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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 ...
Following the money : how salient is media ownership information to U.S. citizens?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This qualitative study seeks to assess how significant media ownership information is to citizens' lives and to understand on what bases this information is salient for some citizens and not others. Ten respondents were ...
The politics of election coverage : a content analysis of Indiana's two largest newspapers during the 2008 presidential election
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The goal of this study was to investigate the 2008 presidential election coverage of Indiana's two largest news publications - The Indianapolis Star and The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - and determine if any statistically ...
Views separated by time and terrain : the feminine perspective in the travel writings of Isabella Bird and Kira Salak
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study compares the feminine perspectives of Isabella Bird and Kira Salak, each of whom traveled alone across many continents and wrote - for publication - about her experiences. The purpose of this study is to identify ...
History at risk : a survey to determine the size and status of local television news archives in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
It is a generally accepted fact that local television news archives are slowly deteriorating. In 1999 the AMIA created the "Preserving Local Television Case Studies and Symposium Project Proposal". One of its goals was a ...
What are Utah farmers' market shoppers willing to do to protect local agriculture?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study is to determine what actions Utah farmers' market shoppers would be willing to take to protect their supply of local food: agriculture. This qualitative study used in-depth interviews of 32 farmers' ...
A study of gender stereotypes in the news coverage of the 1984 and 2008 vice-presidential campaigns
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Although females have campaigned for offices in the executive branch of the U.S. government, none have been elected. According to some scholars and researchers, one of the reasons females have been unable to break through ...
The SSORTR content management tool as a compass for the alumni magazine editor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this research is to develop a content management tool that can assist college and university alumni magazine editors in discerning the types of stories that resonate with the various audiences their publications ...
Journalists and PTSD : below the fold
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The study combines the normative theory of the media using both a social responsibility model and professional model through which to examine news organizations role in exposing employees to vicarious or secondary trauma ...
Of ads and apps: the influence of advertising on user attitudes toward tablet newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study examined the relationship between the inclusion and style of advertising in tablet newspapers and user attitudes, including intention to adopt. The study created a mock newspaper app on an iPad with versions ...
Proactive environmental risk communication : multiple publics' evaluation of for-profit corporations' sustainability communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research expands understanding of corporate environmental communication beyond green advertising and environment responsibility reports of CSR ...
Bridging the electronic gap : use of the internet by community newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
As increasing technology adds new avenues to the field of journalism, it is important to consider the ways journalism can be enhanced by adopting such technologies. Journalism is a field where the adoption of new technologies ...
Online media attribution of pipeline infrastructure failure, sourcing and the public health model: a content analysis of news stories on water and wastewater pipeline failures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The following study is a content analysis on how online media covers pipeline failure in North America. It uses the Public Health Model of Reporting, Sourcing and Attribution Theory to answer questions related to the cause ...
Examining the effects of the Hosty v. Carter decision and prior restraint on the collegiate press : a qualitative study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The purpose of this study was to determine what effects, if any, the Hosty v. Carter decision had on the collegiate press in the Seventh Circuit. The researcher aimed to determine if student editors of newspapers at public ...
Ease the résistance : the role of narrative and other-referencing in attenuating psychological reactance to persuasive diabetes messages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Reactance theory (Brehm, 1966; Brehm & Brehm, 1981; Dillard & Shen, 2005) explains that persuasion may fail by inducing threats to individuals' perceived autonomy; this study provides evidence of pathways through this ...
Games of information : informational and normative influences of media structures on the likelihood of militarized interstate disputes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This dissertation examines the influence of media freedom on foreign policy, specifically, the decision of leaders to use militarized force in resolving international disputes. It begins by revisiting the libertarian ideals ...
Data privacy in the newsroom : the ethical justifications of using user data in the reporting process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study analyzes website privacy policies used by major news corporations and attempts to understand the newsroom ethics policies as applied to protecting personal information collected about readers. The confluence of ...
Framing public health disaster : Chinese newspaper coverage of the contaminated milk powder affair
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study explores how the news environment might affect the news framing of public health disasters. Specifically, it examines the coverage of the ...
The power of video pitching in heathcare news stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
For decades the news release has been a staple of public relations tool kits. But now with so much available information on the internet, there are options to enhance the traditional news release with supplements like links ...
Mobile and tablet media platforms : effects on editors at print publications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This thesis explores how the publication of newspaper and magazine content across multiple platforms (print, web, mobile and/or tablet) is impacting editors in terms of time spent on traditional editing tasks, workload, ...