BEA2010 Research Symposium
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 | Las
Vegas
Sports Media: Transformation,
Integration, Consumption
10:30 AM - 11:45
AM
SESSION #1: INVITED SENIOR SCHOLARS
Panel Chair: James Walker, St. Xavier University
Welcome Andrew C. Billings, Clemson University, Symposium
Chair
Keynote Address Walter Gantz, Indiana University
Senior Scholar Presentation Michael
Real, Royal Roads University, Canada
Theorizing the Sports-Television Dream Marriage: Why Sports
Fit Television So Well
Senior Scholar Presentation Marie Hardin, Pennsylvania
State University
Moving the Agenda Forward? Women's Sports Advocates and Evolving
Feminisms in the Blogosphere
11:45 LUNCH: BEA
Exhibit Hall
1:15 PM - 2:30
PM
SESSION #2: INVITED SENIOR SCHOLARS
Panel Chair: Robert Bellamy, Duquesne University
Senior Scholar Presentation Lawrence A. Wenner, Loyola
Marymount University
Mocking the Fan for Fun and Profit: Sports Dirt, Fanship Identity,
and Commercial Narratives
Senior Scholar Presentation Arthur A. Raney, Florida
State University
Fair Ball: Exploring the Relationship Between Media Sports and
Viewer Morality
Senior Scholar Presentation David Rowe, University of
Western Sydney, Australia
Sports Media: Beyond Broadcasting, Beyond Sports, Beyond
Societies?
2:45 PM - 4:00
PM
SESSION #3 COMPETITIVELY SELECTED PAPERS
Panel Chair: Walter Gantz, Indiana University
Jimmy Sanderson and Jeffrey W. Kassing, Arizona State University,
Tweets and Blogs: Transformative, Adversarial, and Integrative
Developments in Sports Media
Glenn Cummins, Lakshmi N. Tirumala and Jillian Mulieri, Texas
Tech University, Viewer Attention to ESPN's Mosaic Screen:
An Eye-Tracking Investigation
Lindsey Jane Meân, Arizona State University, Sport,
Identities, and the Internet: The Construction of Sport at ESPN.com
Kelby K. Halone,
West Virginia University, The
Sport Media Institution: (Re)Producing the Everyday Consumption
of Organized Sport
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
SESSION #4 COMPETITIVELY SELECTED PAPERS
Panel Chair: Lindsey Jane Meân, Arizona State University
Student Paper Competition Winner Lauren Reichart Smith,
University of Alabama, The
Less You Say: An Exploratory Study of Gender Coverage in Sports
on Twitter
Brad Schultz, University of Mississippi, and Mary Lou Sheffer,
University of Southern Mississippi, An Exploratory Study
of How Twitter is Impacting Sports Journalism
Lance Porter, Louisiana State University, Chris Wood, JWA Communications,
and Vince Benigni, College of Charleston, Instant Replay:
From Analysis to Aggression. The Nature of Fan Emotion, Cognition,
and Behavior in Internet Sports Communities
Closing Address Andrew C. Billings, Clemson University,
Assessing the Record: Reaction Time
5:30 BEA RECEPTION:
Exhibit Hall
