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Use Of Peripheral Route Triggers To Test Buying Habits On Social Curating Sites, Kellie K. Brown

Communication Studies

Ecommerce has become an increasingly visual activity as images of product fill websites, social media, and social curation sites. The Elaboration Likelihood Model has often been used to examine and explain online purchasing behavior; however, this previous research barely touches on the use of peripheral cues. In analyzing the effect of peripheral cues on buying habits when searching social curation sites, statistical results from a survey conducted using women aged 18 to 34 in the San Luis Obispo area showed that these cues made no difference on the activity of a user. Regardless of their awareness to the visual cues, …

Media Portrayal Of Individuals In The Lower Class And Its Effects On Attributions Of Educational Hardships, Krista A. Burke

Communication Studies

This study investigated how media portrayals of individuals in the lower class affect people’s beliefs about educational hardships in lower socioeconomic areas. Specifically, this study looked at the attributions of these hardships to determine if media consumption had an effect on the internality of attributions. It was hypothesized that increased media consumption would be related to an increased tendency toward internal attributions. It was hypothesized that increased media consumption would lead to lower support for policy changes regarding education. A survey was distributed to assess media consumption habits and attitudes toward educational hardships in the lower class. Correlation results yielded …

A Study Of The Effect Of Product Placement In Television Shows And Its Influence On Consumer Behavior, Danielle Patton

Communication Studies

This study investigated the use of product placement in television shows as a catalyst for product purchasing behavior. It was hypothesized that television viewers would be more likely to purchase a product seen through a product placement in a television show than in a commercial advertisement. Furthermore, it was also hypothesized that viewers would be more influenced to buy a product if they saw a favored television character interacting or promoting the product. These hypotheses were tested by running a bivariate correlation to determine the correlation between television viewing and purchasing habits, a paired sample t-test to determine whether there …

Aesthetically Designed Maps: Development And Perception, Catherine Wang

Graphic Communication

This research explored the creative element of subway map creation in light of its effectiveness. Printed subway maps, used often for metropolitan cities and areas, are limited in physical dimension and scale, carrying minimal information. The New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Tokyo, Paris, London and Moscow subway maps highlight similar design and abstraction that fulfill the basic necessary elements for subway patrons. Over the years since the first metro map for each city was created, maps have become more simplified by removing physical land features and reference points to make way for expanding and new subway lines, stations, and …

New Media Business Models, Where Content And Commerce Collide: Strategies And Ethical Considerations For Success In A New Media World, Aryn Bea Sanderson

Journalism

Media practitioners are finding themselves at a crossroads. Due to increasing digitalization and decreasing funding for so-called traditional outlets, “new media” forms have emerged and, with those, new economic models to generate revenue. New media platforms diverge from old media archetypes in the way they utilize the interaction of content and commerce. The collision of content and commerce is both a novel idea for media sustainability and treacherous water for its credibility. This study analyzes a few key new media economic platforms - sponsored content in a digital-first publication, crowd funding stories and a ranked, e-commerce model - in hopes …

The Changing Format For Delivering An Effective Message Using Video And Multimedia In Education, Instruction, And Various Forms Of Communications: A Descriptive Analysis Using Public Relations Theory, Rachael Leigh Burnham

Journalism

ABSTRACT

Given the evolving nature of the forms of mass media in communication, it is imperative to stay up-to-date with the changes that occur in developing platforms of technology, as well as how these advancements are effecting new generations of learners and communicators. Generation Y students have developed a spectrum of learning styles and preferences due to their deep rooted connection to technology that has caused a conflict in learning with traditional, written instruction and communication. No longer do students just want to either read or listen, and video or multimedia platforms can provide them with the resources they may …

A Lesson In Crisis Communications And Transparency From Sub-Saharan Africa, Dane M. Kiambi

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

The increased penetration of smart phones in Sub-Saharan Africa and the enthusiasm toward social media highlights the need for crisis managers working in the region to sharpen their crisis management skills to effectively protect and restore the reputations of their organizations. Research has consistently shown that Africa is the only region of the world where growth in mobile connections is expected in the next ­five years. Coupled with the ongoing increase in high-speed internet connections, there is little doubt that creating and sharing information online among locals will reach new proportions. Research by Portland Communications showed that South Africa was …

