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Standards of objectivity : a comparison between daily and alternative newsweekly papers in three Ohio cities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
and framing of each article. Semi-structured interviews with the reporters and editors behind those articles allowed for a more in-depth look at how those journalists defined objectivity, as well as the choices those journalists had to make while putting...
Smart, sultry and surly : a textual analysis of the portrayal of women scientists in film, 1962 - 2005
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
films were chosen, released between 1962 and 2005. The films were studied using textual analysis. Results indicated that male peers often treated the female scientist characters with disrespect and their work was disregarded. Additionally, many...
A study of snark in news media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
. In the experiment (N=99), people found snarky stories more engaging (p [less than] .05), entertaining (p [less than] .01), and humorous (p [less than] .01) than non-snarky stories. However, people also found snark less credible (p [less than] .01) and reported...