Session 2846

ICA Opening Plenary: Infinite Availability: About Hyper-Communication [and Old Age]
Tuesday, 18:00-19:30, Theater

Chair
Francois Cooren, U de Montréal, CANADA

Participant
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Stanford U, USA

We have more opportunities to communicate than ever before in the history of Homo sapiens. This is the elementary fact that I am referring to with the word "hyper-communication," and I refrain from saying that hyper-communication is either a very good or a very bad thing. The frequency with which we talk to other persons face-to-face, that is in mutual physical presence, has most likely not increased - but it has probably also not dramatically declined during the past decades. If we have more opportunities to communicate than ever before, in the sense of conducting interactions based on the use of natural languages, then this increase is clearly a function of technical devices whose effects neutralize the consequences of physical and sometimes also of temporal distance. Some of us old ones feel that this is simply too much - and that, at the same time, it is not enough presence. If the process of Modernity has largely been a process of disenchantment, we have now written "Rational Re-enchantment" on our revolutionary banners. But I am fully aware that this is but another Gray Panthers' revolution.

Session 3446
ICA/AMIC Joint Plenary
Wednesday 13:00-14:15 Theater   

Chair
Barbie Zelizer, U of Pennsylvania, USA

Participant
The Transnational Communication of "Racism": Migration, Media and the Shaping of International Relations
-- Ien Ang, U of Western Sydney, AUSTRALIA

The past two years has seen an escalating diplomatic row between India and Australia over a series attacks on Indian students in Australia. While Indian media were quick to report these attacks as "racist", official responses in Australia tended to downplay the occurrence of racial motivations in these attacks. This to-and-fro dance of accusation and denial of "racism" has resulted in a spiral of signification which has sharpened national cultural divides. The case study shows how the complex entanglement of cultural nationalism and transnational mobility is mediated through inherited discourses of race and "racism", in a time when (post)colonial power hierarchies are being unsettled in a rapidly changing world, especially in the Asia Pacific region.

Session 4420
Urban Communication in Singapore in an Age of Globalization
Thursday 13:00-14:15 Room 201

Chair
Gary Gumpert, Urban Communication Foundation, USA

Participants

• Yu-Ning Hwang, Urban Redevelopment Authority, SINGAPORE
• Yap Kheng Guan, Public Utilities Board, SINGAPORE
• Mohinder Singh, LTA Academy, SINGAPORE

Singapore represents an unusual urban state created by an ephemeral, spectral global communication infrastructure. But behind the constructed electronic façade exists a reality of an urban landscape that is governed and shaped by the uniqueness of a state that is global and local at the same time. Rapid adoption of technology, high broadband penetration and extensive government use of ICT utilization make Singapore a significant case study with regard to telecommunication infrastructure and policies. Simultaneously, Singapore has a global identity that co-exists with local urban issues. Singapore's urban history is filled with sweeping urban renewal initiatives. A city of diverse ethnicities and identifiable enclaves, it is also a cosmopolitan high tech financial hub. Singapore therefore represents a unique and often puzzling series of contradictions. The Urban Communication Foundation and the International Communication Association are bringing together a panel representing several intersecting aspect of Singapore’s urban landscape.

Session 4421
Queer in Asia: Issues, Identities, and Communication
Thursday 13:00-14:15 Room 202

Chair
Mark A. Cenite, Nanyang Technological U, SINGAPORE

Participants
Alex Au, Yawning Bread, SINGAPORE Audrey Yue, U of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

Respondents

• Larry Gross, U of Southern California, USA |
• John Nguyet Erni, Lingnan U - Hong Kong, CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

This mini-plenary will address the situations of GLBT individuals and communities in Southeast Asia, and the role of media, old and new, in creating and potentially transforming matters. One focus will be Singapore, where laws prohibit sex between men, studies indicate that the majority has negative attitudes against gay men and lesbians, and portrayals are censored in mainstream media with the rationale of respecting sensitivities. GLBT communities are, however, using new media to organize politically and socially in creative ways.

Session 4446
Matters of Communication: Making a Difference With Research
Thursday 13:00-14:15 Theater

Chair
Linda L. Putnam, U of California-Santa Barbara, USA

Participants

• Foundations of Communication as a Practical Discipline: Praxis, Inquiry, Metadiscourse -- Robert T. Craig, U of Colorado, USA
• On News Images Barbie Zelizer, U of Pennsylvania, USA
• Kuuki as a Social Force and Compliance Without Attitude Change -- Youichi Ito, Akita International U, JAPAN
• The Questions That Mattered -- Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach, U of Southern California, USA
  

Respondent

Linda L. Putnam, U of California-Santa Barbara, USA

The ICA Fellows are proud to present this showcase of work by recently elected colleagues. This year, four Fellows present overviews of their work on the underpinnings of the discipline, in interpersonal, intercultural, and mediated contexts. This panel will address ongoing challenges for us as communication scholars, and will pose questions about the future of our discipline in the international arena.

Session 4422
Im/material Principles, Material Practices: The Women's Movement and Its Media in Asia
Thursday 13:00-14:15 Room 203

Chair
Radhika E. Parameswaran, Indiana U, USA

Participants

• The Chinese Women's Movement: Media Use, Challenges and Opportunities -- Hongmei Li, U of Pennsylvania, USA
• Refugee Women ARM Themselves: Transversal Dissent, Media and the State on the Thailand/Burma Border -- Lisa B. Brooten, Southern Illinois U - Carbondale, USA
• Sexual and Reproductive Rights Advocacy in the Philippines: Making Headway Against a Powerful Adversary -- Sylvia Estrada Claudio, U of the Philippines, PHILIPPINES
• Interdisciplinary Importation: Unearthing Historical Traces of the Indian Women's Movement's Media Production --Radhika E. Parameswaran, Indiana U, USA
• Women's Organizations and Experiences With Media Outreach: A Report From AWARE in Singapore -- Dana Lam, AWARE, SINGAPORE

While there are dozens of books and articles on the women's movement's media productions in the U.S. (and hence attention to the material forms of this movement), we know virtually nothing about the ways in which women's movements in Asia have deployed media genres (print, electronic, and performances) to change women's lives. Studying the media of a social movement not only gives us insight into the mobilization of social consciousness, but it also makes visible and thus materializes a movement's contribution to national and global histories of collective transformation. Providing case studies of the women's movement's varied use of media in the Philippines, China, Thailand-Myanmar border region, and India, presenters on this panel will work together to fill a gaping hole in our knowledge of feminist agency in Asia.

 

Session 6346
ICA Closing Plenary: New Media and Their Impact on Censorship
Saturday 11:30-12:45 Theater

Chair
Cherian George, Nanyang Technological U, SINGAPORE

Participants

• Censorship and Self-Censorship in a New Media Environment: Observations From China and Hong KongJoseph M. Chan, Chinese U - Hong Kong, CHINA, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
• The (Inevitable) Rise and Rise of Censorship of the Internet Peng Hwa Ang, Nanyang Technological U, SINGAPORE
  
• Censorship and Sensibility Josephine Ho, National Central U, TAIWAN
  

Censorship is the intervention between a willing sender and a willing receiver by a third party who has some power over either or both of them. In practical terms, those with political power often exert a large say in censorship. However, the Internet is affecting the power relationship. Using examples from within and without Asia, this panel explores how state- and self-censorship are changing as a result of the interaction among traditional media, new media, state policies and social formation.

Session 3535
Top Papers in Organizational Communication
Wednesday 14:30-15:45 Room 306               

Organizational Communication Chair
Dennis K. Mumby, U of North Carolina, USA

Participants

• Intersecting Difference: A Dialectical Perspective -- Linda L. Putnam, U of California-Santa Barbara, USA; Jody Jahn, U of California - Santa Barbara, USA; Jane Stuart Baker, U of Alabama, USA
• Group Practices That Support the Use of Digital Knowledge Repositories: A Multilevel Analysis of Information Provision -- Meikuan Huang, Northwestern U, USA; Joshua B. Barbour, Texas A and M U, USA; Chunke Su, U of Texas - Arlington, USA; Noshir S. Contractor, Northwestern U, USA
• The Multilevel Impact of Aging: Age, Evolution, and Phase Change in the Child Rights NGO Network -- Drew Berkley Margolin, U of Southern California, USA; Cuihua Shen, U of Southern California, USA; Seungyoon Lee, Purdue U, USA; Matthew Scott Weber, U of Southern California, USA; Peter Monge, U of Southern California, USA; Janet Fulk, U of Southern California, USA
• Theorizing a Discourse-Based Framework for Corporate Social Responsibility -- Rahul Mitra, Purdue U, USA

Respondent
Cynthia Stohl, U of California - Santa Barbara, USA

Session 3541
Game Studies Interest Group Top Papers
Wednesday 14:30-15:45 Room 312

Game Studies Chair
Dmitri Williams, U of Southern California, USA

Participants

• The Impact of Racing and Drive'Em Up Games on Risky Driving Behavior -- Kathleen Beullens, Katholieke U - Leuven, BELGIUM
• A Season in Syberia: Gameplay as Activity in Point-and-Click Adventure Video Games -- Richard Holt, Northern Illinois U, USA; Hui-Ching Chang, U of Illinois - Chicago, USA
• User Demand and Mood Repair: The Intervention Potential of Video Game Interactivity -- Nicholas David Bowman, Young Harris College, USA; Ron Tamborini, Michigan State U, USA

