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The stereotypical, mythical, and peace journalism representation of blackness through news storytelling content in racial democracies : a critical discourse analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Ho fosters a narrative of racial harmony that ignores the structural inequalities that black people face. Borrowing from the literature on stereotypes, myths, and peace journalism (PJ), this investigation restructures a model that explains the relationship...
Securitization as a theory of media effects : the contest over the framing of political violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
found that a salient example of securitization, the idea of a "war on terrorism", appeared as a consensual frame in distinct sectors of the media market after the September 2001 attacks. The frame diverged predictably in ensuing years, suggesting...
To leave or not to leave: exploring the impact of COVID-19 on routine practice and burnout among women magazine journalists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
with burnout. Across both The Strategist and Apartment Therapy, the burnout trend appears to be attributed to both diminished perceived organizational support and role overload during the pandemic. This study also provides actionable, practical solutions...
Conversations on suicide : 13 Reasons Why
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The television series 13 Reasons Why, released in March 2017, was followed by a wave of controversy over how it portrayed the suicide of its protagonist. Some critics thought that the show handled the suicide exceptionally well; others thought...
The face of what came after : memorialization of September 11 in news images and the Shanksville site
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
is very different than the practices seen at the Shanksville site itself. Unlike the other impact sites, the Shanksville area was not widely known prior to the attacks, and even since then, it has seemed to be a rare presence on the news page. Yet...
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 ...
METPRO : a case study in diversity and newspaper economics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
-editing fellows, in addition to interviews with top editors and officials at Times Mirror, this study shows what the program meant to those beginning in journalism. For many young journalists of color, it was a foot in the door to opportunities they may not have...
Can public relations professionals help span the boundaries between scientists and journalists, and does this function help increase accuracy of news articles about public health?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
A function of public relations professionals working for public health agencies is to perform a boundary-spanning role, facilitating communication between public health professionals and the news media. The purpose of this ...
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 ...
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 ...
Narratives, framing, and exemplification in LGBTQ+ suicide public health messaging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
and exemplification in works of journalism and suicide prevention campaigns are perceived by LGBTQ+ youth aged 18-24. By utilizing a combination of focus groups and in-depth interviews, the study sought to explore what human stories and campaigns were most resonant...
Behind the screens: How magazines organize for digital success
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
in this digital age. Some have thrived; others have folded. This research aims to determine factors that fuel digital success by examining the internal practices of three successful magazine digital operations. Data was gathered through interviews of editorial...
The effect of avatars on perceived credibility of comments posted to online news stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
An experiment tested two two-part hypotheses predicting the effect of specific avatar features -- avatar humanness and eye contact -- on perceived credibility of related comments about online news stories. Participants ...
Visibility of health news outlet attributions on facebook : outcomes for credibility perceptions and recall
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The internet has become a major source of health information, and the user-generated content found online, especially on social media, makes health misinformation a serious concern (Yang & Beatty, 2016). Two-thirds of U.S. ...
Making the invisible, visible : photojournalism and the documentation of the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] It has been argued that published photos by news agencies of COVID-19 were either too nuanced or too graphic. In either scenario, photojournalists were held accountable for what members of the ...
An examination of the portrayal of homelessness and the opioid crisis in US and Canadian newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
, The Seattle Times and The Vancouver Sun. The data shows prevalence of thematic framing and a shift towards narrative journalism both in The Vancouver Sun and The Seattle Times. The highest use of thematic framing coincided with the onset of the COVID-19...
Building a media agenda on health disparities : how issue perceptions and news values work to influence effectiveness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Building on prior literature conceptualizing the role of public relations in influencing the media agenda, this study proposes a model of agenda building that explores the determinants of the agenda building process and ...
After the crop : the impact of downsizing on photojournalism quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
A content analysis (N=1,288) of four mid-size regional newspapers before and after periods of layoffs and workforce reduction showed that photographic quality had been negatively affected. Using the quantitative data, ...
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 ...
Testing the Twin Cities : a textual analysis of frames surrounding daily Minnesota-St. Paul newspaper coverage of the 2017 Minnesota Lynx
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Perception often is reality, and that is of particular importance to those in journalism. Previous research illustrates that the language journalists use to describe the subjects they cover has the ability to impact public perception of those...