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Explicating journalism-as-a-conversation : two experimental tests of online news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The concept of journalism as a conversation has been richly explored in descriptive studies for decades. Largely missing from the literature, though, are clear operationalizations that allow theory building for purposes ...
News media's asymmetric response to the economy and its impact on the public perception
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study investigated whether write more about negative economic news and people pay more attention to negative than positive economic news. It also ...
The virtual social capital of online communities : media use and motivations as predictors of online and offline engagement via six measures of community strength
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This research introduces a new measure of social capital for users of online communities. Whereas "local community" forms of social capital consist of ties created in local community for the benefit of local community, and ...
Newspaper circulation scandals : testing a new dimension of media credibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
In light of the new phenomenon of multiple high profile newspaper circulation accounting fraud scandals in recent years, this thesis sought to examine the relationship between factors that motivate advertisers to buy space ...