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Journalism and Communication Theses and Dissertations
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Rahman, Md Waseq Ur
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
This dissertation studies the formation of pleasurable and meaningful entertainment experiences during playing board games using a media psychological lens. It sheds light on players’ psychological and emotional substrates ...
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Guzman, John
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
This dissertation explores the commodification of drag by exploring the reality competition series RuPaul’s Drag Race. Using Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice, the show draws its data from the first fourteen seasons of the ...
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Abuhmaid, Hadil
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
Since the production of the first Palestinian film in the 1930s, cinema in Palestine has unfolded into four different periods, each shaped by the political climate of its era: (1) Al-Nakba or “Catastrophe” (1935 - 1948); ...
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Clark, Kisa
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
In the U.S. and Oregon, Latinx communities have experienced some of the most disparate health, social, and economic consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic due to existing structural and environmental inequities. In the ...
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Cole, Cassandra
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that significantly impacts one’s memory, behavior, and motor functions—ultimately, a person with Alzheimer’s disease requires constant care. Caregivers are often unpaid ...
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De Azevedo, Suenia Aline
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
This thesis comprehended the negotiation between feminism and music on social media, focusing on the discourse of the Brazilian feminist funk genre on TikTok. Through the qualitative method of textual analysis, 60 videos ...
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Quick, Rachel
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
This dissertation critically examines Black news podcasts through the lens of Black media history, political economy, and platformization, highlighting their socio-economic role and the emergence of Black creators in the ...
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Biswas, Indroneil Bir
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
The rise of the internet and digital technologies in the last three decades has transformed how individuals and societies consume, and make sense of, media. Digital penetration affects almost every aspect of social life, ...
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Wilson, Travis
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
The visual image has long been renowned for its world-shaping abilities. This study argues that the worlds of images give life to visual cultures for how audiences go about “visualizing” physical space through images that ...
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Mahliaire, Nii
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
In response to the opioid crisis disproportionately affecting Native American populations, this dissertation examines the communication preferences of the Ojibwe community in Northern Minnesota for addiction recovery program ...
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Caprioglio, Teresa
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
In 2016, the CW network series The 100 came under fire for the on-screen death of a lesbian series regular, immediately following a queer sexual encounter. In the aftermath, fans, trade press, and even network insiders ...
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Lorenzo, Samantha
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
The main objective of this dissertation is to examine health crisis narratives and their relationship to message perception and conspiratorial ideations. Through empirical data and observations, this research investigates ...
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Kartalija, Trevor
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
TikTok’s Day in the Life trend, in which users show a typical day in their work life, provides an example of how neoliberal ideology is reflected through social media content as users’ performances in this trend depict ...
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Bisilki, Isaac
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
This dissertation explores the strategic use of social media in environmental sanitation campaigns in the sub-Saharan African country Ghana. It offers insights into the phenomenon of social media use by Environmental ...
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Apiyo, Robert
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
This dissertation examines the role and influence of podcasts in shaping intragroup relationships among African diasporan groups present in the U.S. Based on a qualitative case study analysis of three podcasts -- The Stoop, ...
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Schroder, Matthew
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
This dissertation examines three public broadcasting organizations in the state of Alaska. Alaska’s public broadcasting system was defunded by the state government in 2019. Amidst the cuts and during other times of duress, ...
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Raj, Kummar Sri Mohan V.
(University of Oregon, 1935-06)
If National Better Farm and Home Journal is to be self-respecting, it must be self-supporting. Hence the objective in the mind of the writer has been to gather all available data on the business of publishing as practiced ...
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Koomson, Paul
(University of Oregon, 2024-01-10)
The rising incidence and severity of environmental disasters associated with climate change and the acknowledged failure of adaptation projects to address the priority needs of marginalized and most vulnerable social groups ...
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Tabor, Courtney
(University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)
Nearly five million Americans remain disenfranchised because of their incarceration or felon status. Through this dissertation project, I study two legislative campaigns and conduct a nationwide experiment to better ...
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McLaughlin, Andrew
(University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)
This dissertation examines the phenomenon of War Porn, a term that describes the visual destruction of bodies in conflict to elicit a visceral reaction in viewers for the purposes of titillation and entertainment. I examine ...
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