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Author:

Drivas, Magdalayna

Title:

Make me pretty: The role of customization in the effects of attractive avatar use on self-image

Graduate Program:

Media Studies (MA)

Keywords:

video games
avatars
Proteus effect
social comparison theory
customization
body image

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cohen, Olivia

Title:

Disentangling News Story Effects on Public Opinion

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

news framing
public opinion
health communication
opioid use disorder

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Committee Members:

Michael Schmierbach, Major Field Member
Fuyuan Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xu, Qing

Title:

Game streaming as pandemic relief: how might gratifications of viewing gameplay combat mental stress

Graduate Program:

Media Studies (MA)

Keywords:

Game streaming
COVID-19
Stress
Twitch
YouTube gaming
Uses and gratification
Recovery

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Christofer J Skurka, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Cheng

Title:

Communicating Racial Bias in AI Algorithms: Effects of Training Data Diversity and User Feedback on AI Trust

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

algorithmic bias
empirical studies in HCI
training data diversity
AI trust
user feedback
The HAII-TIME model

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Committee Members:

Michael Schmierbach, Major Field Member
Saeed Abdullah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kim, Nahyun

Title:

Corporate Social Advocacy, Corporate Misconduct, and Perceived Corporate Hypocrisy

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

Perceived Corporate Hypocrisy
Corporate Social Advocacy
Corporate Misconduct

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Committee Members:

Michael Schmierbach, Major Field Member
Fuyuan Shen, Major Field Member
Lijiang Shen, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Denise Bortree, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Walter, Ashley

Title:

"We didn't do it, and we won't do it again": Class-action sex discrimination lawsuits at news organizations in the 1970s

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

journalism history
women's labor
media
mass communications
feminist history

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Committee Members:

Katherine Maich, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Russell Frank, Major Field Member
James Risley, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephanie Madden, Major Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair