Browsing 2011 Theses (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Volz, Yong"
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American discourse on China : a cross-time comparison of U.S. news framing of China's one-child policy, 1979-2009
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)This study explored fluctuations in news frames used in U.S. elite media coverage of China's one-child policy from its inception in 1979 until 2009. Framing analysis has been used to examine media attention given to domestic ... -
A culture of audience engagement in the news industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)This research examines the concept of audience engagement in journalism, and the changing nature of the relationship between journalists and their audiences. It uses the theoretical framework of newsroom sociology and ... -
Framing public health disaster : Chinese newspaper coverage of the contaminated milk powder affair
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study explores how the news environment might affect the news framing of public health disasters. Specifically, it examines the coverage of the ... -
Silent voices : the New York Times and the Washington Post coverage of the Rwandan genocide and the American response
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)The genocide in Rwanda was one of the worst human experiences within the 20th century. Throughout the 100 day genocide at least 800,000 people were killed, countless were wounded, and millions were displaced from their ...