Several UMSL alumni and faculty members had their research presented at the 2012 conference of the National Communication Association (NCA) in Orlando, Florida this month. Research by UMSL alumni and faculty that was presented at the conference included the following:
- “Get them where it counts: Building the body of evidence for smoking media literacy’s potential as a health intervention for middle school students” by Melinda Bier, of the UMSL School of Education and Lara Zwarun, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication.
- “The “Gleek” effect: Televised treatments of and attitudes toward diverse and dissimilar others” by Alice Hall, Associate Professor, Pete Abel, Adjunct Professor and UMSL alumnus (M.A., 2012), Stephanie Hatfield (M.A., 2012), Julia Morrison (M.A., 2012), and Alice Telios (M.A., 2012).
- “Revisiting self-monitoring as a moderator in the theory of normative social behavior” by Su Ahn Jang, Assistant Professor, and Jina Yoo, Associate Professor.
- “Six percent for six posts: The use of Facebook to compliment the mass lecture” by Nicholas Bowman, UMSL alumnus (B.A., 2003; M.A. 2005), Meagan Bryand, and Lindsey Carr.
- “Three dimensions of video games: The influence agency, demand, and perspective of performance at, presence in, and enjoyment of video games” Nicholas Bowman, UMSL alumnus (B.A., 2003; M.A., 2005) and Gregory Cranmer.
