Name: Religion & Media Division - Top Research Presentations
Start: 2025-04-06T14:00:00-0700
End: 2025-04-06T15:00:00-0700

BEA2025
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Sunday April 6, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

W301

Moderator: Lindsey A. Sherrill, University of North Alabama
Debut Paper Competition
Debut 1st Place Paper: Holy Hostility: Analyzing Religious Hate Speech in the Age of AI Moderation; David Kenneth Enns, Liberty University
Debut 2nd Place Paper: Reaching Generation Z Muslims: An Analysis of Ideological Discourse in Islamic Podcasts in Egypt; Sarah Nabil Saad, American University in Cairo; Kim Fox, American University in Cairo
Open Paper Competition
Open 1st Place Paper: Lights, Camera, Pray: Patrick Peyton’s Contribution to Broadcasting and Communication Theory; George Henry Bovenizer, University of South Alabama
Open 2nd Place Paper: Engaging the Christian Viewer: Identification and Parasocial Interaction in The Chosen; Candace Saunders-Grewe, Regent University

Moderators

Lindsey A. Sherrill

Assistant Professor, University of North Alabama

Speakers

David Enns

Liberty University

Kim Fox

Professor of Practice, American University in Cairo

The first and only double BEA Best of Festival Winner in the same year; podcaster (Ehky Ya Masr Podcast) and executor of the podcasting trifecta: teaching, researching and producing podcasts.https://soundcloud.com/ehkyyamasrFounder and organizer of PodFest Cairo, Egypt and Africa's... Read More →

Sarah Nabil Saad

American University in Cairo;

George Bovenizer

Assistant Professor, Broadcast Journalism, University of South Alabama

Hello. I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of South Alabama. Before joining the faculty in 2021, I had an award-winning 27-year career in broadcast journalism. I worked at NBCUniversal in Los Angeles for the last 14 years of my professional... Read More →

Candace Saunders-Grewe

Ph.D. Candidate & Associate Faculty, Regent University | Mt. San Jacinto College

Candace Saunders-Grewe is a Ph.D. in Communication candidate at Regent University. Prior to studying at Regent, she obtained her B.A. in English from Radford University and M. A. in Communication from Johns Hopkins University. In addition to pursuing her doctoral degree, Candace currently... Read More →

Sunday April 6, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
W301

BEA2025