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BEA 2007 Program.Indd April 18-21, 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada Media 101: Creating the Future by Understanding the Past 2 0 0 Convention 7 Program It takes more than technology to inspire tomorrow’s storytellers. Introducing the Avid Academic Partner (AAP) Program: a direct link between the media industry and the schools that empower the next generation of media professionals. Let Avid help your school deliver a state-of-the-art media education with affordable integrated technology and courseware, faculty grants, student scholarships, and more. Learn more about the AAP Program at www.avid.com/aap Images Courtesy of: Savannah College of Art and Design ©2007 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Product features, specifications, system requirements, and availability are subject to change without notice. Avid is either a registered trademark or trademark of Avid Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries, in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. AAP_Ad.indd 1 3/15/07 4:16:04 PM Creating the Future Convention Program Chair’s Welcome Media 101: Creating the Future By Understanding the Past On behalf of the BEA Board of Directors, the Interest Division Leadership, Executive Director Heather Birks, Sales and Marketing Director J-D Boyle, and Office Manager Traci Bailey, I extend to you all a warm welcome to BEA 2007. Why are we looking backwards when everyone knows the cutting edge is where we need to be? Because the basics are at the heart of everything we do. When John Woody taught me audio production in the 1990s, we cut tape with a razor blade. When he teaches his students today, they cut binary code with a mouse. But I suspect that little else has changed in his teaching. The principles of audio production are the same, no matter the tools. Good audio is good audio, and no technology around can save a poorly thought out or poorly executed project. So looking backwards as a lens into the future isnʼt a bad thing. So welcome to Media 101: Creating the Future by Understanding the Past! Convention Highlights This year, we have continued the efforts to keep research at the heart of BEA by placing the Research Center at the heart of our convention space in N249 and N251. The Research Center will host all 13 divisional paper sessions and the Scholar to Scholar Poster session this year. In addition, there will be a distribution table where copies of all the presented papers will be available in case you canʼt make a session. Everyone will be able to find something to make the convention worth the trip. There are so many exciting sessions this year, on topics from iPods to crimes shows, from Lewis and Clark to internet radio. There is a panel on the future of tenure and a panel on the impact of the Radio Act of 1927. Be sure to stop by the panel honoring Michael Keithʼs contribution to radio studies. On Saturday, we are doing a sports mini theme that includes an analysis the presentation of sports on television, a presenta- tion by Barry Abrams of ESPN Classic, a discussion about the preparations for the Beijing Olympics, and a panel on how to create practical sportscasting experiences for your students. It should be an exciting block for anyone who loves talking about or teaching about sports. And donʼt miss the expanded Exhibit Hall in N252, N254, N257, and N259. When the hall opens on Thursday you can browse, enjoy lunch, and catch up with friends all at the same time. And be sure to follow up the free lunch with free desert among the research posters. Acknowledgements While it is my picture on the website—I didnʼt pull BEA2007 off by myself. I have many people to thank. BEA is entering a new age with a new headquarters staff and all that BEA2007 hopes to be is because of Heather, J-D and Traci. I would be nothing but a quivering mass of questions without them. Iʼd also like to thank BEA President David Byland, incoming President Tom Berg, and the whole BEA Board for their support and encouragement. The Program chair canʼt function without great Interest Division Chairs—and I had some great ones. Speaking of Interest Divisions, Iʼd like to acknowledge that without the support of the Law and Policy division over the years, I would have never felt the courage to become convention chair. I am in the this position today because of the welcome that folks like Fritz Messere, Lou Benjamin, and Dom Caristi gave me a decade ago at my first BEA. On a personal note, Iʼd like to thank Westminster College for supporting a conference they knew nothing about, buying an ad in a program because I said so, and providing me with the services of the best work-study in the world, Kayla Smith. Without Kayla, this program would not be in the shape that it is (only the in the good way, the mistakes are mine). Finally, Iʼd like to thank my husband, Mike. He never questioned or complained about those Saturdays I went into the office to work on “BEA stuff.” Enjoy! Kim Zarkin, Westminster College BEA2007 Convention Program Chair 1 [publication: BEA Program (Apr 2007) — placement: one full page — ad size: 7.5 x 9.5] BEDFORD/ST. MARTIN’S Because the media shape our world NEW! Media & Culture An Introduction to Mass Communication Sixth Edition Richard Campbell, Christopher R. Martin, and Bettina Fabos all of Miami University of Ohio Media and Culture, the #1 introduction to mass communication text, covers all the latest media-related trends and developments and helps students become media literate through its renowned critical approach, its cultural perspective, and its comprehensive coverage of the media industries. 2008/paper/656 pages bedfordstmartins.com/mediaculture Available now! Available with a powerful array of media learning tools: Also available e-Book The new edition will be available as an online, interactive e-Book. NEW! Media Career Guide Preparing for Jobs in the About the Media 21st Century A free instructor’s DVD that Sixth Edition compiles over fi fty media clips into a single resource. James Sequin, Robert Morris University 2008/paper/96 pages Ask us about using: The Media Career Guide helps students prepare for and conduct a successful job search. With comprehensive coverage of today’s job market including positions in print, in Mass Communication radio, broadcast, the Internet, new media, and advertising, this booklet is an ideal student supplement for any course in mass communication or journalism. For more information: bedfordstmartins.com Creating the Future Table of Contents BEA Exhibitors ............................................................5 BEA Leadership ...........................................................7 Highlights ...................................................................10 Wednesday Schedule ...............................................12 1771 N Street NW Thursday Schedule ...................................................15 Washington, DC 20036-2891 Friday Schedule ........................................................47 Toll Free Tel: Saturday Schedule ....................................................71 1.888.380.7222 Index of Names .........................................................89 email: [email protected] “Educating for Tomorrow’s Media” www.beaweb.org 3 Creating the Future BEA 2007 EXHIBITORS, SPONSORS AND ADVERTISERS As of Program Pringing Deadline, April 2, 2007 Program Advertisers and Sponsors Program Exhibitors Name ....................................................Booth Number Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Allyn & Bacon ............................................................ 5 Avid American Society of Cinematographers ................... 21 Ball State University Apple ....................................................................32-33 Bedford/St. Martin’s Avid ......................................................................16-17 Brooklyn College Blackwell Publishing .................................................. 2 Colorado State University Creative Cow ............................................................ 34 Fielding Graduate University EZ News ..................................................................... 1 Flamm/Oxford Fielding Graduate University ..................................... 9 Focal Press Final Draft ................................................................... 3 George Washington University Focal Press ...........................................................24-25 King Foundation GWU ........................................................................... 6 Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Lawrence Erlbaum Associates .............................19-20 Middle Tennessee State University McGraw-Hill Higher Education ............................... 31 NAB Oxford University Press ........................................... 27 Oxford Press Panasonic .............................................................22-23 Panasonic Peachpit ................................................................14-15 Promax Sage Publications ...................................................... 30 Steven Arnold Music Student Filmmakers .................................................. 18 University of North Texas Wadsworth, Thomson ................................................. 4 Westminster College Web Checkout, Inc. ................................................... 28 5 Creating the Future BEA 2007 LEADERSHIP BEA Headquarters Broadcast Education Association Executive Director 1771 N Street, NW Heather Birks Washington, DC 20036-2891 Director, Sales and Marketing
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