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Author:

Chadwick, Amy Elaine

Title:

PERSUASIVE HOPE THEORY AND HOPE APPEALS IN MESSAGES ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND SEASONAL INFLUENZA PREVENTION

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

theory development
affect
hope
flu
seasonal influenza
global warming
climate change
message development
environmental communication
health communication
social influence
message design
persuasion
emotion
persuasive hope theory
focus groups
online survey
college students

File:

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Committee Members:

Roxanne Louise Parrott, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
James Hogan, Committee Member
Brenton Yarnal, Committee Member

Author:

Volkman, Julie Elizabeth

Title:

DISENTANGLING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NARRATIVES COMPRISING EVIDENCE: OUTCOMES OF OSTEOPOROSIS NARRATIVE EVIDENCE FOR YOUNG WOMEN

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

emotion
health communication
narrative evidence
processing
osteoporosis

File:

Download Volkman_Dissertation_7.17.09_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Roxanne Louise Parrott, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member
Sharon Nickols Richardson, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Ji Young

Title:

TO TWEET OR TO RETWEET? THAT IS THE QUESTION FOR DOCTORS ON MICROBLOGS

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

bandwagon
authority
health communication
Twitter
source proximity

File:

Download Ji_Young_Lee_Final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

S Shyam, Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chong, Jing

Title:

HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE CAN THEY GAIN? WOMEN’S INFORMATION BEHAVIOR ON GOVERNMENT HEALTH WEBSITES IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV/AIDS PREVENTION

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

eHealth
information behavior
gender studies
health communication
health education
HIV/AIDS

File:

Download Jing_Chong_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynette Kvasny, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lynette Kvasny, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Member
Madhu Reddy, Committee Member
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member

Author:

Seo, Ki Won

Title:

Effects of visual images in health message framing

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

health communication
visual images
message framing
fear
persuasion.

File:

Download KiWonSeoThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kim, Youjeong

Title:

CAN YOUR AVATAR IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH? THE IMPACT OF AVATAR CUSTOMIZATION

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

health communication
customization
virtual identity
Avatar
self-preservation

File:

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Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member

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:

Swayne, Matthew

Title:

Clear, Compelling, and Convincing Science Communication: Designing an Online Science Communication Learning Module for STEM Graduate Students

Graduate Program:

Communications

Keywords:

science communication
health communication
risk communication
science communication training

File:

Download SwayneMastersThesisScienceCommunication11-9CORRECT.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee A Ahern, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Gall Myrick, Committee Member
Juliet Pinto, Committee Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Di Russo, Carlina

Title:

The Cognitive Processing of Social Media Ads Containing Etiological Frames of Chronic Pain

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

information processing
health communication
social media
advertising

File:

Download Carlina_Dissertation_Final_for_University3.pdf

Committee Members:

Jessica Gall Myrick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Gall Myrick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Denise Sevick Bortree, Outside Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Eng, Nicholas

Title:

Testing the Effectiveness of Emotional Appeals on Self- and Others-Focused Mental Health Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

mental health
mental illness
depression
emotions
appraisal theories of emotion
compassion
hope
humor
emotional appeal
experiment
quantitative
persuasion
strategic communication
cognitive elaboration
health communication

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Christofer Skurka, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Denise Bortree, Outside Unit & Field Member