Theses and Dissertations - Journalism and Media Communication
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Predictors of behavioral intention to purchase risky consumer products
Two online surveys dealing with the purchase of potentially risky consumer products, sunscreen containing nanoparticles (n=373) and genetically modified foods (n=379), examined behavioral intention within the framework of ... -
Breaking down the gates with participatory journalism : leveraging user-generated content for today's journalistic practices
With the increase in user-generated content (UGC) with today's information communication technologies (ICTs), there is ample opportunity for journalists to leverage UGC in their reporting. Because media organizations are ... -
Effects of visual design in beef seedstock ads on trust, credibility, and intent to seek more information
This study was intended to analyze the effect of a visual design on the viewer's trust, credibility, and intent to seek more information among Angus cattle producers. To test this relationship, 561 beef producers were ... -
Digitization, innovation, and participation : digital conviviality of the Google Cultural Institute
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Using integrated model of behavioral prediction to identify the most predictive determinants of college students' intention to do regular vigorous exercise
This study aimed to use the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction (IMBP) to identify the strongest predictors of college student's intention to do vigorous exercise regularly. The results of the study will be useful ... -
Chronic disease prevention in college students : assessment of perception and intention to use a health management app
The relationship between intention to use a hypothetical health management app and other variables from a conceptual framework of the Health Belief Model (HBM) and the extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of ... -
#WhereAmI? : the synergy of social media engagement and cartosemiotic conduct
This thesis presents a multi-quantitative study to describe and analyze the synergy of map language, or cartosemiotics, and social media engagement. In addition to an extensive literature review of cartosemiotics and social ... -
Role of readers' performance of a narrative on their beliefs about transgender persons : a mental models approach, The
Narratives are powerful communication tools that can influence people's beliefs and attitudes. Narrative processing literature explains cognitive operations involved in information processing in terms of transportation and ... -
Simplification, debranding, and new marketing techniques : an historical analysis of brand logo design
Marketing and advertising trends, like fashion, go in and out of style with the seasons and the years. In decades past, advertisements were once created entirely out of text. But as cameras got better, printers more detailed, ... -
Risky photography in national parks : an examination of the role of online identity management in wildlife risk perceptions
Technology and an ever-growing online culture have created a new space to display, modify, and maintain personal identity. These spaces can often perpetuate risky behaviors offline by creating a need to share, comment, and ... -
Pinning for leisure or labor? : unveiling constructions of wedding planning via Pinterest
Pinterest, a digital bulletin board website where users can create digital visual collections of meaningful content (i.e., pins), has been criticized for "killing feminism" (Odell, 2012), promoting "tight gender boundaries" ... -
Strategic fundraising communication plan for the Office of International Programs at Colorado State University
As a globally-focused American institution of higher education, Colorado State University aims to bring international education opportunities to all 33,000 of its students. In 2017, CSU had more than 2,000 international ... -
Ride, record, repeat : tracking of cycling data as communication on three levels and how each meet a corresponding basic psychological need
Self-tracking of health related data has grown more popular in the last decade. It is helpful to view this behavior as communication on three levels: communicating with the device, communicating with the self, and communicating ... -
Working narrative : analysis of linguistic structures and styles in life storytelling on social media, The
The stories we tell ourselves, and others, define us. What does that mean when we enter digital life and populate social media networks? In this dissertation, I examine the linguistic structures and styles of content created ... -
User-generated content : an examination of users and the commodification of Instagram posts
The language around social media contributes to perceptions of who is posting content and why. The concept of user generated content (UGC) places an emphasis on authorship and has been defined as online content that is ... -
Affect and effect of Internet memes : assessing perceptions and influence of online user-generated political discourse as media, The
In our modern media environment characterized by participatory media culture, political internet memes have become a tool for citizens seeking to participate actively and discursively in a digital public sphere. Although ... -
Counter-attitudinal exemplars viewed through the social identity lens : a case of climate change and political partisans
This study examined the relationship between social identification theory and exemplification theory through the use of counter-attitudinal exemplars. Exemplification theory predicts that inferences from one single exemplar ... -
Creating brand communities : a phenomenological study on media and the psychology of brand magic
Understanding the complexities of the consumer-brand relationship is an ongoing area of study in multiple fields. Stemming from the notion that brands convey cultural meaning, brand community studies focus specifically on ... -
Exploring apps users' experiences with app notifications
There is a cultural tendency towards technological consumption that leads many people to spend an abundant amount of time interacting with technological devices. These interactions can at times make users feel stressed, ... -
Examining the influence of social media on body image : Miss Perfection, a misperception
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the potential influence of social media sites such as pro anorexia and pro bulimia blog sites, in the support or encouragement of eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorders, eating ...
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