Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

The Failure Of Louisiana Campaign Finance Law: A Case Study Of Brnext And The 2004 Mayoral Election, Casey Elizabeth Rayborn

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis is a case study in how weak campaign finance laws and government oversight can undermine democracy in a local election. It does so by demonstrating how Louisiana campaign finance law enabled one wealthy businessman to play a major role in a mayoral election under the auspices of an issue-based political action committee. Through the examination of the Louisiana PAC BRNext, its financial activities, and its relationships, this study suggests that BRNext and its founder Lane Grigsby were able to violate the spirit of the law in each of these areas. BRNext was able to take advantage of the …

The Black Church And Political Mobilization Of African Americans, Misty Noel Johnson

LSU Master's Theses

This study investigates the political and social activities of black church congregations within a southern community by assessing the effectiveness of three churches in mobilizing their congregations and serving as channels for political communication. The study pays particular attention to the differences between affiliations within the black church, the influence of religious leaders on political involvement, attitudes regarding political involvement and political influences outside of the church. The thesis begins by placing the black church in its historical context —as a giver of spiritual and community orientation as well as a social and political mobilization agent. Using survey results from …

Photojournalistic Manipulations Of Reality: The Power Over Knowledge, Valerie Friedman

Honors Theses

This project is an anthropological study on how students at Colby College interpret photojournalistic images and news media. Using extensive literature, I strove to find a better understanding of how news agencies and the media control the flow and availability of information. Through fieldwork and numerous research methods, I wanted to understand how students formed relationships with images and news stories they encountered. This paper shows how the media and images people see in the news controls the minds and ideas of the public. Newspapers, magazines, the radio, internet sites, television broadcasts, and other forms of news media are primary …

Comparison Of Catholic Broadcasting In The Republic Of Korea And The United States: Pyeonghwa Broadcasting Corporation (Pbc) And Eternal Word Television Network (Ewtn), Kisung Yoon

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

.

Gulf Coast Journalists And Hurricane Katrina: Mounting Challenges To The Work Routine, Shearon Roberts

LSU Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore through sourcing and framing the changes Gulf Coast journalists made in their news reporting as a result of directly experiencing Hurricane Katrina. Data for this study was obtained through the archives of The New Orleans Times-Picayune and through the Nexis/Lexis database. Many Gulf-Coast journalists lost their homes and were affected by the storm in various degrees with one case of a reported suicide attempt. The daily newspapers of the cities of New Orleans, La. and Biloxi, Miss., received Pulitzer Prizes for Public Service for ceaseless and tireless reporting of the disaster. This …

"But Seriously, Folks...": Understanding The Political Effects Of Late Night Television Comedy, Danielle Lynn Sarver

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The potential political effects of late night comedy programs have been a subject of much debate and concern, particularly since the 2000 Presidential election. Research into this area has been characterized by inconsistency in operationalizations of audiences and an almost exclusive focus on quantitative research. This project was designed to address key concerns that are central to this burgeoning literature by examining “heavy” viewers of late night talk shows (including audiences of Leno, Letterman, and Conan O’Brien) and “heavy” viewers of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” A combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies were used to understand the relationships …

Myths Of Race And Beauty In Teen Magazines: A Semiological Analysis., Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.

Hong Kong: The Crown Jewel Of Broadband For China With The Second Highest Broadband Penetration In The World, Alice Lee, C. Y. K. So

Dr. LEE, Alice

The book won the Picard Award at AEJMC

Media Education, Critical Citizenship And Public Sphere: The Ideal And Practice Of Media Education In Hong Kong, Alice Lee

Dr. LEE, Alice

No abstract provided.

Media Education In Post-Colonial Hong Kong: Cultivating Critical Young Minds, Alice Lee, E. Mok

Dr. LEE, Alice

No abstract provided.

The Sexualization Of Children, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.

Readings In Advertising, Society, And Consumer Culture, Joyce Wolburg, Roxanne Hovland

Joyce Wolburg

No abstract provided.

Evaluating Short-Term And Long-Term Peer Assessment Of Student Teamwork, Michael Sergi

Michael Sergi

The lack of individual reward for individual effort is a major concern for many university film and video students undertaking group-based projects. Peer assessment is often used to derive individual marks for group projects, and because it goes some way towards mimicking professional practice. However, if there is only one group project that is part of a subject's assessable work, any mismatch of students, in terms of skills, commitment and personality, can result in some students receiving an undeservedly harsh assessment from their peers, which can affect their final grade. Long-term peer assessment, where students undertake several small group projects …

Patriotic Motherhood And The Iraq War, Ana Garner, Karen Slattery

Ana Garner

No abstract provided.

The Radio Phone-In Talk Show As The People Council In Postcolonial Hong Kong, Alice Lee, C. Y. K. So

Dr. LEE, Alice

No abstract provided.

Sex In The Transnational City: Discourses Of Gender, Body And Nation In The ‘New Bollywood, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.

Mothers Of Soldiers In Wartime: A National News Narrative, Ana Garner, Karen Slattery

Ana Garner

No abstract provided.

The Cherokee-Freedmen Story: What The Media Saw, Ronald D. Smith

Ronald Bruce Smith

National media and international journalists watched in March 2007, as voters in the Cherokee Nation decided issues of citizenship. Reporters looked at the same situation and often talked with the same people, but they didn’t always see the same story.

Some journalists saw the Cherokee-Freedmen story as one about race and civil rights; some saw it as being about Cherokee sovereignty and Indian identity. This content analysis investigates media reporting on the issue.

Social Changes In South Africa: The Possibilities Of Public Journalism And Development Journalism, Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh

Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh

No abstract provided.

Racism And New York’S Anti-Indian Casino Movement, Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

The Regionalization Of Global News: A Case Study Of Cnn Interactive, Margaretha Geertsema

Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh

No abstract provided.