BEA2001: Friday, April 20th

Time

Room

Topics/Description/Panelists

7:00am-8:30am

N231

Student Intern Meeting

8:00am-9:00am

N234

Division Chairs Pre-Convention Meeting

8:00am-9:00am

Ex. Hall

N55/257/259

Opening Continental Breakfast and Board Orientation for Newcomers

Technology Demonstration Room Day 1

Leading-edge technology companies are on-hand to exhibit their latest

technologies and software with the higher education market in mind. The TDR

is grouped into 4 areas:

1] Production

2] Help/Training Materials for non-Linear Editing

3] Streaming/DVD Production

4] Editing

This is a chance to wander in, chat and see the technology for yourself. You can speak to representatives of these companies about their products and get the information you need.

The following companies and products are on-hand today:

PRODUCTION

* Panasonic Broadcast & Digital Systems Company

Panasonic Broadcast and Television Systems Company will be showing a full family of DV products. Included will be 2 new DV Camcorders, 2 new DV Proline VCR's with Firewire, monitor and Plasma Displays. Projectors will be supplied and utilized in the other venues throughout the BEA Convention. Come see the rest of the show at our NAB booth L7020.

HELP/TRAINING

* IntelligentAssistance, Inc.

IntelligentAssistance, Inc. will be showing the latest releases of their innovative 'Intelligent Assistants' for Cleaner 5, After Effects, Media 100 I, Premiere 6, Final Cut Pro and Boris Graffiti. These software 'Companions' are the only example of Electronic Performance Support Systems for digital media software and eliminate the 'learning curve' by providing practitioners with 'What you want to know,

when you want to know, how you want to know' answers to questions as they arise by asking plain

language questions from 'within the software' while they're working. (Also, see the Help/Training demonstration session Friday at 1:30pm in room N234)

* Intelligent Media, Inc.

Intelligent Media is a training and integration firm that specializes in the build out of educational environments for teaching digital media. Intelligent Media provides digital editing and streaming products from Apple, Compaq, IBM, Matrox, Pinnacle and Media 100, along with all the necessary A/V equipment to make a digital media lab be fully functional. Additionally, its training division, ITS, provides classes to educate educators and a suite of customized curriculum to ensure that each institution has the proper resources to ensure a successful deployment. You will find Intelligent Media on the NAB floor at Booth M8642 adjacent to the Apple Computer Booth and in their own high-definition suite

at Booth M10447.

STREAMING/DVD PRODUCTION

* Apple Computer.

Apple will demonstrate the process of creating and distributing a real time web broadcast of a video and audio signal. Sorenson Broadcaster will provide real time conversion of the video content to a RTSP streaming format. Apple's video streaming as a component of OS X will distribute this signal to the web. Apple will also include a client machine to allow attendees to experience the consumption of this stream via QuickTime on their local desktop. [Also, see the Streaming demonstration session Friday at 3:00 p.m. in room N234]

* Sorenson Media. "Sorenson Broadcaster"

Sorenson Media, the world's leader in video compression technology and services will demonstrate the video codec of choice for QuickTime. Sorenson Broadcaster is the premiere broadcast tool for live QuickTime broadcasting. Sorenson Media Encoding Services offer direct access to top video and audio compression for all platforms including CD, Internet, DVD, corporate presentations, etc. [Also, see the Streaming demonstration session Friday at 3:00 p.m. in room N234]

* Terran. "Media Cleaner"

Terran will demonstrate their software product Media Cleaner 5. [Also, see the Streaming demonstration session Friday at 3:00 p.m. in room N234]

*Media 100 Software. "Cleaner 5"Media 100 will demonstrate their software product Cleaner 5. Cleaner 5 is the best way to put streaming video and audio on your web site. Cleaner 5 offers a complete camera-to-web solution, allowing you to capture, enhance, encode, and publish your streams from one streamlined workflow. [Also, see the Streaming demonstration session Friday at 3:00 p.m. in room N234] [ Visit their booth #i6511 at NAB]

DVD PRODUCTION

* Apple Computer.

Apple will demonstrate Apple's desktop video storage solution based upon the SuperDrive and iDVD software. These two components allow creative professionals to generate DVD's of their projects that can be consumed on various DV players, including low cost consumer players. [Also, see the DVD Production demonstration session Friday at 4:30 p.m. in room N234]

EDITING

* PROMAX

See live demonstration of Macintosh based digital video editing system using Final Cut Pro. ProMax offers turnkey digital video workstations using solutions from Apple, Adaptec, Adobe, Boris, Bose, Canon, Canopus, DigiDesign, IBM, JVC, Lowell, Mackie, Panasonic, Pinnacle, Sony, and ViewSonic.ProMax will be showing RT-MAX, a real time PCI card for Macintosh. Also showing the DA-MAX, analog to digital/digital to analog media converter box with the following input/output connections: Component, S-video, composite, balanced and unbalanced audio, RS-422, six FireWire ports, and optional SDI and digital audio ports. The DH-MAX, a dualhead, AGP display card for the Macintosh will also be displayed that uses the Matrox G400 card. You will find Promax on the NAB floor at Booth M9359.

