Broadcast Education Association
BEA2000
Competitive Papers Presented at BEA2000

       The following papers were competitively selected for presentation at the BEA2000 convention. Not all of the winning papers are included below. Authors had the option of permitting web posting of their papers. Those wishing to do so signed a Web Posting Permission Form allowing BEA to post their papers on the BEA web site. Authors who permit their papers to be posted on the BEA web site retain the copyright of their papers and are free to submit them for publication elsewhere. Further, the online posting of their papers here does not prohibit subsequent publication in official BEA publications.

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"A Critique of Obscenity Law in the College Radio Environment" - Rob McKenzie
"Transformation of Post-Communist Broadcast Media: A Case Study of Estonia" - Max V. Grubb
"Programming Live Local Radio in the 1930s: WDZ Reaches Rural Illinois" - Stephen D. Perry
"Using Streaming Technology to Teach Communication Research Methods: Practical Applications for Intercultural Education" - Jeffrey S. Wilkinson
"Reaching Out To Nontraditional Students Through Television Production: Workshops for Families, Children and Secondary Education Teachers" - Cynthia A. Cooper
"Using an E-mail Simulation to Study Electronic Media Futures" - Wilfred Tremblay
"Post-Communist Broadcast Media: A Case Study of Estonia's 1994 Broadcast Law" - Max V. Grubb
"Trouble in Paradise: A Study of Media Censorship in the South Pacific" - Andrew Clark
"Facing the Digital Future, Darkly: Television Station Managers' Approach towards the Implementation of Digital Broadcasting" - Jeffrey K. Oberg
"A New Vision for Public Broadcasting: The Summons to Rebuild" - Glenda R. Balas
"Comparing Western Democracies: Free Air Time & the European Model" - Glenda C. Williams
"Third-Person Effect, Gender and Pornography on the Internet" - Ven-Hwei Lo and Ran Wei
"Investigating the Relationship Between Exposure to Television Programs that Depict Paranormal Phenomena and Beliefs in the Paranormal" - Glenn G. Sparks and Will Miller
"The Cost of Communication: Sales Managers Evaluate "Free Air Time" - Glenda C. Williams