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Author:: Hung, Chen-Ling
Title:: The Political Economy of the Digital Divide in Taiwan
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: digital divide
Internet
political economy
Taiwan
File:: Download Thesis-ChenLing_Hung.pdf
Committee Members:: Ronald V Bettig, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Karl Davis, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Chris Benner, Committee Member

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Author:: Espada, Ivonne Melissa
Title:: The Rural User's Experience with Broadband Technology in Six Economic Sectors: A Phenomenological Approach
Graduate Program:: Community and Economic Development
Keywords:: digital divide
rural strategic planning
rural economic development
rural community development
advanced communication technology
information and communication technology
Internet
business-class broadband
net neutrality
telecommunications policy
File:: Download EspadaThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Theodore Roberts Alter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Kuehn, Kathleen Mary
Title:: PROSUMER-CITIZENSHIP AND THE LOCAL: A CRITICAL CASE STUDY OF CONSUMER REVIEWING ON YELP.COM
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: new media
web cultures
prosumer theory
prosumer citizenship
consumer reviewing
user generated content
prosumption
consumer citizenship
citizen-consumer
consumer-citizen
the politics of consumption
Yelp
social network
social media
consumer generated content
participatory consumption
Internet
localism
hyperlocal media
Web 2.0
local 2.0
local listing sites
File:: Download Kuehn_Dissertation_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Patrick Robert Parsons, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Elavsky, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member

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Author:: Kelley, Matthew James
Title:: UTOPIA REDUX: ON THE CONVERGENCE OF COMMUNITY, TECHNOLOGY AND OPEN SOURCE SOCIETY
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: community development
community
urban theory
planning
urban planning
technology
utopian theory
ICT
GIS
asset based development
web 2.0
Internet
File:: Download MKelley_CompleteDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Lakshman S Yapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Benner, Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member

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Author:: Li, Pen Fen
Title:: Exploring the Use of Unsolicited Email in EFL Education in Taiwan: Authentic and Critical Literacy in Context
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: Electronic Advertising
Course Design
EFL Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Internet
File:: Download final_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member
Steve L Thorne, Committee Member

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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:: Download Blank_-_Dissertation_Submission.pdf
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

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Author:: Kim, Young Chun
Title:: Privacy and Communications Technologies in U.S. History: A Comparison of Concepts of Privacy in Relation to Changing Communications Technologies
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: Privacy
Internet
Mass Media
Newspapers
Communications Technologies
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Matthew Jackson, Committee Member
Steven A Walton, Committee Member
Steven Sawyer, Committee Member

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Author:: Lacayo, Anamarcia
Title:: What factors contribute to individuals perceiving technologies as essential? An exploration of psychological predictors of perceived essentiality in communication technologies
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: essential
indispensable
necessity
technology
cell phone
Internet
File:: Download LacayoA_2012_What_factors_contribute_to_individuals_perceiving_technologies_as_essential.pdf
Committee Members:: Michel M Haigh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Scott Cross, Committee Member
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member

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Author:: Zheng, Qiang
Title:: Detecting and Recovering from Large-scale Failures in The Internet
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Internet
large-scale failures
detection
recovery
File:: Download QiangZheng-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Guohong Cao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas F Laporta, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Tao Yao, Committee Member

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Author:: Hayes, Lydia N
Title:: The Role of Facebook in the Formation of Romantic Relationships Among College Students
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: Romantic Relationships
College
Facebook
Internet
Social Network
File:: Download Lydia_Hayes_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul Amato, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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