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The Development Of An Electronic Newspaper At The Deseret News And A Survey Of Its Users, Marilyn L. Karras
The Development Of An Electronic Newspaper At The Deseret News And A Survey Of Its Users, Marilyn L. Karras
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This thesis looks at the history of electronic newspaper delivery systems at several newspapers and provides an in-depth study of how one Utah daily newspaper, the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, developed its own electronic newspaper over a period of years and convinced its board of directors to support it. It outlines the process of defining goals, policies and processes for creating and managing the system. It contains results of a survey conducted of subscribers to the electronic edition, called Crossroads. The survey provides demographic profiles of Crossroads users, shows how often the electronic edition is used in their …
Multimedia In Communication Education: A Survey Of Communication Educators, Michelle Hales
Multimedia In Communication Education: A Survey Of Communication Educators, Michelle Hales
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This project was an attempt to determine if and how educators are adapting their curriculum to reflect changes in technology. The survey revealed that the respondents, for the most part, are incorporating multimedia technologies into their curriculum. Results also showed an interesting pattern to that integration. This pattern involved two concepts of multimedia: 1) multimedia as a new form of communication (HTML, CD-ROMs, etc.), and 2) multimedia as a tool to enhance traditional forms of communication (broadcast news, print journalism, etc.). It was found that educators considered multimedia applications to enhance traditional forms of communication (i.e. image creation software, desktop/non-linear …
Evolution Of A Free Press In Taiwan: A Case Study, Chi Wang
Evolution Of A Free Press In Taiwan: A Case Study, Chi Wang
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
In this case study, interviews with leaders of China Times and Central Daily, plus other mass media scholars and professionals, provide evidence that a free press in Taiwan evolved after a nearly four-decade old martial law was lifted in 1987. The interviews were based on the description of press philosophies by William A. Hachten (1981) to determine whether Taiwan's press has changed from developmental to Western. Secondly, based on early work of Schramm (1964) and Lerner (1958), economic prosperity and political pluralism were studied as keys to the government's relaxation of restrictions on the Taiwanese press. The finding of interviews …