Annenberg Presentations and Events at ICA 2025

The International Communication Association's 75th annual conference, "Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research," will be held June 12-19 in Denver, Colorado. 

Annenberg's contributions to the conference are listed below, with the panel name and room location.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

9:30 AM - 5:00 PM

REMOTE PRECONFERENCE: Debating Creator Culture

• Nelanthi Hewa: “Engagement, Visibility and Safety in Journalism-as-Content-Creation”

Thursday, June 12, 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

PRECONFERENCE: Activism Theory, Activist Practice: Bridging Boundaries Between Researching and Doing Activism

Location: Mineral E (Regency 3)

• Guobin Yang: Organizer

8:30 AM – 4:45 PM

PRECONFERENCE: Non-Aligned Disruptions: Global Media Histories in the Wake of Decolonization

Location: Capitol Ballroom 3, Hyatt Regency Denver Hotel

• Aswin Punathambekar, Sima Kokotović, Eszter Zimanyi: Co-organizers
• Andrew Williams: "The Herbert Schiller Papers: Perspectives on Non-Alignment and Global Media Sovereignty"
• Co-sponsored by: Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Friday, June 13, 2025

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM 

(HYBRID) ICA@75 THEME SESSION: Disruption as Catalyst: Perspectives on Change in Feminist Media Studies and Beyond

Location: Centennial C (Regency 3)

• Sarah Banet-Weiser: “Mirroring, Disruption and Feminist Politics”

The Crossnational and Transnational

Location: Mineral B (Regency 3)

• Zehra Husain: “Muhammad Ali's Iconic Resonance in an Indian Ocean Port Town”   

Risk, Reward, and Regulation: Navigating the Powers of Gambling and Speculation in Popular Media Cultures

Location: Mt. Princeton (Grand 3)

• Devo Probol: “Performances of Endurance, Memestocks, and the Art of the ‘HODL’”

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

The Evolution of Mass Communication: Adapting Research to a Fragmented Media Landscape and Digital Future

Location: Centennial F (Regency 3)

• R. Lance Holbert: “Reconsidering Mass Communication Within an Evolving Field of Communication”

Ethnicity and Race in Communication Research Escalator

Location: Capitol 4 (Regency 4)

• Christine X. Phan: “Racialized Responses: How Fear, Historical Trauma, and Anti-Blackness Shaped the Stop Asian Hate Movement”

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Decolonizing Theory and Critique

Location: Mineral D (Regency 3)

• Juan Llamas-Rodriguez: “The Migrant’s Voice Between Agency and Authenticity in Path Out”

Discourses, Relational Dialectics, and Social Interactions in Health Contexts

Location: Mineral F (Regency 3)

• Ovidia Stanoi (presenter), Danielle Cosme, Zachary Boyd, Dani Bassett, David Lydon-Staley, Emily Falk: “Staying Connected: How Close Friendships Supported Emotional Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic”

Creator Cultures and Their Precarities

Location: Maroon Peak (Grand 2)

• Julia Ticona: “Imagining AI in Organized Media Industry Labor: Media Narratives of the ‘Hollywood Strike’”

HMC Research: Musings on Theory and Methodology

Location: Mt. Columbia (Grand 3)

• Qijia Ye (presenter), Shengchun Huang: “Leveraging Large Language Models in Message Stimuli Generation and Validation for Experimental Research”

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Wild Media Theory

Location: Mineral D (Regency 3)

• Jeff Pooley: “Words Are Incorrigible Weasels: Susanne K. Langer’s Wild Theory of Metaphor”

Political Communication Poster Session

Location: Centennial Foyer (Regency 3)

• R. Lance Holbert, Huma Rasheed: “Public Opinion Concerning the Goals of Civics Education in the United States”

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Has Theory Let Media and Communication Scholars Off the Hook? Reflections on Philosophy, Theory and Critique

Location: Mineral D (Regency 3)

• Barbie Zelizer: “What Critical/Cultural Research Did Right (and Wrong) About Journalism”

Saturday, June 14, 2025

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Local Journalism: Between Crisis and Renewal

Location: Mineral F (Regency 3)

• Louisa Lincoln: “Life on the Rural-Urban Continuum: Using Metajournalistic Discourse to Examine Boundary Definition Among Rural Adjacent Journalists” (presented by co-author)

