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Communication Studies Heads to NCA

Faculty and Graduate Students will be heading the annual convention to be held from the 16th through the 19th of November.  Attached is a word document with every WVU presentation.

WVU at NCA

WVU Communication Studies at NCA 2023

Thursday, November 16th:

12:30pm-1:45pm

Alysse Baker, Christy Kunkle, Jake Follmer

Grandparents’ Supporting Role in Adult Grandchildren’s Academic Success: The Importance of Parental Encouragement and Reciprocal Self-Disclosure

- Maryland 4 - Convention Center, Ballroom Level

 Katie Kang

Where will the Four Flows Flow?: Discussing the Future of the Four Flows Model

– National Harbor 7 – Convention Center, 2nd Floor

 Dan Totzkay

Collaborative Spaces Panel #2

– Maryland B – Convention Center, Ballroom Level

 
1-4pm

GRADUATE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE – Visit with WVU faculty and graduate students to learn more about our graduate programs at our booth!

Friday, November 17th:

9:30am-10:45am

DeArtha Chambers, Samantha Leggett-Bradley

Freedom (?) from Organizational Learning Barriers: Strategies for Improving Training from Organizational, Instructional, and Training Communication Specialists

– Potomac 4 – Convention Center, Ballroom Level

 Samaha Ghani, Dan Totzkay

Sexual Consent Beliefs in International vs. Domestic Students

– Maryland B – Convention Center, Ballroom Level

11:00am-12:15pm

Samantha Leggett-Bradley

Communication Trait Music Playlist

 – Maryland D – Convention Center, Ballroom Level

12:30pm-1:45pm

Alysse Baker, Dan Totzkay

Social comparison and collective action: Combining framing strategies to address restrictions to reproductive healthcare as a health disparity

 – Maryland B – Convention Center, Ballroom Level

Rachael Purtell, Matthew Martin, Allison Paxton, Hailey Scherer

LGBTQIA+ Communal Identity Gaps Amongst Committed Consensually Non-Monogamous Partners

– National Harbor 7 – Convention Center, 2nd Floor

Saturday, November 18th:

8:00am-9:15am

Rebekah Chiasson, Megan Dillow, Alan Goodboy

A Test of Relational Turbulence Theory: The Indirect Effect of Turbulence on Received Emotional Support through Dyadic Synchrony

– National Harbor 7 – Convention Center, 2nd Floor

Alan Goodboy, Rebekah Chiasson, Megan Dillow

Advancing Communication Research with Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling: A Test of Relational Turbulence Theory in Daily Life

– National Harbor 7 ­­– Convention Center, 2nd Floor

Dan Totzkay, Lisa Costello, Julia Fraustino, Christine Kunkle

Message strategies and communication gaps for encouraging aging adults to get vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19

                                    – Chesapeake L – Convention Center, Ballroom Level

 

Alan Goodboy, Megan Dillow, Heath Howard, Kevin Knoster  

Dyadic Processes of Relational Turbulence Theory

– National Harbor 7 – Convention Center, 2nd Floor

Megan Vendemia

How Online Daters Determine Who Other Users Are Offline: A Qualitative Approach to Identifying Warranting Cues and Understanding Authenticity Assessments on Online Dating Platforms

– Chesapeake D – Convention Center, Ballroom Level

9:30am-10:45am

Matthew Martin

Evaluation of the Psychometric Multidimensionality of Source Credibility Using a Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Framework

– Chesapeake C – Convention Center, Ballroom Level

11:00am-12:15am

Katie Kang

Is Communication Visibility a Threat or an Opportunity? Social Media and Anonymous Social Support Organization TOP PAPER

– Chesapeake D – Convention Center, Ballroom Level

2:00pm-3:15pm

Madison Martin, Elizabeth Cohen

“Welcome to the Stream, Vykaryous4Eva!”: The Effect of Vicarious Interaction on Parasocial Relationships with Live-streamers

 – Chesapeake 10/11- Convention Center, Ballroom Level

 

Hailey Scherer, Elizabeth Cohen

Ear Buddies: A Moderated Mediation Model of the Effect of Mobility on Parasocial Relationships with Podcast Hosts

– Chesapeake 10/11 – Convention Center, Ballroom Level

 

Sunday, November 19th:

 

8:00am-9:15am

Samantha Leggett-Bradley

The Girl Behind the Door: Autoethnography Depicting the Social Identity Development of a Gay Christian Women Through Media Content and a Call for Increased Representation of LGBTQ+ Christians

– National Harbor 13 – Convention Center, 2nd Floor

 

11:00am-12:15pm

Samaha Ghani, Elizabeth Cohen

The Effect of Celebrity Status on Tolerance for the Sexualization of a Teen Girl in the Media: An Experiment

– Chesapeake 10/11 – Convention Center, Ballroom Level