Browsing Journalism electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2017 Spring"
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The American newsroom in the new era : factors that influence the adoption or rejection of new technologies by non-management newspaper news producers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Today, journalists need to engage in the most advanced technological methods of reaching their audience more efficiently as media professionals now battle a fast spread of unverified news. Journalists need to be quicker, ... -
Brand believers : reconciling journalistic and organizational identity at a city magazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation uses an ethnographic case study to examine the perspectives and representational practices of local journalists through a case study ... -
Crisis communication, sports and twitter : how Baylor University and its fans used tweets to communicate during the 2015-2017 sexual assault scandal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Sports scandals are common, and "are almost as old as the sports themselves" (Lordan, 2014, p. 1). This thesis examined how Baylor University and its fans acted as crisis communicators on Twitter during the 2015-2017 ... -
Data journalism and democracy: how American mass media framed the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States using data visualization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)The purpose of this study is to explore the role of data visualization in the media coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States by focusing on datavisualization projects from The New York Times and The ... -
Examining the relationship between trust and online usage of news media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)This study tests the relationship between overall trust and online usage of 35 popular United States news sources. Trust of news media, currently at its lowest percentage in Gallup's 45-year polling history, has both brand ... -
Exploring news framing in military-oriented newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)This research paper explores news framing within two military-oriented newspapers, the Stars and Stripes and Military Times, on the topics of sexual assault and the effects of deployment on military families, as well as ... -
Gender dynamics in the advertising industry : the interplay of workplace culture and career advancement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)This thesis addresses a central research problem related to gender in the advertising industry. It outlines existing literature from various scholarly traditions, including gender studies, consumer behavior, evolutionary ... -
How journalists shift toward engaging historically marginalized communities in the digital age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)The purpose of this study is to discover how and why journalists within nonprofit or startup newsrooms are changing routines to engage people who would not be typical or traditional readers. This qualitative research study ... -
If you are feeling confident enough, do not hesitate to reveal who you really are : extension of Baker, Honea, and Russell (2004)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Due to the competitive advertising environment, marketers have been employing different executional factors including humor and narrative feature within the advertising. Based on the Network of Model of Memory, Baker, ... -
Local broadcast news and OTT streaming services : the institutional obstacles from an on-air to digital transition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)The migration of legacy newscasts towards new delivery systems like OTTs has proven to be a slow process as both the legacy media institution and the new media institution face challenges in the ability to work together. ... -
Nonprofit communication in the social media age : a study of communication and activism on Twitter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study uses a summative textual analysis to examine nonprofit communications on Twitter, in an attempt to discover what kind of strategic communication ... -
On the 2016 campaign trail : how the media covered Hispanic and Latino candidates and candidates' use of Spanish
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study discovers if and how newspapers portray Spanish-speaking presidential candidates differently than they do presidential candidates who choose ... -
A quantitative analysis of image repair strategies in political sex scandals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)High-profile sex scandals involving American politicians during the latter half of the 20th Century through to modern day have captured a significant amount of public and media attention. While such scandals have ended ... -
Reporting on the court of public opinion : how BuzzFeed and The New York Times covered the Brock Turner case
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In January 2015, a 19-year-old named Brock Turner sexually assaulted an unconscious and intoxicated young woman behind a dumpster near Stanford ... -
Shaping the conversation of women's health and reproductive rights : a textual analysis of Planned Parenthood's external communications and news coverage of women's health during the 2016 presidential election
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Planned Parenthood provides more than 2.5 million men and women every year with access to affordable health care. However, Planned Parenthood has ... -
Stripped down and flawed : demystifying journalism heroes and villains on film in the 1970s and 2010s
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Since the early days of film, the journalist has been a stalwart character, embodying either role of the hero or villain amid other archetypes like ... -
A study on audience perception of fact and fiction in documentary
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)This study addresses the disconnect between how a documentary consumer goes into a film thinking they are skeptical of the information; when they tend to have a crewed understanding of filmmaking and media literacy. An ... -
Voracious villains or hungry heroes? : depictions of food critics in popular media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)There are copious types of visual media that viewers presently consume as entertainment. These various mediums showcase depictions that influence people's perceptions of both individuals and entire careers. In journalism ...