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Internal And External Influences On Individual Journalists, Karen Melissa Garcia

Journalism

This research paper is based on a study of the internal and external influences that affect an individual journalist and their produced work. There have been studies that research how media organizations influence the general public but there are many factors that come into play when creating the news. A journalist is influenced by their morals, beliefs and opinions or internal factors when making news decisions. Journalists are influenced by external influences as well, such as their news organization, guidelines and universal ethics.

The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of the process that a journalist must …

How Motivated Reasoning And Temporal Frames May Polarize Opinions About Wildlife Disease Risk, Sungjong Roh, Katherine A. Mccomas, Laura N. Rickard, Daniel J. Decker

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We draw from theories of motivated reasoning, dual-processing models, and attribution of responsibility to examine how scientific messages may increase public polarization with respect to emerging risk issues such as Lyme disease. A nationally representative sample of Americans (N = 460) read messages about Lyme disease that varied the framing of responsibility for the prevalence of the disease (human/wildlife vs. wildlife only) and when its effects will occur (today vs. in the next 10 years). The influence of framing was contingent on participants’ partisanship, which resulted in a boomerang effect among Republicans and increased the degree of political polarization regarding …

Confirmation Of Prophecy By Proxy: Audience Anticipation And Reception Of The 2014 Movie Left Behind And Its Relevance To The Dispensational Premillennialist Worldview, Andrew R. Burns

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Media has the potential to legitimize or spread a belief system to the general public. The 2014 movie Left Behind is an example of a deliberate attempt at promoting the belief system referred to as dispensational premillennialism (DPM), or belief in the imminent rapture of Christians. Producers of Left Behind (2014) sought to promote DPM to the general public, hoping for a mass conversion. Online discussion and interviews were gathered and interpreted qualitatively. Content analysis of audience anticipation and reception show believers were as concerned with the conversion of the general public via this movie than the movie itself. Differences …

Negative Campaigns And Their Influence On Voter Attitudes, Estefan Colindres

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

There is a legitimate debate over negative campaigning and whether it either mobilizes voter participation or suppresses it. Previous studies suggest that the relevant political information brought by negative campaigns play a significant role in mobilizing the electorate (Finkel and Geer, 1998). On the other hand, some studies explain that negative campaigns challenge the legitimacy of the electoral process and consequently drain the electorate (Krupnikov, 2011).

As such, my research question asks of the effect of negative campaigning on voter participation - are people turned off and to what extent? What kind of impact does negative campaigning have on voters …

Students As Neighbors: Utilizing Dialogue And Deliberation To Manage Town-Gown Tensions, Courtney C. Herb, Lauren A. Holder, Alison L. Steed

Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

The integration of the university and its students into the broader Harrisonburg community has promoted increased interaction amongst JMU students, JMU faculty and staff, and community members. Navigating this complex relationship can be challenging and, in recent years, this relationship has become increasingly strained. The following research seeks to cultivate processes that aid in its improvement. The research finds that utilizing dialogue and deliberation as an approach to designing public process is a promising approach to mending and maintaining the relationship between JMU students and the broader Harrisonburg community, as well as to addressing town-gown tension at large. The research …

Place, Space, And Family: A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Resistance Rhetoric Of Judy Bonds, Alex K. Davenport

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

This thesis examines the ways that rhetorics of resistance can operate in contemporary social conditions. I do this specifically by examining the rhetoric of Judy Bonds, an environmental justice activist who opposed mountaintop removal (MTR) mining in Appalachia. I utilize a qualitative rhetorical approach to examine 34 instances of Bonds’ discourse as well as my own autoethnographic reflections focused on my work with Mountain Justice, a regional anti-MTR activist organization. Pairing the constant comparative method with principles of ideological criticism, informed by theories of place, voice, memory, and narrative, forms this qualitative rhetorical approach. The postmodern turn allows for the …

