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Author:: van Gorp, Annemijn Fleur
Title:: Increasing Regulatory Capacity: the Role of the Region in Shaping National ICT Policy in Southern Africa
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: regional economic community
regulators association
telecommunications policy
Africa
regionalization
regulation
File:: Download VanGorp_Dissertation_2008_04_14.pdf
Committee Members:: Carleen Frances Maitland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Watson Bagby, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member

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Author:: Levy, Anna
Title:: EVOLUTION OF LOCAL E-GOVERNMENT IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. HISTORY OF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH GOVERNMENT WEBSITE
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: content management system
website evaluation
e-participation
e-government
municipal government
sociotechnical theory
maturational model
File:: Download MasterThesis_ALevy_711.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrea H Tapia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea H Tapia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Watson Bagby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Blodgett, Bridget Marie
Title:: Collective Action Situated in Virtual Worlds
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: Protest
Virtual Worlds
IBM
Second Life
EVE Online
File:: Download BBlodgett_Dissertation_Collective_Action_Situated_in_Virtual_Worlds_v2.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrea H Tapia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Angsana Techatassanasoontorn, Committee Member
John David Mccarthy, Committee Member

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Author:: Igwe, C. Frank
Title:: BEYOND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE INTO COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY WEBLOGS IN BUILDING OLDENBURG’S VIRTUAL THIRD PLACES IN BLACK AMERICA
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: content analysis
social support
third place
community
blogs
HIV/AIDS
African-American
File:: Download Igwe_Dissertation_Final4.pdf
Committee Members:: Lynette Kvasny, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Sawyer, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member

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Author:: Saab, David J
Title:: The Ontologization of Tags
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: tags
ontologies
cultural schemas
folksonomies
phenomenology
Heidegger
File:: Download SaabDavid_IST_Dissertation_Ontologization_of_Tags_20110618.pdf
Committee Members:: Frederico T Fonseca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frederico T Fonseca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Michael Mc Neese, Committee Member
Richard Doyle, Committee Member

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Author:: Maldonado Rangel, Edgar Armando
Title:: IT POLICIES FOR DEVELOPMENT: ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF FREE LIBRE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE INITIATIVES OF THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: Open Source Software
Public Policy
Information Science
Latin America
File:: Download Maldonado_2009_V36.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrea H Tapia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Frederico T Fonseca, Committee Member
Richard Matthew Doyle, Committee Member

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Author:: Jiang, Hao
Title:: Social Identity, Social Ties and Social Capital A Study in Gaming Context
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: Social Capital
Social Ties
Social Network
Social Identity
Cooperation
File:: Download Dissertation_HaoJiang.pdf
Committee Members:: John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member

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Author:: Yucel, Ibrahim Halil
Title:: How To Make Friends And Influence People On The Internet:A Dissertation On Popular Comments On Blogs
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: Online Culture
Video Games
Online Communities
New Media
File:: Download Yucel_Dissertation_Final2.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrea H Tapia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Brian Smith, Committee Member
Gerald Santoro, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Shawn Clark, Committee Member

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Author:: Ortiz, Julio Angel
Title:: THE PERCEIVED IMPACT OF MUNICIPAL WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORKS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: A TALE OF FIVE CITIES
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: Wi-Fi
municipal broadband networks
digital divide
universal service
quality of life
File:: Download Ortiz_Dissertationt_v34.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrea H Tapia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Reina Schement, Committee Member
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Angsana Techatassanasoontorn, Committee Member

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Author:: Yeo, Jwee Kiat Benjamin
Title:: Towards a Research Project of a Sustainable Knowledge Economy
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: interpretive case study
knowledge economy
information economy
File:: Download ben_yeo_full_dissertation_ETD_2.pdf
Committee Members:: Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Sawyer, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Chris Benner, Committee Member

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