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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 22:28:04 EDT
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From:         Steven R Brown <SBROWN@KENTVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Q METHODOLOGY CONFERENCE

                      8TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
             ON THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF SUBJECTIVITY
                       OCTOBER 22-24, 1992



                        Co-Sponsored by:
         International Society for the Scientific Study
                         of Subjectivity

                               and

                   Stephenson Research Center,
                 University of Missouri-Columbia
                      School of Journalism


                          Irvin Goldman
               Department of Communication Studies
                      University of Windsor
                       1992 Program Chair



                             PROGRAM

Thursday, October, 22

7:00 P.M.                Stephenson Research Center dedication.  To
                         be held at the Stephenson Research Center,
                         School of Journalism.  Brief address by
                         Albert D. Talbott, 1992 ISSSS Chair.
                         Reception to follow.



Friday, October, 23      All sessions will be held in the Forum,
                         Room 85, ground floor, Gannett Hall,
                         School of Journalism.


8:15 - 8:50              Registration and continental breakfast.


8:50 - 9:00              Opening announcements and official
                         greetings.
                         Irvin Goldman, 1992 Program Chair


9:00 - 9:30              "Visualizing Stephenson's Rotations in The
                         Study of Behavior" - Michael Stricklin,
                         University of Nebraska-Lincoln



9:30 - 10:00             "The Meaning of 'Invasion of Privacy' for
                         Journalists, Public Officials and the
                         General Public: A Pilot Study" - Jeremy H.
                         Lipschultz, University of Nebraska at
                         Omaha


10:00 - 10:30            "'They Meant This...And We Meant That':
                         Discerning Opinion Structures through Q
                         Methodology and News Frame Analysis" -
                         Patrick O'Brien, The University of Iowa


10:30 - 10:45            Coffee break


10:45 - 11:15            "Attitudes Toward Television Remote
                         Control: A Q-Methodological Study of
                         Grazers and Their Families" - Suzanne
                         Huffman, University of Arkansas


11:15 - 11:45            "The Disaster News Story: The Reader, The
                         Content and Social Construction of
                         Meaning" - Ana Garner, Marquette
                         University


11:45 - 1:30             Lunch (on your own)


1:30 - 2:00              "Ethical Dimensions of Journalism
                         Teaching" - Jay Black, University of
                         Alabama, and Charles Self, Texas A & M


2:00 - 2:30              "The Convergence of William Stephenson's
                         and Marshall McLuhan's Communication
                         Theories" - Paul Grosswiler, University of
                         Maine-Orono


2:30 - 2:45              Coffee break


2:45 - 3:30              Invited paper: "Field Theory in Science:
                         Its Role as a Necessary and Sufficient
                         Condition in Psychology" - Noel Smith,
                         S.U.N.Y. Platsburgh





3:30 - 4:30              Panel: Q-methodology and Quantum Theory
                         "Q Methodology and Quantum Theory:
                         Definitions, Metaphors, and Measures" -
                         Steven R. Brown, Kent State University

                         Title TBA - Donald J. Brenner, University
                         of Missouri-Columbia


6:30 p.m.                - Reception, Alumni Center


7:00 p.m.                - Dinner, Alumni Center

                         Keynote speaker: Donald F. Theall,
                         University Professor, Trent University,
                         Peterborough, Ontario, Canada



Saturday October 24


8:30 - 9:00              Continental breakfast


9:00 - 9:30              "Subjectivity in the Pharmaceutical
                         Project Selection Decision-Making Process"
                         - Sybil Seoka and Robert G. Mrtek, both
                         from the University of Illinois-Chicago


9:30 - 10:00             "Use of Q-technique to Examine Attitudes
                         of Entering Pharmacy Students Toward Their
                         Profession" - Ulrike Wigger and Robert G.
                         Mrtek, both from the University of
                         Illinois-Chicago


10:00 - 10:30            "Deconstructing the Political Spectacle" -
                         Dan Thomas, Wartburg College


10:30 - 10:45            Coffee break


10:45 - 11:15            "Bill Clinton and the Public Mind: The
                         Subjective Construction of the Anti-
                         Politician" - Larry Baas, Valparaiso
                         University and Dan Thomas, Wartburg
                         College



11:15 - 11:45            "Predicting Consumer Preferences in
                         Recorded Country Music: A Q-technique
                         Portrait of Seven Listener Types" - Larry
                         E. Wacholtz, Belmont University



11:45 - 12:15            "An Application of Q Methodology to
                         Students' Subjective Attitudes towards
                         Leadership Styles of Teachers in the
                         Classroom" - Dongchul Han, Saint Louis
                         University


12:15 - 12:45            "Quest-Sort: A Paper-and-Pencil
                         Alternative to Card-Sorting Q-Methodology"
                         -Larry W. Howard, University of Missouri-
                         Columbia



12:45 - 1:15             ISSSS general meeting
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