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Author:

Cohen, Olivia

Title:

Disentangling News Story Effects on Public Opinion

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

news framing
public opinion
health communication
opioid use disorder

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Committee Members:

Michael Schmierbach, Major Field Member
Fuyuan Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Eng, Nicholas

Title:

Testing the Effectiveness of Emotional Appeals on Self- and Others-Focused Mental Health Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

mental health
mental illness
depression
emotions
appraisal theories of emotion
compassion
hope
humor
emotional appeal
experiment
quantitative
persuasion
strategic communication
cognitive elaboration
health communication

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Christofer Skurka, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Denise Bortree, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Shao, Ruosi

Title:

Bridging the Paradigm Gap Between CASA and Uncanny Valley: Proposing A Motivated Cognition Approach for Human-Agent Social

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

human-computer interaction
mental health
social support
empathy
health intervention

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Committee Members:

Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Andrew High, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Schmierbach, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member

Author:

Reed, Olivia

Title:

A Self-Determination Theory Approach to Social Media Influencer Well-Being

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

social media influencers
self-determination theory
well-being
content creators
influencer motivations
content creator motivations
social media influencer well-being

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Heather Shoenberger, Major Field Member
Mary Oliver, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
Andrew High, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Bingbing

Title:

Can narrative inoculation immunize people against science misinformation? Testing the role of affect on conferring resistance to misinformation

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

misinformation
inoculation
narrative
affect
perceived threat
persuasion

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Schmierbach, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor
Fuyuan Shen, Major Field Member
Mary Oliver, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Dillard, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Chen, Cheng

Title:

Communicating Racial Bias in AI Algorithms: Effects of Training Data Diversity and User Feedback on AI Trust

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

algorithmic bias
empirical studies in HCI
training data diversity
AI trust
user feedback
The HAII-TIME model

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Committee Members:

Michael Schmierbach, Major Field Member
Saeed Abdullah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Min, Bumgi

Title:

When Disinformation Endangers Refugees: A Cross-national Study of the Effects of Refugee Fake News on U.S. and South Korean Audiences

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

Disinformation
Fake News
Digital Media
Global Public Opinion
Survey Research
Social Media

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Committee Members:

Bu Zhong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Oliver, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Major Field Member
Krishna Jayakar, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair