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M.A. Theses

Klein, Allison Spring 2008   Newspaper coverage of Wisconsin's three All-American Girls Professional Baseball League teams
McManaman, Angela Spring 2008   Remember Rwanda, rescue Darfur: an examination of American media coverage and political response to 21st century genocide
Pokuta, Nicole Spring 2008   Hypersexualized young female celebrities: Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, and the virgin/whore dichotomy
Tinholt, Angela Spring 2008   Speaking for themselves: an analysis of Teen Voices magazine and an investigation into the importance of production-centered research in media studies
Jayaraman, Kavita Fall 2007   Understanding the effectiveness of product placement: the roles of placement congruency and information processing
Marquardt, Emily Fall 2007   Scandal coverage, Congress, and public opinion in 2006
Ochal, Carrin Fall 2007   The spread of an educational myth: how the myths of the information age have convinced parents that computers are essential to education
Hareng, Erin Fall 2007   Not hired: The Apprentice, the workplace, and post-feminism
Slocum, Diane Fall 2007   The divorce problem: deflecting moral panic in The Arena, 1889-1909
Fitzpatrick, Maureen Summer 2007   On the hegemonic reproduction of masculine dominance: metrosexuals, soldiers, and the mass media
Hoffmann, Melody Summer 2007   Redefining pornography: digital, post-punk, and post-feminist cultures on www.suicidegirls.com
Wangsvick, Paul Summer 2007   News media framing of gay marriage at the state level, 2004-2006
Glaeser, Jillian   Spring 2007   Creating policy in a state government: The development of Wisconsin's anti-obscenity law
Nair, Lekshmi   Spring 2007   The influence of residential mobility and stability on online news use
Noftz, Nicole   Spring 2007   Pilates undefined: the reception of Pilates information
Schmitt, Katherine   Spring 2007   To have and to hold to ideals: wedding reality shows and hegemony
Cardwell, Elizabeth   Summer 2006   When the word says "no" to war: U.S. media coverage of global protests against war in Iraq
Janscha, Jennifer Summer 2006 Re-framing faith: the miracle debate in the New York Times and Princeton Review, 1850-1899
Walsko, Gregory Summer 2006 Framing the digital must-carry debate: democracy and localism

Bensheimer, Krista

Summer 2006 Marketing on the Web: an evaluation of Mount Zion Christian School's use of the Web as a marketing tool to support its mission and goals
Birthisel, Jessica Summer 2006 Framing female Congressional candidates: the roles of sex, partisanship, and incumbency
Razvi, Mehvish Summer 2006 Bollywood Incorporated: negotiating Indianness through cinema
Grider, Nicholas Spring 2006 Think different: autism spectrum disorders and identity online.
Habeck, Jaclyn D. Spring 2006 Examining visitor motivations at the Milwaukee Public Museum
Oliver, Qadira Spring 2006 Black men's responses to representations of black women in the media
Sullivan, Jennifer Spring 2006 The millennium campaign: electronic news releases and public relations effectiveness
Trask, John Peter Spring 2006 Working the crowd:  the powers and pleasures of wrestling fandom
Hutt, Colin Fall 2005 The passion of the promotion: a crisis communications case study of the Passion of the Christ
Sattler, Heather Fall 2005 Muslim women through the eyes of the West: contact and perception
Terry, Christopher Summer 2005 Milwaukee's radio news trinity: Clear Channel, Journal Communications, and Wisconsin Public Radio and coverage of the 2004 election
Fitch, Schinika A. Summer 2005 How race and gender influence the professional values of journalists in Milwaukee (pdf 202k)
Gallun, Tess Summer 2005 Behind the lens of contemporary combat: the realities, trauma, and ethics of war as experienced by women photojournalists
Szikora, Eszter Summer 2005 Murder he wrote: patriarchal hegemony in postfeminist serial killer movies
Cao, Xiaoxia Spring 2005 Political interest, mass media, and young Americans in the 2004 general election
Firkus, Debbie A. Spring 2005 Antiwar activism online: the virtues and vanity of the virtual sphere
Stonbely, Sarah A. Fall 2004 Crime coverage on local television news: organizational constraints, fear, and authoritarianism
