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Testing the Twin Cities : a textual analysis of frames surrounding daily Minnesota-St. Paul newspaper coverage of the 2017 Minnesota Lynx
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Perception often is reality, and that is of particular importance to those in journalism. Previous research illustrates that the language journalists use to describe the subjects they cover has the ability to impact public ...
Effects of message appeal and efficacy belief on perceptions of oral health messages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study examined how different type of message appeal and efficacy belief influenced college-aged populations' perceived effectiveness of oral health ...
Conversations on suicide : 13 Reasons Why
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The television series 13 Reasons Why, released in March 2017, was followed by a wave of controversy over how it portrayed the suicide of its protagonist. Some critics thought that the show handled the suicide exceptionally ...
The stereotypical, mythical, and peace journalism representation of blackness through news storytelling content in racial democracies : a critical discourse analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) explores how well-established news storytellers represent people of African descent in contexts where racial ...
Esquire magazine, presidential politics and hegemonic masculinity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Esquire magazine is one of the premiere men's magazines in the U.S. and has a long history of reporting on U.S. presidential politics. This study seeks to extend the sociological and psychological concept of hegemonic ...
Testing the efficacy of self-determination theory as a counter-propaganda interdiction tool
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation experimentally tests a new theoretical approach to resistance to persuasion in the context of extremist recruitment propaganda. This ...
"Sin mujeres no hay revolución" : transversal feminist politics in the digital mediated activism of the Argentine collective Ni una menos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
While the advent of the Internet and digital social networks has opened opportunities for global connectivity, participation, and broadcasting to agents outside the media, corporations and the state, inequities structuring ...
Blackouts made visible : a visual-textual analysis of Sarah Glidden's comics journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This thesis studies Sarah Glidden's largely unexamined book Rolling Blackouts as a significant contribution to the genre known as comics journalism. It argues that Glidden's work engages in a material struggle over the ...
Texan City magazine health news : a content analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
City magazines have a powerful role in convincing readers to take proactive health measures, however they rarely take advantage of their capacity to set their communities' public agendas. This study considered the health ...
Motivated processing of online news comments : how do incivility and belief congruence affect comment readers' cognitive and emotional responses?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The present study examined how the presence of incivility in online comments (i.e. uncivil comments) influences individual online news user's cognitive ...
A textual analysis of women's health magazines : how women's health magazines set the agenda for women's beliefs about cardiovascular disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
While heart disease kills an average of 399,028 women in the United States every year (Benjamin et al., 2017), women do not seem to be aware of the high risk of heart disease that they face (Mosca, Hammond, Mochari-Greenberger, ...
A study of how political candidates use persuasive messages on Twitter, specifically toward women voters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This purpose of this qualitative research is to analyze how political candidates use persuasive messages on Twitter, specifically toward women voters. The use of Twitter by political candidates has become extremely more ...
Social media usage news consumption, behaviors, and online civic reasoning among Generation Z
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The purpose of the research is to examine social media usage for news consumption, news behaviors, and online civic reasoning among Generation Z. Specifically, the study has two main purposes: 1) examine social media usage ...
On the 2016 campaign trail : how the media covered Hispanic and Latino candidates and candidates' use of Spanish
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study discovers if and how newspapers portray Spanish-speaking presidential candidates differently than they do presidential candidates who choose ...
Health beliefs about HIV/aids among South African and American millennials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] One of the most drastic health issues that impacts the country of South Africa is the HIV/AIDS pandemic. As a country, 1 in 10 individuals are infected ...
Perceptions of Facebook and Twitter as sources of health information among African-American women
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore how African-American women perceive Facebook and Twitter as sources for information about heart disease. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted among 23 women between ...
Evolution of environmental news and the 'coconut wireless' : a study of the communication methods and strategies of environmental nonprofits on Kau'i
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Catastrophic environmental news bombards us on a regular basis, yet, issues from human impact persist. Despite the number of environmental ...
Evaluating the use of Facebook brand pages by television journalists to promote their professional brand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Television journalists have taken note that social media sites have transformed how and when viewers/users consume news content. Controlling the flow of information is becoming more of a challenge and viewers are seeking ...
Comeback coverage : thematic content in the news media's reporting on Donald Trump's attacks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This thesis is informed by gatekeeping and frame-building theories. It uses straightforward textual analysis to determine what forms of thematic content are repeated in coverage from The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...
Ethical dilemmas on social networking sites : focus group discussions with journalists and news consumers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
No longer are journalists the exclusive gatekeepers of information, nor are they the sole agenda setters in the public sphere. Social networking sites (SNSs), like Twitter and Facebook, have brought professional journalists ...