This page collects the digitized full text Masters theses of the Department of Communication at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

The following broadly describes library holdings for UA theses:

Category print online
Master's theses 1910s-2006 in MAIN

1910s-2012 in Special Collections
2006 - present are full-text in ProQuest

2012 - present in ScholarWorks

Theses were not systematically indexed in ProQuest prior to 2006.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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The Struggle for Work-Life Balance: Quiet Quitting as a Hyper-Individualized Tool of Neoliberal Resistance, Hanna Cashion

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Motives for and Consequences of Deception in Romantic Relationships, Breanna De Leeuw

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Gender Bias and the Long Shot Launch Advertisement, Breck Gillespie

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My Identity Blew Up on TikTok: Exploring Content Creators and the Transparasocial Relationship, Russell Garret Harger

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Health-Oriented Nonprofit Organizations: The Influence of Framing and Altruism on Intention to Donate, Abbey Dilatush

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Seeking and Providing Social Support in Online Forums for Individuals Experiencing Depression, Anna Gentry

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The Student-Teacher Romance Film Genre: Hollywood's Historical Representation of Abuse of Power, Darby Gilliland

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A Quantitative Examination of the Impact of Moderating Variables on the Experience of Eudaimonic Outcomes, Brandon Lynn Lawson

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Political Speech: The Influence of Speaker Sex and Verbal Aggression on Message Perception, Amanda Magusiak

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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A Quantitative Examination of the Influence of Social and Structural Communication Variables on the Social Connectedness of People Experiencing Homelessness, Shawn Michael Evans

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Scarico: It’s Only a Movie, Most of the Time, Thomas Nelson

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Imagining Communicative Success: How Imagined Interactions Affect Conflict Management in Romantic Relationships, Melinda Shaw

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Six Feet Apart: Relational Turbulence Theory and Coping with COVID-19 within Long-Distance Relationships, Mia Waymack

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Ancestral Pursuits: A Multicultural Celebration of Identity & Race, Charlotte Cates Castro

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Investigating the Role of Social Capital and Everyday Communication in Campus Community Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kaleb A. Turner

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Climate Change Frames and Emotional Responses on Reddit, Isabel Iruani Villanueva

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Assimilating through Consumption: A Rhetorical History of the Early Years of The Advocate, Cora Beth Butcher-Spellman

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Accelerating Leadership and Professional Development for Adults: Developing a New Measure for Assessing Kegan’s Constructive Developmental Orders, Tom Pierce Coker

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Relational Uncertainty in Romantic Relationships: The Influence of Attachment and Relational Maintenance Behaviors, Jay Cruz

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New Flesh Cinema: Japanese Cyberpunk-Body Horror and Cinema as Catharsis in the Age of Technology, Sarah Henry

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Beauty is not Black and White: A Content Analysis of Black Women’s Body Image in Television Media, Alexis Hubbard

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Communication Infrastructure Theory: A Rural Application, Callie S. Embry

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Painting the Leaky Pipeline Pink: Girl Branded Media and the Promotion of STEM, Juniper Patel

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Applying Social Network Analysis to Identify how Chief Resilience Officers Promote Community Resilience through Boundary Spanning, Interorganizational Collaboration, and Leadership, Kasey Couvillion Sisson

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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The Myth of Southern Atonement: Constructed Forgiveness in Public Spaces, Elizabeth Ashley Clayborn

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Deception from Parents to Romantic Partners, Xiaoti Fan

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The Influence of Family Cohesion and Relationship Maintenance Strategies on Stress During Students’ Adjustment to College, Claire C. Strutzenberg

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Communicating for Equality: How Inclusive Communication Affects Political Participation within Local Communities, Kyle Chandler Worley

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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From Feminist Activist to Abortion Barbie: A Rhetorical History of Abortion Discourse from 2013-2016, Skye de Saint Felix

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The Experiences and Perceptions of Microaggressions Against American Assistant Language Teachers Living in Japan, Stephanie Leann Hupp

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Do You See What I See? Perception and Social Construction of Academic Success between Student-Athletes and Support Services, Lauren Kirby

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Employees Communicating within Transportation and Logistics Organizations: What Studying Stress and Acts of Incivility in the Workplace Reveals About the Industry, Elizabeth Munyak Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Preferred Leadership Communication Styles Across Cultures, Joy J. Cherfan

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Social Learning Remixed: Peer-Based Learning and Social Status in an Online Community of Practice, Christopher Erin Mikkelson

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Educational Technology and Innovation Capacity in Arkansas Public Schools, Allie Nicole Taylor

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Patient-Provider Interaction: Person Centered Approaches to Patient Diversity and Evidence for Training, Hannah O. Allison

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Gender, Humor and Quality of Life in Workplace Sitcoms: A Content Analysis Examining Agency in Post-Recession Situation Comedies, Gwendolyn Logan Bost

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The Effects of Fostering on Communication and Marital Quality in the Marital Dyadic Relationship, Katherine Elizabeth Russell

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The Impact of Intolerance of Uncertainty on International Students' Intercultural and Intracultural Conflict Management, Yekaterina Syrtsova

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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From Temporary Incentive to Perpetual Entitlement: Historical Perspective on the Evolving Nature of Copyright in America, Evan Boyd Billingsley

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"Why Can't We Be Friends?:" Does the Quality of Romantic Relationships Influence Facebook Friendships with Former Romantic Partners, Dylan Medeiros

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Too Big Not to Fail: United States Corporate Media and the 2008 Financial Crisis, Justin Lars Bergh

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Contextual Influences on Small Group Decision-Making: A Field Investigation, Sarah Kathryn Chorley

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The Price of Dissent: Freedom of Speech and Arkansas Criminal Anarchy Arrests, Jamie Leto Kern

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Content of Sexual Assault Prevention Programs: What Evidence Could Change College Women's Minds?, Abigail Lee Moser

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Remembering Arkansas Debate: The Use of Collective Memory in Analyzing the Role of Intercollegiate Debate at the University of Arkansas, Barry John Regan

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Chinese International Students' Cross-cultural Adaptation and Online Communication, Chen Wei Wu

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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(Re)Constituting the Immigrant Body through Policy: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Narratives within the Discourses of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act), Emily Rae Ironside

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More Than Memories? Schema Transference from Media Characters to Real People, Hilary Ray