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Saturday, April 18
 

10:15am PDT

News Division - Top Research Presentations
Saturday April 18, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Moderator: Chandra Clark, University of Alabama

Debut Competition
1st Place Paper: Hyacinth Balediata Bangero, Bowling Green State University; Faiswal Kasirye, Bowling Green State University; Saadia Farooq, Bowling Green State University; Shahla Shahnaz Dyuti, Bowling Green State University; S M Russel Rabbi, Bowling Green State University; The Social Media Framing of Artificial Intelligence by ‘Mega-Influencer’ News Outlets: A Multi-Platform Analysis of Sources, Trends, and Influence

2nd Place Paper: Hey-Jeong An, Kyungpook National University; Heejay KIM, Kyungpook National University Daegu, Korea; PANSOO KIM, Kyungpook National University; Analyzing RE100 Discourse in Korea: A BERTopic-Based Clustering and Social Constructionist Interpretation

Open Competition
1st Place Paper: Robert Lance Holbert, University of Pennsylvania; Nathan Walter, Northwestern University; Brandon Harrison, University of Pennsylvania; Huma Rasheed, University of Pennsylvania; Camille Saucier, Clemson University; An Exploration of Parental-Filial Communication Dynamics Following a Political Assassination: The Case of Charlie Kirk

2nd Place Paper: Cory L. Armstrong, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Matthew VanDyke, The University of Alabama; Take cover now! Communicating about catastrophic danger before, during and after tornados in rural areas: A case study
Moderators
avatar for Chandra Clark

Chandra Clark

Associate Professor, University of Alabama
Multimedia journalism educator, electronic news/broadcast producer for life, and community journalism advocate. The transition from professional newsroom and freelance producer/pr practitioner includes helping the public and educators understand the role of broadcast journalism in... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Hyacinth Balediata Bangero

Hyacinth Balediata Bangero

Bowling Green State University

HA

Hey-Jeong An

Kyungpook National University

RH

Robert Holbert

University of Pennsylvania

CL

Cory L Armstrong

Professor and Associate Dean, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Saturday April 18, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
W307

1:15pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - AUGIE GRANT
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:15pm - 1:45pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

AUGIE GRANT's research focus is on: New media; audience behavior; convergent journalism; teaching mass media

Approaches: Quantitative & Qualitative

Methods: Case study
Experiment
Quantitative Survey
Observation
Scale Development & Validation
Interview
Participant Observation
Focus Group
Network Analysis

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
avatar for Augie Grant

Augie Grant

University of South Carolina--Retired
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:15pm - 1:45pm PDT
W313

1:15pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - SERENA MILLER
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:15pm - 1:45pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

SERENA MILLER's research focus is on: Sociology of knowledge, art, & science; concept explication and qualitative and quantitative theory building; scale development and validation; alternative journalism; Journalism practice; professional boundary management

Approaches: Critical, Qualitative & Quantitative

Methods: Observation, Scale, Development & Validation, Quantitative Survey, Quantitative, Content Analysis, Grounded Theory, Consensual Qualitative Analysis, Interview Participant, observation, Focus group, Visual methods, Thematic analysis, Textual analysis. Quantitative Ethnography & Action Research

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
avatar for Serena Miller

Serena Miller

Michigan State University

Saturday April 18, 2026 1:15pm - 1:45pm PDT
W313

1:15pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - CORY ARMSTRONG
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:15pm - 1:45pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

CORY ARMSTRONG's research focus is on: gender, disaster communication, news content, decision-making

Approaches: Quantitative

Methods: Case study
Experiment
Quantitative
Survey
Meta-analysis
Focus group

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
CL

Cory L Armstrong

Professor and Associate Dean, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:15pm - 1:45pm PDT
W313

1:15pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - GLENN CUMMINS
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:15pm - 1:45pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

GLENN CUMMINS's research focus is on: Sports Media; Media Psychology; Parasocial Interaction; Biometrics

Approaches: Quantitative

Methods: Experiment
Quantitative
Survey
Eye-tracking
Cognitive/media neuroscience

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
avatar for Glenn Cummins

Glenn Cummins

Professor, Texas Tech University
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:15pm - 1:45pm PDT
W313

1:45pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - SHUHUA ZHOU
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:45pm - 2:15pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

SHUHUA ZHOU's research focus is on: Media effects, media psychology, AI communicators

