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Communicating A Crisis: The Public Information Officer's Perspective, Susan Hale
Communicating A Crisis: The Public Information Officer's Perspective, Susan Hale
Communication Theses
Established research on certain professions – such as police officers, firefighters, and emergency rescue workers (also called "first responders") – suggests that psychological trauma is related to traumatic events experienced on the job. This has led to research on journalists who have experienced comparable psychological effects due to repeated traumatic exposure that comes from reporting on crimes, murders, car accidents, natural disasters, or other stressful situations – the same events experienced by first responders. This study examines public information officers and any similar psychological effects since this occupational group is a near professional cousin to journalists. Using an online survey, …
Legislating After Terrorism: September 11, The News Media And The Georgia Legislature, Rachel Tobin Ramos
Legislating After Terrorism: September 11, The News Media And The Georgia Legislature, Rachel Tobin Ramos
Communication Theses
This thesis sought to understand how specific print media and wire news services in Georgia framed the Georgia General Assembly’s response to terrorism after September 11, 2001. The study concluded that the most detailed coverage came from the Morris News Service, a wire service subscribed to by statewide newspapers, followed by the Associated Press state newswire, then The Atlanta-Journal Constitution and The Macon Telegraph. In general, the media in this study chose to cover security bills in terms of "issues," as opposed to the "game frame" or the "leadership frame." While "patriotism" and "security" also emerged as frames, they were …
Strangers In Their Own Land: A Cultural History Of Japanese American Internment Camps In Arkansas 1942-1945, Dori Felice Moss
Strangers In Their Own Land: A Cultural History Of Japanese American Internment Camps In Arkansas 1942-1945, Dori Felice Moss
Communication Theses
While considerable literature on wartime Japanese American internment exists, the vast majority of studies focus on the West Coast experience. With a high volume of literature devoted to this region, lesser known camps in Arkansas, like Rohwer (Desha County) and Jerome (Chicot and Drew County) have been largely overlooked. This study uses a cultural history approach to elucidate the Arkansas internment experience by way of local and camp press coverage. As one of the most segregated and impoverished states during the 1940s, Arkansas’ two camps were distinctly different from the nine other internment camps used for relocation. Through analysis of …
Media Framing Of Female Athletes And Women's Sports In Selected Sports Magazines, Stacey Nicely
Media Framing Of Female Athletes And Women's Sports In Selected Sports Magazines, Stacey Nicely
Communication Theses
In order to determine how female athletes and women’s sports are framed in sports magazines, a textual analysis was conducted on three popular sports magazines (ESPN Magazine, Sporting News, and Sports Illustrated). The researcher analyzed the texts within these three magazines and found four emergent themes commonly applied to women in sports: mental weakness, male reference, motherhood and sisterhood, and celebrity. The research found both consistencies and inconsistencies in the thematic framing utilized among the three publications. The textual analysis also revealed a tendency for the sports media to reference individual sports more than team sports. Knowing the exact frames …
The Framing Of China's Bird Flu Epidemic By U.S. Newspapers Influencial In China: How The New York Times And The Washington Post Linked The Image Of The Nation To The Handling Of The Disease, Ning Song
Communication Theses
This study conducted a framing research that analyzed coverage of the bird flu (avian flu) in China by two major American newspapers that are influential in China (The New York Times and Washington Post). The goal was to examine how these two prestigious newspapers frame the bird flu epidemic in China and how they represent the country in this international health crisis. This study employed textual analysis regarding the way bird flu news articles were framed in terms of problem definition, causal explanation, moral evaluation and solution recommendations in both newspapers. The study found the epidemic was framed as more …
"My Loss Is Your Gain": Examining The Role Of Message Frame, Perceived Risk, And Ambivalence In The Decision To Become An Organ Donor., Elizabeth Leigh Cohen
"My Loss Is Your Gain": Examining The Role Of Message Frame, Perceived Risk, And Ambivalence In The Decision To Become An Organ Donor., Elizabeth Leigh Cohen
Communication Theses