The Public Sphere As Site Of Emancipation And Enlightenment: A Discourse Theoretic Critique Of Digital Communication, David Ingram, Asaf Bar-Tura

Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Habermas claims that an inclusive public sphere is the only deliberative forum for generating public opinion that satisfies the epistemic and normative conditions underlying legitimate decision-making. He adds that digital technologies and other mass media need not undermine – but can extend – rational deliberation when properly instituted. This paper draws from social epistemology and technology studies to demonstrate the epistemic and normative limitations of this extension. We argue that current online communication structures fall short of satisfying the required epistemic and normative conditions. Furthermore, the extent to which Internet-based communications contribute to legitimate democratic opinion and will formation depends …

การสื่อสารการตลาดแบบบูรณาการของผลิตภัณฑ์เสริมอาหารเพื่อความงามและการรับรู้ความงามของผู้บริโภค, ชุติมา ลิ้มเจริญรัตน์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยในครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาการสื่อสารการตลาดแบบบูรณาการของผลิตภัณฑ์เสริมอาหารเพื่อความงาม และการรับรู้ด้านความงามของผู้บริโภค ใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ โดยการวิเคราะห์เอกสารจากการสื่อสารการตลาดแบบบูรณาการของผลิตภัณฑ์เสริมอาหารเพื่อความงามทั้ง 6 ประเภท ได้แก่ 1. การโฆษณา 2. การประชาสัมพันธ์ 3. การส่งเสริมการขาย 4.การขายโดยบุคคล 5. การตลาดทางตรง 6.การสื่อสารออนไลน์ และวิเคราะห์การนำเสนอความงามทั้ง 6 รูปแบบ ได้แก่ 1. ความสวยคลาสสิคและดูเป็นผู้หญิง 2. ความสวยอย่างยั่วยวน 3. ความสวยเซ็กซี่และดูขี้เล่น 4. ความสวยน่ารัก 5. ความสวยเรียบดูเป็นธรรมชาติ 6. ความสวยทันสมัย ประกอบกับวีธีวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ โดยใช้แบบสอบถาม ในการเก็บข้อมูลจากผู้บริโภคผู้หญิง และผู้ชาย อายุ 18 ปีขึ้นไปที่เคยซื้อผลิตภัณฑ์เสริมอาหารเพื่อความงามในกรุงเทพมหานคร จำนวน 400 คน ผลการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพพบว่าผลิตภัณฑ์เสริมอาหารเพื่อความงามทั้ง 3 ตราสินค้า ได้แก่ ตราสินค้านิวทริไลท์ แบรนด์ และสก๊อต มีการใช้การสื่อสารการตลาดแบบบูรณาการครบทั้ง 6 ประเภท และมีการนำเสนอความงามครบทั้ง 6 รูปแบบ นอกจากนี้ ผลการวิจัยเชิงปริมาณพบว่าผู้บริโภคเปิดรับการสื่อสารการตลาดแบบบูรณาการของผลิตภัณฑ์เสริมอาหารเพื่อความงามประเภทการสื่อสารออนไลน์มากที่สุด และแหล่งข้อมูลที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการซื้อมากที่สุด คือแหล่งทดลองและแหล่งการค้า และมีการรับรู้ความงามในรูปแบบความสวยทันสมัยมากที่สุด ผลจากการทดสอบสมมติฐานพบว่าการเปิดรับการสื่อสารการตลาดแบบบูรณาการของผู้บริโภคมีความสัมพันธ์กับการรับรู้ความงาม และยังพบความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างการเปิดรับการสื่อสารการตลาดแบบบูรณาการและแหล่งข้อมูลที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการซื้ออีกด้วย

