Index Catalog // Hyrax

Descrição:: As obesity continues to remain an epidemic, health behavior researchers are tasked with finding cost-effective, wide-reaching, and efficacious interventions to decrease obesity risk. One such approach that researchers can take is to manipulate highly prevalent forms of social influence, including...
O Criador:: Macura, Zeljka
Palavra-chave:: Physical Activity, Cognition, Health Behavior, Social Media, Social Comparison, and Social Comparison Theory
GW Unit:: Psychology
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Moore, Philip J
Committee Member(s):: Stock, Michelle, Rohrbeck, Cynthia, Olsen, Nils, and Yeung, Ellen
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Descrição:: Abstract of Thesis “The New Looking Glass” Social Media and Its Distortions of Reality “The New Looking Glass” is an exhibition organized on the premise that social media is distorting the lives of its users. It materializes these distortions in a physical environment that presents the works of...
O Criador:: Waller, Brittany Nicole
Palavra-chave:: Leandro Erlich, Daniel Rozin, Social Media, Psychology, Cindy Sherman, and Banksy
GW Unit:: Exhibition Design
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Dietz, Andrea
Committee Member(s):: Anderson, Catherine and Rice, Kym
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Descrição:: Social media users spend many hours each day reading, posting, and searchingfor news on microblogging platforms. Social media has emerged as a key channel forinformation. However, the inherently unmoderated features of social media renderidentifying misinformation ever more challenging, hence...
O Criador:: Hamidian, Sardar
Palavra-chave:: Social Media, Rumor, Fake News, Misinformation, Disinformation, and Machine Learning
GW Unit:: Computer Science
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Diab, Mona
Committee Member(s):: Diab, Mona, Broniatowski, David, Pless, Robert, and Youssef, Abdou
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Descrição:: Social media have increasingly become primary communication tools for colleges and universities to broadcast school events, recruit prospective students, and connect with alumni and donors. Through social media these schools have the opportunity to control messaging to all constituencies. Beyond...
O Criador:: Dilbeck, Mackenzie
Palavra-chave:: Social Media, Crisis Communications, and Higher Education
GW Unit:: Political Management
Degree:: M.P.S.
Advisor:: Ettinger, David
Committee Member(s):: Parnell, Lawrence
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Descrição:: This thesis shares stories of young American Muslims praying in locations outside of a designated prayer area and/or a mosque. It also explores the deeper discourse of identity, stereotypes, religion, and reclaiming narratives within a society in which the political climate and mainstream media...
O Criador:: Ullah, Sana
Palavra-chave:: Religion, Muslim, Islam, Spirituality, Social Media, and Prayer
GW Unit:: New Media Photojournalism
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Bulisova, Gabriela and Sterner, Susan
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Descrição:: How do social media contribute to groups engaged in contentious politics within a domestic environment? While many have examined the influence of social media on the Arab revolutions of 2010-2011 from an international perspective, there are fewer studies examining the impact of social media...
O Criador:: Ivey, Kevin
Palavra-chave:: Facebook, Tunisian Revolution, Tunisia, Social Media, and Contentious Politics
GW Unit:: International Affairs
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Brown, Nathan
Committee Member(s):: Siers, Rhea
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Descrição:: GENERATION DIGITALKelsey Miner, MACorcoran College of Art + Design, 2013Thesis Advisor: Selma Thomas Generation Digital explores how digital technology, particularly the Internet, has globally influenced and defined our daily lives. Our behaviors, interactions and the ways in which we gather and...
O Criador:: Miner, Kelsey
Palavra-chave:: Facebook, Twitter, Internet, Newseum, Technology, and Social Media
GW Unit:: Exhibition Design
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Thomas, Selma
Committee Member(s):: Brady, Philip and Jackson, Veronica
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Descrição:: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been plagued by poorly managed disasters throughout its history. As the Agency has evolved, it has adopted the use of better technology to enhance its missions. Hurricane Sandy represented a shift in technology adoption and community engagement...
O Criador:: Young-McLear, Kimberly
Palavra-chave:: Public Participation, Viable System Model, Social Media, Disaster Response, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and National Incident Management System
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahryar, Murphree, E., Eveleigh, Timothy, and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Descrição:: This thesis investigates how an anti-dam movement that had minimal support from local people was successful in attracting a multitude of support from different sectors in Thai society to pressure the government to reconsider the dam’s construction. It argues that the adoption of several frames...
O Criador:: Jittiang, Bhanubhatra
Palavra-chave:: Anti-Dam Movement, Blunder, Social Media, Mae Wong Dam, Frame, and Thailand
GW Unit:: International Development Studies
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Fink, Christina
Committee Member(s):: Roberts, Sean R.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Descrição:: This thesis examines female body image and the development of the relationships women have with their bodies over time. Through interviews with Wanda Saucier, Danyelle Crain and Gail Scott, this multimedia piece explores the major components that shaped their ideas about beauty: aging, weight...
O Criador:: Guevara, Jordan
Palavra-chave:: Photojournalism, Body Image, Social Media, Beauty, Women, and Documentary
GW Unit:: Corcoran School of Arts and Design
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Sterner, Susan
Committee Member(s):: Bulisova-Kamps, Gabriela and Frankfurter, Michelle
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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