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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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

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

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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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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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Teaching Fairness In Journalism: A Challenging Task, Joseph Weber

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Objectivity has long been contentious in American journalism. Many practitioners call it essential to a news organization’s credibility. Critics, however, hold objectivity is impossible and urge reporters simply to reveal their biases. For educators, teaching objectivity is challenging. Some, seeking a middle ground, instead urge fairness and balance, or counsel “impartiality.” Even such approaches are challenging. This article explores the difficulties, based on a study where students were lectured on fairness, balance, objectivity, and bias. They wrote news stories before and after the lessons. Evaluators found no substantial improvement in fairness and increased bias, however, pointing up the difficulties involved.

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How Chinese Journalism Students View Domestic And Foreign Media: A Survey On Credibility, Censorship, And The Role Of The Communist Party In Media, Joseph Weber, Linjun Fan

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

According to a survey conducted in the fall of 2013, most students in a cross section of Chinese journalism schools call for less censorship, put more faith in Western media than in domestic Chinese media, and do not believe journalists should join the Communist Party. The thirty-nine question survey, conducted anonymously with the help of journalism teachers at eight universities in China, comes at a time when press freedoms are being curtailed on the mainland and in Hong Kong and even as journalists resist the curbs. The results suggest that Chinese leaders may face rising pressure over time to ease …

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Competing For Attention: U.S. Millennial Perception Of Traditional And Social Media, Carl Neal Hudson

Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses

This study examines how U.S. Millennials view information reported by traditional and social media using Christians and Fackler’s (1993) communitarian ethics and Entman’s (1989) ideas on media “frame analysis” as a foundation for analysis. For the purposes of this study, Islamic State – a radical extremist organization rooted in the Middle East – is widely reported on both platforms and is used as a focal point for the study’s purposes. U.S. Millennials who participated in this study address their concerns with how information is reported in today’s 24/7 news coverage and constant outreach from organizations that report on world events. …

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This Is Not A Cage Match, Joseph C. Shepard

Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses

During the 2016 presidential election season, Senator Ted Cruz’s use of social media to promote his campaign and build up a grassroots following was masterful. This case study explores Cruz’s digital outreach efforts in the shadow of GOP rival Donald Trump’s commanding use of traditional earned media. This case study views the Cruz campaign’s digital outreach strategy through the lens of the Agenda Setting theory of communication, which seeks to explain the mass media’s ability to influence what the important issues are to the public, and through the reverse agenda setting effect, meaning if the airtime is unavailable through traditional …

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The Social Web: Leveraging Social Capital To Maximize Relationships And Minimize Churn In The Telecommunications Industry, Kristen Ellis

Honors Theses

As innovation in technology continues to be a driving force in the telecommunications industry, companies are left struggling to provide services of equal caliber to maintain satisfaction and remain relevant in the eyes of consumers. Because of this, a common misunderstanding many companies have is thinking that the best way to retain or acquire new consumers is solely through innovation. While still very important, companies must also strive to better understand the needs of their customers with regard to the cultivation and maintenance of social capital. The purpose of this thesis was to examine how social capital is becoming a …

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Memory In The Fingers: An Exploration Of Knitting Through The Lens Of Modern Knitters' Lives, Sinclair Rishel

Honors Theses

This thesis explores the history of knitting through the lens of modern knitters' lives. Information about the history of knitting was gathered from various printed and online sources. A series of interviews were conducted with knitters of different ages, experience levels, professions, and socioeconomic circles. Among these were beginning knitters, casual knitters, semi-professional knitters, professional knitters, and a knitting celebrity. The interviewees were asked about their knitting lives, including personal history, motives, preferences, and habits. Using the research and the interviews to inform each other, the researcher compiled a report on each subject which included their responses and the historical …

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Adpr 450: Public Relations Theory And Strategy—A Peer Review Of Teaching Project Inquiry Portfolio—"Using Crisis Simulation To Enhance Crisis Management: The Role Of Presence", Ming Wang

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

Simulation-based training (SBT) is a common pedagogical tool used in crisis management training. This paper explores the effects of a crisis simulation activity on students’ crisis management competencies. Pre- and post-test surveys indicated that students significantly improved crisis management competencies after the crisis simulation activity. Moreover, presence was found to be positively associated with crisis management competencies, suggesting that presence is critical in designing an effective simulation activity.

