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Author:

Obar, Jonathan Alan

Title:

DEMOCRACY OR TECHNOCRACY? AN ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC AND EXPERT PARTICIPATION IN FCC POLICYMAKING

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Technocracy
Democracy
Public Involvement
Media ownership
FCC
policy
Civic Engagement

File:

Download Obar_Dissertation_Nov_30.pdf

Committee Members:

Amit Schejter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amit Schejter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Elavsky, Committee Member
Jeremy Engels, Committee Member
Phil Napoli, Committee Member

Author:

Bae, Keunmin

Title:

Processes and Effects of Mobile Phone-mediated Social Interactions: Motives, Use Patterns, and Social Capital Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Mobile Phone
Social Capital
Uses and Gratifications Theory
Self-Disclosure
Psychological Wellness
Civic Engagement

File:

Download Keunmin_Bae_Dissertation_FinalFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Karl Davis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

Author:

Butterbaugh, Kaitlyn R

Title:

Factors Shaping Youth Civic Engagement Of Rural Ireland and Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Civic Engagement
Community
Social Supports
obstacles
Social Networks

File:

Download KButterbaugh.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark A Brennan Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Ewing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof Pat Dolan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sun, Feng

Title:

Supporting Information Seeking and Sensemaking in Issue-Based Knowledge Crystallization

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Information Seeking
Topic Modeling
Civic Engagement
Design-based Research
Information Visualization
Text Analysis
Human Computer Interaction

File:

Download fengs-final-dissertation__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Guoray Cai, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guoray Cai, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Xiaolong (Luke) Zhang, Committee Member
Alan M. MacEachren, Outside Member