Conference Presentations

McConnell, S. (2023). Policy meets science: Taming the algorithm for collectivist action. Presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research conference. July 9-13, Lyon, France.

McConnell, S. (2023). Swayed by the Algorithm or Owning It? Gen Z's Dance with Social Media Personalization Architectures. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, August 7-10, Washington D.C.

McConnell, S. (2023). To Be the Captain or Steered by the Machine: A Social Cognitive Analysis of Social Media Users' Interactions with Choice Recommendation Architectures. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Midwinter conference, February 24-25, Norman, Oklahoma.

McConnell, S. (2022). Mind over Machine? The Clash of Agency in Social Media Environments. Presented at the Association of Internet Researchers conference, November 2-5, Dublin, Ireland.  

McConnell, S. (2022). “The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election and Media Rhetoric: What Social Constructionism Can Teach Us.” Presented at the Western Social Science Association conference, March 30-April 2, Denver, Colorado.   

McConnell, S. (2021). "News Flood or Trickle: Information Choice and Selectivity in New Media." Presented at the Western Social Science Association conference, April 2021, Virtual.

McConnell, S. (2021). "How to Win Readers and Influence People: Bringing Social Science Research into the Mainstream." Presented at the Western Social Science Association conference, April 2021, Virtual.

Wolfgang, J. D., Blackburn, H., & McConnell, S. (2019). "Keepers of the Comments: How Comment Moderators Handle Audience Contributions." Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, August 7-10, Toronto, Canada.

Wolfgang, J. D., McConnell, S., & Blackburn, H. (2019). "Commenters as a Threat to Journalism? How Comment Moderators Perceive the Role of the Audience." Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, August 7-10, Toronto, Canada.

McConnell, S., Lan, D., & Bonser, C. (2019). "Battle of the Frames: Perspective Collision and Hyper-Mediation at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C." Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, August 7-10, Toronto, Canada.

McConnell, S., & Lan, D. (2019). "Blurring the Gap: A Comparative Textual Analysis of U.S. and Chinese Media Coverage." Presented at the International Communication Association conference, May 24-28, Washington D.C.

McConnell, S. (2019). “The Marriage of Twitter and Post-Truth Politics: A Rhetorical Analysis of Tweets and Media Coverage in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign." Presented at the Western Social Science Association conference, April 24-27, San Diego, California.

McConnell, S. (2018). “Lock Her Up: Limitations and Liberations of New Media Expression.” Presented at the Communication University of China and the National Communication Association international conference, Communication, Media, and Governance in the Age of Globalization, June 22-23, Beijing, China.

McConnell, S. (2018). “Lock Her Up and the Circuit of Culture: Evaluating Effectiveness of a Critical Cultural Paradigm in New Media.” Presented at the Western Social Science Association conference, April 5-8, San Antonio, Texas.

Invited Presentations/Talks

Utilizing actor-network and social cognitive theories to study social media algorithms. Guest Lecturer, Spring 2021, Graduate-Level Class, Posthumanism/Social Theory, Department of Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University

Writing social media advertising copy. Guest Lecturer, Spring 2020, Undergraduate Class, Advertising Copywriting, Department of Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University

Qualitative research techniques and best practices. Guest Speaker, Fall 2019, Graduate-Level Class, Communication Research and Evaluation Methods, Department of Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University

Battle of the frames: Perspective collision and hyper-meditation at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Guest Speaker, Spring 2019, Graduate Research Colloquium, Department of Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University

On visiting Beijing, China. Radio Interview, Summer 2018, China Radio International, Beijing, China

Entrepreneurs and the digital economy. Panelist, Virtual Forum on Marketing and Business Practices, School of Professional Studies, Spring 2018, New York University

Traditional and new media marketing techniques for fiction and non-fiction writers. Panelist, 17th Annual Writing the Rockies Conference, Summer 2016, Gunnison, Colorado

Reading of select poetry. Guest Speaker, Annual Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s Lit Fest conference, Summer 2016, Denver, Colorado