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Jomc: 491/891: Special Topic: News Engagement Lab—A Peer Review Of Teaching Project Benchmark Portfolio, Michelle Carr Hassler

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

This benchmark portfolio analyzes a collaborative elective course offered by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications in partnership with NET News, the state’s public media organization. The Spring 2016 course offered students hands-on experience creating, implementing and assessing social media content and engagement strategies for NET News. This portfolio showcases the innovative nature of the course while also demonstrating its pedagogical underpinnings. The portfolio provides a broad overview, including course goals and how activities and assignments are aligned with them. Using several assessment strategies, the inquiry focused on the course’s final project, in which students were …

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Crossing The Line: Navigating A Polluted Transboundary Watershed, Celia T. Tobin

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Montana’s Lake Koocanusa sits at the end of a river system that drains Canada’s most productive coal country. Today, the waters of the massive lake contain a mineral called selenium, a poorly understood byproduct of mine waste. This summer, the U.S. federal government will be in a position to declare that the selenium in the lake puts Canada in violation of its international treaty with the U.S. The Montana government, however, is preparing to argue otherwise through its own water analysis. The disagreement has U.S. ecologists frustrated with the state’s position, saying they won’t practice science that is slave to …

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Interrogating Power And Disrupting The Discourse About Onslow And The Gas Hubs, Kayt Davies, Karma Barndon

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

When government statements talk about a secret deal with a multinational consortium that will see more than A$250 million spent on a town with a population of around 1000 people, questions need to be asked. Basic maths equates the spend to around $250,000 a person and yet many people in the town are unhappy about the whole deal. 'Tracking Onslow' was a collaboration between a university and a local government that used journalism as a methodology to document and interrogate the interaction between Chevron, the state and local governments and the Onslow community over a three-year period. This article focuses …

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Harbor Magazine: Preaching The Gospel Of Philanthropy Through The Analysis Of Benefit Corporations, Caroline Hughes

Honors Theses

Harbor magazine is a philanthropic, fashion magazine that advocates the use of sustainable goods in an industry of business moguls simply seeking monetary gain. The brands and philanthropists interviewed and highlighted in the publication have made a difference in some way to the community and the world, developing revolutionary companies that are radically altering the way business is conducted. The brands included in Harbor magazine are recognized as Certified Benefit CorporationsTM, promising to align their business intentions around a public good. Businesses, along with consumers, have an equal responsibility to the planet, and Harbor magazine seeks to make these powerful, …

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Freedom Fighters: Stories From Freedom Summer 1964, Anna Mccollum

Honors Theses

Freedom Summer was a project conducted in Mississippi in 1964 as part of the civil rights movement. It involved hundreds of volunteers and members of the Council of Federated Organizations working to promote education and voter registration among the African American community across the state. The researcher found and interviewed veterans of Freedom Summer in order to write a series of profile stories centered around that subject. She visited them each in their hometowns (besides one phone interview with a woman from Iowa), photographed most of them and spoke to some of their peers for second and third sources. Through …

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Public Perceptions Of Genetically Modified Food On Social Media: A Content Analysis Of Youtube Comments On Videos, Nanlan Zhang

Theses and Dissertations

Controversy about genetically modified (GM) food prevails on social media. Discussion about GM food includes the implementation of mandatory labeling as well as public concerns about potential health hazards posed by GM food. Previous studies mainly focus on traditional press and broadcast media, few investigate such controversial topics on social media. Interested in public opinion about this issue and possible influences of social media on public opinion, this study uses quantitative content analysis to examine the characteristics of user comments on a specific social media platform, YouTube. The purpose of the study is to investigate YouTube comments from several aspects, …

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Exporting A Brand: A Comparative Analysis Of The French Model Brand Elle Decoration With The American Edition Elle Decor, Kate Hayes

Honors Theses

This thesis explores the history and editorial design of the French and American publications within the ELLE Déco brand network. The ELLE Déco network of interior design magazines is the only truly global brand of the shelter category with 25 editions published in 28 countries. By studying corresponding issues of the original French edition, ELLE Decoration, and American, ELLE DECOR, I have determined the different personalities of each publication, as well as what elements are used in the cover and editorial design of each. In doing so, I uncovered what consistencies of both content and design have led to success …

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Time-Shifting Vs. Appointment Viewing: The Role Of Fear Of Missing Out Within Tv Consumption Behaviors, Lindsey Conlin, Andrew C. Billings, Lauren Averset

Faculty Publications

The current study employed a national sample in order to investigate the phenomenon of fear-of-missing-out (FoMO), the apprehension associated with the fear that other people are having a pleasurable experience that one is not a part of. The current study investigated the role that FoMO plays in TV viewing habits, particularly binge-watching and the consumption of one-time megaevents. Results indicated that FoMO predicts the pace at which people choose to watch TV, social media use as it relates to TV, and whether they are likely to watch some one-time TV programs—such as sporting events like the Super Bowl.

