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Author:

Kim, Youjeong

Title:

CAN YOUR AVATAR IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH? THE IMPACT OF AVATAR CUSTOMIZATION

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

health communication
customization
virtual identity
Avatar
self-preservation

File:

Download FinalDraft_YoujeongKim.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Bo

Title:

Can Customization of Privacy Settings Promote Persuasiveness of Personalized Recommendation Agents?

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

privacy
customization
personalization
recommender system
online experiment

File:

Download Dissertation_BoZhang_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Heng Xu, Special Member

Author:

Kim, Jinyoung

Title:

ALEXA, WHO TOLD YOU THIS? EXAMINING HOW MEDIA PLATFORM AND SOURCE TAILORING AFFECT USERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF INFORMATION DELIVERED BY A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Alexa
information credibility
source tailoring
customization
virtual assistant
media platform

File:

Download Revised_Doctoral_Dissertation_Jinyoung_Kim__Summer_2018_.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Outside Member

Author:

Drivas, Magdalayna

Title:

Make me pretty: The role of customization in the effects of attractive avatar use on self-image

Graduate Program:

Media Studies (MA)

Keywords:

video games
avatars
Proteus effect
social comparison theory
customization
body image

File:

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor