August 19, 2025

Faculty and graduate students from the ϲʹ co-presented various topics of research at the 108th annual on August 7-10, 2025, in San Francisco, California.
This year’s conference theme was “Leading in Times of Momentous Change: Individual and Collective Opportunities.” Presenters included faculty in the Institute of Communications Research, the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, and the Department of Journalism; and graduate students in ICR’s PhD program and the MS advertising program.
The AEJMC aims to promote the highest possible standards for journalism and mass communication education, to cultivate the widest possible range of communication research, to encourage the implementation of a multi-cultural society in the classroom and curriculum, and to defend and maintain freedom of communication to achieve better professional practice and a better-informed public.
ϲʹ research presenters and presentations are listed below. (Please for complete listings and participants.)
2024-25 AEJMC Elected Standing Committee Members
Research
Publications
Scholar-to-Scholar (Poster) Refereed Research Paper Sessions
Navigating Trust and Authenticity in AI-Generated Advertising Content
“Evaluating Consumer Perceptions of AI-Suggested Brands: Insights from the FCB Grid Framework”
Discussant
AI in Advertising: Emotional Appeals, Trust, and the New Creative Frontier
“The Influence of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ as a Persuasive Hook and Persuasion Knowledge on Consumer Evaluations”
- Louvins Pierre
- Jiayi Wang, MS Advertising student
Perceptions, Persuasion, and Authenticity in AI-Driven Advertising

“Branding with AI: Investigating How General AI Attitudes Shape Consumer Perceptions and Intentions”
Algorithmic Experiences
“Ephemeral Visibility and Real-Time Monitoring: How Algorithmic Rankings Amplify Fans’ Data Labor for Idols’ Publicity”
- Anna Yan Liu, ICR doctoral student
Current News Strategies
“Targeting Against Disinformation: An Experimental Test of Generic and Microtargeted Corrections in Social Media”
Emerging Technology Diffusion
“Using the Technology Acceptance Model to Understand College Students’ Intentions to Use Mobile Applications to Change Their Behaviors”
Environmental Communication
“Perceptions of Climate and Diversity Advocacy in Politically Trying Times: Examining Responses to Companies That Abandon, Maintain, or Expand Csa”
Media Literacy and Information Consumption
“From Knowledge to Intentions: Testing a Model of News Literacy Behaviors”
Refereed Research Paper Sessions
Histories from Inter and Intra-National Perspectives
“From Piñata Factories to the Pandemic: Latino Media Survived with Community Focus”
Advancement in Crisis Communication and CSR research
“Tell Me More: Curiosity and Engagement with CSR Messaging”
“AI in Advertising: Collaboration, Creativity, and Consumer Perception”
Moderating/Presiding
PFR Panel Sessions

“Unlocking Opportunities: Networking and Mentorship for Graduate Students and EarlyCareer Scholars for your Academic Journey”
Moderating/Presiding
Panelists
“The Privacy-Personalization Dilemma: Crafting Ethical Data Strategies in Advertising”
Panelist
Research Panel Sessions
“Developing Research Agendas for Advertising and Visual Communication: Insights from Professionals in an Ever-Changing Media Landscape”
Panelist
“How to Arm Your Students with Just Enough Business Skills to Cover Anything”
Panelist
Teaching Panel Session
“Ethical Leadership and Journalism Education Amid, Well, Everything”
Panelist
Commission on the Status of Women, AEJMC Council of Affiliates, and Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication, Florida International University
Workshop Session: Women Faculty Moving Forward: Pathways to Success
Panelist
AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Research
Research Award Panel Session: James A. Tankard/AEJMC-Knudson Latin-America Prize Book Awards
Discussant
Award Panel Session: Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award
Panelist
- Cassandra L.C. Troy, runner-up
Washington Media Scholars Foundation Graduate Research Scholarship Winners
“Invisible Persuasion in LLM-Based Recommendation: How Flattery Style and Product Involvement Shape Intention to follow Recommendation and Click-to-Action via Consumer Judgment Confidence”
- Seo-Jeong Heo, ICR doctoral student
“What makes generative AI ads persuasive? Regulatory Fit Theory Application”
- Boram Cho, MS Advertising student
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