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Author:

Xiao, Anli

Title:

ENGAGING FOREIGN-BORN CHINESE VOLUNTEERS: EXPLORING THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND PERSONAL OUTCOMES OF FOREIGN-BORN VOLUNTEERISM

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Public relations
volunteerism
foreign-born
strategic communication
nonprofit organizations

File:

Download 7.19_Xiao_Dissertation_Engaging_Foreign-born_Chinese_Volunteers.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Bortree, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Bortree, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Committee Member
Frank Dardis, Committee Member
Bu Zhong, Outside Member

Author:

Nutter, Alexandra Leah

Title:

Holistic Living for the Modern Blogger: Identity and Agency in Green Domestic Blogs

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

environmental communication; lifestyle blogs; commodification; critical media studies; feminism

File:

Download Alexandra_Nutter_-_Dissertation__final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew P. McAllister, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew P. McAllister, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Committee Member
Marie Hardin, Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Outside Member

Author:

Hatef, Azeta

Title:

Alternative spaces of engagement: Constructing meaning through traditional and social media among Roma in the Czech Republic

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Roma
Czech Republic
identity
belonging
social media
activism
television
ethnography
Identity
Belonging
Social media
Activism
Television
Ethnography

File:

Download Hatef_Azeta_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Paul Mcallister, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Lyn Rodino, Committee Member
Matthew Frank Jordan, Committee Member
Yael Warshel, Outside Member

Author:

Davis, Stefanie Elizabeth

Title:

FROM FOURTH ESTATE TO “FAKE NEWS”: ENGENDERED SOCIAL NORMS AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY NEWSROOM

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

social media
broadcast journalism
gender
qualitative research
news industry

File:

Download Davis_Dissertation_Final_4.6.19.pdf

Committee Members:

Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bu Zhong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francis Erin Dardis, Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Outside Member

Author:

Bai, Yang

Title:

TIME-SPACE COMPRESSION REVISITED: EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF INTERNET USE ON COSMOPOLITANISM, INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND TRADE

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Internet
Cosmopolitanism
International online communication
International trade
Generalized Methods of Moments

File:

Download Dissertation____final___Yang_Bai.pdf

Committee Members:

Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member
Anne M Hoag, Committee Member
Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke, Outside Member

Author:

Mohammed, Wunpini Wunpini

Title:

DAGBANLI FILMS: A POLITICAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE CONVERGENCE OF ORALITY AND FILM IN NORTHERN GHANA

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

indigenous language film
indigenous knowledge systems
film distribution
film production
film reception
Northern Ghana
oral epistemologies
political economy of communications

File:

Download Mohammed_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Lyn Rodino, Committee Member
Kevin J Hagopian, Committee Member
Maha Marouan, Outside Member

Author:

Liu, Bingjie

Title:

Effects of Agency Locus And Transparency of Artificial Intelligence: Uncertainty Reduction and Emerging Mind

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

agency locus
transparency
uncertainty reduction
emerging mind
human-machine communication

File:

Download Dissertation_Liu_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Outside Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Harrison, Virginia Susan

Title:

Appealing to Head and Heart: Redefining Stewardship for Nonprofit Organizations and Their Donors

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

stewardship
nonprofits
organization-public relationships
donor relations
relationship management
stewardship
nonprofits
organization-public relatoinships
donor relations
relationship management
organizational communication

File:

Download Harrison_Full_dissertation_FINAL_032520.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Sevick Bortree, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francis Erin Dardis, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
James Dillard, Outside Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kang, Jin

Title:

Are We More Willing To Accept Negative Feedback From Virtual Agents Than Humans? The Effect of Machineness On Feedback Acceptance

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

negative feedback
virtual agent
mind perception
source effect

File:

Download JIN_KANG_Ph.D_Dissertation_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Outside Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Conlin, Jeff Dean

Title:

Pig Tales: Strategic Use of Discrete Emotions, Characters and Advocacy Frames in Narrative Persuasion

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

narrative persuasion
discrete emotions
feral pigs
science communication

File:

Download Conlin_Dissertation_FINAL_070620.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee A Ahern, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Gall Myrick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Member
Christofer J Skurka, Outside Member
James Dillard, Committee Member
Lee A Ahern, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ford Risley, Program Head/Chair