Theses from 2023
The Contribution of Saudi Female Journalists in Newspapers: Before and After Saudi Vision 2030, Razan Aljohani
Memes, Themes, and Rhetorical Schemes: Analyzing the themes and rhetorical devices used by meme creators in American political internet memes in the first week of the Ukrainian-Russian War, Edward B. Zimmerman
Theses from 2022
“Better Than We Found It”: A Persuasive Narrative & Its Impact, Alexandra Holzworth
The Identity of Yoga: Contemporary Vs. Traditional Yogic Discourse, Octavia Nasr
Theses from 2021
The Influence of Relatedness on Emotional Brand Attachment with Fitness-Oriented Non-Profits: A Self-Determination Theory Approach, Alexander Castiglione
Mammies, Sapphires, and Jezebels Don’t Marry: Televised Media, Black Stereotypes, and Low Marriage Rates, Aysha LaBon
Theses from 2020
Jammu and Kashmir during the Communication Blackout: A Textual Analysis of Indian News Coverage, Akansha Sirohi
Theses from 2018
Stronger: An Examination of the Effects of the Strong Black Woman Narrative through the Lifespan of African American Women, Verinique Bailey
Attitudes Towards Depression And Suicide: An Analysis Of News Coverage and Online Comments on Nigerian News Sites, Oluwamayomikun Lawal
The Curvy Girl Handbook vs. the Industry: A Unique Body Image in a One-Track Business, Jessica Wise
Theses from 2017
Content Is President: The Influence of Netflix on Taste, Politics and The Future of Television, Alanna Esack
The Chinese Image in Sino-Hollywood Co-Produced Blockbusters During the Era of Globalization, Zhewen Song
Theses from 2016
Interactive Social Selling and Relationship Management on WeChat, Ying Sun
“Beloved Be the Ones Who Sit Down”: Aesthetics and Political Affect in Roy Andersson’s “Living” Trilogy, Ella Tucan
Theses from 2015
The Chromophilic Chromophobe: Transference of Racial Otherness in Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums, Reginald Hill
Legislation as a Site of Contested Meaning in United States Congressional Debates, John Rountree
Theses from 2014
Step Into a Blue Funk: Transversal Color and Derek Jarman's Blue, Daren Fowler
Global Audience Participation in the Production and Consumption of Gangnam Style, Soo keung Jung
The Nonhuman Lives of Videogames, Cameron Kunzelman
Ethics in Photojournalism: Authenticity and Sensitivity in Coverage of Tragic Events, Minla Linn Shields
Untouchable Hunger: Framing Of Childhood Poverty In India, May 2012-April 2014, Amber L. Welch
Comparative Modalities of Network Neutrality, Kyle Wrather
Theses from 2013
Practicing Work, Perfecting Play: League of Legends and the Sentimental Education of E-Sports, Neal C. Hinnant
Health Safety-Net Crisis: A Case Study of News Discourse, Cecilia F. Mitchell
The Reality Of Televised Jezebels and Sapphires: Blogs and the Negative Stereotypes of African American Women on Reality Television, Safiya E. Reid
The Bulgarian Horrors Through the Eyes of an American Journalist: J. A. MacGahan's Role in the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire 1876-1878, Miglena Sandmeier
American Masculinity and Homosocial Behavior in the Bromance Era, Diana Sargent
Theses from 2012
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, Discussing Online: The Slow Food Movement Quickens with New Media, Carolyn Bender
Image Trends in Corporate Environmental Reporting: Bolstering Reputation through Transparency or Widening the “Sustainability Gap”?, Sarah E. Brooks
Representations of Haiti in Western News Media: Coverage of the January 2010 Earthquake in Haiti, Hillary L. Brown
Playing for Resistance in MMORPG: Oppositional Reading, Emergence, and Hegemony in the Lineage II "Bartz Liberation War", Yoon Sang Cho
First Impressions, Second Appraisals: Going Beyond the “Paratextual Contract” in The American Televisual Opening Title Sequence, Erik K. Clabaugh
Abracadabra: Key Agents of Mediation that Define, Create, and Maintain TV Fandom, David H. Gardner
Another Brick in the Wall: Public Space, Visual Hegemonic Resistance, and the Physical/Digital Continuum, Daniel Gilmore
Understanding Diversity: Top Executives' Perceptions of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Public Relations, Amber H. Irizarry
Product Placement Decisions On-Set, Maria Flavia T. Pulliam
Friend Request Accepted: A Case Study of Facebook's Expansionary Network Strategies in India, Devna Thapliyal
Remember, Anthony C. Vines
Deadly Viper Character Assassins: Cyber Discourse on Asian American Marginalization and Identity, Eileen Wang
Theses from 2011
Team Edward or Team Jacob? The Portrayal of Two Versions of the "Ideal" Male Romantic Partner in the Twilight Film Series, Paola A. Bedoya
Communicating with the World: History of Rhetorical Responses to International Crisis and the 2007 U.S. National Strategy for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication, Laurel R. Berryman
"To Blaze Forever in a Blazing World": Queer Reconstruction and Cultural Memory in the Works of Alan Moore, Michael T. Besozzi
No Angel: An Analysis of Media Coverage of Nadja Benaissa in the U.K., U.S. and Germany, Elizabeth A. Cantrell
Identification is Persuasion: Eisenhower’s Call for Unity and the Founding of NATO’s Military Headquarters, Debra N. Fossum
The Flow of the Water: Contemporary American Realisms, Justin Horton
The Glitch Aesthetic, Rebecca Jackson
Online Gaming and Teamwork, Lakshmi Jagad Ms.
