WORLD WIDE WEB SITES AND SOCIAL ORDER WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS

By

DOUGLAS J. SWANSON

Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of the Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION

May, 1999

Abstract

(C) 1999

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Doug Swanson is now a tenured Associate Professor in Communication Studies at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VITA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I.  INTRODUCTION

II. REVIEW OF LITERATURE

III. METHODOLOGY

IV. RESULTS

V. ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDICES