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Author:

Boydstun, Amber Ellen

Title:

How Policy Issues Become Front-Page News

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

media
attention
agenda-setting
framing
issue-definition
New York Times

File:

Download Boydstun_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank R Baumgartner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marie Hojnacki, Committee Member
Eric Plutzer, Committee Member
John David Mccarthy, Committee Member

Author:

Limperos, Anthony Michael

Title:

ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF MEDIATED EXERCISE COMPANIONS IN MOTIVATING FUTURE EXERCISE INTENTIONS: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TRADITIONAL AND ADVANCED FORMS OF EXERCISE MEDIA

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

media
new communication technology
exercise
motivation
enjoyment

File:

Download Limperos_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Oliver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Jeremy Paul

Title:

One Way Street: A Case Study of The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News coverage concerning the 2009 Septa Strike

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

organized labor
media
communications

File:

Download One_Way_Street_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ronald V Bettig, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tate, Marsha Ann

Title:

Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.: The Emergence of a Canadian Contender in the International Media Milieu

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Alliance Atlantis Communications
Canada
Toronto Ontario
Canadian cultural industries
media
television
Atlantis Films
globalization
media industries

File:

Download Tate_Marsha_Ann_PhdThesis_2007_May.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Jorge R Schement, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Patrick Robert Parsons, 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:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Baxter, Patrick David

Title:

A comparative study of the U.S. and Korean film industries: history, structure, and finance

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

history
film history
economics
finance
structure
arts
culture
political economy
industrial organization
South Korea
Korean film industry
Korea
Hollywood
movies
movie
films
film indutry
studio
studios
distribution
funding
independent film
independent
film company
digital
multi media
media
long tail

File:

Download PBaxter_Thesis_Final110308.pdf

Committee Members:

Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lizardi, Ryan

Title:

The Zombie Media Monster and its Evolution as a Sign and Historical Allegory

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Zombie
sign
allegory
media

File:

Download Lizardi_-_Zombie_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Frank Jordan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Frank Jordan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stahl, Roger John

Title:

War Games: Citizenship and Play in Post-industrial Militarism

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

media
militarism
war
terrorism
video games
sports
recruitment

File:

Download War_Games.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Edward Scott, Committee Member
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member

Author:

Leicht, Rob Michael

Title:

A FRAMEWORK FOR PLANNING EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION USING INTERACTIVE WORKSPACES

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

involve
virtual prototype
interactive workspace
communication
media

File:

Download Leicht_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Messner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David R Riley Ii, Committee Member
John Messner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael J Horman, Committee Member
Ute Poerschke, Committee Member

Author:

Burton, Sarah J

Title:

“MORE THAN ENTERTAINMENT”: THE ROLE OF SATIRICAL NEWS IN DISSENT, DELIBERATION, AND DEMOCRACY

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

discussion
debate
deliberative democracy
mediaocracy
infotainment
role
criticism
dissent
First Amendment
history
legal research
ethnography
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
fake news
satirical news
deliberation
entertainment
politics
media
intentions
comedy
comedians
satire

File:

Download Burton-GraduateThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin Halstuk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin Halstuk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Frank Jordan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Dwayne Richards, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brown, Elise Eleanor

Title:

The Framing of Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling Issues in Pennsylvania Newspapers

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Marcellus Shale
newspaper
media
frame
agenda setting

File:

Download 1-EliseBrown.Marcellus_Shale_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John Ewing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sullivan, Samuel Michael

Title:

An assessment of variable newspaper characteristics on the coverage of Move-on anti Iraq war vigils in 2005: The relative impacts of Iraq war issue attention, location type, newshole size, and proximity to a protest

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

sociology
media
social movement
issue attention
location
distance
newshole
Iraq
Move On
bias
selection bias

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Sullivan.pdf

Committee Members:

John David Mccarthy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Ann Banaszak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Kent Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Iceland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Robbins, Heather

Title:

Analyzing Effective Predictors of Scientists' Continued Public Science Communication Media Engagement

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

public communication
university faculty researchers
media
media engagement
science communication
theory of planned behavior
dialogic communication
two-way communication
public outreach
faculty promotion
professional benefits
media writing
science media writing
public relations
predictors of communication
tenure

File:

Download Heather_Robbins_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Sevick Bortree, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee A Ahern, Committee Member
Stephanie Madden, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Neumann, Markus

Title:

Nonverbal Political Communication in the U.S.

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

phonetics
natural language processing
computer vision
survey experiment
political communication
political representation
media
campaigns and elections
nonverbal communication

File:

Download MarkusNeumann-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael J Nelson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Burt Monroe, III, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael J Nelson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bruce A Desmarais, Jr., Committee Member
Rebecca Jane Passonneau, Outside Member
Glenn Hunter Palmer, Program Head/Chair
Burt Monroe, III, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kim, Bora

Title:

Antecedents and Consequences of CEO Celebrity in the Restaurant Industry

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management

Keywords:

CEO
Celebrity
Restaurant
risk-taking
performance
media
social evaluation
social acclaim

File:

Download Dissertation_Bora_final_for_subimssion_revised_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Seoki Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seoki Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anna S Mattila, Committee Member
Phillip Michael Jolly, Committee Member
Donald C Hambrick, Outside Member
Anna S Mattila, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Erlichman, Sara

Title:

Role Models: Conceptualization and Scale Development

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

role models
character attachment
scale development
media

File:

Download MRM.Final.Final.Dissertation.Edits.2022.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Cikovic, Matthew

Title:

"I think it's a way of just making us feel like a part of the thing that we love" The evolving relationship between fan filmmakers and media owners

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

fandom
fanfilms
fan films
fan filmmaking
Henry Jenkins
media studies
media culture
media
film

File:

Download Dissertation_Cikovic_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Matt McAllister, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Major Field Member
Ekaterina Haskins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephanie Madden, Major Field Member

Author:

Herrera Díaz, Gustavo

Title:

Cuando Eshú y Dioniso se encuentran. Mediaciones afrogriegas en Cuba y Brasil

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Afro-Greek
Cuba
Brazil
media
santería
palo monte
espiritismo
candomblé
theater
possession
Afro-Atlantic
Dionysus
Orpheus
Medea
race
gender
ritual
transculturation
intersections
Classics
performance
cinema
technology
classical reception
Cuban theater
Brazilian theater

File:

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Committee Members:

Krista Brune, Major Field Member
Sarah Townsend, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Major Field Member
Paola Migliaccio-Dussias, Program Head/Chair
Magali Armillas-Tiseyra, Outside Field Member
Cheryl Sterling, Outside Unit Member
Lillian Manzor, Special Member

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

Keywords:

journalism history
women's labor
media
mass communications
feminist history

File:

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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

Author:

Liu, Shan-Jan Sarah

Title:

Gendering the Huddled Masses: Media Framing of Immigration and its Impact on Public Opinion

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

gender
immigration
citizenship
media
comparative politics

File:

Download Liu_ShanJan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Ann Banaszak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Ann Banaszak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donna Bahry, Committee Member
Vineeta Yadav, Committee Member
Lise Nelson, Outside Member