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On parents, peers, administrators, and advisers : developing a system to understand self-censorship of controversial topics in the high school press
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
. Using theory from developmental psychology, newsroom sociology, communications, and legal studies, this dissertation develops a model for understanding both direct and indirect influences on freedom of expression in the scholastic press. Specifically...
Concentration and consolidation : how chain ownership affects newspaper front-page content
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Ownership by newspaper chains in the United States has become the norm, rather than the outlier, in the past half-century. While proponents of this model of ownership claim that chain newspapers are no different from ...
The battle within : a mixed methods exploration into political journalism and role strain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Research into journalistic roles has received world-wide attention. What tends to be underrepresented in these studies are the challenges that journalists must overcome in fulfilling their idealized roles. Therefore, this ...
Between the Eagle and the Bear : coverage of U.S. - Russian foreign policy disputes in Russian ethnic media in the U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Despite its long history, Russian ethnic press in the United States is an untapped area in media research. This study had two goals: to address this research gap and to shed light on the ethnic and political identity of ...
Through the looking-glass: how scientists view journalists and science news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
their own research with the public. This research allowed an untarnished view through the looking-glass and into scientists' thoughts on the role journalists play in disseminating science news. Although surveyed scientists weigh the pros and cons...
The virtual social capital of online communities : media use and motivations as predictors of online and offline engagement via six measures of community strength
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This research introduces a new measure of social capital for users of online communities. Whereas "local community" forms of social capital consist of ties created in local community for the benefit of local community, and ...
Analyzing access: an analysis of food desert coverage during COVID-19
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
nature of food desert reporting. The analysis found emerging themes that were present in the reporting and journalistic devices that were used to develop the themes. There was a total of 85 articles analyzed from various publications around the United...
The business imperative of newsroom diversity: how identities influence Indonesian women media leaders' perceptions and implementation of newsroom changes and innovation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
News organizations tend to preserve male-dominated organizational culture and have been historically oriented to serve the male reader market. This, however, stifles innovation and fails to respond to rapid changes in the ...
Princes, rock stars and their wives : analyzing tabloid coverage of women married to celebrity men
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Half a century apart, two American women caught the attention of British tabloids for marrying British celebrity men: Linda Eastman, a rock photographer from New York wed Paul McCartney, the last bachelor Beatle in 1969. ...
Motivations behind individuals' engagement with urban, community-building nonprofits on Facebook : a uses and gratifications approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
identifies motivations behind the public's engagement with nonprofits. U&G provides a psychological communication perspective that assesses how individuals use mass media and what gratifications they get from media uses. While U&G has been applied to social...
Examining the impact of Beijing 2008 Olympic games on foreign news coverage on China : a content analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Hosting the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games prompted the Chinese government to employ a relaxed foreign media policy, which signaled a temporary change in the rigorous media control practice in China. This study examined the ...
Feminist theory as it relates to business leaderhip content : a case of patriarchal dominant society structure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study is an exploration of the business leadership content that exists to serve as a resource for the development of the leadership role, the ...
Representation of Hispanic culture in Delta's Sky magazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
As part of the largest minority group in the U.S., Hispanic people play an increasingly significant role in media consumption. Prior studies have investigated this key demographic's consumption of advertising, but research ...
The impact of gender on the use of metaphors in media reports covering the 2003 Gulf War in Iraq
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This study investigates whether gender of the reporter or the source has an impact on the metaphors that are used in media reports on the 2003 war in Iraq. War metaphors previously exposed by other research are explored ...
A starting point for identifying perpetrator genocidal messaging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The purpose of this research was to determine whether a consistent messaging strategy could be identified in three recent outbreaks of violence or if genocidal messaging will show tremendous variances that are unique to ...
Power, intersectionality and news photographs : a case study of Detroit free press and Michigan chronicle news photography between 1963 and 1967
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
perceived as truthful. News photography, among other visual media, has been shown to influence opinion, publicly define its subjects and possess other important qualities of characterization. A deep historical analysis of intersectional differences of news...
Constructively managing conflict about open government : use of ombuds and other dispute resolution systems in state and federal sunshine laws
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
People seeking access to public records and meetings under state and federal open government laws have the right to sue in court to enforce them. But several jurisdictions also have alternative systems to handle disputes arising under public access...
Media construction of HIV
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Many of the challenges experienced by people living with HIV relate to biases, stigma, and conceptualization of HIV, rather than to the scientific realities of the virus itself or the medical impacts of living with the ...
Citizen journalism and community building: predictive measures of social capital generation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
A survey (N=102) of citizen journalism readers explored the relations between motivations for reading (content and process gratifications), personal attitudes (interpersonal trust and life contentment), and three measures ...
Media performance and democratic rule in East Africa : agenda setting and agenda building influences on public attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This dissertation examined the media influence and the government influence on public attitudes on issues concerning democratic rule in the East African Community (EAC). I proceeded under the assumption that the influence of media on public...