Approaches: Quantitative

Methods: Experiment
Quantitative Survey
Scale Development and Validation
Quantitative Content Analysis
Cognitive/media neuroscience
Eye-tracking

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
avatar for Shuhua Zhou

Shuhua Zhou

City University of Hong Kong
Dr. Shuhua Zhou is a Chair Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at City University of Hong Kong. He previously served as the Leonard H. Goldenson Professor in Radio and Television Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism and was a professor and associate dean... Read More →
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:45pm - 2:15pm PDT
W313

1:45pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - AUGIE GRANT
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:45pm - 2:15pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

AUGIE GRANT's research focus is on: New media; audience behavior; convergent journalism; teaching mass media

Approaches: Quantitative & Qualitative

Methods: Case study
Experiment
Quantitative Survey
Observation
Scale Development & Validation
Interview
Participant Observation
Focus Group
Network Analysis

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
avatar for Augie Grant

Augie Grant

University of South Carolina--Retired
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:45pm - 2:15pm PDT
W313

1:45pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - SERENA MILLER
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:45pm - 2:15pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

SERENA MILLER's research focus is on: Sociology of knowledge, art, & science; concept explication and qualitative and quantitative theory building; scale development and validation; alternative journalism; Journalism practice; professional boundary management

Approaches: Critical, Qualitative & Quantitative

Methods: Observation, Scale, Development & Validation, Quantitative Survey, Quantitative, Content Analysis, Grounded Theory, Consensual Qualitative Analysis, Interview Participant, observation, Focus group, Visual methods, Thematic analysis, Textual analysis. Quantitative Ethnography & Action Research

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
avatar for Serena Miller

Serena Miller

Michigan State University

Saturday April 18, 2026 1:45pm - 2:15pm PDT
W313

1:45pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - STEPHEN PERRY
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:45pm - 2:15pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

STEVE PERRY's research focus is on: Media History, Peace Journalism, Disaster Warning Dissemination, Media Effects, Religious Communication

Approaches: Critical
Qualitative
Quantitative
History

Methods: Experiment
Quantitative Survey
Scale Development and Validation
Quantitative Content Analysis
History
Interview
Thematic Analysis

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
avatar for Steve Perry

Steve Perry

Chair & Professor, Regent University
Long-time BEA member, former chair of the History Division and the Publication Committee. 
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:45pm - 2:15pm PDT
W313

1:45pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - GLENN CUMMINS
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:45pm - 2:15pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

GLENN CUMMINS's research focus is on: Sports Media; Media Psychology; Parasocial Interaction; Biometrics

Approaches: Quantitative

Methods: Experiment
Quantitative
Survey
Eye-tracking
Cognitive/media neuroscience

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
avatar for Glenn Cummins

Glenn Cummins

Professor, Texas Tech University
Saturday April 18, 2026 1:45pm - 2:15pm PDT
W313

2:15pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - SHUHUA ZHOU
Saturday April 18, 2026 2:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

SHUHUA ZHOU's research focus is on: Media effects, media psychology, AI communicators

Approaches: Quantitative

Methods: Experiment
Quantitative Survey
Scale Development and Validation
Quantitative Content Analysis
Cognitive/media neuroscience
Eye-tracking

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
avatar for Shuhua Zhou

Shuhua Zhou

City University of Hong Kong
Dr. Shuhua Zhou is a Chair Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at City University of Hong Kong. He previously served as the Leonard H. Goldenson Professor in Radio and Television Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism and was a professor and associate dean... Read More →
Saturday April 18, 2026 2:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
W313

2:15pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - CORY ARMSTRONG
Saturday April 18, 2026 2:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

CORY ARMSTRONG's research focus is on: gender, disaster communication, news content, decision-making

Approaches: Quantitative

Methods: Case study
Experiment
Quantitative
Survey
Meta-analysis
Focus group

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
CL

Cory L Armstrong

Professor and Associate Dean, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Saturday April 18, 2026 2:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
W313

2:15pm PDT

BEA RADAR (Research and Data Assistance Resources) Scholar Office Hours - STEPHEN PERRY
Saturday April 18, 2026 2:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
RADAR Scholar Office Hours is our one-of-a-kind, feedback and community building program designed to connect you with senior researchers within the BEA community. BEA wants to help you maximize your conference experience by helping you with your research career or engaging your intellectual curiosity. We’ve tailored our RADAR Scholar Office Hours program to support researchers in terms of attendees interested in getting feedback on their research projects, as well as other senior scholar BEA members interested in engaging in dialogue about the practice of research.

