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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Contextualizing The Role of Answerers' Gaze Orientation in Turn Taking, Cassidy Moore

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Understanding Veteran Perceptions about Mental Health and its Treatment, Quinn Turner Stoddard

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Measuring Morality in the 2020 US Presidential Election, Scott Edward Atkins

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Framing the Green New Deal and Climate Change: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, Danielle Elizabeth Duffy

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Confederate Statues in University Opinion Newspaper Articles: An Analysis of Themes and Attachment, Jamie Nicole Knopf

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Scientology's FAQ: Sciencing, Tech-romancing, Simulacra, & Simulation an Estranged Content Analysis, David Scott Morrill

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Online Activism and Real Life Environmentalism, Emily Grace Anderson

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The Worth of Risk: Political Participation and Risk Perceptions, Siri Grubb

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Investigating Values in Discourse: Ideals and Social Plans, Luke Edward Hanst

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Public Perception of Air Quality Risks in Portland, Oregon, Dawn Nolan

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Spread Like Wildfire: Assessing the Utility of Local Facebook Groups to Inspire Citizen Communication During a Disaster, Colby Riehl

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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So Many Choices: an Experimental Study of Digital Television Choice, Customization, and Satisfaction, Johanna Lee Hoener

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Social Media Use, Social Comparison, and Loneliness, Jordan Elena Johnson

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Led Down the Garden Path: Cognitive Processing of English Language Idioms, Daniel Alan Vandehey

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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"Smart" Technology: Do You Buy It? Adoption of Digital Innovations, Laura Koyer Glass

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HIV, Stigma, and Attribution of Causal Emotions, Zoe Elizabeth Larson

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Stigmatization and Mental Illness: the Communication of Social Identity Prototypes through Diagnosis Labels, Justin Samuel Leverett

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To Disclose or Not to Disclose? Self-Disclosure of Mental Health in the Workplace, Samantha Margaret Reynolds

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Judgments of Lethal Risk: a Comparison of Visual and Narrative Stimuli, Derek Anthony Bonniksen

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"My Teacher Says I'm an Overachiever, but I Think He's an Overexpecter" : Teacher Expectations, Self-Concept, and Academic Success, Jennifer Lea Campbell

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What's New Pussyhat? Men, Feminism, and Social Identity, Rachel Lee Crist

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Framing Race and Blame in the Media: a Case Study on the Chapel Hill Shooting, Sara Abdullatif Galadari

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Inclusion and Assimilation: Including Change in the Workplace, Marisa Jean Miller

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Studying the Effects of Motivated Reasoning on Appraisals of Message Strength, Aric Christopher Powell

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Affordances on Facebook, Stress, and Emotional Support, Caitlin Rose Rethwish

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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"First"-Matters: Projecting the Displacement of Responses to Questions in the Context of Presidential Primary-Campaign Debates, Kristella Marie Montiegel

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Influence of the Presidential Inaugural Address on Audience Perceptions of Candidate Image and the State of the Nation, Kyle Alexander Rush

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Newspaper Construction of Homelessness in Western United States Cities, Charlie Allan Sheese

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Investigating Cable: the Potential and Actual Value of PEG & Franchise Fees, Duncan Chaz Stewart

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Gender Bias and the Evaluation of Players: Voice and Gender in Narrated Gameplay Videos, Robin April Crowell

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Is Scholarship Advancing?: An Analysis of Fifteen Years of Framing Research, Joseph Zachary Provencher

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Narratives of Native American Women and Tribal Courts: the Framing of the Violence Against Women Act of 2013 in Mainstream, Native American, and Tribal Press Coverage, Alesha Marie Sangster

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A Relevance Rule Organizing Responsive Behavior During Projectably Multi-Unit Tellings, Anri Zama

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Metaphorical Framing of Obesity, Ryan Paul Hofer

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Inspiring Action: Measuring the Effect of Motivational Frames on Social Movement Mobilization, Rebecca Louise Smith

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Discursive Security: F.B.I. Stings and the Nature of Peace, Adam Testerman

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Check-In Frequency with Friends on Location-Based Social Networks: A Look at Homophily and Relational Closeness, Jacqueline H. Vo

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Insights into the Mental Imagery and Gestural Awareness of Representational Gestures Produced in Everyday Talk: An Exploratory Study of Using Participants' Comments as Data, Sue M. Wendel

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Peer Conversations about Inter-racial and Inter-ethnic Friendships, Lana Lee Buckholz

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Black and Blue and Read All Over: News Framing and the Coverage of Crime, Kalistah Quilla Cosand

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Elaborating Patient Agency in Breast-Cancer Care: A Grounded Theoretical Analysis of Patients Asserting Treatment Preferences, Rachel Sofia Erdman

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Exploring Communicative Aspects of Client Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Retention in a Private, Non-profit Organization: A Qualitative, Interview-Based Study of Catholic Charities, Amanda Michelle Fortin

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'This Would Be Much Funner in Person': A Qualitative Grounded Theory Analysis of Cybergrooming, Maurice Jason Gauz

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Community Connections: Exploring the Constructive Potential of Facebook for Civic Engagement, Sarah Ruth Martin

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"Your information station": A Case study of rural radio in the 21st century, William Jacob Amadeus Pinnock

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Cross-Cutting Concerns: The Varying Effects of Partisan Cues in the Context of Social Networks, Benjamin King Smith

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The Stories We Tell: A Qualitative Inquiry to Multiracial Family Storytelling, Mariko O. Thomas

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It's Complicated: The Role of Facebook in Romantic Relationships Concerning Relational Certainty, Attachment, and Self-Esteem, Jenna Rae Tucker

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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International and Domestic Student Health-Information Seeking and Satisfaction, Stacy Theodora Austin

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Talking the Talk: An exploration of parent-child communication about cyberbullying, Veronica Anne Droser

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Self-Disclosure and Self-Efficacy in Online Dating, Andrew Christopher España

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Metaphor Use in Interpersonal Communication of Body Perception in the Context of Breast Cancer, Jennifer Mary Fillion

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Disjointed Cosmopolitanism: Climate Change and Lived Experience in Portland, Oregon, Stephen Wayne Flinn

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Every Town Is All the Same When You've Left Your Heart in the Portland Rain: Representations of Portland Place and Local Identity in Portland Popular Lyrics, Meghan Andrea Kearney

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Life Post 9/11: Experiences of Korean Americans Ten Years Later, Jay Lee

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War's Visual Discourse: A Content Analysis of Iraq War Imagery, Mary Elizabeth Major

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Grief Lives Online: An Empirical Study of Kübler-Ross' Categories of Bereavement on MySpace Profiles, Ilona Yurivna Malenkovich

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Sexting Unleashed: The Social Phenomenon According to Youth Sexters, Jessica Marie McGraw

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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The Lived Experience of High School Policy Debate in Oregon, Ameena AnnaMaria Amdahl-Mason

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Figurative Language in the Immigration Debate: Comparing Early 20th Century and Current U.S. Debate with the Contemporary European Debate, Ensieh Biria

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Are We Cool Yet?: A Longitudinal Content Analysis of Nerd and Geek Representations in Popular Television, Christopher Louis Cardiel

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Crafting a Space: A Feminist Analysis of the Relationship Between Women, Craft, Business and Technology on Etsy.com, Elizabeth Gillette Offensend

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Examining the Portland Music Scene through Neo-localism, Tyler James Brain

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Who Gender-Bends and Why? A Qualitative Study of World of Warcraft, Clairellyn Rose Gregory

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Performing Marginal Identities: Understanding the Cultural Significance of Tawa'if and Rudali Through the Language of the Body in South Asian Cinema, Lise Danielle Hurlstone

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"You Can See it in Their Eyes:" A Communication Ethnography of a Humane Society, Sara Victoria Kaufman

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Examining News Coverage and Framing in the Context of Environmental Reporting: Using the Sea Lion and Salmon Controversy at the Bonneville Dam as a Case Study, Tess McBride

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A comparative case study of newspaper coverage of the Umatilla Chemical Weapons Depot/Incinerator from 1994 to 1998., Rogue Elliott Robertson

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: How a Best-Seller Diffused Online, Melissa Ann Shavlik

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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The Impact of Humanitarian Photography on the Generation of Sympathy and on Donation Behavior, Marta Barberini

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Investing and Vesting International Students' Expressive Resources in Social Capital at Portland State University, Mami Kikuchi

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Public opinion and public engagement with genetically modified foods : a qualitative study, Celeste Laurana Moser

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Does the "News" Come First? Social Responsibility, Infotainment, and Local Television Newscasts in Portland, Oregon: A Content Analysis, Carey Lynne Higgins

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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The Effect of Using Averaged Versus Custom Real-Ear to Coupler Difference Values in the Desired Sensation Level Approach to Prescribing Hearing Instrument Gain, John Aaron Coverstone

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Teacher Self-Disclosure From the Perspective of International Students in the Communication Classroom : A Case Study, Darlene J. Geiger

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An Evaluation of Earobics I in Improving Phonological Awareness in 6- And 7-Year-Old Boys Who Are At-Risk for Reading Disabilities, Wendy Goughnour Gunter

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Effects of Three Training Components in an AAC Intervention for an Adult With Severe Broca’s Aphasia, Bradley Josef Hendershott

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International Students' Experiences in Higher Education: A Case Study Examining Uncertainty Reduction Theory in Communication Classrooms, Susan Kuhn

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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A Longitudinal Study of the Career Maturity Patterns of Individuals with Clefts, Joyce Johnson Anderson

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The Effectiveness of Hypermedia Training vs. Traditional Classroom Instruction in Stuttering, Micheal Dean Baran

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Impact of Singing Intervention on Vocal Fatigue Effects : A Single Subject Study, Nancy Devine Ferguson

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Speech Intelligibility of 4-Year-Old Children, M. Jane Firestone

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Career Orientation Levels in Adolescents : A Comparison of Cleft and Noncleft Subgroups, Tara Darice Gaddis

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Role of the Warrant in Presidential Debates : 1960, 1976, & 1996, Aaron Nicole Kaio

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Concurrent Validity of Mental Ability Screening Tools : A Comparison of Normal Students’ Performance on the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test and the Shipley Institute of Living Scale-Revised, D. Melanie Peters

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The Effect of Diastema Closure on the Remediation of Lateral /S/: A Case Study, Reta Price

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Information Content in American Television Advertising : A Replication and Update, Laura Kathleen Sandgren

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Perceptions of Stuttering Intervention Services Received at Portland State, Franklin Wayne Bender

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The Juice Is Loose?: A Qualitative Study of Employees’ Perceptions of Informal and Formal Communication Channels, Warren Jerome Brown

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A Survey of Swallowing Symptoms Associated With the Premenstrual Cycle, Jill Gigi Calcagno

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The Effectiveness of Planned Transitions Therapy in the Treatment of Three Children with Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia, Emily M. Campbell

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An Ethnographic Study of Chinese Adolescent Identity in Taipei, Taiwan : Franchise Hangouts, Jui-fang Ruby Chen

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Gross Estimation: A Study of the Clinical Validity for Measuring Intelligibility, Heather Gail Clarke

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"Blame It on Intake” : A Critical Ethnography of the Negotiation of Access to Shelter Services in a Shelter for Homeless and Battered Women, Kathleen Marie Drew

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First Language and Gesture Acquisition in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Ann Christine Friel

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The Language of Transformation in a "Conversation for Possibility": A Metaphor Analysis, Deborah Jean Gabbert

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Conflict Is Optional, Difference Is Not : Toward a Difference-Based Approach to Interpersonal Communication, James Arthur Gieseking Jr

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An Ethnography of Classroom Interaction in Hoshuko: A Case Study of the Japanese Supplementary School Classroom, Nobuko Higashi

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A Study of the Level of Knowledge of Adult Foster Care Home Providers in Multnomah County in the State of Oregon About Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids and Communication Strategies, Marsha Peters Johnson

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Temporal Characteristics of Fluent Speech in the Stuttered Utterances of Children, Dixon Ira Kirsch