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Acknowledgments
I am deeply indebted to my wife, Kenna, who made it possible for me to complete this study and to get the work published. This book is the product of the sacrifices she made to help me.
I am also indebted to several of my graduate school professors for their support throughout the various phases of this project. To begin, I would like to thank Professor David Jamison, now Dean of the School of Communications and Information Systems at Robert Morris University, for the help he gave me with the legal aspects of this study while I was a master’s student at the University of Akron. I would also like to thank Dr. John Makay for the considerable amount of time he devoted to helping me complete this study while I was a doctoral student at Bowling Green State University. Thanks also go to Dr. Steven Ludd, Dr. Radhika Gajjala, and Dr. Melissa Spirek for the advice and support they gave me while I was finalizing this study at Bowling Green State University.
Lastly, I would like to thank my family for making it possible for a kid from Bellville, Ohio, to go on and get a Ph.D. Without the support given to me by my family, this book would not have been possible.