Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award

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The Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award is an academic prize awarded each year by the Broadcast Education Association for the best doctoral dissertation in field of broadcasting and electronic media. The prize was established by Kenneth Harwood, Professor at the University of Houston and a former President of the BEA. The award offers $1,000 for the outstanding Ph.D. dissertation in broadcasting and electronic media. The award was established through gifts started by Professor Harwood and a donation from a friend of BEA.| [1]

Award winners

YearTitleAuthorUniversitySource
2015"Constructing and performing an on-air radio identity in a changing media landscape."David F. Crider State University of New York at Oswego [2]

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2014"From Ephermal to Legitimate: An Inquiry Into Television's Material Traces in Archival Spaces, 1950s to 1970s."Lauren Bratslavsky University of Oregon [4]

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2013"First year students in a foreign fabric: A triangulation study on Facebook as a method of coping/adjustment." Shane Tilton Ohio University [6]

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2012"The Impact of Federal Communications Commission Practices on Communication Policy Making 2001-2004: An Investigation of the Policy Shift From Public Service Idealism to Market Forces Pragmatism"Beth C. Fratkin University of Utah [8]
2011“Viral Viewers: Examining Parasocial Interaction on Local TV News Web Sites”Joy Chavez Mapaye University of Alaska, Anchorage [9]

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2010"Rescuing Men: The New Television Masculinity in 'Rescue Me,' 'Nip/Tuck,' 'The Shield,' 'Boston Legal' and 'Dexter.' "Pamela Hill Nettleton Marquette University [11]

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2009"The Sounds of 'Radio': A Cultural History of Radio's Aesthetic Definition as a Broadcast Medium for Aural Communications in 1920s America."Shawn VanCour University of Wisconsin [13]
2008“Department Stores and the Origins of American Broadcasting, 1910–1931”Ronald J. “Noah” Arceneaux University of Georgia [14]
2007"Children's cognitive processing of internet advertising"Mary McIlrath University of California, Santa Barbara [15]

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2006"How Violence and Frustration in Video Games Affect Aggression"Kevin D. Williams University of Georgia [17]
2004“Radio, community and identity in South Africa: A rhizomatic study of Bush Radio in Cape Town”Tanja Estella Bosch Ohio University [18]
2003"Localism, Community, and Commercial Television, 1948-1960: A Value Analysis."John Armstrong University of California at Berkeley [19]
2002"Radio’s Development in Rural America."Jacob J. Podber Ohio University [20]
2001"The Role of Motivation in Policy Considerations Addressing Television Violence"Paul Haridakis Kent State University [21]
2000"Interactivity and the 'Cyber-Fan': An Exploration of Audience Involvement Within the Electronic Fan Culture of the Internet."Vic Costello University of Tennessee [22]

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1999“Controlling Technology: Internet Service Providers and Copyright Liability.”Matt Jackson Indiana University [24]
1997"Information and Markets and the Market for Information: An Analysis of the Market for Television Audiences"Patricia F. Phalen Northwestern University [25]
1996"Broadcast Law and Segregation: A Social History of the WLBT-TV Case"Steven D. Classen University of Wisconsin [26]
1994"The paradox of public: The public and the public interest in communication technology regulation in the United States, 1934 - 1988."Michael Edward Lenert The University of Texas [27]
1992"The market dynamics of the U.S. television syndication industry : an examination of its regulatory environment and market competition, 1980-1990"Sylvia Menghua Chan-Olmsted University of Michigan [28]

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1991"A Case Study of Federal Communications Commission Docket 21313:

'In the Matter of AM Stereophonic Broadcasting'."

Mark Jerome Braun University of Minnesota [30]

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