BEA2015

Professors are expected to teach cutting edge technology, so it must be part of your research and creative endeavors. But how should such work be showcased to your tenure and promotion committee? This open format, roundtable discussion brings together experienced faculty from a variety of institutions to offer suggestions and answer questions about your application. Whether you are part of a Research I, Teaching I or professional institution, you will come away with ideas and confidence to pursue your tenure and promotion goals.
Moderator: Sandy Henry, Drake University
Panelists: Susan Westfall, Georgia Perimeter College
Chris Strobel, Northern Kentucky University
 Eric R. Williams, Ohio University
Terry Likes, Tennessee State University
Todd D. Evans, Drake University

Since its acquisition by Facebook, the Oculus Rift has become known to a more general population beyond that of its origins in the more hardcore computer gaming sector and its Kickstarter backers. Although the Oculus aims to finally realize the decades-old dream of virtual reality to computer and console users, what exactly is the reality of its application? This panel will address the use of the Oculus Rift for video games, simulations, and business development.
Moderator: Stefan Hall, High Point University
Panelists: Steven Michael Smith, High Point University
Taylor Tornatore, High Point University
 Kira Foglesong, High Point University
Eli Morris, High Point University
Sam Schoenfeld, High Point University

Mobile newsgathering and production are no longer a novelty. A study recently published in Electronic News found that a broad range of broadcast journalism positions require mobile skills. Regardless of media platform, journalism employers want new hires to understand how to use mobile devices for newsgathering, production, and audience engagement. Panelists will discuss how to create a class dedicated to mobile journalism skills as well as how to integrate mobile into existing classes.
Moderator: Anthony Adornato, Ithaca College
Panelists: Debora Wenger, University of Mississippi
Adam Bradshaw, KVUU-TV
Allissa Richardson, University of Maryland

The Interactive Media & Emerging Technologies Division's mission is to keep members informed about the latest advances in communication technology including hardware, teaching and research. Their goals are to address needs of BEA members in teaching courses dealing with Interactive Media & Emerging Technologies; to help us prepare our graduates and ourselves for changes in the media landscape; to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of theory and research on emerging communication technologies; and to keep members of the organization informed about changes in communication technology and how those changes will affect broadcast education.
Chair: Dana Coester, West Virginia University
Panelists: Jacob Enfield, California State University - Northridge
Linda Thorsen Bond, Stephen F. Austin State University
Leigh Wright, Murray State University
Howard Goldbaum, University of Nevada, Reno
Lakshmi N. Tirumala, University of Cincinnati
Heather Fiedler, Point Park University
Gina Baleria, California State University - San Francisco

The purpose of this panel is to share how mobile and global technologies are used to facilitate and enhance student learning. Topics include converting a traditional media production class to an online environment, engaging students in an online classroom setting, and use of social media to access community needs for localized journalism. Panelists will not only share what they are doing, but how instructors can incorporate these technologies in their own pedagogy.
Moderator: Samuel H. Edsall, Western Illinois University
Panelists: Paul T.M. Hemenway, Lamar University; Developing a Personal Connection With Impersonal Technology: Applying Classroom Research to Improve Your Online Course Communication
John Hebbeler, University of Cincinnati; Digitizing the Classroom for the Online Environment
Serena Carpenter, Michigan State University; Securing Attention: How to Teach the Selfie Culture
Penchan Phoborisut, University of Utah; Teaching in the Distracted Age: What Communication Students Expect from Online Courses?
Respondent: Frank Barnhart, Columbus State Community College

This session honors the winners of the Faculty and Student Festival of Media Arts Interactive Multimedia Competitions. Selected works of this year’s award recipients will be exhibited. 