A House in the Middle of the Road: Serbia's Otpor Movement and its Strategies of Nonviolent Resistance, Jelena Kelava
Disney's Portrayal of Nonhuman Animals in Animated Films Between 2000 and 2010, Oana Leventi-Perez
Rhetoric and Rupture: A Theory of the Event, Robert Mills
Veiled Politics: Legitimating the Burqa Ban in the French Press, Anne Roberts
Discourse Analysis of Public Debate over U.S. Government Faith-Based Initiative of 2001, Vincente S. Scott
Twitter's Impact on Sports Journalism Practice: Where a New Medium Meets and Old Art, Kyle Sears
Constructing Asian/American Women on Screen, Charleen M. Wilcox
Imagining Queerness: Sexualities in Underground Films in the Contemporary P. R. China, Jin Zhao
Theses from 2010
Framing Autism Causes and Prevelance: A Content Analysis of Television Evening News Coverage--1994 Through April 2010, Angela S. Colson
[Redacted Text] and Surveillance: An Ideographic Analysis of the Struggle between National Security and Privacy, Eric M. Connelly
Cultural Play at the Crazy Horse Colossus: Narrative, Thomas M. Cornwell
Nadya Suleman and Kate Gosselin in the Media: Exploring Images of Motherhood and Reproductive Technology, Lisa A. Hanna
The Failed NC-17 Rating, Screen Violence and Sexuality, and the Viability of the Current MPAA Ratings System, David Wesley James
The Radical Voice in the Rhetoric of the Tea Party Movement, Joel M. Lemuel
History in the Making: The Impact of Ideology in Lynne Cheney's Children's Books, Samuel Miller
What Do They Expect? A Study of the Rhetoric of Job Expectations for First Post-College Jobs Found on Career Webpages of Gender-Dominant Organizations, Catherine Franklin Neiner
Media Literacy in the United States: A Close Look at Texas, Ava Katherine Ward-Barnes
The Game of Unity?: The 2007 Cricket World Cup as a Catalyst toward Caribbean Identity Construction, Peta-Gaye J. Wiggan
Theses from 2009
L337 Soccer Moms: Conceptions of "Hardcore" and "Casual" in the Digital Games Medium, Steven Andrew Boyer
In the Culture of Truthiness: Comic Criticism and the Performative Politics of Stephen Colbert, Justine Schuchard Holcomb
The Rhetorical Dimensions of Place-making: Texts, Structures, and Movement in Atlantic Station, Brook Alys Irving
Radiohead: The Guitar Weilding, Dancing, Singing Commodity, Selena Michelle Lawson
Hurricane Katrina and the Third World: A Cluster Analysis of the "Third World" Label in the Mass Media Coverage of Hurricane Katrina, Paul E. Mabrey III
Appropriation of Yoga and Other Indigenous Knowledge & Cultural Heritage: A Critical Analysis of the Legal Regime of Intellectual Property Rights, Lok Raj Pokhrel
Changes in Branding Strategy: A Discourse Analysis of NATO Publications and Speech Regarding its Russian Relationship and the NATO-Russia Council, Alexandra Kornilia Sowers
Organizational Accessibility and Community Connections: Examining Changes in the Spatial Proximity of Pubic Housing Residents to Social Service Providers and Providers' Responses to Redevelopment, Kimberly Ann Stringer
Communication Channels, Social Support and Satisfaction in Long Distance Romantic Relationships, Lijuan Yin
Racial Satire and Chappelle's Show, Katharine P. Zakos
Gaming Realism in Second Life, Dan Zhang
Theses from 2008
The Effect of Gay Visual Exemplars on Issue Perceptions in Newspaper Reports, Anita Atwell
For Better or for Worse? Media Coverage of Marital Rape in the 1978 Rideout Trial, Melissa Anne Bazhaw
Mourning and Message: Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 Atlanta Funeral as an Image Event, Rebecca Poynor Burns
Georgia Newspaper Coverage Discovering Conventional Practices of the 'Cherokee Question': Prelude to the Removal, 1828-1832, James Hollister Hobgood, Jr.
What’s the Story? Framing of Health Issues by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Major Newspapers: A Qualitative Analysis, Kathryn O'Neill Karnes
Plaza Fiesta: A Re-Imagined Homeland Contributing to Latino Identity and Community, Sarah Lindley Marske
Contagion from Abroad: U.S. Press Framing of Immigrants and Epidemics, 1891 to 1893, Harriet Moore
E-health and the Internet: Factors that Influence Doctors' Mediation Behaviors with Patients, Erin Robinson
UPS and Zoo Atlanta: A Case Study on Corporate Social Responsibility, Karen Saghini
A Genealogy of Absence & Evil: Tracing the Nation's Borders with Captain America, Christian J. Steinmetz
Dialectical Relationships in Pre 9/11 and Post 9/11 White Supremacist Discourse, Abigail Smith Williams
Satellites, Neoliberal Globalization and Global Corporatism, Fangjie Xu
Theses from 2007
An Internal Communications Analysis of a U.S. Credit Reporting Agency, Styletta Carter
"My Loss is Your Gain": Examining the Role of Message Frame, Perceived Risk, and Ambivalence in the Decision to Become an Organ Donor., Elizabeth Leigh Cohen
Civil Religion and Pastoral Power in the George W. Bush Presidency, Kristina E. Curry
A New Approach to an Old Story: How Generation Y Views and Disseminates Echoes of Vietnam Films as seen in Videos Created by Troops in Iraq, Lindsey Ann Hagan
Communicating a Crisis: The Public Information Officer's Perspective, Susan Hale
"Pro-Ana" Web-Log Uses and Gratifications towards Understanding the Pro-Anorexia Paradox, Dana G. Mantella
Patronizing Speech in Interability Communication toward People with Cognitive Disabilities, Vann Morris