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Reporting on rape : myths, context and sources
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
news story. Third, it reviews whether the context, prevention measures or risk factors were incorporated in news articles. This study predicted that at least one--third of the articles would include rape myths and found that rape myths were present...
Clinical interventions for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (hand) : a systematic review
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
for HAND. In total, 4,269 articles were returned in the initial database search, 13 of which met the inclusion criteria and were selected for inclusion in the review. The 13 articles examined in the final review included experimental investigations of both...
The dicamba debate : a content analysis of the portrayal of dicamba herbicide in agricultural media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
in the study. This study sought common news frames, subject attributes related to agenda setting, source use, and other article attributes that might contribute to agenda setting or frames. Findings indicate that the five common news frames were present...
Differential observing responses: a systematic review
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
of this procedure are unknown (Walpole, Roscoe, and Dube, 2007). The purpose of the current review was to evaluate previous research investigating the effects of DOR procedures in learners with ASD and other developmental disabilities. Fifteen articles were included...
Differential observing responses: a systematic review
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
of this procedure are unknown (Walpole, Roscoe, and Dube, 2007). The purpose of the current review was to evaluate previous research investigating the effects of DOR procedures in learners with ASD and other developmental disabilities. Fifteen articles were included...
A systematic review of the observer effect as a training methodology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
pertaining to the observer effect. Within this systematic review, the author assessed eighteen research articles for which the observer effect was utilized across different training formats. The articles assessed through this process demonstrated...
The effectiveness of the practice of correction and republication of the biomedical literature : a bibliometric analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This research is a bibliometric study that measures incidence of citation of the flawed and corrected versions of scholarly articles. If the practice of correction and republication is effective, then the incidence of citation of the flawed version...
Role of the media during political events in authoritarian, democratization and democratic periods in Korea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
to address this question: How have roles of the Korean print media changed as Korea transitioned from an authoritarian regime to its democratization period and a democratic regime? Applying textual and rhetorical analytic methods to selected articles from...
Choosing your own adventure : hyperlinks and their effects on memory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
For this experiment, 39 students from a large Midwestern university were exposed to a total of ten articles, two main articles about 150 words in length, called parent page articles, and eight linked articles. Each of the articles contained four...
Reporting serendipity in biomedical research literature : a mixed-methods analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
in existing documents, we can alleviate this problem and obtain a more balanced and representative understanding of serendipitous experiences (Gries, 2009). This three-article dissertation describes the phenomenon of serendipity, as it is recorded...
A literature review of stimulus control and fading discriminative stimuli
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
A multiple schedule is a compound schedule in which two or more component schedules of reinforcement, extinction (EXT), or punishment are alternated based on the passage of time; each component is correlated with a unique stimulus. This review...
Can public relations professionals help span the boundaries between scientists and journalists, and does this function help increase accuracy of news articles about public health?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
the role of PR professionals in the communication process, and to determine whether the involvement of a PR professional leads to improved news article accuracy. This study asked news sources to analyze 167 news articles about state and local health...
Grammar and cognitive processing of news articles : exploring dual-processing theories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This study considers the impact of grammatical errors on cognitive processing and subsequent evaluation of news articles. It begins with an examination of the Elaboration Likelihood Model, the Heuristic-Systematic Processing Model, and grammar...
Assessing the quality and distribution of news in local television and newspaper markets using data science methods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] Increasingly over the last two decades, U.S. newspapers have struggled with declining readership, decreasing revenues and competition from social media companies, among other challenges. More ...
The etiologic, theory-based, ontogenetic hierarchical framework of alcohol use disorder: a translational systematic review of reviews
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
review of 144 reviews to integrate addiction constructs and theories into a comprehensive framework with the aim of identifying fundamental mechanisms implicated in AUD. The product of this effort was the Etiologic, Theory-Based, Ontogenetic Hierarchical...
Comparison of media portrayals of poverty in low-income versus affluent metropolitan areas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
two-tenths of one percent. Journalists also misrepresent the demographics of people living in poverty, generally underrepresenting males while some overrepresent females. All publications in the study overrepresent the adults in their articles...
The convergence of mastery criteria and instructional format : a systematic review
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
, the specified mastery criterion demonstrates when a skill is learned to sufficiency. The interaction of teaching format and mastery criteria options may impact the efficient acquisition and maintenance of the novel skills. The purpose of this review...
This is not a moment. This is a movement : how national newspapers reported 2015 protests against racism at the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
the Post and Times used the protest paradigm in their coverage of MU. Previous research indicates journalists rely on the protest paradigm, a set of patterns in protest coverage, when they report on events such as this. Articles that follow the protest...
Framing journalists' kidnappings : a textual analysis of news frames from U.S. and U.K. newspapers covering journalists' kidnappings in the Middle East
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A textual analysis studied U.S. and U.K. newspaper articles written about journalists kidnapped while reporting in the Middle East to uncover news frames, explore differences...
Differential reinforcement of low rates : a systematic review
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Differential reinforcement of low rates (DRL) is a differential reinforcement variation used to reduce response rates of but not extinguish, a behavior. This review summarizes the applied literature on DRL variations used with children. Reviewed...