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Towards Interpretable Propaganda Detection In News Text Through The Use Of Rhetorical Devices As Features, Kyle Hamilton
Towards Interpretable Propaganda Detection In News Text Through The Use Of Rhetorical Devices As Features, Kyle Hamilton
Doctoral
This doctoral thesis presents research undertaken towards interpretable propaganda detection in news text. Propaganda and mis/disinformation in the media have been identified in the social sciences literature as a major threat to the functioning of democratic society. While mis/disinformation is false by definition, propaganda is intended to modify the beliefs and behaviors of the information consumer but does not have to be false. Propagandistic text is often characterized by the use of rhetorical devices and linguistic style designed to exploit the reader’s cognitive and emotional biases. One way of counteracting this effect is by shifting the focus from “what” is …
The Guardian The Month Of January 2024, Wright State Student Body
The Guardian The Month Of January 2024, Wright State Student Body
The Guardian Student Newspaper
News articles from The Guardian for the Month of January 2024. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.
Members Only: Do Mandatory Inclusive Introductions Inadvertently Cause Exclusion?, Leah Marie Mckinney
Members Only: Do Mandatory Inclusive Introductions Inadvertently Cause Exclusion?, Leah Marie Mckinney
All Master's Theses
In order to establish the proper way to address peers and colleagues, an introduction is necessary. In an attempt to support inclusion, it has become standard to ask that people state their associated pronouns. Researchers have shown that the proper use of one’s pronouns can help people feel safe in a new environment (e.g., Kramer et al., 2022; Lauscher et al., 2022; Palanica et al., 2022); however, to my knowledge, very few researchers have explored the potential adverse effects of requiring pronouns in introductions. The practice of stating pronouns during introductions has been established relatively recently (MIT, 2020), limiting research …
Perception, Prefered Channels And Content Of Youth In Bhutan Towards Waste Separation And Management, Thinley Lhendup
Perception, Prefered Channels And Content Of Youth In Bhutan Towards Waste Separation And Management, Thinley Lhendup
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This study explores Bhutanese youth's perceptions, communication preferences, and engagement with waste separation and management, focusing on students at Yangchenphu Higher Secondary School (YHSS) in Thimphu. Using a mixed-methods approach, it combines surveys of 185 students with interviews from teachers and administrators to examine knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and systemic challenges. Findings reveal high awareness and positive attitudes among students, with social media and video content preferred for communication. However, barriers such as time constraints, inadequate infrastructure, and reliance on extrinsic motivators limit effectiveness. Key themes include Shared Responsibility, Challenges in Sustaining Engagement, System Effectiveness, Civic Education, and Policy Support. The …
The State Of Women In The Media: Representation, Coverage And Framing Of Women In East African Media, Aga Khan University, Graduate School Of Media And Communications
The State Of Women In The Media: Representation, Coverage And Framing Of Women In East African Media, Aga Khan University, Graduate School Of Media And Communications
Graduate School of Media and Communications
This research examined the representation of women in East African news media organisations and the coverage and framing of women in top East African newspapers, TV and digital platforms. The study is premised on existent literature on the intricate interplay between media framing, coverage dynamics, and the representation of women in newsrooms’ workforce, given the consequential role all these play in shaping public perceptions of gender issues and shifting norms. Through a comprehensive methodology that incorporated content analysis, document analysis and interviews on the responsibilities and assigned roles of women in media organisations, the research presents findings from a content …
Effective Communication Strategy During Crisis: A Case Of The 2010 Toyota Recall Crisis, Masud Mensah
Effective Communication Strategy During Crisis: A Case Of The 2010 Toyota Recall Crisis, Masud Mensah
Masters Theses
Crisis communication is an integral part of public relations and organizational management at large involving the timely and strategic sharing of information during a crisis or emergency. Its primary purpose is to ensure that organizations effectively manage and minimize the negative impact of the crisis on their operations and stakeholders, which invariably helps to maintain trust, credibility and restore their reputation. Based on an interpretivist standpoint, the study utilizes qualitative approaches and takes the form of a case study. It offers a comprehensive account of the crisis, including key occurrences, media representation, and public responses, showcasing its international impact via …
Identifying Accessibility Improvement Opportunities For Global Environmental Communication Websites, Alicia Mason, Josh Compton, Sakshi Bhati
Identifying Accessibility Improvement Opportunities For Global Environmental Communication Websites, Alicia Mason, Josh Compton, Sakshi Bhati
Faculty Submissions
Digital environmental information presented with low web accessibility reduces parti-cipation in environmental advocacy and information seeking behaviors for many people with disabilities, creating a consequential digital divide. We use WEB AIM computer automated analysis of web accessibility to assess the general accessibility of online environmental communication messages. Results show 95.3% of the popular websites in our sample had indicators of potentially critical accessibility errors. Our findings highlight the importance of addressing digital environmental information accessibility shortcomings so that educational, informational and persuasive environ-mental messages can increase environmental literacy of vulnerable populations and help to bridge the digital divide.
