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Ritualization of Communication Developments: Institutions and McDonaldized Communication of Everyday Life
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-12-01)
Communication developments obviously impact individuals and society as they allow increased communication and information sharing over a distance. Today many individuals carry cell phones on their person at almost all ...
Perceptions of and Motivations for Purchasing Exhibition Livestock Through Online Auctions
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)
The purpose of this study was to assess the perceptions of and motivations for purchasing exhibition livestock through online auctions. Furthermore, the study obtained preferred characteristics of exhibition livestock ...
Lurkers and Posters on Collegiate Sports Message Boards: a Uses and Gratifications Study
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
This study used Clavio's (2009) Collegiate Sports Message Board (CSMB) scale to measure attitudes about the popular social media Websites among a sample of collegiate sports message board users. A factor analysis revealed ...
Internet and the Diffusion of Contentious Politics Across National Borders
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
This thesis examines how the internet affects the diffusion of contentious politics across national borders. This is done by building a theory linking the internet to the diffusion of contentious politics that is tested ...
Considering Bitcoin as a social movement: Involvement, knowledge, and investment as motivations
(2019-12)
There is a general perception among members of the Bitcoin community that they are a part of a solution to some of the world's macro economic problems. This thesis seeks to better understand the social movement aspects of ...