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Author:: Downs, Edward Paul
Title:: How can Wii learn from video games? Examining relationships between technological affordances and socio-cognitive determinates on affective and behavioral outcomes.
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: social cognitive theory
learning
video games
golf
File:: Download Downs_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member

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Author:: Yang, Hyeseung
Title:: Do Media Portrayals of Affluence Foster Feelings of Relative Deprivation? Exploring a Path Model of Social Comparison and Materialism on Television Viewers' Life Dissatisfaction
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: television
materialism
social comparison
relative deprivation
media portrayals
life satisfaction
File:: Download Dissertation_-_Hyeseung_Yang.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Mark E Hill, 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:: Galbraith, Joel David
Title:: The Effects of Socially Relevant Representations on Learning, Social Presence and Interaction for Students in Online, Self-Directed Learning Settings
Graduate Program:: Instructional Systems
Keywords:: socially relevant representations
social presence
online learning
author voice
interaction
elearning
File:: Download Galbraith_PhDxx.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Hoadley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara L Grabowski, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Catherine Augustine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Raup-Krieger, Janice L.
Title:: IDENTITY AS A FRAMEWORK FOR METAPHOR USE IN CANCER MESSAGES DESIGNED FOR RURAL, LOW-INCOME, OLDER ADULT WOMEN
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: rural health
metaphor
message design
identity
cancer clinical trials
medically-underserved
File:: Download krieger_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Eugene Joseph Lengerich, Committee Member

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Author:: Kim, Jinhee
Title:: Do we improve, disrupt, or embrace sadness? Exploring sadness-based media choice and its anticipated effects on coping
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: mood management
sadness coping
sadness regulation
media choice
media use
File:: Download Jinhee_Dissertation_Final_Upload.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member

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Author:: Lee, Ji Young
Title:: TO TWEET OR TO RETWEET? THAT IS THE QUESTION FOR DOCTORS ON MICROBLOGS
Graduate Program:: Media Studies
Keywords:: bandwagon
authority
health communication
Twitter
source proximity
File:: Download Ji_Young_Lee_Final_draft.pdf
Committee Members:: S Shyam, Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Krakowiak, K. Maja
Title:: WHEN GOOD CHARACTERS DO BAD THINGS: EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF MORAL AMBIGUITY ON ENJOYMENT
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: morally ambiguous characters
enjoyment
transportation
suspense
perceived realism
need for cognition
ambiguity tolerance
File:: Download Dissertation_with_Vita__Maja_.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Matthew Mc Allister, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Pfaff, Mark Stephen
Title:: Effects of mood and stress on group communication and performance in a simulated task environment
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: computer mediated communication
teams
decision making
stress
emotion
human computer interaction
File:: Download Pfaff_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael David Mcneese, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David J Hall, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member

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Author:: Sanders, Meghan S
Title:: MAKING A GOOD (BAD) IMPRESSION: AN EXAMINATION OF DISPOSITION THEORY’S AND THE CONTINUUM MODEL’S TENETS OF IMPRESSION FORMATION
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: viewer-character relationships
continuum model
disposition theory
impression formation
media entertainment
File:: Download MSSanders.pdf
Committee Members:: Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Gasper, Committee Member

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