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Author:: Proffitt, Jennifer M.
Title:: Structural Regulation, Concentration, and Democratization: A Political Economic Analysis of the National Television Station Ownership Rule
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: structural regulation
media concentration
political economy of communications
File:: Download proffitt_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Ronald V Bettig, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Jackson, Committee Member
Clay Calvert, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member

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Author:: Kittler, Juraj
Title:: Historical Metamorphosis of the Athenian Agora: Changing Communication Technologies and the Enduring Quest for an Ideal Public Sphere
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: London
Venice
public sphere
historical evolution
communication technologies
urban historical geography
comparative study
Agora
Athens
Philadelphia
File:: Download Juraj_Kittler_-_Thesis_-_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:: Ronald V Bettig, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ronald V Bettig, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge R Schement, Committee Member
Amit Schejter, Committee Member
Deryck William Holdsworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Hwang, Joonho
Title:: DECONSTRUCTING THE DISCOURSE OF THE GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE AGE OF NEO-LIBERAL GLOBAL ECONOMY
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: the global digital divide
neo-liberalism
global economy
discourse
technology
development
File:: Download Dissertation-Joonho_Hwang.pdf
Committee Members:: Jorge Reina Schement, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, 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:: Hettinga, Kirstie Elizabeth
Title:: CULTIVATING ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE USE OF CORRECTIONS IN ONLINE NEWSPAPERS
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: corrections
accuracy
Newspapers
standards
File:: Download Hettinga_DISS_FINAL_11-17.pdf
Committee Members:: Marie Hardin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marie Hardin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ford Risley, Committee Member
Russell Frank, Committee Member
Kurt David Johnson, Committee Member

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Author:: LeGore, Kimberly Garris
Title:: Opted Out: A study of men and women who have left television news careers
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: gender studies
work-life
socialist feminism
women in TV
organizational theory
TV news
ideal worker
File:: Download garris_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Anne M Hoag, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne M Hoag, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marie Hardin, Committee Member
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member
Robert Drago, Committee Member

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Author:: Pierre, Keston Harris
Title:: TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN: HOW HAS CHANGE BROUGHT THE WEST INDIES INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: Regulators
Universal Service
Caribbean
Telecommunications
Wireless
File:: Download Pierre_Dissertation_Nov_30.pdf
Committee Members:: Jorge Schement, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
Gary Scott Cross, Committee Member

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Author:: Poniatowski, Kelly L.
Title:: NBC’S PORTRAYAL OF U.S. AND CANADIAN HOCKEY PLAYERS ON THE OLYMPIC STAGE: A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF GENDER, RACE, AND NATIONALITY ISSUES IN THE COMMENTARY
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: Olympics
race
nationality
sexual difference
hegemonic masculinity
hockey
File:: Download Microsoft_Word_-_Kelly_Poniatowski-Final_Thesis-_July_10_2008.pdf
Committee Members:: Marie Hardin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Spicer Nichols, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Colleen Connolly Ahern, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member

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Author:: Churcher, Kalen Mary Ann
Title:: SELF-GOVERNANCE, NORMALCY AND CONTROL: INMATE-PRODUCED MEDIA AT THE LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY AT ANGOLA
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: inmate control
self-governance
governmentality
Foucault
inmate-produced media
Angola
Louisiana State Penitentiary
File:: Download Copy_of_Final_revised_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Jeremy S Packer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ford Risley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Elavsky, Committee Member
Russell Frank, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member

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Author:: Kuehn, Kathleen Mary
Title:: PROSUMER-CITIZENSHIP AND THE LOCAL: A CRITICAL CASE STUDY OF CONSUMER REVIEWING ON YELP.COM
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: new media
web cultures
prosumer theory
prosumer citizenship
consumer reviewing
user generated content
prosumption
consumer citizenship
citizen-consumer
consumer-citizen
the politics of consumption
Yelp
social network
social media
consumer generated content
participatory consumption
Internet
localism
hyperlocal media
Web 2.0
local 2.0
local listing sites
File:: Download Kuehn_Dissertation_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Patrick Robert Parsons, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Elavsky, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member

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