1. Fetishizing Blackness: The Relationship Between Consumer Culture and Black Identity as Portrayed on BET Open Access Author: Sims, Ashley Title: Fetishizing Blackness: The Relationship Between Consumer Culture and Black Identity as Portrayed on BET Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: consumer cultureBlack identitycommodity fetishismBETtelevision File: Download Fetishizing_Blackness_final_thesis_for_submission.pdf Committee Members: Matthew Mc Allister, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMatthew Paul Mcallister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Country Music is Cool: Advertising, Symbolic Excludivores and Musical Omnivores. Open Access Author: Behnken, Dawn Ziegerer Title: Country Music is Cool: Advertising, Symbolic Excludivores and Musical Omnivores. Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: countrymusicadvertisingcoolcoolnessomnivorousnesstelevisiongenreindiehip hoptrendyfriendlycountry music File: Download Dawn_Ziegerer_Behnken_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Francis Erin Dardis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. Black Girls Rock! and the Politics of Empowerment Open Access Author: Wheeler, Sika Adzo Title: Black Girls Rock! and the Politics of Empowerment Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: black girlsempowermentyouthgirlhoodblack feminismblack entertainment televisiontelevisionracegendercelebritymisogynoirblack girls rock File: Download Wheeler_2016_Black_Girls_Rock_and_the_Politics_of_Empowerment__Final_.pdf Committee Members: Matthew Paul Mcallister, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMichelle Lyn Rodino, Committee MemberDenise Sevick Bortree, Committee Member