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Why people produce citizen-journalism : a qualitative analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
"Citizen journalism" is the term used to describe journalism-like mass media content produced and published by non-professional journalists, i.e. everyday people who produce and publish written, photographic or videographic ...
Advocating for the voiceless : a study on the persuasive effectiveness of human trafficking awareness PSAs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The present study uses the Theory of Planned Behavioral, the Theory of Reasoned Action and the Integrated Behavioral Model to analyze how audiences ...
Investing in newsrooms during the layoff era
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
that reverse dwindling circulation numbers remain a worthy pursuit. This study examines medium-sized newspapers from around the country during what's described as the "layoff era" -- the period of time following the economic recession that began in 2007...
Organizational attachment of newspaper reporters: how professional sentiments come into play
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This study explores how newspaper reporters become attached to their organizations, specifically focusing on the dynamics between attachment, professional sentiments and workplace relationships. Attachment is defined as a ...
Power, intersectionality and news photographs : a case study of Detroit free press and Michigan chronicle news photography between 1963 and 1967
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study seeks to examine the ways in which existent power structures of intersectionality influence visual media through a historical case study of news photography. Photography, a less subjective visual media than ...
Overcoming the negative effects of astroturfing attacks on crisis outcomes with strategic communication strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
support the use of pre-crisis communication. In order to explore this realm of both risk and crisis communication, this dissertation dovetailed concepts from both disciplines to examine the unique paracrisis of astroturfing. Providing a more holistic...
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 ...
Examining the effects of the Hosty v. Carter decision and prior restraint on the collegiate press : a qualitative study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The purpose of this study was to determine what effects, if any, the Hosty v. Carter decision had on the collegiate press in the Seventh Circuit. The researcher aimed to determine if student editors of newspapers at public ...
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 ...
Gender, leadership and public relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Women dominate public relations, making up 70 percent of its work force; however, women only fill 20 percent of the top leadership roles in major agencies. The issue of gender and leadership in public relations needs to ...
Understanding the change to integration : an organizational analysis of a small newspaper
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This multimethod study examined change efforts to integration at a mid-sized family-owned newspaper as a new content-management system was implemented. Using the open systems model, the organization was analyzed through ...
Exploring the relationships between K-pop fans' identities and media consumption in web 2.0 era
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
With the easier and wider diffusion of media content from different cultures on web 2.0 platforms like YouTube, Korean Pop music has gained greater global popularity due to the emergence of participatory culture. The current ...
Antecedents of website credibility : a qualitative analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Credibility online and in websites has long been studied in an effort to determine the specific factors contributing to a website's perceived credibility. This study expanded on past research focused on website credibility ...
Small newspapers, big changes: awareness of market-driven journalism and consequences for community newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This study examines the attitudes of journalists at small newspapers toward market-driven journalism. The researcher queried 29 journalists at nine small Missouri newspapers. The author employed qualitative method using ...
The effects of mortality-salience inducing direct-to-consumer prescription drug commercials on viewer attitude toward high and low status brands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This research sought to understand whether or not direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads (DTC ads) made people think about their own death (referred to as mortality salience) and what effects these thoughts had on people's ...
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) ...
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 ...
From the margins to the majority: portrayal of hispanic immigrants in the Garden Ciy (Kan.) Telegram, 1980-2000
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
At the heart of this study is the role a newspaper plays in the social construction of reality through its portrayal of Hispanic immigrants, assimilation and acculturation. IBP's construction of the world's largest meatpacking ...
A world in flux : journalistic change in science journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
, audience, power, time, and ethics (Deuze, 2005; Carpentier, 2005; Hanitzsch, 2007; Koljonen, 2013). By exploring the nature of journalistic change in science journalism from 2013-2017, it is possible to further understand the current state of journalism...
Exporting Hollywood excellence : public relations excellence theory and the MPPDA's European public affairs program of the 1920s
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] To test the theory that the period between the mid-1920s and the 1950s was marked by the "two-way asymmetrical model" of public relations, this thesis ...