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Effectiveness of health messages based on the transtheoretical model from a public campaign perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study applied the transtheoretical model (TTM) to public health campaign messages to promote regular exercise. Recognizing that one of the key ...
Public affairs, private lives : a study on the effect of Combat exposure on public affairs soldiers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This research probes into the attitudes and experiences of Army public affairs soldiers as they relate to combat exposure, looking at whether a spiral of silence inhibits them from reporting and seeking help for combat ...
Beyond political differences : the influence of exposure to disagreements and the mediating role of emotional responses on selective exposure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study examined the influence of exposure to online discussion boards and discussion participation in the online discussion boards on opinion-challenging news use. Based on cognitive dissonance theory and media choice ...
Conjoint analysis for effective use of online video advertising on video sharing websites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study employs conjoint analysis to ask which online video advertising formats consumers prefer. Research has shown that online consumers prefer to watch entertainment programming without the information of ads, yet ...
Risky business: Using heuristic-systematic processing theory to understand consumer data privacy concerns in an online behavioral advertising context
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Participatory effects of political satire revisited in the age of digital media : the role of hard news, political expression and social media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This study examines the participatory effects of political satire, specifically late-night talk shows, in the age of digital media. Based on the O-S-R-O-R (background Orientation-Stimulus-Reasoning-outcome Orientation-Response) ...
Misogyny on the web: comparing negative reader comments made to men and women who publish political commentary online
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This thesis studies whether women authors are disproportionately attacked and negatively affected by online reader comments. I designed a quantitative study that performed a content analysis of 1,600 reader comments posted ...
From controversial to compatible : newspaper editors' views on the value of reporter beat blogs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
A survey of top editors of large-circulation newspapers in the United States and follow-up interviews were conducted to determine the degree to which editors believe reporter blogging is important to their online sites and ...