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The Risk of Recidivism and the Positive Achievement Change Tool Pre-Screen (PACT-PS): An Initial Validation and Basic Program Implementation Evaluation
(2014-04-02)
implementation evaluations of the PACT-PS are underreported in the peer reviewed literature in the 13 years of the instruments “life.” In this dissertation, both quantitative and qualitative methods are utilized to provide an initial validation and basic program...
A neo-Gramscian communication analysis of structure and agency in the hegemonic struggle for meaning: organic retailer and organic activist group
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation extends environmental communication theorizing by drawing upon socio-political cultural and critical theory. The exigency of this ...
The SSORTR content management tool as a compass for the alumni magazine editor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
in their publications as well as pressure to show the value of the investment in their magazines. To be able to demonstrate, for example, that articles with particular SSORTR score are popular with readers or lead to certain reader actions would be tremendously...
(Re)constructing Johann Sebastian Bach: reception history and performance practice in New York City during the Great War
(2013)
The perception of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) in New York City during the time
of the Great War can be illuminated through two threads: 1) reception history and reputation, and
2) contemporary performance practices. ...
Love, loss and what I wrote: an ethnographic study of personal writing in a textile and apparel management course
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study reports the results of a semester-long ethnography of a writing-intensive textile and apparel management class that uses personal academic argument. Tracing the changing definition of the personal through the ...
Reporting from the front : a textual analysis of embedded reporting in the New York Times
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
analyzed 90 articles in the New York Times written by staff reporters embedded with American military units in Iraq between May 1, 2003, and December 31, 2008. The results show that the framing of the reports shifted significantly after the invasion...
The role of product category involvement when stealing thunder during organizational crises
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Today's media landscape, which is based on instant news dissemination, allows a crisis to quickly be brought upon an individual or an organization. It ...
Antecedents of website credibility : a qualitative analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
the relationship between websites and the parent companies and brands associated with them. Depth interviews were conducted with eight study participants of varying ages. Participants were asked to come prepared to review and discuss websites they liked and found...
Fear in the media: a comparative analysis of U. S. and British news media coverage of a terrorist threat
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
respective country. The focus is derived from an August 10, 2006 terrorist attack that was thwarted by British intelligence agencies. By collecting articles from each newspaper for the subsequent week after the event I was able to construct a sample...
Stories of K-12 English language learner teachers developing professionally through informal collaboration within occupational communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
? This research was a phenomenological, qualitative study using interviews of ELL teachers, document collection, and literature reviews. The interviews were conducted with seven ELL teachers from a purposeful and snowball sampling within the predetermined...
Rick Santorum's Catholicism and wedge issues : a content analysis of religion coverage in major U.S. newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
covering the religious beliefs of political candidates. When they do, they choose to focus on wedge issues, such as abortion, homosexuality, or evolution, to frame their articles. During the 2012 election, Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican...
Understanding family violence assessment practices of pediatric emergency department nurses and physicians
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-12-16)
Despite recommendations from professional nursing and other health organizations, including the Institute of Medicine the frequency of routine assessment for intimate partner violence and other forms of family violence ...
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, ...
Practical and ethical dilemmas in presenting investigative reporting through individual anecdotes and investigative reporting fellowship at the Oregonian
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
of investigative journalism? I pursued this question via interviews with working journalists, and in the process also gauged the degree to which investigative reporters consider framing when using anecdotal leads and crafting articles. Media studies have...
The ethical resister's last resort : news coverage over the allegations of a national security whistleblower
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
An analysis of news representations of Edmonds' allegations finds that her allegations of systemic iniquities were almost completely ignored. Of the stories that did represent her allegations in terms of systemic problems, ...
A revolutionary heroine for the twentieth century : Sybil Ludington in media, myth, and American memory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Sybil Ludington as a figure of American history first appeared in 1907 in a book and magazine articles that were intended to pay tribute to her father, a colonel in the New York...
Interest group activity and the political process : examining the origins of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
-related consumer bill. Hearings were examined along with newspaper articles to get a sense of the major players involved in creating this bill. Pharmaceutical companies individually and collectively were the most heard concerns. To get a deeper understanding...
A behavioral feedback-based intervention to improve medication adherence in older adults with hypertension
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Medication adherence among older adults is far below the levels needed for clinical effectiveness from many medications. Control of hypertension prevents the development of further chronic disease and limits morbidity and ...
Does learning with high-fidelity human patient dimulation during nursing school impact career retention in the nursing profession during the first years of licensure?
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-06)
High Fidelity Human Patient Simulation (HFHPS) is becoming an increasingly common component of undergraduate nursing education. Research has not captured the long term impact of this learning modality on retention in the ...
Cognitive processing of news as a function of structure : a comparison between inverted pyramid and chronology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Little has changed in how written news is structured, even as the newspaper industry changes dramatically. One of the most entrenched news routines, the inverted pyramid, continues to persist in both print and online news. ...