Faculty Competition Chair: Howard Goldbaum, University of Nevada - Reno
Faculty Competition Vice Chair: Lakshmi Tirumala, University of Cincinnati
Student Competition Chair: Heather Starr Fiedler, Point Park University
Student Competition Vice Chair: Gina Baleria; California State University - San Francisco

Faculty Interactive Multimedia Competition
Documentary/Promotional/Informational
Best of Competition:       Gina Baleria, Sally Mudd, Vincent James & Susan Anthony, San Francisco State University; Getting Lean: A Journey Toward Better Health Care

Solo
Best of Competition:       Shelly Hokanson, James Madison University; Wildlife Center Patient Care App

Student Interactive Multimedia Competition
Solo
1st Place:                            Leopold Stübner SJ, Loyola University Chicago; What the Yak !? - Exploring the Ethics of Anonymity

2nd Place:                          Katie Amann, Michigan State University; Living with Alzheimer's

Small Team
1st Place:                            Kristina Bethea, Krystyna Singleton & Ryan Gonzalez, California State University, Northridge; Yushy Yump

2nd Place:                          Amanda Proscia & Kristen Lynch, Michigan State University; Focus on #FirstWorld

3rd Place:                           Maria Biggs, Luis R. Corrons, Jr. & Cody Gindy, DePaul University; Game Show in a Box

Large Team
1st Place:                            Derek Parker , Rebekah Gourley, Whitney Meador & Stephanie Martin, Missouri State University; Interactive Website for Interdisciplinary Programs, Missouri State University

2nd Place:                          Kara O'Halloran , Lucas Lovett, Matthew Culloty, Jessica Kingman, Philip Page, Tynesha Brown, Daron Vaught & Morgan Hembarsky, Elon University; Finca La Esperanza

3rd Place:                           Laura Smith, Brenna Mickey, Jen Buxton, Melody Mechanic, Reggie Peterson, Aaron Petrick & Brandon Himmelman, Elon University; Restore Old Havana

Members of a faculty, student, and Innovator-in-Residence team share their approach, process and lessons learned in a new experimental storytelling course. The course was designed to incubate an in-depth, mobile first reporting project for smartphones that incorporated a mix of data visualization, audio, video, social media and traditional boots-on-the-ground reporting.
Moderator: Dana Coester, West Virginia University
John Temple, West Virginia University
Sarah Slobin, Wall Street Journal
Gina Martino Dahlia, West Virginia University

The Engaging News Project is a research group that helps newsrooms meet their business and journalistic goals. We will show how our research on social media, comment sections, and online polls and quizzes can be applied to the classroom and in newsrooms.
Moderator: Natalie Jomini Stroud, University of Texas at Austin
Panelists:  Katie Steiner, University of Texas at Austin

Cynthia Peacock, University of Texas at Austin
Natalie Jomini Stroud, University of Texas at Austin

Please join us as we hear the top papers presented from the Interactive Media & Emerging Technologies Division.   Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair: Jacob Enfield, California State University-Northridge

Debut Paper Competition 1st Place: Ginger Blackstone, University of Florida; Holly Cowart, University of Florida; Lynsey Saunders, University of Florida; TweetStorm in Ferguson: How News Organizations Framed Authority and Political Figures in a Restive Community 

2nd Place:  Xiaoqun Zhang, University of North Texas; Exploring the SNS Usage Activities: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Study of Prosumption

 

Open Paper Competition 1st Place: Jennifer Henderson, Trinity University; Aaron Delwiche, Trinity University; The New Family Game Night: Intergenerational Videogame Play

2nd Place: Raluca Cozma, Iowa State University, Tara Pardue-Lackey, Iowa State University; Twitter as Information Subsidy in the News Coverage of the Syrian Crisis 

Transmedia Storyworld: As compelling as this is for media producers and media marketers, it’s even more compelling for storytellers. This panel will explore the dynamics of transmedia team-building, the role of the producer in the story world, and perhaps the ultimate question: But, is it revolutionary?
Moderator: Carey Martin, Liberty University
Panelists: Dana Coester, West Virginia University; Building a Transmedia Team: Borrowing from Cinema, Electronic Literature, Computer Science, and Journalism to Re-invent Narrative
Rustin Greene, James Madison University; Transmedia - Is it Revolutionary?

