Conference Papers and Other Presentations

 

Schaefer, D. and Atkin, D. (1990). An analysis of policy options for high-definition television. A paper presented to the Communication and Technology Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), August, 1990, Minneapolis, MN.

 

Schaefer, D. (1993). Moral rights, new technology, and motion pictures: a dualistic policy proposal. A paper presented to the Communication and Technology Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), August, 1993, Kansas City, MO.

 

Schaefer, D. (1995a). Adult critical viewing skills in the information age: An exploratory study. Paper presented at Finding Our Way '95: Planning, Using, Assessing Distance Education: A Symposium presented by the Center for Advanced Study in Telecommunications, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, June 23, 1995.

 

Schaefer, (1995b). The Impact of hypermedia networks on higher education: Policy- making in the information age. Paper presented at Finding Our Way '95: Planning, Using, Assessing Distance Education: A Symposium presented by the Center for Advanced Study in Telecommunications, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, June 23, 1995.

 

Schaefer, D. (1995c). Adult critical viewing skills in a global media environment:  Implications for the information age. Paper presented at the conference "Intercultural Communications: The Last 25 Years and the Next," Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, July 13-15, 1995.

 

Schaefer, D. (1996a). CU-SeeMe and rational-critical discourse: The potential for an electronic public sphere. Paper presented at Finding Our Way '96. Technology and Education -- Extending Frontiers of Learning Through Co-development. Center for Advanced Study in Telecommunications, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, June 20-21, 1996.

 

Schaefer, D. (1996b). Communicating in cyberspace: Internet users and a Canadian publication ban. Paper presented at the conference "Multiculturalism, Cultural Diversity, and Global Communication," Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 11-13, 1996.

 

Schaefer, D. (1996c). Mastering the electronic text. Presenter and panel member for for a workshop on the impact of new technologies on media, Jefferson Community College, Steubenville, OH, October, 1996.

 

 

Schaefer, D. (1997). The rhetoric of CU-SeeMe: The potential for a global public sphere. Paper presented at the conference Communication, Technology and Cultural Values, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 10-13, 1997.

 

Schaefer, D. (1997).  Rethinking online community:  Making Sense of an ideal speech situation.  Paper prepared as part of doctoral studies program [On-line].   Available:  http://www.djschaefer.com/artschaefer97.html (formerly available at http://clara.franciscan.edu/faculty/dschaefer/papers/rethink/artschaefer97.html

and   http://clara.franciscan.edu/faculty/dschaefer/papers/ and http://communication.sbs.ohio-state.edu/sense-making/art/artschefer97.html, its original location).

 

Schaefer, D. (1998). Panelist for Information Designers and the Deeper Issues: Ethics, Accountability and Bringing up the Next Generation. Vision Plus 4: the Republic of Information, March 26-29, 1998. School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

 

Dervin, B. and Schaefer, D. (1998). Toward the communicative design of information design:  A call for considering the communicating implied in the mandate for information design.  For panel on: Information designers and the deeper issues: Ethics, accountability and bringing up the next generation. At: Vision Plus 4: The Republic of Information: An International Symposium on Design for Global Communication, Carnegie-Mellon University, University Center, Pittsburgh, PA, March 26 through March 29, 1998. Co-sponsored by the School of Design at Carnegie-Mellon University and the International Institute for Information Design, Vienna, Austria.

 

Schaefer, D. (1998). Sense-making design for web sites. Presentation to the Working Workshop on Sense-Making and Communication Design, Columbus, OH, August 1, 1998.

 

Schaefer, D. (1999). Sense-making design for web sites : Cyber-possibilities for an electronic public sphere. Paper presented at the session "Methodology between the cracks: Sense-Making as exemplar," International Communication Association 49th Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 27th,1999.

 

Schaefer, D. (1999). Web design that works: Basic principles everyone should know. Lecture presented to the Library Association of Singapore, Singapore, August 17, 1999.

 

Schaefer, D. (2000). Rethinking Electronic Public Spheres: Beyond Consensus/Dissensus. Paper presented at the conference "Social Justice, Peace, and International Conflict Resolution: Civic Discourse beyond the Millennium," Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 20-22, 2000. Winner of the "Millennium Outstanding Paper Award" at the 2000 RIT conference.

 

Schaefer, D. (2001). Dynamics of electronic public spheres: Verbing online participation. (Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.).  (ISBNDB.com -- http://isbndb.com/d/book/dynamics_of_electronic_public_spheres.html)

 

Dervin, B., Forman-Wernet, L., Jansen, S., Schaefer, D., and Shields, P. (2001). Freedom is another word for nothing left to lose: On the inextricable necessity of theorizing<---->philosophizing in disciplining communication policy/practice. Paper presented at the International Communication Association annual meeting, Washington, D.C, May 24-28, 2001.

