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Comparative framing of the Duggar family's women in entertainment news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This research seeks to compare the framing used to portray the women in the Duggar Family in entertainment news media with the realities of the evangelical community. A summative content analysis was used to conduct this ...
Competing fantasies of humans and machines: Symbolic convergences in artificial intelligence events coverage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This research analyzes coverage of major artificial intelligence events representing the thematic concept of "man versus machine." Rooted in grounded theory and rhetorical criticism, this research applies symbolic convergence ...
Preschool for all : how sourcing shaped news framing of universal pre-k rollout in New York city
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
As niche publications fill the void left by a shrinking legacy media, this comparative case study asks how the sourcing practices of journalists at the education news nonprofit Chalkbeat New York influenced news framing ...
Effects of expressing emotion and altering loco color in organizational crisis responses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
A crisis is inevitable. Any organization needs crisis communication plans and response strategies to protect themselves from reputational damage. This study examines whether employing sadness-expressive words and black-and-white ...
A textual analysis of media framing of mass shootings : how characteristics surrounding mass shootings are framed in men's and women's magazines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The present research attempted to build upon mass shooting studies by analyzing how feature-length magazine articles focusing on these events frame the characteristics surrounding mass shootings in men's and women's health ...
Is there journalism without democracy? normative role conceptions and practices of journalists in an autocratic regime
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this dissertation is to call for a more inclusive interpretation of journalism and investigate how journalists in non-democratic regimes ...
Brand believers : reconciling journalistic and organizational identity at a city magazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation uses an ethnographic case study to examine the perspectives and representational practices of local journalists through a case study ...
2014 Ebola newspaper coverage : through the lens of Orientalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This study is a critical discourse analysis of United States (U.S.) newspaper coverage of the 2014 Ebola outbreak and its representation of West Africa in relation to the West. The study sought to determine whether the ...
If you are feeling confident enough, do not hesitate to reveal who you really are : extension of Baker, Honea, and Russell (2004)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Due to the competitive advertising environment, marketers have been employing different executional factors including humor and narrative feature within the advertising. Based on the Network of Model of Memory, Baker, ...
The model of contingent organization-public relationship : reconciling contingency and relationship management theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Organization-public relationship, as a key concept of public relations, has been extensively examined by global scholars. In 1984, Ferguson first pointed ...
Influencing electronic word-of-mouth communication : getting beyond the skepticism of social media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This study addresses the uneasiness that public relations (PR) professionals are experiencing regarding word-of-month (WOM) communication and the growing phenomenon of electronic WOM. That uneasiness is based on the notion ...
A nation-branding perspective on Euro-Atlantic integration and online representation of a nation - the case of the country of Georgia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Using a theoretical framework integrating the theory of Competitive Identity (Anholt 2007), Conceptual Framework of the Formation of a Nation's Image ...
Journalism's next generation : socialization of high school journalists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Like their professional counterparts, high school journalists are confronting the societal and technological forces that are reshaping journalism. As ...
Putting theory to practice : a quasi-experimental test of a new model for experiential teaching and a case study in broadcast journalism education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] How journalism is taught matters to society, as the work journalists produce can shape publics' understanding of information. A debate between academics ...
The Panama Papers : collaboration and the data/story searching mechanisms in the international investigative journalism project
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The Panama Papers was a global project that united approximately 400 journalists worldwide. Their investigations are based on 11.5 million leaked ...
Mobile banking : what drives consumer adoption
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
There's an app for that! Thanks to smartphone penetration, one technological revolution has spawned the creation of countless mobile innovations, including mobile banking which allows users to manage their finances from ...
Gender dynamics in the advertising industry : the interplay of workplace culture and career advancement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This thesis addresses a central research problem related to gender in the advertising industry. It outlines existing literature from various scholarly traditions, including gender studies, consumer behavior, evolutionary ...
Local broadcast news and OTT streaming services : the institutional obstacles from an on-air to digital transition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The migration of legacy newscasts towards new delivery systems like OTTs has proven to be a slow process as both the legacy media institution and the new media institution face challenges in the ability to work together. ...
Using Facebook for queering Islam
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study addresses the discourses surrounding queer Muslims by Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV). MPV, a non-profit rights organization based out ...
A study on audience perception of fact and fiction in documentary
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This study addresses the disconnect between how a documentary consumer goes into a film thinking they are skeptical of the information; when they tend to have a crewed understanding of filmmaking and media literacy. An ...