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Dissertations from 2023
CARING FOR HUMAN, CLIMATE, AND PLANETARY WELL-BEING: THE DALAI LAMA’S RHETORIC OF HUMAN VALUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS, Tenzin D. Sharling, Communication
PLOY : An Immigrant Daughter's Archival Survival Strategy, Porntip Israsena Twishime, Communication
Reconfiguring Digital Citizenship: Civic Hacking, Data Activism, and Democracy Platforms In South Korea, Danbi Yoo, Communication
Dissertations from 2022
“I Tell You These Stories…”: Women’s Storytelling as Embodied Knowledge Production, Victoria R. Alcazar, Communication
NATIVE AMERICA SPEAKS: BLACKFEET COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Eean Grimshaw, Communication
Productive Women: Gender, Sex, and Labor in the Digital Cultural Economy, Kavita Nayar-Jablonka, Communication
Russia-My History: The Amazing Transformations of a History Exhibit in Post-Crimean Russia, Alina Parker, Communication
“I want you to defend that!” The Argumentative Structure of U.S.A. Presidential Debates, Menno H. Reijven, Communication
ENACTING A CRITICAL MEDIA PRODUCTION PEDAGOGY, James D. Swerzenski, Communication
Dissertations from 2021
SYRIAN ONLINE SPACES OF POSSIBILITIES: ALTERNATIVE AND ACTIVIST MEDIA FOR DIALOGUE AND RECONCILIATION, Katty Alhayek, Communication
TRANSNATIONAL FANDOM AND NEW FORMS OF CULTURAL FLOWS: DIGITAL MEDIA PRACTICES AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF GLOBAL TV DRAMA, Maria F. Baruch Blanco, Communication
Reconstructing the Present/Past: Antimodernism and Early Film Reenactments, Alex W. Bordino, Communication
STICKY CULTURAL ACTIVISM: MEDIATED FEELING AND RECONFIGURED CITIZENSHIP IN TRANSNATIONAL KOREAN LGBTQ ORGANIZING, Woori Han, Communication
Asian American Women on YouTube: Race, Gender, and Beauty on a Transnational Digital Platform, Dasol Kim, Communication
NATION BRAND, NATIONAL PRESTIGE, AND THE SOCIAL IMAGINARIES OF THE ADVANCED NATION IN SOUTH KOREA, Jung-Yup Lee, Communication
Aloha Media: Negotiating Kānaka Maoli Representation And Identity In Television, Film, And Music, Colby Y. Miyose, Communication
Makerspace Models and Organizational Policies for Technological Inclusion, Christine Olson, Communication
THE COMMUNICATION OF ECONOMIC RATIONALITY IN VOLUNTARY CORPORATIONS, NIMROD SHAVIT, Communication
Bitten by the Demon of Cinema: An Examination of Women-Made Horror, Erica Tortolani, Communication
“Stick to Sports”: Fan Moral Reasoning Strategies and Subsequent Psychological Well-Being in Response to an Athlete’s Controversial Political Associations, Stephen Warren, Communication
Dissertations from 2020
THE SUICIDAL SELF IN CYBERSPACE: CO-CREATING MEANING AND COMMUNITY THROUGH ONLINE DISCOURSE, Mike Alvarez, Communication
Military-Themed Video Games and the Cultivation of Related Beliefs and Attitudes in Young Adult Males, Greg Blackburn, Communication
NEGOTIATING IDENTITIES IN A KOREAN AMERICAN-OWNED BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE, Sarah Cho, Communication
THE PEOPLE WHO “BURN”: “COMMUNICATION,” UNITY, AND CHANGE IN BELARUSIAN DISCOURSE ON PUBLIC CREATIVITY, Anton Dinerstein, Communication
THE COYOLXAUHQUI PROCESS OF A SCHOLAR UNBECOMING AN ENEMY OF YOUTH: A PERFORMATIVE, EMBODIED, SELF-DECOLONIZING STORY OF TRANSFORMATION AND HOPE, Carmen G. Hernández Ojeda, Communication
Dissertations from 2019
Narratives of Queerness: Queer Worldmaking (in) the Classroom with Undergraduate Students, Rachel Briggs, Communication
Framing the Crisis in the Merrimack Valley: The Opioid Epidemic, White Despair and Authoritarian Populism on the New England Borderlands, Gyuri Kepes, Communication
Gaming For Life: Gaming Practices, Self-Care, and Thriving Under Neoliberalism, Brian Myers, Communication
Hiplife Music in Ghana: Postcolonial Performances of Modernity, Nii Kotei Nikoi, Communication
‘A Better Country to Die in’: Self-Determination, Drugs, and the Limits of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada, Wendy Pringle, Communication
TELEVISION AND PERCEIVED CONTROL: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF THE CULTIVATION OF POWERLESSNESS AMONG MILLENIAL ADOLESCENTS, Fernando Rodriguez, Communication
“You Can Be a Good Romanian, but not a Romanian”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Romanian History Textbook Narrative, Razvan Sibii, Communication
CLASS, GENDER, AND MEDIATED LABOR ACTIVISM IN GLOBALIZING CHINA, Siyuan Yin, Communication
Dissertations from 2018
CULTURAL PRACTICES AND SOCIAL FORMATIONS IN A REFORMING SOCIETY: THE TRANSNATIONAL FANDOM OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL IN CHINA, Yuan Gong, Communication
The Moral Economy of the Networked Financial Subject: Cultures of “Wealth-tech” (Financial Self-help) and Moneymaking in South Korea, Bohyeong Kim, Communication
FEARING, TRACKING, AND LOVING SHARKS: OCEAN CONSERVATION AND THE MATERIAL RHETORIC OF HUMAN-SHARK ENTANGLEMENTS, Camille Martinez, Communication
RIGHTS, RECOGNITION, AND CHANGING BORDERS: LATIN AMERICAN ACTIVISM IN POST-BREXIT BRITAIN, Stephanie Aragao Medden, Communication
A Multi-Method Analysis of the Berlin International Film Festival and the World Cinema Fund, Eren Odabasi, Communication
Conceptualizing television viewing in the digital age: Patterns of exposure and the cultivation process, Lisa Prince, Communication
Brooklyn Bedroom: An Ethnodrama on Female Sexuality, Third World Feminism and Performance Ethnography, Ayshia Stephenson, Communication
I Look to the Ground Beneath My Feet: An Insurgent Performance (Auto)ethnography, Timothy M. L. Sutton, Communication
CHINA’s EXPANDING CULTURAL INFLUENCE IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE CHINESE MEDIA IN KENYA, Hui-Ping Tao, Communication
Property, Postsocialism, and Post-Yugoslav Identity: A Feminist Communication Performance Ethnography, Jennifer Zenovich, Communication
Dissertations from 2017
Roughly Speaking: A Performance Autoethnography of Occupation, Aesthetics, and Epistemology, Tyler Boudreau, Communication
Movement Media, Energy Activism, and the Politics of Hometown in the Anti-765KV Power Transmission Tower Struggle of Miryang in South Korea, Su Young Choi, Communication
Extractivism and Resistance: Media, Protest and Power in Ecuador, Diana M. Coryat, Communication
The help / hurt duality at work in MakeupAlley.com product reviews, Lisa Wortman Raring, Communication
Dissertations from 2016
Confessions in the Courtroom: An Audience Research on Court Shows, Silvina Beatriz Berti, Communication
Of Wolves, Hunters, and Words: A Comparative Study of Cultural Discourses in the Western Great Lakes Region, Tovar Cerulli, Communication
Bootstrap Boricuas: A Family Performing and Exploring Cultural Assimilation, Ellen Correa, Communication
The Aurality of Rhetoric: A Critical Hermeneutic of Cape Breton’s Rhetorical Music Community, Gregory J. Dorchak, Communication
A Tale of “Ku” (Bitter) V.S. “Tian” (Sweet): Understanding China's “Yiku Sitian” Movement in the 1960s and 1970s from the Perspective of Cultural Discourse Analysis, Xinmei Ge, Communication
Assembling Creative Cities in Seoul and Yokohama: Rebranding East Asian Urbanism, Changwook Kim, Communication
Mashup Archeology: A Case Study in the Role of Digital Technology in Cultural Production, Zachary McDowell, Communication
“Race talk” in Organizational Discourse: A Comparative Study of Two Texas Chambers of Commerce, Natasha Shrikant, Communication
A Soulful Egg Can Break a Rock: A Case Study of a South Korean Social Movement Leader's Rhetoric, Eunsook Sul, Communication
Women, Convergent Film Criticism, and the Cinephilia of Feminist Interruptions, Rachel L. Thibault, Communication
Lost-and-found Photos: Practices and Perceptions, Todd J. Wemmer, Communication
Dissertations from 2015
Democratic Potential For a Multiplicity of Public Spaces: A Content Analysis of Media-Hosted Discussion Boards, Bryan M. Baldwin, Communication
The Formation of Youth-Led Participatory Networks in Urban Bangladesh: A Case Study of the BGreen Project, Fadia Hasan, Communication
The Semiosis of Civil Society: Theorizing the Media in Postcolonial Polities, Srinivas R. Lankala, Communication
Parents’ Television Viewing and the Cultivation of Materialism Among Families With Young Adult Offspring, Laras Sekarasih, Communication
The Ambiguous Construction of Collective "Family" in the Age of Post-collectivism China: Through the Lens of CCTV'S Spring Festival Gala, Lin Shi, Communication
“OF ALL, I MOST HATE BULGARIANS”: SITUATING OPLAKVANE IN BULGARIAN DISCOURSE AS A CULTURAL TERM FOR COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE, Nadezhda M. Sotirova, Communication
