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The Broadcasters’ Transition Date Roulette: Strategic Aspects Of The Dtv Transition, James Prieger, James Miller

School of Public Policy Working Papers

The analog to digital "DTV transition" completed in June 2009 was a technological event unprecedented in scale in the broadcast television industry. The final analog cutoff for TV stations culminated more than ten years of complex regulatory decisions. Facing concerns that costs and revenue could change dramatically, stations chose when to transition in response to both market and regulatory forces. The history of broadcasting reveals a continual interplay between consumer demand, technological change, and regulation. This article describes the various forces that influenced the DTV transition, and empirically examines the stations’ decisions regarding when to switch. The economic and strategic …

Spartan Daily February 25, 2010, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 134, Issue 15

Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 10, February 15, 2010

Central Florida Future

Kosher cafe bound for Union; The artistic touch; NASA gets help from UCF students; UCF students learn through JA.

Spartan Daily February 4, 2010, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 134, Issue 5

Prospectus, January 20, 2010, Sean Hermann, Merry Thomas, Chuck Shepherd, Tara Moon Christopher, Cassandra Cunningham, Patrick Wood, Shagun Pradhan

Prospectus 2010

PARKLAND STUDENT INVITED TO ATTEND CGI U; Parkland Dental Students help needy through RAM; Chuck Shepherd’s News of the Weird; What to Expect Musically in 2010; Welcome to the Staerkel Planetarium; The dos and don’ts of Parkland; Is your class size overcrowded this semester?; Students save cash by renting textbooks; Making health care about health; Number of free, noncredit courses on Web increasing; Cobras Men’s Basketball team aims high; Dr. King at 81, an anniversary of greatness; The perils of flying while Nigerian; Body art and deviant behavior; Lasting impressions: Reviewing some of the memorable moments in Winter Games history; …

Graduate Record: [email protected]/2010 Keep Me Logged In., Southwestern Oklahoma State University

SWOSU Yearbooks

The 2010 Graduate Record was produced by the communications department.

A Philology Of Liberation: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As A Reader Of The Classics, Thomas Strunk Ph.D.

Verbum Incarnatum: An Academic Journal of Social Justice

This paper explores the intellectual relationship between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the classics, particularly the works of Plato, Sophocles, and Aeschylus. Recognizing Dr. King as a reader of the classics is significant for two reasons: the classics played a formative role in Dr. King’s development into a political activist and an intellectual of the first order; moreover, Dr. King shows us the way to read the classics. Dr. King did not read the classics in a pedantic or even academic manner, but for the purpose of liberation. Dr. King’s legacy, thus, is not merely his political accomplishments but …

When Is A Lot Still Not Enough? Health Information, The Public Good And Privacy Rights, Robert J. Mcgrath

The University Dialogue

No abstract provided.

The Administration Of Community College Blogs: Considering Control And Adaptability In Loosely Coupled Systems, Troy A. Swanson

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study using a multiple case study method is (1) to further the understanding of how community college administrators and blog authors strike a balance between organizational control and adaptability when implementing and using blog technologies and (2) to create a model that will help administrators better strike this balance within a loosely coupled system of college units and individuals. The rise of Web 2.0 technologies, which allows for direct publication to the Internet, presents two conundrums for community colleges: the conundrum of control and the conundrum of adaptability. As the oldest implementation of Web 2.0 technologies, …

Native Daughters, Christina Devries, Jordan Pascale, Shannon Smith, Katie Stearns, Carson Vaughan, Molly Young, Clay Lomneth, Alan Eno, Astrid Munn, Matt Buxton, Judi M. Gaiashkibos, Shannon Smith, Hannah Peterson, Elizabeth Gamez, Maggie Liggett, Katie Stearns, Natasha Richardson, Johnna Hjersman, Krista Vogel, Elizabeth Gasaway, Charlie Pfister, Matt Buxton, Anthony Troester, Christine Lesiak, Scott Winter, John Wunder, Joe Starita, Princella Parker, Nancy Kelsey

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Student Media

For almost two years, Nebraska’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications has benefited from this perfect storm, riding a project wave dedicated to a singular idea: You can’t really understand American history without understanding Native American history. And you can’t understand Native American history without understanding the critical role Native women have played in defining, enriching and protecting that history. Underwritten by a $125,000 Carnegie Foundation grant, this journalism project is intended to substantially raise the profile of Native Daughters. To that end, the college enrolled two dozen of its best and brightest students – reporters, photographers, videographers, Web masters, …

"Everybody Goes Down": Metaphors, Stories, And Simulations In Conversations, L. David Ritchie

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

Recent work has shown that many problematic aspects of metaphor use and comprehension can be resolved through an account that includes both relevance and perceptual simulation. It has also been shown that metaphors often imply stories, and that stories are often metaphorical. Previous research on narratives has focused primarily on stories that appear either in formal literature or in structured interviews; this essay focuses on stories that occur as an integral part of conversation. It extends recent work on metaphor comprehension to show how use and comprehension of stories in natural, informal conversations can be usefully analyzed in terms of …

An Investigation Of The Persuasive Effects Of Rhetorical Questions, Message Framing, And The Elm In Promoting Responsible Cell Phone Usage, Robert James Glenn Iii

Dissertations

This study evaluated persuasive messages that advocate support for a ban against cell phones while driving using Petty and Cacioppo's Elaboration Likelihood Model of persuasion as its theoretical framework. Seven hypotheses were tested using a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design assessing the influence of need for cognition (high vs. low) in tandem with the variables of message framing (gain vs. loss statements) and message form (questions vs. statements) upon assessments of elaboration (ME), cognition message value (CMV), message effectiveness ratings (MEF), and attitude toward the prescribed behavior (ATPB).

A significant main effect was found for message framing as …

Commercial Speech, "Irrational" Clients, And The Persistence Of Bans On Subjective Lawyer Advertising, Nat Stern

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Prospectus, November 18, 2009, Merry Thomas, Chuck Shepherd, Chrissie Mckenney, Tara Moon Christopher, Sean Hermann, Alishia Reynolds, Shagun Pradhan

Prospectus 2009

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily November 16, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 39

Spartan Daily November 4, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 35

Spartan Daily November 2, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 33

The Cultural Effects Of The Narcoeconomy In Rural Mexico, James H. Mcdonald Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This essay describes the cultural effects of drug trafficking on a town in rural Mexico. A variety of ethnographic scenes reveal the rapidly changing social imagination as new forms of consumption create new opportunities for identity formation. However, because these new consumer forms are expensive, and therefore inaccessible to the majority of community members, a type of cultural exclusion is at work. In this ordinary town, there are extraordinary forms of consumption: large, lavish houses; high-stakes gambling at local cockfights; a new urban-oriented consumer culture; and new farmer entrepreneurs. All were underwritten by narco-activities. These new forms of consumption challenge …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles:

• Ulber, Emily. Group Predicts Shortfall – Consensus Forecasting Group, Budget
• Acres, Kaylee. Wild Thang – Patrick Holt, Where the Wild Things Are
• Harris, Shakia. Policy Creates New Student Financial Aid – Scholarships
• Acres, Kaylee. Student Uses Dance to Help Abuse Victims – Nadia De Leon
• Wilson, Laurel. Western Gets Gassy – Facilities Management, Central Heating Plant
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Winter Term – Big Red
• Keep It Classy in Winter Term: Hour Limits
• Ransdell, Gary. Tailgating Policy Keeps Campus Beautiful
• Bryan, Kendrick. Define the Moment with Student …

Prospectus, September 30, 2009, Sean Whitsitt, Merry Thomas, Chuck Shepherd, Chrissie Mckenney, Isaac Mitchell, Shagun Pradhan, Levi Norman, Patrick Wood

Prospectus 2009

No abstract provided.

Prospectus, September 16, 2009, Patrick Wood, Pat Bright, Sean Whitsitt, Aaron Geiger, Chuck Shepherd, Chrissie Mckenney, Sean Hermann, Levi Norman

Prospectus 2009

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily September 9, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 7

Situation Awareness Requirements Analysis For Emergency Management Planning, Norman E. Groner

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Manipulating The Public Agenda: Why Acorn Was In The News, And What The News Got Wrong, Peter Dreier, Christopher R. Martin

Faculty Publications

This study, which received no outside funding from any organization, analyzed the complete 2007‐2008 coverage of ACORN by 15 major news media organizations, and the narrative frames of their 647 stories during that period. The news media analyzed include the four the highest circulation national newspapers—USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal—and an analysis of the transcripts of reports from leading broadcast news organizations: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio (NPR), and NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS). We also analyzed stories from three local newspapers …

Spartan Daily August 27, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 3

Prospectus, August 26, 2009, Cassandra Cunningham, Aaron Geiger, Alishia Reynolds, Levi Norman, Sean Hermann, Chuck Shepherd, Chrissie Mckenney, Samantha Hylla

Prospectus 2009

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily August 24, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 1

Go Green-Eat Slow: A Public Relations Approach To “Going Green”, Amanda Gaynor

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

My Capstone project is rooted in public relations and the launching of a specific publicity campaign. The context of this creative work is unique in that I implemented field research in order to conduct an actual campus event.

The nature of the field research was food tasting events. More specifically, it consisted of interviews with public relations representatives, publicity chairs, event planners, restaurateurs, and many others who play roles in the planning and execution of these food tastings. I then took this research and applied it to the creation of a “go green” themed food tasting event at Syracuse University …

Prospecuts, April 8, 2009, Patrick Wood, Levi Norman, Chuck Shepherd, Chrissie Mckenney, Jesse Woodrum, Samantha Hylla

Prospectus 2009

No abstract provided.

Prospectus, April 1, 2009, Levi Norman, Aaron Partridge, Sean Hermann, Patrick Wood, Anthony Burkert, Chuck Shepherd, Chrissie Mckenney, Cassandra Cunningham, Rachel Rosenberger, Nada Youssef, John Bouvet

Prospectus 2009

No abstract provided.