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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF EXPOSURE TO A BIPOLAR DISORDER STORYLINE USING THE ENTERTAINMENT OVERCOMING RESISTANCE MODEL By DANYANG ZHAO A Thesis submitted to the School of Communication in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2014 Danyang Zhao defended this thesis on January 16, 2014. The members of the supervisory committee were: Laura M. Arpan Professor Directing Thesis Arthur A. Raney Committee Member Juliann Cortese Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the thesis has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my committee chair Dr. Laura Arpan for her patient guidance and kind encouragement throughout my thesis, which greatly improved the quality of my work. I’m also grateful to my other committee members, Dr. Arthur Raney and Dr. Juliann Cortese, for their insight and suggestions on this project. I want to thank Dr. Raney for making the thesis defense a challenging, rewarding and enjoyable experience. Also, I would like to express my appreciation to Sophie Janicke, Paul Han and other fellow graduate students and communication researchers for their support. I want to extend my gratitude to the School of Communication for providing a great educational experience through my two years at FSU.