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Pull Me Out to Sea
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)
How small newspapers are innovating online
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This research focuses on what small newspapers are doing to innovate online and how they are able to do it. Interviews with 12 editors at small, community newspapers are conducted to examine the online features of their ...
Parasocial interaction on social media : how source identification affects brand trust
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of source identification on parasocial interaction and brand trust on social media by comparing perceptions of marketer-generated social media content from brand ...
Technology and trust : how new communication technology impacts electric utilities during and after natural disasters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This study examined how the medium an electric utility uses to communicate during a disaster effects organizational reputation and how location (rural vs. non-rural area in America) effects organizational reputation based ...
Tapping into community conversations : how broadcast journalists' social media routines influence content and sourcing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Broadcast journalists serve two masters: the long-reigning broadcast and its digital brother. Digital journalism encompasses many things: it is just as much a Facebook post as it is free standing websites made of HTML. ...
Gender equality? : A transnational feminist analysis of the UN HeForShe Campaign as a global "solidarity" movement for men
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Through the lens of transnational feminist theory, this study examines the UN Women HeForShe campaign as a global solidarity movement for gender equality. Using a transnational feminist framework and critical discourses ...
Investor publications' reporting on the Great Recession of 2007-2009
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Did investor publications--which brag that they give their readers the timely, accurate information they need to make the right decisions--accurately portray the beginning of the Great Recession of 2007-2009? To answer ...
The widow's place : Mrs. Norris in Mansfield Park
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)
“The most hateful character in Jane Austen's novels,” “a vicious pest,” “Austen's most nearly psychotic creation.” Such is the critical consensus on Mrs. Norris of Mansfield Park: that she is hateful, vicious, and psychotic ...
The Personal Essay and the Memoir: A Comparison
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)
This thesis will attempt to put into perspective the various differences between the personal essay and the memoir. Furthermore, it will discuss why the personal essay is more useful for the creative portion of the thesis. ...
Indispensable Lives : Magical realism and postcolonial resistance in Ana Castillo's So far from God, and Junot Diaz's The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)
"In this paper, I will discuss magical realism as a postcolonial genre of resistance in Ana Castillo's So Far from God, and Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and whether or not labeling these novels as ...
Role perceptions of environmental journalists working for online-only organizations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The newsroom environment is changing, impacting coverage of science and environmental stories. This report includes a collection of interviews ...
Gone too soon: The effects of Philadelphia's urban gun violence crisis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Gone Too Soon is a photographic essay of the city of Philadelphia's gun urban violence crisis. The photographs are a visual documentation of people who have been physically affected by gunfire, families and friends as they ...
Social media and crisis communication: using social media and image repair discourse to maintain positive image
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
In 2012, the COO of Chick-fil-A, and present day CEO, Dan Cathy, offered his personal opinion on gay marriage during two separate interviews with conservative media outlets. Those statements ended up making national ...
The Vulvodynia monologues: A look at agenda-setting and the effects of women's reproductive health among American women in print media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This study examines the rhetoric of women's reproductive health across The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times and attempts to answer the following questions: Q1: Do national newspapers write ...
Summer of the Sabra Cactus: The Body, Landscape, and Numbed Tourism
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)
Framing of African-American women in mainstream and Black women's magazines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
For decades, there has been a concern with the negative framing of black women in the media. Historically, black women are placed into four stereotypical frames: The Mammy, The Jezebel, The Sapphire and The Matriarch. ...
Misinterpreted Perception: Defining the True Nature of Chivalry During the First Crusade
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)
Over the turn of the centuries, chivalry has evolved and acquired numerous definitions. Currently the characteristics of a chivalric knight are skewed by the gentlemanly mannerisms and jousting tournaments seen in films. ...
Women in science : are portrayals on primetime television negative, and what are effects of exposure to such content?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Twenty years ago, the U.S. Department of Education began investing millions to get more girls interested in science, technology, engineering and math -- or STEM -- fields. Yet the needle has barely moved, and the American ...
"The Umbrella Revolution"? Globalization and political discourse in U.S. news magazines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In the spring semester of 2015, I participated in the Washington Program while I completed the professional project and research components of my ...
Backward in high heels: A critical discourse analysis of major news magazines covering Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This critical discourse analysis looked at newsmagazine coverage of Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign for the Democratic nomination. The research sought to understand if there was any difference in the language used to write ...