CCI Research & Innovation Center

CCI’s Annual Research Symposium

RIC hosts the College of Communication and Information’s Annual Research Symposium as a valuable opportunity to showcase CCI’s research and simultaneously inspire students to engage in their own research endeavors.

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46th Annual Research Symposium – February 8, 2024

The Annual Research Symposium is held in the spring of each year. The Symposium showcases the research and creative achievements of the college’s talented faculty, staff, and students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  The Symposium provides interactive opportunities for researchers to share their knowledge and their experiences. 

Agenda

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In-Person Presentations

Location: Scripps Convergence Lab, Room 402
9:10 am Welcome Dr. Suzie Allard
9:15 am AI in Business Systems and Human Behavior as Early as the 1960s Habibi Mamone
9:30 am Alumni Presentation: U.S. foreign Policy & U.S. Press Coverage of Kashmir Issue Dr. Abhijit Mazumdar, Maneesh Pandeya
9:45 am Food Prices, News Assumptions, and Elections Dr. Mark D. Harmon
10 am Where’s Your Data and Who Cares Dr. Wade Bishop
10:15 am Mammoth Ivory Hunting in Siberia: The Ethical, Environmental, Cultural, and Economic Considerations Christopher Hastings
10:30 am The Impact of Rurality on Trust in Health Information Sources Kristin Schrader, Dr. Julie Andsager
10:45 am TikTok vs Instagram: Green Advertising, Construal Level, and Platforms Differences Qinran Li, Dr. Matthew Pittman
11 am Visiting Scholar Presentation: An Overview of the Data Analysis Lifecycle Rosa Virginia Encinas Quille, Pedro Luiz Pizzigatti Corrêa
11:15 am CCI’s Information Integrity Institute: Research Insights from the Faculty Fellows Dr. Catherine Luther, Dr. Ben Horne, Dr. Martin Riedl
11:45 am In-Person Trivia Scripps Convergence Lab Kahoot! (Download the Kahoot! app)
12:05 pm Lunch  

Online Presentations

12:15 pm Understanding Communicative Anxious Attachment Triggers and Reactions Isabella Mangano, Dr. Jessica Frampton
12:30 pm Investigating the Influence of Consumption Type and Message Appeal on Consumer Perceptions of Green Products Minjeong Kim, Jie Chen
12:45 pm The Jezebel stereotype, sexual identity and sexual objectification of African-American women in sharing sexual-related social media content: A muted group theory and Black Feminist Theory Analysis Byron Jamal Keys
1 pm Visiting Scholar Presentation: Exploring Data Quality in an Environmental Scenario Felipe Almeida
1:15 pm The Help-Seeking Behaviors of Young Adults in Psychological Distress: Memorable Messages, Facilitators, and Barriers to Entry James L. Cartee III
1:30 pm CNN Newsource and What It Makes Available Dr. Mark Harmon, Joel Moroney
1:45 pm From “I know a guy” to “just Google it”: How online opinion leadership affects our sense of community Dr. Nick Geidner, Pranaav Jadhav, Joel Moroney, Kathryn Fellhoelter
2 pm Virtual Trivia on Zoom Kahoot! (Download the Kahoot! app)
2:15 pm Alumni Presentation: Ethics of care in action: Overview of holistic framework with application to employee engagement Dr. Laura Lemon, C. Boman
2:30 pm Effectiveness of Ad-Type-Media Congruence in Digital Advertising Jie Chen, Dr. Matthew Pittman, Dr. Eric Haley
2:45 pm Alumni Presentation: Relationships work: Using workplace relationships to advance socialization, research, and learning. Dr. Tori Bertram
3 pm Is Trustworthiness Enough? Financial Uncertainty, Risk, and Repository Certification Dr. Rebecca Frank
3:15 pm Biased algorithm? Exploring how YouTube recommends science videos to racially and socioeconomically diverse audiences Dr. Shiyu Yang
3:30 pm Alumni Presentation: Follow the Red Brick Road: The Journey from CCI to your Wildest Dreams Dr. Joseph Winberry
3:45 pm Visiting Scholar Presentation: Data visualization services in research libraries: a proposal to implement a model in Brazil Tainá Regly

Research Advisory Committee

  • Suzie Allard
  • Oluseyi Adegbola
  • Brian Dobreski
  • Jiangen He
  • Jeannette Iannacone
  • Joan Rentsch
  • Martin Riedl
  • Curry Wilson
  • Shiyu Yang
  • Roth Smith

Student Research Presentation Winners

Doctoral Students

First Place: Kristin Schrader 

Second Place: James Cartee III 

Third Place (tie-alphabetically listed): Pranaav Jadhav; Byron Jamal Keys  

Masters Students

First Place: Christopher Hastings

Second Place: Joel Maroney

Undergraduate Student

First Place: Isabella Mangano

Past Research Symposiums

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