9:00am-10:15am

N232

Making the Transition from Academe to Industry

Management and Sales

This panel will discuss alternative career approaches for faculty members and graduate students who do not desire to pursue a teaching career or wish to change the direction of their career to focus on industry opportunities. The panelists will address the issues of: why they chose NOT to pursue a traditional academic position, what they presently do and how that fits with their educational background, and what other faculty members or graduate students can do to reposition their careers.

Moderator:

Greg Pitts

Southern Methodist University

Panelists:

1. Kathleen Fox, Research Director, WBKI-TV, Cascade Broadcasting, Louisville, KY, Take This Job and Shove It: Why I Left Academe

2. Reggie Murphy, Manager, Marketing Research, USA TODAY, Arlington, VA, Campus Life, Industry Life: Having a Diversified and Fulfilling Career

3. Larry Patrick, Patrick Communications and Legend Communications, Is There Life Outside of the Classroom (or the Campus) with a Ph.D.?

4. Ed Cohen, Vice President-Domestic Radio Research, Arbitron

5. David E. Kennedy, President, Susquehanna Radio Corp. "Doing What You Love, Loving What You Do"

9:00am-10:15am

N233

Graduate Student Research

Gender Issues

9:00am-10:15am

N234

Leaps and Bounds . . . And Stumbles: Integrating Multimedia Into a Mass Communication Program, 5 Years Later

Production, Aesthetics and Criticism

Courses, Curricula and Administration

Communications Technology

Writing

Five years ago James Madison University’s Mass Communication Department evolved into the School of Media Arts and Design, integrating multimedia into the curriculum. Since then the school’s enrollment has almost doubled, its faculty and facilities have both increased, and the school has completed a major curriculum revision. What works? What doesn’t? What have we learned? Where do we go from here? That’s what we ask ourselves, and what this panel will examine.

Moderator:

Rustin Greene

James Madison University

Panelists:

Robyn Eoff, James Madison Univ.: Convergence Challenges

George Johnson, James Madison Univ.: Administrative and Faculty Challenges

Marilou Johnson, James Madison Univ.: Impact on Programs and Students

Tom McHardy, James Madison Univ.: Interactivity Challenges

John Woody, James Madison Univ.: Technology Challenges

Respondent

Steven Anderson, James Madison University

9:00am-10:15am

N235

Convergence of Ownership in Canadian Broadcasting and New Zealand Broadcasting

International

This panel will examine the implications of recent takeovers of Canadian Broadcast outlets by major telecommunications corporations and the impact of ownership changes on large, medium and small market news departments. Recent Canadian Radio/Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decisions affecting supper-hour news programming and overall program schedules for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will also be discussed. A comparative look at recent ownership

convergence in New Zealand will help to establish emerging trends.

Moderator:

Don Godfrey

Arizona State

Panelists:

1. Michael Monty, Seneca College, "Ownership convergence in Canadian Broadcasting"

2. Craig Allen, Arizona State, "The CHUM/CITY phenomenon"

3. Paul Norris, New Zealand Broadcasting School, "Ownership convergence in New Zealand Broadcasting".

9:00am-10:15am

N236

Paper Competition

International Division

Debut Category

First Place Award:

Myung-Hyun Kang, Michigan State University, "A comparison of news topic, type and presentation styles between the U.S. and Korean television news magazines."

Second Place Award:

Anthony S.C. Huang, Southern Illinois University, "The race of web interactivity: A cross national comparison of the web sites in the U.S.A. and Taiwan."

Open Entry Category:

First Place Award: Seok Kang, University of Georgia, "The impact of television viewing and enculturation among Korean children: cultivation analysis."

Second Place Award: Andrew M. Clark, University of Georgia, "The reflection of foreign policy on international broadcasting charters: A policy of Australia and New Zealand."

9:00am-10:15am

N237

Competition and Community in the Digital World: 2001 and Beyond

History

Law & Policy

Student Media Advisors

This panel builds on a historical perspective of how regulators and broadcasters have constructed "community" as both governing doctrine and operating strategy. Panelists will examine the implications of the changing conception of localism for the new media environment. Commercial, public, collegiate, web‑based and global media contexts will be discussed.

Moderator:

Tim Larson

University of Utah

Panelists:

1. Gregory F. Lowe, University of Tampere (Finland) &

Yleisradio (Finnish Broadcasting Co.)

"Localism Euro‑Style: Competitive Advantages of

Polymedia Diversity"

2. Alan G. Stavitsky, University of Oregon, &

Robert K. Avery, University of Utah

"Lessons of Low‑Power FM: Creating Community or

Recreating Industrial Tension"

3. Philip Thompsen, West Chester University

"Napster and the First Amendment: College Radio's

'Alternative' Conundrum"

4. John Armstrong, University of Utah

"Digging up the Roots: Historical Origins of

Localism as FCC Doctrine"

Respondent: Glenda R. Balas, DePauw University

9:00am-10:15am

N238

College TV Newscast: How to Make Your Student Newscast a Success

News

Production, Aesthetics and Criticism

Panelists will highlight their programs including how students, staff and faculty are involved in the process. They'll discuss the balancing act: how to produce quality newscasts and provide students with a positive learning experience. Panelists from each school will discuss their program then share a five-minute video sample. Once all the panelists are done the session will be opened to questions. The session allows attendees to see different models of broadcast news education including curriculum, show format, frequency of production and media carrier.

