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Jour 6920: Data Visualization (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught Jan 2016

Jour 6920: Data Visualization (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Visual presentation of quantitative and spatial information. Examines the planning, design, and preparation of statistical graphs, charts, timelines, diagrams, and maps.

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Jour 7050: Mass Communication Theory (Syllabus), Melissa Janoske Jan 2016

Jour 7050: Mass Communication Theory (Syllabus), Melissa Janoske

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Key concepts and development of theories offered to explain operation and effects of mass communication media; multidisciplinary overview of theories dealing with advertising, broadcasting, print, and public relations messages, media, and effects.

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Jour 7002: Professional Seminar (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught Jan 2016

Jour 7002: Professional Seminar (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Self-paced, online orientation for incoming master's students, addressing skills and issues relevant to graduate studies in mass communication. Grades of S/U, IP will be given.

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Jour 7410: Advanced Crisis Communication (Syllabus), Melissa Janoske Jan 2016

Jour 7410: Advanced Crisis Communication (Syllabus), Melissa Janoske

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Discussing all aspects of a crisis, including preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation. Focuses on communication from an organization and government to all potential publics. Will also discuss the impact of social media and potential from one-to-one communication. Course will include a multi-day crisis simulation.

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Jour 7410: Advanced Crisis Communication (Syllabus), Melissa Janoske Jan 2016

Jour 7410: Advanced Crisis Communication (Syllabus), Melissa Janoske

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Discussing all aspects of a crisis, including preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation. Focuses on communication from an organization and government to all potential publics. Will also discuss the impact of social media and potential from one-to-one communication. Course will include a multi-day crisis simulation.

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Jour 7422: Writing For Strategic Media (Syllabus), Stephanie Madden Jan 2016

Jour 7422: Writing For Strategic Media (Syllabus), Stephanie Madden

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Writing for all aspects of public relations and advertising, with a specific focus on writing for audio/visual and social media platforms, including translating one message across multiple technologies and platforms. Focus will be on writing in an active, engaging voice that aligns with the organization's mission and profile.

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Strategic Use Of Language In White House Twitter Communications, Margo L. Jolet Jan 2016

Strategic Use Of Language In White House Twitter Communications, Margo L. Jolet

LSU Master's Theses

Lippmann (1922) theorized that we understand our world through elites and the media because we cannot experience everything ourselves. We look to others to share their experiences with us. In this way, the media and elites tell us what is important in our world. Converse (1964), Zaller (1992), and Lupia (1994) argue that not only do elites and the media help us see what is important, but they draw out attributes of these issues to help us make political determinations congruent with our belief systems. In this thesis, I conduced two studies investigating candidate, party, and White House tweets about …

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Exploring Intermedia Agenda Setting Effects Of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Andrew Abad Jan 2016

Exploring Intermedia Agenda Setting Effects Of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Andrew Abad

LSU Master's Theses

The HBO television program Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is a new and unique take on the typical political comedy show popularized by programs like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Uninterrupted by commercial breaks and with full creative control, host John Oliver and his team spend 30 minutes on Sunday nights discussing a typically underreported story at length, abandoning the monologue and interview portions reminiscent of traditional political comedy shows in favor of a long-form style investigation into a particular issue or topic. The main segment of each episode is then uploaded to the social media website, …

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Jour 7422: Writing For Strategic Media (Syllabus), Stephanie Madden Jan 2016

Jour 7422: Writing For Strategic Media (Syllabus), Stephanie Madden

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Writing for all aspects of public relations and advertising, with a specific focus on writing for audio/visual and social media platforms, including translating one message across multiple technologies and platforms. Focus will be on writing in an active, engaging voice that aligns with the organization's mission and profile.

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Jour 4940: Student Media Practicum (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught Jan 2016

Jour 4940: Student Media Practicum (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Work in practical assignments at student media organizations. Students must work at least 40 hours per credit hour. May be repeated for up to 3 credits. NOTE: Students who have received credit for JOUR 3649, 3800, 4802 (Meeman 901) may not receive credit for JOUR 4940. May be repeated for up to three hours.

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Jour 8050: Mass Communication Theory (Syllabus), Melissa Janoske Jan 2016

Jour 8050: Mass Communication Theory (Syllabus), Melissa Janoske

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Key concepts and development of theories offered to explain operation and effects of mass communication media; multidiscipline overview of theories dealing with advertising, broadcasting, print, and public relations messages, media, and effects.

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Jour 8050: Mass Communication Theory (Syllabus), Melissa Janoske Jan 2016

Jour 8050: Mass Communication Theory (Syllabus), Melissa Janoske

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Key concepts and development of theories offered to explain operation and effects of mass communication media; multidiscipline overview of theories dealing with advertising, broadcasting, print, and public relations messages, media, and effects.

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Jour 7600: Graduate Media Practicum (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught Jan 2016

Jour 7600: Graduate Media Practicum (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Work in practical assignments at local media under supervision of qualified practitioners.

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Social Media Management For Non-Profits And Churches, Paige K. Purtz 6896893 Jan 2016

Social Media Management For Non-Profits And Churches, Paige K. Purtz 6896893

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project was created as a result of a need to for social media guidance and best practices for churches and nonprofits. Research was conducted on current social media trends, statistics, and strategy. Five medium-to-large nondenominational churches made their analytics available. Data was taken from their analytics to discover what kinds of posts received the most engagement. The result of the research is a reader-friendly, best practices social media guide for churches.

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What Makes A Man?: An Alpha Male’S Fight For Masculinity Against The Media’S Muscular Ideals, Julie A. Yockey Jan 2016

What Makes A Man?: An Alpha Male’S Fight For Masculinity Against The Media’S Muscular Ideals, Julie A. Yockey

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Previous studies have focused heavily on media effects on women however growing trends in male ideals are finding that men are no longer static observers. The media constructs the ideal male body as lean, strong and muscular and men exposed to these idealized images may experience body dissatisfaction. Therefore, this project explores the effects of media ideals on men and the possible relationship between the media depictions of the muscular ideals and masculinity. Current research analysis shows that exposure to media ideals not only causes body dissatisfaction among men; trying to achieve the perfect body may result in unhealthy behaviors. …

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Public Subjects: Wayne State, Institutional Texts, And Public Rhetoric, Michael Mcginnis Jan 2016

Public Subjects: Wayne State, Institutional Texts, And Public Rhetoric, Michael Mcginnis

Wayne State University Dissertations

Applying a public sphere approach to Wayne State, I argue that the university has defined itself as a public subject within public debates about race, educational access, and economic development in the city of Detroit, even when such commitments to its local urban public sphere have existed uneasily alongside its ambition to function as a research university with a primary research mission within a wider public sphere of peer research universities. I focus on Wayne State University’s urban mission and open for consideration the ways the university has both expanded and contracted its relationships to its local and academic public …

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Assessing Patient-Centered Communication In Medical Education: A Crystallized Approach To Understanding The Quality, Nature, And Form Of Feedback By Standardized Patients, Simone Kathe Brennan Jan 2016

Assessing Patient-Centered Communication In Medical Education: A Crystallized Approach To Understanding The Quality, Nature, And Form Of Feedback By Standardized Patients, Simone Kathe Brennan

Wayne State University Dissertations

Patient-centered Communication (PCC) is the gold standard in effective clinical communication. Feedback from Standardized Patients (SPs) provides one strategy to teach PCC. SP feedback is highly valued, but little is understood about its quality, nature, and the form in which it is actually delivered. Methods: Using the meta-method of crystallization (Ellingson, 2009), I conducted three unique studies, content analysis, iterative thematic analysis, and narrative analysis of SP feedback. These analyses were conducted using transcribed SP feedback from a multi-station, residency-based Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE). SPs in this OSCE were trained using the adapted version of the Kalamazoo Essential Elements …

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The Public Sharing And Private Consumption Of Celebrity Gossip Through The Motherhood Role, Shawne Katherine Duperon Jan 2016

The Public Sharing And Private Consumption Of Celebrity Gossip Through The Motherhood Role, Shawne Katherine Duperon

Wayne State University Dissertations

Research has demonstrated that gossip meets many social and individual needs and serves several functions, often conflicting in the literature. The current study focused on examining the experiences of mothers as they publicly share and privately consume celebrity gossip to better understand celebrity gossip's functions. Motherhood is a demanding role filled with uncertainty and information seeking, as mothers seek to understand what constitutes a "good mother." Given that mothers may selectively seek and expose themselves to content to gain information, reduce uncertainty and to find validation they are a "good mother," this study revealed that participation in celebrity gossip plays …