Dissertations from 2014
The Cable Network in an Era of Digital Media: Bravo and the Constraints of Consumer Citizenship, Alison D. Brzenchek, Communication
The Colonial Legacies of “Fiesta Island”: A Critical Study of Live-Music Events Production in Puerto Rico, Anilyn Diaz, Communication
SIGNS OF WILDNESS: CODES OF THE “PRIMITIVE” IN MASCULINE COMMODITY CULTURE, Matthew P. Ferrari, Communication
Flying with the Storks: Communication, Culture, and Dialoguing Knowledge(s) in Prenatal Care, Liliana Herakova, Communication
The Genealogy of Dislocated Memory: Yugoslav Cinema after the Break, Dijana Jelaca, Communication
Interpreting, Stephanie Jo Kent, Communication
Cultural Discourse Analysis of Russian Alcohol Consumption, Elena V. Nuciforo, Communication
Dissertations from 2013
Intellectual Constellations in the Postsocialist Era: Four Essays, Li Gu, Communication
Critical Rhetoric in the Age of Neuroscience, Brett Ingram, Communication
Muslim Tatar Women's Piety Stories: A Quest for Personal and Social Transformation In Tatarstan (Russia), Liliya V. Karimova, Communication
Beholders of the Truth, Pre-Destined to be Saved: The Communication of Chinese Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Christian (CIREC) Identity, Sunny Lie, Communication
Rebranding Gay: New Configurations of Digital Media and Commercial Culture, Eve C Ng, Communication
Transition Network: Exploring Intersections Between Culture, the Climate Crisis, and a Digital Network in a Community - Driven Global Social Movement, Emily Polk, Communication
Technology and Modernity at the Boundaries of Global Delhi, Sreela Sarkar, Communication
New Media and ICT for Social Change and Development in China, Song Shi, Communication
Remember Where We Came From: Globalization And Environmental Discourse In The Araucania Region Of Chile, Niall Stephens, Communication
Dissertations from 2012
Rebranding Diversity: Colorblind Racism Inside The U.S. Advertising Industry, Christopher Boulton, Communication
Irony & Ideology: Oppositional Politics And Cultural Engagement In Post-September 11th America, Viveca S Greene, Communication
Irony & ideology: Oppositional politics and cultural engagement in post-September 11th America, Viveca S Greene
The Partially Digital: Internet, Citizenship, Social Inequalities, And Digital Citizenship In South Africa, Tokunbo (Toks) D. Oyedemi, Communication
The partially digital: Internet, citizenship, social inequalities, and digital citizenship in South Africa, Tokunbo Toks D Oyedemi
Engaging identities: Globality and communicative practices in education for democratic citizenship, Sangeeta V Rao
Engaging Identities: Globality And Communicative Practices In Education For Democratic Citizenship, Sangeeta V Rao, Communication
“Beyond Words”: Exploring The Cultural Limits Of The Communicable, Brion van Over, Communication
“Beyond words”: Exploring the cultural limits of the communicable, Brion van Over
Dissertations from 2011
Expanding the third person effect: Parents' perceptions of positive and negative media effects on their own children compared to other children, Andrea M Bergstrom
Expanding The Third Person Effect: Parents’ Perceptions Of Positive And Negative Media Effects On Their Own Children Compared To Other Children, Andrea M Bergstrom, Communication
Reclaiming America for Christian Reconstruction: The Rhetorical Constitution of a "People", Joanna L. Brook, Communication
Utopian Gender: Counter Discourses in a Feminist Community, Jolane Flanigan, Communication
Neil Postman's Missing Critique: A Media Ecology Analysis of Early Radio 1920-1935, Donna Lee Halper, Communication
The new Asian female ghost films: Modernity, gender politics, and transnational transformation, Hunju Lee
The New Asian Female Ghost Films: Modernity, Gender Politics, And Transnational Transformation, Hunju Lee, Communication
Listening Faithfully With Friends: An Ethnography Of Quaker Communication Practices, Elizabeth Molina-Markham, Communication
Listening faithfully with Friends: An ethnography of Quaker communication practices, Elizabeth Molina-Markham
Dissertations from 2010
Gossip Talk and Online Community: Celebrity Gossip Blogs and Their Audiences, Erin Ann Meyers, Communication
Andrea and me: A digital autoethnographic journey into the past, Carlos Salsedo