Semester

Spring

Date of Graduation

2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

MS

College

Reed College of Media

Department

Reed College of Media

Committee Chair

Rita F. Colistra

Committee Co-Chair

Nicholas D. Bowman

Committee Member

Elizabeth Oppe

Committee Member

R. Ivan Pinnell.

Abstract

This study explored whether Chinese students in both China and in America had different attitudes toward social media advertising, and how their attitudes are different, through a survey of Chinese students in these two countries. The survey determined how they used social media, whether the different social media networks in the two countries affected their social media use, and what their attitudes are about social media advertising in terms of sources, content, and level of trustworthiness. It also tested the relationship between the students' the social media diet (amount, frequency, and duration) and attitude toward social media advertising.

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