{"id":15501,"date":"2026-02-17T16:04:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/?p=15501"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:05:26","slug":"crises-in-mediated-communication-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/uncategorized\/2026\/02\/17\/crises-in-mediated-communication-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Crises in Mediated Communication Symposium Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Symposium sponsored by the Harrington School for Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Thursday, April 9:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

9:00-9:30a:<\/strong>
Welcome from President Marc Parlange<\/a> and Provost Barbara Wolfe<\/a>
Outline for the conference, Justin Wyatt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:30-11:00a: Panel A
\u201cCommunity-Engaged Research, Risk Communication, and the Climate Crisis\u201d
<\/strong>Madison Jones<\/a>, University of Rhode Island (& moderator)
Ryan Kopp, Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Lauren Cagle<\/a>, University of Kentucky
Emily Diamond<\/a>, University of Rhode Island, “Communicating Pollutants that Threaten Tribal Identities: PFAS Contamination in Local Fish and Shellfish”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00-12:30p: Panel B
\u201cTruth, Trust, and Technology: Journalism in the Age of AI\u201d<\/strong>
Mandy Zhang<\/a>, University of Rhode Island, \u201cAssessing Detection, Believability, and Credibility of AI Images Versus Real Photos of News Events\u201d<\/em>
S Mo Jones-Jang<\/a>, Boston College, \u201cDiscrimination Cues and the Turn to AI: Perspectives From Minority and Marginalized Groups\u201d<\/em>
John Pavlik<\/a>, Rutgers University, \u201cAgentic AI in Journalism: Considering the Implications of Custom GPTs for Public Trust and Engagement in the News\u201d<\/em>
Moderator: Dan Hunt<\/a>, University of Rhode Island

1:00-2:30p: Panel C
\u201cReconsidering Audience in the Digital Era\u201d<\/strong>
Justin Wyatt<\/a>, University of Rhode Island (& moderator), \u201cUnderstanding the Entertainment Viewer, Media Market Research Protocols & Generative AI\u201d<\/em>
Pete Johnson<\/a>, University of Miami, \u201cThe Financial Commodity Audience in the Age of Streaming\u201d<\/em>
Rebecca Romanow<\/a>, University of Rhode Island, \u201cAre We Watching Movies Anymore? Viewing Positions, Storytelling, and the Age of the Micro-Video\u201d<\/em>
Pete Kunze<\/a>, Tulane University, \u201cWon\u2019t Somebody Please Think of the Children?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2:30-4:00p:
Library Panel: Panel D<\/strong>
\u201cCrisis Communications in Libraries and Information Organizations\u201d<\/strong>
Valerie Karno<\/a>, University of Rhode Island, \u201c<\/em>The Role of Central Connectors during Crisis: Libraries as Intersectional Hubs for Local, State, and Federal Communications\u201d<\/em>
Lauren Fralinger<\/a>, University of Miami, \u201cFrom Face-to-Face to Screen-to-Screen: Peer Research Consultants and Pandemic-Era Research Support\u201d<\/em>
Kimberly Lavoie<\/a>, University of Rhode Island, \u201cFraming the Conversation: Why School Librarians Matter in Crisis Communication\u201d<\/em>
Hilary Fussell Sisco<\/a>, Quinnipiac University, \u201cCommunicating Value in a Time of Crisis: Strategic Messaging for Higher Education Leaders\u201d<\/em>
Moderator: Lauren Mandel<\/a>, University of Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4:15-5:45p: Panel E
\u201cJournalism, Advertising, and Propaganda in the Age of AI\u201d<\/strong>
Renee Hobbs<\/a>, University of Rhode Island, \u201cHow Educators in Massachusetts Build Critical Thinking Skills about Propaganda and Social Media Influencers\u201d<\/em>
Michelle Amazeen<\/a>, Boston University, \u201cNavigating the Journalistic Turn to Content Confusion\u201d<\/em>
Paul Mihailidis<\/a>, Emerson College, \u201cRestoring Civic Health in a Culture of Distance: Media literacies and proximal environments\u201d<\/em>
Moderator: Scott Kushner<\/a>, University of Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday, April 10:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

8:45-10:15a: Panel F
\u201cCorporate Social Advocacy (CSA) Research in Crisis\u201d<\/strong>
Melissa Dodd<\/a>, University of Rhode Island, \u201cFrom Values to Vulnerability: Corporate Social Advocacy in High-Risk Crisis Contexts\u201d<\/em>
Jason Zhou<\/a>, Bentley University, \u201cThe Liability of Values: Corporate Social Advocacy as a Strategic Risk Factor in International Business\u201d<\/em>
April Yue<\/a>, Boston University, \u201cHow Disciplines Talk about Corporate Social Advocacy: Communication and Business Compared\u201d<\/em>
Moderator: Ying Xiong<\/a>, University of Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:15-11:15a: Panel G
\u201cCorporate Crises Communication: Case Studies\u201d<\/strong>
Joseph Baerlein<\/a>, Baerlein Partners
Peter Brown<\/a>, Peter Brown Communications
Gus Carlson<\/a>, Thomson Reuters
Moderator: Gail Lowney Alofsin<\/a>, University of Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:15-12:45a: Panel H
\u201cCrises, Disruption, or Growth? Sports Media & Communication\u201d<\/strong>
Maria Grover<\/a>, University of Rhode Island, \u201c<\/em>Slacktivism’ and the National Football League: An Experiment on the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility\u201d<\/em>
Brian Moritz<\/a>, St. Bonaventure University, \u201cAll In? How Legal Gambling and Generative AI are Destroying Sports Journalism as We Know It\u201d<\/em>
Molly Yanity<\/a>, University of Rhode Island, “Women’s Sport and Divisive Narratives: How the ‘Rage and Engage Model’ Undermines Progress”<\/em>
Moderator: Matthew Hodler<\/a>, University of Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:30-3:15p: Panel I<\/strong>
\u201cMapping Communication Networks: Tracing Wildfire Expertise Across Regional Scales\u201d<\/strong>
Timothy R. Amidon<\/a>, University of Rhode Island (& moderator)
Kristen Moore<\/a>, University of Buffalo
Pat MacMeekin<\/a>, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Chad Hoffman<\/a>, Colorado State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:15-4:00p: Group Discussion & Closing Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Kingston, RI 02881

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A Symposium sponsored by the Harrington School for Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island Thursday, April 9: 9:00-9:30a:Welcome from President Marc Parlange and Provost Barbara WolfeOutline for the conference, Justin Wyatt 9:30-11:00a: Panel A\u201cCommunity-Engaged Research, Risk Communication, and the Climate Crisis\u201dMadison Jones, University of Rhode Island (& moderator)Ryan Kopp, Audubon Society of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3771,"featured_media":15551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3771"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15501"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15623,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15501\/revisions\/15623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}