BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13280-d00780065f5ec653d427cf5f2d76b8a1@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260910T222801Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160401T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160401T163000 SUMMARY:Kaitlyn Patia “Disturbing Conventions”: Social Memory and Democratic Fai th at the Margins” and Frank Waddell “The Bandwagon Effect of Audience M etrics on Media Effects and Reception” DESCRIPTION:\nFrank: Digital media increasingly provide individuals with the ability to monitor the opinion of other viewers through a range of cues such as comments\, “likes\,” or the number of times a page has been shared by others. Such audience metrics are ubiquitous to the experienc e of the contemporary media consumer\, but are often unaccounted for by traditional media effects theory. Does the strength of media effects var y when the opinion of other viewers accompany media content? Will the ef fects be stronger when others’ opinion are mostly positive rather than n egative\, generated by a large audience rather than a small audience\, o r from an audience that is nearby rather than distant? A between-subject s laboratory experiment tested these possibilities by examining the role played by valence\, size\, and location of the online crowd in shaping the effects of media. Results find that the effects of media are heighte ned by cues regarding the size and valence of the audience.\n\nKaitlyn: In this talk\, I explore the relationships among memory\, knowledge\, an d the possibilities of social change for those living at the margins thr ough an analysis of one of Jane Addams' lesser-known books\, The Long Ro ad of Woman’s Memory. First published in 1916\, The Long Road of Woman's Memory considers the role that memory plays in how women relate not onl y to their pasts\, but also to one another in the present. This work is in turns poetic and heartrending\, encompassing the voices and stories o f older\, immigrant women who endured domestic abuse\, personal tragedie s\, and social situations in which they had little comparative power\; y ounger women involved in the burgeoning labor and women’s movements\; Eu ropean mothers from “both sides” during World War I\, with whom Addams s poke while traveling abroad in conjunction with her work for the Woman’s Peace Party in 1915\; and Jane Addams’ own reflections.\n\nI argue that Addams' theory of social memory is essential to understanding the possi bilities for changing the relationships and social structures necessary to sustain a social democracy. Furthermore\, Addams’ work illustrates ho w democratic faith flourishes not by ignoring or avoiding difficult emot ions such as fear\, anger\, or heartbreak in favor of\, say\, optimism o r hope\, but by confronting these emotions head on\, by dwelling with co nditions of violence\, death\, and social marginalization.\n\nFor more d etails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/kaitlyn-patia-frank-waddell/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Frank: Digital media increasingly provide individuals with the ability to monitor the opinion of other viewers through a range of cues such as comments, “likes,” or the number of times a page has been shared by oth ers. Such audience metrics are ubiquitous to the experience of the conte mporary media consumer, but are often unaccounted for by traditional med ia effects theory. Does the strength of media effects vary when the opin ion of other viewers accompany media content? Will the effects be strong er when others’ opinion are mostly positive rather than negative, genera ted by a large audience rather than a small audience, or from an audienc e that is nearby rather than distant? A between-subjects laboratory expe riment tested these possibilities by examining the role played by valenc e, size, and location of the online crowd in shaping the effects of medi a. Results find that the effects of media are heightened by cues regardi ng the size and valence of the audience.

Kaitlyn: In this talk, I explore the relationships among memory, knowledge, and the possibilities of social change for those living at the margins throu gh an analysis of one of Jane Addams' lesser-known books, The Long R oad of Woman’s Memory. First published in 1916, The Long Road o f Woman's Memory considers the role that memory plays in how women relate not only to their pasts, but also to one another in the present. This work is in turns poetic and heartrending, encompassing the voices a nd stories of older, immigrant women who endured domestic abuse, persona l tragedies, and social situations in which they had little comparative power; younger women involved in the burgeoning labor and women’s moveme nts; European mothers from “both sides” during World War I, with whom Ad dams spoke while traveling abroad in conjunction with her work for the W oman’s Peace Party in 1915; and Jane Addams’ own reflections.

I ar gue that Addams' theory of social memory is essential to understanding t he possibilities for changing the relationships and social structures ne cessary to sustain a social democracy. Furthermore, Addams’ work illustr ates how democratic faith flourishes not by ignoring or avoiding difficu lt emotions such as fear, anger, or heartbreak in favor of, say, optimis m or hope, but by confronting these emotions head on, by dwelling with c onditions of violence, death, and social marginalization.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/kaitlyn-patia-frank-waddell/

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