การรายงานข่าวการฆ่าตัวตายของโทรทัศน์ดิจิทัลไทยที่เป็นที่นิยมในช่วงปีพ.ศ.2560-2564, ณัฏฐา รังกระโทก
การรายงานข่าวการฆ่าตัวตายของโทรทัศน์ดิจิทัลไทยที่เป็นที่นิยมในช่วงปีพ.ศ.2560-2564, ณัฏฐา รังกระโทก
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
การวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาแนวทางรายงานข่าวการฆ่าตัวตายของโทรทัศน์ดิจิทัลไทย และปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อการรายงานข่าวการฆ่าตัวตายของโทรทัศน์ดิจิทัลไทย โดยใช้วิธีวิจัยแบบผสมผสานด้วยการวิเคราะห์เนื้อหาจากรายการข่าวของสถานีโทรทัศน์ดิจิทัล 3ช่องที่มีเรตติ้งสูงที่สุด 10 อันดับแรกในช่วงปี 2560-2564 จำนวน 95 คลิป และการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกนักวิชาชีพสื่อและผู้เชี่ยวชาญ 9 คนเกี่ยวกับแนวทางการรายงานข่าว ปัญหาการรายงานข่าว และปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อการรายงานข่าวการฆ่าตัวตายของโทรทัศน์ดิจิทัลไทย รวมถึงข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายในการรายงานข่าวการฆ่าตัวตายที่เหมาะสม ผลการวิจัยพบว่าการรายงานข่าวส่วนใหญ่เป็นกรณีการฆ่าตัวตายที่สำเร็จและมักระบุว่าปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อพฤติกรรมการฆ่าตัวตายเป็นปัจจัยด้านสุขภาพจิต โดยเกือบทุกข่าวยังนำเสนอรายละเอียดของการฆ่าตัวตาย ข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลของผู้เสียชีวิตและผู้ใกล้ชิด และใช้ภาษาที่เร้าอารมณ์ ซึ่งเป็นการรายงานข่าวที่ไม่สอดคล้องกับจริยธรรมวิชาชีพและแนวปฏิบัติในการป้องกันการฆ่าตัวตาย ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลให้การรายงานข่าวมีปัญหา ได้แก่ 1) ความนิยมของผู้รับสารไทยต่อข่าวอาชญากรรม 2) การแข่งขันของสื่อเพื่อดึงดูดความสนใจของผู้รับสาร 3) สื่อมวลชนยังขาดความเข้าใจเกี่ยวกับการป้องกันการฆ่าตัวตาย ในส่วนข้อเสนอแนะเพื่อให้การรายงานข่าวการฆ่าตัวตายเป็นไปอย่างเหมาะสม คือ การนำเสนอเฉพาะกรณีที่เป็นประโยชน์สาธารณะ การสร้างความรู้ความเข้าใจเกี่ยวกับปัญหาสุขภาพจิตและปัจจัยต่าง ๆ ที่มีผลต่อพฤติกรรมการฆ่าตัวตายให้กับสังคม และการระบุช่องทางป้องกันการฆ่าตัวตายเพื่อให้กลุ่มเสี่ยงได้เข้าถึงความช่วยเหลือ โดยควรจัดการอบรมสื่อมวลชนเกี่ยวกับการรายงานข่าวการฆ่าตัวตาย อีกทั้งยังมีข้อเสนอแนะให้สถานีโทรทัศน์ องค์กรวิชาชีพ และองค์กรกำกับดูแลกระตุ้นให้การกำกับดูแลตนเองของสื่อมวลชนเป็นไปอย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ และสังคมต้องตระหนักเรื่องการป้องกันการฆ่าตัวตาย เพื่อกำกับดูแลให้สื่อมวลชนรายงานข่าวการฆ่าตัวตายอย่างเหมาะสม
Thai Millennial Consumers’ Behavior Towards Nutrition And Health Claims On Food Packaging, Ruth Maura Prabaswara Wijayanti
Thai Millennial Consumers’ Behavior Towards Nutrition And Health Claims On Food Packaging, Ruth Maura Prabaswara Wijayanti
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This survey study examines the Thai millennial consumers' behavior towards nutrition and health claims (NHCs) on food packaging by studying the influences of consumers' perception on understanding, attitude, and purchase intention respectively. Data was collected through an online questionnaire from 272 Thai respondents, aged 28 to 43, and who had purchased food products with NHCs on the packaging. The findings reveal that among the influences between the four variables, consumer understanding has the highest degree of influence towards consumer attitude, followed by influences of consumer perception towards understanding, and consumer attitude towards purchase intention. The study concluded that consumer behavior …
Doing The Impossible: Dealing With False Beliefs, Yuliya Filippovska
Doing The Impossible: Dealing With False Beliefs, Yuliya Filippovska
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
Fighting false information, propaganda, open lies, rumors, misinformation, and disinformation by attacking it directly and challenging it is the dominant strategy for dealing with false beliefs (Lazer et al., 2018; Maseri et al., 2020; Van Bavel et al., 2021), and it is an important one. Refuting falsity is crucial. At the same time, there are instances when fighting false information does not work (Ardèvol-Abreu et al., 2020; McIntyre, 2018; Van Bavel et al., 2021). One of the reasons is that it denies another’s worldview, belief systems, and, as a result, their identity and even right to exist. Searching for alternative …
An Internal And External Contextual Autoethnography Of A Single Mother's Experience As It Intersects With Misogyny, Patriarchy, And Hegemonic Masculinity, Heidi Sampson
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