Session 3545
Top Papers in Health Communication
Wednesday 14:30-15:45 Room 326

Health Communication Chair
David B. Buller, Klein Buendel, Inc., USA

Participants

• Exploratory Investigation of Interpersonal Discussions in Response to a Safer Sex Mass Media Campaign -- Donald W. Helme, U of Kentucky, USA; Seth M. Noar, U of Kentucky, USA; Suzie L. Allard, U of Tennessee, USA; Rick S. Zimmerman, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), USA; Philip Palmgreen, U of Kentucky, USA; Karen Jean McClanahan, U of Tennessee, USA
• The Tisankhenji Radio Program for Young Girls in Malawi: Using Schools for Promoting Career Goals to Reduce Vulnerability to HIV Infection -- Rajiv N. Rimal, Johns Hopkins U, USA; Rachana Sikka, Johns Hopkins U, USA; Triza Kakhobwe, Johns Hopkins U, USA; Joel Suzi, Johns Hopkins U, USA; Glory Mkandawire, Johns Hopkins U, USA; Rupali Limaye, Johns Hopkins U, USA; Jane Brown, Johns Hopkins U, USA; Lisa Aslan, Johns Hopkins U, USA; Benjamin Kaneka, Chancellor College, U of Malawi, MALAWI
• The Influence of Sexually Explicit Internet Material on Sexual Risk Behavior: A Comparison of Adolescents and Adults -- Jochen Peter, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; Patti M. Valkenburg, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
• Effects of a Narrative and Summary of Scientific Evidence on Attributions of Responsibility for Obesity -- Jeff Niederdeppe, Cornell U, USA; Michael A. Shapiro, Cornell U, USA; Norman A. Porticella, Cornell U, USA

Session 4520
Children, Adolescents, & Media Top Paper Session
Thursday 14:30-15:45 Room 201   

Children Adolescents and Media Chair
Amy B. Jordan, U of Pennsylvania, USA

Participants

• Contingent Computer Interactions for Young Children's Object Retrieval Success -- Alexis Lauricella, Georgetown U, USA; Tiffany Pempek, Otterbein College, USA; Rachel Barr, Georgetown U, USA; Sandra L. Calvert, Georgetown U, USA
• The Causal Relationship of Adolescents' Risky Sexual Online Behavior and Their Perceptions of This Behavior -- Susanne E. Baumgartner, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; Patti M. Valkenburg, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; Jochen Peter, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
• Toward a Developmental Conceptualization of Media and Other Contributors to Child Obesity: The Six-
  Cs Model -- Kristen Harrison, U of Illinois, USA; Kelly K. Bost, U of Illinois, USA; Brent A. McBride, U of Illinois, USA; Sharon M. Donovan, U of Illinois, USA; Diana S. Grigsby-Toussaint, U of Illinois, USA; Juhee Kim, U of Illinois, USA; Janet M. Liechty, U of Illinois, USA; Angela Wiley, U of Illinois, USA; Margarita Teran-Garcia, U of Illinois, USA; Gwendolyn H. Costa Jacobsohn, USA
• Familiar Characters and Toddlers' Learning From Video -- Alexis Lauricella, Georgetown U, USA; Alice Howard Gola, Georgetown U, USA; Sandra L. Calvert, Georgetown U, USA

Session 4527
Top Papers in Public Relations
Thursday 14:30-15:45 Room 208

Public Relations Chair
Vincent Hazleton, Radford U, USA

Participants

• Gauging an Integrated Model of Public Relations Value: Scale Development and Cross-Cultural Studies -- Yi-Hui Huang, Chinese U of Hong Kong, CHINA, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
• Trust and Distrust: Refining Organization-Public Relationship Measurement in Two Samples -- Hongmei Shen, San Diego State U, USA
• Leadership Education in the Public Relations Curriculum: Reality, Opportunities, and Benefits -- Elina V Erzikova, Central Michigan U, USA; Bruce K. Berger, U of Alabama, USA
• Peer or Expert? The Persuasive Impact of YouTube Video Producers and Their Moderating Mechanism -- Hye-Jin Paek, Michigan State U, USA; Thomas Hove, Michigan State U, USA; Hyun Ju Jeong, Michigan State U, USA; Mikyoung Kim, Michigan State U, USA

Respondent
Guenter Bentele, U of Leipzig, GERMANY

 

Session 4543
Intercultural Communication Division Top Papers
Thursday 14:30-15:45 Room 314

Intercultural Communication Chair
Ling Chen, Hong Kong Baptist U, CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

Participants

• Conflict Management Styles of Americans and Indonesians: Exploring the Effects of Gender and Collectivism/Individualism -- Su'udy Rizaladdin, U of Kansas, USA; Yan Bing Zhang, U of Kansas, USA
• Cultivation Theory and Mental Image -- Jee Young Chung, U of Alabama, USA; Kimberly Bissell, U of Alabama, USA
• Looking Inward With an Outward Thrust in the Age of Information and Globalization: Reflections of Nigerian Video Films and Industry -- Emmanuel C. Alozie, Governors State U, USA
• More Different Than Similar: Values in Political Speeches of Leaders From Developed and Developing Countries -- Moniza Waheed, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; Andreas Schuck, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; Claes H. De Vreese, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; Peter Neijens, U of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS

Respondent
Steve T. Mortenson, U of Delaware, USA