Browsing 2011 Theses (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Thorson, Esther"
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From controversial to compatible : newspaper editors' views on the value of reporter beat blogs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)A survey of top editors of large-circulation newspapers in the United States and follow-up interviews were conducted to determine the degree to which editors believe reporter blogging is important to their online sites and ... -
Hostile media effect : testing the effects of political candidates of varying race levels and political party affiliation as news article subjects
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The perception that the media are biased against one's point of view is one that researchers have examined for more than two decades, and the theory ... -
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 ... -
The utilization of information operations coupled with agenda setting and integrated marketing communication in the prevention of genocide, mass atrocities, and or mass killings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Over the last 10-years, the focus of the U.S. Army has been on Counter-Insurgency (COIN) operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, the writing is on the wall that military involvement in both locations will soon come ...