Archived Symposium Presentations
Agenda
Feb 23, 2024 | 1 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Davis 209
Section 1. CIC Research Update (11:00-11:10 a.m.)
CIC Research Update
Linwan Wu, Associate Dean for Research, College of Information and Communications
Section 2. Research Technology Demonstration (11:10-12:10 p.m.)
Methods A.I. : A Method of Experimenting with the A.I Algorithms Influencing how Students
Think
Alamir Novin, Assistant Professor, School of Information Science
Coffee Break. (12:10-12:20 pm)
Section 3. Research/Creative Scholarship Presentations (12:20-1:30 pm)
12:20-12:40 p.m.
Creative Thinking for Everyone
Sabrina Habib, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
12:40-1 p.m.
The Gamification of Health in Breast Cancer Communication: Narrative Games as Vehicles
of Transportation
Adetutu Wande-Kayode, Ph.D. Student, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
1-1:20 p.m.
Who is a scientist? Gender and racial biases in Google Vision AI
Ehsan Mohammadi, Associate Professor, School of Information Science
Moderator
Valerie Vera, Ph.D. Student, School of Information Science
Section 4: Lunch & Chat (1:30-2 p.m.)
Section 1. CIC Research Update
- CIC Research Update
Linwan Wu, Associate Dean for Research, College of Information and Communications
Section 2. Grant Experience Panel and Share
- Balancing Grant-Funding with Goals for Supporting Participatory Research
Panelists
Kim Thompson, Faculty, School of Information Science
Feili Tu-Keefner, Faculty, School of Information Science
b, Faculty, School of Information Science
Eric Robinson, Faculty, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Moderator
Linwan Wu, Faculty, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Section 3. Research Presentations
- Ensuring Equitable Access for Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print-Disabled (BVIPD)
Students: Preliminary Review of Literature and Social Media Data
Clayton Copeland, Faculty, School of Information Science
Eric Robinson, Faculty, School of Journalism and Mass Communications - Cause-related Influencer Marketing: Are AI Influencers Up to This Job?
Cindy Chen, Ph.D. Student, School of Journalism and Mass Communications - A Computer Vision Methodology to Predict Brand Personality from Image Features
Taylor Wen, Faculty, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Section 4: Lunch & Chat
Section 1. CIC Research Update
- CIC Research Update
Linwan Wu, Ass. Dean for Research, College of Information and Communications
Section 2. Grant Experience Panel and Share
Interdisciplinary Funded Projects that Incorporate Communication
- Panelists
Margot Habets, Ph.D. Candidate in Geography
Julie Salinas, M.A. Candidate in Ed. Psych & Research
Amadi Sefah-Twerefour, Ph.D. Candidate in Marine Sciences - Moderator
Brett Robertson, Faculty, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Section 3. Research Presentations
- Information Behaviors during Three Crisis Scenarios
Mónica Colón-Aguirre, Faculty, School of Information Science - Cancer and COVID-19 Vaccines on Twitter: The Voice and Vaccine Attitude of Cancer
Community
Ali Zain, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Journalism and Mass Communications - Making a Cocoon: The Social Factors of Pandemic Misinformation Evaluation
Yi Wan, Ph.D. Student, School of Information Science - Black Influencers: Interrogating the Racialization and Commodification of Digital
Labor
Wesley Stevens, Faculty, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Section 4: Lunch & Chat
Section 1. Grant Experience Share
- The Pros and Perils of Interdisciplinary Research and Grants
Brooke McKeever, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Section 2. Research Presentations
- Anti-Intellectualism Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Dynamics of Anti-Fauci Discourse
on Twitter
Seihill Kim and Yingying Chen, School of Journalism and Mass Communications - Rural Queer Resistance and Social Media
Jesselyn Dreeszen, School of Information Science - #IAmABlackMan: Using Instagram and Hashtag Activism to Culturally Project
Candice Edrington and Tara Mortensen, School of Journalism and Mass Communications - “There’s Always a Way to Get Around the Guidelines”: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Content
Moderation on Tiktok
Valerie Vera, School of Information Science - The Excluded Black Male in School Libraries: How Embedded Librarians Can Assist with
Combating the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Kiera Vargas, School of Information Science
Section 3: Lunch & Talk
Section 1. Completed/In-Progress Projects
- Are Workers Autonomous? The Influence of Routines and the Development of Workarounds
Darin Freeburg, School of Information Science - “Pick Up Arms and Fight”: Editorial Coverage of the 1970 Jackson State College Shootings
-- A Qualitative Coding Analysis
Dante Mozie, School of Journalism and Mass Communications - An Eye-Tracking Analysis of Negative and Positive Emotional Staff and Stock Photos
in the News
Tara Mortensen, School of Journalism and Mass Communications - Charter School Libraries Pilot Study
Katie Klein, School of Information Science
Section 2. Research Ideas Exchange
- Identifying Media Effects in Open-Ended Survey Responses about Political Candidates
and Issues
Jacob Long, School of Journalism and Mass Communications - Narrative Inquiry of Black Educators in South Carolina as they Experience Cultural
Heritage Institutions
Constance Caddell, School of Information Science - Comparisons of Social Justice Curriculum in LIS Programs
Wendy Moore, School of Information Science
Section 3: Scholar-To-Scholar Session & Lunch
Questions or need more information?
Contact Linwan Wu (linwanwu@mailbox.sc.edu).