The College of Communication Dissertations Series is comprised of dissertations and theses authored by Marquette University's College of Communication doctoral and master's students.
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
In-Between Cultural Expectations and Medical Recommendations: Mothering Discourses Among Nigerian Women on Facebook, Oluwaseyi Esther Ambrose
Save the Life, Save the Relationship: Conversations after Suicide-Related Disclosures, Drew Bailey
Exploring Political Consumerism: Its Antecedents and Mediating Role Between Family Communication and Political Activity, Hannah Swarm
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Populism and the Civil Sphere: A Textual Analysis of the Photographs of the “War on Drugs” in the Philippines, Nathaniel Lubanga
Community Journalism in Zambia: The Case of Chikuni Radio, Vincent Tilimboyi Nchimunya
Understanding The 1918-1920 Cultural Narrative of The Spanish Flu as Told Through The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, Gertrude Misornu Ofori-Parku
Media Competency and Media Literacy Education (MLE) Among Tribal Religious/Seminarians (TRS), Justin Tirkey
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Not Stranger or Friend: The Role of Self-Disclosure in Personal-Service Provider Relationships, Sarah Elizabeth Devereux
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Effects of News Media Consumption on Political Partisanship, Identity and Issue Stances, Dalton Bouzek
Faculty and Staff Members' Awareness of Inclusive Policies At Higher Educational Institutions, Reece Harty
A Content Analysis of Caregiver's Computer-Mediated Communication on Loneliness, Meaghan Kaupe
Side Effects Of Self-Referential Discussion: The Impact And Interaction Of Deductive And Inductive Routes Of Identity, Chandler MacSwain
Neutral Reportage Privilege: The Libel Defense Needed in a Struggling Democracy, Christina Mazzeo
Fair or Foul: Analysis of 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame Voting, Michael Dane Peppers
Sensemaking and Identity in Complementary Alternative Medicine: Communication Study on Reiki, Caroline Reese
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Highest Form of Like: Snapchat, College Students and Hyperpersonal Communication, Timothy L. Cigelske
Examining the Political Motivations of Christian Women Following the 2016 Presidential Election, Julie Grace
Willingness to Speak in the Context of Police Use of Force, Rachel Italiano
Communicating Augmented Reality Devices Improving Technology Acceptance Among Electric Utility Field Workers, Carly M. Kroll
Crowdfunding and Non-Profit Charities: Crafting Legitimate Profiles, Ashley Krysik
How and Where to Respond? Testing the Effectiveness of the Base Crisis Response in the Different Media Contexts, Erika Jen Schneider
Broadening the Focus: Women's Voices in the New Journalism, Mary C. Wacker
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Corporate Social Responsibility in Sports: Efforts and Communication, Daniel Erickson
Let My People In: A Comparative Study of Diversity Rhetoric to Reality in Institutions of Higher Education, Darvelle Hutchins
Impact of Cybvervetting on Job Seekers' Social Media Use and Identity Creation, Courtney Powers
The Relationship between the Military's Masculine Culture and Service Members' Help-Seeking Behaviors, Rachel Reit
Buying for a Cause: Consumer Attitudes Towards Cause Marketing, Using Theory of Planned Behavior, Katie Lynn Sloan
Can Big Whales Inspire Big Behaviors? A Study of Environmental Communication, and Nature Immersion, Theresa Soley
Making an Audience: An Analysis of Making a Murderer, Bree Ann Trisler
An Investigation into the Teaching of International Public Relations to Undergraduates, Matthew Wisla
Linking Heuristic-Systematic Processing to Adoption of Behavior, Shiyu Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Baby Dust to All! Identity Construction in Two-Week Wait Online Discussion Forums, Danielle R. DeRose
Inside the Halls and Walls: Exploring CSR from the Employee Perspective, Katharine Miller
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Slipping into Darkness: An Ideological Critique of Racial Inequality Coverage in Milwaukee Newspapers, 2010-2014, Enrique Brown
Risk Information Seeking and Processing About HPV Among Chinese Female Students in the United States, Shiyao Li
Slim Truth: A Textual and Autoethnographic Analysis of Celebrity Eating Disorder Coverage in People Magazine, Angela Michel
Free to Inform: A Study of Influences on Newswork at a National Public Radio Station, Kayla Parker
Connecting the Dots: Issues of Organizational Identity Among Training and Development Professionals, Andrew Glen Taylor
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Selling "Kawaii" in Advertising: Testing Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Kawaii Appeals, Tao Deng
Improving the Effectiveness of Print Advertising Copy Using the Theory of Planned Behavior As a Guide, Nkenge Kirton
Journalism and Community: A Case Study of the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS), Herbert J. Lowe Jr.
