14:15 - 15:30 pm: Contributed Paper Session 4 Copyright (c) 2013 University of Tennessee, Knoxville All rights reserved. http://trace.tennessee.edu/ccisymposium/2012/session4 Recent Events in 14:15 - 15:30 pm: Contributed Paper Session 4 en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 23:01:16 PDT 3600 Hate Speech versus Free Speech on College Campuses: Exploring the Viability of a Constitutional and Sustainable Campus Speech Code http://trace.tennessee.edu/ccisymposium/2012/session4/4 http://trace.tennessee.edu/ccisymposium/2012/session4/4 This article explored the viability of a Constitutional and sustainable campus speech code. Specifically, this article used the website and rating system of the organization Freedom for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) as the source for the pilot analysis. Southeastern Conference and Pacific 10 Conference universities were chosen as the sample, and both the overall university and individual codes were examined for violations of free speech. For the purpose of this article, codes that were found to have no violations were presented. This article found that based on the chosen sample, no Constitutional and sustainable campus speech code is currently viable. However, analysis of a broader sample is recommended.

Keywords: campus speech codes, hate speech, free speech

]]> Michelle Epstein Garland Relationship Between Usage and Age: How LGBT Individuals Use Online Social Networking Applications For Personal Relationships http://trace.tennessee.edu/ccisymposium/2012/session4/3 http://trace.tennessee.edu/ccisymposium/2012/session4/3 A pilot study titled "Relationship Between Usage and Age: How LGBT Individuals Use Online Social Networking Applications For Personal Relationships" that looks at the impact of online social networking applications and how they are changing the way LGBT seek and develop personal relationships.

]]> Rick Curry TV Journalists and Social Media Use, Adaptation to New Media http://trace.tennessee.edu/ccisymposium/2012/session4/2 http://trace.tennessee.edu/ccisymposium/2012/session4/2 Denae Lynn D'Arcy Stages of the Diabetes 'Roller Coaster': A Textual Analysis of Tudiabetes.org (R) http://trace.tennessee.edu/ccisymposium/2012/session4/1 http://trace.tennessee.edu/ccisymposium/2012/session4/1 Online virtual health communities have recently emerged to engage people with common medical conditions and experiences. Tudiabetes.org® is an example of a peer-to-peer virtual health community that provides an online social platform to exchange ideas, fears, knowledge, and support about the diabetes experience. This study explored the communication of parents within this non-moderated virtual health community surrounding the diagnosis of a child with type 1 diabetes by analyzing the dialogue of a particular tudiabetes.orgâ discussion thread. Textual analysis revealed four emerging stages of the narrative, which structurally resembled a “roller coaster” ride: catastrophic, social support, cathartic release, and “new normal.” Parents exchanged social support through the tudiabetes.org® community and actively constructed meaning for their experiences through interactive dialogue. In this way, the roller coaster ride metaphor emerged and developed along with the parents’ interactive conversation.

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