Motivating Environmental Action: The Role of Narratives, Culture, and Behavioral Frameworks

Location: Capitol 2 (Regency 4)

• Kirsten Lydic (presenter), Alyssa Sinclair, Danielle Cosme, Emily Falk: “Adapting a Theory-Driven Intervention to Promote Individual and Collective Climate Action”
• Alyssa Sinclair (presenter), Danielle Cosme, Kirsten Lydic, Emily Falk: “Imagining the Future Motivates Action to Address Climate Change”

Now Screening Globally: What Transnational Streaming TV Hits Tell Us About Globalization

Location: Grays Peak B (Grand Conv Center 2)

• Aswin Punathambekar: “Ms. Marvel: Diasporic Worldmaking in a Digital Era”

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

HIGH-DENSITY: Voting and Election

Location: Centennial F (Regency 3)

• Azsaneé Truss (presenter), Sarah J. Jackson: “Depathologizing Black American Conspiracy Theorizing”

HIGH-DENSITY: Health Communication, Information, and Behavior

Location: Colorado B (Grand 2)

• Xinyi Wang (presenter); Ben Muzekari; Thandi Lyew; Jessica Fishman, Andy Tan, David M. Lydon-Staley: “Fluctuations in Curiosity and Time Spent Searching for Health-Related Information Online”
• Benjamin Muzekari (presenter); David M. Lydon-Staley: “Tobacco Withdrawal System Recovery Time Predicts Smoking Behavior Among Daily Cigarette Smokers”
• Benjamin Muzekari (presenter); Nicole Cooper; Anthony Resnick; Alexandra Paul; Omaya Torres; Mary Andrews; Bradley Mattan; Christin Scholz; Michael Fichman; Darin Johnson; José Carreras-Tartak; Melis Cakar; Susan Hao; Emily Zhou; Elizabeth Beard; Steven Mesquiti; Farah Sayed; David M. Lydon-Staley; Ian Barnett; Andrew Strasser; Tom Kirchner; Lisa Henriksen; Emily Falk: “Associations Between Real-World Tobacco Retail Exposure and Smoking Outcomes: A Geolocation Study”

Activism, Social Justice, Branding, Video Games, Celebrities and Gen Z

Location: Mt. Columbia (Grand 3)

• Melissa B. Skolnick-Noguera: “Cultural Arts Network(s)”

Learning About Politics: Education, Socialization, and Social Media Influence

Location: Capitol 3 (Regency 4)

• R. Lance Holbert (presenter), Laura Gibson, Shawn Patterson, Huma Rasheed: “A Normative Assessment of Parental Political Socialization: The Case of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Debates”

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Environmental Discourses Across Diverse Media Platforms

Location: Quartz (Regency 3)

• Julia Cope: “Cultural Climate Obstruction in the Advertising Industry: The Advertising Trade Press and the Management of Green Trends From 2000 to 2022”

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Revisiting 'Building a Fugitive Academy'

Location: Mt. Columbia (Grand 3)

• Sarah J. Jackson: “Ethical and Effective Public Scholarship: Reflective on Fugitive Ethics and Public Engagement in Communication”

Textual Analysis’ New Horizons

Location: Grays Peak B (Grand Conv Center 2)

• Eszter Zimanyi: “Images on the Move: Close Reading Migrant and Refugee Authored Media Online”

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Annenberg East/West Reception

Location: Centennial A (Regency 3)

Sunday, June 15, 2025

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Language and Social Interaction Research Escalator Session

Location: Centennial F (Regency 3)

• Arelí Rocha: “We Share an Unbreakable Bond:” Sociality, Language Ideologies, and Visuality in Human Relationships With Artificial Intelligence"

Who’s Laughing Now? Contemporary Developments of Mediated Comedy

Location: Mineral A (Regency 3)

• Mariela Morales: “Where Do Cubans Go to Laugh? Digital Spaces of Comedy in Unfunny Times”  

Activism and Digital Social Movements

Location: Capitol 6 (Regency 4)

• Chair: Devo Probol - “Power to the Players: Digital Activism and Rethinking the Stages of a Social Movement”

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Violence, Burnout and Risk: The Perils Faced by Journalists Across the World

Location: Centennial G (Regency 3)

• Jeanna Sybert: “Selective Visibility as Risk Management: U.S. Journalists' Safety Strategies Amid Pandemic, Protests, and Insurrection”

