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The new news : challenges of monetization, engagement, and protection of news organizations' online content
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] As news organizations continue to struggle with their business models and ways to best employ new technology, advertising and subscription revenues ...
Public relations among Christian, multi-national, non-profit organizations in Europe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Public relations as a profession has existed in Europe for more than a century, yet most current practice and teaching is based on the American model. To address this situation, in 1998 the European Association of Public ...
Media coverage of the adoption of electronic health records : a content analysis of local and national print newspapers and press releases
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This article uses a content analysis to examine newspaper coverage and press releases coverage of the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and ...
Electronic media access to the courts : permission denied
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The public, and the press have, a First Amendment right to attend trials but the same is not true for their electronic brethren if they want to use ...
The real people speak: public relations practices of Alaska native corporations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The overall goal of this study was the exploration of the development and use of public relations techniques by Alaska Native corporations, which are ...
Viral video advertisements : uses and gratifications research
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This research seeks to ascertain the uses and gratifications achieved by their choice to disseminate video advertisements that they view on the internet, allowing the advertisement to spread in a viral nature. The goal is ...
Framing in community newspapers' coverage of local elections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This research examines framing in local election coverage, testing whether the same horse-race and strategy frames that dominate national political news are present in small community newspapers' coverage of local elections ...
Convergence in the production of news infographics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous researchers developed the Convergence Continuum model to measure the level at which affiliated newspapers, television stations and Websites ...
The changing job of journalism : the impact of new and social media use on job satisfaction in a television newsroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Television newsrooms and the individuals or corporations who own them, find themselves under pressure to find creative ways to use new and social media to stay relevant to today's media consumer. That pressure trickles ...
Conjoint analysis for effective use of online video advertising on video sharing websites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study employs conjoint analysis to ask which online video advertising formats consumers prefer. Research has shown that online consumers prefer to watch entertainment programming without the information of ads, yet ...
Point, set, match : examining the impact of athlete endorser familiarity and endorser/product congruency on consumer attitudes, purchase intentions, and percieved [sic] endorser credibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of professional athlete endorser familiarity and endorser/product congruency on consumer attitudes towards the brand, consumer attitudes towards the ad, consumer purchase ...
How can they remember it? : the effect of presentation format and information density on mulitmedia message processing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study explores how presentation format and information density affect resource allocation and memory. A psychological experiment was conducted ...
Proactive self-disclosure of threats : the effects of voluntary disclosure of corporate issues on perceived organizational transparency, credibility, and perceived severity of issues
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Guided by the public relations literature of stealing thunder and organizational transparency, this study examined the effects of corporations' self-disclosure claims of their issues via Facebook on audience perceptions. ...
Beyond political differences : the influence of exposure to disagreements and the mediating role of emotional responses on selective exposure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study examined the influence of exposure to online discussion boards and discussion participation in the online discussion boards on opinion-challenging news use. Based on cognitive dissonance theory and media choice ...
Converting cultural capital to economic capital in the journalism field : content management in the newspaper business
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This case study examines the content management of a medium-sized, family-owned newspaper. Bourdieu's field theory guides the investigation of the relationship between the newspaper's cultural capital, embodied in the ...
Exploring the professional value systems of converged journalists : what are their values, and does the medium matter?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Scholars have suggested that journalists working in print and online media may emphasize their professional values differently. But what about those inhabiting both worlds? This study investigates the professional value ...
Source credibility and the persuasiveness of public saftey messages communicated via social media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Social media communication networks such as Twitter and Facebook are changing the way organizations and communities alert the public of timely public safety information related to natural disasters, man-made events or other ...
Media assistance M&E and democratization measurement characteristics in USAID program reporting documents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
International media assistance, the endeavor to help emerging nations and developing countries build or develop media similar in nature and function to those in existing liberal democracies, has greatly expanded since the ...
Humanitarian frames and humanitarian soft power in Darfur : advocacy frames in a humanitarian crisis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Conflict in Darfur has raged since 2003, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and advocacy groups have been supporting efforts to quell the violence and bring stability and humanitarian relief to Darfur. Both operational ...
Three of a kind: how young adults engage with print, online and mobile platforms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Mobile devices, Internet websites and print newspapers and magazines supply a veritable feast of options for finding and reading editorial content. Like any meal, however, readers can only consume so much in any given day. ...