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Student Awareness Of The Daily News-Record, Molly Margaret Jacob
Student Awareness Of The Daily News-Record, Molly Margaret Jacob
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
The Daily News-Record is a local daily newspaper located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, a city with a population of about 52,000. The Daily News-Record's print circulation is 26,000, while its digital circulation is 800. The paper also houses other local publications, such as the Rocktown Weekly, a free weekly publication that covers local news and the local music scene. James Madison University is a mid-sized public university also located in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The researcher wanted to understand JMU student awareness of local news sources, student consumption of news sources, student intention to read the local paper and whether there was a …
Achoo! Three Major Us Newspapers Reporting On The Flu Before And After H1n1, Philip A. Harris
Achoo! Three Major Us Newspapers Reporting On The Flu Before And After H1n1, Philip A. Harris
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
The flu is the most common and also the most preventable health risk and crisis in the United States. This research is a quantitative content analysis of flu coverage appearing in 102 articles from The Washington Post, USA Today, and The New York Times. It examines the differences in the coverage three years before and after the H1N1 pandemic and evaluates them for the use of fundamental constructs in health, risk, and crisis communication theories such as severity, susceptibility, efficacy, excuse, justification, intention, expertise, and trustworthiness. Most significant differences were found between excuse and justification as well as with …