Moderator's Name: Ken Fischer

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

G. Stuart Smith

Florida

Dana Rosengard

North Carolina

Mary Rogus

Ohio

Rick Sykes

Central Michigan

10:30am-11:45am

N231

10:30am-11:45am

N232

Student Interactive Multimedia Competition

Communication Technology

Artistic:

First Place – Fixed Media – Anja Pfeiffer, University BUGH Wuppertal

for Zwischenraum

Second Place – Fixed Media – Nicholas Crossland, Staffordshire University

for Haunted Circus

Third Place – Fixed Media – Ben Hunt, Staffordshire University

for Sleepwalk Matrix

Inform:

First Place – Online – Chris Bush, Staffordshire University

for Navigating Las Vegas

Second Place – Online – Sam Smithson, Staffordshire University

for Eden Industries

Third Place – Online – Brandon Luhring and Mitch Stark, Ball State University

for VIA Visualization Imaging Animation Lab

First Place – Fixed Media – Alan Oh, Staffordshire University

for Open Day

Instruct:

First Place – Fixed Media – Sahra Enany, Staffordshire University

for The Professor’s Learning Game

Second Place – Fixed Media – Joanne Merritt, Staffordshire University

for Henry the Hoover

First Place – Online – Alastair Young, Staffordshire University

for Green Plants

Second Place – Online – Heddwyn Coombs, Staffordshire University

for Mini Beasts

Entertain:

First Place – Online – Rick Farrell, Staffordshire University

for Virgin Radio

First Place – Fixed Media – Paul Gerrard, Bournemouth University

for REACT

Second Place – Fixed Media – David Pascual, James Madison University

for The Interactive Love Guide

Third Place – Fixed Media – Nadia Attia, Bournemouth University

for Strange World

Persuade:

First Place – Online – Heddwyn Coombs, Staffordshire University

for Schott Glass Company

Second Place – Online – Adam Clifton, Staffordshire University

for Armstrong Craven

Third Place – Online – Carl Moreton, Staffordshire University

for Synetrix

First Place – Fixed Media

Tie: Sian Sykes and Adam Maloney, Staffordshire University

for Stoked Digital

and

Peter Starkey, Bournemouth University

for BUFFALO

Best of Show....

Tie: Sian Sykes and Adam Maloney, Staffordshire University

for Stoked Digital

and

Peter Starkey, Bournemouth University

for BUFFALO

10:30am-11:45am

N233

Radio Sales-Certification and Learning Through the Radio Advertising Bureau

Courses, Curricula and Administration

Management & Sales

Discussion of the reasoning, materials and process for certifying undergraduate students in radio sales. Panelists will discuss an undergraduate sales course developed for universities by the RAB. Students learn basic media sales, theory, practice and skills with a strong emphasis on radio sales that will qualify them to sit for a certification exam. Students who pass will be certified as an RAB CRMD (College Radio Marketing Designate).

Will Hoyt, Ohio Univ.

Mike Mahone, Radio Advertising Bureau

Charles Clift, Ohio Univ.

10:30am-11:45am

N234

Representing Women in the Documentary

Gender Issues

Production, Aesthetics and Criticism

This panel will explore the questions: “How do documentary filmmakers represent women at the turn of the new century and how has this representation changed over time?” In other words, as the roles of girls and women change, how does documentary filmmaking evolve? The panelists will address these questions by screening their own work and through presentations geared toward audience dialogue.

Moderator:

Dr. Diane Waldman, University of Denver

Co-Editor, Feminism and Documentary (1999, University of Minnesota Press)

Panelists:

1. Sheila E. Schoreder, University of Denver, See What I Got: Representing Confidence and Courage in Teenage Girls

2. Professor Melinda Levin, University of North Texas, Documenting Peasant Life and Tourist Culture: Changes in Mayan Gender Roles"

3. Mel Moore, University of Northern Colorado, See What I Got: Representing Confidence and Courage in Teenage Girls

4. Ann Jabro, Washington State University-Tri-Cities, "Does seeing increase the likelihood of believing? Using the documentary to inform, stimulate and motivate"

Respondent:

Dr. Diane Waldman, University of Denver

Co-Editor, Feminism and Documentary (1999, University of Minnesota Press)

10:30am-11:45am

N235

Multi-Camera Production: The State of Pedagogy--the State of the Art

Production, Aesthetics and Criticism

Multi-camera production is still used to produce a great many television programs. In recent years, production educators have focused on digital post production at gatherings like BEA and perhaps re-examination of tradition production methods has been slighted. This panel will discuss multi-camera production education and its place in the college curriculum today, as well as recent technological developments.

Moderator:

Anthony Tenczar

Institution: Ithaca College

1. Ivan Cury,California State University,Los Angeles, “An Assessment of Multi-camera Production’s Place in the University Curriculum”

2. Frank Barnas, Valdosta State University, “Teaching Multi-camera Today:Strategies and Outcomes”

3. Richard Sisisky,President, CEO, ParkerVision, Inc., “Automated News Production and teaching this new technology”

4. Mark Herlinger, Western Media Products Inc, University of Colorado, “Bridging the Real World and the University”

Respondent:

Herbert Zettl

San Francisco State University

10:30am-11:45am

N236

From Vitae to Interview: Hot Tips on Getting a Job in Academe

Multicultural

Courses, Curricula and Administration

Using humor and relying on a wide range of experiences, the panelists will provide tips on seeking an academic position. They have a timeline for preparation for the job seeker, and specific pointers on letter writing a vita preparation. The panelists go step-by-step through the academic job interview and point out potential opportunities and pitfalls. An ideal interview format is presented. The information presented will be useful to both the job seeker and the search committee.

