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"Sin mujeres no hay revolución" : transversal feminist politics in the digital mediated activism of the Argentine collective Ni una menos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
While the advent of the Internet and digital social networks has opened opportunities for global connectivity, participation, and broadcasting to agents outside the media, corporations and the state, inequities structuring ...
Human vs. machine as message source in advertising: examining the persuasiveness of brand influencer type and the mediating role of source credibility for advertising effectiveness in social media advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Message source effects on persuasion of target audiences have been examined for decades by scholars in advertising, consumer behavior, communication, and psychology, among others. Myriads of studies are available on the ...
Tweeting while leading : President Trump's Twitter habits from a Washington media perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This research is an in-depth study of how the current President of the United States is tweeting while leading our country and how that has impacted the traditional information gatekeeping role of the news media. By applying ...
Crying in the wilderness : the outlaw and poet in Ben Hecht's militant Zionism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
During the Second World War, the American journalist and screenwriter Ben Hecht had been one of the lone voices to break the silence about the Nazi Holocaust. Then, in 1947, Hecht shocked and outraged people across the ...
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 ...
If it feeds, it leads : eating, media, identity, and ecofeminist food journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This project explored contemporary food journalism and placed it in the larger context of American history, asking how such media made eating a matter of public concern. In other words, it asked: how does food journalism ...
Webs of intimacy and influence : unraveling writing culture at Harper's magazine during the Willie Morris years (1967-1971)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Through an exploration of what a collective of writers have written and said about the experience of working together at Harper's Magazine from 1967-1971, this research aims to give shape to the concept of writing culture. ...
Let it breathe : social media musicking practices among Black women coping with mental health struggles during transboundary crisis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Wrought with one crisis after another -- the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide civil unrest in response to police murders of Black people in the U.S., and a highly volatile election season, the year 2020 arose to the level of ...
Mass media and muscle: the impact of social media on young adult men's everyday experiences and body dissatisfaction - a qualitative inquiry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Intention: The purpose of this thesis is to examine young men's body dissatisfaction, as men are typically marginalized as a population less susceptible to developing body image issues and eating disorders. The purpose of ...
Point of view : examining the magazine industry standard
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Point of view permeates every aspect of magazines. As a relatively modern concept, the journalistic device went previously unstudied in scholarly form. The research question, "How and why do U.S. consumer magazine writers ...