Browsing Theses (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Johnston, Laura (Laura Catherine)"
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Do fonts have politics? : typography and design of partisan and nonpartisan websites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)This research identifies and analyzes design choices made by online liberal and conservative media outlets with a focus on typography to identify design elements and font characteristics as signs of political ideology. ... -
Framing protest in Missouri : framing protest on Missouri newspaper coverage of Concerned Student 1950 protest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Research over the past 30 years has shown that mainstream news media have been biased against social movements through journalists' use of framing. This trend, called the protest paradigm, delegitimizes, marginalizes, and ... -
Preventing inaccurate media : a gatekeeping analysis of how news managers are overseeing the process of citizen journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)This research examines the process that news managers at local broadcast television stations use when vetting user-generated content or citizen journalism, focusing on techniques used for verification and implications for ...