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Framing the Catholic Church : the New York Times coverage of the Catholic Church 2006-2011
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
of the Catholic Church from October 2006 to October 2011. Through a qualitative content analysis of 55 articles, this research revealed three frames portraying the Catholic Church: The Catholic Church is divided, the Catholic Church suffers a loss of membership...
Motivation change in college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study investigates the change of motivation of undergraduate students across an academic semester. Stepwise model comparison of individual change ...
Estimating working memory capacity for lists of nonverbal sounds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Working memory (WM) capacity limit has been extensively studied in the domains of visual and verbal stimuli. The previous studies have suggested a constant WM capacity of typically about 3 or 4 items, based on the number ...
The framing of the Egyptian revolution portrayed through the Aljazeera and CNN media outlets and how they compare and contrast
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study examines the coverage of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 in the Arabic-language Aljazeera and the CNN news releases. By analyzing the framing of their news stories, this study compares and contrasts the news coverage of Aljazeera and CNN...
The legend of the dried persimmon for symphony orchestra and computer generated sounds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The composition is based on a Korean folk tale. The dried persimmon legend's original name is 'The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon'. The composition ...
Working mom and domestic dad : a content analysis of gender role constructions in women's magazines of 1961 and 2011
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
if magazines in 2011 are, in fact, more progressive than their 1961 counterparts. A quantitative content analysis of 36 issues of Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, and Redbook coded story types and topics, subject function, relationship status, parental...
A culture of audience engagement in the news industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This research examines the concept of audience engagement in journalism, and the changing nature of the relationship between journalists and their audiences. It uses the theoretical framework of newsroom sociology and ...
Redefining community in the digital age : an examination of the physical and Facebook communities of Generation X
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
As technology evolves, it is reshaping the way that people communicate and define community. Online social networks, such as Facebook, bring people together in a digital environment. However, it is not clear whether ...
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, ...
Gentrification through the eyes (and lenses) of Kansas City residents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Gentrification is a process where the middle class migrates to decaying or predominately poor areas of a city and changes the landscape. Since the phenomenon was first recognized in the 1960s in London, it has spread to ...
Most effective communication strategies to introduce campus solutions systems to college/university campuses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study compares the methods used to promote new Campus Solutions systems on college/university campuses during the past ten years to the time reported for full adoption by students, staff, and instructors. Questionnaires ...
Design and simulation analysis of MEMS parallel plate capacitor models for voltage conversion and power harvesting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
In environment, unwanted and undamped vibrations are abundantly available which can be converted into electrical energy and used for energy harvesting. This paper contains the design, modeling and simulation results of ...
Design and optimization of a Mars sample return mission with nuclear thermal rockets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) is recognized as the only solution to human exploration of the near planets during the next several decades, but NTP currently receives little funding for development. In order to foster ...
Argument quality in Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This thesis uses techniques and theory from argumentation, informal logic, and critical thinking to assess the quality of arguments presented by journalists in Pulitzer Prize-winning stories. Journalists strive to inform ...
Overlooked in America : a framing analysis of U.S. newspapers' coverage of rural poverty, 2000-2010
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Scholars have found that news organizations tend to frame American poverty as an urban problem, largely ignoring the plight of the rural poor. To gauge ...
Factors influencing media use in the evacuation decision-making process during approaching cyclones in the Bahamas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
A survey of Bahamians living on the island of New Providence (N = 381) explored the different factors that influence media use in the evacuation decision-making process along with investigating the different outlets used ...
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 ...
Hospitals on Facebook : uncovering fans' uses and gratifications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This thesis uses qualitative analysis to discover what uses and gratifications fans are receiving from hospital Facebook pages. The research centers on the fan page administered by Boone Hospital Center, located in Columbia, ...
Modeling a hydraulic hybrid drivetrain : efficiency considerations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Increasing petroleum prices and environmental concerns have caused a demand for more fuel efficient vehicles. Hybrid vehicles provide a solution to this demand, and hydraulic hybrid vehicles are shown to have a cheaper ...
A sexual education : sex messages in Seventeen magazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Seventeen magazine has been entertaining and educating teenage girls since its inception in 1944. Since that time, the magazine has remained a popular source of fashion, beauty, relationships, and even sex advice among ...