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Free To Inform: A Study Of Influences On Newswork At A National Public Radio Station, Kayla Parker Apr 2015

Free To Inform: A Study Of Influences On Newswork At A National Public Radio Station, Kayla Parker

Master's Theses (2009 -)

National Public Radio (NPR) has been a source for radio news programming since 1971. In 2014, there were more than 900 radio stations with a federally funded NPR license. When a station is granted its license and partial funding, it is given the mission to create objective and balanced content. Even with threats of defunding and waning audiences for all broadcast media, NPR continues to air news programs daily. This thesis examines how newsworkers at an NPR station interpret their jobs as journalists. In-depth interviews were conducted with seven NPR newsworkers at the same mid-sized station. The purpose of the …

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Subversive Humor, Chris A. Kramer Apr 2015

Subversive Humor, Chris A. Kramer

Dissertations (1934 -)

Oppression is easily recognized. That is, at least, when oppression results from overt, consciously professed racism, for example, in which violence, explicit exclusion from economic opportunities, denial of adequate legal access, and open discrimination perpetuate the subjugation of a group of people. There are relatively clear legal remedies to such oppression. But this is not the case with covert oppression where the psychological harms and resulting legal and economic exclusion are every bit as real, but caused by concealed mechanisms subtly and systematically employed. In many cases, those with power and privilege use cultural stereotypes in order to sustain an …

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Slipping Into Darkness: An Ideological Critique Of Racial Inequality Coverage In Milwaukee Newspapers, 2010-2014, Enrique Brown Apr 2015

Slipping Into Darkness: An Ideological Critique Of Racial Inequality Coverage In Milwaukee Newspapers, 2010-2014, Enrique Brown

Master's Theses (2009 -)

This ideological critique assessed mainstream and African American newspaper coverage on racial inequalities such as racial segregation and infant mortality in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 2010 through 2014. Employing Cultural Studies, Critical Race Theory, and Class Theory, this textual research analyzed the texts of 405 reports, columns, and editorials from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee's mainstream paper of record, and The Milwaukee Courier, the city's premier African American newspaper. The study discovered important convergences in the Courier and Journal Sentinel's portrayal of racial inequalities as indicators of a racially diseased city and nation. However, the research also revealed important differences in …

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Slim Truth: A Textual And Autoethnographic Analysis Of Celebrity Eating Disorder Coverage In People Magazine, Angela Michel Apr 2015

Slim Truth: A Textual And Autoethnographic Analysis Of Celebrity Eating Disorder Coverage In People Magazine, Angela Michel

Master's Theses (2009 -)

This thesis employs textual analysis and autoethnography to examine portrayals of celebrity eating disorders in People magazine. In it I seek to accomplish two goals: first, to reveal the story told by the entertainment news outlet about anorexia and bulimia, and second, to relate that story to the lived experience of illness and recovery. I discover that the magazine's narrative is reductive and simplistic, laced with half-truths and widely held myths about eating disorders. It depicts these disorders not as complex psychological conditions, but rather as behavioral and physical "battles" triggered by celebrity activities. The illness experience is portrayed as …

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Brave Sperm And Demure Eggs: Fallopian Gender Politics On Youtube, Pamela Hill Nettleton Apr 2015

Brave Sperm And Demure Eggs: Fallopian Gender Politics On Youtube, Pamela Hill Nettleton

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

A narrative analysis of videos of human conception from medical and nonmedical sources aired in the democratic space of YouTube finds that stereotypical gender roles are consistently assigned to cellular behavior. Sperm are represented as little men and embodiments of hegemonic masculinity, with heroic sperm winning the egg prize after a competitive athletic contest fraught with peril. Eggs are represented as featureless planets floating in a murky void and are without agency or action. Almost every video is about the “journey” or “adventure” of the sperm; the egg has no adventure. These videos represent a view of a persistent gendered …

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News Coverage Of U.S. Mothers Of Soldiers During The Vietnam War, Karen L. Slattery, Ana C. Garner Apr 2015

News Coverage Of U.S. Mothers Of Soldiers During The Vietnam War, Karen L. Slattery, Ana C. Garner

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

The press of World Wars I and II depicted patriotic mothers as Spartan-like in their support of the nation's war effort. During the Vietnam War, another maternal image emerged to share cultural space with the Spartan mother, that of the goddess Thetis who objected to her son's participation in the Trojan War. This alternative maternal symbol more closely resembles the archetypal image of the peacetime good mother, who cares for her children and resists sending them into harm's way. This study documents coverage of maternal opposition to the Vietnam War against the backdrop of coverage of US mothers of soldiers …

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Toward An Ethical Model Of Effective Crisis Communication, Young Kim Apr 2015

Toward An Ethical Model Of Effective Crisis Communication, Young Kim

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

The goal of this study was to develop and demonstrate a new ethical model for crisis communication. This article examined the crisis communication practices as well as literature and found essential elements—what, how, and when—for ethical and effective crisis communication. Based on these three variables, a new three‐part model, the TTR Test, was proposed, utilizing three principles: Transparency (what), Two‐way symmetrical communication (how), and Right time (when). To investigate how the test can be applied to the real world, this article examined BP's crisis communication during the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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Applying The Risk Information Seeking And Processing Model To The Risk Of Sexual Aggression Among Females Aged 18 - 25: Advertising Implications, Gregory J. Calhoun, James Pokrywczynski, Robert J. Griffin Mar 2015

Applying The Risk Information Seeking And Processing Model To The Risk Of Sexual Aggression Among Females Aged 18 - 25: Advertising Implications, Gregory J. Calhoun, James Pokrywczynski, Robert J. Griffin

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

While a plethora of researchers have studied risk factors related to sexual violence, few studies have explored what differences account for the various ways women seek and process information about sexual violence. This study seeks to accomplish this by applying the Risk Information Seeking and Processing model (RISP) to the risk of sexual aggression among young females (18-25). RISP has been utilized to effectively explore the individual traits that influence how people seek and process risk information in a number of contexts. The results from a national survey of females show that Informational Subjective Norms (the woman's perceived social pressures …

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The Walking Deadwood? The Western And The Post-Apocalyptic Tale, Amanda R. Keeler Feb 2015

The Walking Deadwood? The Western And The Post-Apocalyptic Tale, Amanda R. Keeler

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Tokens In A Man’S World: Women In Creative Advertising Departments, Jean M. Grow, Tao Deng Jan 2015

Tokens In A Man’S World: Women In Creative Advertising Departments, Jean M. Grow, Tao Deng

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Risk Information Seeking And Processing Model, Sharon Dunwoody, Robert J. Griffin Jan 2015

Risk Information Seeking And Processing Model, Sharon Dunwoody, Robert J. Griffin

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Creative Women In Peru: Outliers In A Machismo World, Marta Mensa Torra, Jean M. Grow Jan 2015

Creative Women In Peru: Outliers In A Machismo World, Marta Mensa Torra, Jean M. Grow

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Gender segregation begins early and is reinforced within the workplace. Advertising creative departments appear to have extreme gender segregation with women representing just 20% of all those working within creative departments worldwide. Yet, creativity does not depend on gender. Thus, the underrepresentation of women is particularly troubling. In Peru women comprise 3% to 10.4% of all people working in advertising creative, which suggests the situation for creative women in Peru is dire. In order to understand this phenomenon, and with the hope of finding solutions, this study uses in-depth interviews to explore the experiences of Peruvian women working in advertising …

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Trajectories For The Future: Journalism Studies In Context, Bonnie Brennen Dec 2014

Trajectories For The Future: Journalism Studies In Context, Bonnie Brennen

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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The Never-Ending Struggle: Us Press Coverage Of Contraception 2000–2013, Ana C. Garner, Edgar Mendez Nov 2014

The Never-Ending Struggle: Us Press Coverage Of Contraception 2000–2013, Ana C. Garner, Edgar Mendez

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

In 1873, the Comstock Act labeled contraceptive information and materials obscene and banned their distribution. The issue divided the United States then, and it divides the nation today. This essay examines 2000–2013 press coverage of contraception in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, two newspapers that have covered contraception since 1873. Press coverage reveals that contemporary efforts to regulate women’s bodies are cloaked in discussions about the Affordable Care Act, religious freedom, morality, and employer rights. Accepting the ideology that contraception is no longer a reproductive rights issue allowed the press to exclude women from …

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Interpersonal Communication In The Context Of Dementia: Examining Family Caregivers' Appraisals And Burden, Stacy Lynn Barnes Oct 2014

Interpersonal Communication In The Context Of Dementia: Examining Family Caregivers' Appraisals And Burden, Stacy Lynn Barnes

Dissertations (1934 -)

Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore dementia family caregivers' appraisals of communication behaviors and strategies, and their relationships to caregiver burden. Study objectives were to investigate: 1) the relationship between frequency of dementia-related communication behaviors and caregivers' appraisals of frustration; 2) the relationship between caregivers' use of communication strategies and appraisals of helpfulness; 3) the structural relationships between communication behavior appraisal, communication strategy appraisal, problem behaviors, and caregiver burden; and 4) caregiver education level as a moderating variable of the final structural model. Methods: A written, mailed questionnaire was developed to capture dementia family caregivers' …

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Why Partisanship Bothers Us, John J. Pauly Oct 2014

Why Partisanship Bothers Us, John J. Pauly

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Improving The Effectiveness Of Print Advertising Copy Using The Theory Of Planned Behavior As A Guide, Nkenge Kirton Jul 2014

Improving The Effectiveness Of Print Advertising Copy Using The Theory Of Planned Behavior As A Guide, Nkenge Kirton

Master's Theses (2009 -)

The purpose of this study was to discover whether the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) (Ajzen, 1991) could be applied and tested toward the improvement of destination advertisements. Specifically, the purpose was to understand the process through which a destination advertisement could influence behavioral intention. Understanding this process would help advertising professionals in the tourism industry. The destination used in this experiment was fictitious. The study used a posttest-only experiment with three conditions. One condition saw an advertisement with a behavioral belief appeal. Another condition saw an advertisement with a descriptive normative belief appeal. The third condition saw an advertisement …

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Selling "Kawaii" In Advertising: Testing Cross-Cultural Perceptions Of Kawaii Appeals, Tao Deng Jul 2014

Selling "Kawaii" In Advertising: Testing Cross-Cultural Perceptions Of Kawaii Appeals, Tao Deng

Master's Theses (2009 -)

"Kawaii" (cute) culture has become a major global consumer culture. Advertisers in Asia have adopted kawaii appeals to attract attention and promote product images. From a cultural value perspective, this literature review proposes that culture not only affects ad content and appeal, but also influences consumer attitude and ad effects. While kawaii appeals are culturally specified, the effects of those appeals across distinct cultures might be systemically predictable. Today, the concept of kawaii and its effects still remains vague to Western academia. This thesis provides a deeper understanding of kawaii examining the rich origin of kawaii culture in Japan and …

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The New Journalism And The Struggle For Interpretation, John J. Pauly Jul 2014

The New Journalism And The Struggle For Interpretation, John J. Pauly

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Scholarship in literary journalism often focuses on matters of technique and style, and on the ethical challenges of immersion reporting. In some contexts, however, literary journalism may also take on a sense of moral purpose, as when reporters assert the importance of their interpretations, or readers attribute special meaning to a particular style of writing. The New Journalism of the 1960s and 1970s offers a revealing example of how magazine and book publishing markets and writer–editor relations inevitably shape journalists’ interpretations and lend them a sense of social significance. The New Journalism did not stand alone and apart from the …

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Congruency And Engagement Test In An Event Marketing Sponsorship Context, James Pokrywczynski, David L. Brinker Jun 2014

Congruency And Engagement Test In An Event Marketing Sponsorship Context, James Pokrywczynski, David L. Brinker

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Intercept survey data collected at a medium-size Midwestern ethnic festival are used to assess how top-of-mind and aided brand recall are influenced by ethnic congruence among attendees, brand sponsors, and the event, and by the use of passive or engaging sponsor tactics. The results are contextualized by the Elaboration Likelihood Model. Attendees who identify as ethnically congruent are shown to perform significantly better on the aided brand recall instrument. Engaging tactics are shown to produce higher brand recall than passive tactics, as well as more favorable evaluations and higher purchase intent.

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Journalism And Community: A Case Study Of The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (Nns), Herbert J. Lowe Jr. Apr 2014

Journalism And Community: A Case Study Of The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (Nns), Herbert J. Lowe Jr.

Master's Theses (2009 -)

This is a case study of the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS) – a three-year-old, award-winning, online-only journalism source at www.milwaukeenns.org. A longtime journalist and communications professional leads a small team of part-time reporters, interns and volunteers as NNS seeks to provide professional and objective reporting about 17 low-income communities in America’s 30th largest city. This research examines the extent to which NNS has achieved its goals by analyzing and interpreting a significant sample of the 750-plus stories published on its website. It also focuses on the individual and shared experiences of the news service’s staff as it uses journalism …

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Identification And Identity Building In/By The Christian Church (Disciples Of Christ), David H. Torres Apr 2014

Identification And Identity Building In/By The Christian Church (Disciples Of Christ), David H. Torres

Master's Theses (2009 -)

This study explored the identification process of employees within the national offices of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). This research explored identification as an attachment process to particular identity structures (e.g., individual, work group, occupational, and organizational). Findings illustrated particular tensions that emerged during the identification process. The role of faith-based organization, as well as, non-traditional organizational structures was accounted for in the identification process. Results of this study provided some immediate and practical implications for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in their identity building efforts. Most notable, was the relevance of uncovering the identity resources in the …

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The Aesthetic Turn: Toward A Television Aesthetic (Again), Amanda R. Keeler Mar 2014

The Aesthetic Turn: Toward A Television Aesthetic (Again), Amanda R. Keeler

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Review Of Eyes On Labor: News Photography And America's Working Class By Carol Quirke, Bonnie Brennen Feb 2014

Review Of Eyes On Labor: News Photography And America's Working Class By Carol Quirke, Bonnie Brennen

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Sex Segregation In Advertising Creative Departments Across The Globe, Jean M. Grow, Tao Deng Jan 2014

Sex Segregation In Advertising Creative Departments Across The Globe, Jean M. Grow, Tao Deng

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This study explores sex segregation in advertising creative departments globally. Using data from the 2013 Standard Directory of Advertising Agencies, the authors investigate the lack of gender diversity in creative departments in 50 countries across the world. The theoretical frames that anchor this work are the sociologically based multidimensional model of sex segregation and Csikszentmihalyi’s system’s theory of creativity. In the end, this study demonstrates powerful vertical and horizontal sex segregation. Further, for the first time, this study quantifies the underrepresentation of women in advertising creative departments, demonstrating a global average of only 20.3 percent female representation in advertising creative …

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Summit Report: Freedom Of The Press In The Twenty-First Century – An Agenda For Thought And 
Action - Panel Iv: The Future Of The Press And Secrecy, Jeffery A. Smith, Robert E. Drechsel, W. Wat Hopkins, Derigan Silver, Erik Ugland Jan 2014

Summit Report: Freedom Of The Press In The Twenty-First Century – An Agenda For Thought And 
Action - Panel Iv: The Future Of The Press And Secrecy, Jeffery A. Smith, Robert E. Drechsel, W. Wat Hopkins, Derigan Silver, Erik Ugland

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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How Corporations Manage Industry And Consumer Expectations Via The Csr Report, Sarah Bonewits Feldner, Kati Tusinski Berg Jan 2014

How Corporations Manage Industry And Consumer Expectations Via The Csr Report, Sarah Bonewits Feldner, Kati Tusinski Berg

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

With increased stakeholder scrutiny, it is increasingly salient to consider how corporations make the case that their CSR activities are sufficient, appropriate, and successful. The CSR report is the vehicle by which organizations communicate the breadth of activities they engage in to make a difference in society. Using rhetorical analysis and surveys, we argue that the CSR report functions as a means by which corporations manage stakeholder expectations and seek to legitimate corporate behaviors. Our findings indicate that most reports are structured based on external guidelines but include the use of classic rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, and logos to …

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The Role Of Country Of Origin In Brand Following On Social Media Among U.S. Consumers, Jim Pokrywczynski, Kevin Keenan Jan 2014

The Role Of Country Of Origin In Brand Following On Social Media Among U.S. Consumers, Jim Pokrywczynski, Kevin Keenan

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

An understanding of how consumers interact with brands online is still in its infancy. This study will attempt to explain what motivates consumers to follow brands on social media, looking specifically at the role country and region of origin of products plays in explaining the relationship. Given the personal nature that attracts people to social media to build relationships, it is believed that the personal nature of brands originating from the social media users’ home country will heighten the likelihood that consumers track certain brands and may enhance the relationship that evolves between the brand and the consumer. A model …

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Persecuting Alex Rodriguez: Race, Money And The Ethics Of Reporting The Performance-Enhancing Drug Scandal, Bonnie Brennen, Rick Brown Jan 2014

Persecuting Alex Rodriguez: Race, Money And The Ethics Of Reporting The Performance-Enhancing Drug Scandal, Bonnie Brennen, Rick Brown

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This qualitative textual analysis considers the US press coverage of Alex Rodriguez for his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs. It evaluates nearly 500 newspaper, magazine and broadcast reports from 2007 to 2014 on Rodriguez, as well as reader and journalistic responses, and finds issues of overt and inferential racism, stereotyping and symbolic impurity, and a crude emphasis on money in the coverage. This research considers the ethics of the press coverage through a framework of Critical Race Theory and suggests an approach rooted in communitarian ethics to foster greater social justice and balance in sports media coverage.

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Professionalising Organisational Communication Discourses, Materialities, And Trends, Jeremy P. Fyke Jan 2014

Professionalising Organisational Communication Discourses, Materialities, And Trends, Jeremy P. Fyke

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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