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Poor media, rich democracy : how economics and technology affect construction of news processes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The journalism industry currently resides in a state of perpetual change, with technology and economics affecting both how journalists produce news and what news looks like when consumed. This ethnography examines the news construction processes...
Public schools in crisis: a content analysis of news framing since No Child Left Behind
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
despite schools facing the challenges of more economic and cultural diversity and increased accountability. In response, this study seeks to examine how the news media frame public education, particularly since the adoption of the federal No Child Left...
The media and the global-liberation movement :The magazine framing of the 2009 Pittsburgh, PA G-20 protesters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
From Sept. 24 to Sept. 25, 2009, the Group of 20 summit was held in Pittsburgh, Pa. The event brought in leaders from the most politically and economically powerful countries in the world, as well as protesters committed to the global...
Advertising ethics: a client perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This study examines how clients at large companies view advertising ethics. In-depth interviews were conducted with 16 high-ranking advertising clients in the New York area and six other cities. The focus was on the ethics ...
An online disconnect : a case study of the effect of social media on a metropolitan newsroom's organizational culture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This research explores the role of social media use in a traditional newsroom by examining how reporters and editors use social media tools, particularly Twitter and Facebook, in their day-to-day work activities. It uses ...
Social proximity and user-generated health content : an experimental test of perceived source similarity and construal level theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The affordances of the internet, particularly as manifest in social network site platforms, allow for interpersonal mediated communication with socially proximal sources. In a 3 (expert source cues vs. low cues vs. low ...
Crying in the wilderness : the outlaw and poet in Ben Hecht's militant Zionism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
During the Second World War, the American journalist and screenwriter Ben Hecht had been one of the lone voices to break the silence about the Nazi Holocaust. Then, in 1947, Hecht shocked and outraged people across the ...