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Cultural values, emotions and information : a comparison of webpages from two culturally different countries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
difference on emotional appeals is not significant because of the universality of basic emotions. As predicted, since online advertisement is more cost-efficient than traditional media, American online advertisement is highly localized. The results also...
The cable TV news industry at 30 years: time to change the model that changed broadcast news?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
the 30th anniversary of the cable television news industry which began in 1980, with the founding of the Cable News Network (CNN), the uniqueness and appeal of 24 hour a day, always on news outlets, has resonated quite well with viewers. The ability...
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 ...
The effects of media framing of political conflicts on party identification and political participation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Prior research identified the logical chain from strategic coverage to cynicism to demobilization. Considering the fact that party identification anchors an individual's patterns...
History at risk : a survey to determine the size and status of local television news archives in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
It is a generally accepted fact that local television news archives are slowly deteriorating. In 1999 the AMIA created the "Preserving Local Television Case Studies and Symposium Project Proposal". One of its goals was a survey of local TV stations...
Green with emotion : the effect of negative emotional appeal intensity on cognitive processing of environmental PSAs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Emotion and cognition are two interrelated concepts in mass media research. This study examines the effect of negative emotional intensity in environmental public service announcements on cognitive processing and behavioral ...
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, ...
Increasing the persuasiveness of gain vs. loss framing : the effects of gender and fear arousal on processing gain- vs. loss-framed breast cancer screening messages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Based on prospect theory, the present study investigated gain vs. loss framing effects in the context of breast cancer screening (BCS) intervention. This study specifically assessed how the framing effect would be moderated ...
Sound off (or sound on) : melodic repetition, sonic branding and interactive advertisements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This study examined whether or not familiarity, defined as repeated exposure to melodies, affects attitude toward and recognition for information of an advertised brand or interactive advertisement, differently than ...
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, ...
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 ...
Do readers believe what they see? : reader acceptance of image manipulation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This study uses a random public sample to measure the level of acceptance the public has of various kinds of image adjustment/manipulation, to discover how frequently the respondents believe the same manipulations are ...
The effects of stereotypical depictions of African-Americans in web-based news stories presented in conditions with different levels of distraction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The study explored how individuals cognitively process stereotype-consistent and stereotype-inconsistent information about African-American characters depicted in online news...
Ease the résistance : the role of narrative and other-referencing in attenuating psychological reactance to persuasive diabetes messages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Reactance theory (Brehm, 1966; Brehm & Brehm, 1981; Dillard & Shen, 2005) explains that persuasion may fail by inducing threats to individuals' perceived autonomy; this study provides evidence of pathways through this ...
The credible brand model : the effects of ideological congruency and customer-based brand equity on media and message credibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
.88, CFI = 0.92, and RMSEA = 0.08)....
Bioethicists in the news : the evolving role of bioethicists as expert sources in science and medical stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Journalists have increasingly used bioethicists as expert sources in stories on science, medicine, and technology with strong ethical ramifications. Yet little is known about how and why journalists select bioethicists as ...
A life of process and progress: the influence of writer Donald M. Murray
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
With his pronouncement to "teach writing as a process, not a product" in 1972, Donald (Don) Murray (1924-2006) enacted an approach to writing shared by like-minded scholars that would become termed the "writing process ...
A study of newspaper treatment of male and female political candidates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
As greater numbers of women enter the typically male-dominated arena of U.S. politics, it is important to look at ways in which widely held gender stereotypes can affect the coverage candidates of either gender receive in newspapers. Journalists...
Social proximity and user-generated health content : an experimental test of perceived source similarity and construal level theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The affordances of the internet, particularly as manifest in social network site platforms, allow for interpersonal mediated communication with socially proximal sources. In a 3 (expert source cues vs. low cues vs. low ...
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 ...