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The Prospector, December 3, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: We Made It: With Debt, But We Made It...

The Prospector, November 26, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Catch 'Em If You Can!

The Prospector, November 19, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: In Memoriam Achim Schweighofer

The Prospector, November 12, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: We Haven't Forgotten About You: Three Wars, One Story

The Prospector, November 5, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Great Expectations

Basketball Issue

The Prospector, October 29, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: ¡Vivian los Muertos!

The Prospector, October 22, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Following the Pill Trail

The Prospector, October 15, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Safety: Crime Worries Students Around Campus

The Prospector, October 8, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Pass the Budget

The Prospector, October 1, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Bhutanland: Campus Brings Disney Homecoming Theme

The Prospector, September 24, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Dramacare: Students Face Affordable Care Act

The Prospector, September 17, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Should I Stay? Should I Go?

The Prospector, September 10, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Bomb Threat Unresolved

The Prospector, September 3, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Football Issue

Miners and Lobos Renew 94-Year Rivalry

The Prospector, August 27, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Back to School Issue

Social Media And Journalism: What Works Best And Why It Matters, Sue Burzynski Bullard

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

As more Americans turn to social media sites for news and information, news organizations respond by using social networks as platforms to deliver content. This study examines how news outlets use social media platforms, the positive impact and concerns raised by social media use, and the best practices editors identify for effective social media use. The study aims to help editors understand which approaches to social media attract audiences and increase reader or audience interaction.

The Prospector, July 24, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Detour: Construction Creates Obstacles For Students

The Prospector, July 17, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Bicycles For Rent

The Prospector, July 10, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Interest Rates for Stafford Loans Double

Impact Of Format On Evaluations Of Online News, August Grant, Jeffrey Wilkinson, Diane Guerrazzi

Faculty Publications

The emergence of online news offers journalists the opportunity to use a variety of formats to present news, including traditional text and video forms and emerging multimedia forms. This paper reports the results of a series of studies exploring these formats, two experiments and a survey. The first experiment compared three formats of video news delivery and found that format was related to time spent viewing a story, and time spent predicted recall of the story, but no direct relationship was observed between format and recall. The secondexperiment compared three different formats (text, text with pictures, and text with videos), …

The Prospector, June 26, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Provost Office Preps Students for Research

The Prospector, June 19, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: HB972: Guns on Campus, in Cars

The Prospector, June 12, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Mayoral Election: Students Look for Job Security

The Prospector, May 7, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: An Investment in Knowledge Always Pays the Best Interest

The Prospector, May 2, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Gate Accessibility

The Prospector, April 30, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Prostate Cancer Research Provided Funding

The Prospector, April 23, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Art Issue

The Collection Of Media By U.S. Senators: A Preliminary Study, Richard L. Willis

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Theses

This study explores the relationship between media and the U.S. Senate by examining how senators and staff collect, study, and use media. Senators and staff study media to find out how they are portrayed by media. Their collection of news articles for study is an indicator of mediatization, a theory of how media shape society. Political actors study media to understand how media frame news about politics. Mediatization of politics occurs when loosely regulated media evolve from being intermediaries who deliver political news, to become active shapers of the government. The U.S. political system is influenced by the demands of …

The Prospector, April 16, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Earth Issue: Out of the Smoke

The Prospector, April 11, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: SGA Candidates Caught Red-Handed With Election Violations