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Data Journalism Classes In Australian Universities: Educators Describe Progress To Date, Kayt Davies, Trevor Cullen

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

This article examines the extent to which data journalism (DJ) is being taught in Australian universities. It presents the results of interviews with 35 journalism academics about how they are incorporating data journalism into their courses. It includes details about the types of data journalism skills they are teaching, the resources they are using and the hindrances that have met or are making it difficult to teach data journalism. These hindrances include low and varied levels of quantitative literacy and math aversion among students, lack of time for upskilling and limited room in their courses for new material. The study …

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Designing Journalism Capstone Units That Demonstrate Student Skills, Trevor Cullen

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

There are considerable differences in the structure, content, and delivery of tertiary journalism degrees in Australia as identified in a 2014 Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Innovation and Development Project report on graduate qualities and journalism curriculum renewal. To address this situation, the author argues for journalism capstone units, designed by both journalism educators and news editors, to include a series of agreed criteria and standards to guide journalism educators, and for journalism students to demonstrate not only a broad knowledge base together with research and communication skills but also entrepreneurial skills to help them adapt to new media …

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Wartawan Dan Budaya Amplop (Budaya Amplop Pada Wartawan Pendidikan Dalam Kaitannya Dengan Media Relations), Adhianty Nurjanah, Wulan Widyasari, Frizki Yulianti Yulianti

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Journalists play an important role as the fourth pillar of democracy. Doing so, journalists should be independent and separated from outside interference. This independence is not only applied to the relationship of journalistandthe government, but also applied to the relationship of journalists and news sources such as higher education institutions. In obtaining the proclamation of higher education institutions, journalists often intersect with public relations practitioners who also perform the task of media relations to gain publicity. This study aims to determine how to deal with the envelope cultureof journalists conducted by public relations practitioners of higher education institutions in …

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Komodifikasi Seksual Dalam Kepentingan Ekonomi Portal Berita Online, Dani Fadillah

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Press entered a new era. It is characterized by developing online media. By nature papperless online media to be more efficient in operation. To disseminate content that they are prepared, generally the online media managers utilizing social media such as facebook, twitter, or etc. But not only leave it there, the content is spread also equipped with something that is able to attract the reader's attention. Even able to make the social media users who happen to view such content terpersuasi to click on the content. Generally seasoning the attention it is the things that are controversial (that it …

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

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

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

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

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

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

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

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

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

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

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

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

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

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

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

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

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

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

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

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

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Teaching Fairness In Journalism: A Challenging Task, Joseph Weber

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

How Chinese Journalism Students View Domestic And Foreign Media: A Survey On Credibility, Censorship, And The Role Of The Communist Party In Media, Joseph Weber, Linjun Fan

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Competing For Attention: U.S. Millennial Perception Of Traditional And Social Media, Carl Neal Hudson

Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses

This Is Not A Cage Match, Joseph C. Shepard

Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses

The Social Web: Leveraging Social Capital To Maximize Relationships And Minimize Churn In The Telecommunications Industry, Kristen Ellis

Honors Theses

Memory In The Fingers: An Exploration Of Knitting Through The Lens Of Modern Knitters' Lives, Sinclair Rishel

Honors Theses

Adpr 450: Public Relations Theory And Strategy—A Peer Review Of Teaching Project Inquiry Portfolio—"Using Crisis Simulation To Enhance Crisis Management: The Role Of Presence", Ming Wang

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

Jomc: 491/891: Special Topic: News Engagement Lab—A Peer Review Of Teaching Project Benchmark Portfolio, Michelle Carr Hassler

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

Crossing The Line: Navigating A Polluted Transboundary Watershed, Celia T. Tobin

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Interrogating Power And Disrupting The Discourse About Onslow And The Gas Hubs, Kayt Davies, Karma Barndon

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Harbor Magazine: Preaching The Gospel Of Philanthropy Through The Analysis Of Benefit Corporations, Caroline Hughes

Honors Theses

Freedom Fighters: Stories From Freedom Summer 1964, Anna Mccollum

Honors Theses

Public Perceptions Of Genetically Modified Food On Social Media: A Content Analysis Of Youtube Comments On Videos, Nanlan Zhang

Theses and Dissertations

Exporting A Brand: A Comparative Analysis Of The French Model Brand Elle Decoration With The American Edition Elle Decor, Kate Hayes

Honors Theses

Time-Shifting Vs. Appointment Viewing: The Role Of Fear Of Missing Out Within Tv Consumption Behaviors, Lindsey Conlin, Andrew C. Billings, Lauren Averset

Faculty Publications

Data Journalism Classes In Australian Universities: Educators Describe Progress To Date, Kayt Davies, Trevor Cullen

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Designing Journalism Capstone Units That Demonstrate Student Skills, Trevor Cullen

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Wartawan Dan Budaya Amplop (Budaya Amplop Pada Wartawan Pendidikan Dalam Kaitannya Dengan Media Relations), Adhianty Nurjanah, Wulan Widyasari, Frizki Yulianti Yulianti

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Komodifikasi Seksual Dalam Kepentingan Ekonomi Portal Berita Online, Dani Fadillah

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