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Author:: Erlichman, Sara
Title:: Role Models: Conceptualization and Scale Development
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications (PHD)
Keywords:: role models
character attachment
scale development
media
File:: Download MRM.Final.Final.Dissertation.Edits.2022.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Schmierbach, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Fuyuan Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Dooley, Anne
Title:: For Better or Worse?: The Effects of Interactivity and Perspective on Identification, Social Comparison, and Self-Esteem in Video Games
Graduate Program:: Media Studies (MA)
Keywords:: video games
text-based games
interactivity
identification
social comparison
self-esteem
media effects
File:: Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Frank Dardis, Committee Member

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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
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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

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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

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Author:: Xu, Qing
Title:: Game streaming as pandemic relief: how might gratifications of viewing gameplay combat mental stress
Graduate Program:: Media Studies (MA)
Keywords:: Game streaming
COVID-19
Stress
Twitch
YouTube gaming
Uses and gratification
Recovery
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Committee Members:: Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Christofer J Skurka, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Perez-Reyes, Eduardo
Title:: Scared Senseless: The Rise of Sensory Horror
Graduate Program:: Media Studies (MA)
Keywords:: film
horror
sense
blindness
deafness
File:: Download thesis_defense_draft_7-19.pdf
Committee Members:: Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Kevin J Hagopian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Mc Allister, Committee Member
Lisa Sternlieb, Committee Member

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Author:: Kim, Nahyun
Title:: Corporate Social Advocacy, Corporate Misconduct, and Perceived Corporate Hypocrisy
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications (PHD)
Keywords:: Perceived Corporate Hypocrisy
Corporate Social Advocacy
Corporate Misconduct
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Committee Members:: Michael Schmierbach, Major Field Member
Fuyuan Shen, Major Field Member
Lijiang Shen, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Denise Bortree, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Walter, Ashley
Title:: "We didn't do it, and we won't do it again": Class-action sex discrimination lawsuits at news organizations in the 1970s
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications (PHD)
Keywords:: journalism history
women's labor
media
mass communications
feminist history
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Committee Members:: Katherine Maich, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Russell Frank, Major Field Member
James Risley, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephanie Madden, Major Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

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