This dissertation is a contextual autoethnography of my lived experience with stigmatization, stereotypes, and institutional obstructions as a divorced single mother who previously experienced intimate partner violence and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The purpose of the study is to shed light on the complexity of the single motherhood experience, both internally and externally. From 2009 to 2019, the institutions I accessed for assistance as a single mother and those I interacted with for my children, my job, my health, and even within the church were unnecessarily burdensome financially, physically, and emotionally. This dissertation takes a contextual look at …
I Can't Look Away: Parasocial Relationships With Dance Mom Characters Across Tv And Social Media, Kennedy Kay Pirlet
I Can't Look Away: Parasocial Relationships With Dance Mom Characters Across Tv And Social Media, Kennedy Kay Pirlet
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In 2019, Dance Moms ended its airing on Lifetime at the completion of the eighth season. However, the show and its cast members remained popular on social media platforms like TikTok, but we still didn’t know the relationship between watching the show and following cast members on multiple social media platforms or who audiences were closest to. To answer this question, the celebrity-persona parasocial interaction scale and experience of parasocial interaction scale were utilized. These scales were used in this study and found reliable. Snowball recruitment focusing on social media platforms and emails yielded 180 eligible sample participants. Through a …
Breaking The Silence: International Students’ Communication About Sexual Assault And Opportunities For Improved Prevention Messaging, Samaha Ghani
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The beginning of college campus life is one of the most exciting phases of student life. However, for some students, it might pose a threat in the form of sexual violence. In the United States, sexual violence is highly pervasive, placing college students at a greater risk of victimization. Currently, there is a lack of data on sexual crimes within the international student population on U.S. college campuses due to cultural and language barriers. As such, the purpose of this study is to explore international students’ communication needs around the topic of sexual consent and sexual violence. This vulnerable and …
Between Wages And Wellbeing: Examining The Role Of Employers In Increasing Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake In The State Of West Virginia, Nathaniel Udoh Godwin
Between Wages And Wellbeing: Examining The Role Of Employers In Increasing Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake In The State Of West Virginia, Nathaniel Udoh Godwin
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stretched public health systems globally, with millions of cases confirmed across all continents of the world. The United States health systems struggled as the country grappled with emerging variants of the virus, differing levels of vaccine acceptance, misinformation, and disparity in health outcomes. As COVID-19 vaccines emerged, the U.S. Government sought to bolster uptake through myriad measures, including announcing vaccine requirements for federal employees, which was met with mixed reactions. Accordingly, some employers and businesses adopted a “no jab, no job” policy, while others stopped short of mandates but encouraged and incentivized vaccine uptake …
You Belong With Me: What Communication Professionals Can Learn From Swifties, Rachel Belle Johnson
You Belong With Me: What Communication Professionals Can Learn From Swifties, Rachel Belle Johnson
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Pop powerhouse Taylor Swift has managed to create a dedicated fanbase that has the power to disrupt national sporting leagues and boost the American economy. Her Swifties are an exemplar in the world of fandom. Taylor Swift’s online interactions with fans, especially in the early days of her career, are partially responsible for her success in creating and maintaining this fanbase. Using principles of social informational processing theory (SIPT), this research examines what aspects of Taylor Swift’s computer-mediated communication with fans have fostered such intense feelings of community in her fandom of Swifties. Using in-depth interviews to explore the relationships …
Media Literacy Policy In Morocco: A Strategic Milestone Missing, Abderrahim Chalfaouat, Karim Essoufi
Media Literacy Policy In Morocco: A Strategic Milestone Missing, Abderrahim Chalfaouat, Karim Essoufi
Journal of Media Literacy Education
In the digital age, diverse walks of human life have reconfigured profoundly. In the Moroccan society, digitalisation plans and the skyrocketing numbers of internet users necessitate coping literacy policies. While several community initiatives have been taken to improve the quality of media literacy, they, as bottom-up efforts, cannot suffice to meet the needs of the whole Moroccan population. Rather, the absence of a central, nationwide, cross-sectoral media literacy policy significantly challenges the effective coordination of official strategies and community initiatives in media education. This article investigates current practices in media literacy in Morocco. Using document analysis, it delves into data …
Podcasting Practices: Mediators Of Archival Work, Ela Teacher Education Curricula, And Digital Identities, Nancy Heiss, Morgan King, Courtney Adang, Donna E. Alvermann
Podcasting Practices: Mediators Of Archival Work, Ela Teacher Education Curricula, And Digital Identities, Nancy Heiss, Morgan King, Courtney Adang, Donna E. Alvermann
Journal of Media Literacy Education
This paper investigates how a semester-long online course in a language and literacy teacher education department coupled a podcast project with archival pedagogy and restorying to explore how ELA (English Language Arts) teachers (preservice, inservice teachers, and those seeking re-entry) worked collaboratively to enrich understandings of instruction embedded in a high-tech environment. The course was taught in the southeastern United States at the height of a global pandemic. After the semester ended, three graduate students (from a class of 21) joined the instructor to qualitatively analyze data collected during the previous 14 weeks. Data sources included digitally stored videos, archived …
Portrayals Of Gender And Race In Instagram Advertising: An Exploratory Content Analysis, Taylor Moore
Portrayals Of Gender And Race In Instagram Advertising: An Exploratory Content Analysis, Taylor Moore
Honors College Theses
Race and gender stereotyping is a longstanding problem in the world of advertising. This research utilized content and statistical analysis to answer three questions regarding race and gender stereotyping in Instagram advertising: (1) what portrayals are being shown? (2) how are these portrayals being shown? And (3) are diverse advertisements reinforcing or challenging stereotypes? Tweny advertisements were chosen off Instagram to analyze. Through an analysis of literature on the topic, a code book defining race, person of color, sex, gender, and gender expression was created. Using these variables and classifying the ads as a stereotype/counterstereotype/neutral, allowed for the creation of …
Living Among Wildlife: Elevating Human-Wildlife Interactions And Coexistence, Bridget Rebecca Murphy
Living Among Wildlife: Elevating Human-Wildlife Interactions And Coexistence, Bridget Rebecca Murphy
Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects
After a semester of learning, both in class and in nature, my writing honed in further on this human-nature divide. To me, I see humans as part of nature – as we are mammals, animals, part of the food chain, biological beings no higher than others on our planet. We have simply constructed this false narrative around us within our societies, minds and media that embeds this division between us and nature, between us and wildlife. Humans have been managing, stewarding, living off and within landscapes for thousands of years. As time and technology evolved, a lot of people began …
Spartan Daily, December 5, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily, December 5, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily, 2023
Volume 161, Issue 43
Communication Monographs Fall 2023 Newsletter, Martina Santia, Srividya Ramasubramanian
Communication Monographs Fall 2023 Newsletter, Martina Santia, Srividya Ramasubramanian
CODE^SHIFT Research
No abstract provided.
Lindenwood Magazine, Fall 2023, Lindenwood University
Lindenwood Magazine, Fall 2023, Lindenwood University
Lindenwood Magazine (2017- )
Lindenwood University news magazine.
College Athletes As Endorsers: A Study Of Nil Advertising, Zach Johnson
College Athletes As Endorsers: A Study Of Nil Advertising, Zach Johnson
Master's Theses
The objective of this study is to determine how effective the newly enforced NIL deals among college athletes are in terms of social media advertising. With the rise of social media and the amount of people using social media daily, it is imperative for advertisers to understand various ways of promoting brands on social media. A 2x2x2 mixed experimental design was used to investigate the effects of college athletes-sponsored Instagram posts among college students, specifically source relevance, product relevance, and message authenticity. Findings suggested positive effects of using college athletes as sponsors. Source relevance, product relevance, and message authenticity played …
The Needs That Instagram Satisfies For People Seeking News & How This Displaces Time Spent With Traditional Media, Madeleine Dunn
The Needs That Instagram Satisfies For People Seeking News & How This Displaces Time Spent With Traditional Media, Madeleine Dunn
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This paper examines how the current climate of mainstream media is changing, and how this may affect journalistic norms and practices. There are many outlets for consumers to receive news, including traditional media, such as television news, newspapers, magazines, etc. There is also social media. The future of mainstream media outlets, like television stations, newspapers, magazines and radio stations, seems to depend on the growing use of social media sites for the use of getting news. This research will focus on Instagram as an alternative to traditional media, and why people prefer to use this outlet to get their news. …
Spartan Daily, November 30, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily, November 30, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily, 2023
Volume 161, Issue 42
Argumentation For Critical Heterogenous Political Discussions: Constructing A Rebuttal, Rebecca Oliver
Argumentation For Critical Heterogenous Political Discussions: Constructing A Rebuttal, Rebecca Oliver
Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD
This activity seeks to explain to undergraduate students how to craft a proper attack and defense in argumentation and debate, persuasion, or political communication courses. The activity teaches students 1) the parts of a basic argument structure and 2) how to construct a rebuttal using a basic argument structure. Students will argue against their true political typology by selecting an opposing typology from the Pew Research Typology Quiz. Broadly, this exercise is designed to encourage students to engage in dialogues with people who disagree with their political positionality. Specifically, the activity accomplishes this by teaching students the value of basic …
Encoding & Decoding: Artfully Modeling Communication, Daniel L. Foster, Ashley D. Garcia
Encoding & Decoding: Artfully Modeling Communication, Daniel L. Foster, Ashley D. Garcia
Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD
Drawing objects and concepts, such as cats, trees, love, democracy, and family, is probably the last activity students expect to do in a communication course. Although this sounds like an introductory art activity, creating visual representations provides a nuanced understanding of the encoding and decoding processes. Encoding and decoding are the most hidden and often the most unfamiliar and complex fundamental components of communication for students to comprehend. By engaging in this activity, students translate their decoding process into drawings, which serve as personal artifacts representative of their encoding and decoding. Students come to better conceptualize this cognitive process with …
“Party In The Communication Classroom”: Exploring Communication Competence To Raise Social Awareness, Nancy Bressler
“Party In The Communication Classroom”: Exploring Communication Competence To Raise Social Awareness, Nancy Bressler
Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD
This activity demonstrates communication competence and allows students to observe, assess, and ultimately utilize the model of communication competence to engage with other people successfully. To understand how to engage in communication competence, students must recognize that appropriateness and effectiveness are crucial aspects of their communication. Through the communication competence model, students examine how to achieve effectiveness in their communication by setting goals for specific contexts; they also consider to what extent their goals are achievable given the particular situation. Using a 2014 MTV Video Music Award example, students can analyze why Miley Cyrus allowed a homeless man to accept …
Introducing Public Speaking Self-Concept (Pssc): A Novel, Qualitatively-Derived Communication Anxiety And Competence Variable, Karla M. Hunter, Joshua N. Westwick
Introducing Public Speaking Self-Concept (Pssc): A Novel, Qualitatively-Derived Communication Anxiety And Competence Variable, Karla M. Hunter, Joshua N. Westwick
Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD
Despite numerous quantitative assessments of teaching interventions that have helped mitigate public speaking anxiety (PSA), this common barrier to public speaking persists. In addition, quantitative measures may not be appropriate for all instructional goals, especially with students from across a variety of cultures. To enrich educators’ capacity to help diverse bodies of students overcome the challenges presented by PSA, this qualitative study asked students to “Please describe yourself as a public speaker” at the beginning and the end of a freshman-level, general education public speaking class. Thematic analysis identified a two-dimensional pattern within student responses (N = 51) (a …