Moderator:

Keith Greenwood

Univ. of Oklahoma

Panelists:

Katherine Bradshaw

Joseph P. Bernt, Ohio Univ.

Respondent: Jim Foust, Bowling Green State University

10:30am-11:45am

N237

Roundtable for Discussion of Teaching Law and Policy

Law & Policy

Courses, Curricular and Administration

This is a roundtable discussion open to anyone interested in examining pedagogical issues related to teaching law and policy. Under a growing pressure to expand the traditional syllabus and with a desire to include current issues that are of concern to communication students, a number of BEA members have agreed to develop a roundtable discussion of how best to teach law and policy in an era of rapid technological and industry change. Colleagues listed below will facilitate discussion.

Panelists:

Mary Alice Molgard, College of St. Rose: Textbooks Used to Teach Law and Policy

Herb Terry, Indiana Univ.: Inclusion of Issues Related to International Law

Val Limburg, Washington State Univ.: The Changing Face of Legal Research and Resources

Michael Ogden, Central Washington Univ.: Is There a Place for Teaching Telecom Policy?

Wenmouth Williams, Ithaca College: Teaching Law to Undergraduates

Dom Caristi, Ball State Univ.: What We Teach is Less Important than How We Teach

Miram Smith, San Francisco State Univ.: Teaching Students the Basics of Legal Analysis

Marv Bensman, Univ. of Memphis: Broadening the Traditional Focus of Media Law

12:00pm-1:15pm

N231

Business Meeting

Broadcast & Internet Radio

12:00pm-1:15pm

N232

The Multicultural Odyssey Begins: Promising Research in Media from a Multicultural Perspective

Multicultural

Various competitions are sponsored to select the best and the brightest new research in the field of electronic media. The competition requirements sometimes serve to exclude some very promising research in the different arenas of electronic media. This panel seeks to present of the some future research stars in the area of multiculturalism and media. Recommendations are being solicited for participants to be included on this panel.

Moderator:

Dr. Howard A. Myrick

Temple University

Laura Shelton, University of Nebraska - Omaha, "Black and White TV: An Omaha Case Study Analysis of the Role of Race in Local Television News Employment."

Frances Meija, University of Southern California, "Criminals, Illegals, or Out of the Picture: The stereotyping and Absence of Latinos in Mainstream U.S. News.”

Maria Flores, University of Texas at Austin, "Is Dora the Explorer a Real Latina Heroine? An Analysis of Conceptions and Portrayals of Ethnicity."

Jin Kyu Park, University of Texas at Austin, "Television, Ethnic and Religious Identity: A Case of a Korean Immigrant Family.”

12:00pm-1:15pm

N233

Paper Competition

Gender Issues

Suzanne Huffman, Ph.D, Texas Christian University, C. A. Tuggle, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dana Scott Rosengard, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “How Campus Media Cover Sports: The Gender-Equity Issue, One Generation Later”

Dennis J. Ganahl, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, “Prime Time Television Commercials: A Virtual Never Land of Missed Social and Economic Opportunity”

Rhonda Gibson and Joe Bob Hester, Texas Tech University, “Differences in Rap Lyrics by Male and Female Artists: A Content Analysis”

Beth Olson, Ph. D., University of Houston, “Sex and the soaps: A 10-year Update of Health Issues in Content”

12:00pm-1:15pm

N234

Trials and Tribulations of Teaching at Two-Year Schools

Two-Year/Small College

Teaching at a two-year school brings with it special problems and complexities, especially for instructors who previously taught at four-year colleges or universities. This panel will offer insights and advice for teaching at two-year schools.

Moderator: Carla Gesell-Streeter

Cincinnati State College

Panelists:

Evan Wirig, Grossmont College, CA

Paula Thomas Beldyk, Washington State Community College, OH

Ron Weekes, Ricks College, ID

Noel Smith, Central Texas College

12:00pm-1:15pm

N235

Connecting Student Radio to the Curriculum

Courses, Curricula & Administration

Student Media Advisors

In a 1998 Journal of Radio Studies Forum article, Norm Pattiz said that most college radio stations that he has encountered are either “. . . National Public Radio outlets or student-controlled music stations with little or no faculty input or instruction. What a lost opportunity to benefit from a great potential resource!” This panel will include professors who have integrated their course requirements with the work of a student radio station. The panelists will discuss how they have teamed with their student stations to give students an opportunity to “practice” what has been “preached” in the classroom.

