Browsing Graduate School - MU Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Thomas, Ryan J."
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Democracy beyond hard news: cultural journalism and the humanistic role
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)This project makes the case that a new humanistic role should exist alongside the previously established monitorial, facilitative, radical, and collaborative journalistic roles outlined by Christians et al. (2009). Normative ... -
Reddit news fandoms as digital news literacies: structuring the evaluation of information sources in a challenging information ecosystem
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Journalism is in crisis. There is consensus that this crisis is driven by four principal factors -- the overcrowded media sphere, the failing funding model of news, declining trust in media, and growing partisanship among ... -
Serious comedy: how late-night shows framed COVID-19
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)During the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, late-night shows served as alternative news sources. This thesis analyzed how late-night shows used storytelling strategies to frame the pandemic as a serious issue at a time ... -
To quit or not to quit : voluntary turnover among Millennial English-language journalists in Indonesia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)This qualitative study investigates the voluntary turnover and job satisfaction among millennial English-language journalists in Indonesia in order to understand why young journalists leave their news organization or ... -
Understanding the practice and attitude of community engagement by journalists at American nonprofit newsrooms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Nonprofit journalism has been heralded as an alternative business model in the time of financial crisis for the news industry. As a result, community engagement has been increasingly adopted as a strategy by journalists. ...