Mental Illness Stigma In The Media, Brian Smith

The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Research

The aim of this paper is to explore mental illness stigma and one of its primary causes, the media. Essentially the paper looks at various forms of media (e.g., prime time television, children’s programming, news media) and how they create negative perceptions of both mentally ill individuals, and those who help treat them. Previous research has shown that those with a mental illness are often depicted as violent and socially undesirable by the media. Other previous research has shown that those who treat mental illness are often depicted as unprofessional and untrustworthy by the media, creating a strong negative stigma …

Approaching Ideals Through Innovation: Twentieth And Twenty-First Century Mass Media Technology And American Democracy, Elizabeth Brand Cermak

Senior Theses

From the moment our First Amendment was adopted, America’s ideal of democracy has been firmly intertwined with media communications between the President and the citizenry. Over time, technological advancements have altered the way this communication is facilitated, increasing the public’s access to the Office of the Presidency, and visa versa, via new forms of media. Through an examination of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s use of the radio, the first televised debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960, and Barack Obama’s use of Social Media and the Internet, this thesis will seek to answer the question of whether the …

Encouraging Bipartisanship: Polarization And Civility As Rhetorical Tools For Ameliorating The U.S. Senate’S Partisan Environment, Angela Marie Mcgowan

Dissertations

On October 1, 2013, the Senate buckled under the pressure of intense partisanship. Dramatically demonstrating their lack of mutual agreement, senators refrained from conducting the nation’s business for 16 days. Considerable media attention covered this shut down, especially the ensuing rhetorical activities of the Senate’s female policymakers who urged bipartisanship. The flurry of activity surrounding the legislative impasse sparked this dissertation’s conceptual orientation. Accordingly, this investigation reveals how Washington lawmakers can, in good faith, set aside partisan views in order to accommodate policy objectives.

This project reveals rhetorical strategies that, when utilized, are capable of facilitating Senate bipartisanship. Each chapter …

Looking Back At The Media's Future: A Mixed Method Analysis Of Race And Gender Bias During The 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary Season, Tim Vance

Dissertations

Political knowledge has been defined as the individual’s ability to recall candidate names, personal characteristics, and qualifications. Furthermore, it is the ability to identify election issues, current campaign developments, and recognize connections between candidates and issue positions (C. Atkin & Heald, 1976). I posit that political knowledge has become much more…and much less.

I have introduced, in this paper, a number of sources for political learning: ads, newspapers, YouTube, and television news. All hold some interest for investigation as political knowledge sources, but methodology cannot be standardized across all sources. As such, the focus of the qualitative part of this …

Media Literacy For The 21st Century. A Response To "The Need For Media Education In Democratic Education", Peter Levine

Democracy & Education

We cannot pretend to educate young people for citizenship and political participation without teaching them to understand and use the new media, which are essential means of expressing ideas, forming public opinions, and building institutions and movements. But the challenge of media literacy education is serious. Students need advanced and constantly changing skills to be effective online. They must understand the relationship between the new media and social and political institutions, a topic that is little understood by even the most advanced social theorists. And they must develop motivations to use digital media for civic purposes, when no major institutions …

Become A Future-Focused Leader: Use Three Megatrends To Grow Your Rural Business, Connie Reimers-Hild, Alyssa Dye

Community Vitality Initiative

No one can predict the future; however, rural entrepreneurs and business owners can use a future-focused leadership approach, which includes examining megatrends, to shape the future of their businesses. Megatrends are global shifts that influence society, the economy and the environment. This article discusses three megatrends shaping the future of rural businesses:

1) The Rise of the #GigEconomy

2) Living with Purpose and Meaning

3) The Decentralized Marketplace

The article also provides coaching tips for rural entrepreneurs on how to use megatrends to grow their businesses.

