Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information
The Annual Research Symposium as a valuable opportunity to showcase CCI’s research and simultaneously inspire students to engage in their own research endeavors.
The Annual Research Symposium is held in the spring of each year. The Symposium showcases the research 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.
The Symposium has a rich history of more than four decades. Some documentation from past Symposia are available here (TRACE) and here (CCI)
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Communication and Information Research in a Digital AgeProposals from 2020
Setting the Record Straight: Citizens’ First Amendment Right to Video Police in Public, Denae Lynn D'Arcy
Human information behavior in hospice care volunteerism in the Southeastern Appalachian region, Sheri Edwards
Early v. Election-Day Voters: A Media Profile, Mark D Harmon
Social Media as Precursor to Arab Revolt, Mark D Harmon and Brittany Rose Nauta
Emergency Text Messaging Systems and Higher Education Campuses: Expanding Crisis Communication and Chaos Theory, Tanya Desselle Ickowitz and Michael J. Palenchar
Communication Strategies in Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertisements, Ilwoo Ju
The Influences of Perceived Environmental Responsibilities on Green Purchasing Intentions, Jinhee Lee and Ilwoo Ju
I Look To You: Religious Leaders as Social Support in the Management of Uncertainty within the African-American Community, Stephen Anthony Spates
When Old Issues Call Forth a New People: A Constitutive Rhetorical Analysis of Black Liberation Manifestos, Ian Summers
No, Kidding! Are We Branded From Birth ? Content Analysis of Ads in Children's Magazines, Meenakshi Trichur Venkitasubramanian and Jinhee Lee
Proposals from 2013
A research on family-owned newspaper, Mengmeng Li, xiaofei song, and Alix Carole Bilip
Proposals from 2012
Framing #crisis perceptions through user-generated content: An exploratory case study examining the crisis message frames in the Mexican blogger Marcia Macias crisis, Ioana Alexandra Coman
Motherhood as salvation: The experience of young Appalachian mothers, Betsy D. Dalton
TV Journalists and Social Media Use, Adaptation to New Media, Denae Lynn D'Arcy
Biodiversity Information for Natural Resource Management: Information Needs and Practices in Southern Appalachia, Miriam Davis and Carol Tenopir
Factors Affect University Students' Information Literacy Competency, Rebecca O. Davis
Data Curation Education in Research Centers Poster, Chris Eaker
The information behavior of hospice volunteer coordinators, Sheri Edwards
Media and gender: How has the story of Chaz Bono impacted media’s portrayal of transgender people?, Scott A. Eldredge and Iveta Imre
Hate Speech versus Free Speech on College Campuses: Exploring the Viability of a Constitutional and Sustainable Campus Speech Code, Michelle Epstein Garland
Horatio Alger is Dying: Has U. S. TV News Noticed?, Mark D Harmon
The Implementation of the Liberal Model of Journalism in Croatia: Exploring the Influence of Cultural Values and the Level of Democracy, Iveta Imre and Candace White
The Effects of Message Quantification: The Modearing Role of Numeracy, Ilwoo Ju
The Effects of Statistical Information in Pharmaceutical Product Advertising, Ilwoo Ju
Verbal Judo Training Module for Law Enforcement: An Ethnographic Perspective, Lorna F. Keathley, Virginia Kupritz, and John Haas
Developing a Definition of Nonverbal Slang, Timothy E. Martin Jr.
Propinquity and News Coverage: The U.S. As Seen in Latin America, Charles Primm
Stages of the Diabetes 'Roller Coaster': A Textual Analysis of Tudiabetes.org (R), Jodi Lynn Rightler-McDaniels and Lisa Metzer
Exploring the Effectiveness of Online Instructional Technology in Higher Education: Professors’ Perspective, George Shaw Jr.
Citizen Participation in the Biological Sciences: A Literature Review of Citizen Science, Todd Suomela and Erica Johns
WHAT DOES IT TAKE THEM JUST TO GET THE JOB? AN ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS OF TODAY’S LIS GRADUATES: IMPLICATIONS FOR LIS CURRICULA, Stan Trembach, Liya Deng, and Andy Thomas
Challenges to Sharing Data Among Environmental Scientists and Data Managers in the Southeastern United States, Mary Beth Ross West and Miriam L.E. Steiner Davis
Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (CHIL), Md Hassan Zamir
Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (CHIL), Md Hassan Zamir
Proposals from 2011
Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Scientific Data Practices & Preservation Among Turkish Environmental Scientists and Information Scientists, Suzie Allard and Arsev Aydinoglu
Journal-Ranking Lists, Ideology, and the Academic Librarian: A Critical Analysis, Stephen Bales, Laura Sare, Catherine Coke, and Wyoma Vanduinkerken
Exploring the lived experiences of online worshipers, Matthew B. Broaddus
Fourth Estate planning: An exploration of perspectives that have shaped the past and present – and those that may determine the future – of journalism education, Jamie E. Bumpus Mr.
Science, Government, and Information: Finding and Communicating the Results of Research, Bonnie Carroll
A Method to the Madness: A survey of research methods employed in studying science communication, Tiffany C. Chao
Perceptions and uses of Google Scholar among undergraduate students, Monica Colon-Aguirre, Karen Freberg, and Suzie Allard
Biodiversity Information Needs in the Southern Appalachians:, Miriam L.E. Steiner Davis, Suzie Allard, Carol Tenopir, Christopher E. Caldwell, and Jana Redmond
The Political Context of Scientific Data: Understanding the Value Public Officials Place on Knowledge (SciValue), Kimberly L. Douglass
Collegiate Assimilation and Current Quality of High School Friendships, Weston Duke and John Runyan
The Information Behavior of Hospice Volunteer Coordinators, Sheri Edwards
Got Game? An Investigation of Parents’ Understanding of and Attitudes Toward Advergaming, Nathan Evans
Three Tests of Affluenza: TV Viewing and Materialism, Mark D Harmon
Why Poor and Why Rich: International Surveys Validate Attribution Theory, Mark D Harmon
Crisis Communications and Social Media: Advantages, Disadvantages and Best Practices, Whitney S. Holmes Ms.
The Science of Team Science: An Emerging Context for, Patricia F. Katopol
A Relational Approach to Reducing Uncertainty during a Crisis through the use of Mobile Technology, Nicole A. Merrifield Ms.
Environmental Information Science: A Course at the Intersection of Popper's Worlds, Lisa Metzer, Elizabeth Noakes, Jim Malone, Priyanki Sinha, and Todd Suomela
Risk, Health and Crisis Communication Unit, Michael J. Palenchar, Elizabeth Avery, and Karen Hilyard
Cell phones for Development, Devendra Dilip Potnis
Collaboration - It's a Good Thing!: A multi-faceted role analysis in graduate student education as "faculty-in-training"., Priyanki Sinha, Jim Malone, Todd E. Suomela, Elizabeth Noakes, Lisa Metzer, and David L. Sims
Knowledge Infrastructure: The Research Library’s Role in Information Transfer, Nicholas M. Weber
Chilling Effect and Freedom of the Press in Mexico: Then and Now, Justin S. West