Panelists:

Glenda Williams, Univ. of Alabama: Taking it to the Street: Sales class and College Radio

Rob Potter, Univ. of Alabama: Who’s Listening? Connecting an Audience Analysis Course with Student Radio”

Greg Newton, Univ. of Oklahoma: Teaching Programming with the Help of Student Radio

John Owens and Tom Haines, Univ. of Cincinnati: Expanding the lab: Audio Production and the student Radio Station

12:00pm-1:15pm

N236

The Internet Goes to Court

Law & Policy

Communication Technology

Issues arising from the Internet (how people are using the “Net”) are now finding their way to the courts. The judiciary is presently considering a number of pivotal “Internet” cases in a variety of legal areas of copyright, libel, privacy and crimes and misdemeanors. This panel will examine key cases and developments in each area.

Panelists:

Kenneth Creech, Butler University “The Internet & Copyright: Napster Case Study”

Laurie Thomas Lee, University Nebraska-Lincoln “The Internet & Privacy”

Miriam A. Smith, San Francisco State University “The Internet & Libel”

TBA, FBI/Dept of Justice Internet task force “Internet Crimes & Misdemeanors”

12:00pm-1:15pm

N237

Histories of International Religious Broadcasting

History

International

Propagating their messages to “All the World,” many churches and religious organizations have heavily used international religious broadcasting. This panel brings together new and established scholars along with an international religious broadcasting consultant to discuss elements of the history of how religious broadcasting developed in countries on four continents. Panelists will look at practices employed by broadcasters as well as response from the traditional four-walled church.

Moderator: Stephen Perry

Illinois State University

Robert Fortner

Calvin College

How “The Church” responded to the new medium of radio: Comparisons between Canada, the U.K. and the U.S.

Hillary Warren

Denison University

The development of televangelism in African and Scandinavian countries

John Stanley

Escuela Superior Politechnica del Litoral, "Costal polytech university," Guayaquil, Equ.

Thirty years of religious broadcasting experience in South America

Chuck Pollak

Virginia Wesleyan College

Religious Broadcasting Stations emerge from media privatization in Belize (and Poland)

12:00pm-1:15pm

N238

Professors in the News: New Role for Many Scholars??

News

Management and Sales

Today’s expanded news coverage by all media augurs an increased use of experts to explain and interpret events. In the future, professors may receive an increased number of calls from reporters. How do communication professors with a high media profile let the media know that they have special expertise in newsworthy areas, prepare for interviews, and meet the media’s demand for short “soundbites” on complex issues? Highly visible teachers talk about their odysseys into the media spotlight.

Moderator:

Jerry Condra

Oswego State University of New York

Panelists:

Robert R. Thompson, Syracuse University

Robert A. Papper, Ball State University

Joe S. Foote, Arizona State University

Jannette L. Dates, Howard University

James R. Upshaw, University of Oregon

Dan Forbush, Profnet Golbal

12:00pm-1:15pm

N240

Faculty Scriptwriting Competition

Writing

Moderator:

Fred G. Thorne

California State University, Chico

Winners:

First Place:

A.L. "Artie" Terry

Wheaton College

Title: SLIDE

Second Place:

Linda McDonald

University of Central Oklahoma

Title: STARWALKER

Third Place:

Kevin J. Reynolds

James Madison University

Title: VITAMIN V

Honorable Mention:

Jeanette Castillo

Indiana University-Bloomington

Title: DIGGER

1:30pm-2:45pm

N231

Paper Competition

Production, Aesthetics & Criticism

Debut Division:

1st Place

Gary W. Larson

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

"Contingent Reality: Fragmented Visual Perception in Second-Order Space"

2nd Place

Jaime S. Gomez

Eastern Connecticut State University

"Soap Operas: Toward a Universal Code of Aesthetic Manipulations?"

Open Division:

1st Place

Robert Pekurny

Florida State University

"Devised Video: A New Approach to Teaching Narrative for the Screen"

1:30pm-2:45pm

N232

Doing Electronic Media Management Research in the Age of Change: Strategies from Young Scholars

Management & Sales

Mass media scholars, whose work has ramifications for new technology, have to be especially aware of how rapid change can affect the way in which they conduct their research. The flurry of technological advances, mergers and acquisitions has an influence on the industry now like never before. In this panel, four doctoral students discuss different aspects of how change has affected their efforts to research current issues in the electronic media environment.

Moderator:

Alan Albarran

University of North Texas

Panelists:

George L. Daniels, University of Georgia, “Uncovering the Concept in Change”

Tomoko Kanayama, Ohio University, "Researching On-line Media Businesses"

Jeffrey Blevins, Ohio University, “Following Media Institutions Online”

John Armstrong, University of Utah, “Looking to History to Explain Digital Dilemmas”

1:30pm-2:45pm

N233

An Odyssey for the New Age in Electronic Media: Current and Future Trends for Multiculturalism and Electronic Media

Multicutural Division

Abstract: Whether in electronic media or other industries the concept of multiculturalism is sometimes sought out and embraced and at other times causes cringing among industry leaders often resulting in a backlash. This invited panel explores the current issues pertaining to electronic media for different cultures and attempt to project future prospects based on current trends in the electronic media industry and the overall dominate culture. Cultures in addressed by this panel include but are not limited to: African-Americans, Native Americans, Women, Gays and Lesbians.

Moderator:

Terence Scott

U.S. State Department

Panelists:

John Sanchez, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University “Native American Electronic Media – Current Trends and Future”

Professor Shirley Kelly, Clafin University “Black Media in America”

Chuck Hoy, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University “Exclusion or inclusion? Gays and Lesbians and the Electronic Media”

Mark Braun, Ph.D., Gustavus Adolphus College, "Trend analysis: Research on women employed in electronic media fields."

