
Conference Presentations
Upcoming Presentations
Global Growth of Streaming Services and Regulatory Implications: A Political Economy Perspective.
Sydney L. Forde & Robert G. Picard
Accepted for presentation in the Law and Policy Division at the 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference in Toronto, Ontario. (May, 2023)
From Broadcast to Broadband: Similarities and Silences between
Clinton’s Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Biden’s 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Sydney L. Forde & Matthew F. Jordan
Accepted for presentation in the Law and Policy Division at the 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference in Toronto, Ontario. (May, 2023)
Selected Past Presentations
Regulatory Theory and Media Economics: Complicating Peltzman’s Economic Model of Regulation in Media Industries
Sydney L. Forde
Presented and awarded the top paper award in the Economics, Communication and Society division at the 2022 annual National Communication Association in New Orleans, Louisiana (November, 2022)

Rethinking Peltzman’s Economic Model of Regulation Through Ownership Consolidation and Digitized Media Communication Landscapes
Sydney L. Forde
Presented at TPRC 50, at American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (September, 2022)

Predictors of support for public
funding of news organizations: Findings from a 23-country cross-national study
Sydney L. Forde, Ryan Wang, Erika Solis & Krishna Jayakar
Presented in the Media Industry Studies division at the 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference. Paris, France. (May, 2022)

bell hooks' “Eating the Other” as a
Framework for Critical Advertising Studies
Matthew P. McAllister, Sydney L. Forde & Yasemin Beykont
Presented on the top paper panel in the Critical and Cultural Studies division at the 2022 annual National Communication Association in New Orleans, Louisiana (November, 2022)

The Racialized Celebrity Other in Perfume Advertisements
Matthew P. McAllister, Yasemin Beykont & Sydney L. Forde
Presented in the Minorities and Communication division at AEJMC in Detroit, Michigan (August, 2022)

Ontario’s Right-Wing Populism “Will Cost You”: The Applicability of
Propaganda Analysis to Ford’s Sticker Act
Sydney L. Forde
Presented in the Political Communication Division at IAMCR conference, Nairobi - Online due to Covid-19 (July, 2021)

Representation in the Era of Decolonization: A Discourse
Analysis of Media and Communication Doctoral Syllabi
Brittany Melton & Sydney L. Forde
Presented at the annual Canadian Congress in the Canadian Communication Association Conference - online due to Covid-19 (May, 2022)
From “Quelling Unrest” To
“Unleashing Militarized Crackdown”: The Role of “Journalistic Reuse” in Digital News Updates
Robert E. Gutsche, Sydney L. Forde & Juliet Pinto
Presented at the Future of Journalism Conference in Cardiff, Wales, UK - online due to Covid-19 (September, 2021)
The Times, Are They Changing?: An Analysis of New York Times Online (Revisionist) Updates of Police and Protestors
Sydney L. Forde, Robert E. Gutsche & Juliet Pinto
Presented in Journalism Studies Division at the 71st Annual International Communication Association Conference - online due to Covid-19 (May, 2021)
UnFoxing Market Failure
Sydney L. Forde
Presented at the Moscow
Readings Conference in Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia - online due to Covid-19 (November, 2021)
Metabolism versus Energy: Gender Representation in
Multivitamin Packaging
Sydney L. Forde & Brittany Melton
Presented at the annual Canadian Congress in the Canadian Communication Association Conference hosted by the University of Alberta - online due to Covid-19 (June, 2021)
Diverging Media: US and Canadian Representations of Immigrants and
Refugees
Sydney L. Forde
Presented at the annual Canadian Congress in the Canadian Communication Association hosted by the University of British Colombia in Vancouver, British Colombia (June, 2019)