Dr. Leslie Howerton and I presented at the International Conference of Communication and Media Studies at Sorbonne University today. We find that human-designed websites outperform AI-generated ones. One of the key themes is AI photos are associated with mistrust in an organization's creibility.

Salt Lake City #HandsOff
Utah showed up

I am just fan girling #Dragonsteel. Do I have any #Cosmere fans out there? It's a Wind and Truth kind of night.

Social media facilitate innovative tactics for social media. Many organizers focus on performances, personalization, and localization #NCA2024

Our Social Justice Activism and Social Media Panel is about to begin in the Maurepas Room at the Sheraton. Come hear all about amazing activism. #NCA2024

The parade traveled on #NCA2024

Highly provocative opening session at #NCA2024. It was aptly described as a reconing. Panelists posed several important questions.

Learning about Phronetic Iterative Qualitative Data Analysis #PIQDA with @sarahjtracy.bsky.social & @marcodehnert.bsky.social #NCA2024

Folajimi Kalejaye performed 5 poems from the perspective of Nigerian child abuse victims. His research participants included victims of child marriage, child hawking, rape, and molestation. This was powerful research amplifying the voice of survivors. #NCA2024

Dacia Paje, Racel Reynolds & Soniya Lamichhane examined feminist connective action in Chile that spread globally. They find even with different performamces, some images and actions are "sticky," appearing frequently in new contexts #NCA2024 #ARapistInOurPath #TransnationalFeminism

James Bezotte discussed the failed THRIVE agenda as a US policy. The bill was written via grassroots collaboration. Environmental and economic sustainability are the focus of the Thrive Movement. #NCA2024

Kalin Schulz examined material approaches and affective rhetoric in sexual violence discourse #NCA2024. #Slutwalk #DenimDay #WalkaMileinHerShoes #ClothesLineProject #VAW

I am excited to read these two books when they come out in a few weeks. I got to hear from authors Dana Cloud and David Cisneros about them this morning. #NCA2024 Looking at social movements through a rhetorical analysis lens really shifts the focus from organizing and mobilization to persuasion.

Rockia Harris and co-authors find a lack of young black representation in fantasy genre media, using IMDB #NCA2024
What representation exists is problematic.

Fuhaid Alajmi finds Islamaphobia in Feb. 2024 Wall Street Journal coverage of Dearborn, MI, a city with a large Muslim population #NCA2024

Jana MacPherson finds that WatchOutPhilly, a community crime watch on Instagram, encourages violence, blame, and lateral surveillance #NCA2024

Martia Santia examined CNN and Fox News representations of Biden's 2021 Indigenous Peoples Day declaration alongside Columbus Day as a federal holiday. There were divergent frames and a lack of Indigenous voices in the reporting. #NCA2024

First up, Raul Candelaria shows how YouTube works as a site for video counter-storytelling of police brutality in the Ture Nichols case #NCA2024

We were greeted at the airport with a brass band for #NCA2024 New Orleans is so fun.