1:30pm-2:45pm

N234

Technology Demonstration Session I

"Intelligent Assistants: Help/Training Materials for Non-Linear Editing"

Sponsor: Convention

Teaching students non-linear editing and digital compositing requires constant attention. Solving software based problems is not easy when the teacher or lab manager is not around. The biggest challenge for trainers and users of software is the constantly evolving nature of the software and this industry. In this session, IntelligentAssistance developer and founder Philip Hodgetts will demonstrate how their new epistemic paradigm and tools - based on the research into Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS) - frees teachers to concentrate on teaching craft and creative skills by integrating the IntelligentAssistance approach to software in their classrooms and labs.

Moderator:

John Woody

James Madison University

Presenters:

Philip Hodgetts President, IntelligentAssistance, Inc.,

Dr Gregory Clarke, VP Technology IntelligentAssistance, Inc.

1:30pm-2:45pm

N235

New Techniques Tools for Teaching EFP and Studio Lighting

Courses, Curricular and Administration

Production, Aesthetics and Criticism

This panel will focus on effective technologies for teaching television lighting to undergraduates in broadcast and film production courses. The panel will review newly-developed lightweight lighting instruments and the best practices for teaching their effective use in both location and studio settings. A newly-produced instructional video on location lighting for television news production (TRT – 12 minutes) will be shown as part of the session. A handout on the teaching techniques covered in the session will be provided to all attendees.

Moderator: William Bolduc, Univ. of North Carolina – Wilmington

Bill Holshevnikoff, Freelance Lighting Designer, San Francisco: Teaching EFP Lighting

Ron Compesi, San Francisco State Univ.: Florescent Lighting for Studio and EFP Production

Pete Seel: Lighting Television News Interviews

Eric Druker Lowel Light New Lightweight Instruments for EFP Lighting

1:30pm-2:45pm

N236

Real-time Ethics

News

What guidelines are there for media practitioners and those soon-to-be who want to act ethically in a 24/7 world of live news? What is the process? What are some tips? We’ll hear from the frontlines from those who study and develop guidelines and from those in the newsroom who use them.

Moderator: C. A. Tuggle, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Panelists:

Phil Seib, Marquette

Travis Linn, Nevada-Reno,

Melissa Antoccia, KLAS, Las Vegas

1:30pm-2:45pm

N237

Young People, Sex, and Media: New Research

Research

Law & Policy

This is a panel of invited papers describing

results of new research on young people, television, risky

health behaviors, sexual suggestiveness, and punishment.

Changes in public policy are likely to be based upon

findings such as these.

Moderator:

Kenneth Harwood

University of Houston

Panelists:

1. Kirstie Cope, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

"Risky Health Behaviors & Television: The Impact of Portrayal of Negative Consequences on Adolescent Socialization"

2. Barbara Wilson, University of Illinois, & Stacy Smith, Michigan State University

"Teenagers' Interpretations of Sexually Suggestive Content on Television"

3. Jennifer Stevens, University of Michigan

"Sex & Punishment: The Sexual Double Standard in Popular Television Dramas"

4. Kimberly Dalianis Zarkin, LaSalle University—“Youth, Indecency, and Congress: A Policy Review”

1:30pm-2:45pm

N238

What is Interactive Writing and How Do You Teach It?

Writing

The role of the writer as a traditional originator of program content is in a state of evolution because of the importance of programming and graphics in interactive formats. That role is not as clear in interactive design as it is in linear media. Is the writer the inventor of interactivity or is it the programmer or the graphic designer? The writer needs to claim a place in the new media odyssey.

Moderator: Anthony Friedmann

Mount Ida College

Anthony Friedmann

Mount Ida College

“Does the Designer Write? Can the Writer Design?”

Rustin Greene

James Madison University

"No matter how you click it, it¹s still a story"

Duane Roberts

Brigham Young University

“The Effects of Interactivity on Storytelling”

Cassandra Van Buren

Trinity University

"The Writer" is Erased in New Media

Kevin Reynolds

James Madison University``

“Story, Interactivity and Technology--Where is writing headed?"

3:00pm-4:15pm

N231

Business Meeting

Management & Sales

3:00pm-4:15pm

N232

Big Bucks in Small Towns-The Art of the Live Telethon

Student Media Advisors

Are you looking for ways to engage the talents of all the disciplines or specialty tracks with your Radio-Television department? For the university cable channels not affiliated with PBS, there is a lot to learn about producing “live” television specials. Learn valuable ideas from media advisors who produce annual “live” telethons for the purpose of raising funds for charity while providing both practical and academic experience for their R-TV majors in sales, marketing, public relations, performance and production.

Moderator:

Dr. Maryjo Adams Cochran

Sam Houston State University

Panelists:

1. Dr. Maryjo Adams Cochran, Sam Houston State University, “Twenty-one years and counting . . . cashing in on student produced telethons.”

2. Jeff Prater, Murray State University, “The art of fund-raising by your campus television station.”

3. Joseph Richie, Ohio University, “Integrating the PBS Telethon experience within the educational structure of an academic telecommunications program.”

