BEA2026

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