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Debut Paper Competition 1st Place Debut Paper:‘So Many Uncomfortable Spaces’: A Qualitative Study On How BIPOC Journalists Navigate Identity and Expectations In American Broadcast Newsrooms; Kristina Vera-Phillips, Arizona State 2nd Place Debut Paper: Role of Social Media in Indian Women’s decision to move to the US; Prerna Sandilya, San Francisco State University Open Paper Competition 1st Place Open Paper: Reimagining Futures and Challenging Norms: A Critical Analysis of Afrofuturism, Gender Dynamics, and Aesthetic Representation in 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'; Femi Emmanuel Folorunsho, Ball State University 2nd Place Open Paper: Walt Disney World’s New Little Mermaid with Race Based and Inverse Spiral of Silence Effects; Marisa Joann Hamilton, Regent University; Steve D. Perry, Regent University; Andrea Arterbery, Southern Methodist University; Nicole R. Sheriff, Regent University 3rd Place Open Paper: From Screen to Street: A Phenomenological Analysis of Anti-Hero Verbal and Nonverbal Cues in Everyday Interactions; Amanda Czuprynski, Regent University