 

Schaefer, D. and Dervin, B. (2001). Dialoguing in electronic public spheres: Reconceptualizing participation as verbing micro-practices. Paper presented at the sixth annual Rochester Intercultural Conference "The Intercultural World and the Digital Connection," Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 19-21, 2001.

 

Schaefer, D. (2001). Reflections: The Intercultural Implications of New Media, Computer and Digital Mediated Communication, Invited plenary panel presentation at the sixth annual Rochester Intercultural Conference "The Intercultural World and the Digital Connection," Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 19-21, 2001.

 

Schaefer, D. and Dervin, B. (2003). The constitution and distortion of electronic public spheres: A conceptual and empirical rethinking of online communication outcomes as verbing micropractices. Paper presented at the International Communication Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA, May 23- 27, 2003.

 

Schaefer, D. (2003). Pedagogical web sites, theory, and practices: the intersection of Sense-Making methodology and online discussion groups. Paper presented at the session "A Sense-Making methodology primer: What is methodological about sense-making?," International Communication Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA, May 23-27, 2003.

 

Schaefer, D. (2004). Indian cinema and the dialectics of globalization. Guest Lecture presented to CS 423, Film in Asia, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Oct. 13, 2004.

 

Schaefer, D. (2004). Online public spheres and verbing dynamics First steps. Public seminar presented October 20, 2004 at the School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

 

Schaefer, D. (2005). An exposition on Indian cinema: Ten films you ought to see....and why. Public lecture presented for the Fulbright Association of Singapore, MegaMedia, Victoria Street, Singapore, Jan. 7, 2005.

 

Schaefer, D. (2005). An epic love story for all ages: Mughal-e-Azam (1960). CS 217 Friday presentation, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Feb. 18, 2005.

 

Schaefer, D. (2005). Spectacle, Tradition, and Modernity in Popular Indian Film. Public lecture sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, Singapore Repertory Theatre, Singapore, May 14, 2005.

 

Schaefer, D.  (2005a).  Media literacy and Singapore:  Lessons from the Asian context.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, May 28th, 2005.

 

Schaefer, D. and Dervin, B.  (2005).  Online discussion groups, situation movement states, and dialogic quality:  The potential for democratic electronic public spheres.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, May 28th, 2005.

 

Schaefer, D.  (2005b).  Hindi cinema, structuration, and the dialectics of globalization.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Social Theory Consortium, National University of Singapore, Singapore, June 9-11, 2005.

 

Schaefer, D.  (2005).  The limits of globalization:  Fulbright, culture, and the art of living in southeast Asia 2004-2005.  Public lecture presented at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio, October 7, 2005.

 

Schaefer, D.  (2005).  Indian cinema and the tensions of globalization.  Public lecture presented at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, October 27, 2005.

 

Schaefer, D.  (2006).  Films and lifeworlds:  Some thoughts on the relation of religion and popular narrative film.  Public lecture presented at the conference Media and Faith, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio, April 1st, 2006.

 

Schaefer, D.  (2006).  Popular Indian cinema, structural fault lines, and dialectics of control:  Setting the agenda for Hindi film research in the era of globalization.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, Dresden, Germany, June 20, 2006.

 

Schaefer, D. (2007). Using Sense-Making in online discussions to facilitate southeast Asian student readings of Indian Cinema. Paper presented at the symposium "Making communication studies matter: Field relevance/ irrelevance to media, library, electronic, communication system designs, policies, practices," International Communication Association Annual Meeting, May 24, San Francisco.

 

Phang, A. and Schaefer, D.  (2007).  Is Ignorance Bliss?  Assessing Singaporean Media Literacy Awareness in the Era of Globalisation.  Paper presented at the 16th Annual Asian Media and Information Centre (AMIC) Conference “Media Education and Development: The Quest for New Paradigms”, Singapore, June 25-28, 2007.

 

Schaefer, D.  (2008).  Web 2.0:  Digital modularity and the creation of effective global dialogue.  Lecture presented at the 2nd Media and Faith Conference, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, April 4-5, 2008.

 

Schaefer, D. and Karan, K.  (2008). Bollywood cinema at the crossroads:  Tracking the dialectics of globalization in postcolonial Indian cinema. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, May 26, Montréal, Canada.

 

Phang, A. and Schaefer, D.  (2008).  Media literacy in Singapore:  Assessing student awareness in the age of globalisation.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, May 25, Montréal, Canada.

 

Schaefer, D. (2008). Cross-culturality and Bollywood:  The impact of globalisational dialectics on global Indian culture.  Invited lecture presented to BCM2006, Cross-Cultural Communication, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore, November 25, 2008.

