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Author:

Kaszuba, David

Title:

THEY ARE WOMEN, HEAR THEM ROAR: FEMALE SPORTSWRITERS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

women sportswriters
female sportswriters
women and sports journalism
women and sports media

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ford Risley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member
Russell Frank, Committee Member
Adam W Rome, Committee Member

Author:

Genovese, Jason

Title:

The Challenges of Sports Television Reporting in the Contemporary Sports-Media Complex

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Sports-Media Complex
Sports Television
Journalism
Reporter-Source Relationship
Social Identity

File:

Download FINAL_DISSERTATION_-_GENOVESE.pdf

Committee Members:

Marie Hardin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Dyreson, Committee Member
James Ford Risley, Committee Member
Marie Hardin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Frank, Committee Member

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

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

Author:

Seamon, Marc

Title:

MEDIA AND CLAIMSMAKER FRAMING OF CONTROVERSIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: A FRAME MAPPING ANALYSIS OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

media
newspaper
framing
frame analysis
environmental

File:

Download seamon.pdf

Committee Members:

Shyam Sundar Sethuraman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Cohen, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Committee Member
James Ford Risley, Committee Member

Author:

Frederick II, Nathaniel

Title:

PRAISE GOD AND DO SOMETHING: THE ROLE OF BLACK AMERICAN GOSPEL ARTISTS AS SOCIAL ACTIVISTS, 1945-1960

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Black church
gospel music
African American history
civil right movement
radio
media history

File:

Download PDF_Final_Dissertation_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ford Risley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Ford Risley And Dr Matthew Jordan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Frank Jordan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Michael Elavsky, Committee Member
Deborah Frances Atwater, Committee Member
Joseph Jerome Zolten, Committee Member

Author:

Farabaugh, Patrick Gordon

Title:

Carl McIntire and his Crusade Against the Fairness Doctrine

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Fairness Doctrine
Carl McIntire
WXUR
freedom of speech
freedom of the press
First Amendment
Federal Communications Commission
talk radio
telecommunications policy

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell Frank, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Frank, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ford Risley, Committee Member
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member
Errol Anthony Henderson, Committee Member

Author:

Tang, Yong

Title:

Chinese Freedom of Information: An Evaluation of the Legislative History, Rationales, Significance and Efficacy of Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Open Government Information

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

OGI Regulations
China
Government Transparency
Freedom of Information
Secrecy and Transparency

File:

Download Penn_State_Dissertation_Final_Third_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin Halstuk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin Halstuk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ford Risley, Committee Member
Gretchen G Casper, Committee Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Committee Member
Marie Hardin, Special Member

Author:

Kaszuba, Beth Fantaskey

Title:

"mob Sisters": Women Reporting on Crime in Prohibition-era Chicago

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

mob sister
sob sister
Chicago Tribune
crime
journalism

File:

Download mobsistersdissertationfinalconversion.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ford Risley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ford Risley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Marie Major, Committee Member
Russell Frank, Committee Member
Marie Hardin, Committee Member

Author:

Mislan, Cristina

Title:

Transnationalism, Race and Revolution: The Case of Cuba's Radio Free Dixie

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Cuba
Radio
Race
Transnationalism U.S.-Cuba Relations
Civil Rights Movement
Black Power Movement

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles Elavsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Elavsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ford Risley, Committee Member
John Spicer Nichols, Committee Member
Solsi Del Moral, Special Member

Author:

Blevins, Kathryn Michelle

Title:

The Failure of the Freedom of Information Act: Addressing the Need for Statutory Change

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
FOI
freedom of information
right to know
FOIA exemption
government transparency
records

File:

Download Blevins_Final_Dissertation_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin Halstuk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Philip Christman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Jackson, Committee Member
James Ford Risley, Committee Member

Author:

Appelman, Alyssa Jill

Title:

No points for style? Analysis of the psychological effects of journalistic writing conventions

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Journalism studies
Media effects
Cognitive processing
Experimental analysis

File:

Download Appelman_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Grant Schmierbach, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
James Dillard, Committee Member
James Ford Risley, Committee Member

Author:

Antunovic, Dunja

Title:

"unsung Athletes": Covering Women's Sports for Chicago Newspapers, 1970s-1980s

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

journalism
women's sport
history
oral history

File:

Download Antunovic_Dissertation_FINAL_REVISED.pdf

Committee Members:

Marie Hardin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ford Risley, Committee Member
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member
Jessica Lynn Schultz, Special Member

Author:

Bien-Aime, Steve Lori

Title:

REPRESENTATION MATTERS: A LONGITUDINAL LOOK AT GENDER DEPICTIONS IN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STYLEBOOK

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Gender
journalism
editing
critical discourse analysis
stylebook
Associated Press

File:

Download Bien-Aime_diss_7.3-done.pdf

Committee Members:

Marie Hardin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marie Hardin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ford Risley, Committee Member
Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Committee Member
Kevin J Hagopian, Outside Member

Author:

Clark, Jesse Andrew

Title:

EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF ONLINE ACTIVISM IN RELATION TO THE ISSUES OF PRICACY AND TRANSPARENCY, NETWORK NEUTRALITY, AND COPYRIGHTS

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Activism
Internet
Political Economy
Privacy
Transparancy
Network Neutrality
Copyrights

File:

Download complete_dissertation_manuscript_mk2.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Paul Mcallister, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ford Risley, Committee Member
Matthew Jackson, Committee Member
Robert Milner Frieden, Outside Member

Author:

Aupperle, Anna Grace

Title:

Teen Queens and Adrenaline Dreams: A History of The CW Television Network

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

television history
The CW Television Network

File:

Download Aupperle_Dissertation_w_Formatting_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Paul Mcallister, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member
James Ford Risley, Committee Member
Gary Cross, Outside Member

Author:

Conlin, Jeff Dean

Title:

Pig Tales: Strategic Use of Discrete Emotions, Characters and Advocacy Frames in Narrative Persuasion

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

narrative persuasion
discrete emotions
feral pigs
science communication

File:

Download Conlin_Dissertation_FINAL_070620.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee A Ahern, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Gall Myrick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Member
Christofer J Skurka, Outside Member
James Dillard, Committee Member
Lee A Ahern, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ford Risley, Program Head/Chair