The following mass communication majors will be presenting undergraduate research presentations on Thursday, November 20, 2008.  Please make an effort to attend and support these students and their hard work.

 

 

Session IE ¥ Karpen Hall 112 ¥ 1:00 Ð 2:40 pm ¥ Moderator: Barbara Jaslow

Mass Communications

1:00 Ð 1:20

THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION ON PERCEPTIONS OF MEDIA BIAS

Jessica Blythe (Mark West), Mass Communications Department

1:20 Ð 1:40

PRIMARY NEWS SOURCES: A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY

Sarah Pardys (Mark West), Mass Communication Department

1:40 Ð 2:00

CONVERGING INTERNET AND TELEVISION USE FOR GRATIFICATION: INCOME STATUS AND

ANALYSIS

Katie Bachmeyer (Mark West), Mass Communications Department

2:00 Ð 2:20

USING COGNITIVE DISSONANCE THEORY TO PREDICT OPINION CHANGE: THE WESTERN NORTH

CAROLINA POLL

Gordon Gundlach (Mark West), Mass Communications Department

2:20 Ð 2:40

RELATING ADVERTISING MEDIA SOURCES TO PURCHASING DECISIONS

Mara Ridgeway (Mark West), Mass Communications Department

 

 

Session IB ¥ Zageir Hall 227 ¥ 1:00 Ð 3:00pm ¥ Moderator: Jacque Morgan

Anthropology, History, International Studies and Philosophy

 

2:20 Ð 2:40

"THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON": STUDENT PROTEST DURING INTEGRATION IN ASHEVILLE

Ben Smith (Sarah Judson), History Department