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Spartan Daily, February 10, 2015, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 144, Issue 7

The Prospector, February 10, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: True Love Waits?

Spartan Daily, February 5, 2015, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 144, Issue 6

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 30, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Ponder, Abby. Marketing, Engineering Careers Top Best Jobs List
• Rogers, Shelby. Kissing Bridge Remains Iconic Romance Spot – Old Fort Bridge
• Voorhees, Jessica. Transit Ridership Increases Due to Changes – Parking & Transportation Services
• Crumbie, Trey. Two Charged with Murder of WKU Student to Have Court Date – Dominique Wortham, Adriana Mason, Larry Thomas
• Bradley, Erian. WKU Competing for $200,000 Security Grant
• Rogers, Shelby. Two-Day Workshop to Take on Climate Change – Interfaith Workshop on Earth Care
• McCaffrey, Molly. The Gift of Time: Or a Manifesto for College Students …

Ua3/9/7 Spring Semester Message, Wku President's Office - Ransdell

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff.

The Guardian, February 4, 2015, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Spartan Daily, February 4, 2015, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 144, Issue 5

Spartan Daily, Febuary 3, 2015, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 144, Issue 4

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Crumbie, Trey & Shelby Rogers. Trying Their Asbestos – Gordon Wilson Hall
• Lawson, Anna. University Continues to Pursue Accessibility – Handicapped Persons
• Wright, Samantha. Author, TV Host Speaking Thursday – Melissa Harris-Perry
• Voorhees, Jessica. Support for Free Community College Spurs Debate – Tuition
• Harney, Lashana. WKU on List to Be Recognized as Green Ribbon School – Sustainability
• Editorial Cartoon Downing Student Union Save the Earth
• Administration Misses the Mark on Sustainability
• French, Jackson. Project Almanac Squanders Its Inventive Premise – Movie Review
• Brown, Jeff. Nothing Deflated About It – …

The Prospector, February 3, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: El Paso Drops in Ranking

Spartan Daily, January 31, 1940, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 28, Issue 77

Spartan Daily, January 30, 1940, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 28, Issue 76

Spartan Daily, January 29, 2015, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 144, Issue 3

Spartan Daily, January 29, 1940, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 28, Issue 75

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• 90 Years of the College Heights Herald – Timeline
• Henderson, Andrew. Women Editors Play Key Role in College Heights Herald History
• Rogers, Shelby. Former Professor Receives Literary Honor – Jim Miller
• Voorhees, Jessica. Fresh Adds More International Options – Dining Services
• Harney, Lashana. New Legal Clinic Opens Friday – WKU Student Legal Services Clinic
• Lawson, Anna. Student Government Association Resumes Meetings for Spring Semester
• Harney, Lashana. New Faster of Fine Arts Pending Approval Later This Year – Curriculum
• Love, Cameron. College Heights Herald Dedicated to Excellence
• Through the Years: …

The Guardian, January 28, 2015, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Spartan Daily, January 27, 2015, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 144, Issue 2

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Rogers, Shelby & Trey Crumbie. Former Swimmer Files Hazing Allegation – Collin Craig
• Pettway, Shantel-Ann. Thompson Science Complex Renovations Underway with Demolition
• Crumbie, Trey. Free Community College Proposal Could Affect WKU
• Voorhees, Jessica. WKU Experiences Revenue Growth, Officials to Monitor Budget
• Voorhees, Jessica. Board of Regents Approve New Confucius Institute Building
• Voorhees, Jessica. Research Administrator Phased Out – Gordon Baylis
• Voorhees, Jessica. WKU Remains Engaged in Seven Lawsuits
• Lawson, Anna. Student Government Association Outlines Plans for This Spring Semester
• WKU Wants You To Speak Up: Administration Remains Unchallenged Only …

The Prospector, January 27, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Free! 2 Years of College

Spartan Daily, January 22, 2015, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 144, Issue 1

The Guardian, January 21, 2015, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

The Prospector, January 20, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Welcome Back Issue

The Guardian, January 14, 2015, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Ua3/9/7 Changes In Research Administration, Wku President's Office - Ransdell

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff regarding personnel actions.

Towards News Verification: Deception Detection Methods For News Discourse, Yimin Chen, Victoria L. Rubin, Niall Conroy

FIMS Presentations

News verification is a process of determining whether a particular news report is truthful or deceptive. Deliberately deceptive (fabricated) news creates false conclusions in the readers’ minds. Truthful (authentic) news matches the writer’s knowledge. How do you tell the difference between the two in an automated way? To investigate this question, we analyzed rhetorical structures, discourse constituent parts and their coherence relations in deceptive and truthful news sample from NPR’s “Bluff the Listener”. Subsequently, we applied a vector space model to cluster the news by discourse feature similarity, achieving 63% accuracy. Our predictive model is not significantly better than chance …

Living Proof: Autobiographical Political Argument In We Are The 99 Percent And We Are The 53 Percent, Doron Taussig

Media and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

People often cite life experiences as evidence in political arguments, though personal experience is far from generalizable. How do these arguments work? In this paper, I consider the rhetorical dynamics of “autobiographical political argument” by examining We are the 99 Percent and We are the 53 Percent, two blogs that use autobiographical stories to make discursive points. I argue that these autobiographical appeals efficiently use all three of Aristotle’s persuasive “proofs”—logos (logic), ethos (credibility), and pathos (emotion). Then I show that many of the blogs’ stories focus on “redemption,” a theme personality psychologists have found emphasized in the narrative …

Controlling Environmental Crisis Messages In Uncontrollable Media Environments: The 2011 Case Of Blue-Green Algae On Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees, Ok, Alicia Mason, James Triplett

Faculty Submissions

This chapter documents a content analysis of 62 media reports related to the 2011 blue-green algae (BGA) outbreak on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees, Oklahoma. A three-stage crisis model is used to understand the media framing and crisis communication related to the event. Media reports were categorized according to modality. The data set included: traditional media reports (n=21, 33%), online blogs (n=7, 11%), and online press releases (n=34, 54%). These units of analysis represent both controlled and uncontrolled media representations of the crisis event. The objectives of this analysis are to understand how risk and crisis communication strategies were utilized …

Exoticizing Poverty In Bizarre Foods America, Casey R. Kelly

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

No abstract provided.

Small Town America Under The “Lights”: Contemporary Images Of Rural America In The Series Friday Night Lights, Heather K. Smith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

What is Small Town America? The answer to this varies based on a person’s experiences. This is not always from real-world exposure, but often vicariously through television. For some, television is the only opportunity to create a perception for such areas. For others, television could reinforce or sway their perceptions of Small Town America. Therefore, a comprehension of the identity for Small Town America broadcasted through the small screen is important. This research utilized the theory of semiotics to analyze cinematography and mise-en-scene in the opening credits of Friday Night Lights to unearth the themes and overarching ideology for Small …

Feel-Good Giving: The Mythic Construction Of Generosity In Millions, Grace Y. Chiou

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The question of what generosity is and how it is practiced in relation to the neoliberal contexts of late capitalism has emerged as a subject of interest across a variety of fields. Instead of placing emphasis on the recipient and the cause or structural inequalities contributing to the need for generosity, new practices of giving have appeared on a variety of media platforms and have been performed by a host of celebrities, sports figures, and politicians that emphasize the giver's moral goodness.

By using a critical cultural studies approach, this dissertation demonstrates that in the visual culture of humanitarianism representations …