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Media and social support : exploring how communication media, personality traits and parasocial interaction affect social support receipt, stress and emotion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A primary goal of this dissertation was to examine the ways the media may be used to provide social support for individuals with various personality ...
The cultural commodification of identity : hip-hop authenticity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Using the framework of symbolic interactionism, the concept of meaning, when discussing the relationship between hip-hop cultural members and how hip-hop culture is represented in advertisements, can be shaped by certain ...
Nonprofits and new media : how do NPOs and their employees adopt and use new media to communicate with and influence their community?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study looks at how new media technologies are adopted by nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and their employees. Using qualitative interviews, the study explores how new media are incorporated into NPO work and how such ...