Educating for Tomorrow’s Media April 6-9 | Las Vegas Hotel & Casino BEA2014 Convention Program – NEW CONNECTIONS: MOBILE AND GLOBAL Simply a life-changing education The University of Lincoln is situated in the heart of a beautiful city, close to Lincoln Cathedral where our students graduate. Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills required to join the next generation of journalism, media and public relations professionals. We offer a broad range of Master’s programmes at our Lincoln Schools of Journalism and Media including MA Journalism, MA Sports Journalism, MA Science & Environmental Journalism, and MA Media, Film & Television Production. Contact us about our full range of Masters programmes. Email: [email protected] Tel: 00 (44) 1522 837171 NEW CONNECTIONS: MOBILE & GLOBAL Convention Program Chairʼs Welcome Welcome to BEA2014! Welcome back to everyone who has been to BEA before and a special welcome to newcomers—we hope this will be the first of many more BEA conventions to come for you. BEA is, as we say, “Educating for Tomorrow’s Media,” and I think you’ll find our spotlight this year, New Connections: Mobile and Global, is on target with issues we all need to be addressing in our scholarship and pedagogy. Have you experienced the reaction when you tell someone you’re going to a convention in Las Vegas? “Oh really? I bet you’ll have a lot of fun there.” Well, I bet you will too—but not because, in your spare time, you might enjoy some of what this unique place has to offer, but because we have lined up for you another great BEA conference. Great sessions start us off on Sunday, including the 2014 Research Symposium: Digital Technology and the Future of Broadcasting: A Global Perspective, sessions presented by Magid Generational Strategies and PromaxBDA, and our Opening Night Awards Ceremony and Reception. Monday, don’t miss the Division MegaMeeting and breakfast, a unique Scholar to Scholar poster session—where you can interact with posters with your mobile device—and the BEA Best of Festival King Foundation Awards Ceremony. Tuesday’s highlights include District Meetings and ‘newcomers welcome’ breakfast, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents: Coffee With….Mike Schur (Co-Creator and Executive Producer of Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine), and a special two-part documentary workshop. Wednesday includes the NABEF/BEA Career Fair and ‘BEA2014 Tours the NAB Show Floor. There are so many more great sessions, and of course a good variety of panels and research presentations related to our convention spotlight and other contemporary issues of our discipline. So pull out your mobile device, look through the program, and get your choices scheduled using the SCHED app. BEA is the preeminent society addressing issues of higher education in electronic media and connecting to the electronic media industry for the benefit of our students. Special thanks for giving us that status go to Heather Birks and her extraordinary leadership as Executive Director along with her staff Traci Bailey and J-D Boyle, but also to each of the individuals who take on volunteer roles as your board members, division chairs and vice-chairs, research chairs, festival chairs and all the other roles filled by your peers to make BEA an invaluable resource to all of us. Finally, of course, also be sure to walk through the exhibits and look at some books for your courses. You’ll have a chance there to catch up with old friends, or to stop by the BEA Registration Desk with any questions you may have. So, click ‘like’ … and get to interacting. I have no doubt you’ll go home with great experiences to share, about BEA2014. Tony DeMars, Texas A&M University-Commerce BEA2014 Program Chair 1 NEW CONNECTIONS: MOBILE & GLOBAL Table of Contents BEA Exhibitors ...................................................................4 BEA Leadership ................................................................13 Highlights ..........................................................................15 Saturday Schedule .....................................................18 1771 N Street, NW Sunday Schedule .......................................................19 Washington, DC 20036-2891 Monday Schedule ......................................................48 Tuesday Schedule ......................................................96 Wednesday Schedule ...............................................117 email: [email protected] Index of Names ...............................................................123 “Educating for Tomorrowʼs Media” www.beaweb.org 3 Company Booth Number 24/7 News Source 104 BEA 604 B&H Video 101 Backbone Networks 