4. Sherri Williford, Stephen F. Austin University, “Want a project that involves ALL of your broadcast majors? Raising money for charity.”

3:00pm-4:15pm

N233

Business Meeting

Multicultural Studies

3:00pm-4:15pm

N234

Technology Demonstration Session II

"Streaming: From Archive or Real-time Audio & Video to End Client"

Apple will demonstrate how you can use the Macintosh and Final Cut Pro to create professional quality video and show Apple's video streaming solution as one means of distributing the video to it's intended audience. Sorenson will present their software product Sorenson Broadcaster, the easiest software to use for live Internet streaming. Media 100 will present their software product Cleaner 5. Cleaner 5 is the best way to put streaming video and audio on your web site. Cleaner 5 offers a complete camera-to-web solution, allowing you to capture, enhance, encode, and publish your streams from one streamlined workflow.

Moderator:

Brad Toussaint

Drake University

Panelists:

1] Bill Hanson, Consulting Engineer for Apple Computer, Inc.

2] Matthew Stoneking, Head Evangelist for Media 100, Cleaner 5

3) Richy Anderson, Technical Marketing Manager, Sorenson

3:00pm-4:15pm

N235

Issues and the Introduction to Mass Communication Course

Courses, Curricula and Administration

: What to teach and how to teach it are questions often asked by college professors who are constrained by a university’s curricular limits. This is particularly true when the subject matter far outruns the space available for it. This is essentially the problem faced by those teaching Mass Communication as an introductory course. This panel addresses this issue. Panel members will present a variety of pedagogical alternatives.

Moderator:

David Tucker, Univ. of Toledo

Panelists:

Robert Musburger, Univ. of Houston: Mass Communication and the Large State School

Jeff Guterman, Univ. of Pittsburgh @ Bradford: Mass Communication and the Small State University

Harry Haines, Trinity Univ.: Mass Communication and the Private Liberal Arts School

George Johnson, James Madison Univ.: Mass Communication and the Medium Sized State University

Respondent: William Christ, Trinity Univ.

3:00pm-4:15pm

N236

Survey of Graduate Student Needs as Members of BEA

Board Sponsored

In an effort to better serve BEA graduate student members, the Graduate Student Task Force recetnly completed a survey to assess graduate student interests and needs. The task force will report on this survey and will lead an discussion regarding its major findings and how BEA might best address them.

Moderator:

Phil Jeter

Florida A&M University

Task Force Members:

Louise Benjamin, University of Georgia

Francesca Carpentier, Graduate Student Representative

Barbara Hines, Howard University

Philip Kipper, San Francisco State University

Milagros Rivera-Sanchez, Indiana University

Michael Wirth, University of Denver

3:00pm-4:15pm

N237

Research in Progress

Research

Moderator:

Vic Costello

Gardner-Webb University

Title: WWW.YOURFAVORITETVSHOW.COM: An Analysis of Network Television Show Presence on the World Wide Web

Elisia Cohen

Francesca Gardini

University of Southern California

Title: "The Church and the Internet: A Content Analysis of Three Catholic Websites"

Daniel Arasa

Southern Methodist University

Title: The Effect of Violent Video Games and the Increase of Aggression

Travis Baldwin

University of West Florida

Title: "Professionalism Among Future Media Professionals: A Study on Indian and American Broadcast and Print Journalism Students"

Sandhya Sarma

Southern Methodist University

3:00pm-4:15pm

N238

Alternative Approaches to Two-Year/Small College Research

Two-Year/Small College

This panel is designed to explore the alternative opportunities for professional development in addition to formal academic research. Panelists will present options for informal faculty discovery. The goal of this session is to validate research efforts at small schools in non-traditional ways.

Moderator: Lenora Brogdon-Wyatt

Bennett College, NC

Panelists:

Tom Hall, York College of Pennsylvania

George Mangan, College of San Mateo

Dan Nicolette, Niagara Community College

Noel Smith, Central Texas College

3:00pm-4:15pm

N240

Student Scriptwriting Competition

Writing

Moderator:

Robert Prisco

St. Cloud State University

Feature Length:

1. "Danny Boy" by Alastair Thorne, Ohio University

2. (tie) "Working Class Hero" by Kristian Higgins,

University of Washington

"The Grimsby Guest House" by Kristin Levine

American University

3. "Runaway Train" by Dana Howell, Jessica Kirby, William Stewart,

Maggie Phillips

University of Alabama

Short Subject Script:

1. "High Grade(s)" by E. F. (Gene) Lucas

California State University - Chico

2. "The Hit" by Rebecca Warner

California State University - Chico

3. "Hung Up" by Patrick Nicholas Smith

Brooklyn College

TV Series Script:

1. "Mirror, Mirror" (Spin City) by Erica B. Clethen

College of Marin

2. "Tic - Tock" (Sex and the City) by Kimberly Robinson

Texas Tech University

3. (Tie) "JTT136-4242" (The X-Files) by Mary Leah Sutton

University of Miami

"Out with the Old" (Sex and the City) by Katherine Banks

Texas Tech University

4:30pm-5:45pm

N231

Business Meeting

Gender Issues Division

4:30pm-5:45pm

N232

Professionalism and Job Satisfaction Among Broadcast Journalists

Management and Sales

This panel will discuss the changing nature of broadcast news employees. A number of studies have examined the concept of "professionalism" among employees at news organizations, including the pioneering study by McLeod and Hawley (1964). This panel will include the results of a study of news department staffers at medium market television stations. Included in the discussion will be an identification of ideal job characteristics, standards of professionalism, employment satisfaction, and individual autonomy.

