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Can public relations professionals help span the boundaries between scientists and journalists, and does this function help increase accuracy of news articles about public health?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
A function of public relations professionals working for public health agencies is to perform a boundary-spanning role, facilitating communication between public health professionals and the news media. The purpose of this research was to examine...
Textual analysis of online magazine framing of screen time use in young children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
, Parents, presents the benefits and risks of screen time for young children over a span of nearly two decades (from 2002 to 2018). Child developmental categories for benefits and risks included cognitive and learning, social-emotional, and physical...
Perceptions of Facebook and Twitter as sources of health information among African-American women
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
in the research, findings indicated that Facebook and Twitter are perceived as credible sources of health information if the material shared comes from a health care professional or organization, or a friend speaking from a personal health experience. Credibility...
Responsibility framing and the Obama health care reform bill
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this research was to examine early online news coverage of the Obama health care reform bill by both Foxnews.com and MSNBC.com. The study aimed to look at framing techniques and whether or not these publicly-known, politically...
An examination of the portrayal of homelessness and the opioid crisis in US and Canadian newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
the issues of homelessness and the opioid crisis, likely as an attempt to increase attention and empathy for these issues. Study findings highlight how newspapers can influence the public's understanding on the complex issues of homelessness and the opioid...
Communicating medical advances in television health news : the influence of a human interest frame on audiences' cognitive and emotional responses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The dissemination of scientific advances in medicine became popular in television health news over the last few decades. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of news frames in television health news reporting of scientific...
Narratives, framing, and exemplification in LGBTQ+ suicide public health messaging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Suicide in LGBTQ+ individuals, especially youth, is a growing public health issue. However, the literature on this issue within the field of mass communication is under-developed. This study seeks to understand how the use of framing...
Understanding patterns and motivations of women using Facebook for birth control information
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
found to be least trustworthy, while health-related organizations were most trustworthy. Negative content posted by a friend sources was found to be more trustworthy than positive information. Age and income level were found to affect if women used...
An examination of black women's health information understanding and negotiation of engagement in skin whitening
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Taking a domestic approach to understanding a global phenomenon, the purpose of this project is to illuminate how black women receive health information concerning skin whitening and how such information impacts black women's negotiation...
Demystifying the private sector : the use of publicly accessible records to report on private equity firms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
, thus giving journalists the tools to hold power to account and fulfill the watchdog role of the press. This research was conducted through the lens of political economy theory, which studies the relationships between individuals, governments and public...
The perceived role of personal social identity in the promotion of arthritis self-management programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
how people with arthritis perceive themselves and their disease within a particular social role and how those perceptions shape health related beliefs and behaviors. Qualitative research methods provide a framework for this study, including in...
Fantasy theme divergence during covid-19 a fantasy theme analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
as they chain out through a rhetorical community. This study uses Symbolic Convergence Theory and Fantasy Theme Analysis to identify the fantasy themes that appear in the official messaging, media coverage and public comment related to returning to school during...
Can women really have it all? : a textual analysis of the portrayal of mothers in Good housekeeping, Woman's day, and Family circle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Nearly half a century after the second wave of the feminist movement, women are still bombarded with stereotypical messages about the female's role in society. One of the most significant of these roles to examine is ...
Social proximity and user-generated health content : an experimental test of perceived source similarity and construal level theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
. distal source cues) online between-subjects experiment (n = 305), this study explores how source cues indicating expertise and social proximity affect assessment of interpersonal similarity and user-generated health messages. Assessment of interpersonal...
Believe it or not: youth and young adult female perceptions of the credibility of online multimedia messages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
In the age of Internet, multimedia messages and speed information, it is highly important for communicators to design and create more effective messages to reach their targets. This research addressed the issue of message ...
Conversations on suicide : 13 Reasons Why
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
areas of disagreement found in this study included 'accurate and relatable portrayal-versus-romanticization' of mental health issues, 'suicide as necessary-versus-suicide as irresponsible,' 'actions have consequences-versus-outsourcing blame for Hannah...
Sociocultural tailoring in breast cancer websites : a content analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this study is to examine breast cancer websites to determine the extent to which sociocultural cues, relevant to African Americans, are used to convey information in websites. Sociocultural factors include ...
Under the auspices of privacy � or not : surveying the state judicial treatment of access to government records
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
While privacy is paramount to a person's liberty interest, it is not absolute in all circumstances. Often, public interests trump an individual's right to privacy. Since the enactment of freedom of information statutes by every state, there is a...
Comparison of media portrayals of poverty in low-income versus affluent metropolitan areas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Poverty has become a salient issue for many Americans. The economic recovery from the Great Recession has been uneven, with large portions of the country continuing to live in poverty. The public has a range of views on the subject, shaped...
The role of public information officers in local American government
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Public information officers (PIOs) see themselves as the liaison between the agency they represent and the public. They come from various backgrounds including broadcast and print journalism, for profits and the advertising world while others seek...