McBride, Jessica Monica Fall 2004 Using newspaper deviance frameworks to predict homicide newsworthiness in television news
Fierro, Carlos Daniel Summer 2004 Narrative and sympathy: a Smithean critique of Zapatista narratives in the New York Times and the Washington Post
Jacques, March Laree Summer 2004 Community-based breakthrough collaboratives: a diffusion study of civic innovation
Rudy, Corrie Ann Summer 2004 Strategic approaches to international advertising standardization: a qualitative content analysis of print advertisements from major French and U.S. news magazines
Ducaine, Kimberly Spring 2004 A picture of the American hero: ideological encoding of The flag raising at Iwo Jima & other World War II images
Hafer, Jessica E. Spring 2004 Playing a role in politics: video games as a space for democratic associations and a concern in congressional hearings
Koehler, Patricia Ann Fall 2003 Defining postfeminism in popular discourse: sex in Sex and the city
Werther-Kapsy, Katherine Fall 2003 How the portrayal of sex on television may influence the beliefs and attitudes of teens about sexual practice: a qualitative study exploring recall and genre as agents in cultivation
Wilson, James Timothy Fall 2003 How and why television journalists edit news stories in the context of viewer understanding: a qualitative study exploring the use of redundancy in television news stories
Nalbandian, Lisa M. Summer 2003 Interference: pirate radio and its value to the public sphere
Pikuleff, Maria M. Summer 2003 A framework for global Web marketing: the case of international education
Anderson, Jon G. Spring 2003 Image effectiveness in agricultural chemical print advertising
Cain, Heidi Jo Spring 2003 Follow the signs to McDonald's: a study of corporate marketing strategy, connecting to communities
Engel, Elissa Sally Spring 2003 High-tech or Hochtechnologie?: anglicisms in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as indicators of cultural change
La Llave, Ana Spring 2003
Miocic, Dajen Mirjana Spring 2003 News about sports: a content analysis of the 2002 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Ambrosh, Karen Ann Fall 2002 Media literacy and technology in the classroom
Han, Yoon Kyoung Fall 2002 American public radio and Christian radio: historical research and suggestions for CBS in Korea
Atkinson, Nathan M. Summer 2002 Hate crimes and mass media response to racial violence: an analysis of newspaper coverage of 1999 Benjamin Smith shooting spree
Liu, Feng Summer 2002 Evaluating advertising creativity: a comparison of practitioners and target readers
Pittman, Angela Rose Summer 2002 The beautiful ones: a discussion of beauty, the war between media and cultural standards of female beauty in Black and White America and an examination of diversity in beauty trends in American print fashion media over the past 20 years
Christie, Christie A. Spring 2002 The dissemination of court records on the internet: is CCAP liable for invasion of privacy or defamation?
Le Blanc, Julie Ann Spring 2002 The relationship of editorial and advertising in hobby business publications: a content analysis
Ringo, Peter F. Spring 2002 Media roles in female-to-male transsexual identity formation
Rockow, Joette Ellen Fall 2001 Of mice and media: animals and American television, newspapers and culture
Vinson, Jacquelyn Denise Summer 2001 Genre bending: new narratives in ethnographic documentary
Felber, Lorna Alisa Spring 2001 Olympic athlete or just another pretty face: a look at stereotypical portrayals of female athletes
Floyd, Megan M. Spring 2001
Lauters, Amy Linnea Spring 2001 Converging cultures: television, the internet and the fans of Lois and Clark
Velez, Lymari E. Summer 2000 The construction of cultural identities
Freiwald, Eric Paul Spring 2000 In good faith: public discourse and national press coverage of Christianity
Martinez, Michele A. Spring 2000 A roll of the dice: the authorship of American Indian representation related to gambling rights
Weber-Holloway, Erin L. Spring 2000 A lack of differences: comparisons of salary, job satisfaction and authority levels for female and male college sports information directors
Crowder, Lilly R. Fall 1999 Journalists and public relations practitioners: one profession or two?
Fitch, Janet Fall 1999
Goller, Amy M. Fall 1999 Reading between the lines: information biases in Milwaukee newspaper coverage of welfare reform
Olsen, Timothy M. Fall 1999 An analysis of positioning statements in the media by the medical and pharmaceutical industries regarding antibiotic resistance
Quinn, Brenda W. Fall 1999 Medicine, media, and mystery: the 1918 flu epidemic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sokol, Margaret W. Fall 1999 Playboy vs. Hustler: the bare facts on their influence in American society and modern day culture
Jirikowic, Darlene A. Summer 1999 Secondary female characters: the subtext of situation comedy
Liu, Weihua Spring 1999 Cantonese identity re-emerged: local discourse and media in Guangzhou
Olver, Julie L. Spring 1999 Unequal protection: gender neutrality and the failure of privacy law
Pondillo, Robert J. Fall 1998 The "right" audience: how far will local TV news go?
Pradarelli, Stephen J. Fall 1998 Community access television and the refugee experience: an examination of Hmong-produced programming
Baker, Dale A. Summer 1998
Pluskota, Faymarie A. Summer 1998 The frontier newspaper as town booster: Milwaukee Sentinel, 1837-1860
Welch, Sarah Delphine Summer 1998 The role of figures of speech in magazine advertising as determined by semiotic theory
Carter, Nicholas T. Fall 1997
Craft, Theresa Ann Fall 1997 Adoption and media: the war for Baby Jessica
Rostankowski, Alison Spring 1997 The documentary tradition: a cultural critique of the television documentary
Wilson, Hope Spring 1997 The use of survey research in the practice of public relations: a survey of training and consulting needs and practices of small businesses in a three county metropolitan area
Braden, Diane C. Fall 1996 A content analysis of television beer and wine commercials: children's perceptions of alcohol advertising
Malinowski, Barbara E. Fall 1996 Nature images in advertisements: a study of magazine advertisements and consumer culture 1920-1929
Zoromski, Mark S. Fall 1996 The impact of satellite technology on news content
Chiang, Bor-Yang Summer 1996 Involvement and motive in sports video game playing, televised sports viewing, live sports attendance and team sports participation
Chiu, Ling-Ying Summer 1996 The relationship between age, social interaction, mass media use and product information sources: a model of consumer's purchase information seeking
Cochran, Jane E. Summer 1996 Consumer reaction to World Wide Web advertising
Gray, Mary Lisa Summer 1996 Museum as medium, visitor research and museum-visitor relations: a mass communication perspective
Huang, Ai-Ling Summer 1996 Television and the elderly: the portrayals of the elderly in different demographic-skewing programming
Hughes, Karen Dudley Summer 1996 Commercial speech and teenage sexuality: an evaluation and proposal for change
Lapine, Raymond E. Summer 1996 The relationship between conservatism and the approval of sensationalism as a technique in television news
Li, Wan-Erh Summer 1996 A comparison of obscenity law in China, Taiwan and the United States
Buhk, Carijean Elizabeth Spring 1996
Leichtfuss, Rebecca S. Spring 1996 Organizational communication at a daily newspaper: a case study of The Reporter in Fond du Lac
Knabe, Ann P. Fall 1995 U.S. Air Force Reserve plane crashes: a case study in crisis communication
Luljak, Thomas P. Fall 1995 Discovering deception: a study of journalism ethics in two television newsrooms
Splieth, Roberta Kay Spring 1995 Toward a telco speech model: a legal analysis
Weinzierl, Michael E. Fall 1994 Community ties, perceived news relevance, recreation time and career goals as predictors of news consumption among mass communication students