Moderator: Greg Pitts, Southern Methodist University

Panelists:

Ray Carroll & Greg Pitts, "Job Characteristics and Employment Satisfaction"

John Lombardi, "Viewer Perceptions of Anchor Professionalism

Tammy Robken, Executive Producer, KARK-TV, Little Rock, AR "In the Trenches:

Hiring, Supervising and Motivating Newsroom Employees"

Craig Allen, Arizona State University, Satisfaction in Broadcast Journalism: Learning to

Deal With Joe Six Pack

4:30pm-5:45pm

N233

Business Meeting

Production, Aesthetics & Criticism

4:30pm-5:45pm

N234

Technology Demonstration Session III

"DVD Production"

Apple will demonstrate their desktop video storage solution based upon the SuperDrive and iDVD software. These two components allow creative professionals to generate DVD's of their projects that can be consumed on various DV players, including low cost consumer players.

Moderator:

Brad Toussaint

Drake University

Presenters:

Bill Hanson, Consulting Engineer for Apple Computer, Inc.

4:30pm-5:45pm

N235

Paper Competition

Broadcast & Internet Radio Division

Moderator:

Michael c. Keith

Boston College

1st Participant

Todd L. Wirth, Ohio University, “Nationwide Format Oligopolies: Are the Majority of All Radio Listeners In the U.S. That Tune to A Specific Music Format Serviced by A few Radio Station Groups?”

2nd Participant

Bruce Mims, Southeast Missouri State University, “Creating Value for Small-Market Radio Stations with Web Audio”

3rd Participant:

Michael Brown, University of Wyoming, “Community, Radio, and the Internet”

4th Participant:

Jake Podber, Ohio University, “Oral Historiography of the Social Impact of Radio Usage on Rural Appalachia”

Respondent:

Thimios Zaharopolous

Washburn University

4:30pm-5:45pm

N236

A New BEA Electronic Journal: An Open Forum for Members

BEA Board of Directors

Abstract: Last year the BEA Board of Directors initiated a plan to explore the feasibility of creating a new electronic scholarly publication for the association. An online publication subcommittee was charged with the task of investigating the issues and devising a proposal based on its findings. The BEA Board of Directors will formally consider this proposal at its regular meeting in September, 2001. This session affords an opportunity for the membership to learn the details of a preliminary proposal, to raise questions about its content, and to have direct input in the crafting of the final proposal that will be submitted to the Board for consideration.

Moderator:

Robert K. Avery, Committee Chair

University of Utah

Panelists:

James E. Fletcher, University of Georgia

August Grant, 2Wire, Inc.

Norman Medoff, Northern Arizona University

Elizabeth M. Perse, University of Delaware

Alan M. Rubin, Kent State University

Richard J. Schaefer, University of New Mexico

Philip A. Thompsen, West Chester University

Suzanne Williams-Rautiola, Trinity University

4:30pm-5:45pm

N237

Teaching Multimedia to Television, Radio, Film Majors

Courses, Curricula and Administration

Communication Technology

Abstract: Many Television, Radio and Film departments have introduced interactive multimedia courses into their programs. Panelists will showcase their courses and discuss their learning objectives, methods assignments, texts, lectures, and other course material. Panelists will address the special problems and the solutions associated with teaching nonlinear storytelling and interactive design to linear thinkers.

Moderator:

Larry Elin

Newhouse School

Syracuse University

Panelists:

William Snead, Grossmont College

Stephen Masiclat, Newhouse School, Syracuse University

Larrie Gale, Brigham Young University

Scott Barnett, Quinnipiac University and Modem Media

Brendan Casey, Interactive Television consultant

4:30pm-5:45pm

N238

Viva Aristotle: A Cross Genre Examination of the Craft of Storytelling

Writing

Whether we prepare our students for careers in news, advertising, dramatic, or documentary programming, whether for traditional or new media, we are all doing one thing: teaching them to tell stories. This panel begins by identifying the elements of dramatic story-telling. It then branches out to explore how those same elements are used to tell stories in other, non-dramatic forums.

Moderator's Name: Robert M. Prisco

Peter Orlik

Central Michigan University

"Discovering the TV Commercial's

Storyline: the Demo-Deriving Quintet"

Philip Kipper

San Francisco State

"Call it Showbiz or Call it Artifice, But

Don't call it Reality: How TV's New Reality Genres Use the Techniques of Drama to Keep Audiences Glued to the Screen"

Dennis Conway

Sam Houston University

“Today’s TV Movies: Conflict, Characters, Goals, Resolution . . . Who Needs ‘Em?”

David Kurpis

Louisiana State University

“Contrasts, Characters, Communities and Caring: The Cs of Change to Improve News Writing Across Media”

6:00pm-7:00pm

N232

BEA Awards Ceremony

7:00pm-8:00pm

Ex. Hall

N255/257/259

BEA2001: Opening Night Reception

Sponsored by: Charles and Lucille King Family Foundation [insert logo here]