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Misogyny on the web: comparing negative reader comments made to men and women who publish political commentary online
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This thesis studies whether women authors are disproportionately attacked and negatively affected by online reader comments. I designed a quantitative study that performed a content analysis of 1,600 reader comments posted to 16 authors who publish...
Are universities "selling" online programs through agenda setting?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
"Higher education in America is at a tipping point-the traditional, common college student is no longer that traditional or common. While much of America maintains a preconceived notion of the "traditional" college student-18 -22 years old...
Blackouts made visible : a visual-textual analysis of Sarah Glidden's comics journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This thesis studies Sarah Glidden's largely unexamined book Rolling Blackouts as a significant contribution to the genre known as comics journalism. It argues that Glidden's work engages in a material struggle over the nature of journalism by using...
Picturing race in local newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
of those communities, and whether the inclusion and portrayal of different races have changed over time. Using samples of four constructed weeks from five one-year periods between 1980 and 2016, a content analysis of local news photographs was conducted...
The reality of celebrity journalism : a look at the changing presence of reality TV celebs in People magazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
are increasingly infiltrating the established celebrity news market, garnering amounts of media attention similar to a George Clooney or Jennifer Aniston -- not necessarily positive attention, however. Following the onslaught of Jon and Kate Gosselin media madness...
Reshaping the "God beat" : how three community news websites frame religion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
With a downsizing of newspaper staff and an upswing in Internet use, the religion beat has had to adapt, much like the rest of journalism. In some cases, the religion beat has been cut. But some publications maintain the beat in new ways...
Explicating journalism-as-a-conversation : two experimental tests of online news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The concept of journalism as a conversation has been richly explored in descriptive studies for decades. Largely missing from the literature, though, are clear operationalizations that allow theory building for purposes of explanation and prediction...
Visibility of health news outlet attributions on facebook : outcomes for credibility perceptions and recall
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
of the U.S. media is at a near-record low (Gallup News Service, 2017; Pew Research Center, 2011). This study therefore investigated how social media users form credibility perceptions of posts from mainstream news organizations, using heuristics formed from...
Power, intersectionality and news photographs : a case study of Detroit free press and Michigan chronicle news photography between 1963 and 1967
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study seeks to examine the ways in which existent power structures of intersectionality influence visual media through a historical case study of news photography. Photography, a less subjective visual media than painting and drawings, is often...
Elephant in the room : a study of the impact of emotional experiences on burnout among Chinese reporters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
-depth interviews with 31 reporters and a quantitative survey with 276 reporters was employed in the study. Findings from the in-depth interview demonstrate that reporters' emotional labor engagement mainly occurs while interacting with their subjects. In response...
The stereotypical, mythical, and peace journalism representation of blackness through news storytelling content in racial democracies : a critical discourse analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Ho fosters a narrative of racial harmony that ignores the structural inequalities that black people face. Borrowing from the literature on stereotypes, myths, and peace journalism (PJ), this investigation restructures a model that explains the relationship...
The memeification of "woke culture": a multimodal critical discourse analysis of its articulation in Essence; O, The Oprah Magazine; and Teen Vogue
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
and social consciousness--in cultural products threatens to delegitimize this powerful symbol of culture, the Black freedom struggle, and a social movement looking to combat police brutality. Recently, scholars have focused on the word being used as a...
A survey of brand co-creation and online brand community engagement with U.S. consumers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
membership), OBC commitment, and brand loyalty. The researcher anticipates that results provide theoretical and practical insights about the adoption and usage of OBCs as part of a larger marketing and communication strategy....
A content analysis of word choice in social media news coverage of mass shootings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
of framing and agenda setting, the researcher conducted a content analysis of tweets posted by five different news organizations -- both on the local and national levels. Findings showed that tweets from the five outlets in the wake of the shooting...
Balanced entertainment: motivations behind watching cable news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Cable news networks have a peculiar dynamic with their audiences compared to other television news mediums, as their privatized, highly competitive nature means they are especially dependent on attracting audiences and catering to viewer whims...
The business imperative of newsroom diversity: how identities influence Indonesian women media leaders' perceptions and implementation of newsroom changes and innovation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
News organizations tend to preserve male-dominated organizational culture and have been historically oriented to serve the male reader market. This, however, stifles innovation and fails to respond to rapid changes in the journalism industry...
In front of the lens : the expectations, experiences, and reactions of visual journalism's subjects
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Visual journalism is a curious form of social interaction usually involving strangers and the process of transforming one's private life into public spectacle. Sometimes...
From saving face to saving lies : prioritizing the public in public relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Traditional crisis communication literature emphasizes how organizations can use communication to preserve their image after a negative event. From image restoration theory to the situational crisis communication theory, these frameworks aim...
Whose man at his best? : a comparative study of masculine ideals in Esquire Middle East and the American Esquire
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Men's magazines craft and produce representations of masculinity while also acting as a forum for gender norms to be circulated, negotiated and contested. As magazines follow globalization trends of other media, research into how gender norms...
Making the invisible, visible : photojournalism and the documentation of the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] It has been argued that published photos by news agencies of COVID-19 were either too nuanced or too graphic. In either scenario, photojournalists were held accountable for what members of the public might see, and as a...