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The Roles And Motivations Of Media Planners In The Proliferation Of Partisan Media, Zachary A. Roubein Apr 2020

The Roles And Motivations Of Media Planners In The Proliferation Of Partisan Media, Zachary A. Roubein

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.


Fundamentally Different Stories That Matter: True Crime Podcasts And The Domestic Violence Survivors In Their Audiences, Kelli S. Boling Apr 2020

Fundamentally Different Stories That Matter: True Crime Podcasts And The Domestic Violence Survivors In Their Audiences, Kelli S. Boling

Theses and Dissertations

This audience reception study qualitatively examines women who identify as both domestic violence survivors and fans of true crime podcasts. Using a feminist, critical cultural lens, this study explores why these women are drawn to these podcasts and how the content presented intersects with their lived experiences as domestic violence survivors. Employing a multi-method approach, I interviewed 16 women who listen to true crime podcasts and identify as domestic violence survivors as well as six hosts/producers of true crime podcast media and conducted an in-depth narrative analysis on one of the most popular podcasts mentioned by my participants. Sixteen in-depth …


The Influence Of Social Media In Recommending Tourism Destinations: A Study Of Kuwait, Ibrahim Ahmad Mohammad Alkandari Apr 2020

The Influence Of Social Media In Recommending Tourism Destinations: A Study Of Kuwait, Ibrahim Ahmad Mohammad Alkandari

Mass Communication Dissertations

Technology has played an essential role in both personal and business applications. In this context, the Social Media (SM) is considered to be among the most powerful communication platforms, with an impact on the supply and demand sides of tourism. The impact of SM on tourism have been studied and researched from various perspectives. Yet the volume of research suggests that few have studied the use of the SM to recommend tourism destinations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Therefore, this dissertation intends to study the impact of SM on the intention to recommend tourism destinations based on users’ …


Provost Newsletter - March 30, 2020, Office Of The Provost, Wright State University Mar 2020

Provost Newsletter - March 30, 2020, Office Of The Provost, Wright State University

Office of the Provost Newsletters and Announcements

The Newsletter from the Office of the Provost regarding the effects of the COVID-19 restrictions on the 2020 Summer Semester.


Increasing Engagement With Student Government Associations: An Examination Of Student Publics, Viraj Patel Mar 2020

Increasing Engagement With Student Government Associations: An Examination Of Student Publics, Viraj Patel

Theses and Dissertations

Student Government Associations (SGAs) are campus organizations comprised of student leaders which advocate on behalf of the student population. Participation in SGAs have proven academic, professional, and social benefits, yet the engagement in the organization has declined. This study employs Daft and Lengel’s (1986) Media Richness Theory to examine if different media affect the composition of student publics. These publics are defined using Grunig’s (1979) Situational Theory of Publics (STP). Additionally, the impact of self-efficacy, response efficacy, and perceptions of social norms on the variables in STP is also examined.


The Guardian, Week Of March 30, 2020, Wright State Student Body Mar 2020

The Guardian, Week Of March 30, 2020, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of March 23, 2020. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.


Spartan Daily, March 26, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Mar 2020

Spartan Daily, March 26, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 154, Issue 28


Ua94/6/1 My Story: Wku Women's Basketball's Sandra Skinner, Sandra Skinner Mar 2020

Ua94/6/1 My Story: Wku Women's Basketball's Sandra Skinner, Sandra Skinner

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

My Story is a series of first-person feature articles written by WKU student-athletes. The student-athletes will be telling their own stories in their own words. This article written by women’s basketball redshirt senior Sandra Skinner, whose final season was cut short because of the cancellation of the Conference USA Tournament earlier this month.


Provost Newsletter - March 26, 2020, Office Of The Provost, Wright State University Mar 2020

Provost Newsletter - March 26, 2020, Office Of The Provost, Wright State University

Office of the Provost Newsletters and Announcements

The Newsletter from the Office of the Provost regarding a new pass/unsatisfactory grading option for undergrad students and extension of the withdrawal deadline as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak.


Spartan Daily, March 25, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Mar 2020

Spartan Daily, March 25, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 154, Issue 27


Spartan Daily, March 24, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Mar 2020

Spartan Daily, March 24, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 154, Issue 26


The Guardian, Week Of March 23, 2020, Wright State Student Body Mar 2020

The Guardian, Week Of March 23, 2020, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of March 23, 2020. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.


Evaluation Of Native Advertisement Though Third Person Effect Theory: An Experimental Design, Inga Nafetvaridze Mar 2020

Evaluation Of Native Advertisement Though Third Person Effect Theory: An Experimental Design, Inga Nafetvaridze

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The main purpose of this research is to determine how people evaluate native advertising in order to figure out how ethical is a native advertising practice. The Third Person Effect Theory was applied to this study. It enables to examine people’s attitude toward native advertising. An experimental design was developed. Participants were exposed to three types of ads to find out if they are able to recognize native ads among other advertisements. The total number of participants was 386. The results were analyzed via ANOVA. The main finding of this study states that individuals perceive the native advertisement in a …


Media Fandom: Social Media Use And Collective Identity In China: A Case Study Of Z.Tao’S Weibo Fandom, Mier Sha Mar 2020

Media Fandom: Social Media Use And Collective Identity In China: A Case Study Of Z.Tao’S Weibo Fandom, Mier Sha

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

With the advancement of information and communication technologies (ICTs), social media platforms have been widely applied in the practices of media fandom. To determine the correlation between social media use and collective identity of celebrity fandom, the current study investigated Z.Tao’s Weibo fandom as a case conducting an online quantitative survey with 100 samples and 12 in-depth semi-structured interviews. The results show that social media use significantly facilitates the construction of collective identity of celebrity fandom on Weibo through fans’ experiences of ingroup interaction and outgroup interaction.


