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News framing and public approval of the tax cuts and jobs act
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study is a content analysis of 291 news articles from the New York Times and the Associated Press about the debate and passage of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This study looks at how the news framing and economic effects highlighted...
Second class : local and elite media framing of poverty in the Appalachian opioid epidemic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
say, of journalism's concentration in expensive, coastal cities that are inaccessible to people of lower classes. This study examines how an outlet's geographic location influences its coverage of class by comparing local and elite coverage...
Media framing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
. In 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which brought steep cuts to corporate tax rates and substantial changes to tax rates and deductions for individuals. However, even though this was a public policy change that affected almost all...
Textual analysis of online magazine framing of screen time use in young children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In the United States alone, children's access to portable digital technology, like smartphones and tablets, has risen from 52% in 2011 to 98% in 2017, and usage of these devices...
A world in flux : journalistic change in science journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
As modernity undergoes radical changes, a narrative of journalistic change has emerged in journalism research. One way that journalistic change has been conceptualized is in terms of a shift from a high modern to a liquid ethos (Deuze, 2005, 2017...
Relationship counseling for advertising agencies and clients : a textual analysis of framing in trade publications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
discourse, this study used a qualitative textual analysis to investigate ways in which three prominent advertising and PR trade publications, Ad Age, Adweek and PRWeek, have framed issues in the agency-client relationship from 2015-2017....
The elite media framing the emerging markets : a textual analysis of Mongolian case in the Wall Street Journal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This textual analysis addresses how The Wall Street Journal framed Mongolian economic and political image in the global capital market from 2012 to 2017. Three main frames were...
User-generated content as war and peace journalism in the wake of terror
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
or peace journalism. This analysis of CNN and Al Jazeera English coverage of the 2017 Manchester Arena attack using peace journalism theory, as defined by researcher Johan Galtung, found that while both CNN and Al Jazeera English are more likely to use war...
This is not a moment. This is a movement : how national newspapers reported 2015 protests against racism at the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
In 2015, protests against racism at the University of Missouri upended the university. Journalists from news outlets throughout the U.S. descended on the Columbia campus to document the historic protest movement, which ...
Comparative framing of the Duggar family's women in entertainment news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This research seeks to compare the framing used to portray the women in the Duggar Family in entertainment news media with the realities of the evangelical community. A summative content analysis was used to conduct this comparative study looking...
Breaking into the boys' club : an analysis of the experiences of women journalists entering the sports journalism arena
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Historically, women sports journalists encounter frequent instances of objectification, harassment, and discrimination from sources, colleagues, and higher ups (Hardin & Shain, 2005), and women in the current sports journalism industry remain...
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 class in lifestyle journalism. Then, I discuss the memeification of the concept across the sample and its negotiation between communicating and commodifying social consciousness. Finally, I suggest future lines for research and challenge women...
"Hollywood and beyond" : an intersectional analysis of how Teen Vogue covered the #MeToo movement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Using Crenshaw's theory of intersectionality as a lens of analysis, this study asks how the teen magazine Teen Vogue reported on the rise of the #MeToo movement and how intersections of race, class and gender were represented ...
The battle within : a mixed methods exploration into political journalism and role strain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
construction of roles by examining the journalists' sensemaking process surrounding role strain. This study begins to bridge the gap between ideal roles and practice by providing an exploratory examination into the role enactment process....
Social media usage news consumption, behaviors, and online civic reasoning among Generation Z
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
consumption and other news behaviors (e.g., sharing, liking) via social media; and 2) examine the extent to which Gen Z uses aspects of online civic reasoning in their social media news consumption/behaviors. This was accomplished via an online survey of Gen Z...
A textual analysis of women's health magazines : how women's health magazines set the agenda for women's beliefs about cardiovascular disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
While heart disease kills an average of 399,028 women in the United States every year (Benjamin et al., 2017), women do not seem to be aware of the high risk of heart disease that they face (Mosca, Hammond, Mochari-Greenberger, Towfighi, & Albert...
When fiction meets fact : literary journalism in National Magazine Award features
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] Literary journalism, also known as narrative journalism, uses literary techniques to immerse audiences into the story topics. This is done by using elements of fiction such as description, dialogue, character development...
A survey of brand co-creation and online brand community engagement with U.S. consumers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
and White American SNS users. To the researcher's knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate both brand co-creation and OBC engagement within the context of SNSs. The study contributes to branding and advertising research and practice by examining what...
Optimizing omni-channel grocery shopping : marketing communications strategies for independent grocery retailers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
adopted as quickly as shopping online for other goods; however, the practice is expected by industry professionals, researchers, and grocers to grow quickly. Independent grocery retailers need to be studied because they compete in a crowded marketplace...
Players in the parasocial: Athletes impact on advertising through parasocial interactions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
placement on Forbes list of The NBA Endorsement All Stars in 2016. A content analysis including posts and comments from Curry's verified Facebook page during the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 regular NBA seasons will be used to analyze the type of advertising...