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Author:

van Gorp, Annemijn Fleur

Title:

Increasing Regulatory Capacity: the Role of the Region in Shaping National ICT Policy in Southern Africa

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

regional economic community
regulators association
telecommunications policy
Africa
regionalization
regulation

File:

Download VanGorp_Dissertation_2008_04_14.pdf

Committee Members:

Carleen Frances Maitland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Watson Bagby, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Baixue

Title:

CONTRASTING DIFFUSION PATTERNS FOR PC AND MOBILE VIDEOS: A USER-CENTRIC VIEW OF THE INFLUENCING FACTORS

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

innovation
adoption
computer
video
mobile
diffusion

File:

Download BAIXUE_WU_-_DISSERTATION_All_new.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Karl Davis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis Karl Davis, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Carleen Frances Maitland, Committee Member

Author:

Meng, Bingchun

Title:

CHINA’S COPYRIGHT POLICY IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION:A CHANCE TO RESTORE THE PUBLIC’S INTEREST

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

China
copyright
globalization
hegemony
information access
public interest

File:

Download Meng_Diss_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Jackson, Committee Member
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
James Mc Carthy, Committee Member

Author:

Stark, Craig

Title:

Public Radio and Public Access: Applying HD Radio Technology to a new form of broadcast localism

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

radio
localism
democracy
HD Radio
public access
public radio
broadcasting

File:

Download stark.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ronald V Bettig, Committee Member
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member

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

Author:

Liu, Chun

Title:

CHINA'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PROBLEMS AND THE SHAPE OF THE FUTURE TO COME

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

China
model
telecommunications
regulation

File:

Download ThesisDoctor_Chun_Liu.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge R Schement, Committee Member
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
Jun Shu, Committee Member

Author:

PARK, EUN-A

Title:

BARRIERS TO ENTRY ANALYSIS OF BROADBAND MULTIPLE PLATFORMS: COMPARING THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

barriers to entry
broadband access technologies
the residential broadband market
broadband competition policy

File:

Download EUN-A_PARK_Thesis2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
Matthew Jackson, Committee Member
Carleen Frances Maitland, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Feng

Title:

Universal Service Provision in Western China

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Universal service
telecommunications
western China
rural area

File:

Download FengWu_MassComm_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Schement, Committee Member
Dennis Karl Davis, Committee Member
Chris Benner, Committee Member

Author:

Dumas, Josephine Helen Ann

Title:

ICT and Gender Equity Policy: Lessons of the Mali Telecentres

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Africa
Mali
Telecentre
Gender
ICT

File:

Download dumas_8_02.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Anita Fleming Rife, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Judi Wangalwa Wakhungu, Committee Member
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member

Author:

Ortiz, Julio Angel

Title:

THE PERCEIVED IMPACT OF MUNICIPAL WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORKS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: A TALE OF FIVE CITIES

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Wi-Fi
municipal broadband networks
digital divide
universal service
quality of life

File:

Download Ortiz_Dissertationt_v34.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea H Tapia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Reina Schement, Committee Member
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Angsana Techatassanasoontorn, Committee Member

Author:

Hwang, Joonho

Title:

DECONSTRUCTING THE DISCOURSE OF THE GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE AGE OF NEO-LIBERAL GLOBAL ECONOMY

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

the global digital divide
neo-liberalism
global economy
discourse
technology
development

File:

Download Dissertation-Joonho_Hwang.pdf

Committee Members:

Jorge Reina Schement, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Pierre, Keston Harris

Title:

TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN: HOW HAS CHANGE BROUGHT THE WEST INDIES INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Regulators
Universal Service
Caribbean
Telecommunications
Wireless

File:

Download Pierre_Dissertation_Nov_30.pdf

Committee Members:

Jorge Schement, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
Gary Scott Cross, Committee Member

Author:

Tate, Marsha Ann

Title:

Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.: The Emergence of a Canadian Contender in the International Media Milieu

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Alliance Atlantis Communications
Canada
Toronto Ontario
Canadian cultural industries
media
television
Atlantis Films
globalization
media industries

File:

Download Tate_Marsha_Ann_PhdThesis_2007_May.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Jorge R Schement, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member

Author:

Lim, Ming Kuok

Title:

BLOGGING AND DEMOCRACY: BLOGS IN MALAYSIAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Political Communications
Web 2.0
User-generated Content
Blogs
Malaysian Politics
New Media
Deliberative Democracy
Southeast Asia

File:

Download LIM_Doctoral_Dissertation_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Amit Schejter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amit Schejter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Jorge R Schement, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member

Author:

LIAO, PINJIA

Title:

DIGITAL TELEVISION ADOPTION TIMING AND FORMAT CHOICES OF BROADCAST STATIONS: EXAMINING THE DYNAMICS OF GOVERNMENT-MANDATED STANDARD TRANSITION

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

digital television
standard transition
technology adoption
survival analysis
broadcast television industry
media economics

File:

Download Liao__Digital_Television_Transition.pdf

Committee Members:

Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Jorge R Schement, Committee Member
Carleen Frances Maitland, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Sung Wook

Title:

COMPETITION, PRIVATIZATION, CONVERGENCE, AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE: THE CASE STUDY OF KOREA

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Telecommunications policy
Competition
Privatization
Universal service
The case study of Korea

File:

Download Dissertation_for_upload.pdf

Committee Members:

Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Amit Schejter, Committee Member
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member

Author:

Raman, Veena V

Title:

Information Technology and Participatory Democracy: A Case Study of Bangalore City

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

participatory democracy
Information technology
Bangalore City

File:

Download FINAL_-dissertation_submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Karl Davis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof Jorge R Schement, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Dr. Christopher Benner, Committee Member

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

Author:

Koh, Yoon Jeon

Title:

EFFECTS OF SPECIALIZATION OF MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AT MULTIPLE SOURCE LAYERS UPON ONLINE TRUST: THE ROLE OF INFORMATION PROCESSING IN DETERMINING E-COMMERCE ATTITUDES

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

HCI(Human Computer Interaction)
Media equation
HSM(Heuristic-Systematic Model)
Media effects
Specialization
Trust in E-commerce

File:

Download K2008.pdfDownload Koh_errata_file.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member

Author:

Cho, Youngshin

Title:

COMPETITION AND PROGRAM TYPE DIVERSITY IN THE OVER-THE-AIR TELEVISION INDUSTRY, 1943-2005

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Herfindahal-Hirsh Index
broadcasting policies
program type diversity
market competition
ownership rule
FCC

File:

Download Cho_YS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Jackson, Committee Member
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Tian Tiffany

Title:

Examining Copyright Regimes in China's Digital Music Industry: History, Challenges and New Models

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Copyright
Digital Music
China
Xiami
Intellectual Property
History

File:

Download Tian_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Denny Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Jackson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Chatterjee, Nivedita

Title:

The FCC's low power FM policy: Station personnel's interpretation of policy objectives and its impact on implementation.

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

LPFMs
media policy evaluation
low power radio

File:

Download Dissertation_Chatterjee_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amit Schejter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Special Member

Author:

Martin, Brandie Lee

Title:

CAPACITY BUILDING AND COLLABORATIVE POLICYMAKING: A CASE STUDY OF THE EAST AFRICA INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Actor-Centered Institutionalism
East African Community
Internet Governance Forum
Policymaking

File:

Download Martin_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Denny Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
Amit Schejter, Committee Member
Carleen Frances Maitland, Special Member

Author:

Cui, Jian

Title:

The Role Of Information In Well-being: the Concept Of Information Well-being And Its Framework

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Telecommunications industry
well-being
measurement
composite index

File:

Download Draft_rev_rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Denny Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Member
Anne M Hoag, Committee Member
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Member

Author:

Sherrick, Brett Isaac

Title:

Immersive Mediation: The Roles of Flow and Narrative Engagement in a Persuasive Health Game

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

video games
persuasion
flow
narrative engagement

File:

Download Bretts_Dissertation__4.7_.pdf

Committee Members:

Francis Erin Dardis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francis Erin Dardis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
James Dillard, Committee Member

Author:

Han, Sangyong

Title:

Local Broadcast Televisions in the Age of Social Media: Adoption and Usages of Twitter

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Local broadcast
Social Media
Twitter
Network Analysis
NodeXL

File:

Download Dissertation_SY_Han_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Anne M Hoag, Committee Member
Alan M Sica, Committee Member