An Elon student and Elon faculty member made presentations at the AEJMC Mid-winter Conference in Atlanta.
Communications student and Rawls Research Scholar Adam Smith presented his paper “Education, Public Health and the Media: A Content Analysis of AIDS Coverage in American Newspapers (January 2003-September 2004)” in the Mass Communications and Society division.
Smith’s work stood out in a competition open to faculty and graduate students. His faculty mentors for the work are Brooke Barnett and Connie Book. Barnett accompanied him to the conference.
School of Communications faculty member Glenn Scott also presented two pieces of research at the conference: “Rumblings at the Gate: The Extent of Participatory Comment at U.S. Newspapers’ Online Sites” and “Banking on Trust: Practical Concerns of Online Reputation Building,” which he co-wrote with Cassandra Imfeld.
Student Smith’s abstract was ranked as the best received from the faculty, graduate students and others entering work in his division.