The decision to become an organ donor involves considering both self-relevant risks and the needs of others. This study applied prospect theory to examine how message frames that focus on the possible survival or death of a potential organ transplant recipient affect participants' willingness to become organ donors. Perceived personal risk and ambivalence were examined as moderating variables. Results indicate that risk, rather than ambivalence, played an instrumental role in participants' decisions to donate. Although no main effects or interactions related to message frame emerged in initial analyses, a supplemental analysis revealed a modest persuasive advantage for the loss-framed message …
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus: An Analysis Of A Potential Meme, Jo Howarth Noonan
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus: An Analysis Of A Potential Meme, Jo Howarth Noonan
Communication Theses
The purpose of this study was to discover whether the phrase "men are from Mars, women are from Venus,” from John Gray’s book, had become a meme and to explore what its usage implied. Analysis of 510 references was guided by grounded theory. Coding over a decade of newspaper usage of the phrase into seven emergent themes allowed examination of usage against the theories of gender research, communication research, media research and meme theory research. This analysis revealed that this phrase meets the requirements to be considered a meme, and as a meme it has successfully assisted the survival, evolution …
Patronizing Speech In Interability Communication Toward People With Cognitive Disabilities, Vann Morris
Patronizing Speech In Interability Communication Toward People With Cognitive Disabilities, Vann Morris
Communication Theses
Some people without disabilities may use patronizing speech when they talk to people with cognitive disabilities. This study asked college-aged students without disabilities to evaluate patronizing speech toward people with cognitive disabilities. They randomly read either one of two vignettes; in one vignette a cashier with no disability used patronizing speech toward a customer with a cognitive disability, and in the other vignette a cashier with no disability used nonpatronizing speech toward a customer with a cognitive disability. The participants evaluated the patronizing speech as being significantly less professional, appropriate, and common than the nonpatronizing speech. They rated the cashier …
Civil Religion And Pastoral Power In The George W. Bush Presidency, Kristina E. Curry
Civil Religion And Pastoral Power In The George W. Bush Presidency, Kristina E. Curry
Communication Theses
American presidents have maintained an equilibrium between the role of church and state in government affairs via the nation’s civil religion and a “rhetorical contract” between those secular and sacred interests. While other presidents have incorporated religion in their rhetorical execution of office, George W. Bush has done so in a manner different from his predecessors, emphasizing the role of faith in his administration’s beliefs, actions, and policies. Such rhetoric upsets the tenuous relationship between sectarian and secular affairs. Bush’s breach of the rhetorical contract can be explained by Foucault’s notion of pastoral power. Using practices once associated with the …
Ethnic Media And Identity Construction: Content Analysis Of The Visual Portrayals Of Women In Latina And Glamour Magazines, Patricia Ricle Mayorga
Ethnic Media And Identity Construction: Content Analysis Of The Visual Portrayals Of Women In Latina And Glamour Magazines, Patricia Ricle Mayorga
Communication Theses
Media are powerful agents of socialization; mediated images affect individual and group behavior as well as inter-group attitudes. In the case of the Hispanic/Latino community in the U.S., frequently underrepresented and stereotyped in mainstream media, identity politics and perspectives of self-representation are complicated by the vast diversity of this membership. This project analyzed the current discourse on Hispanic/Latino ethnic identity proposed by Latina magazine and its social standing in relation to the mainstream culture. A quantitative content analysis that compared Latina’s visual portrayals of women to the female portrayals found in the mainstream magazine Glamour suggested that Latina constructed a …
"Pro-Ana" Web-Log Uses And Gratifications Towards Understanding The Pro-Anorexia Paradox, Dana G. Mantella
"Pro-Ana" Web-Log Uses And Gratifications Towards Understanding The Pro-Anorexia Paradox, Dana G. Mantella
Communication Theses
