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Author:

Wei, Lewen

Title:

Effects of Affective and Cognitive Processing of Exemplar on Initial Attitude Formation and Attitude Stability over Time

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

Exemplification
Cognitive processing
Memory
Emotion
Persuasion

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Committee Members:

Timothy Brick, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Michael Schmierbach, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Fuyuan Shen, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

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:

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:

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

Author:

Yang, Hyun

Title:

AI Anxiety: An Explication and Exploration of Its Effect on State Anxiety When Interacting with AI Doctors

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

AI Anxiety
State Anxiety
Explainable AI
AI in Healthcare

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Committee Members:

Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Major Field Member

Author:

Shao, Ruosi

Title:

Bridging the Paradigm Gap Between CASA and Uncanny Valley: Proposing A Motivated Cognition Approach for Human-Agent Social

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

human-computer interaction
mental health
social support
empathy
health intervention

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Committee Members:

Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Andrew High, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Schmierbach, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member

Author:

Reed, Olivia

Title:

A Self-Determination Theory Approach to Social Media Influencer Well-Being

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

social media influencers
self-determination theory
well-being
content creators
influencer motivations
content creator motivations
social media influencer well-being

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Heather Shoenberger, Major Field Member
Mary Oliver, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
Andrew High, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Peng, Xiaoyue

Title:

Is Faking It the New Making It? Virtual Influencer in Mental Health Campaign

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

Virtual Influencer
Mental Health Campaign
Anthropomorphism
Narrative

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
Burt Monroe, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Heather Shoenberger, Major Field Member