Communication Faculty and Students to Present at 2023 ICA Conference in Toronto
Faculty members and students in the Department of Communication will present scholarly papers at the 2023 conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) held May 25-29 in Toronto, Canada.
The ICA is one of the leading associations in the communication discipline. The 73rd annual conference will center around the theme, “Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication.”
At a time when the meaning of authenticity is challenged by communication phenomena such as misinformation, deepfakes, AIs (e.g., chatGPT), and strategic self-presentation on social media, among others, researchers around the world will gather and explore what makes communication truly authentic.
Communication faculty and students will present a wide range of scholarly research topics, including but not limited to instructional communicate, AI adoption, political discussion disagreement, post-pandemic career choices, family communication patterns, and the role of fake news in climate change.
“It is great to see our Department represented at this premier international conference in our discipline, said Masahiro Yamamoto, Chair of the Department of Communication. “Our faculty and students are tackling significant social problems. We are committed to generating evidence-based knowledge to better understand the world and developing communication as solutions to real-world challenges."
The mission of the ICA is to advance the scholarly study of communication by encouraging and facilitating excellence in academic research across the globe. The ICA was formed more than 50 years ago to bring together a small group of researchers interested in human communication.
The ICA has grown to be a major international association with more than 5,000 members in over 80 countries. Since 2003, ICA has been officially associated with the United Nations as a non-governmental association (NGO).
Below are the papers that will be presented at the conference (Department faculty and student names are in bold):
ICA Paper Presentations
Communication History Division
Panel Session - Remembering and Forgetting “Difficult” Histories: Place, Identity, and Memory Environments: “After the Flood: Memory, Resilience, and Circulation,” Piotr M. Szpunar
Environmental Communication Division
“Fact Checks and Belief in Fake News about Climate Change: Testing the Continued Influence Effect,” Chang Sup Park, Barbara K. Kaye
Health Communication Division
“Health Literacy and Patient Engagement Among Korean Immigrants in the U.S.: Exploring the Reflexive Relationship among the Communicative Dimensions,” Seulgi Park (Ph.D. student), Rukhsana Ahmed
Information Systems Division
“Collective Actions for Ukrainian Refugees: A Longitudinal Test of the Mechanisms and Reciprocal Effects of Social Media Engagement,” Wenbo Li, Shan Xu, Masahiro Yamamoto, Kerk Font Kee
“Examining the Diffusion of Innovations from a Dynamic, Differential-Effects Perspective: A Longitudinal Study on AI Adoption Among Employees,” Shan Xu, Kerk Fong Kee, Wenbo Li, Masahiro Yamamoto, Rachel E. Riggs
Instructional and Developmental Communication Division
“Liberating Teaching and Learning through the Autonomy-Supportive Design of a Communication Course Assignment,” Erting Sa (Ph.D. student)
International Communication Division
“Turning Points, Trajectories, and Accounts of Military Partners’ Post-Deployment Adjustment Concerns,” Elizabeth Dorrance Hall, Patricia E. Gettings, Steven R. Wilson, Elizabeth A. Hintz, Ana Vidal
Interpersonal Communication Division
“Exploring Family Communication Patterns and Interpersonal Technologies in United States-Based Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships,” Jenna McNallie, Patricia E. Gettings
Mass Communication Division
“Under A Spell: The Effect of ‘Presumed Media Influence on Self’ on Media Trust and Belief in 2020 Election Conspiracies,” Barbara K. Kaye, Thomas J. Johnson, Chang Sup Park
“Shouts and Whispers: The Gamson Hypothesis, Media Reliance, and Belief in 2020 Election Conspiracy Theories,” Thomas J. Johnson, Chang Sup Park, Barbara K. Kaye
Organizational Communication Division
“Careers After COVID: Examining the Influence of Vocational Anticipatory Socialization on Post-Pandemic Career Values and Choices,” Kenneth J. Levine, Melinda Raynae Aley, Vernon Miller
Philosophy, Theory and Critique Division
“In the Dust of Another Planet: Media, Noise, and Telescopic Visions,” Piotr M. Szpunar
Political Communication
“ERP Investigation into Interpersonal Political Discussion: Opinion Disagreement Signals Error,” Alyssa Morey, Jamie Votraw (Ph.D. student), Yufeng Tian (Ph.D. student), Stephen Romero