Top Posters Recognized in London

by Jennifer Le, ICA Staff

PosterThe Plenary Interactive Poster Session at the 2013 ICA Conference in London hosted an assortment of 118 posters that represented the best research from each Division and Interest Group. This year’s judges for the Top Poster Awards were ICA Past Presidents: Barbie Zelizer (U of Pennsylvania), Larry Gross (U of Southern California), and ICA President Elect-Select Peter Vorderer (U of Mannheim).

To rank the posters, the judges first obtained the divisions' rankings of each paper to be exhibited in the interactive paper session. Zelizer, Gross, and Vorderer then read the top-ranked paper in every division. They ranked each paper using three standard rating dimensions (on a 1-10 scale): significance (30%), concepts and theory (30%), and analysis (20%).

When averaged, the judges' ratings on the first three dimensions produced 10 top papers. These papers were then scored for “Presentation and Style” (20% of the final score) after visiting and closely viewing each of them during the Plenary Interactive Poster Session. The scores were then combined and recalculated to determine the winners.

ICA President Cynthia Stohl announced the winners near the end of the session:

Poster

1st PLACE:
Analyzing Web Analytics: How Newsrooms Use Web Metrics in News Construction and Why
Edson Jr. Castro Tandoc, U of Missouri, USA
Michael M. Jenner, U of Missouri, USA

Poster

2nd PLACE:
What Does Credibility Look Like? Tweets, Walls, and Websites in U.S. Presidential Candidates’ Visual Storytelling
Janis Teruggi Page, George Washington U, USA
Margaret Ellen Duffy, U of Missouri, USA

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3rd PLACE:
Enlightenment, the Remix: Transparency as a DJ’s Trick of Seeing Everyone From Nowhere
Ethan Plaut, Stanford U, USA

An additional judging panel including ICA President Elect Francois Heinderyckx (U Libre of Bruxelles), Past President Francois Cooren (U de Montreal), and the Division Chair of Visual Communication Studies Michael Griffin (Macalester College) decided on the Best Visual Display award. This award recognized a poster with excellent aesthetic appeal and display of research. The criteria included clarity, flow between sections, relationship of text to image, and visual appeal.

Poster

BEST VISUAL DISPLAY:
Amplifying the People’s Mic: Internet Memes, Pop Polyvocality, and the Occupy Wall Street Movement
Ryan M. Milner, College of Charleston, USA

The International Communication Association congratulates all presenters at the poster session, as well as all of the award winners.