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(University of Oregon, 2013-10-10)The dissertation offers a historical inquiry about how television's material traces entered archival spaces. Material traces refer to both the moving image products and the assortment of documentation about the processes ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)This study unravels histories and locates meanings of specific Native and colonially imposed currencies from the 1850s to present day. Existing literature tends to reproduce colonial stereotypes of Native American peoples ...
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From the Magic Bullet to Family Mealtime: An Analysis of the Obesity Epidemic in Time and Newsweek (University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)This thesis examines news articles to see if obesity has been framed as a moral panic by looking at how the coverage understands the causes of obesity and its solutions. A qualitative textual analysis of 100 articles and ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)While most media-memory research focuses on particular cultural repository sites, memorials, traumatic events, media channels, or commemorative practices as objects of study to understand the construction of collective ...
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(University of Oregon, 2015-08-18)This thesis analyzes the ideological functions of gameplay mechanics in five mobile and online girl games. The subjects of close reading in this study are Tampon Run, Wonder City, Barbie Fashionistas, Style Studio, and ...
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(2007-06)As digital entertainment becomes more advanced, the medium of the video game has gained a broader audience. Today, more women are spending their leisure time enjoying video games. This research focuses on serious (or ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)Liberia became the United States’ priority in the fight against the Ebola epidemic in West Africa between 2014 and 2015. After the epidemic was officially declared over in May 2015, the U.S. Agency for International ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)This textual analysis examines online mainstream media coverage during Hillary Clinton’s 2015/16 presidential campaign. Previous research on female political candidates indicates that there are both subtle and unsubtle ...
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(University of Oregon, 2011-12)Despite the rise in participation and economic importance of online games as a media phenomenon, ever-growing virtual worlds that seemingly exist as "third places" for social interaction and relationship formation, there ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)Harassment of journalists from viewers, readers, and strangers is not a new phenomenon, but one that is increasingly garnering attention by both the popular press and trade press. As such, this paper utilizes theoretical ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)The present dissertation explored the effectiveness of inserting anti-violence, pro-social messages into violent video games. In light of previous, inconsistent findings relative to the effectiveness of in-game persuasive ...
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(University of Oregon, 2011-06)Advertising agencies trade on their creativity, which is supplied by teams of creative and account workers to create customer-centered advertising that is both novel and interesting. This research explores the magic of the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)This study examines how LGBT activists and LGBT youth make meaning of a strategic advocacy campaign. By examining activist and advocacy efforts aimed at youth, this research brings to light how LGBT organizations use ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-06)This thesis explored the significance of the 1969 Woodstock festival and its anniversary festivals as indicated through media use of iconic and popular photographs. The literature review examines the role of iconic and ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-10-17)Free (libre) and open source software (FLOSS) emerged in the 1980s as a radical alternative to proprietary software. Fighting back against what FLOSS enthusiasts viewed as overly restrictive intellectual property protections ...
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Independent Filmmaking in the Pacific Northwest: A Critical Analysis of the Regional Film Landscape (University of Oregon, 2011-06)Thousands of films are produced every year in the United States, and only a fraction of these is made by mainstream Hollywood film studios. Independent filmmakers working in regional locations produce the majority of these ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)Research into mainstream (AAA) video games reveals a popularized form of militarized masculine entertainment that is synonymous with violence toward other men and sexualized violence toward women. The means of successful ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)The visual quality of Instagram has allowed for it to become the prime platform for user-generated content that features brands and consumer goods. Millennials report learning about brands after being exposed to them on ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)This thesis explores the relationships and experiences that young adults have with and within complicated and always changing new media environments, such as those afforded by social media platforms and mobile media ...
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(University of Oregon, 2015-08-18)Since the mid-1990s, American Internet service providers (ISPs) have enjoyed immunity from liability for defamation under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. As Congress originally intended in 1996, Section 230 ...
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