Please join us as we hear the top papers presented from the History Division. Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair: Stephen D. Perry, Regent University
Debut Paper Competition
1st Place: Aaron Quanbeck, Minnesota State University Moorhead; A Rhetorical/Interpretive Analysis of Edward R. Murrow's Criticism of Broadcast Journalism
Open Paper Competition
1st Place: Patrick Parsons, Pennsylvania State University; A legacy of Fear . . . And Faith: Suggestion and Imitation Theory in Early Social Psychology and Radio Research
2nd Place: Richard Rudin, Liverpool John Moores University; Radio Re-Remembered and Re-Contested
Stephen D. Perry, Regent University; Merchandising of Radio Programs: Making The Program The Product In The Sponsorship Era of Radio
The electronic news media has come a long way since “film at 11,” creating & recording history through changing times and technologies. KLAS-TV is one of the oldest TV stations in Las Vegas and has seen its share of history while reporting the news since signing on in 1953. Now, hear three KLAS TV news veterans (with more than 70 years experience anchoring and reporting between them) and a current video archivist talk about the way the news media has changed over their time in the business (complete with video/pictures) as well as what's being done to preserve Las Vegas' and news history, all while embracing the fast growing technologies and changing news viewing habits that will impact television and news media well into the future.
Moderator: Sara Magee, Loyola University Maryland
Panelists: Gary Waddell, KLAS TV (Las Vegas)
Paula Francis, KLAS TV (Las Vegas)
George Knapp, KLAS TV (Las Vegas)
Jim Rose, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
Panel Subject: Educators in the United States have reported a huge decline in media literacy amongst American students. The problem has been exacerbated by the proliferation of mass media, and the digital age with its ease for individual citizens, politicians and corporations to reach the world with often one- sided messages. The panel will discuss media literacy and teaching strategies to improve literacy in a world filled with diversions, distractions and inaccuracies.
Panelists: Martin Phillips Assistant Professor Lynn University
Gary Carlin, Assistant Professor, Advertising and Public Relations, Lynn University. Former VP of Marketing for Hasbro, Inc.
Stefanie Powers Assistant Professor Lynn University
Timea Varga Instructor Lynn University
Erika Grodzki, Lynn University
World War II ushered in the era when media played an important role in the war effort. As a nation, the war completely transformed our lives with media leading the charge This panel will look at some of the ways that media was used and contributed to the war effort, how censorship in documentary film prevented us from telling the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, and a how advances in radio were used to extend our intelligence gathering.
Moderator: Noah Arceneaux, San Diego State University
Panelists: Michael C. Keith, Boston College
Fritz J. Messere, SUNY - Oswego
Susan L. Brinson, Auburn University
Louise M. Benjamin, Kansas State University
Thomas Mascaro, Bowling Green State University;