Spartan Daily, March 19, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Mar 2020

Spartan Daily, March 19, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 154, Issue 25


Spartan Daily, March 18, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Mar 2020

Spartan Daily, March 18, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 154, Issue 124


Spartan Daily, March 17, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Mar 2020

Spartan Daily, March 17, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 154, Issue 23


The Impact Of Social Media Use On Students’ Academic Performance: A Field Study At A Mid-South University, Asem A. Alomari Mar 2020

The Impact Of Social Media Use On Students’ Academic Performance: A Field Study At A Mid-South University, Asem A. Alomari

Student Theses and Dissertations

The proliferation of social media dictates the need to take a profound and scientific look at the influence of it on individuals. This study investigated if there is a significant correlation between the purposes of use, time spent by students, motives and gratifications, and university students’ academic performance. 971 responses were collected through an online survey using a convenience sample technique. This study found that participants use social media more for socialization and entertainment needs rather than academic needs and purposes. This study suggested a statistically significant correlation existed between time spent on social media and participants’ entertainment purposes of …


The Guardian, Week Of March 16, 2020, Wright State Student Body Mar 2020

The Guardian, Week Of March 16, 2020, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of March 16, 2020. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.


The Role Of Popular Media In 2016 Us Presidential Election Memes, Kyra Osten Hunting Mar 2020

The Role Of Popular Media In 2016 Us Presidential Election Memes, Kyra Osten Hunting

Journalism and Media Faculty Publications

The 2016 US presidential election was marked by the extensive role that social media played in the construction of the candidates as well as by the growth of a number of forms of digital political rhetoric, including memes. The subgenre of popular culture-based political memes that draw on well-known entertainment media, particularly those with large fandoms like the Star Wars and Harry Potter franchises, reveal inequities in gender representation in entertainment media that are replicated when these media become source material for memes. Memes based on popular culture that are designed to celebrate female candidates are disadvantaged by having a …


The Roles Of Emotional Cues And Purchasing Incentives In Wechat Commerce: A Content Analysis, Xuezhu Hao Mar 2020

The Roles Of Emotional Cues And Purchasing Incentives In Wechat Commerce: A Content Analysis, Xuezhu Hao

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In recent years with the development of social media, a variety of business forms have also developed. In the United States, there are advertising and business forms based on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. However, in China, WeChat is the mainstream social media platform with a staggering number of active online users. As a mainstream social media platform, WeChat has extended a new business form, which is the Micro-business. With the changes in purchasing needs and economic forms, more and more people are participating in Micro-business buying and selling transactions. The formation of a new type of …


Provost Newsletter - March 13, 2020, Office Of The Provost, Wright State University Mar 2020

Provost Newsletter - March 13, 2020, Office Of The Provost, Wright State University

Office of the Provost Newsletters and Announcements

The Newsletter from the Office of the Provost regarding Wright State University's early COVID-19 pandemic shutdown response.


Spartan Daily, March 12, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Mar 2020

Spartan Daily, March 12, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 154, Issue 22


Prospectus, March 12, 2020, Michelle Barnhart, Kerry Lippold Jr., Erin Morrison, Madison Willcoxen, Andrew Waner, Lindsay Cox, Sidney Mounts Mar 2020

Prospectus, March 12, 2020, Michelle Barnhart, Kerry Lippold Jr., Erin Morrison, Madison Willcoxen, Andrew Waner, Lindsay Cox, Sidney Mounts

Prospectus 2020

PARKLAND LIBRARY OFFERS LOANABLE TECHNOLOGY; Parkland softball season starts; Parkland ensembles host spring concerts; Perimeter Road to release next installment of Singles Series; Anxiety Awareness Day March 25


Spartan Daily, March 11, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Mar 2020

Spartan Daily, March 11, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 154, Issue 21


Spartan Daily, March 10, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Mar 2020

Spartan Daily, March 10, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 154, Issue 20


The Prospector, March 10, 2020,, Utep Student Publications Mar 2020

The Prospector, March 10, 2020,, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Coronavirus Impedes Travel for Spring Break, Summer


Pornography: Adolescent Brain Development & Addiction, William K. Canady Mar 2020

Pornography: Adolescent Brain Development & Addiction, William K. Canady

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

This presentation will explain the historical development of pornography. It will highlight three segments: 1- Porn’s impact on brain development of reward pathways, ultimately increasing the appetite for more porn. 2- Porn can be a false substitute for real intimacy, resulting in decreased sexual satisfaction with a real person and increased verbal and physical aggression. 3- Porn promotes sex trafficking, promotes multiple sex partners and reduced STD prevention.


Provost Newsletter - March 9, 2020, Office Of The Provost, Wright State University Mar 2020

Provost Newsletter - March 9, 2020, Office Of The Provost, Wright State University

Office of the Provost Newsletters and Announcements

The Newsletter from the Office of the Provost with a message from Interim Provost Leaman addressing some COVID-19 concerns as well as the University's new travel guidelines.


The Guardian, Week Of March 9, 2020, Wright State Student Body Mar 2020

The Guardian, Week Of March 9, 2020, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of March 9, 2020. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.