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Full-Text Articles in Communication
Communicative Practices That Lead To Timely High School Graduation Against All Odds: A Positive Deviance Inquiry In A Predominantly Hispanic School, Patricia Teresa A
Communicative Practices That Lead To Timely High School Graduation Against All Odds: A Positive Deviance Inquiry In A Predominantly Hispanic School, Patricia Teresa A
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
The school dropout rate among Hispanics is a major financial, educational, and public concern in the United States. However, some school districts that primarily enroll Hispanic students are succeeding in retaining and graduating their students against all odds, utilizing resources already present within their community. These institutions are "positive deviants" - they are "deviants" because they are not the norm and "positive" because they embody desirable outcomes. In such high schools are enrolled students, who against all odds, work their way to timely graduation. They are positive deviants within their institution. The present study conducted in a U.S.-Mexico border city …
An Analysis Of The Zone Of Proximal Development As A Practicable Learning Theory Of Organizational Culture In The Workplace, Patricia Ann Gonzalez
An Analysis Of The Zone Of Proximal Development As A Practicable Learning Theory Of Organizational Culture In The Workplace, Patricia Ann Gonzalez
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
This study analyzes and tests Lev Vygotsky's theory of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) as a practicable learning model of organizational culture in the workplace. The ZPD poses a possible clarifying theory of the individual internalization of organizational culture in the workplace that enhances current theories of organizational assimilation and learning. Qualitative methods were quantified to test this theory using five categories of organizational culture and a 4-stage model created by Roland Tharp and Ronald Gallimore presented in their book Rousing Minds to Life (1988) to organize a 30-question survey that was administered to a representative sample of employees …
Play Education Video Games On Their Terms, Wendi M. Kappers
Play Education Video Games On Their Terms, Wendi M. Kappers
Publications
It is imperative when utilizing educational video games in K-12 classrooms that student preferences with regard to game play, purpose, and design be considered in order to maximize game play efficiency for learning. As Web 2.0 content infiltrates our educational medium, student customization is key. This manuscript intends to share customization requests gleaned during an 18-week experimental study examining educational video game effects upon 7th graders enrolled in Mathematics and Mathematics 2 courses.
Investigating Trait Attribution Through Gendered Avatar Play: An Analysis Of The Sims 3, Erika M. Behrmann
Investigating Trait Attribution Through Gendered Avatar Play: An Analysis Of The Sims 3, Erika M. Behrmann
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
This study investigates whether the life-simulation videogame, The Sims 3, enables the deconstruction of the gender binary. The Sims 3 permits its players the capability to attribute similar traits to male or female avatars. In doing so, players can experiment with taboo trait attributions and potentially defy a male-female binary. A group of 82 The Sims 3 players was surveyed to determine their overall male and female Sims trait selections during gameplay. Participants were questioned on how their trait selection related to their personal identities. Results indicated that players tend to select traits that maintain a gender binary. This …
Cacophony Or Empowerment? : Analyzing The Impact Of New Information Communication Technologies And New Social Media In Southeast Asia., Jason P. Abbott
Cacophony Or Empowerment? : Analyzing The Impact Of New Information Communication Technologies And New Social Media In Southeast Asia., Jason P. Abbott
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
The capabilities, tools and websites we associate with new information communication technologies and social media are now ubiquitous. Moreover tools that were designed to facilitate innocuous conversation and social interaction have had unforeseen political impacts. Nowhere was this more visible than during the 2011 uprisings across the Arab World. From Tunis to Cairo, and Tripoli to Damascus protest movements against authoritarian rule openly utilized social networking and file sharing tools to publicize and organize demonstrations and to catalogue human rights abuses. The Arab Spring, or Jasmine Revolution, was an event that was both witnessed and played out in real time …
The Effects Of Fantasy Football Participation On Team Identification And Nfl Fandom, Jeremy Lee
The Effects Of Fantasy Football Participation On Team Identification And Nfl Fandom, Jeremy Lee
LSU Master's Theses
Nearly 27 million people in North America played fantasy sports in 2009. This quantitative study examined how a person’s level of participation in fantasy football affects team identification, team loyalty, fandom of the National Football League (NFL), and consumer behavior. I also looked at whether fantasy football participants prefer a win by their fantasy team or their favorite team. An online survey was conducted using a snowball sample. I found higher participation levels result in higher team identification, higher team loyalty, and higher fandom, where fandom of the NFL is higher than team identification. Higher levels of participation also led …
Efficacy Of Genres In Training Videos For Emergency First Responders, Kerry Jenkins
Efficacy Of Genres In Training Videos For Emergency First Responders, Kerry Jenkins
LSU Master's Theses
The actions of emergency first responders directly affect the safety of our society, and their expertise relies upon the training they receive in preparation to react to emergency events. The use of training videos has become more prevalent in recent years as a method of teaching vital response skills to first responders. Most of these videos are made in the expository mode,with little or no attempt to introduce elements or conventions from other modes of non-fiction or fiction film genres. This project extends the range of the training video in order to explore the potential impact of using conventions from …
Stay Calm And Tweet: A Best Practice Approach To The Use Of Social Media In A Crisis Situation, Elizabeth Barrow Tadie
Stay Calm And Tweet: A Best Practice Approach To The Use Of Social Media In A Crisis Situation, Elizabeth Barrow Tadie
LSU Master's Theses
At some point in its history every organization will face a crisis situation. How an organization responds to a crisis incident decides its survival. As Internet technology flourishes, public relations practitioners are provided with additional tools to manage crisis situations. This study investigates the role that emerging social media components play in the field of crisis management. It presents a best practice approach to using new technology in times of emergency. A qualitative study of Louisiana public relations practitioners analyzes how and why social media is being integrated into crisis communication plans. Social media components are used to quickly communicate …
Indexing And Economic News: Coverage Of The 2009 Economic Stimulus Debate, Portia Levasseur
Indexing And Economic News: Coverage Of The 2009 Economic Stimulus Debate, Portia Levasseur
LSU Master's Theses
Indexing theory predicts that, in certain issue areas, media coverage will index levels of elite debate. Elite controversy, the theory predicts, will embolden the press to include a broader variety of sources and coverage should reflect a more open public debate. This has important implications for public opinion. Proponents of the theory expect that it will operate in a variety of issue areas of news coverage, but support for the theory exists largely in the realm of foreign affairs coverage. This study examines television coverage of the 2009 economic stimulus package to evaluate levels of indexing for a domestic, macroeconomic …
There's An App For That: The Ways Young Adults Access Digital Information, Cydney Lauren Palmer
There's An App For That: The Ways Young Adults Access Digital Information, Cydney Lauren Palmer
LSU Master's Theses
Despite the popular use of smartphones and mobile applications (apps) and their potential impacts in the near future, only scant academic attention has been paid to mobile apps, especially in respect to the gratifications sought from accessing digital information via apps. This exploratory study investigated the relationship between young adults and their use of mobile apps in accessing digital information, particularly in comparison to the current go-to digital information access device, Internet browsers. In addition, this study examined how levels of perceived privacy concern influence digital information use and how the use of digital information access modalities and the level …
The American Empire: A Content And Textual Analysis Of The Media Coverage Of The 2009 U.S. And Colombia Military Base Agreement, Britt Don Christensen
The American Empire: A Content And Textual Analysis Of The Media Coverage Of The 2009 U.S. And Colombia Military Base Agreement, Britt Don Christensen
LSU Master's Theses
The United States maintains a worldwide network of military bases and spends more on military expenses than the rest of the world combined. This project seeks to analyze how the U.S. mainstream media cover and discuss the American Empire both broadly and specifically. I conducted a quantitative content analysis and a qualitative textual analysis of the Media coverage of the 2009 U.S. – Colombian military base agreement, which was protested by Latin American leaders. I analyzed the coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN.com, and The Miami Herald regarding the US military’s use of bases in Colombia in …
Fandom, Media Consumption, And College Sports Knowledge: A Survey Of College Undergraduates, Theodore Charles Greener
Fandom, Media Consumption, And College Sports Knowledge: A Survey Of College Undergraduates, Theodore Charles Greener
LSU Master's Theses
Sports fandom research often states sports fans know and understand facts surrounding various sports, teams, leagues, and players. College sports literature argues that media involvement increases popularity and revenues, and as a result, competition, controversy, and complexity. The Elaboration Likelihood Model posits that when involvement in a subject is high, so too is motivation and ability to comprehend, and as a result, cognition increases. Given this, results show that sports fandom acts similarly to issue involvement, leading to increased sports-media consumption. Together, both fandom and consumption lead to increased knowledge of facts surrounding college sports. Results imply that general interest …
Jour 4120/6120: Reporting Public Issues (Syllabus), Candy Justice
Jour 4120/6120: Reporting Public Issues (Syllabus), Candy Justice
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Analyzing and writing news reports about government, courts, energy, economy, taxes, education, environment, medicine and science; emphasis on relationship between current issues and public’s need to be informed; topics vital to large urban society.
Jour 4130/4330/4430/4630/7600: Internship (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley
Jour 4130/4330/4430/4630/7600: Internship (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Work in practical assignments at local media under supervision of qualified practitioners.
Jour 4327: Media Planning (Syllabus), Sandra H. Utt
Jour 4327: Media Planning (Syllabus), Sandra H. Utt
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Procedures for analyzing the advertising situation, writing advertising and media goals, and setting advertising appropriations. Use of a microcomputer program to develop and evaluate optimum advertising media schedules.
Jour 4420: Public Relations Case Study (Syllabus), Erin Willis
Jour 4420: Public Relations Case Study (Syllabus), Erin Willis
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Case studies and typical public relations problems; planning and preparation of communications materials for various media; application of public relations techniques.
Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Grant Smith
Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Grant Smith
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Creation and development of journalism/mass media web sites; incorporation of target audience analysis and web usability; application of information products' conceptualization and layout.
Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Jin Yang
Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Jin Yang
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Creation and development of journalism/mass media web sites; incorporation of target audience analysis and web usability; application of information products' conceptualization and layout.
Jour 4560/6560: Interactive News/Flash (Syllabus), Jin Yang
Jour 4560/6560: Interactive News/Flash (Syllabus), Jin Yang
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Creation and development of interactive news story for web using Flash and its ActionScript; integrating writing, reporting, designing and presenting audio, video, slideshows elements in production of multimedia story.
Jour 4440: Public Relations Campaigns (Syllabus), Darrin M. Devault
Jour 4440: Public Relations Campaigns (Syllabus), Darrin M. Devault
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Application of theory, research data, and problem-solving techniques in the development of comprehensive public relations strategies.
Jour 4716/6716: History Of Mass Communication (Syllabus), Thomas J. Hrach
Jour 4716/6716: History Of Mass Communication (Syllabus), Thomas J. Hrach
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Major events, stories, personalities, and issues shaping development of mass communication with special emphasis on the history of American journalism, from advent of printing to the age of the Internet.
Jour 4900/6900: Multimedia Mass Communication (Syllabus), Andrew A. Smith
Jour 4900/6900: Multimedia Mass Communication (Syllabus), Andrew A. Smith
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Using computers to learn process/software/production design concepts involved in multimedia primarily designed for computer communication; digital editing of still images, off-line video editing, animation and production techniques for assembling all into a single CD or video to convey advertising, public relations, or news editorial concepts.
Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Jin Yang
Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Jin Yang
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Creation and development of journalism/mass media web sites; incorporation of target audience analysis and web usability; application of information products' conceptualization and layout.
Jour 4998: Multimedia News Lab (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley
Jour 4998: Multimedia News Lab (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Applied skills in writing, videography, editing and studio work to present a multi-media product.
Jour 6708: Mass Media Ethics (Syllabus), Otis L. Sanford
Jour 6708: Mass Media Ethics (Syllabus), Otis L. Sanford
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: In this course, you will learn how to analyze ethical dilemmas of media practice. First, you will learn elementary principles of moral philosophy. Second, you will apply those principles to professional decisions. Third, you will analyze ethical dilemmas faced by media professionals. In particular, you will analyze ethical dilemmas in gathering and disseminating news and practicing public relations and advertising. Objectives of this course include learning how to tolerate disagreement, increasing respect for ethnic and gender diversity, and developing sensitivity to the ethical dimensions of your professional practice.
Jour 4708/6708: Mass Media Professional Ethics (Syllabus), David Arant
Jour 4708/6708: Mass Media Professional Ethics (Syllabus), David Arant
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: In this course, you will learn how to analyze ethical dilemmas of media practice. First, you will learn elementary principles of moral philosophy. Second, you will apply those principles to professional decisions. Third, you will analyze ethical dilemmas faced by media professionals. In particular, you will analyze ethical dilemmas in gathering and disseminating news and practicing public relations and advertising. Objectives of this course include learning how to tolerate disagreement, increasing respect for ethnic and gender diversity, and developing sensitivity to the ethical dimensions of your professional practice.
Jour 4639: Television News Producing (Syllabus), Joe Hayden
Jour 4639: Television News Producing (Syllabus), Joe Hayden
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Producing, writing, editing and using electronic equipment to assemble a television newscast. Emphasis on performing the various tasks in a newsroom.
Jour 7000: Media Writing & Editing (Syllabus), Thomas J. Hrach
Jour 7000: Media Writing & Editing (Syllabus), Thomas J. Hrach
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Information gathering, writing, and editing skills necessary for any field within journalism and mass communication through lectures, discussions, and exercises that meld theory to technique; both laboratory writing and field assignments.
Jour 7000: Media Writing & Editing (Syllabus), Otis L. Sanford
Jour 7000: Media Writing & Editing (Syllabus), Otis L. Sanford
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Information gathering, writing, and editing skills necessary for any field within journalism and mass communication through lectures, discussions, and exercises that meld theory to technique; both laboratory writing and field assignments.
Jour 4629: Television News Reporting (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley
Jour 4629: Television News Reporting (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Gathering, writing and presentation of news for television. Students will shoot, write, edit, and voice packages for use in both the reporting and producing classes.