HIM WIN THE ELECTION