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  • An Analysis of Student Perceptions on Communication Barriers in Distance Education: A Case Study of Sakarya University Online Programs 
    Dabaj, Fahme (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2012)
    ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions and experiences of university students about communication barriers in online learning as a contemporary form of distance education. Because the study ...
  • Western Media Coverage of Somalia Famine 
    Ogbimi, Joy Uzezi (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2012)
    ABSTRACT: This thesis examines Western media coverage of Somalia famine in 2011. It examines how the food crisis was represented in the media in view of past sentiments around inequalities of international news flow and ...
  • Role of Social Networks on Political Activism: A Case Study of Facebook Usage during Iranian Presidential Election in 2009 
    Mousavinasab, Hamed (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2012)
    ABSTRACT: This research is based on political events before and after the Iranian presidential election in 12 June 2009, and the role of Facebook as a social networking website in this case. Facebook was utilized extensively ...
  • Attitudes of Youth towards Mobile Phone Use 
    Özlük, Mert Yusuf (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2012-09)
    ABSTRACT The present study aimed to explore the attitudes of high school students and the students studying at the Eastern Mediterranean University in Famagusta, TRNC in Spring 2011, towards use of mobile phone also to ...
  • Product placement strategy used in Turkish television series: case study of Eastern Mediterranean University' staff and students 
    Soydemir, Ersen Çağlar (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2012-09)
    ABSTRACT: Increase in the use of media in Turkey and in the world, led advertisers find new strategies to reach the target audience. Product placement can be counted as one of those strategies. Product placement is a type ...
  • FEMA and Feminism in Gaile’s Back Page; A Content Analysis Study 
    Çatak, Esma Sena (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2013)
    ABSTRACT: This study analyses the media texts of Feminist Atelier (FEMA), a grassroots women’s organization, through the Gaile supplement of Yeniduzen newspaper from a feminist media studies and third wave feminist point ...
  • Meaning Making in the News: A Discourse Analysis on Global Protest 
    Bailie, Benjamin (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2013)
    ABSTRACT: This study explores how the American mainstream media constructed the protests in Tunisia, North America, and Greece, in 2010-2011. My focus is on how mainstream media discourses and narratives function, how ...
  • Representation of Women Politicians in the Turkish Media 
    Öztosun, Ceyda (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2013)
    ABSTRACT: The aim of the thesis is to explore representations of women politicians of the 21st century in the Turkish national newspapers. The content of this study consists of examining stereotypical thoughts and judgments ...
  • The presentation of international woman's day on TRNC media 
    Tören, Özlem (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)., 2013-01)
    This study analyzes the objectives and importance of International Women’s Day by considering the first activist, Clara Zetkin’s arguments. The study aims to show how 8th March has started to be celebrated in most of the ...
  • International news coverage: Nagorno Karabakh conflict in the New York Times newspaper 
    Sadikhova, Günay (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2013-07)
    ABSTRACT: Conflicts live everywhere in the world and media represents them from variety angles. Media is an essential tool for successful foreign policy. Every country has its own foreign policy and interests. Foreign ...
  • "Instagratification": Uses and gratification of instagram by university students for interpersonal communication 
    Oloo, Fredrick Leica (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2013-07)
    ABSTRACT: Social networking sites offer a platform where user can convey themselves in a diversity of ways. Users upload photos, tag loved ones or friends or just simply comment on a status. Social networking sites have ...
  • University students' response to social media advertisements 
    Nmezi, Onyedikachi Uzozie (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2013-08)
    ABSTRACT: The use of social media for marketing techniques has been in the increase in parallel with the increasing number of social media users and the impact of social media on the audience habits in many different areas ...
  • The Use of Artwork Images in Advertising: A Visual Rhetorical Analysis 
    Köksal, Fatma Nazlı (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2013-08)
    ABSTRACT: Today, consumption of many products which are not different from each other when their usage values into consideration play a role for the formation of social identities of individuals. At this point, advertisers ...
  • The influence of Facebook on interpersonal communication 
    Sevük, Tolga (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2013-09)
    ABSTRACT: Today, with the development of communication technologies, social network sites become common and popular. People prefer to communicate with each other via social network sites. In particular, Facebook is used ...
  • The analysis of Turkish match-making TV programs among Turkish Cypriot audience 
    Reis, Arzu (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2013-11)
    ABSTRACT: In Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, people usually like to watch private television channels from Turkey. This research has been conducted to find out what are the main perceptions of match-making programs ...
  • Attitudes of Tertiary Students towards Multitasking on Facebook: A Comparative Analysis 
    Taiwo, Oyekan (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)., 2014-02)
    Multitasking activities on Facebook have become very popular with the increased popularity of Facebook throughout the world. The present study aims to explore the attitudes of Eastern Mediterranean University students’ ...
  • Image Repair Strategies of Rwandan Government in the Post-genocide Era: A Historical and Critical Analysis 
    Olatunji, Ebenezer Oluwole (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2014-02)
    ABSTRACT: This study employed Crisis-Communication theoretical framework to examine the responses of the government of Rwanda to the 1994 genocide which arguably posed the most serious challenge to the country’s image since ...
  • Media coverage of UN membership request of Palestine: An analysis on New York Times 
    Seyoury, Numan (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2014-02)
    ABSTRACT: On 28 September 2011 the Palestine‘s Authority Administration applied to the UN to change its ―Entity‖ status to an ―Observer Membership‖ status. On 29 November 2012 the majority of UN general assembly members ...
  • Transformation of siege into feelings in the Palestinian cinema 
    Alraee, Ghada (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2014-02)
    ABSTRACT: The Oslo Accords were seen as a step forward towards the establishment of the independent Palestine. These accords put an end to the First Intifada and led to the creation of the Palestinian National Authority ...
  • Representation of "Nudity" of women activists in Arab print media: A critical discourse analysis 
    Sırsat, Gül Selay (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2014-02)
    ABSTRACT: When the uprising movements erupted against the oppressive regimes, distribution of wealth, valuable sources and against the abuse of human rights in the Arab region, the world was watched and wondered if the ...