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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 ...
Reshaping the "God beat" : how three community news websites frame religion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
With a downsizing of newspaper staff and an upswing in Internet use, the religion beat has had to adapt, much like the rest of journalism. In some cases, the religion beat has been cut. But some publications maintain the ...
Changing lives, changing media : an investigation of the correlation between life transition and news media use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
For decades, marketing researchers have been interested in understanding the relationship between life-changing events and individual consumer preferences and behaviors. Researchers have examined the influences of significant ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
It's about time : temporality in magazine feature stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The media play a role in socially constructing time, among other things. This textual analysis examines how the concept of time is used in 12 award-winning magazine feature stories. This study was conducted to better ...
How has Twitter changed how journalists report on sports? : the 2012 Missouri Grand Prix
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The theoretical framework of this study is gatekeeping and it specifically analyzes Twitter use by eight journalists during the weekend of the 2012 Missouri Grand Prix, which took place February 10 through 12, 2012. A ...
A starting point for identifying perpetrator genocidal messaging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The purpose of this research was to determine whether a consistent messaging strategy could be identified in three recent outbreaks of violence or if genocidal messaging will show tremendous variances that are unique to ...
The portrayal and frequency of religion in secular rap music
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Secular rap has arguably become one of the most influential and popular genres in music, and its effects on aspects of American culture, like sexuality (Ward, Hansbrough, & Walker, 2005) and violence (Jones, 1997), have ...
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. ...
The impact of free newspapers on US markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study looks at free newspapers, focusing on the modern era beginning in 1995, to better understand the impact these publications have on paid newspapers. The theory revolves around the question of media substitutability, ...
Write on : a 50-year analysis of the role of the alternative press in three cities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This textual analysis traced the evolution of the radical, monitorial, facilitative, and collaborative roles of the alternative press in New York; Columbus, Ohio; and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Political and cultural articles ...
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 ...
A content analysis of sex articles in women's and men's lifestyle and health magazines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The present research attempted to build upon studies of sex content in popular magazines by analyzing how sex articles portray thematic aspects of sex, sexuality, and sexual health in women's and men's lifestyle and health ...
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 ...
A digital juggling act : a case study of new media's impact on the responsibilities of local television reporters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Budding journalists entering the field, or those trying to stay relevant in their job, will have to be able to assume a range of job responsibilities in the evolving media landscape. This case study explores the dramatic ...
Does the number of Facebook 'likes' influence how users perceive humorous pictures shared on Facebook?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
83 participants, recruited from a large Midwestern university, viewed 10 humorous pictures, half of which were significantly funnier than the other half. The number of times each picture had been 'liked' on Facebook was ...
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 ...