Browsing by Thesis Advisor "Smith, Randall (Randall D.)"
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Behind the screens: How magazines organize for digital success
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Change has dominated the media landscape for nearly two decades as digital content creation and delivery mushroomed from the work of secluded upstarts to that of society-influencing giants. Magazine publishers have found ... -
Business models of digital longform publications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Despite a widespread conviction that longform reporting, one of the most established and respected genres of journalism, will become unsustainable because of the challenges posed by the internet and the digital environment, ... -
Collaboration and separation : how news companies find innovation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This research examines issues arising when employees at news media companies attempt to collaborate with each other to create, develop and execute strategies intended to enhance the organization's financial standing. The ... -
Coverage of the 2016 Indian banknote demonetization by U.S. and Indian media
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Covering business, economics and central banking with the Federal Reserve's increasing transparency
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)In the past 30 years, the Fed has gone from a mysterious institution to a more transparent central bank that regularly communicates with the media and the public. This journalism practice and professional analysis looked ... -
Data journalism and democracy: how American mass media framed the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States using data visualization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)The purpose of this study is to explore the role of data visualization in the media coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States by focusing on datavisualization projects from The New York Times and The ... -
Differences between Weibo discussion and Xinhue coverage of the Chinese boycott of the Japanese goods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Through the textual analysis and a comparison study of 100 Weibo posts and ten Xinhua articles covering the Chinese boycott of Japanese goods, this research came to the conclusion that the two media platforms presented ... -
The elite media framing the emerging markets : a textual analysis of Mongolian case in the Wall Street Journal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This textual analysis addresses how The Wall Street Journal framed Mongolian economic and political image in the global capital market from 2012 to ... -
The ethical implications surrounding infotainment as compared to traditional news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research sought to analyze and compare infotainment programming to traditional news outlets in order to identify how they are perceived ... -
Examining the ethical implications of virtual reality in journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)This professional project aimed to uncover the ethical challenges in virtual reality and journalism. After interviews with a number of journalists, media ethicists and academics it was discovered that VR journalism doesn't ... -
Experimenting with new strategies to run a media startup
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Media entrepreneurs turn their journalistic passion into running a startup newsroom. Many embrace the benefits and challenges of launching online products with grant or foundation money. They experiment with both traditional ... -
Federal reserve chairs in the news: in-depth interviews with financial reporters on their coverage of Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This project examines how Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Chairman Ben Bernanke were covered in the news. This was analyzed and is relevant because of the historical significance of Chair Yellen's nomination and ... -
How people respond to advocacy messages: the impact of message source and media platform on attitude in a nonprofit environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)This paper investigates the role of message source and (social) media channels in determining consumer response to nonprofit advertising. After reviewing relevant literature, a summary model that focuses on attitude change, ... -
The inbox as a newsstand : extracting value from email newsletters in journalism
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The international news publications' coverage of China's recent economic slowdown
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] There has been significant media coverage about the slowdown of the Chinese economy in the past year and a half. However, the attitudes that media ... -
Lessons from the financial crisis: what have we learned? Business journalists speak out
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The 2008 global financial crisis sparked a growing appetite for business news and proved that it's now more important than ever to hold companies and governments accountable, and make the complex dealings of a new global ... -
Online feminist publications as social enterprises: Diversifying revenue streams through corporate social responsibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)This qualitative study examined how feminist online publications can adopt social enterprise business models. The focus group analysis of the audiences of Refinery29, Bustle, HelloGiggles, and Jezebel first explored the ... -
Paying for online news: what provides value and for whom?
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Reader perception of the usefulness and credibility of journalistic automotive reviews
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The aim of this research is to examine the usefulness of journalistic automotive reviews from the perspective of readers making purchase decisions. Additionally, this study also looked at the perceived credibility of the ... -
The reemergence of Cold War framing in the coverage of US-Russia relations after the 2016 election
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] My professional project looks into journalists' perceptions of the post-2016 Cold War framing in the coverage of the U.S.-Russia relations. ...