FSD Newsletter Spring 2002 - 2002 ICA Program

We are extremely pleased to announce that Yung Chung Kim, one of the founder of women's studies in Korea, will headline a special panel titled "Reconciliation Through Communication: Transnational Feminist Dialogues," in Korea. She is formerly with Ewha Woman's University, Seoul. She will present a history of gender and communication studies in Korea.

The panel will be chaired by Hoonsoon Kim, Ewha U, Seoul. Other presenters and paper topics on that panel will include Ha-Jin Jan, Korean Women's Development Institute, Seoul ("The Korean Women's Development Institute"); Chang Pilwha, Ewha Woman's U ("Building Asian Women's Communication Networks in an Era of Globalization"); Elspeth Probyn, U of Sydney, Australia ("Teaching Gender and Media Studies: What Are We Trying to Do?"); and Lana Rakow, U of North Dakota, USA ("Feminist Communication Theory: Difference, Voice and Representation").

We are also pleased to announce the recipient of an FSD's top paper award to Jin-kyung Park, U of Illinois, for her work, "Can the 'Comfort Women' Speak? Questions of Female Subjectivity, Subaltern Agency and Representation in Colonial and Post-Colonial Korea."

Other accepted panels include "The Media Associations Project" (a presentation of initial findings in an international survey of gender equity in communication fields, conducted by FSD and its counterpart feminist divisions in four other communication organizations - AEJMC, IAMCR, NCA and MeCCSA), "Gender in Cross-Cultural Settings" (an overview of women's position in developing and developed nations and possible ways of empowering those in developing nations), and "Identifying Barriers to Feminist Progress: Subversive Anti-Feminist Language Patterns in the U.S." (a workshop in which participants will be led through three exercises to explore gender in speech patterns and implications for teaching).

Authors with papers accepted include Romy Frohlich, U Munchen, Germany ("Women, Media and War: The Representations of Women"), Vincent F. Filak and Scott Abel, U of Missouri-Columbia, USA, )"Boyz Don't Cry: Cartooning and Gender-Based Stereotypes in the Aftermath of Sept. 11"), Diana Rios, U of Connecticut, USA ("Latina Stereotyping and the New Mestiza-Womanism in Rosie Perez Films"), Seung-Kyoung Ham, Young-Kyoung Lee and Soo-young Choi, Ewha Woman's U, Korea ("Women's Image in the Public Realm: Four Films on the Divided Korean Peninsula"), Christine Ogan and Deborah Chung, Indiana U, USA ("Stressed Out!: An American National Study of Women and Men in Journalism and Mass Communication Faculty, Their Uses of Technology, and Levels of Professional Stress").

Additional authors and papers accepted include Agnetha Broos and Keith Roe, Catholic U of Leuven, Belgium ("The Gender Gap in Flanders: The Impact of Gender, Computer Use and Self-Perceived Computer Experiences on Attitudes Towards Digital Technology"), Barbara A. Mastolia, Indiana U, USA ("The Oprah Effect: Plumbing US Presidential Personalities"), Brenda J. Wrigley and Raini K. Wright, Michigan State U, USA ("Stung by Corporate Culture: The Queen Bee Syndrome in Public Relations"), Hamisah Hasan and Latiffah Ibrahim, U Putra Malaysia, Malaysia ("Women in Sports Broadcasting: A Case of Malaysian TV").

Also accepted are Xiaoru Wang, U of Michigan, USA ("Chinese Women's Values, Beliefs and Attitudes Towards Sexuality in Chinese Women's Magazines"), Yoo-Sun Hwang and Joohan Kim, Yonsei U, Korea ("Cultural Differences of Male Dominance in Television Shows: An Analysis of Interactions Between Male and Female Show Hosts in Japanese and Korean Television"), and Hie-Hye Lee, Jung-Sun Hwang, Jung-Yun Jung and Mi-Kyung Kim, Ewha Woman's U, Korea ("Change of Woman's Image in TV Commercials: Focus on the Refrigerator Commercial").

I deeply appreciate all of the thoughtful, diligent work that FSD vice chair program Cindy Carter has put into planning this year's program events. She has collaborated and coordinated with Korean colleagues half-way around the world, establishing many important working relationships in the process. This year's program is exceptional in its range of topics and presenters. FSD events promise a rich space for question-asking, discussion, and friendship-building. A special, heartfelt thanks to Cindy for these efforts.

Any FSD members planning to attend but searching for roommates, please send me an e-mail note so I can post it to the FSD list.