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Communication and Media Graduate Works

Communication and Media Graduate Works

The mission of the Department of Communication and Media is to:

Deliver first-class undergraduate and graduate programs that provide our students with the tools they need to strengthen our community and build meaningful, sustaining, and fulfilling careers
Contribute significantly to the discipline of communication’s knowledge base through high quality research
Contribute meaningfully to the arts community through high-quality creative productions
Strengthen our local and academic communities through service

Theses from 2021 2021

What is This Noise?: A Comparison of Narrative and Statistical Program Notes' Ability to Affect Enjoyment, Luke Henderson

Who Do They Think We Are? Analyzing misrepresentation of races in Netflix Original films using Critical Race Theory and Social Identity Theory, Jacob Osseck

Theses from 2020 2020

A Cross-Cultural Study on the Relationship Between Environmental Awareness and Social Media Use: Saudi Arabia vs United States, Mohammed Alsahafi

Theses from 2019 2019

Type of Facebook user and correlational relationship with social comparison and self-esteem along with the moderating variable of the Big Five model, Amanda Lilly

Theses from 2018 2018

Driving Forces in Disclosure: Self-Disclosure Goals and Intimacy at the Podium, Layne Paubel

Theses from 2015 2015

How Real is Reality? : An Examination of Perceived Realism and Permissive Sexual Attitudes in Relation to Reality Dating Shows, Margaret E. Bennett

Media Audiences’ Engagement with Social Issues: A content analysis of online daily newspaper articles and audience comments, Jessica Edgar

Theses from 2014 2014

the New Relevance: Motives behind YouTube Use, Xinchen Xu

Theses from 2012 2012

Natural Hair: A Content Analysis of Black hair style and texture on YouTube Videos, Toni Dominique Rowell

The Modern Family: Confronting Attitudes and Same-Sex Marriage Legislation Through Gay Male Relationships and Gender Roles on TV, Alice Telios

Theses from 2011 2011

Framing Health Care Across the Pond: A comparative content analysis of elite newspapers in the US and UK during the 2009 American health policy debate, Jackson Bales Foote

Should You Rock the Boat? Understanding the Association between Conflict Management Styles, Self Disclosure, and Relational Satisfaction, Sara Louise Trask

Theses from 2010 2010

A Uses and Gratifications Approach to Hulu, Derek William Duncan

Investing in the Millennials: A comparison of financial services web pages, Maureen Elizabeth Hergenroether

Theses from 2008 2008

Neural Characteristics of Affectionate Communicators: Trait Affection and Asymmetry in the Prefrontal Cortex, Robert Joel Lewis

Theses from 2007 2007

Prefrontal Cortex Asymmetry and the Regulation of Communication: A Meta-Analytic Study, Michelle Elaine Pence