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What Do Students Value? Exploring Instructor Behaviors In Face-To-Face And Online Higher Education Classrooms, Daria S. Lafave Jan 2016

What Do Students Value? Exploring Instructor Behaviors In Face-To-Face And Online Higher Education Classrooms, Daria S. Lafave

Wayne State University Dissertations

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Interactive Security: The Rhetorical Constitution Of Algorithmic Citizenship In War On Terror Discourse, Avery Henry Jan 2016

Interactive Security: The Rhetorical Constitution Of Algorithmic Citizenship In War On Terror Discourse, Avery Henry

Wayne State University Dissertations

This dissertation traces algorithmic citizenship as it is constituted through war on terror discourse. Utilizing Ron Greene’s rhetorical materialism, this project analyzes corporate discourse along with presidential address and policy to map how they interpellate citizens’ subjectivity. Specifically, the dissertation follows George Bush’s presidential rhetoric as he defines the war on terror and invites the public to participate. Then the dissertation examines how the political discourse associated with government 2.0 is also an economic discourse that works to articulate citizenship alongside consumerism. The next chapter follows the presidential rhetoric of Barack Obama as he intensifies the surveillance and war fighting …

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Effects Of Conflict Sensitivity In News Stories And User-Generated Comments, Marta Natalia Lukacovic Jan 2016

Effects Of Conflict Sensitivity In News Stories And User-Generated Comments, Marta Natalia Lukacovic

Wayne State University Dissertations

The discussion about normative repercussions of conflict sensitive framing of journalistic communication demands empirical evidence. Thus, this study provided experimental examination of effects of peace journalism. Furthermore, this study also explored the effects of conflict sensitive framing of user-generated comments. Widely popular digital media platforms provide countless and growing opportunities for regular citizens to create and share different types of content, including comments, which means user-generated content should be considered in evaluation of present-day media effects. The collected evidence suggests that conflict sensitive framing in both professional and user-generated forms has certain effects on how audience perceives news about wars …

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Social Justify Your Lesson Plan: How To Use Social Media To Make Pop-Culture Scholarly, Lydia Willoughby, Kelly Blanchat Jan 2016

Social Justify Your Lesson Plan: How To Use Social Media To Make Pop-Culture Scholarly, Lydia Willoughby, Kelly Blanchat

Publications and Research

In this chapter, we describe a lesson plan that uses social media (specifically Twitter) to empower students with the ability to critically analyze, reflect, and actively engage with community-based research content. The lesson plan is rooted in feminist pedagogy—a teaching/learning that actively engages with the material being studied by embracing social media as a viable platform for scholarship.

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The Tornado That Struck Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University On Christmas Day, 2006: Lessons Learned From A Near-Miss, John M. Lanicci Jan 2016

The Tornado That Struck Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University On Christmas Day, 2006: Lessons Learned From A Near-Miss, John M. Lanicci

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

An F2 tornado that touched down in Daytona Beach on Christmas Day afternoon caused over $50 million of damage to the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University campus and nearby neighborhoods. The tornado was part of a severe-weather outbreak over Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina that began during the overnight hours of 25 December 2006. Examination of surface and upper-level meteorological charts and vertical soundings on the morning of 25 December showed stability and wind-shear conditions favorable for tornadic thunderstorms over this region. The evolution of the squall line that moved through east-central Florida, and the parent thunderstorm that produced the tornado was …

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Checking The Temperature: Where Does The U.S. Stand On Federal Shield Laws?, Austin Clay Vining Jan 2016

Checking The Temperature: Where Does The U.S. Stand On Federal Shield Laws?, Austin Clay Vining

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This research helps to identify the history of attempts at passing a federal shield law for journalists in the United States, tracing back to when the need was originally recognized after the Supreme Court’s landmark Branzburg v. Hayes decision in 1972. The research also aims to help determine where journalists stand today, based on state statutes and court precedents, in terms of three pertinent issues: revealing anonymous sources, handing over newsgathering materials, and prosecuting journalists under the espionage act. To find this information, different historical and legal research methods were applied. By tracing through previous research, online guides and news …

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Slam Poetry: An Online Intervention For Treating Depression, Spencer J. Ruchti, Mercedes Becker, Cara Mckee, Austin Herron, Alex Swalling Jan 2016

Slam Poetry: An Online Intervention For Treating Depression, Spencer J. Ruchti, Mercedes Becker, Cara Mckee, Austin Herron, Alex Swalling

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Given that depression is the “leading cause of disability worldwide,” and that less than 50% of people suffering from depression receive treatment, this study aims to provide support for a globally accessible depression treatment (WHO, 2012). The study conducted implemented an internet-based treatment for depression in which users were provided an opportunity to watch slam poetry videos related to mental health issues and write free responses regarding the content of the videos and their subjective experience of depression. Numerous studies provide support for the effectiveness of expressive writing, online mental health interventions, and slam poetry in particular for reducing symptoms …

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Gender Diversity In Boards And Performance Of Philippine Publicly Traded Firms: Do Women Matter?, Angelo A. Unite, Ailyn A. Shi, Michael J. Sullivan Jan 2016

Gender Diversity In Boards And Performance Of Philippine Publicly Traded Firms: Do Women Matter?, Angelo A. Unite, Ailyn A. Shi, Michael J. Sullivan

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)

The issue of gender diversity in corporate boards has been attracting research interest in various countries because of the many socioeconomic contributions women directors are purported to confer to the firm, some of which involve improved board monitoring quality and a more ethical and democratic form of leadership. This rationale forms part of the “economic case” for women’s participation in boards, apart from the usual grounds of social or equality considerations. We examine this board-level gender diversity issue for the case of the firms traded in the Philippine Stock Exchange during the period 2003 to 2014. Using an unbalanced panel …

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Mapuche Resilience: Environmental Justice In Chile, Hannah N. Lussier Jan 2016

Mapuche Resilience: Environmental Justice In Chile, Hannah N. Lussier

ENV 434 Environmental Justice

This paper presents a close analysis of the Mapuche Conflict and its implications from an Environmental Justice perspective. It serves to outline the plight of the Mapuche, a South American indigenous group, in their continued struggle to gain the rights to autonomic control over their ancestral territory from the Chilean government. By utilizing a holistic approach to research, this paper serves to provide a background on the conflict as well as to incorporate claims to justice. It chronicles the depth and breadth of media attention on the issue by incorporating perspectives from scholarly articles, news sources and social media platforms. …

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Active Listening "Debates" - Classroom Activity, Victoria Derr Jan 2016

Active Listening "Debates" - Classroom Activity, Victoria Derr

Activities and Assignments Collection

Students will practice critical thinking, active listening, and the development and presentation of arguments and positions through oral and written communication.

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Towards An Infodemiological Algorithm For Classification Of Filipino Health Tweets, Ma. Regina Justina E. Estuar, Kennedy E. Espina, Delfin Jay Sabido Ix, Raymond Josef Edward Lara, Vikki Car De Los Reyes Jan 2016

Towards An Infodemiological Algorithm For Classification Of Filipino Health Tweets, Ma. Regina Justina E. Estuar, Kennedy E. Espina, Delfin Jay Sabido Ix, Raymond Josef Edward Lara, Vikki Car De Los Reyes

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications

Finding innovative ICT solutions to enhance the Philippines’ health sector is part and parcel of the Philippine eHealth Strategic Framework and Plan 2020 program. This study sees the opportunity of using collected Twitter data to create a model that processes tweets to produce a dataset that may be relevant in the field of epidemiology and infodemiology. Through the collection of relevant tweets, future studies may make use of the output of this research for various purposes, such as the improvement of epidemiological systems of the Department of Health in support of the eHealth strategy. In this study, we …

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Buy Local Brands Rising: The Secret Ingredient To Sustaining An Enduring Cleveland Bakery’S Legacy, Rebecca C. Wrenn Jan 2016

Buy Local Brands Rising: The Secret Ingredient To Sustaining An Enduring Cleveland Bakery’S Legacy, Rebecca C. Wrenn

Masters Essays

This creative project explores the subject of brand sustainability for local businesses. Evaluating bodies of literature in place branding and brand management, the project aims to investigate the trendy philosophy known as buy local, how small businesses can harness the power of their local community to both develop and sustain the company’s brand. With success from buy local campaigns, small businesses in return strengthen the community’s economy and the city’s brand. This essay uses Davis Bakery and Delicatessen, a 76-year-old Cleveland business, as a case study to illustrate the creation and maintenance of a buy local brand. The case study …

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