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Author:

Sims, Ashley

Title:

Fetishizing Blackness: The Relationship Between Consumer Culture and Black Identity as Portrayed on BET

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

consumer culture
Black identity
commodity fetishism
BET
television

File:

Download Fetishizing_Blackness_final_thesis_for_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Mc Allister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

DeIuliis, Daniel Thomas

Title:

World Cup or World War? War Metaphors in Newspaper Coverage of the 2010 World Cup

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

The London Times
World Cup
military
The New York Times
The Sunday Times
war

File:

Download Daniel_DeIuliis_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Marie Hardin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marie Hardin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ford Risley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Roman, Zachary

Title:

The Brand and the Bold: Cartoon Network's Batman: The Brave and The Bold as Comics-Licensed Children's Television.

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Batman
synergy
children's television
Warner Brothers

File:

Download Thesis-Deposit_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Paul Mcallister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Mc Allister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wheeler, Sika Adzo

Title:

Black Girls Rock! and the Politics of Empowerment

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

black girls
empowerment
youth
girlhood
black feminism
black entertainment television
television
race
gender
celebrity
misogynoir
black girls rock

File:

Download Wheeler_2016_Black_Girls_Rock_and_the_Politics_of_Empowerment__Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Paul Mcallister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Lyn Rodino, Committee Member
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Member

Author:

Krieger, Michael

Title:

Storytelling on Social Media: The Changing Face of Narrative on Snapchat and Instagram

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Social Media
Storytelling
Communication Technology

File:

Download MKThesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Frank Jordan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Member
Alexander Leor Fattal, Committee Member

Author:

Robbins, Heather

Title:

Analyzing Effective Predictors of Scientists' Continued Public Science Communication Media Engagement

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

public communication
university faculty researchers
media
media engagement
science communication
theory of planned behavior
dialogic communication
two-way communication
public outreach
faculty promotion
professional benefits
media writing
science media writing
public relations
predictors of communication
tenure

File:

Download Heather_Robbins_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Sevick Bortree, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee A Ahern, Committee Member
Stephanie Madden, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gonzalez Morales, Adilson

Title:

A Little Bird Told Everyone But Me: Establishing Public Forums in the Twittersphere

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Twitter
Public Forums
Immemoriality
Intersectionality
Citizenship
Trump
First Amendment
Freedom of Speech
Social Media

File:

Download Gonzalez_Morales__Adilson_-_Masters_Thesis_-_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Jackson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rob Frieden, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Andersen, Karlin

Title:

Evangelical Erasure?: Digital Communications Technology and the Memory of Rachel Held Evans

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Rachel Held Evans
evangelical Christianity
digital religion
public memory
digital memory
digital communications technology
evangelical media

File:

Download Andersen_MA_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ford Risley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member
Matthew Frank Jordan, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Reed, Olivia

Title:

Fitness Transformation Videos on Instagram and their Effects on Body Image

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Instagram
Body image
Body appreciation
Idealized body
Fitspiration
Self-compassion
Social media
Positive body image
body malleability

File:

Download O.Reed_Thesis_Submit.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Oliver, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Gall Myrick, Committee Member
Heather Shoenberger, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Program Head/Chair