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Author:: Igwe, C. Frank
Title:: BEYOND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE INTO COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY WEBLOGS IN BUILDING OLDENBURG’S VIRTUAL THIRD PLACES IN BLACK AMERICA
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: content analysis
social support
third place
community
blogs
HIV/AIDS
African-American
File:: Download Igwe_Dissertation_Final4.pdf
Committee Members:: Lynette Kvasny, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Sawyer, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member

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Author:: Paton, Jamie Lee
Title:: Softball's Olympic defeat: A content analysis of the online presence of women on international sports federation websites
Graduate Program:: Media Studies
Keywords:: content analysis
gender
sports federations
websites
File:: Download JPatonMAThesis_FinalVersion.pdf
Committee Members:: Colleen Connolly Ahern, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Colleen Connolly Ahern, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Young, Mary Myrtle
Title:: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS OF STATE LOBBY DISCLOSURE LAWS
Graduate Program:: Public Administration
Keywords:: state legislatures.
content analysis
lobbying
policy design
lobbying disclosure laws
File:: Download Revised_PSU_Final_Dis.pdf
Committee Members:: Beverly Ann Cigler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Harold Bundick Shill Iii, Committee Member
Michael King, Committee Member

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Author:: Shearer, Rick L
Title:: Transactional Distance and Dialogue: An Exploratory Study to Refine the Theoretical Construct of Dialogue in Online Learning
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: dialogue
distance education
transactional distance
content analysis
speech acts
File:: Download R_L_Shearer_Final_Dissertation_for_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Michael Moore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Grahame Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan G Strauss, Committee Member
Priya Sharma, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member

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Author:: Fraustino, Julia Daisy
Title:: Corporate Ability or Social Responsibility? A Quantitative Content Analysis of Fortune 500 Companies' Message Strategies and Consumer Responses on Facebook
Graduate Program:: Media Studies
Keywords:: public relations
corporate social responsibility
message strategies
Facebook
content analysis
Fortune 500
File:: Download Fraustino_Julia_Daisy_M_A__Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Colleen Connolly Ahern, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Nichols, Cherie Noelle
Title:: Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and the Global Village: A Content Analysis of Language and Formatting in Social Media
Graduate Program:: Humanities
Keywords:: social media
content analysis
global village
File:: Download Master_Thesis_Cherie_N_Nichols.pdf
Committee Members:: Carl Patrick Burrowes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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