Dr. Megan Hopper
Associate Professor
Office
FEL Fell Hall 459
Office Hours
2-3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and by appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
COM 367.001 Ethical Problems In Mass Media
Teaching Interests & Areas
Journalism, Mass Media Theory & Effects, Ethical Considerations in Mass Communication
Research Interests & Areas
Media representations of women, experiences of journalists, media literacy
Ph D Media Studies
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
MS Communication
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
BS Mass Communication
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Distinguished Early Career Achievement Award in Media Psychology and Technology, APA Society for Media Psychology and Technology, 2018
APA Society for Media Psychology and Technology
2018
University Teaching Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2016
Top Paper Award
Central States Communication Association Communication Ethics Division
2013
Top Paper Award
Central States Communication Association Basic Course Division
2006
Grants and Contracts
Instructional Innovation Grant: SOC Book Club
Lindsey Thomas, Lauren Bratslavsky, Phillip Chidester, Byron Craig, Ashley Hall, K. Megan Hopper.
Illinois State University, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Technology. July 2022 - August 2022
University Teaching Grant: SOC EDI Learning Community Pilot
Byron Craig, Lindsey Thomas, Lauren Bratslavsky, Phillip Chidester, Ashley Hall, K. Megan Hopper.
Illinois State University, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Technology. July 2022 - June 2023
New Faculty Initiative Grant
K. Megan Hopper.
College of Arts and Sciences. July 2012
Course Re-Design Grant
K. Megan Hopper.
McCormick Foundation.
Pre-tenure Faculty Initiative Grant
K. Megan Hopper.
ISU College of Arts and Sciences.
Book, Chapter
The shock of the new: A case study of technological innovation at a student run university television station.
John E Huxford, K. Megan Hopper.
College Media: Learning in Action
Journal Article
“She’s truly just the oven for us:” Discourse dependency in families of children born through a surrogate
Aimee Miller-Ott, K. Megan Hopper.
Western Journal of Communication, Advance online publication, (2021)
Popular-Music media literacy: Recommendations for the education curriculum
Chrysalis L. Wright, Francesca D. Carpentier, Leslie A. Ey, Cougar Hall, K. Megan Hopper, Wayne Warburton.
Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 6, 186-193, (2019)
Gathering emotion: Examining newspaper journalists’ engagement in emotional labor
K. Megan Hopper, John E Huxford.
Journal of Media Practice, 16 (1), 25-41, (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14682753.2015.1015799
Whistleblower as news source: A complex relationship examined through a survey of journalists’ attitudes
Maria A Moore, John Huxford, K. Megan Hopper.
Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, 3 (3), 359-378, (2015)
Looking beyond the baby bump: The role of magazine portrayals of pregnant and post-partum celebrity bodies in social comparison processes in pregnant women
K. Megan Hopper.
Ohio Communication Journal, 52 (1), 34-50, (2014)
Examining the impact of celebrity gossip magazine coverage of pregnant celebrities on pregnant women’s body image
K. Megan Hopper, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, .
Communication Research, (2013)
Check that body! The effects of sexually objectifying music videos on college men’s sexual beliefs
Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, K. Megan Hopper, Wanjiru G. Mbure.
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 55, 360-379, (2011)
A picture is worth twenty words (about the self): Testing the priming influence of visual sexual objectification on women’s self-objectification
Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Jayne Henson, K. Megan Hopper, Siobhan E. Smith.
Communication Research Reports, 26, 271-284, (2009)
Exploration of the relationship between self-esteem, commitment, and verbal aggressiveness in romantic dating relationships
Leslie A. Rill, Elizabeth A. Baiocchi-Wagner, K. Megan Hopper, Katherine J. Denker, Loreen N. Olson.
Communication Reports, 22, 102-113, (2009)
Bodies after babies: The impact of depictions of recently post-partum celebrities on non-pregnant women’s self-objectification and body surveillance
K. Megan Hopper, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey.
Sex Roles
Emotion instruction in journalism courses: An analysis of introductory news writing textbooks
K. Megan Hopper, John E Huxford.
Communication Education
Other
The Inverted Pyramid Style: A Brief History
K. Megan Hopper.
Written Case with Instructional Material
Music media literacy educational website for high school and college students
K. Megan Hopper, Chyrsalis L. Wright.
(2020)
Music media literacy middle school student educational website
Chrysalis L. Wright, K. Megan Hopper.
(2020)
Presentations
Image repair differences between human and AI-generated messaging: The case of the Chicago White Sox
Kevin R Meyer, Joseph Blaney, Stephen Hunt, Lance Lippert, K. Megan Hopper, Roy David Magnuson.
Annual Convention of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV, April, 2025
“She’s truly just the oven for us:” The discursive construction of “normal” family by parents of children born through a surrogate.
Aimee Miller-Ott, K. Megan Hopper.
National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, November, 2020
Social media, musical artists, and music media literacy
K. Megan Hopper.
National Communication Association annual meeting, Indianapolis, IN - had to switch to virtual due to COVID, November, 2020
Popular Music Media Literacy
Chrysalis L. Wright, K. Megan Hopper.
American Psychological Association annual meeting, Online, August, 2020
Embodied realities: Strategies to improve a climate of diversity and respect.
Byron Craig, Ashley Hall, Lindsey Thomas, Joseph Zompetti, K. Megan Hopper.
Culturally Responsive Campus Community Conference, Normal, IL, November, 2019
Social Comparison Theory and Female Body Perceptions: America’s Next Top Model and College-Age Viewers
Emily E. Reardon, Cochece Davis, K. Megan Hopper.
The annual conference of the National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2016
Teaching with Social Media
Stephen Hunt, Nathan Carpenter, K. Megan Hopper, Lance Lippert, .
Summer Institute Faculty Fellows Workshop, Normal, IL, June 10, 2015
Emotion instruction in journalism courses: An analysis of introductory news writing textbooks.
K. Megan Hopper, John E Huxford.
Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI, April 18, 2015
Talking SMACC about social media: Converging scholarship through cutting-edge technology in the classroom.
Stephen Hunt, Nathan Carpenter, K. Megan Hopper, Lance Lippert, Maria A Moore.
Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI, April 16, 2015
Talking SMACC about social media: How to incorporate social media analytics in the classroom.
Stephen Hunt, Nathan Carpenter, K. Megan Hopper, Lance Lippert, Maria A Moore.
Annual Teaching & Learning Symposium, Normal, IL, January, 2015
Reporting with emotion: A comparison of journalists' engagement in emotional labor across media
John E Huxford, K. Megan Hopper.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November, 2014
“Friendly” Alternatives: The Effect of Maintaining Facebook Connections with Exes on Romantic Relational Investment
K. Megan Hopper, Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes.
annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Seattle, WA, May 25, 2014
Gathering emotion: Examining newspaper journalists' engagement in emotional labor
K. Megan Hopper, John E Huxford.
Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN, April, 2014
The impact of exposure to celebrity gossip magazine coverage of recently post-partum celebrities on women's thoughts about their bodies
K. Megan Hopper.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, D.C., November, 2013
Seeds: Using media to create social change
K. Megan Hopper, Anji L. Phillips, Jessica W. Kratzer, Jennifer Dixon, Rebekah Watson, E. Schauster, Scott Walus, Katherine J. Denker.
Annual Meetingof the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO, April, 2013
A survey of journalist's attitudes towards whistleblowing sources
Maria A Moore, John E Huxford, K. Megan Hopper.
Annual Meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO, March, 2013
Supressing in the press: Examining emotional labor in the journalism profession
K. Megan Hopper.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Orlando, FL, November, 2012
Academic women from one graduate institution “Connecting in Cleveland”
Elizabeth A. Baiocchi-Wagner, Katherine Denker, Jennifer Dixon, K. Megan Hopper, Jessica Kratzer-Wilson, Anji Phillips, Rebekah Watson.
Central States Communication Association annual meeting, Cleveland, OH, March, 2012
A Qualitative Analysis of the Role of Magazine Portrayals of Celebrity Pregnancy in Social Comparison Processes in Pregnant Women
K. Megan Hopper.
National Communication Association annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, November, 2011
Finding Balance in Service-Learning: Effectively Harmonizing Instructor, Student, and Community Voice
K. Megan Hopper.
National Communication Association annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, November, 2011
Finding Balance in Service-Learning: Effectively Harmonizing Instructor, Student, and Community Voice
Elizabeth Baiocchi-Wagner, Disraelly Cruz, Katherine Denker, K. Megan Hopper, Leslie Rill, Dana Seay, Siobhan Smith.
National Communication Association annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, November, 2011
Body gossip: Articulating pregnant women's reception of celebrity gossip magazine coverage of pregnant celebrities
K. Megan Hopper.
Cultural Studies Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL, March, 2011
iFad or teaching tool? Exploring the educational uses of the ipad in the School of Communication
Larry Wayne Long, K. Megan Hopper, Maria A Moore, Lance Lippert, John E Huxford, Peter Smudde, Stephen Hunt.
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Symposium on Teaching and Learning, Bloomington, IL, January, 2011
Battle of the bumps: Examining magazine portrayals of pregnant celebrities
K. Megan Hopper.
National Communication Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL, November, 2009
Check that body! The effects of sexually objectifying music videos on college men’s sexual beliefs
Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, K. Megan Hopper, Wanjiru Mbure.
National Communication Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL, November, 2009