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Engagement in online health communities : expressed attitudes and self-efficacy of arthritis self-management behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The purpose of this research is to examine the computer-mediated communication within online health communities to understand the role engagement plays in eHealth literacy and the perceived benefits, perceived barriers, ...
Presenting the dragon to the eagle : testing the influence of message framing and valence on public perceptions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The study examined the influence of negative and positive stories framed episodically and thematically on cognitive perception, attitude formation and ...
Mediating and moderating factors that affect health journalists' perceptions of conflict issues
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Taking an affective and cognitive approach toward effective conflict management communication, this study attempts to analyze the mediating and ...
News framing of accountability systems after No Child Left Behind
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The impact of webpage complexity and photo intensity on processing of online news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Jokers, smokers and midnight tokers? : how television news framed pro-pot legislation in Oregon and Colorado before the November 6, 2012 elections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The authentic I : authenticity in first-person narrative journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Mobile and tablet media platforms : effects on editors at print publications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
partial replication of Russial's (1989) dissertation on the effects of pagination on editors, found that the publication of content across multiple platforms is not causing editors to de-skill. Instead of abandoning traditional editing work for automated...
A tale of two multinationals : the BP and Greenpeace "Go green" conflict in an era of green crisis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This dissertation offers an in-depth case study of the 11-year BP and Greenpeace conflict. A framing analysis of news content from newspapers in the United Kingdom and United States are employed to identify how the two organizations were framed. In...
Paying for online news: what provides value and for whom?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The use of Twitter as a news source in sports reporting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The perceived role of Spanish-language journalists in one newspaper in the U.S. South: a case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Reporting on rape : myths, context and sources
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This content analysis study examines how rape was portrayed in print news articles from 1996 to 2012. The study explores this topic from three perspectives. First, it examines whether four particular rape myths were present: ...
A nation-branding perspective on Euro-Atlantic integration and online representation of a nation - the case of the country of Georgia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Model of Key Perspectives for Analysis of a Nation's Image (Fan 2008), the dissertation analyzes the process of transition of the country of Georgia towards Euro-Atlantic integration from nation-branding (external) and public diplomacy (internal...
My blogger told me it was okay : processing and persuasion of youth risk behavior via parasocial interaction and health beliefs /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This study explored how parasocial interaction (PSI) and health beliefs influence motivational processing of blog content among young women using a 2 (Stance: Anti, Pro) X 4 (Risk Behavior: E-Cigarette, Drinking, Product, ...
Games of information : informational and normative influences of media structures on the likelihood of militarized interstate disputes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This dissertation examines the influence of media freedom on foreign policy, specifically, the decision of leaders to use militarized force in resolving international disputes. It begins by revisiting the libertarian ideals of the Founding Fathers...
Silence : the reasons why people may not communicate
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This is a dissertation about how and why information does not flow in an industrial organization, and has impacts on owners, managers or employees when such issues as production errors, retention, or corporate survival are the result of missed...
Brand believers : reconciling journalistic and organizational identity at a city magazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation uses an ethnographic case study to examine the perspectives and representational practices of local journalists through a case study of an award-winning city...
The role of public relations education in preparing students for managerial roles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
While undergraduate programs do include elements of theory and goals of developing students' critical thinking and problem solving abilities, an underlying purpose in higher education is ultimately to prepare students for ...
Media coverage of six-party talks: a comparative study on media content and journalists' perceptions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study examined how the U.S. and South Korean media covered the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, a negotiation process that began in 2003 and is still incomplete. It also investigated journalists' ...