Note: Buffet lunch available for purchase on the BEA2013 Registration site.
Notification Infatuation: The Association Between Social Media Use and Perceived Anxiety. (Third Place Student Paper). Rachel Adams, College of Charleston, and Alaina M. Cordes, College of Charleston
Moral Violations in Drama and Moral Values in Mind: The Morality Presented in a Taiwanese Soap Opera. Yenshen Sam Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Individual Differences in Connected Viewing: The Role of Emotional Contagion, Need for Belonging, and Coviewing Orientation in Mediated and Non-Mediated Coviewing. Elizabeth Cohen, West Virginia University, and Alexander Lindon Lancaster, West Virginia University
A Smile for a Favor, a Compliment for Your Self-Esteem: A Comparison of Inauthentic Affection in Children's and Adults' Television Programming. Joshua Amaro Dunn, St. Mary's University, and Rick A. Sperling, St. Mary’s University
“You Need to Back Off”: Utilizing Communication Privacy Management Theory to Explore Responses to Public and Private Negative Interpersonal Disclosures on Facebook. Zachary David Goldman, West Virginia University, Nicholas David Bowman, West Virginia University, and David Keith Westerman, West Virginia University
Original Beauty: Black Hair on YouTube. Ayana Haaruun, Kennedy King College
How Have New Media Changed Interpersonal Relationships? An Examination of the Impact of Compute-Mediated Communication on Close Friendships. Amy Janan Johnson, University of Oklahoma, Shawn King, University of Oklahoma, and Jennifer Becker, University of Alabama
The Polarizing Debate Over Social Networking Privacy: Dead or Alive? Laurie Thomas Lee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
How Do People Compare Themselves with Others on Social Network Sites? The Case of Facebook. (Second Place Student Paper). Sang Yup Lee, Michigan State University
'Ho's, Skanks, Snitches & Cornbread Honkies' on Topix Website: Influencing Social Capital in Appalachian Communities. Melody Gail Sands, Ohio University