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Whose man at his best? : a comparative study of masculine ideals in Esquire Middle East and the American Esquire
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
in Esquire Middle East and the flagship publication and (2) what the differences imply about the magazines' respective readerships. These questions were researched by using discourse and constant comparative methodologies to analyze the editorial texts...
How journalism educators discuss journalism law in their community of practice : insights from a qualitative textual analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Often, journalism teachers are the only ones at their school who do their job, and even when the positions are embedded in arts or English departments, it can be isolating. The Journalism Education Association's Listserv ...
Making the invisible, visible : photojournalism and the documentation of the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] It has been argued that published photos by news agencies of COVID-19 were either too nuanced or too graphic. In either scenario, photojournalists were held accountable for what members of the public might see, and as a...
Visibility of health news outlet attributions on facebook : outcomes for credibility perceptions and recall
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
social media (Pew Research Center, 2017c). Social media removes the traditional "gatekeepers" that control the flow of health information. As a result, fringe views can reach many more people (Kata, 2012). At the same time, public trust in and credibility...
"Life is harder" : the perceived impact of a newspaper closure on community members
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This study presents findings from 18 in-depth interviews with residents of a recent news desert and offers a systematic qualitative investigation of the perceived impact of a newspaper's closure on community members' ...
Disease as drama: dramatistic constructs and models of redemption in covering illness in Glamour magazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
of religious tales of struggle and salvation. Suffering and disease are represented as cathartic, thus somehow justified The majority of articles place responsibility on the individual person rather than the medical establishment or the public health system...
Standards of objectivity : a comparison between daily and alternative newsweekly papers in three Ohio cities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Journalism has professional standards. But should the standards practiced by daily newspaper journalists extend to their alternative newsweekly ...
Young blood: persuading young people to give blood by applying concepts of self-perception and social norms theories to recruitment ads
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Communication professionals must find ways to recruit more donors to give blood more times to continue meeting the demand for a safe and adequate blood supply. Young people could supply blood for years to come if they ...
Behind the screens: How magazines organize for digital success
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Change has dominated the media landscape for nearly two decades as digital content creation and delivery mushroomed from the work of secluded upstarts to that of society-influencing giants. Magazine publishers have found ...
The boys on the blogs : intermedia agenda setting in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study analyzes intermedia agenda setting during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign to determine the agenda-setting role of prominent political bloggers in relation to the mainstream news media and the candidates. An ...
Will the new German man please stand? Hegemonic masculinity in Nazi propaganda and German cinema
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Between 1933 and 1945, under the supervision of Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda of the Nazi Party, and later the German government, preached a message of absolute devotion to the state based ...
Participatory reporting as method acting: the journalism-theatre connection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This research presents a little-discussed reporting technique, termed for the purpose of this research "participatory reporting," and uses research from the field of theatre to examine the technique for its potential ...
Effects of journalism education on student engagement : a case study of a small-town scholastic press programe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Using social capital theory as the lens, this case study investigates how being part of a scholastic journalism program impacts the academic, social, and civic engagement levels of students in a small-town, rural setting ...
That drug treats what?: the effect of emotional tone and narrative style on the memory link between brand name and medical condition treated in direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study examined how emotional tone and narrative style in direct-to consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising affect the memory link between the brand name advertised and the medical condition treated. For this study, ...
The battle within : a mixed methods exploration into political journalism and role strain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Research into journalistic roles has received world-wide attention. What tends to be underrepresented in these studies are the challenges that journalists must overcome in fulfilling their idealized roles. Therefore, this ...
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)
justice. Despite the discourse of all races as equal and the current popularity of news storytelling, the findings show that feature writing in SoHo, a Colombian men's monthly publication, marginalizes and stereotypes black communities. Moreover, So...
Newsroom decisions and autonomy in Missouri newspaper's abortion reporting in spring 2019
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The purpose of this research is to explore how newspaper journalists in Missouri covered the abortion issue around May 2019. Although research on abortion reporting and journalistic theories have been developed, not all ...
Motivational use of Twitter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Internet social networking devices like Twitter have increased in popularity between 2005 and 2010. Often tweets have hyperlinks to other Web sites. This thesis employs an experiment to determine what motivates Twitter ...
"Hollywood and beyond" : an intersectional analysis of how Teen Vogue covered the #MeToo movement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Using Crenshaw's theory of intersectionality as a lens of analysis, this study asks how the teen magazine Teen Vogue reported on the rise of the #MeToo movement and how intersections of race, class and gender were represented ...
The business imperative of newsroom diversity: how identities influence Indonesian women media leaders' perceptions and implementation of newsroom changes and innovation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
News organizations tend to preserve male-dominated organizational culture and have been historically oriented to serve the male reader market. This, however, stifles innovation and fails to respond to rapid changes in the ...