Keywords in Digital Music

Location: Granite (Regency 3)

• Lucy March: “Scene/Subculture”

Computational Methods Research Escalator

Location: Grand Conv Center 2

• Julia Cope: “Capturing Climate Claims: A Computational Analysis of How the Energy Industry Frames Climate Change”

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Activism, Communication and Social Justice Research Escalator Session

Location: Centennial A (Regency 3)

• Cameron Moy: “From Nixon to Yelp: Benevolent Racism and the Co-opting of Black Activism”
• Kallahan V. Brown: “Palestinian Everyday Activism Impact on American Discourse”

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

HIGH DENSITY: Philosophy, Theory, and Critique Research Escalator

Location: Mt. Blue Sky (Grand Conv Center 2)

• Valentina Proust, Anjali DasSarma: “They Come to Eat Us: The Figurative Cannibalistic Other and the Construction of Immigrants in Media Narratives”

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

The Changing Landscape of the State and Public Institutions

Location: Mt. Princeton (Grand 3)

• Matthew Conaty: “‘Activated for Your Protection’: A Cultural Appraisal of the Emergency Broadcast System”

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM    

GATO-lyzing Minds: Digital Advocacy, Social Cues, and Online Persuasion Tactics

Location: Mt. Princeton (Grand 3)

• Hogeun Lee: “Testing Multiple Roles of Online Popularity Information in Persuasion”

Media as Agents of War, Peace, and Subjectivation

Location: Mt. Oxford (Grand 3)

• Valentina Proust: “Those Old Sounds of Protest: Resurgence of Nueva Canción Chilena in Contemporary Chilean Music”

Monday, June 16, 2025

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

(HYBRID) INTERDIVISIONAL EXTENDED SESSION: Media and Internet Concentration in an Age of Uncertainty: The Role of Public Scholarship in Shaping the Media Industries and Media Policy

Location: Centennial C (Regency 3)

• Sydney L. Forde; Hendrik Theine; Christopher Ali; Pawel Popiel: “Competitive or Concentrated? An Analysis of Trends and Dynamics in U.S. Media and Communications Markets”

DOUBLE SESSION: Communication Law & Policy Extended Abstracts on Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research

Location: Granite (Regency 3)

• Bianca Z. Perez: “Is Labor Free in an Age of Generative AI: YouTube’s Copyright Contradiction”
• Victor Pickard: “The Market’s Hidden Hand: Confronting Capitalist Logics of Censorship and Discrimination With Non-Reformist Policies”

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

HIGH-DENSITY: Political Media Use

Location: Aspen Ballroom (Grand 2)

• Sam Wolken: “Audience Demand for Partisan Commentary in Local TV Newscasts”

Activism, Emotions, Trauma and Online Sentiments

Location: Capitol 1 (Regency 4)

• Valentina Proust: “Protests and Memory: Collective Commemoration and Identity Formation in the Chilean Social Outbreak Protests”

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

HIGH-DENSITY: Feminist Perspectives on Gendered Online Discourses and Self-Presentation

Location: Colorado B (Grand 2)

• Lucy March, Katherine Dawson: ““Your Voice Says a Lot About You”: Engendering Masculinities in Incel Communities Through Voice”

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: Capitalism and the Media

Location: Capitol 1 (Regency 4)

• Victor Pickard: Discussant
• Anjali DasSarma: “Inextricable Ties: Re-Centering Slavery and Capitalism in the History of the Early American Newspaper”

International Media Ownership and Concentration Studies in the Age of Digital Platforms: Findings and Policy Implications From the GMICP 

Location: Mineral B (Regency 3)

• Sydney L. Forde; Christopher Ali; Pawel Popiel; Hendrik Theine: “Increasing and High Media Concentration Across Telecoms and Internet Access Infrastructure, Online Advertising, and Online Search: Findings From the US"

Impact of Media Features: How Small Message Differences Have a Real Effect

Location: Capitol 2 (Regency 4)

Alyssa Sinclair; Danielle Cosme; José Carreras-Tartak; Emily Falk: “Emotional Framing of News Headlines Influences Engagement, Donations, and Memory”

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Activism, Politics and Social Media

Location: Capitol 2 (Regency 4)

• Yingchuan Qu: “Performing Nonsense as Political Disruption: "Going Mad" on Chinese Social Media”