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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