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. Currently, web-logs are hosts to thousands of pro-ana (short for pro-anorexia) blogring participants, joining together with a common claim that eating disorders are "lifestyles not illnesses." This study explored participation motives among pro-ana blogring participants, relationships to individual psycho-social factors, and to unique web-log features. Results from the cross-sectional online survey suggest three main participation motives among blogring participants (community, obtaining social/ emotional support, and ego-protection). Results also indicate individual factors such as; social support satisfaction, drive-for-thinness, and BMI were related to blogger motives in a various diverse ways. …
A New Approach To An Old Story: How Generation Y Views And Disseminates Echoes Of Vietnam Films As Seen In Videos Created By Troops In Iraq, Lindsey Ann Hagan
A New Approach To An Old Story: How Generation Y Views And Disseminates Echoes Of Vietnam Films As Seen In Videos Created By Troops In Iraq, Lindsey Ann Hagan
Communication Theses
This is an examination of how the fictional representation and re-creation of past wars is colliding with the personal video presentations of the Iraq War. It raises questions about how war and art are experienced in a new way and also how “instant history” is made available to the public. Personally recorded footage of the everyday experience of war has altered the way in which society views war and copes with its aftereffects because Generation Y has become a computer based generation. This is a reception study that will show how Generation Y has used the Baby Boomers’ input about …
Black Press Coverage Of The Emmett Till Lynching As A Catalyst To The Civil Rights Movement, Michael Randolph Oby
Black Press Coverage Of The Emmett Till Lynching As A Catalyst To The Civil Rights Movement, Michael Randolph Oby
Communication Theses
BLACK PRESS COVERAGE OF THE EMMETT TILL LYNCHING AS A CATALYST TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT by MICHAEL OBY Under the Direction of Leonard Teel ABSTRACT The movement for civil rights in America gathered momentum throughout the 1950s. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown vs. The Board of Education ruling, declaring unconstitutional permissive or mandatory school segregation, the white South responded with both passive and active resistance. In the midst of this ferment, an African-American boy from Chicago was lynched in Mississippi. Subsequent stories in the black press reported not only Emmett Till’s murder and the trial, …
When It Hits The Fan: A Public Relations' Practitioners' Guide To Crisis Communication, Joshua Lee Smith
When It Hits The Fan: A Public Relations' Practitioners' Guide To Crisis Communication, Joshua Lee Smith
Communication Theses
This project is designed as an aid to those interested in practicing, researching or teaching crisis communication. For public relations’ practitioners, it offers a comprehensive approach for structuring a crisis communication plan. For researchers, several theoretical frameworks for the study of crisis communication are provided, with the goal of allowing them a more complete foundation for executing future research. Those involved in teaching crisis communication are offered additional resources such as a sample crisis communication plan, media guidelines and a concluding case study for educating future practitioners.
Media Messages And Womens' Body Perceptions In Egypt, Shaima Ragab
Media Messages And Womens' Body Perceptions In Egypt, Shaima Ragab
Communication Theses
This study explores the association between media exposure and women’s body perceptions in Egypt. The thin ideal perpetuated through the media, eating disorders and body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness were thought to be a culturally linked phenomena confined to Western societies. This study has contributed to the debate on cultural determinism of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction in women as it has shown that these concepts are on the rise in non-Western societies in general and Egypt in specific. When exposed to media messages, women in Egypt demonstrated eating disordered attitudes, body dissatisfaction feelings and also chose other compensatory …
An Internal Communications Analysis Of A U.S. Credit Reporting Agency, Styletta Carter
An Internal Communications Analysis Of A U.S. Credit Reporting Agency, Styletta Carter
Communication Theses
Audits of organizational communication have been viewed as an efficient means for collecting data and diagnosing common communication problems (Meyer, 2002), and evaluating employee communication satisfaction has proven to be a vital component of the auditor’s overall goal of assessing communication effectiveness. While communication audits have been used for the past 50 years by practitioners and scholars alike to evaluate the effectiveness of both external and internal communications, this particular analysis will explore the internal communications of a business-to-business sales division within a major U.S. credit reporting agency. Using Goldhaber’s (2002) method for administering Web-based communication surveys and a combination …