Identification and Identity Building in/by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), David H. Torres
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Skinny Secrets: Promoting The "Less Is More" Ideology In Women's Diet Books, Cassidy Felker Garbutt
Psychological Safety as a Mediator of Relational Coordination in Interdisciplinary Hospital Care Units, Barry C. Henrichs
Using a Modified Heuristic-Systematic Model to Characterize Information Seeking on the Internet, Kyle Hill
The Impurity Truth: How Popular Media Taught Millennial Males To Get Laid And "Do It" As Early As Possible, Patrick Raymond Johnson
Rhetorical Invention, Leadership, And Dialogue: Dorothy Day's Extemporaneous Encounters, Tracy Ann Stockwell
Follow Me: A Network Analysis Of Marquette University's Twitter Network, Angela Elaine Swenson
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
How I Was Saved: Christian Faith Narratives in Contemporary Society, Allison Berg
Investigating Predictors of Preferences for Deliberative Qualities of Political Conversations Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process, David L. Brinker
Seeking Safety? Applying the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model to Sexual Aggression on a College Campus, Gregory J. Calhoun
Reclaiming "Victim" Through Untold Stories: An Analysis of the Personal Stories of Women Who Have Survived Violence, Ashley K. Collette
Visual Resistance: How to Challenge Brand Messages Visually, Daria S. Kempka
Mother: A Textual Analysis of Contemporary Mother Identities in Popular Discourse, Katherine Mayer
Exploring the Social Entrepreneur: Individual and Organizational Identity Construction, Colleen C. Moore
Relationship of Facebook Usage to Team Identification, Caitlin Moyer
Culivating and Retaining Committed Volunteers: An Analysis of Volunteer Identification in Nonprofit Organizations, Nora Beth Pilak
Manna from the Glossy Pulpit: Food Advertising in Women's Magazines, Kira-Lynn Reeves
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
"How Did Toyota Stay on Top?" Revisiting Crisis Communication Discourse, Rachel Marie Knoespel
Perceived Reality of Images of Women in Magazines, Valerie Kretz
Evolution of a President: John F. Kennedy and Berlin, Nicholas Labinski
Consulting Social Media in the College Transition Process: Experiential Accounts of the Class of 2014, Amanda Stageman
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Effects of Parental Divorce on Uncertainty Following Initial Communication with a Potential Romantic Partner, Julia Ann Hansch
A Narrative Analysis of Climate Change Coverage in the New York Times, 1988-2008: Social Responsibility and Weight-of-Evidence Reporting, Valerie Marie Valentine
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Constantly Connected: A Case Study Exploring the Impact of Blackberry Devices on Corporate Communication, Kari R. Atkinson
Young Love can be Torture: An Autoethnography Exploring the Making of High School Sweethearts, William Stanley Gartside
A Different Kind of Inter-Media Agenda Setting: How Campaign Ads Influenced the Blogosphere in the '08 Election, Molly Greenwood
Magazines and the Internet: Translating Cover Stories from Print to Web, Ruby M. Thomas
Rise, Decline, and Re-Emergence of Media Literacy Education in the United States: 1960-2000, Ranjit Tigga
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
You Tube Ads: An Issue Ownership Study of the 2008 Presidential Primary Campaign, Pradeep Thomas Joseph Antony
Communication That is Truly Skin Deep: A Rhetorical Discussion of Sailor Jerry's Tattoo Flash Designs, Tyler Buckley
Constructions of masculinity and Femininity and Their Impact on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Marmy A. Clason
The Influence of Family Communication on Students' Communication Apprehension in Academic Advising Relationships, Kristin A. Shebesta
Advergaming for Social and Political Causes: Activating the Public through Online Video Games, Olesya Venger
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Shyness and Online Social Networking Services, Levi Baker
Understanding Media Frames: A Frame Analysis of Rape Coverage in Major Metropolitan Daily Newspapers, Elizabeth Ann Kennedy
"What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?": A Discursive Analysis Of Career Socialization and Decision-Making, Jeanine McMillen
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
International Students' Risk Perception: Seeking and Processing of Avian Influenza Information, Franziska U. Boerner
The Impact of the Medical Providers' Religiosity on Their Willingness to Relinquish Relational Control in Conversations with Patients About End-of-Life Care, Stephanie A. Christopher
A secondary Analysis of Renewable Energy Data Using an Information Seeking and Processing Model and the Knowledge Gap Model, Teresa L. Darrah
Differential Effects of Adult vs. Peer as Agent of Intervention on the Communicative Functioning in a Child with Autism, Jessica M. Lahti
The Ethic of Care and Capturing Images of Grief and Sadness: A Case Study in Television News Photojournalism, Linda B. Marcus
Risk Perceptions of Dental Radiation and what Prompts People to Ask about Risks, Sherry L. Ortiz
The New York Times' Visual Art Criticism and Advertising (1970-2000), William A. Thorn
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
The Relationship Between Acculturation Level and African American English Usage in Young Adult African American Males, Dené Yvette Brown
The Effect of the Information Sufficiency Gap on Cognitive Work in a Web-Based, Process-Oriented Learning Environment, K. Alex Inman
An Examination of Message Variation in Cigarette Advertisements Aimed at Caucasian and African-American Women, Andrew James Kirk
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Intranet Use in a Multinational Organization, Nancy K. Lewander
Why Do You Blog: A Uses-and-Gratifications Inquiry Into Bloggers' Motivations, Dan Li
Neurolinguistic Analysis of Neologisms in Reading, Erin K. Ontko
Dancing with Dissonance: Organizational Communication at a Women's Substance-Abuse Treatment Agency, Jeremy S. Salucka
Asylum and Sexual Orientation: Experiences and Beliefs, Nathan Hale Sargent
Effects of Ethnic Communication on Chinese Students' Acculturation Process, Zheng Yang
Attitude Accessibility: Moderating County-of-Origin Effects on Brand Preferences, Jianjie Ye