Browsing Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Communication, Culture & Technology by Creation Date
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Project management in cross-border teams: how do United States and India-based managers cope with cultural influences on project management
(2004-04-24)In the last few decades, companies have diversified across their national borders in pursuit of new markets and access to cheaper material and labor resources. In order to achieve high productivity in the new global economy, ... -
Online Sports Culture: Finding the Sacred in New Media Environments
(2005-04-16)Recent trends in the development of online sports websites have signaled professional sports leagues awareness of the growing interest fans have in the online medium and the technologies it provides. But, because of the ... -
A Content Analysis of Television Political Pundits
(2005-04-25)Following the conclusion of the first 2004 presidential debate between George W. Bush and John Kerry, television political pundits immediately began to assess the performances of each candidate. Two particular elements of ... -
Scope It Out 5K: Impact of Community Events on Health Awareness
(2005-04-29)This study discusses the process of organizing a road race and explores the impact of the subsequent sporting event on the health awareness of participants. Specifically, the study explores the impact of the March 19, 2005 ... -
The Daily Show Effect: Humor, News, Knowledge and Viewers
(2005-05-02)What happens when the "news" is presented in an amusing format? The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is the result of the merging of several entertainment programming trends, notably the news satire format and the talk show ... -
Just for Laughs: An Analysis of 21st Century African American Situational Comedies
(2005-05-02)There have been studies regarding the roles and stereotypes of African Americans in the American entertainment industry. Most of these studies have been expository pieces, stating the stereotypes portrayed and adopted by ... -
BLOGGING POLITICS: A CASE STUDY OF THE 2004 ELECTION
(2005-05-02)The recent popularity of the weblog, or "blog", has been receiving a significant amount of attention within the mainstream press. While weblogs are devoted to issues ranging across the social spectrum, political weblogs ... -
Biometrics, RFID Technology, and the ePassport: Are Americans Risking Personal Security in the Face of Terrorism?
(2006-04-10)This thesis analyzes the arguments for and against deploying an electronic passport to American citizens that contains a biometric identifier and an RFID chip. Are Americans giving up civil liberties and constitutional ... -
Pitching on the Hill: Baseball's Alliance with the Media and their Influence on Public Policy
(2006-04-18)The institution known as Major League Baseball enjoys a disproportionate level of influence over all branches of local and federal government. The media are the gatekeepers of information for society. Government representatives ... -
Commodification of Voting: Celebrity, Spectacle and Social Movements
(2006-04-19)This thesis explores the role of social movements in encouraging minority youth political participation and mobilization, as well as the historical shifts in the tools movements have used to mobilize minority youth, a ... -
CONFUSING THE FAITHFUL: CATHOLICISM'S STRUGGLE WITH MASS MEDIA
(2006-04-19)A small percentage of American journalists are religious, even fewer Catholic, and yet Catholic news stories have appeared in the news quite often in recent years. Catholic media is widespread, although obviously not as ... -
Values Voters in America: The Future of Evangelical Politics in the South
(2006-04-19)The South was once a bastion of support for the Democratic Party. Through the New Deal and the Civil Rights movements that support was dramatically eroded. Today, the Dixiecrats have been replaced by a new breed of ... -
REFINING IDEAS: NORM INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND THE JUBILEE 2000 CAMPAIGN
(2006-04-21)Under what conditions do states change their behaviors to conform to international norms? While states often agree with international norms in principle and rhetoric, whether or not the state changes its behaviors to conform ... -
Red State, Blue State, Red News, Blue News
(2006-04-24)The phrase "red state, blue state" has set off a debate as divisive as the social trend it describes. This thesis not only recognizes the disparity in defining red states and blue states, but aims to both separate and ... -
RESPONDING TO NEW MEDIA: AUTOMOBILE ADVERTISING AND MODERN CONSUMERISM
(2006-04-24)In this thesis I examine the unique positioning of BMW Films in the history of automotive advertising in the United States and suggest that BMW's unique approach of combining cinematic film and Internet technology initiated ... -
From TV to the Mall: A Cross-Gender Analysis of the Correlation Between Television and Product Consumption
(2006-04-24)America has become addicted to television. The average 18-year-old has seen 22,000 hours of TV, and adults of every age, race, sex, social class, and geographical location watch TV for news, education, and entertainment. ... -
Globalization, New Media, and Dissent: A Functionalist Analysis of the Dislocation of Interests
(2006-04-26)As a proxy for the logic of global capitalism, globalization has engendered much dissent. Contemporaneously, globalization has provided a host of new technologies enabling a broad diversity of innovative approaches to the ... -
Global-Wood: Hollywood's Foreign Market Challenge in the Digital Economy
(2006-04-26)This study examines the impact of the global digital economy on cost structures in Hollywood, as an example of an information intensive, or intellectual property dependent, industry. Furthermore, it analyzes how a shift ... -
THE VIRTUOUS CONSUMER : USING SOCIAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES TO FOSTER THE PUBLIC SPACE OF MARKETS
(2006-04-27)Key to this thesis asks are questions of individual versus collective action, digital versus traditional media and the overriding instance that such actions and tools are being employed not in the traditional political ... -
Speak Softly or Carry a Big Stick?: Comparing the Approaches of The Humane Society of the United States and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(2006-04-27)My thesis explores the varying methods that animal protection groups use to achieve their goal of increased protection for animals. In particular, I compare, contrast, and critique the approaches of The Humane Society of ...
