Top papers in Communication and Technology - ECA 2012

A few weeks ago, we announced that our social media research team of WVU faculty Nick Bowman and David Westerman and Doctoral candidate CJ Claus had a paper recognized as a top paper in Communication and Technology for the 2012 Eastern Communication Association meeting in Cambridge, MA. The full slate of top papers for this division has been announced:

Friday (27 April) 9:00-10:15 AM Somerset Room - Royal Sonesta Boston
Top Papers in Communication and Technology

• “Finding an Optimal Match: Social Support Groups in Second Life”
Sara Green-Hamann and John C. Sherblom, University of Maine
• “How Demanding is Social Media: Understanding Social Media Diets as a Function of Perceived Costs and Benefits – a Rational Actor Perspective”
Nicholas David Bowman, David Westerman, and CJ Claus, West Virginia University
• “Video Games: An Overview of Recent Research on Aggression and the Transition toward Considering Other Types of Effects”
Ashleigh Shelton and Kenneth A. Lachlan, University of Massachusetts, Boston
• “Persuasive Technology: Transition to a Rhetorical Perspective”
Raymond A. Lutzky, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Chair: Heather Stassen-Ferrara, Western New England University
Respondent: Rod Carveth, Goodwin College

Our earlier blog post on the first draft of the paper can be accessed here. We'll look to get more information from the other authors and post accordingly!