การบริหารตราสินค้าและตัวชี้วัดคุณค่าตราสินค้าในอุตสาหกรรมการบริการต้อนรับ, โสภาค พาณิชพาพิบูล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้ มีจุดประสงค์ (1) เพื่อศึกษาแนวทางการบริหารตราสินค้าในอุตสาหกรรมการบริการต้อนรับในประเทศไทย (2) เพื่อศึกษาตัวชี้วัดคุณค่าตราสินค้าในอุตสาหกรรมการบริการต้อนรับในประเทศไทย และ (3) เพื่อพัฒนาแบบจำลองตัวชี้วัดคุณค่าตราสินค้าในอุตสาหกรรมการบริการต้อนรับในประเทศไทย ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยเพื่อตอบวัตถุประสงค์ข้อ (1) ได้แก่การสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกกับผู้ประกอบการธุรกิจโรงแรมและร้านอาหารจำนวน 16 ราย ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยเพื่อตอบวัตถุประสงค์ข้อ (2) และ (3) ได้แก่ การวิเคราะห์เนื้อหาในเว็บไซต์ tripadvisor.com การสนทนากลุ่มและการทำวรรณกรรมปริทัศน์ เพื่อพัฒนาแบบสอบถามสำหรับการทดสอบแบบจำลองตัวชี้วัดคุณค่าตราสินค้าในอุตสาหกรรมการบริการต้อนรับ เมื่อพัฒนาแบบสอบถามสำเร็จ จึงใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยเชิงสำรวจกับกลุ่มตัวอย่างผู้บริโภคที่เคยมีประสบการณ์การใช้บริการธุรกิจโรงแรมและร้านอาหารจำนวน 800 ราย เพื่อนำข้อมูลไปทดสอบความสอดคล้องระหว่างแบบจำลองและข้อมูลเชิงประจักษ์ ด้วยการวิเคราะห์ผลทางสถิติผ่านสมการโมเดลเชิงโครงสร้าง (Structural Equation Model) และเทคนิคการวิเคราะห์ปัจจัยเชิงยืนยัน (Confirmatory Factor Analysis) ผลการวิจัยพบว่า ในธุรกิจโรงแรม การบริหารตราสินค้าอย่างเป็นระบบและครบวงจร จะพบในโรงแรมเครือข่ายระหว่างประเทศและในประเทศ ในขณะที่โรงแรมอิสระ จะมีการบริหารตราสินค้าในระดับที่แตกต่างกันไป ในธุรกิจร้านอาหาร การบริหารตราสินค้าอย่างเป็นระบบและครบวงจร จะพบในร้านอาหารที่เป็นองค์กรขนาดใหญ่และร้านอาหารเพียงบางแห่ง โดยปัจจัยสำคัญที่จะทำให้โรงแรมและร้านอาหาร นำหลักการบริหารตราสินค้ามาใช้ ได้แก่ ภูมิหลังทางการศึกษาและประสบการณ์ของเจ้าของกิจการ ตัวชี้วัดคุณค่าตราสินค้าในอุตสาหกรรมการบริการต้อนรับ ทั้งในธุรกิจโรงแรมและร้านอาหาร ได้แก่ การเชื่อมโยงตราสินค้า การรู้จักตราสินค้า ความภักดีต่อตราสินค้า คุณภาพของประสบการณ์ การรับรู้ถึงความคุ้มค่า และการสื่อสารการตลาด งานวิจัยชิ้นนี้ได้ขยายขอบเขตและพัฒนาทฤษฎีคุณค่าตราสินค้าของ David Aaker ให้มีความสอดคล้องกับอุตสาหกรรมการบริการต้อนรับ

The Role Of News Media Use And Demographic Characteristics In The Prediction Of Information Overload, Qihao Ji, Louisa Ha, Ulla Sypher

School of Media and Communication Faculty Publications

Drawing on the information overload theory, this study investigates how news media use relates to the probability of information overload. Our broad goal is to explore how typical media use outside the working environment impacts information overload. Through a large mail survey conducted in northwest Ohio (N = 661), the study combined resident samples and college student samples and examined several variables regarding demographic characteristics, news media use, and information searching efficiency. Multinomial logistic regression was used to analyze the data. Results confirmed that age, gender, income, traditional news media use, and information searching efficiency can partially predict one’s probability …

Platforms And Activism: Sharing 'My Make It Possible Story' Narratives, Debbie Rodan, Jane Mummery

