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Author:

Stewart, Sabrina Dahlia

Title:

The (Un)Real Housewives Of Atlanta: A Post-Feminist, Post-Racial Textual Analysis Of Reality TV's Favorite Housewives

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Post-Feminism
Post-Racism
RHOA
Housewives
Stereotypes
Reality TV
Atlanta
Textual Analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew McAllister, Committee Member
Marie Hardin, Committee Member

Author:

Wei, Lewen

Title:

Exploring the Effects of Interactive Narratives in Promoting Health Behaviors

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Identification
Embodiment
Parasocial interaction
Narrative perspective
Transportation
Empathy
Health communication
Interactive narratives

File:

Download Lewen_Wei_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member

Author:

Sun, Tongxin

Title:

A TALE OF FOUR CITIES – A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF AIR POLLUTION

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

air pollution
agenda setting theory
air quality indicators
LIWC
computerized content analysis

File:

Download thesis_TongxinSun_College_of_Communications_2017Fall.pdf

Committee Members:

Bu Zhong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gessner, Julia Nicole

Title:

Depression in the Workplace: An Examination of Exemplar Messages for Internal Communications

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

social cognitive theory
exemplification theory
employee-employer relationship
organizational public relationship
two-way symmetrical communication

File:

Download Gessner_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Bortree, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Committee Member
Frank Dardis, Committee Member

Author:

Chai, Yiting

Title:

REVISITING THE POWER OF POSITIVE EMOTIONS: THE EFFECTS OF AWE ON INFORMATION PROCESSING AND INFORMATION RECALL

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Awe
Happiness
Emotion and Cognition
Elaboration Likelihood Model
Information Processing
Information Recall
Discrete Emotion

File:

Download Yiting_Chai_-_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Jessica Gall Myrick, Committee Member

Author:

Then, Weng Ee

Title:

DISCLOSURE PRACTICES IN SPONSORED CONTENT ON YOUTUBE

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

sponsored content
youtube
disclosure

File:

Download master_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Sevick Bortree, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francis Erin Dardis, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member

Author:

Buckley, Christen

Title:

PHOTOGRAPHY USE IN NONPROFIT COMMUNICATION: CONSIDERING EMOTIONAL CHARGE IN RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF STAKEHOLDER-NONPROFIT RELATIONSHIPS

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

relationship management theory
photography
emotion
nonprofit
exploitation
visual communication theory
online communication

File:

Download Thesis_Buckley_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Sevick Bortree, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Lee Plaisance, Committee Member
Stephanie Madden, 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