BSU Department of Communication ~ Bound M.A. Thesis List

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Author	Title	Date	Advisor
Adamson, Melanie Brook	The Subjective Meaning of Rituals in Marriage	2002 July	Heidi Reeder, Ph.D.
Alzie, Julia Wilson	Face-Off: the Facework Experiences of German and American Foreign Exchange Students	2002 May	Laurel Traynowicz, Ph.D.
Baird, Linda L.	Transformational Paradigms and Public Participation: Developing New Structures for Public Participation in Agency Decision Making	1999 April	Marvin Cox, Ph.D.
Ballenger, Nick J.	The Organization’s Communicatively Developed Context and It’s Influence During Organizational Change	1997 June	Marvin Cox, Ph.D.
Barsotti, Kira	Feminism(s) for the Privileged Few: (Re)Introducing Class into Feminist Theory	2007 April	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Bennett, Michelle	Cyber-Muckraking: A Critical Examination of the Rhetoric of Geoffrey Davidian’s Online Publication The Putnam Pit Using the Pentadic Analysis of Burkean Dramatism	2007 October	Laurel Traynowicz, Ph.D.
Bohannon, Katie L.	Women in White Coats: Female Physician Role Enactment in Medical Clinic Interactions	2009 June	Heidi Reeder, Ph.D.
Bragg, Christopher George	The First Amendment and the Ideal Democracy	1997 July	Robert Rudd, Ph.D.
Brandt, Jaclyn	Captivating Distractions: Marketing Music in Consolidated Markets	2008 December	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Browning, David Andrew	Student-Athletes’ Perceptions Toward Identity and Life After Sport	2012 December	Laurel Traynowicz, Ph.D.
Burke, Kimberly Devereux	U.S. Air Force Public Affairs Web Site Template: Towards Two-Way Symmetrical Communication on the Internet	2000 November	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Carlo, Joni D.	Against the Pursuit of Common Meanings: Toward a Nietzchean Perspective on Communication	2002 October	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Carlson, Heather	The Metroburb: American Values in Facebook Culture	2011 December	Mary Frances Casper, PhD.
Catt-Oliason, Pam	Aging Definitions Under Construction	2003 October	Marvin Cox, Ph.D.
Catt-Oliason, Jerald	Listening with Ricoeur: A Hermeneutic for Listening Theory	2003 February	Marvin Cox, Ph.D.
Cross, Love M.	Rural High School Student Culture in the Wake of a School Shooting: An Ethnography	2000 April	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Dawson, Mary	Transformational Leadership: “What’s Gender Got To Do With It”?	2007 July	Heidi Reeder, Ph.D.
De Jana, Kathryn	The Dominant Paradigm: Its Persistence, Consequences, and Participatory Alternatives in Development Communication Studies	2006 May	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Dewey, Matthew	The Socio-Political Formation of Contemporary Expressive Value: Implications of Value in Democratic Media Reform	2008 May	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Drummond-Reeves, Susan	High Performance Work Systems: An Emancipated and Empowered Approach to Work	1998 May	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
DuBois, Rene	A Philosophical Critique of Objectifying Conceptions of Learners: The Case of Computerizing Communication and Education	2002 May	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Duchow-Moore, Ashley	Exploring Dialectics in Grandparent Grief: Communication With Family and Friends Following the Death of a Grandchild	2011 May	Laurel Traynowicz, Ph.D.
Echeverria, Diana	Promoting the Basque Country to an American Market	2004 May	Marvin Cox, Ph.D.
Edmundson, Kimberly	Ethnography of Everquest: Fehr’s Four Factor Friendship Formation Model in an Online MMORPG Environment	2002 May	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Ellis, Tim	Leadership in the Fourth Dimension: A Comparative Analysis and Integrative Reformulation of Chaos and Complexity Research in Leadership Communication Studies	2007 November	Rick Moore, Ph.D.
Etter, Jennifer Anne	Susan Faludi’s Themes of Contemporary Masculinity as Offered in Stiffed: An Application of Dr. Richard Boyatzis Qualitative Thematic Analysis	2002 November	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Gatfield, James R.	Stepping Away From the Ring: An Autoethnographic Study of Hero Worship Created Through Media Consumption	2010 May	Laurel Traynowicz, Ph.D.
Graham, Jezreel J.	Articulation Theory as the Politicization of Communication Theory: Toward a Framework for a Critique of Political Praxis	2002 March	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Gregory, Art	…And That Reminds Me of a Story: How Zamzows Defines It’s Organizational Culture Through Storytelling	2003 October	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Harrison, Kevin R.	The Tension of Expressiveness: Reading Adorno on Behalf of the Subject	2004 April	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Hegbloom, Maria	Bringing the Question of Domination to Communication and the Democratic Reconstruction of Society: A Critical Appropriation of Gadamer, Dewey and Habermas	2004 March	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Hicks, Manda V.	Sites of Nurse Production: A Post-Structuralist Examination	2006 April	Peter Wollheim, Ph.D.
Hoess, Ines	Investing in the Public Sphere: A Public Service Proposal Based on the Theory of Communicative Action for Mass Communication Research	1999 December	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Holler, Brian P.	Storylines in Professional Wrestling: A Pentadic Analysis of the Pay-Per-Views Held by the World Wrestling Federation in 2000	2001 April	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Hong, Malcolm	User Motivations for Using Business Facebook Pages	2011 August	Mary Frances Casper, PhD.
Howell, Stacee	Creating A Transformational Volunteer Program	1999 April	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Hudson, Megan Rae	Design and Development of an E-Mentoring Program Literacy as Democratic Action	2004 April	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Johnson, Ann K.	Habermas, Nietzsche, and West: Critiquing and Complementing Notions of Social Democracy Via Existential Ethics and Aesthetics	2003 March	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Jones, Stephanie M.	Constructing Marriage: A Thematic Analysis of Self-Help Books on Marriage	2009 December	Laurel Traynowicz, Ph.D.
Keller, Angela Marie	Caring Connections, From Conventional to Post Conventional Perspectives	2002 November	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Kirkwood, Ann D.	Stigmatic Oppression of People with Disabilities: A Three Stage Multidisciplinary Model for Attitude Change	2004 November	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Klassen, Melissa R.	Hidden Hurdles: Discovering Barriers for Medical Malpractice Mediation	2000 July	Laurel Traynowicz, Ph.D.
Lang, Donna	Stepfamily stories: How stories about rituals communicate a sense of family	2010 May	Laurel Traynowicz, Ph.D.
Larios-Cowmey, Silvia J.	An Autoethnographic Account of Intercultural Communication: Growing Up Mexican-American in Rural Idaho	2004 April	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Littlejohns, Lori Baugh	Senior Managements’ Perceptions of Organizational Stress	1994 November	Marvin Cox, Ph.D.
Lundy, Jonathon	Still Flying: The Communicative Constitution of Browncoat Fandom as Culture	2010 December	Natalie Nelson-Marsh, Ph.D.
Matlock, Dean L.	Hate Rhetoric and the Rhetorical Strategy of Typology, Transfer, and Dramatic Presentation: A Critical Analysis of Four Sermons by Wesley A. Swift	2005 April	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
McAlister, Joan Faber	Containing the Critical: Media Praxis and the Journal of Communication Inquiry	1996 August	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
McClish, Carmen L.	The Art of Resistance: Postmodern Contributions to a Feminist Perspective on Exploring Differences Among Women’s Movements (an “interpretative reading” of the local feminist zine, Pok. A . Dot)	1999 April	Mary Rohlfing, Ph.D.
MeGee-Werner, Michelle A.	Survivalism in America: A Narrative Analysis of Stories from the World Trade Center Disaster	2003 March	Marvin Cox, Ph.D.
Mohamadzadeh, Gissou	Suspended in Time: Uncertainty and Change In Organizations	1998 April	Marvin Cox, Ph.D.
Moore, Christine Lukas	Sex and the City: Cosmopolitans, Sexuality and Singledom – Is this Feminism?	2007 May	Heidi Reeder, Ph.D.
Musanovic, Emina	Communicating Authenticity Through Ersatz Cultures: The Fabrication of Identity as Nationalist Populism in Post-Communist Yugoslavia	2005 May	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Naillon, Catherine	The Deviant Spectacle: Lessons for the Field of Communication from Literature on Sadomasochism	2008 April	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Owen, Lauri J.	Reasonable and Necessary Force: An Autoethnographic Case Study of a Boise, Idaho Law Enforcement Agency 1990-2000	2001 April	Mary Rohlfing, Ph.D.
Peterson, Lisa C.	Usama bin Laden-as-enemy: An Interpretive Ideological Criticism of the Process of Enemy Development Witnessed in American Political Cartoons between September 11, 2001, and March 11, 2002	2003 March	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Pobst, James Herbert	Putting the Public Back into the Public Sphere: ‘Informal Communicative Practices’ as a Community-Centric Idea of Public Communication	1998 August	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Rapala, Simon	Toward a Social Marketing Model: The United Way of Treasure Valley 2004-2005 Community Campaign	2006 April	Peter Wollheim, Ph.D.
Richards, Peggy	Agape Light Ministries: A Communication-as-Community-Building Organization	2002 May	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Rose, Kellie A.	Ideologies Implicit in the War on Terrorism: A Rhetorical Analysis of Speeches from Opposing Voices	2004 August	Suzanne McCorkle, Ph.D.
Rysavy, Wayne E.	Virtually There: Social Structure Over Time and Space	2009 June	Natalie Nelson-Marsh, Ph.D.
Sands, Tamara M.	Men as Allies: An Inclusive Vision for a Feminist Future	2005 November	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Scott, Ryan	LDCommunity.com: Helping Educate Students and Postsecondary Instructors about Learning Disabilities	2010 May	Peter Wollheim, Ph.D.
Sorensen, Andrea J.	Subtle Sabotage: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Subversive Managerial Behaviors During Organizational Transformation	2000 April	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Strong, Janet Maureen	Parental Use of Intentional Embarrassment	1998 July	Marvin Cox, Ph.D.
Torrez, Everado	NARCO	2002 November	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Travis, Brianna	Systematically Distorted Communication as Opposition to Freedom: The Case of Theocracy In America	2006 October	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Valentine, Gayle Antoinette	Between the Silences	2003 April	Marvin Cox, Ph.D.
Vander Boegh, Lacey	Let’s Make a Connection: Understanding How Physically Interactive Technology is Taking the Virtual to the Physical	2012 August	John McClellan, Ph.D.
Vander Boegh, Matt C.	The Erinys	2005 March	Robert Rudd, Ph.D.
Verhulp, Danielle	Speaking Engagement: The Correlation Between Communication Apprehension and Student Involvement in the University Environment	2009 May	Peter Wollheim, Ph.D.
Walker, Joseph G.	Proselytizing in Japan: A Case Study of Cross-Cultural Barriers in Religious Conversion-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in East Asia 1945-2002	2005 March	Renu Dube, Ph.D.
Wang, Yan	Foster the Right and Punish the Wrong: A Critical Analysis of a Chinese Investigative Television Program	1998 December	Rick Moore, Ph.D.
Widi, William John	Major Trends in Communication Theory in Light of Stephen Pepper’s Root Metaphors	2004 March	Laurel Traynowicz, Ph.D.
Williams, Kerenza	Toward a Framework of Covert Interaction	2000 July	Mary Rohlfing, Ph.D.
Winter, Mike	Communication. Meaning, and the Musical Gesture	2003 October	Mary Rohlfing, Ph.D.
Woffinden, Ritch	An Organizational Communication Perspective on the University: Understanding How Individuals Constitute Organizations	2009 August	Natalie Nelson-Marsh, Ph.D.
Wolf, Carissa	Alienated Newsworkers and the Audience Commodity: Toward a Marxist Theory of Audience Commodification and Alienated Journalism Practice	2007 April	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Woodfin, Fabiana	Lost in Translation: Recovering the Critical in Gramsci’s Philosophy of Praxis	2005 July	Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Ytreeide, Arnold L.	Feature Film as Social Intervention	2004 November	Ben L. Parker, Ph.D.
Zhu, Hong	Achieving Conversion: A Chinese Ethnography of the Boise Chinese Christian Fellowship	2002 November	Rick Moore, Ph.D.