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. THE EFFECT OF RACIAL IDENTIFICATION AND MASCULINITY ON EVALUATIONS OF ADVERTISING MODELS Open Access Author: Johnson, Curtis J.T. Title: THE EFFECT OF RACIAL IDENTIFICATION AND MASCULINITY ON EVALUATIONS OF ADVERTISING MODELS Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: attitude toward the modelatttitude toward the adracial identificationracial identitymasculinityadvertisingperceived masculinityself-identificationself-image congruitypurchase intention File: Download Curtis_Johnson_Thesis_December_2008.pdf Committee Members: Francis Erin Dardis, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorFrancis Erin Dardis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. Evaluation of FOSS Video Games in Comparison to their Commercial Counterparts Open Access Author: Clark, Jesse Andrew Title: Evaluation of FOSS Video Games in Comparison to their Commercial Counterparts Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: CopyrightsFOSSVideo GamesCopyleft File: Download Thesis_Final.pdf Committee Members: Matthew Jackson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. Effects of visual images in health message framing Open Access Author: Seo, Ki Won Title: Effects of visual images in health message framing Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: health communicationvisual imagesmessage framingfearpersuasion. File: Download KiWonSeoThesis.pdf Committee Members: Fuyuan Shen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor