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Lean and mean : determining how hiring multimedia journalists transforms communications teams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The purpose of this research was to determine if MMJs who previously worked in local TV news are adding efficiency and value to communications departments of non-publicly traded, non-Fortune 500 organizations located in ...
Using semi-structured interviews to examine how small clothing stores can effectively reach consumers through digital marketing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This abstract explores how local clothing boutiques utilize digital marketing to promote business and create relationships with their consumers. Digital ...
Buying blackness : Black audiences and sports advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Blackness has a long history of being used to sell products. Advertisers lean on stereotypical representations to relate to the Black consumer, but to ...
A textual analysis of bottled water print ads
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Bottled water ads provide an opportunity to study a product that is essentially identical across brands. This research looks at the magazine print ...
How interactive infographics foster audience engagement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Interactive infographics serve as a container that helps store and present information for journalists and newsrooms to the audience. The increasing ...
Effects of levels of statistics and the role of number anxiety on perceived story credibility and personal involvement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this research is to examine effects of levels of statistics on perceived story credibility and personal involvement and the role of ...
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, ...
Generation Z perceptions of product placement in original Netflix content
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
By 2019, $11.44 billion is predicted to be spent in the U.S. on product placement, a dramatic increase from the $4.75 billion spent in 2012 (Statista, Product). A 2016 survey revealed that among the general population in ...
In self defense : black female journalists' advocacy in the Cold War
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
"Mary Church Terrell, Black female journalist and civil rights activist, stood in front of the United Nations board in Lake Success, New York, on Sept. 21, 1949, to present a brief on Rosa Lee Ingram. Ingram and her two ...
Exploring behavior on Facebook during the 2016 presidential election
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This research explores behaviors on Facebook during the 2016 presidential election. Rooted in selective exposure theory, the study builds on established quantitative research. Prior research has shown social media users ...
Happy to serve : the role of audience engagement in journalism job satisfaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Journalism jobs have experienced significant changes in recent years. From adding multimedia skills in expectations during the era of convergence, to the current demand for audience engagement skills, practitioners have ...
Alumni motivations and social media for engagement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] As budgets shrink and competition increases, universities strive to engage alumni in support of the institution. The use of social media to engage ...
A world in flux : journalistic change in science journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
As modernity undergoes radical changes, a narrative of journalistic change has emerged in journalism research. One way that journalistic change has been conceptualized is in terms of a shift from a high modern to a liquid ...
A textual analysis of public Facebook posts from disability advocates : examining how those with disabilities choose to represent themselves via social media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Those with disabilities can post on any variety of social media platforms, using their own words and images to represent themselves as they choose. And ...
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 elite media framing the emerging markets : a textual analysis of Mongolian case in the Wall Street Journal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This textual analysis addresses how The Wall Street Journal framed Mongolian economic and political image in the global capital market from 2012 to ...
The experimental origins of NPR
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Today National Public Radio is a well-established mainstream news organization with an even, consistent voice that is characterized by an earnest, ...
Subsidizing the press : understanding journalists' attitudes about corporate and government influence and the public interest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
U.S. newspaper companies have been slashing resources, resulting in less original reporting and raising questions about whether private-sector newspapers can adequately serve the public interest. According to social ...
Remembering Ali : a study of print media's framing of Muhammad Ali's death
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Did the Louisville Courier-Journal and The New York Times do Muhammad Ali's legacy justice in their obituary and memorial coverage during the week after his June 3, 2016, death, or were the contextual complexities surrounding ...
User-generated content as war and peace journalism in the wake of terror
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This framing analysis explores how broadcast news networks with a large international audience incorporate user-generated content (UGC) in reports immediately following a terrorist attack and how these reports contribute ...