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Although livestock welfare issues were once barely visible to mainstream consumers, animal welfare activists now combine traditional public media advocacy with various media platforms to spread their campaign message as widely as possible. For instance, Animals Australia’s ‘Make it Possible Campaign’ has used billboards, print media, television, radio, YouTube, Facebook, blogs, website stories, and Twitter to make livestock welfare issues visible to consumers. Such variety of platforms make it possible for animal activist groups such as Animals Australia to not only hail and mobilise consumers in a way that was not possible previously, but also to attract supporters, advertise their …

[Introduction To] Identity And Leadership In Virtual Communities: Establishing Credibility And Influence, Dona J. Hickey, Joe Essid

Bookshelf

The presence and ubiquity of the internet continues to transform the way in which we identify ourselves and others both online and offline. The development of virtual communities permits users to create an online identity to interact with and influence one another in ways that vary greatly from face-to-face interaction.

Identity and Leadership in Virtual Communities: Establishing Credibility and Influence explores the notion of establishing an identity online, managing it like a brand, and using it with particular members of a community. Bringing together a range of voices exemplifying how participants in online communities influence one another, this book serves …

Blaming Halo: The Effects Of Violent Video Games And What Should Be Done About Them, Jonathan F. Kirk

Senior Honors Theses

In the wake of such incidents as the Newtown, Connecticut and Aurora, Colorado, shootings, much scrutiny has been applied to the topic of violent video games, because there appears to be a link between school shooters and video games that contain gratuitous violence. This paper examines the alleged link between video game violence and real-world violence.

Copious amounts of research have been dedicated to this topic. Although many researchers conclude that violent video games lead to increases in aggression, a causal link between violent video games and real-life acts of violence remains unseen. This paper explores the origins of this …

[The Development Of Public Relations In] Kenya, Dane M. Kiambi

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

This chapter traces the practice of PR from pre-independence Kenya to the 21st century. It emerges that the practice of PR is closely tied to major national events and to social, cultural, political and economic forces. PR roles as understood by the pre-independence colonial government: keeping the public informed on government development projects, assessing public opinion and advising government, endearing government to Kenyans and building the awareness of Kenya abroad have continued to modern-day Kenya.

A Christian Mega Church Strives For Relevance: Examining Social Media And Religiosity, Kenthea Albert-Leigh Joan Fogenay

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between Facebook and Twitter uses and gratifications and religiosity. Non-denominational Christian mega churches focus their outreach programs on a "come-as-you-are" attitude with the hopes of making people feel comfortable. The interactive technology in our daily lives also infiltrates our experience at church. The congregation now has the ability to worship through technologies endorsed by leadership (Watson & Scalen, 2008; Bogomilova, 2004; Thomas, 2009). In order for churches to engage in effective communication, they must understand how people use social networking. Through survey methodology, the researcher takes an account of how …

Center For Civic Engagement: An Integrated Marketing Communications Plan, Libelle Advertising, Matt Hartman, Amy Welniak, Heather Czaplewski, Liz Bachman, Sophie Beyer, Navannah Slezak, Jasmine Rogers

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Student Advertising Projects

The purpose of this campaign is to increase participation in the Center for Civic Engagement programs and raise awareness for the Center for Civic Engagement within the University of Nebraska– Lincoln student body, faculty, and advisors. We also wanted to determine the most effective and efficient way to distribute the Center for Civic Engagement information to the UNL student body, staff and local employers.

For this campaign, we collected various data through both secondary and primary sources. Our secondary research consisted mainly of information found online which covered trends on civic engagement, employment issues and other areas associated with civic …

The Influence Of Technology On Family Dynamics, Alessondra Villegas

Proceedings of the New York State Communication Association

A powerful tool, that contemporary society uses not only to entertain but also to communicate and educate, there is an ever-present availability to media access. However, there is an ongoing debate over whether or not the power of this influence and its ubiquitous availability yields positive or negative consequences in different aspects of our lives. One area of concern, in particular, is the dynamics of the American family. With the rapid progression of technological advances it is difficult to observe the influence that these devices are having on the ways in which a family interacts. There is research to support …

Headlines In Rhyme: A Case Study On Le Journal Rappé As An Agent Of Senegalese Sociopolitical Change, Jessica Hackel

