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Reporting on rape : myths, context and sources
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
news story. Third, it reviews whether the context, prevention measures or risk factors were incorporated in news articles. This study predicted that at least one--third of the articles would include rape myths and found that rape myths were present...
The dicamba debate : a content analysis of the portrayal of dicamba herbicide in agricultural media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
in the study. This study sought common news frames, subject attributes related to agenda setting, source use, and other article attributes that might contribute to agenda setting or frames. Findings indicate that the five common news frames were present...
The effectiveness of the practice of correction and republication of the biomedical literature : a bibliometric analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This research is a bibliometric study that measures incidence of citation of the flawed and corrected versions of scholarly articles. If the practice of correction and republication is effective, then the incidence of citation of the flawed version...
Role of the media during political events in authoritarian, democratization and democratic periods in Korea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
to address this question: How have roles of the Korean print media changed as Korea transitioned from an authoritarian regime to its democratization period and a democratic regime? Applying textual and rhetorical analytic methods to selected articles from...
Choosing your own adventure : hyperlinks and their effects on memory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
For this experiment, 39 students from a large Midwestern university were exposed to a total of ten articles, two main articles about 150 words in length, called parent page articles, and eight linked articles. Each of the articles contained four...
Reporting serendipity in biomedical research literature : a mixed-methods analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
in existing documents, we can alleviate this problem and obtain a more balanced and representative understanding of serendipitous experiences (Gries, 2009). This three-article dissertation describes the phenomenon of serendipity, as it is recorded...
Can public relations professionals help span the boundaries between scientists and journalists, and does this function help increase accuracy of news articles about public health?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
the role of PR professionals in the communication process, and to determine whether the involvement of a PR professional leads to improved news article accuracy. This study asked news sources to analyze 167 news articles about state and local health...
Grammar and cognitive processing of news articles : exploring dual-processing theories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This study considers the impact of grammatical errors on cognitive processing and subsequent evaluation of news articles. It begins with an examination of the Elaboration Likelihood Model, the Heuristic-Systematic Processing Model, and grammar...
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)
the Post and Times used the protest paradigm in their coverage of MU. Previous research indicates journalists rely on the protest paradigm, a set of patterns in protest coverage, when they report on events such as this. Articles that follow the protest...
Framing journalists' kidnappings : a textual analysis of news frames from U.S. and U.K. newspapers covering journalists' kidnappings in the Middle East
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A textual analysis studied U.S. and U.K. newspaper articles written about journalists kidnapped while reporting in the Middle East to uncover news frames, explore differences...
When hegemony prevails : a discourse analysis of two Korean newspapers during the 2008 financial crisis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This research seeks to find out if the American hegemonic ideology was embedded in two Korean newspapers (conservative and progressive) during the U.S. financial crisis of 2008. In addition, it seeks to explore how American ...
The effects of text complexity and complex graphical elements on readers' text comprehension of online science articles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
how a science communicator could increase SL. The researcher performed a Webpage-based experiment about how two structural facets of a science article influence a reader's text comprehension. After examining text complexity and the presence of complex...
The role of duty-based ethics in public relations: an ethical justification model for the actions of crisis communicators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This thesis explores how duty-based ethics can aid in explaining how public relations professional employed by corporations communicate with external publics, especially when organizations are faced with crises. A content ...
A study of public opinion relative to organizations : reviewing representation of local media and nonprofit organizations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A case study reviewing a local media, its publication and presentation about a nonprofit organization and the similarly-named physical neighborhood it represents. This research...
Comparative framing of the Duggar family's women in entertainment news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
conclusions that the frames entertainment news media use for evangelical women influence societal stereotypes. Having analyzed 60 articles from People, Us Weekly, and E! News, all the frames identified by Mark Silk in Unsecular Media: Making News of Religion...
Testing for a synergistic effect between online publicity and advertising in an integrated marketing communications context
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
conditions, which included an ad-article or article-ad combination, were more effective in terms of brand communications impact than the pure advertising condition. The pure publicity condition was found to be more effective than any of the other three. Hence...
Relationship counseling for advertising agencies and clients : a textual analysis of framing in trade publications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Although the conflicts between agencies and clients have existed for as long as advertising agencies have existed, agencies and clients have appeared to face increasing difficulty maintaining their relationships. Many ...
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)
to gain insight into what messages women may be internalizing about heart disease because of the messages they are viewing in mainstream publications designed to provide health information. Through an analysis of 349 articles (n = 349), the researcher...
Representation of Hispanic culture in Delta's Sky magazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
targeting this key demographic is lacking. To fill this gap, this study examined the representation of Hispanic culture in the articles and photos that compose the Spanish section, Despegando, of Delta Air Lines' Sky magazine from 2014 to 2019. The content...
Can women really have it all? : a textual analysis of the portrayal of mothers in Good housekeeping, Woman's day, and Family circle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
the media's portrayal of mothers, a textual analysis was conducted on department and feature articles from three women's magazines: Good housekeeping, Woman's day, and Family circle. Employing Berger and Luckmann's (1966) theory of the social construction...