Best Rutgers School of Communication PhD Dissertation (as found in my graduation program)

fail :(((

I am interested in the full titles of these

Here's the full list for anyone that cares:

• Developing and Validating a Measure of Cognitive Complexity: The Role of Cognitive Complexity in Processing of Health Messages
• Open Access Repositories in the Cultural Configuration of Disciplines: Applying Actor-Network Theory to Knowledge Production by Astronomers and Philosophers of Science
• Health Disclosure Decision-Making: The Role of Prognosis and Symptom Uncertainty in Patterns of Disclosure to a Spouse About a Heart-Related Condition
• A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Korean and American Social Network Sites: Exploring Cultural Differences in Social Relationships and Self-Presentation
• Negotiating the Middle: The Construction of CAFTA-DR Through Discourse In the United States and Costa Rica
• Development of a Structural Approach to the Study of Computer-Mediated Communication via Online Discussion Boards
• Friction in Computer-Mediated Communication: An Unobtrusive Analysis of Face Threats Between Librarians and Users in the Virtual Reference Context
• Toward an Understanding of the Epistemic Values of Biological Scientists as Expressed in Scholarly Publication
• Conceptions and Practice of Information Literacy in Academic Libraries: Espoused Theories and Theories-In-Use
• Customer Service Through an Interactional Lens: The Status of Status Inquiries in a Camera Repair Shop
• A Comparative Analysis of Student Use of the New York Times Print and Digital Formats

• The Information Seeking and Use of English Language Learners in a High School Setting
• A Framework for Cultural Heritage Digital Libraries in the Developing World: Access to Non-Textual Information for Non-Literate People in Morocco
• Large Format and Mediation of the Natural World: Vision, Technology, and the Sublime
• The Cyber-Framing of Nigerian Nationhood: Diaspora and the Imagined Nation
• Understanding Teamwork In Trauma Resuscitation Through An Analysis of Team Errors
• Adaptive Search Behavior: A Response to Query Failure
• The Mutation of Cultural Values, Popularity, and Aesthetic Tastes in the Age of Convergence Culture: Social Networking Practices of Musicians

Would read: Customer Service Through an Interactional Lens: The Status of Status Inquiries in a Camera Repair Shop

yeah i'd pick that one probably, or the one with "the sublime" in it, because lol.

The Mutation of Cultural Values, Popularity, and Aesthetic Tastes in the Age of Convergence Culture: Social Networking Practices of Musicians

this is the "cool guy" in the dept, right?

Development of a Structural Approach to the Study of Computer-Mediated Communication via Online Discussion Boards

I think we need to read this before we can continue here.

Understanding Teamwork In Trauma Resuscitation Through An Analysis of Team Errors

The part of me that used to be a social scientist of medicine is v interested in this.

I wonder if I can access these through the library and post pdfs

Development of a Structural Approach to the Study of Computer-Mediated Communication via Online Discussion Boards

^ sounds like pissing into the wind tbh

Adaptive Search Behavior: A Response to Query Failure

^^ person was searching for thesis retailers online and cound not find y/n?

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I never did uni, so to me these dissertation/PhD titles always just sound utterly hilarious like an Onion article. People are serious about this shit?

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I think "Friction in Computer-Mediated Communication: An Unobtrusive Analysis of Face Threats Between Librarians and Users in the Virtual Reference Context" is pretty o_0

WTF are "face threats"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politeness_theory

good luck decoding this Trayce. I spent years learning abt it in comm classes and still can't give you a solid definition.

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Ohh! Face in the sense of "saving face", not actual faces.