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News media's asymmetric response to the economy and its impact on the public perception
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
media's negatively asymmetric response was diminished in idential election years compared to non-election periods. In so doing, the news coverage of consumer price, unemployment, and the economy in general on the front pages of three newspapers...
What changes in media risk frames reveal about changing attitudes toward modern life: the case of the Greek Press, 1977-2004
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Some social scientists note that Westerners have become disenchanted with their society, which they see as promoting industrial development and a soul less consumerism that are out of control and destroying the natural ...
Speaking up in the 21st century: the effects of communication apprehension and internet self-efficacy on use of social networking websites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
: written communication and oral communication apprehension, both of which affect the amount an individual is likely to communicate. With the advent of communication via the computer, or computer-mediated communication (CMC), Scott and Rockwell (1997...
Competing fantasies of humans and machines: Symbolic convergences in artificial intelligence events coverage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
theme analysis to reporting from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post immediately surrounding three cultural and scientific milestones in the development of artificial intelligence technology: IBM Deep Blue's 1997 defeat...
The effects of media framing of political conflicts on party identification and political participation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
of political behavior, and that political cynicism might be negative attitudes generalized from particular leaders or political groups to the political process as a whole, the present study postulated that party identification mediates the effect of conflict...
Representation of Hispanic culture in Delta's Sky magazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
As part of the largest minority group in the U.S., Hispanic people play an increasingly significant role in media consumption. Prior studies have investigated this key demographic's consumption of advertising, but research ...
Agenda-setting effects of television news coverage on perceptions of corporate reputation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis applies agenda setting as a general theory of mass communication in a TV business news setting and is an empirical investigation of the agenda setting effects of TV...
Believe it or not: youth and young adult female perceptions of the credibility of online multimedia messages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
the impact the emotional tone of an online multimedia message has on the perception of the source releasing it. It also explored the influence of the emotional tone on the number of people to whom respondents would forward the messages to and the impact...
#LawrenceHive vs #TeamIssa: how Insecure fans use fandom communities to perform social and cultural identity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
HBO hit-series Insecure became a social media sensation much like the web series that inspired it. The relatability and freshness of the characters made the show an instant standout among fans and critics in a market starved for Black representation...
Contextual effects of geographic, economic, political regions on issue salience and salience of an issue's attributes : hierarchical linear modeling of agenda setting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study investigated issue salience and salience of Economy's attributes on the public agenda by taking a multilevel approach to the data. The data ...
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 ...
Bioethicists in the news : the evolving role of bioethicists as expert sources in science and medical stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Journalists have increasingly used bioethicists as expert sources in stories on science, medicine, and technology with strong ethical ramifications. Yet little is known about how and why journalists select bioethicists as ...
Government controls of American correspondents in China
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study examined the controls placed on American news correspondents by the Chinese government during an unprecedented period of transition in China's history. Correspondents were interviewed in Beijing to identify the ...
Reviewing the image of the photojournalist in film: how ethical dilemmas shape stereotypes of the on-screen press photographer in motion pictures from 1954 to 2006
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
of photojournalist characters. Although the number of appearances of on-screen cameramen in motion pictures has increased, their role-related responsibilities and ethical dilemmas have changed alongside trends and technological advances within the field....
Increasing the persuasiveness of gain vs. loss framing : the effects of gender and fear arousal on processing gain- vs. loss-framed breast cancer screening messages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Based on prospect theory, the present study investigated gain vs. loss framing effects in the context of breast cancer screening (BCS) intervention. This study specifically assessed how the framing effect would be moderated ...
Representation of Black women in true crime
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
True crime is an increasingly popular and relevant genre in media. However, how certain groups, including Black women, are portrayed in this genre is understudied. The purpose of my research was to study the specific ...
Bridging the electronic gap : use of the internet by community newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
types and topics, but there are also a comparable number of non-significant differences. Overall, this research found few overarching trends or patterns in the amount or type of content offered, and the researcher finds that further research must...
Media performance and democratic rule in East Africa : agenda setting and agenda building influences on public attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This dissertation examined the media influence and the government influence on public attitudes on issues concerning democratic rule in the East African Community (EAC). I proceeded under the assumption that the influence ...
Media framing and conflict : a content analysis of the South Korean hostage case
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study aims to explore how the media frames conflicts by analyzing specific elements in the news coverage of the South Korean hostage case in ...
Newspaper circulation scandals : testing a new dimension of media credibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
In light of the new phenomenon of multiple high profile newspaper circulation accounting fraud scandals in recent years, this thesis sought to examine the relationship between factors that motivate advertisers to buy space ...