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Author:

Sipes, Carrie

Title:

Examining the effects of message type and framing on transportation, attitudes, and behavioral intentions

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

public health
evidence type
risk communication
transportation
framing
driving while distracted

File:

Download C._Sipes_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Francis Erin Dardis, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member

Author:

Constantin, Corina Daniela

Title:

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF POP-UP WINDOWS IN ONLINE INFORMATION PROCESSING

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

visual processing
facial EMG
skin conductance
orienting responses
psychophysiology
pop-up windows
affective biases

File:

Download ConstantinCD_PhD_Thesis_07.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member

Author:

Stavrositu, Carmen

Title:

Technologies of Psychological Empowerment: The Role of Agency and Community in Blogging

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

blogging
new media
empowerment
agency
community

File:

Download Thesis_Stavrositu.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member

Author:

Yan, Changmin

Title:

Toward an Understanding of the Emotive Structure and Motivational Systems and Their Influence on the Processing of Strategic Health Messages

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Motivation
Mood
Emotion
Affect
Frames
Framing
Persuation
Health

File:

Download Changmin_Yan_Dissertation.PDF

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
James Dillard, Committee Member

Author:

Downs, Edward Paul

Title:

How can Wii learn from video games? Examining relationships between technological affordances and socio-cognitive determinates on affective and behavioral outcomes.

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

social cognitive theory
learning
video games
golf

File:

Download Downs_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Hui-Fei

Title:

Faming Hedonic and Utilitarian Product Attributes in Advertisements: The Impact of Regulatory Fit on Persuasion

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Message Effect
Message Framing
Regulatory Focus
Hedonic Product Attributes
Utilitarian Product Attributes

File:

Download Final_dissertation___Hui-Fei_Lin.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Reina Schement, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Hyeseung

Title:

Do Media Portrayals of Affluence Foster Feelings of Relative Deprivation? Exploring a Path Model of Social Comparison and Materialism on Television Viewers' Life Dissatisfaction

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

television
materialism
social comparison
relative deprivation
media portrayals
life satisfaction

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Hyeseung_Yang.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Mark E Hill, Committee Member

Author:

Fyock, Jennifer

Title:

THE PERSUASIVENESS OF VISUAL HYPERBOLE

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

visual hyperbole

File:

Download J_Fyock_Thesis_July_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Shen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuyuan Shen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kim, Jinhee

Title:

Do we improve, disrupt, or embrace sadness? Exploring sadness-based media choice and its anticipated effects on coping

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

mood management
sadness coping
sadness regulation
media choice
media use

File:

Download Jinhee_Dissertation_Final_Upload.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member

Author:

Seo, Ki Won

Title:

Effects of visual images in health message framing

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

health communication
visual images
message framing
fear
persuasion.

File:

Download KiWonSeoThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ahern, Lee

Title:

Psychological responses to environmental messages: The roles of environmental values, message issue distance, message efficacy and idealistic construal

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

communications
environment
response efficacy
psychological distance

File:

Download Ahern_Dissertation_2008_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Francis Erin Dardis, Committee Member
Duane Francis Alwin, Committee Member

Author:

Sanders, Meghan S

Title:

MAKING A GOOD (BAD) IMPRESSION: AN EXAMINATION OF DISPOSITION THEORY’S AND THE CONTINUUM MODEL’S TENETS OF IMPRESSION FORMATION

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

viewer-character relationships
continuum model
disposition theory
impression formation
media entertainment

File:

Download MSSanders.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Gasper, Committee Member

Author:

Yu, Nan

Title:

EFFECTS OF HEALTH MESSAGE FRAMES AND CULTURAL APPEALS ON INFLUENZA PREVENTION: A CROSS-COUNTRY INVESTIGATION

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

disease prevention
influenza
health
culture
message framing

File:

Download Dissertation_NanYu2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Qian

Title:

EFFECTS OF MODALITY INTERACTIVITY AND USER AROUSAL IN ONLINE SHOPPING SITES

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

interactivity
modality interactivity
arousal
e-commerce

File:

Download Dissertation_Qian_forSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Shyam Sundar Sethuraman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shyam Sundar Sethuraman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Rachel Annette Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Sonya Renee

Title:

Toward the Greening of Nuclear Energy: A Content Analysis of Nuclear Energy Frames from 1991-2008

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

nuclear energy
agenda-setting
framing theory

File:

Download MillerDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Frank Dardis And Dr Patrick Parsons, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francis Erin Dardis, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member

Author:

Marathe, Sampada Sameer

Title:

THE ‘ME’ REVOLUTION IN MEDIATED COMMUNICATION: INVESTIGATING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF COSMETIC AND FUNCTIONAL CUSTOMIZATION

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Cosmetic customization
Functional customization
Sense of control
Sense of identity
Intrinsic motivation
Customization
Attitude toward portal
Behavioral intention
User experience

File:

Download Sampada_Marathe_Dissertation_Mass_Comm_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member

Author:

LEE, SANGKI

Title:

PERCEPTIONS OF MEDIA INFLUENCE AND SELF-ENHANCEMNT MOTIVATION: TESTING SELF-ENHANCEMENT EXPLANATION FOR THIRD-PERSON AND FIRST-PERSON PERCEPTIONS

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Third-person perceptions
first-person perceptions
self-enhancement

File:

Download Dissertation_by_Sangki_Lee_Final_Version_Upload.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Weirui

Title:

An investigation of online health support groups: Effects of narrative exposure and social support on the experience of sympathy, self-disclosure and cognitive changes

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Online health support groups
Narraitve exposure
Social support
Sympathy
Personal narratives

File:

Download Dissertation_Wang.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Karl Davis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis Karl Davis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Rachel Annette Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Youjeong

Title:

CAN YOUR AVATAR IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH? THE IMPACT OF AVATAR CUSTOMIZATION

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

health communication
customization
virtual identity
Avatar
self-preservation

File:

Download FinalDraft_YoujeongKim.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member

Author:

Kong, Ying

Title:

THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL’S LOCUS OF CONTROL ON MESSAGE PERSUASIVENESS

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Locus of Control
Responsibility Framing

File:

Download Ying_Kong-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francis Erin Dardis, Committee Member
Heidi Hatfield Edwards, Committee Member
Margaret Grace Meloy, Committee Member