 

Karan, K. and Schaefer, D. (2009). Media industries hybridity, and marketing: Globalization and expanding audiences for Indian cinema.  Keynote speech and paper presented at the 5th Annual Conference on the Internationalization of Business in a Changed Environment, Rajiv Academy for Technology and Management, February 12-14, Mathura, India.

 

Schaefer, D. and Karan, K. (2009). Globalisation and popular Hindi cinema:  Tracking transnationalism in post-colonial cinematic public spheres.  Research seminar presented at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, April 9, 2009.

 

Schaefer, D. (2009). Bollywood and international marketing:  Globalisation and the changing scene in Indian cinema.  Invited lecture presented to the Graduate course in International and Integrated Marketing Communication, Badruka Institute of Foreign Trade, Hyderabad, India, at the Executive Center, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, May 13, 2009.

 

Schaefer, D. and Karan, K. (2009). The Impact of Globalization on Bollywood Cinema’s Depictions of Violence, Sexuality, Crime, Vice, and Romance.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association’s 59th Annual Conference “Keywords in Communication,” Chicago, IL, May 20-25, 2009.

 

Schaefer, D. and Karan, K. (2009). Verbing transnationalism:  Using Sense-Making Methodology to study Bollywood cinema and audiences.  Paper presented at the preconference symposium "Addressing communication's keywords communicatively: Multi-context exemplars and interrogations of the uses of Dervin's Sense-Making Methodology," International Communication Association’s 59th Annual Conference “Keywords in Communication,” Chicago, IL, May 20-25, 2009.

 

Schaefer, D. (2009a). Web design metatheory and practice in the context of Web 2.0:  Applying Dervin's SMM to the design of online public spheres.  Paper presented at the preconference symposium "Addressing communication's keywords communicatively: Multi-context exemplars and interrogations of the uses of Dervin's Sense-Making Methodology," International Communication Association’s 59th Annual Conference “Keywords in Communication,” Chicago, IL, May 20-25, 2009.

 

Schaefer, D. and Karan, K. (2009). Globalization, Popular Hindi Cinema, and Cinematic Public Spheres:  Tracking the Impact of Transnationalism on Romance, Crime, Sexuality, and Violence.  Paper presented at the the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre’s 18th Annual Conference “Media Democracy and Governance:  Emerging Paradigms in the Digital Age,” New Delhi, India, July 13-16, 2009.

 

Anujan, D., Schaefer, D., and Karan, K. (2009). The Changing Face of Indian Women in the Era of Global Bollywood.  Paper presented at the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre’s 18th Annual Conference “Media Democracy and Governance:  Emerging Paradigms in the Digital Age,” New Delhi, India, July 13-16, 2009.

 

Schaefer, D. (2009b).  Indian cinema, soft power, and the globalization of "Bollywood."  Center for Teaching, Learning and Leadership public lecture presented at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, September 15, 2009.

 

Schaefer, D. (2009c).  Globalization and "Bollywood":  Soft Power and the View from the West. Lecture presented for the joint Franciscan University - Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur live videoconferencing session "Globalization and 'Bollywood':  Perspectives from the East and West", October 16, 2009, co-organized with Dr. Anjali Roy, IIT-Kharagpur,  Dr. David Dombrowski, FUS, and Dr. Kavita Karan, SIU-Carbondale.

 

Schaefer, D. (2009d).  Global Media, Fantasy vs. Reality, and Public Spheres: Defining Media Literacy in the New Millennium . Lecture presented for the Live U.S.-India Videoconferencing Seminar at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.A., in Association with the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, India, Nov 11, 2009, co-organized with Dr. Anjali Roy, IIT-Kharagpur and Dr. David Dombrowski, FUS.

 

Schaefer, D. and Karan, K. (2009). Bollywood and Soft Power:  Content Trends and Hybridity in Popular Hindi Cinema.  Paper presented at the 2009 Bollywood Soft Power Conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India, December 14, 2009.

 

Schaefer, D., Roy, A., Dombrowski, D., and Karan, K. (2010).  Videoconferencing and Global Public Spheres: The potential for enhanced cross-cultural pedagogy.  Paper presented at the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre’s (AMIC) 19th Annual Conference “Technology and Culture: Communication Connectors and Dividers,” Singapore, June 21-23, 2010.

 

Schaefer, D., Karan, K., Donepudi, A., and Bansal, N. (2010). Cinematic Soft Power and Contra-flows: The Prevalence of South Asian Culture and Art in Popular Hindi Cinema.  Paper presented at the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre’s 19th Annual Conference “Technology and Culture: Communication Connectors and Dividers,” Singapore, June 21-23, 2010.

 

Schaefer, D. and Karan, K. (2010). Problematizing Chindia: Examining patterns of Hybridity in Post-Colonial Popular Indian Cinema.  Paper presented at the Preconference “The Chindia Challenge to Global Communication,” International Communication Association 2010 Annual Meeting, Singapore, June 22, 2010.

 

Schaefer, D. (2010). Box Office and “Bollywood”: An Analysis of Soft Power Content in Popular Hindi Cinema.  Paper presented at the refereed panel “South Asia and Soft Power: Understanding Global Influence through the Lens of Media Flows,” Globalization and Social Change Division, International Communication Association 2010 Annual Meeting, Singapore, June 25, 2010.

 

Schaefer, D.  (2011).  Web 2.0 II:  Viral-ism and global public spheres.  Lecture presented at the "Digital Revolution" session, 3rd Media and Faith Conference, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, April 1-2, 2011.

 

Schaefer, D. & Karan, K. (2011). Bollywood Cinema and Contemporary Audiences:  Surveying Viewer Perceptions and Practices. Paper presented at the 61st International Communication Association Annual Meeting, Communication @ the Center, Boston, MA, May 26-30, 2011.

 

Schaefer, D., Pathakamuri, J., Sammut, S., & Karan, K. (2011). Bollywood and Emotional Arousal: Using EEG to Assess Positive and Negative Cortical Activity Among Viewers of Popular Indian Cinema in a Western Setting. Paper presented at the Asian Media Information and Communication Center 20th Annual Conference, "Taking Stock of Media and Communication Studies: The Challenges and Opportunities of Globalisation, New Media, and the Rise of Asia," Hyderabad, India, June 24-27, 2011.

 

Schaefer, D., Pathakamuri, J., Sammut, S., & Karan, K. (2012).  Bollywood Cinema, Emotional Arousal, and Stereotypes:  Assessing Cortical Activity Among Novice Viewers in a Western Setting.   Paper presented at the 62nd International Communication Association Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May 27, 2012.

 

Schaefer, D. & Karan, K. (2013).  Soft Power, Bollywood Cinema, and Cultural Proximity: Comparing Viewer Reactions to Popular Hindi Cinema in India and the Diaspora.  Paper presented at the International Communication Division 2013 Annual Meeting, London, U.K., June 17-21, 2013.

 

Schaefer, D. (2013). The 3-Ds of Globalized Bollywood: Digitalization, D-Cinema, and the Demassification of South Asian Cinematic Public Spheres.  Paper presented at the panel Bollywood in the Digital Era: Shifting Global Practices and Perspectives, International Communication Division 2013 Annual Meeting, London, U.K., June 17-21, 2013.

 

Schaefer, D. & Karan, K (2014). Context Matters: Studying the Impact of Proximity on Indian Cinema Viewers.  Lecture presented at the Research Symposium: Researching Media and Faith in the 21st Century: Lessons Learned, Media and Faith 2014 Conference, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, April 11, 2014.

 

Schaefer, D. (2014). Mass media in the digital era: The case for hybridized media.  Keynote lecture presented at the Digital Samaritans Session, Media and Faith 2014 Conference, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, April 12, 2014.

 

Schaefer, D. (2014). Global cinema in a 4K future: Digitalization and d-cinema.  Lecture presented at the session "TV/Film: Communicating Christianity Creatively: Why Film Matters in a 4K Future," Media and Faith 2014 Conference, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, April 12, 2014.

 

Schaefer, D. & Karan, K. (2014). Bollywood and the Consumerist Shift: Tracking the Modernization of Contemporary Hindi Cinema.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association 2014 Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, May 22-26, 2014.

 

Schaefer, D. & Karan, K. (2015). The Content Analysis of Song Sequences in Bollywood Cinema.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association 2015 Annual Meeting, San Juan, PR, May 21-25, 2015.

 

Schaefer, D. & Karan, K. (2016). Bollywood-Religion-Globalization: Tracking Spirituality in Post-Colonial Popular Hindi Cinema.  Paper presented at the International Communication Association 2016 Annual Meeting, Fukuoka, Japan, June 9-13, 2016. (refereed)

 

Schaefer, D. (2016). Bollywood and American Media:   Implications for Indian Soft Power.  Paper presented at the panel "The Power of Bollywood:  Prospects for Indian Soft Power in the Asian Century." International Communication Association 2016 Annual Meeting, Fukuoka, Japan, June 9-13, 2016.

 

Schaefer, D. & Karan, K. (2017). Bollywood and the Global Shift in the Era of Corporatization. Paper presented at the International Communication Association 2017 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 26, 2017.

 

Schaefer, D. & Karan, K. (2019). Bollywood and the Political Shift in the Post-Corporate Era. Paper presented at the International Communication Association 2019 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2019.