ICR students spend summer presenting at conferences
We'd like to thank all of our graduate students in the Institute of Communications Research for traveling the globe to represent the University of Illinois as they presented their research at multiple conferences. Below is a list of students (with names bolded), faculty, and the presentation titles.
International Communication Association (Washington, DC)
"Crossing Boundaries in Visual Communication Research" (Preconference)
Adrian Wong
"Let’s Go Purify Comments: Young Liberals’ Tactic of Trolling and Algorithmic Manipulation as a New Form of Online Resistance in South Korea"
Yeahin Pyo
"Digital Produced Space: Towards a New Definition of Video Games"
William Helmke
"Exploration and Conceptualization of Self-Endorsement Using Personal Digital Agents"
Kristy Hamilton
Seo Yoon Lee
Un Chae Chung
Weizi Liu
Brittany Duff
"We’re Single But Not ‘Leftovers’”: The Analysis of SK-II Commercial on Unmarried Women in China"
Anqi Peng
"Consumer Response toward Sponsored YouTube Video and the Role of Endorser Evaluation and Perceived Manipulativeness"
Xiaohan Hu
Mike Yao
"The Role of Online Search “Querying” on Memory"
Kristy Hamilton
Chen Chen
Mike Yao
"Decoding the Encoding Level: The Association between Orienting Responses and Secondary Task Reaction Times"
Giang Pham
Kevin Wise
Xiaohan Hu
Shili Xiong
Yilin Ren
Amy Pan
Regina Ahn
"Cognitive Underload, Media Multitasking, and Resource Allocation"
Kevin Wise
Brittany Duff
Giang Pham
Yilin Ren
Claire Segijn, University of Minnesota
Shili Xiong
"An Examination of How Boredom Proneness Influences Media Multitasking Behavior"
Yilin Ren
Seo Yoon Lee
Jiachen Yao
Xuanjun Gong
Regina Ahn
Joseph Yun
Brittany Duff
"Exploring the Distractor Devaluation Effect for Both Advertisements and Mind-Wandering"
Yilin Ren
"How Different Levels of Media Multitasking Influence People’s Processing of Background Advertising"
Jiachen Yao
"I Multitask to Stay Focused: The Influence of Media Multitasking and Executive Control on Mind Wandering"
Shili Xiong
Xiaohan Hu
"Mind or Machine? Exploring the Role of Anthropomorphism on Illusions of Knowledge from Technology Use"
Kristy Hamilton
Weizi Liu
Adrian Ward, University of Texas at Austin
Mike Yao
"The Power Elite Re-Examined: Exploring the Contours of Insularity, Connectivity, and Privilege in US Political Journalism"
Nikki Usher
Margaret Yee Man Ng
Yeahin Pyo
"The Effect of Playable Ads on Perceived Control and Psychological Reactance"
Xiaohan Hu
Kevin Wise
"Disney Toy Marketing Addresses Latina/os"
Diana Leon-Boys
Angharad Valdivia
International Association for Media and Communication Research (Madrid, Spain)
"Danish Muslims and social media mobilizations of counter-narratives"
Morten Stinus Kristensen
"The (Post) colonial Nation – How journalism shapes national identities in South Asia and the UK"
Antje Glück (GB)
Anirban Mukhopadhyay
"Cheering for the Queerly Masculine: Hollywood Superheroes Reimagined in Fan Videos on Chinese Barrage Video Websites"
Jingyi Gu
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Toronto, Canada)
"The Effects of Social Media on Risk Perception and Preventive Behaviors During Infectious Disease Outbreaks: The Mediating Role of Self-relevant Emotions"
Sang-Hwa Oh
Seo Yoon Lee
Changhyun Han
"Interpretation, Participation and Negotiation in China’s Online News: A Study of The Paper"
Ran Ju
"Generation Gap in Digital Privacy: Exploring Motivations for Digital Privacy Protection Behaviors among the US Consumers"
Un Chae Chung
"The Effect of Verbal and Visual Product Information on Cognitive and Affective Responses"
*****Top Student Paper
Xiaohan Hu
Chen Chen
“The Algorithm Follows Me: Knowledge and Experience of Targeting and Re-Targeting in Online Advertising Across Age Cohorts"
Olga Shabalina
Michelle Nelson
"Inside the Ivory Tower: How Student Reporters Reason about Ethics"
Yayu Feng