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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 ...
The role of newsletters in the future of independent journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
News organizations have innovated new methods of reaching the audience directly as the industry shifts to consumer supported revenue models. One strategy that has created buzz and is circulated widely, is the Email Newsletter. ...
Plague, politics, and printers: nativism and reactionary politics in St. Louis after the disasters of 1849
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
In 1849, St. Louis experienced two devastating events: a deadly cholera epidemic and a destructive fire. These two events had significant social, economic, and political consequences that would prefigure national trends ...
Endangered but not too late : the state of digital news preservation
(University of Missouri, 2021)
"Are you concerned about the longevity of your news organization's content? Have you lost any content or critical metadata through the constant churn of shifting digital technologies? Can you pull up the original, ...
"The pen among our people" : strategies of survivance and assimilation resistance in indigenous rhetoric from Indian newspapers, lawsuits, and society journals, 1870-1924
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Indian survival and endurance/resistance/persistence -- are a useful lens through which historians can re-interpret assimilation. I do so by highlighting the rhetoric of an Indian newspaper, litigation before the U.S. District Court for the District...
Seizing the elephant : Kansas City and the great western migration, 1840-1865
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
"The famed editor of the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley, reportedly once said, "Go west, young man, and grow up with the country."[1] Probably apocryphal, the sentiment was quintessential Greeley by the 1850s. His newspaper had brought him...
Rivers running through : an urban environmental history of the Kansas Cities and the Missouri River
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] An environmental history of Kansas City and an urban history of the Missouri River, this dissertation shows how interconnected the city and the river ...
College students' information search behavior for spring break: an exploration in the concept of specialization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study identified college student travelers' different information search behaviors, dividing the travelers into groups of high, medium and low ...
MU Extension District Option Manual (2014)
(University of Missouri--Columbia Extension Division, 2014)
Beyond the border war : student civil rights activism at the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri, 1946-1954
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation examines post-World War II student civil rights activism at two Midwestern college campuses, the University of Missouri ...
The nonprofit incorporation of America, 1860-1932
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This project is an examination of the formation of corporatized charitable organizations from 1860-1932. Focusing on six organizations--the United States Sanitary Commission, the Freedmen's Bureau, the Peabody Foundation, ...
A life of process and progress: the influence of writer Donald M. Murray
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
explains how Murray cultivated and spread his ideas to various public spheres: newspapers and newsrooms, academic and journalistic institutions, books, conferences, and the work of his peers and students. Murray served as a bridge between the worlds...
Securitization as a theory of media effects : the contest over the framing of political violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation proposes a particular form of media framing effect from securitization, a process in which political actors seek to create consensus about security related issues such as terrorism and immigration by ...
Public library outreach as a function of staffing and metropolitan location.
(Library & Information Science Research, 2004)
’ provision of outreach as a function of staffing revealed that there is a positive relationship between the number of librarians on staff and the odds that a library would conduct outreach. While metropolitan libraries were also associated with an increase...
The user-generated dilemma : can the ways in which media organizations publish audience contributions affect the way the audience feels about the site and their intention to contribute?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
future contributions. Through a 3 (story author) x 6 (experimental condition) within subjects experiment, this study compared whether stories written by staff writers, audience members or a collaborative process had an effect on 10 concepts related...
Profitable poultry : raising birds on pasture (2002)
(University of Missouri Extension, 2002)
This publication features farmer experiences plus the latest research in a new "how-to" guide to raising chickens and turkeys using pens, movable fencing and pastures.
Romance promotion in American public libraries
(Public Libaries, 2010)
Almost all libraries collect romance novels, but not all libraries engage in promotion or programming geared toward romance novels. Reader advisory services specific to romance tend to be secondary to general reader advisory ...
Chinese urban households' security market participation : does investment knowledge and having a long-term plan help?
(2015)
Investment in the securities markets is vital to households' wealth accumulation and financial security. Using data from the 2008 Survey of Chinese Consumer Finance and Investor Education, we found that self-assessed ...
iMOST: Intelligent Motion-Sensing Approaches for Tracking Emotion
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The aged, minor, and disease members often find it hard to express themselves. They are not fully aware of their need for any help or how to ask for help. The lack of communication ability decreases the quality of life and ...