2025 Theses

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    Health-Related Self-Efficacy Cultivated in the Ecosystems of Information and Communications Technologies
    (2025-05) Swartz, Todd
    This systematic literature review is an exploration of individual and socially cultivated health-related self-efficacy (HRSE), effected in the environments of information and communication technology (ICT). This exploration approaches ICT as a digitally living and highly fluid ecosystem of interconnected and often integrated devices and systems - not as disparate or segregated components. Further, the ICT ecosystem is an omni-present, persistent, and often invasive environment and entity that provides access and exposure to overwhelming content, influence, and perception manipulation. The ICT ecosystem is an underestimated variable of human influence and perception manipulation fully interwoven into the social fabric of Western civilization. While it provides access and exposure to all forms of information and media, it observes, collects, and analyzes individual and social activity to craft and curate interest, engagement, influence, perception, belief, and other behaviors. How technology, commerce, and other entities use the ICT ecosystem to manipulate health-related beliefs and behaviors, and ultimately HRSE, is a matter of significant individual and social concern.
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    K-Beauty, a Cultural Revolution: Is It Driving New Beauty Standards on TikTok
    (2025-05) Watkins, India
    Beauty standards have become increasingly globalized through social media, with Western beauty norms often portrayed in the conversation. However, the rise of K-beauty has introduced new perspectives, particularly through the influence of K-beauty influencers. This research explores the impact of K-beauty on Western beauty standards, focusing specifically on its portrayal and influence on TikTok. By using qualitative research, this study examines the complex interplay between K-beauty and Western beauty standards to identify themes that K-beauty influencers convey to their media consumers on TikTok.