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After the crop : the impact of downsizing on photojournalism quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
A content analysis (N=1,288) of four mid-size regional newspapers before and after periods of layoffs and workforce reduction showed that photographic quality had been negatively affected. Using the quantitative data, in-depth interviews were...
Mizzou weekly (online version), volume 34, number 08
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Division of Marketing and Publications., 2012)
The patriotic impact of World War I on the Texas Posten, a Swedish-language newspaper
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The Texas Posten, Austin's weekly Swedish-language newspaper, was in its 18th year when world war erupted in Europe. Like many Americans around the country, Texas Swedes heeded President Wilson's words of neutrality and later his encouragement...
Mizzou weekly, volume 34, number 16 (January 24, 2013)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2013)
Mizzou weekly, volume 34, number 08 (October 11, 2012)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2012)
Mizzou weekly, volume 33, number 21 (February 23, 2012)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2012)
On parents, peers, administrators, and advisers : developing a system to understand self-censorship of controversial topics in the high school press
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Two surveys of young college students (N1=134; N2=372) were used to examine what perceived familial and educational factors influenced former high school journalism students' comfort levels with controversial stories running in the student newspaper...
Bushwhacker Belles : Exploring Gender, Guerrilla Warfare, and the Union Provost Marshal Records
(2014-08-26)
records, and banishment orders. Other source material used to identify these women and their activities come from newspapers, memoirs by guerrillas, census records, and county histories. The website will collectively display and evaluate these documents...
Forgetting strength : Coffeyville, the black freedom struggle, and the vanishing of memory
(2013)
When a white lynch mob of 3,000 stormed the city jail in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1927, incited by rumors that three "negroes" had raped two white high school girls, the incident ended very differently from so many others ...
The boys on the blogs : intermedia agenda setting in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study analyzes intermedia agenda setting during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign to determine the agenda-setting role of prominent political bloggers in relation to the mainstream news media and the candidates. An online survey of newspaper...
A life of process and progress: the influence of writer Donald M. Murray
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
explains how Murray cultivated and spread his ideas to various public spheres: newspapers and newsrooms, academic and journalistic institutions, books, conferences, and the work of his peers and students. Murray served as a bridge between the worlds...
God's words in the language of men : the professionalization of the Southern Baptist Press
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Although religion is and has been an integral aspect of society, its journalism has been overlooked. Media scholars have viewed the religious press as less worthy and less professional than its commercial counterparts, ...
Creating an imperial city: Kansas City in the 1920s
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-04)
This thesis is a community study of Kansas City in the
1920s as a city working to assume a prominent place within the
emerging American market empire. It begins by exploring the
role that men and women played in altering ...
iMOST: Intelligent Motion-Sensing Approaches for Tracking Emotion
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The aged, minor, and disease members often find it hard to express themselves. They are not fully aware of their need for any help or how to ask for help. The lack of communication ability decreases the quality of life and ...
The perceived importance and gender differences in Missouri public high school assistant principalship duty delegation for promotion preparation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
. Those duties included the assistant principal's responsibility for the development of school policies, the student testing program, the special education program (IEPs), the coordination of building use for non-school related activities and the school...
Romance promotion in American public libraries
(Public Libaries, 2010)
Almost all libraries collect romance novels, but not all libraries engage in promotion or programming geared toward romance novels. Reader advisory services specific to romance tend to be secondary to general reader advisory ...
How do you like this comment? : persuasive effects of online comments and heuristic cues in crisis communication context
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
. inconsistent attribution) x 2 (heuristic cue: high vs. low number of "like" clicked) mixed factorial design with consistency as a between-subjects variable and heuristic cue as a within-subjects variable was employed. The findings of this study showed...
The cable TV news industry at 30 years: time to change the model that changed broadcast news?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
As the cable television news industry enters its fourth decade of existence, are cable TV news broadcasters doing everything they can to hold on to viewers, and prevent losing audience market share to the almost ubiquitous ...
Visitor experiences at Eagle Days in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Eagle Days are series of organized wildlife viewing events that were created by the Missouri Department of Conservation to increase public awareness about bald eagles and their declining populations. Although Eagle Days ...
Subversion of the gaze Degas and the social implications of his Dancers
(2011)
Edgar Degas' portrayal of women has generated particular interest. His subjects
were often thought to be women of ill-repute, yet Degas shows them hard at work. I believe
that Degas purposefully set out to chronicle the ...