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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

Author:

Cho, Eugene

Title:

The Role of Ad Customization, Ad Personalization and Privacy Customization in Reducing Reactance to Ads from Smart Speakers

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

advertisement; ad attitudes
ad intrusiveness; reactance
customization; personalization; power usage; privacy concern; smart speaker(s)
voice assistant(s)
voice deletion
voice profiling
voice recognition.

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Committee Members:

Michael Schmierbach, Major Field Member
Saeed Abdullah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Frank Dardis, Major Field Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stoltzfus, Lars

Title:

Ex-Plain Queerness: Mediated Being And Becoming Among Gender And Sexually Diverse Amish, German Baptist Brethren, And Mennonites

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

Media Studies
Queer Studies
Transgender Studies
Media and Identity
Amish
Mennonite
Hutterite
Plain People

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Committee Members:

Hil Malatino, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Matthew Jordan, Major Field Member
Matthew Mcallister, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Parsons, Major Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Di Russo, Carlina

Title:

The Cognitive Processing of Social Media Ads Containing Etiological Frames of Chronic Pain

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

information processing
health communication
social media
advertising

File:

Download Carlina_Dissertation_Final_for_University3.pdf

Committee Members:

Jessica Gall Myrick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Gall Myrick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Denise Sevick Bortree, Outside Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xie, Lola

Title:

Digital Media as a Self-management Tool for Young Women at Risk of Eating Disorders: A Dissertation on Patient Narratives of Eating Disorder on Social Media

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

Social Media
Self-management
Health management
Patient Narratives
Narrative Persuasion
Eating Disorders

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Committee Members:

Juliet Pinto, Major Field Member
Suhang Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bu Zhong, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Jin

Title:

Exemplifying Risks in Health News: The Interplay of Social Identity and Objective Risk

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

emotions
identification
stereotype content model
risk perception
mental health
exemplars

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Shannon Cruz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christofer Skurka, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Major Field Member

Author:

Buckley, Christen

Title:

Corporate Conscience: Applying Ethics of Care Informed Crisis Responses to Corporate Social Advocacy Backlash

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

corporate social advocacy
ethics of care
situational crisis communication theory
crisis response type
corporate reputation
public interest communications
boycott
backlash
activism intentions

File:

Download Dissertation_Buckley_Upload_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Holly Overton, Major Field Member
Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Major Field Member
Patrick Plaisance, Outside Unit & Field Member
Denise Bortree, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Tan, Ryan

Title:

Manipulating Game Design Elements To Explore The Influence Of Difficulty On Videogame Experiences

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

videogame
difficulty
dynamic difficulty adjustment
flow
enjoyment
meaningfulness
feedback
game design

File:

Download RyDiss_Draft__Revised_for_Final_submission__-_VitaEdits.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Schmierbach, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Oliver, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Major Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Yubo Kou, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Sun, Yuan

Title:

Effects of AI Attributes and Explanation Affordance on User Trust in AI Systems

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence
Explanation Affordance
User Agency
Message Interactivity
Trust

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
James Dillard, Outside Unit & Field Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Eng, Nicholas

Title:

Testing the Effectiveness of Emotional Appeals on Self- and Others-Focused Mental Health Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

mental health
mental illness
depression
emotions
appraisal theories of emotion
compassion
hope
humor
emotional appeal
experiment
quantitative
persuasion
strategic communication
cognitive elaboration
health communication

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Christofer Skurka, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Denise Bortree, Outside Unit & Field Member