BEA2026

Look at the schedule for mid-day break and the Saturday reception in the exhibit hall kicking off at 5:15 pm.

AEJMC
Asbury University
B&H
Cuez.app
Gray Television
Hearst
ICA
Lorensbergs/Connect2
Routledge / Taylor & Francis
University of Tampa

Zainuddin Muda Zainuddin Monggilo, University of Alabama; From Reactance to Resilience: A Systematic Review of Inoculation Theory in Digital Advertising and Public Relations

S M Russel Rabbi, Bowling Green State University & Shahla Shahnaz Dyuti, Bowling Green State University; AI Related News Posts on Social Media: The Impact of Framing and Source Attribution on Comment Quality

Xihui Wang, University of Connecticut; Carolyn A. Lin, University of Connecticut & Xiaowen Xu, Butler University; A Meta-Analysis of Influencer Credibility and Purchase Intention: Comparing Human vs. Virtual and Macro vs. Micro Influencers

Tereia Joe Kuhns, Regent University; A Qualitative Study of User Experiences with AI Chatbots vs Human Agents in Customer Service

Shahla Shahnaz Dyuti, Bowling Green State University & S M Russel Rabbi, Bowling Green State University; Audience Attitudes towards Health AI News Coverage Across the Facebook pages of US Major News Outlets: A Social Media Analysis

Elira Canga, Arizona State University; Behind Closed Chats: Exploring Disinformation Flows in Albanian Diasporic Communities on Encrypted Apps

Alexander Justice Laudeman, Middle Tennessee State University & Jason Bernard Reineke, Middle Tennessee State University; Decoding Representations of Sexual Minorities in the Star Wars Films

Angela Lynn Dodson, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Faculty Artificial Intelligence (AI) Self-Efficacy and Integration: A Mixed-Methods Study Using Socio-Technical and Innovation Diffusion Lenses

Moderator: Rebecca Ann Lind, University of Illinois at Chicago

Ginger E. Blackstone, University of Arkansas; A Modern Course Design Challenge: Embracing and Implementing A.I. Tools Ethically in Journalism Education

Ed Youngblood, Auburn University; Susan Ann Youngblood, Auburn University & Angie Chung, Auburn University; Audience reactions to the AI-generated country song Walk My Walk

Marquita Smith, University of Mississippi; Bars of Liberation: Hip-Hop Feminism, Lyrical Self-Definition, and the Multiplicity of Black Womanhood

Ashley Larson, San Francisco State University & Morgan Butler, Lindenwood University; Breaking Down the Feed: Understanding the Sources Behind Social Media News Consumption

Gregory Pitts, Middle Tennessee State University & Twange Kasoma, Appalachian State University; Misinformation, Social Media, and Democratic Backsliding in Georgia

Cheryl Bracken, Bowling Green State University & Bridget Rubenking, University of Central Florida; Moral Representations in Streaming and Broadcast and Cable Programming

Robert O. Apiyo, University of Tampa; Osman Osman, New York University & Kevin Charles Mudavadi, Georgia State University; Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and the Digital Divide: Challenges, Lessons, and Opportunities in the Global South

**Kyle J. Miller, Northwest Missouri State University & Christina C Smith, Georgia College; Navigating the unknown: Analyzing general managers’ perceptions of federal funding cuts to NPR stations in a Midwestern state

Please see attached poster and click on the poster to listen to the presentation.

Moderator: Rebecca Ann Lind, University of Illinois at Chicago

Daniel Marshall Haygood, Elon University; Pac-10 Basketball is on the Air! – Putting the Nation’s Most Successful Basketball Conference on Television in the Early Decades of Sports Broadcasting

Carolyn Malachi, Howard University; Resonance Lab

Charlie Gee, Lincoln Memorial University; The Efficacy of Media Training Techniques: The Long Term Impact on Croatian Journalists

Jody-Ann Kadine Tyson, Independent Researcher; The Third Person Effect: Media Portrayal of Minorities and Social Media Algorithmic Output

Tamara J. Welter, Baylor University; Visibility as Labor: Social Media, Gender, and the Professional Boundaries of Women Broadcast Journalists

Eleanor Patterson, Auburn University; What the Battle of Jimmy Kimmel Live Taught Us About Network Television Distribution Culture in the Digital Age

Yousef Aldaihani, Kuwait University & Jae-Hwa Shin, University of Southern Mississippi; When News Finds You: Algorithmic Curation and Political Engagement

Greg Hoplamazian, Loyola University Maryland; AI Authorship in Sports Crisis Communication: Viewer Perceptions of GenAI Use in Athlete Reputational Crises

AERho alumni are invited to a Meet-Up in the BEA Exhibit Hall to connect and network. If you were ever inducted into the Alpha Epsilon Rho honor society, or will be this year, join us. No agenda-just casual conversation on the first full day of the convention.

Sponsored by
Lorensberg | Connect2Software
&
Routledge | Taylor & Francis