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Giving Voice To The "Voiceless:" Incorporating Nonhuman Animal Perspectives As Journalistic Sources, Carrie Packwood Freeman, Marc Bekoff, Sarah M. Bexell

Sarah M. Bexell, PhD

As part of journalism's commitment to truth and justice by providing a diversity of relevant points of view, journalists have an obligation to provide the perspective of nonhuman animals in everyday stories that influence the animals' and our lives. This essay provides justification and guidance on why and how this can be accomplished, recommending that, when writing about nonhuman animals or issues, journalists should: 1) observe, listen to, and communicate with animals and convey this information to audiences via detailed descriptions and audiovisual media, 2) interpret nonhuman animal behavior and communication to provide context and meaning, and 3) incorporate the …

The Prospector, June 23, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: #STARSANDSTOMPS: Stomping the Flag Becomes a Debate About Patriotism

The Prospector, June 16, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Creativity for Equality

The Prospector, June 9, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Campus Carry Becomes Law

Media Use And International Engagement, Brenna Parish

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

The internet’s interactive composition and fluid interface has changed the way in which individuals acquire information, and has given consumers of news media a means to access a large amount of information regarding political content and international issues. Furthermore, the internet provides users the choice of the information that they consume, which contrasts the rigid, predetermined nature of televised news media. Because of this, this research project will compare the effects of both television and internet media on engagement in international affairs in order to examine the difference between old and new forms of media. Through a statistical analysis of …

The Prospector, May 5, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Graduation Issue

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Freelancers On The Frontline: Influences On Conflict Coverage, Denae Lynn D'Arcy

Doctoral Dissertations

Some journalists who cover conflict in countries like Syria, Ukraine, and Egypt work as freelancers. As opposed to full-time staff members of media organizations, freelancers pay for their own travel, security, drivers, and insurance. While this model of conflict coverage is financially beneficial for media organizations, freelancers indicate that they work for themselves in order to have “freedom” to make their own decisions about conflict coverage. The researcher studied the phenomena of freelance journalism in conflict scenarios through an exploratory study utilizing long interviews, an interpretative, textual analysis of war correspondents’ autobiographies, an online, open-ended questionnaire, and follow-up in-depth interviews …

Performing Private Life On The Public Stage: Tracing Narratives Of Presidential Family Lives, Leisure And Masculinities In Us News Media, Kathryn Michele Kallenberger

Theses and Dissertations

Images and stories about US presidents’ family lives, private vacations and athletic identities are constants in the political news media landscape. These news representations texture and shape how the presidents are envisioned in popular imagination as powerful political figures and embodiments of contemporary masculinities. This study explicates US news media representations of President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama in select mainstream political news publications from the 1990s to the 2000s. This study further considers how the cultural forces of heteronormativity, patriarchy, Baby Boomer masculinity, class, race and taste influenced popular presidential images. Much of the news discourse regarding presidents …

Looking Back At The Media's Future: A Mixed Method Analysis Of Race And Gender Bias During The 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary Season, Tim Vance

Dissertations

Political knowledge has been defined as the individual’s ability to recall candidate names, personal characteristics, and qualifications. Furthermore, it is the ability to identify election issues, current campaign developments, and recognize connections between candidates and issue positions (C. Atkin & Heald, 1976). I posit that political knowledge has become much more…and much less.

I have introduced, in this paper, a number of sources for political learning: ads, newspapers, YouTube, and television news. All hold some interest for investigation as political knowledge sources, but methodology cannot be standardized across all sources. As such, the focus of the qualitative part of this …

The Prospector, April 28, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Listen to Your HeART

Cedars, April 2015, Cedarville University

Cedars

No abstract provided.

The Prospector, April 21, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Help Mother Nature Bloom

The Prospector, April 14, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Higher Quality of Life

The Prospector, April 7, 2015, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: New Texas Bill Would Allow Police to Ask for Proof of Legal Status

The Prospector, April 1, 2015, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: Use It or Lose It: Mental Health Issues That Affect Students

The Prospector, March 24, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Shoot 'Em Up Texas

The Prospector, March 17, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Celebrating Engineers

Wicked Or Warranted? Us Press Coverage Of Contraception 1873-1917, Ana Garner

Ana Garner

This study examines the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times press coverage of contraception during one key period: 1873–1917. The first 30 years after the passage of the Comstock Act in 1873 were difficult for contraception advocates. The New York Times narrative reflected a battle between those who supported the Comstock Act and the men and women who opposed it. Conversely, the Los Angeles Times narrative portrayed the birth control debate as a wide-ranging battle of ideas occurring in a variety of venues. Press coverage revealed that the use of birth control was common and the real debate …

The World War Ii Patriotic Mother, Ana C. Garner, Karen L. Slattery

Ana Garner

The archetypal good mother and the archetypal patriotic mother are important symbols in American culture. Both are rooted in maternal work but are separated by two conflicting assumptions. The good mother nurtures her children and protects them from harm, while the patriotic wartime mother remains silent when the government sends her child directly into harm's way. This study explores how the World War II press positioned mothers of soldiers to sacrifice their children in support of the nation's war effort. The findings point to the importance of understanding the role of archetypes in news narratives.

The Never-Ending Struggle: Us Press Coverage Of Contraception 2000–2013, Ana Garner, Edgar Mendez

Ana Garner

In 1873, the Comstock Act labeled contraceptive information and materials obscene and banned their distribution. The issue divided the United States then, and it divides the nation today. This essay examines 2000–2013 press coverage of contraception in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, two newspapers that have covered contraception since 1873. Press coverage reveals that contemporary efforts to regulate women’s bodies are cloaked in discussions about the Affordable Care Act, religious freedom, morality, and employer rights. Accepting the ideology that contraception is no longer a reproductive rights issue allowed the press to exclude women from …

The Prospector, March 3, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Let the Good Times Roll Responsibly

Cedars, March 2015, Cedarville University

Cedars

No abstract provided.

The Prospector, February 24, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Fashion on Fleek

The Prospector, February 17, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Happiness is a Warm Gun

The Prospector, February 10, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: True Love Waits?

The Prospector, February 3, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: El Paso Drops in Ranking

Cedars, February 2015, Cedarville University

Cedars

No abstract provided.

Cedars, January 2015, Cedarville University

Cedars

No abstract provided.

The Prospector, January 27, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Free! 2 Years of College

The Prospector, January 20, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Welcome Back Issue