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Author:

Blank, Trevor J.

Title:

Posthum(or)ous: The Folk Response to Mass-Mediated Disasters in the Digital Age

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Digital Age
computers
Internet
humor
death
disaster
mass media
folklore

File:

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Committee Members:

Simon Josef Bronner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon Josef Bronner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Lee Barton, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Girish Subramanian, Committee Member

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

Author:

Hedgecoth, Nikki

Title:

CULTURAL APPROPRIATION IN DIGITAL SPACES: REACTIONS AND CONSEQUENCES

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Cultural Appropriation
Humor
Stereotyping
Colorblind Racial Ideology
Intersectionality
cultural appropriation
humor
stereotyping
colorblind racial ideology
intersectionality

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Ray Block, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Gasper, Major Field Member
Reg Adams, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jes Matsick, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alicia Grandey, Major Field Member