Congratulations to faculty and students members of CHASSIS for papers accepted to the 2009 conference in May! Here's a partial list of titles:

Comello, M. L. G., & Slater, M. D. (2009). The effects of drug-prevention messages on the accessibility of identity-related constructs.

Comello, M. L. G. (2009). William James on “possible selves”: Implications for studying identity in communication contexts.

Dossett, A., & Hayes, A. F. Hypocrites and excuse makers: The promises or perils of a mass mediated hypocrisy induction paradigm for behavior modification.

Eno, C. A., & Roskos-Ewoldsen, D. R. The influence of explicitly and implicitly measured prejudice on interpretations of and reactions to Black film.

Hayes, A. F., & Matthes, J. A primer for communication researchers on probing single-degree-of-freedom interactions in regression models, with SPSS and SAS implementations. (Top 4 paper in the Information Systems division)

Kline, S.L., Zhang, S., Horton, B., Pariyadath, R., & Ryu, S. Theorizing the role of relational communication and cultural concepts in marriage conceptions: Comparisons between Asian and US young adults.

Kline, S. L.Sense-making and making sense: Creating selves and intersubjectivity in communication. Dervin workshop.

Kurita, S., Lang, A., Potter, R., Wang, Z., Weaver, A., Bae, S., Lee, S., & Koruth, J. (2009). Gender Differences in Motivational Activation.

Matthes, J., Hayes, A. F., & Shen, F. Dispositional fear of social isolation and willingness to self-censor: A cross-cultural test of spiral of silence theory.

Matthes, J., Morrison, K. R., & Schemer, C. A spiral of silence for some: Attitude certainty and the expression of political minority opinions.

Morrison, K. R.,& Matthes, J. So you think you are popular? Fear of isolation triggers motivated perceptions of consensus.

Nevin, K., Rhodes, N., & Roskos-Ewoldsen, D. R. Cultivation theory and cultural models of romantic relationships.

Oaks, D., Kline, S.L., & David, P.The effect of familiarity and coordination on designing online discussion environments: A comparison of chat and threaded discussion communication modes.

Roberto, A. J., Krieger, J. L., Katz, M., Goei, R., & Jain, P. Predicting pediatricians’ communication with parents about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine: An application of the Theory of Reasoned Action. (Top-Four Paper--Health Communication Division.)

Roskos-Ewoldsen, D. R. Implicit Associations Test: Just what is the IAT measuring?

Roskos-Ewoldsen, D. R. Methodological perspectives on emotions and mass media.

Roskos-Ewoldsen, D. R. Effects is dead: Long live dynamics.

Slater, M. D., & Hayes, A. F. The influence of youth MTV/VH-1 viewership on increasing rates of cigarette use and association with smoking peers: A parallel process model.

Sohn, D. The effects of social norms on electronic word-of-mouth intention: A comparison of three models.

Wang, Z. (2009). Coactivation: An Examination on Subjective Feelings, Physiological Responses, and Adaptive Functions.

Wang, Z., Morey, A., Srivastava, J., Kruczkowski, A. (2009). Dynamics of Processing Emotional Political Ads.