These are ONE-ON-ONE office hours.  One person can sign up per time slot.

STEVE PERRY's research focus is on: Media History, Peace Journalism, Disaster Warning Dissemination, Media Effects, Religious Communication

Approaches: Critical
Qualitative
Quantitative
History

Methods: Experiment
Quantitative Survey
Scale Development and Validation
Quantitative Content Analysis
History
Interview
Thematic Analysis

Stats: Yes

BEA members can sign up for on-on-one meetings with RADAR Scholars to:
  • Get feedback on a study idea
  • Design a study using a method
  • Engage in discussions of research
  • Learn about research best practices
  • Understand epistemological approaches to knowledge-making
  • Discuss RPT
  • Learn about making theoretical arguments
  • Write persuasively about contributions for academic publications
  • Structure journal article papers
  • Respond to reviewers
  • Discuss the next stages of your conference presentation/paper
  • Discuss grant funding
  • Present research at conferences
  • Get data analytic advice
Speakers
avatar for Steve Perry

Steve Perry

Chair & Professor, Regent University
Long-time BEA member, former chair of the History Division and the Publication Committee. 
Saturday April 18, 2026 2:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
W313

2:15pm PDT

Faculty Research-in-Progress Digital Poster - Session 1
Saturday April 18, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT
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.

Moderators
avatar for Rebecca Ann Lind

Rebecca Ann Lind

Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

Speakers
avatar for Robert O. Apiyo

Robert O. Apiyo

University of Tampa
avatar for Ed Youngblood

Ed Youngblood

Professor, Auburn University
I'm a professor of Media Studies at Auburn University. My current research looks at media accessibility, with a focus on online media, including websites and video captions, though I'm hoping to begin doing some media technology history research in the next year or two. From a teaching... Read More →
avatar for Bridget Rubenking

Bridget Rubenking

University of Central Florida

avatar for Gregory Pitts

Gregory Pitts

Professor, School of Journalism and Strategic Media, Middle Tennessee State University
avatar for Marquita Smith

Marquita Smith

Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Research, University of Mississippi
avatar for Kyle J. Miller

Kyle J. Miller

Associate Professor, Northwest Missouri State University
I'm an associate professor at the Northwest Missouri State University School of Communication and Mass Media. I teach media writing, broadcasting/digital, sports media and media literacy courses. I also oversee our Mass Media program's Senior Seminar course and Professional Advisory... Read More →
avatar for Ginger Blackstone

Ginger Blackstone

Associate Professor, University of Arkansas
Interests: Live TV production, streaming, the news industry, artificial intelligence, Cultivation Theory, framing, broadcast, digital platforms, and sometimes political media.

I received my Ph.D. from the University of Florida (2016). I teach broadcast and multimedia journalism cl... Read More →
avatar for Cheryl Bracken

Cheryl Bracken

Bowling Green State University
SA

Susan Ann Youngblood

Auburn University
MB

Morgan Butler

Lindenwood University
Saturday April 18, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT
W322-W327 - BEA Exhibit Hall

3:00pm PDT

Lifetime Achievement in Scholarship Podium Session: From Walter Cronkite to AI Anchors: Perception, Attention and Credibility of News
Saturday April 18, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Shuhua Zhou is the 2026 recipient of the BEA Lifetime Achievement in Scholarship Award (LAS).  Dr. Zhou will receive his award right before this special podium session presentation. 

This presentation traces the evolving landscape of broadcast news from the trusted, authoritative voice of Walter Cronkite to the hyperrealistic, algorithm-driven era of AI anchors, exploring how these technological shifts fundamentally alter our cognitive relationship with information. By drawing on a series of his own studies, Dr. Zhou examines the underlying psychological mechanisms—specifically perception and attention—that shape how audiences process news and assign credibility and what this these mean for the future of news. 
Speakers
avatar for Shuhua Zhou

Shuhua Zhou

City University of Hong Kong
Dr. Shuhua Zhou is a Chair Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at City University of Hong Kong. He previously served as the Leonard H. Goldenson Professor in Radio and Television Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism and was a professor and associate dean... Read More →
Saturday April 18, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
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