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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...
Social media usage news consumption, behaviors, and online civic reasoning among Generation Z
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The purpose of the research is to examine social media usage for news consumption, news behaviors, and online civic reasoning among Generation Z. Specifically, the study has two main purposes: 1) examine social media usage ...
Perceptions of Facebook and Twitter as sources of health information among African-American women
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
increased if information was presented by a person of color-particularly of the same race. Knowledge gained via social media was largely deemed to be the spring board for further research via a tool or website that is established within the health care...
Editorial analytics : how a U.S. newspaper applies data to match target audiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
of public service and them leaning toward "soft" news to drive higher page-view revenue. By applying the actor-network theory as its central theoretical framework, the study addresses an intricate interplay of day-to-day editorial decision-making, Big Data...
A textual analysis of public Facebook posts from disability advocates : examining how those with disabilities choose to represent themselves via social media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
diverse disability advocates represented themselves on Facebook from Sept. 1, 2017 to Dec. 31, 2017, and their followers' responses via comments. An in-depth analysis revealed that the advocates have varied interests and were concerned with issues...
How journalism educators discuss journalism law in their community of practice : insights from a qualitative textual analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Often, journalism teachers are the only ones at their school who do their job, and even when the positions are embedded in arts or English departments, it can be isolating. The Journalism Education Association's Listserv ...
#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 ...
Through the looking-glass: how scientists view journalists and science news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This research aims to better understand the relationship between scientists and journalists from a scientist's point of view, how scientists view science news, and how this view has changed or stayed the same over twenty ...
"Should I keep running if nobody sees me as a runner?" : How runners with diverse body sizes perceive Runner's World's lack of inclusive representation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Runner's World is the ultimate guide to running. The magazine offers training tips, dietician-recommended recipes, gear guides, profiles on recreational and elite runners, and more. By design, Runner's World is meant to ...
Preventing inaccurate media : a gatekeeping analysis of how news managers are overseeing the process of citizen journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This research examines the process that news managers at local broadcast television stations use when vetting user-generated content or citizen journalism, focusing on techniques used for verification and implications for ...
Cultivating criticisms : how journalism students critique the news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Scholars note the importance of press criticism to the journalism-democracy framework, yet press criticism is underdeveloped as an academic pursuit. This study seeks to develop the study of press criticism by examining ...
Human vs. machine as message source in advertising: examining the persuasiveness of brand influencer type and the mediating role of source credibility for advertising effectiveness in social media advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, and creative expression across social networks" (McMillan and Childers, 2017, p. 52). Influencer marketing is a crucial component of social media marketing, which is projected to become a $10 billion market by 2023 (Tan, 2019). The primary contribution...
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 ...
Social media use during power outage events
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This study explores how consumers use social media networking sites during power outage events. Using a qualitative research lens, the study explores consumer motivation as it relates Uses and Gratifications theory as well ...
Reinventing a moral mode : a textual analysis of 21st century "living Lei Fengs" in China Daily
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
to 2017. The study uses quantitative and qualitative textual analysis and employs theories of collective memory to explain how the Chinese government and media collaborate in using new national role models to shape the public narrative about Lei Feng...
Tweeting while leading : President Trump's Twitter habits from a Washington media perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This research is an in-depth study of how the current President of the United States is tweeting while leading our country and how that has impacted the traditional information gatekeeping role of the news media. By applying ...
Fantasy theme divergence during covid-19 a fantasy theme analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
In an era of selective attention, media fragmentation, political polarization, and social media trolls, the communication landscape has never been more fraught with the potential for carefully crafted messages to take on ...
"Sin mujeres no hay revolución" : transversal feminist politics in the digital mediated activism of the Argentine collective Ni una menos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
While the advent of the Internet and digital social networks has opened opportunities for global connectivity, participation, and broadcasting to agents outside the media, corporations and the state, inequities structuring ...
"Racism lives here" : racial ideologies in local news media coverage of student university protests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
During fall of 2015, a group of students at the University of Missouri called Concerned Student 1950 protested racial inequity on campus. Their collective action led to structural shakeups in the university's leadership. ...
Mediated temporal consciousness: memory and concepts of time through engagement with online news archives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Archival news content no longer exists solely in physical collections at a limited number of public institutions and media organization storerooms. Instead, digitized and digital-native content of the past can be found ...