103 Bedford / St. Martin 402 EEZ News 102 LTN Collegiate Communications 602 Maxon 601 Oxford University Press 302 Routledge/Taylor and Francis 201 Temple University 603 Andrew Billings, Director Lars Anderson Meredith Bagley Andrew Billings Kim Bissell Top Open Paper, Gender Division S. Seth Bordner Kenon Brown Michael Bruce Michael Bruce Dwight Cammeron Top Open Paper, International Division George Daniels Paper, Research Symposium Jennifer Greer Best of Festival, Sports Division BEA Board of Directors Robert Imbody Lance Kinney Steven MacCall Chandra Clark Michael Parker Award of Excellence, Promotional Video John Vincent Presenter, BEA Ignite Shuhua Zhou Yonghwan Kim Top Debut Paper, Research Division Paper, IMET Division and to all our student Festival winners. BEA 2015 RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM CALL FOR PAPERS Race and Gender in Electronic Media: Challenges and Opportunities Issues of race and gender have been hardy perennials throughout the history of electronic media, remaining on the forefront during the period of rapid evolution we currently experience. This symposium will feature research examining the consequences, implications, and opportunities associated with issues of diversity in the electronic media. The symposium will consider race and gender issues in both historical and contemporary (including newly emerging) electronic media (see focal points below). Papers may reflect the intersection of race and gender, or intersections of either race or gender with other types of difference such as class, religion, and physical abilities or qualities. SYMPOSIUM CHAIR: Rebecca Ann Lind, University of Illinois at Chicago Paper Competition Information… The BEA 2015 Research Symposium will begin accepting faculty and student submissions for its paper competition in July 2014. All methods and paradigms are welcome – social scientific, humanistic, historical, critical/cultural, etc. You will be asked to indicate which of the three focal points the paper best reflects: • MEDIA CONTENT (focusing most closely on texts created by media organizations) • MEDIA AUDIENCES (including media usage, effects of media, audience interpretations of media content, and studies of user-generated content) • MEDIA PRODUCTION (including studies of media organizations and the creation of content, as well as media activism, access, policy, and regulation). Student Paper Competition prizes… • First place: $300 • Second place: $200 • Third place: $100 Authors of selected papers are expected to register for and attend BEA to present their paper; in the case of multiple authors, at least one must attend. Student papers must be authored solely by students. Submission Deadline: December 1, 2014 For more information: http://www.beaweb.org/symposium.html NEW CONNECTIONS: MOBILE & GLOBAL BEA2014 LEADERSHIP BEA Headquarters Broadcast Education Association Executive Director 1771 N Street, NW Heather Birks Washington, DC 20036-2891 Director, Sales and Marketing Office: 202-429-3935 J-D Boyle Fax: 202-775-2981 E-mail: [email protected] Manager, Business Operations Website: www.beaweb.org Traci Bailey 2013-2014 Board of Directors President Mary C. Schaffer, California State University, Northridge Vice President for Academic Relations Barry Umansky, Ball State University Vice President for Industry Relations Ric Harris, NBC Universal Secretary-Treasurer John Allen Hendricks, Stephen F. Austin State University Immediate Past President Greg Newton, Ohio University District Representatives District 1 Representative (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont) Gregory Bray, SUNY - New Paltz District 2 Representative (Alabama Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee) Augie Grant, University of South Carolina District 3 Representative (Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, DC and West Virginia) Mary T. Rogus, Ohio University District 4 Representative (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin) Patricia Williamson, Central Michigan University District 5 Representative (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas) Tony DeMars, Texas A&M University - Commerce Campus District 6 Representative (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming) Gregory N. Luft, Colorado State University District 7 Representative (All two-year schools in the USA) James Crandall, Aims Community College District 8 Representative (International Programs) Deborah Wilson, University of Lincoln Interest Division Representative (BEA Interest Divisions) Michael Bruce, University of Alabama Electronic Media Professional Representatives Dennis Lyle, Illinois Broadcasters Association Christine H. Merritt,