Drones are cheap, fairly simple to use, and could potentially change the way we advertise, collect news, and see the world. As we enter the uncertain terrain of drone technology and its journalistic, message delivery, advertising, surveillance, and other media applications, new research opportunities lend themselves to us. This diverse panel examines several angles of this technology including its visual aesthetic, legal, technological, philosophical, and cultural implications.
Moderator: Olesya Venger, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Panelists: Lawrence Mullen, University of Nevada @ Las Vegas; A History of the Aerial Perspective: Implications for Drone Journalism
Julian Kilker, University of Nevada @ Las Vegas; Deskilling and Drones: Lessons from Recent Imaging Innovations
Gary Larson, University of Nevada @ Las Vegas; Drones, Ender's Game, and the Reluctant Hegemon
Stephen Bates, University of Nevada @ Las Vegas; The Right to Be Let Alone in the Age of Drones

As products get closer and closer to their target markets—literally—the study of advertising is changing. This panel is a close-up view of the newest aspect of interactive advertising and the audiences who love it as well as those who are creeped out by it. Current definition: "LBA integrates mobile advertising with location-based services such as GPS, pinpointing consumers’ locations and providing location-specific advertisements on their mobile devices. LBA allows marketers to reach specific target audiences and improve the importance of ads with relevant information, personalized message and targeted offers. This can also be used to research consumers and tailor future offers."
Moderator: Linda Thorsen Bond, Stephen F. Austin State University
Panelists: Dana Coester, West Virginia University
Alexandra M. Vilela, James Madison University School of Media Arts & Design
Kasi Dickerson, Stephen F. Austin State University
Joey Stepniewski, Stephen F. Austin State University
Toure McCoy, Stephen F. Austin University

 

This panel looks at teaching an introductory mass media course using a practical application approach rather than focusing on lecture-based content. This approach acquaints the first-time media student with hands-on techniques and equipment to produce not only multi-media content but provide a realistic "first touch" of convergence, distribution methods and standard industry practices. We teach a multitude of concepts while we compare/contrast the advantages/disadvantages of audio, video, still photography, graphic design, web design and multi-media storytelling. Moderator: Jonathan Ash, Northwest Missouri State University
Panelists: Will Murphy, Northwest Missouri State University
Jody Strauch, Northwest Missouri State University
David Swartzlander, Doane College
Phil Beskid, Northwest Missouri State University

What business does a University in rural Appalachia have in moving a production-intensive course online? As it turns out, quite a lot. This Panel will discuss this revolutionary migration of an undergraduate production course from a large-lecture to a hybrid-digital space using custom video lectures and materials, four former graduate students (and current industry professionals) from across the globe as course facilitators, and a new way of conceptualizing e-learning and student feedback.
Moderator: Eric R. Williams, Ohio University
Panelists: Janie Henderson, Ohio University
Wei-Chun Victoria Wang, Ohio University
Matt Kaiser, Ohio University
Monique R. Wingard, Ohio University

Important cultural conversations—those discussions about social, economic, and political issues-have played out across a variety of screens since the middle of the 20th century. Major release films and television have, by turns through the years, played host to serious examination of significant cultural issues. The last twenty years have seen the television screen become the main arena to these cultural conversations through the proliferation of news shows, niche entertainment programming, and specialized cable channels. The recent developments in mobile distribution of content have changed the nature of these conversations. In this media ecology, where content is pulled by (rather than pushed at) the information consumer, is the marketplace of ideas as vigorous as it should be in an age where context and subtlety in communications are of increasing importance?

The panel will examine the changes in how cultural conversations are conducted. It will examine the historical, pedagogical, journalistic, and technological forces that shape the current state of how our media systems interact with media consumers in the creation of cultural conversations.
Moderator: Carol Schlagheck, Eastern Michigan University
Panelists: John Cooper, Eastern Michigan University
Keith Damron, Eastern Michigan University
Shanna Gilkeson, Eastern Michigan University;