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Author:

Bedor, Emma Celeste

Title:

Hating the Crime, Forgiving the Criminal: October Baby, Christian Post-Feminism, and the Co-Optation of 'Choice'

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Abortion
Film
Christianity
Post-Feminism
October Baby
The Silent Scream
Thematic Analysis
Paratexts
Christian Right

File:

Download EmmaBedorThesis_April29.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Rodino Colocino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bednarz, Catherine Marie

Title:

The Midnight Movie Event in the Digital Blockbuster Era

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

midnight movies
digital cinema
movie premiere
blockbuster
paratexts
cult cinema
theater segregation
drive-in

File:

Download Buckley_Final_Thesis_.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin J Hagopian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sequeira, Vanessa

Title:

A dedramatized Minor Cinema: regional perspectives by Central American women

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Cinema
Minor Cinema
Central America
Feminist Film Theory

File:

Download Vanessa_Sequeira_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin J Hagopian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Frank Jordan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marie Hardin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Ruobing

Title:

Effects of video and print narratives on communicating health risks: An experiment

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

narrative
exemplar
health communication
modality

File:

Download Li_MA_Thesis__to_be_submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ramesar, Jason

Title:

Media Framing of The Double-murder Suicide of World Wrestling Entertainment Star Chris Benoit

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

WWE
Media
Journalists
Benoit
Framing
Domestic Violence
Concussions
steroids
PEDs
Professional Wrestling

File:

Download JRamesarThesis-FINAL-4-7-2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Marie Hardin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Alwine, Lauren R

Title:

Comparing Female Athletes and Models in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues from 1997-2013

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

female athletes
models
sexual objectification
sports illustrated
swimsuit issue

File:

Download Lauren_Alwines_MA_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michel M Haigh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Harrison, Virginia Susan

Title:

Applying Stewardship Theory to Higher Education Donors

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

stewardship
fundraising
higher education
relationship management theory
involvement
fundraising

File:

Download FinalReport.March2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Sevick Bortree, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brown, Brittany Nicole

Title:

More Than Just Hair Talk: The Kinks, Curls AND Dueling Feminisms in YouTube’s Natural Hair Community

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

natural hair
YouTube
Black hair
Black feminism
postfeminism
natural hair community
YouTube community

File:

Download Brittany_Brown_Thesis_FINAL_April_8.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Rodino Colocino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tindall, Cari A

Title:

“ Pricking the Conscience of the Nation ”: An In-depth Analysis of Media Coverage of the 1961 Friendship Nine Movement and Jail, No Bail Strategy

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Civil Rights Movement
African Americans
Media Coverage
Friendship Nine
South Carolina
Sit-Ins
Student Protests

File:

Download Tindall_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ford Risley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Davis, Stefanie Elizabeth

Title:

Pretty and Plastic: The Real Life Pressures to be News Anchor Barbie

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

female broadcasters
gender inequality
credibility
appearance
feminism
power

File:

Download StefDavisFinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Colleen Connolly Ahern, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor