2014
Rebecca Donaway. “A Process Model of Education's Moderating Role in PartisianBased Attitudes Toward Politicized Issues”
Jessica P. Friedrichs. “Stereotyping in Wrestling”
Kattika Prapajit. “Video Games and History Learning”
Savannah Wesley. “Electronic Reading Devices: Are They Hurting or Helping the
Print Publishing Industry?”
Jeffrey J. Hanshaw. Project - “A Glass House: Ethical Decisions In the
Representation of Reality”
2013
Nancy Acox. “Polarized Lenses: Party Identification and Ratings of the National
Economy, 2001-2011”
Xing Chen. Project - “Comparative study on the use of Facebook, Renren, Twitter
and Sina Weibo”
Khaled Eldarassi. Project - “Islamic Center of Murfreesboro: A Study in News
Framing”
Hoda Omar. Project - “How Western and Arabic Media Framed the Rape of Eman
al Obedi as part of Agenda setting in Media Reporting Influencing the Libiyan
Revolution”
Khanh Pham. Project - “World Wide Wedding: Analysis on Style Me Pretty and The
Knot Wedding Blogs A Case Study About Marketing Strategies on Wedding Blogs”
Reshma Pudota. “Occupy Wall Street – Rebels are Patriots: A Test of Framing
Theory”
Aleandra Alverez. Project - “e-Health: Effictive Health Campaigns and Non-Profit
Websites”
Aileen R. Bennett. “Intelligent or Idiot? One-word Descriptions of Presidential
Candidates in the 2012 GOP Presidetial Primary and General Election and Secondlevel Agenda Setting”
Chan Chen. “Opinion Leader: The Driving Force of Political Discussion in Social
Media”
Lauren Levins. “Dancing with Myself: Representations of Disability within Glee”
2012
William Robert Jones. "Advertising and the Larger Church in Middle Tennessee"
Kevin Lessmiller. "Bowling Online? Young People's Social Media Use, Engagement,
and Participation"
Jue Liu. "Google vs. China: A Comparative Frame Analysis of the U.S. and Chinese
Newspaper Coverage"
Megan McSwain. "Warriors and Witches: Cinematic Constructions of Navajos in
Windtalkers and Skinwalkers"
Kwansik Mun. "Nurturing Opinion Expression: Family Communication Patterns,
Fear of Social Isolation, and Willingness to Self-Censor"
Fadia Paterson. "L’Union Fait La Force (Unity Makes Strength): Semiotic Analysis of
Haiti Earthquake and Charitable Ads"
2011
Jorge L. Berrios. "Constructing Hispanic Stereotypes: News Portrayals in
Southeastern Newspapers 2002-2009"
Courtney Edmond Campbell. "From Good Black to Bad Black and Back Again? A
Study of Media Coverage of Kobe Bryant"
Pauline Grace Combow. "Unexpected Gratifications of Music Television (MTV): A
Retrospective Look At Lessons Learned"
Amanda Farris. "Changing Woman?: Representation of Native American Women in
Indigenous Newspapers During Second-Wave Feminism"
Rob Ruiz Jasso. "Interrogating Gate Keeping Theory in Response to New Media and
News Room Routines"
Deann D. Jewell. "Participatory Technology: The Development of A Virtual Book
Fair Using Social Media and WedEx Services"
Paul Rassmussen. "The Use of Satire in the News: The Daily Show Challenges Fox
News"
Elizabeth Schrader. "News Literacy Education: An Analysis of two leading Programs
in the U.S. Adviser"
Elena Skochilo. "Framing of Kyrgyzstan in the American And the Russian Media in
Context of its Political Unrests"
Kaitlin Vanderpool. "Public Forums or Echo Chambers: Blogs, Linking, and
Deliberative Democracy"
2010
Heather Burchfield. "Remediation, Social Media, and Collective Intelligence: A
Comparative Study of Companies and Nonprofit Organizations"
Jesse Darnell Davis. "Development Strategy for King's Daughter School"
Lisa Gleicher. "Sex in the City: How Third Wave Feminism is Portrayed in Popular
Culture"
Xiao Liu. "Educational Television Effects on Children: A Study of Ni Hao Kai Lan"
Samantha Meek. "America’s Gun Control Debate: A Critical Discourse Analysis of
Online Blog Media Discourse Following the Virginia Tech Massacre"
2009
Andrew Michael Elwood. "Music in the Age of Simulation: A Cartography of
Meaning in Hypermusical Communication"
Jennifer R. Gamble. "Hip Hop: From Subculture to Hegemony"
Leigh Harrington. "Differential Media Access and News Discussion Among
Haitians in Hispaniola"
Dana Shannon Hickman. "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace:
Reinforcement of Judeo-Christian Ideology in Country Music Lyrics"
Ann Dee McClane-Bunn. "Sex and Glamour in the Hillbilly Field: Objectification
of Women in Country Music Videos"
Brandy Nicole Transou. "The Blacker the Berry: Hegemonic representation of Skin
Tone in the Depiction of African Americans in Film"
Rong Wang. "Public Opinion About Obama Race Jakes: A Study on the Spiral of
Silence"