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Public affairs, private lives : a study on the effect of Combat exposure on public affairs soldiers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This research probes into the attitudes and experiences of Army public affairs soldiers as they relate to combat exposure, looking at whether a spiral of silence inhibits them from reporting and seeking help for combat trauma. The research included...
Taking Root: The Route of the Broadcast Journalism Curriculum at the Missouri School of Journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
When broadcasting emerged as a new field, it ushered in a period of exploration for industry professionals as well as journalism educators. Such was the backdrop for the Missouri School of Journalism in the 1930s when journalism educators sought...
Online newspapers' visual character and perceptions of credibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
-friendly soft news features. Content-based visual journalism was challenged by the encroachment of visual fluff, altering the character projected to readers. Today, newspapers struggle to evolve into online "news organizations" and visual journalism competes...
Journalism's next generation : socialization of high school journalists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
are socialized into journalism as an occupational ideology (Deuze, 2005). It focused on how high school journalists make meaning of public service, objectivity, autonomy, immediacy, and ethics through the intersection of their journalistic roles. It also looked...
Business models of digital longform publications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
publications that focus on longform journalism have emerged in recent years. This curious paradox is worth looking into. Through semi-structured in-depth interviews with the executives of digital longform publications, this study, using the frameworks...
To infinity and beyond: An exploration of the impacts of technological and economic changes on journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The explosion of digital technologies, coupled with unfavorable economic conditions, has changed newspaper journalism in myriad ways. Converged online publications featuring photos, videos and graphics, which are assembled by fewer and fewer...
Exploring prose style in scholarly journal articles in journalism and communications : do editors believe there is a need for change?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
to determine if academic prose style is problematic in journalism and communications scholarly publications. In-depth interviews of 10 academic journal editors show that academic prose is problematic. Editors agree that academic prose is used for power, control...
A qualitative analysis of strengths and liabilities of former journalists in public relations roles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
the background, training and worldviews of journalism prepare a public relations practitioner for the role of strategic communications manager prized by Grunig's theory. This project surveyed public relations managers at a broad cross-section of largely for...
Beyond the byline : the diffusion of convergence curriculum at journalism schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Some journalism schools at colleges and universities are reforming their curriculum to include convergence - teaching students to tell the news in more than one style of media...
Constructing scarcity: a rhetorical analysis of natural resource journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
to people's incomes and expectations. This research examined how resource scarcity is communicated through magazine journalism. To do this, I looked to Kenneth Burke's "master tropes" as tools for analyzing how writers use language to construct the concept...
Identity crisis : the role of organizational culture in defining public affairs and its roles, missions, and value in the United States Marine Corps
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This study examined the valuation of soft power, specifically public affairs, and the understanding of public affairs missions within the U.S. Marine Corps from the perspective of public affairs practitioners and Marine Corps infantry officers...
Putting theory to practice : a quasi-experimental test of a new model for experiential teaching and a case study in broadcast journalism education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] How journalism is taught matters to society, as the work journalists produce can shape publics' understanding of information. A debate between academics and practitioners has...
Data privacy in the newsroom : the ethical justifications of using user data in the reporting process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
questions revealed a conflicting relationship that possibly exposes news organizations that publish user information to liability while still practicing within the accepted limitations of traditional journalism ethics. Journalists tend to be indignant about...
Examining the boundaries of journalism in the digital age : a SEM test of digital transitions in newsrooms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The debate about boundaries in journalism amid the rise of citizen journalism, the crisis of business models in the news industry and the use of social media in the news...
Public schools in crisis: a content analysis of news framing since No Child Left Behind
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
of 332 newspaper articles from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2012 coded the types of frames used, words used to illustrate a failing public schools theme, sources referenced, attribution...
Stripped down and flawed : demystifying journalism heroes and villains on film in the 1970s and 2010s
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
and the scandalmonger. As films and the profession of journalism have evolved, so have the depictions, reflecting both the profession's triumphs and its flaws. This study is a textual analysis of the change in depictions of journalists on film from the 1970s...
A social identity analysis of racial minority professionals working in the advertising and public relations industries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The purpose of this research is to examine how racial minority professionals in the advertising and public relations industries construct their racial identities through the use of semi-structured interviews. Social identity theory serves...
Effectiveness of health messages based on the transtheoretical model from a public campaign perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study applied the transtheoretical model (TTM) to public health campaign messages to promote regular exercise. Recognizing that one of the key construct of the model...
The impact of interactive media on community engagement : building support for K-12 public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This research analyzed the interactive media platforms and surveyed communications professionals in six Colorado public school districts to identify the mechanisms used to effectively foster a sense of community and engagement among...
The mutual shaping of technology in a news establishment : social journalism and organizational change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
in the public journalism movement and to the model some scholars consider the highest ideal -- Habermas' public sphere....