1. A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF THE MISSISSIPPI... BELIEVE IT! CAMPAIGN POSTERS: GEO-BRANDING AND IMAGE REPAIR STRATEGIES Open Access Author: Verderosa-Ishakarah, Ashanti Tashi Title: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF THE MISSISSIPPI... BELIEVE IT! CAMPAIGN POSTERS: GEO-BRANDING AND IMAGE REPAIR STRATEGIES Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: imagestereotypesposterssemiotic analysisMississippigeo-brandingrhetorical analysistourism File: Download ultimatethesis21.pdf Committee Members: Kevin J Hagopian, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKevin J Hagopian, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorAnthony Olorunnisola, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorRussell Frank, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. "A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Portrayals of Haiti and Haitians Following the 2010 Earthquakes on American 24-hour Cable News Networks" Open Access Author: Herring, Courtney Celiese Title: "A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Portrayals of Haiti and Haitians Following the 2010 Earthquakes on American 24-hour Cable News Networks" Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: EarthquakesNews ethicsDisaster communicationSemantic strategiesCritical Discourse AnalysisNatural disastersHaitiPovertyHegemony File: Download CHerring_thesis_FINAL.pdf Committee Members: Anthony Olorunnisola, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorAnthony Olorunnisola, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. Media Representation of Young Women in the Dominican Republic: An Ethnographic Study of Dominican Women's Perceptions of Beauty and Blackness Open Access Author: Brown, India Latina Title: Media Representation of Young Women in the Dominican Republic: An Ethnographic Study of Dominican Women's Perceptions of Beauty and Blackness Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: womendominican republicbeautyenthnographyblacknessmedia representation File: Download IndiaBrown_FinalThesis.pdf Committee Members: Anthony Olorunnisola, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorAnthony Olorunnisola, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. A PROPOSAL FOR A LAW TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT DIGITAL PRIVACY FOR AMERICAN CITIZEN Open Access Author: Al Rawi, Ahmed Title: A PROPOSAL FOR A LAW TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT DIGITAL PRIVACY FOR AMERICAN CITIZEN Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: SurveillancePrivacyCommunications Law and PolicyGovernment Security Agencies File: Download Ahmed_Alrawi_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: BENJAMIN W. CRAMER, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorFORD RISLEY, Committee MemberPATRICK PARSONS, Committee MemberAnthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair