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The Sensationalizing Of Presidential Assassinations In Mass Media Throughout American History, Lindsay E. Smith Apr 2026

The Sensationalizing Of Presidential Assassinations In Mass Media Throughout American History, Lindsay E. Smith

Undergraduate Theses

This project explores how mass media has shaped the public response to presidential assassinations across American history. By examining the deaths of Abraham Lincoln (1865), James A. Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901), and John F. Kennedy (1963), we can trace how evolving media technologies – such as newspapers, yellow journalism, radio broadcasts, and live television coverage – have sensationalized violence, politicized tragedy, and transformed periods of national mourning into mass spectacles. The thesis analyzes reporting methods, narrative framing, and the news industry to show how each has influenced emotional response, political landscapes, and eventual presidential legacy. Ultimately, we find that …


Media Disparity? Analyzing The Media Coverage Of Violent Vs. Non-Violent Crimes In Central Arkansas, Alicia Dorn Dec 2025

Media Disparity? Analyzing The Media Coverage Of Violent Vs. Non-Violent Crimes In Central Arkansas, Alicia Dorn

Theses and Dissertations

The media's disproportionate coverage of violent crimes compared to non-violent crimes may create a skewed public perception of crime rates and safety in Central Arkansas, potentially influencing policy decisions and community relations. This research examines whether news outlets in Central Arkansas cover violent crimes more frequently than non-violent crimes and compares this coverage to actual crime statistics from law enforcement agencies. The study aims to understand the potential impact of media representation on public perception of crime. The study employed a mixed-methods content analysis of three major Central Arkansas newspapers (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Pine Bluff Commercial, and Hot Springs Sentinel Record) …


Dreaming, Building, And Enduring Black Voices: Black Media In Omaha In The Post-Civil Rights Era, Elodie C. Galeazzi-Kelly Aug 2025

Dreaming, Building, And Enduring Black Voices: Black Media In Omaha In The Post-Civil Rights Era, Elodie C. Galeazzi-Kelly

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

This dissertation examines the purposes and roles of Black media in Omaha during the post–Civil Rights Era. It asks how African Americans and their allies in Omaha developed innovative media forms, institutions, and communication strategies to amplify Black voices, build community, and advocate for Black interests amid the rapidly shifting political and social landscape of the time. The study focuses first on three traditional forms of media (newspapers, radio, and television) and then broadens the definition of media to include key Black cultural institutions. These include a dramatic arts collective, a historical museum and archive, a memorial foundation, and an …


Moving The Goalposts: American Sports Coverage In Newspapers And The Construction Of Gender, Race And Sexuality In The Olympics In 1928, 1932, 1936., Jacob Havers May 2025

Moving The Goalposts: American Sports Coverage In Newspapers And The Construction Of Gender, Race And Sexuality In The Olympics In 1928, 1932, 1936., Jacob Havers

All Theses

This thesis takes an in-depth look at the media coverage of women in the Olympics in 1928, 1932 and 1936. Specifically following the track athletes Kinue Hitomi, Louise Stokes, Tidye Pickett and Mildred “Babe” Didrikson the thesis explores how by being athletic women they had their identities as feminine figures heavily questioned and scrutinized in newspapers at the global level. The harshest of these critics was often the American media, who held strict standards of race, gender and sexuality in the late 1920s-mid 1930s. They sought to uphold these standards at the global scale, and the American media’s interrogation of …


When Ballots Are Blank: Write-In’S Serving Local Government And The Implications For A Healthy And Vibrant Democracy, Thomas J. Ruter Jan 2024

When Ballots Are Blank: Write-In’S Serving Local Government And The Implications For A Healthy And Vibrant Democracy, Thomas J. Ruter

School of Business Student Theses and Dissertations

Our democracy depends on having a supply of candidates running for elected office, but in some instances, no one wants to run. This phenomenological study asks what the effects on a healthy and vibrant democracy are if ballots are blank and the seat is filled through write-in or appointment. Rooted in democratic theory, this study explores small, rural city elections where write-ins won election. Understudied, local governments are responsible for decisions affecting the lives of millions of people each day. Workforce scarcity, the alienation of young Americans from politics, government bashing, nasty campaigns, threats of physical harm, and other barriers …


War Or Peace Discourse? Analysis Of News Headlines On Pulwama Attack, Showkat Ahmad Jan Mr, Francis Philip Barclay Dr Dec 2023

War Or Peace Discourse? Analysis Of News Headlines On Pulwama Attack, Showkat Ahmad Jan Mr, Francis Philip Barclay Dr

Peace and Conflict Studies

Discourse analysis and the theories of war and peace journalism are used to investigate the newspaper coverage of the Pulwama attack of 2019, a recent development in the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan that brought the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours on the brink of a war. To identify the journalistic discourses of the Pulwama attack, 686 headlines of news articles published in six popular newspapers on the attack and its aftermath during February 15-25, 2019, are analysed. Three levels of discourse analysis are employed: Lexical, social and ideological stratifications. Under lexical stratification, the news headlines are analysed to identify their …


Spartan Daily, December 5, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Dec 2023

Spartan Daily, December 5, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2023

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Spartan Daily, November 30, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 30, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, November 29, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 29, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, November 28, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 28, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, November 21, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 21, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, November 16, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 16, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, November 15, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 15, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, November 14, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 14, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, November 9, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 9, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, November 8, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 8, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, November 7, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 7, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, November 2, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 2, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, November 1, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2023

Spartan Daily, November 1, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, October 31, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2023

Spartan Daily, October 31, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, October 26, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2023

Spartan Daily, October 26, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, October 25, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2023

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Spartan Daily, October 24, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2023

Spartan Daily, October 24, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, October 19, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2023

Spartan Daily, October 19, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, October 18, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2023

Spartan Daily, October 18, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, October 17, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2023

Spartan Daily, October 17, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, October 12, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2023

Spartan Daily, October 12, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, October 11, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2023

Spartan Daily, October 11, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, October 10, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2023

Spartan Daily, October 10, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, October 5, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2023

Spartan Daily, October 5, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2023

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