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Le Journal Rappé is a weekly Senegalese television segment presented and created by “old-school” rappers Cheikh “Keyti” Sene and Makhtar “Xuman” Fall. Each Friday on the Senegalese television station 2S, the rappers take on the personas of broadcast journalists, delivering the week’s top headlines in rhyme—they literally rap the news. Since its initial inception on April 11^th, 2013 as a YouTube venture, Le Journal Rappé has garnered both national and international praise. The program superficially serves as an alternative source of media, one that deviates from the mainstream in its format, entertainment value, and appeal to …

Embracing Change: Exploring How Creative Professionals Use Interactive Media In Advertising Campaigns, Adam Wagler

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Advertising agencies are incorporating new forms of interactive media into campaigns as media continues to rapidly change. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study is to explore how five creative professionals at leading advertising agencies in the Midwest are integrating interactive media into campaigns. Through a series of interviews this project helps solidify what it means to integrate interactive media. The findings illustrate a fundamental shift in an industry that is moving away from “advertising.” An industry built around traditional media now requires creatives to incorporate dynamic, mobile, and social media into the marketing mix. Advertising agencies must engage audiences …

Speculative Design And Curriculum Development: Using Worldbuilding To Imagine A New Major In A Post-Course Era, Holly Willis, Steve Anderson

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Randy Bass, Executive Director of Georgetown’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship, recently made the provocative claim that we inhabit a “post-course era.” Building on the findings of the National Survey of Student Engagement that show that the places in which undergraduate students demonstrate the highest degree of engagement is in areas outside the traditional curriculum and its courses, Bass suggests that we not merely try to enrich the formal curriculum, but that we also consider supporting and augmenting activities in the “extra” curriculum. We can thereby create opportunities for learning within informal as well as formal settings. …

Expanding Learning Opportunities With Transmedia Practices: Inanimate Alice As An Exemplar, Laura Fleming

Journal of Media Literacy Education

The proliferation of digital and networking technologies enables us to rethink, restructure, and redefine teaching and learning. Transmedia storytelling takes advantage of the rapid convergence of media and allows teachers and learners to participate in rich virtual (and physical) environments that have been shown to foster students’ real emotional engagement with the process of learning. Transmedia learning applies storytelling techniques across multiple platforms to create immersive educational experiences that enable manifold entry and exit points for learning and teaching. By utilizing constructivist and connectivist precepts in the application of these techniques, we can create pedagogies that are transformative on many …

Transmedia Play: Literacy Across Media, Meryl Alper, Rebecca Herr-Stephenson

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Transmedia play is a new way to understand how children develop critical media literacy and new media literacies through their interactions with contemporary media that links stories and structures across platforms. This essay highlights five characteristics of transmedia play that make it particularly useful for learning: resourcefulness, sociality, mobility, accessibility, and replayability, and explains how each characteristic relates to digital and media literacy education.

Guest Editor’S Introduction, Erin Reilly

Journal of Media Literacy Education

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Approaches To Learning With Media And Media Literacy Education – Trends And Current Situation In Germany, Gerhard Tulodziecki, Silke Grafe

Journal of Media Literacy Education

German approaches to media literacy education are concerned with the questions, how the variety of media can be used in a meaningful way for learning and teaching and what educational tasks result from the extensive use of media. Considering these questions there are various conceptual ideas, research and development projects as well as implementations into practice in the field of education and teacher training. The development and the current situation of approaches to media literacy education in Germany are described and discussed in the article. Thereby, the focus is on media literacy education in schools.

What A Difference Ten Years Can Make: Research Possibilities For The Future Of Media Literacy Education, Renee Hobbs

Journal of Media Literacy Education

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Media Literacy And Health Promotion For Adolescents, Lynda Bergsma

Journal of Media Literacy Education

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Media Literacy, Congratulations! Now, The Next Step, Jordi Torrent

Journal of Media Literacy Education

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Media Literacy Education: Harnessing The Technological Imaginary, Katherine G. Fry

Journal of Media Literacy Education

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Ask, Don’T Tell: Pedagogy For Media Literacy Education In The Next Decade, Faith Rogow

Journal of Media Literacy Education

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