While many companies are struggling to keep up with the rapid rate of change, …

Winthrop University Students Unite For Black Lives, All Lives, Wendrah M. Mccoy

Showcase of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors (SOURCE)

The purpose of this project was to research and compose a soft news story that conveyed the emotions of Winthrop University students who protested during a die-in and injustice march on December 9, 2014. They were demonstrating solidarity with those who protested after two officers were not indicted for killing unarmed black males Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Primary research was conducted through recorded observations of the demonstrations and interviews with the protesters. Facts and statistics were obtained from secondary sources, such as the NAACP website and news sources, such as USA Today. About 100 students of diverse races, …

La Radio Comunitaria: Hacia Un Futuro Más Democrático Para Bolivia, Katharine Norris

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Radio has been a companion of and crucial partner in democratic social change in Bolivia since its arrival to the country. Many of its inherent characteristics make it an ideal medium for communication of messages made for and by marginalized groups that are otherwise excluded from the production of and access to information. Historically, radio has been implemented in processes of progressive resistance to authority, in response to the oppression of the groups that community radio seeks to represent. This investigation attempts to understand the role of community radio in Bolivian society, with a view towards the democratic participation and …

The American National Exhibition And Kitchen Debates: How The World's Superpowers Portrayed The Events Of The Summer Of 1959 To Meet National Needs, Kevin D. Bardin

Student Publications

An undergraduate research paper centered on the investigation of American and Soviet propaganda efforts during and immediately after the Kitchen Debate of 1959.

Inovasi Teknologi Portal Intranet Kominfo: Perspektif Actor Network Theory, Rieka Mustika

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Penelitian ini melihat bagaimana proses translasi yang terjadi ketika inovasi teknologi portal intranet diterapkan di Kementerian Kominfo.Konsep difusi inovasi dan actor network theory digunakan dalam penelitian ini. Pendekatannya adalah kualitatif, dengan metode studi kasus. Unit analisis yang diteliti berupa aktor manusia dan non-manusia. Aktor manusia yaitu inisiator dan beberapa pengguna portal intranet, kemudian aktor non-manusia antara lain aplikasi intranet dan forum diskusi yang berada di portal intranet. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan proses translasi terjadi melalui tahap problematisasi di mana inisiator menawarkan inovasi intranetpada aktor-aktor. Dilanjutkan dengan tahap interressement di mana portal intranet didesain inisiator sebagai single gateway bagi aplikasi e-government. Enrollment …

Pengelolaan Hubungan Romantis Jarak Jauh (Studi Penetrasi Sosial Terhadap Pasangan Yang Terpisah Jarak Geografis Sejak Pacaran Hingga Menikah), Girly Kurniati

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Frekuensi interaksi dan kedekatan secara fisik merupakan faktor yang menyebabkan suatu hubungan asmara dapat bertahan. Akan tetapi, tuntutan pekerjaan maupun pendidikan kerap kali memaksa pasangan untuk menjalani sebuah hubungan romantis jarak jauh. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui proses individu membangun relasi interpersonal dan bagaimana mereka mengelola hubungan jarak jauh dengan pasangannya. Untuk mengetahui proses perkembangan dan pengelolaan hubungan, peneliti menggunakan Teori Penetrasi Sosial yang dikemukakan oleh Altman dan Taylor serta Tahapan Hubungan Antarpribadi milik Devito. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan paradigma post positivis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tahapan perkembangan hubungan antarpribadi tidak bersifat linear karenadimungkinkan terjadinya lompatan maupun kemunduran …

Pengkultusan Merek Iphone Oleh Anggota Perempuan Komunitas Pelanggan, Rinandi Rinandi

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kesadaran merek, ritual dan tradisi dan tanggung jawab moral kolektif anggota perempuan dari komunitas pengguna dalam proses pengkultusan merek Iphone. Dengan menggunakan metode studi kasus, penelitian ini terutama menggunakan konsep pengkultusan merek Muniz dan O‘Guinn (2001) dan perilaku perempuan terhadap ponsel seperti yang dijelaskan oleh Wilska (2003). Kesimpulan utama dari penelitian ini adalah proses pengkultusan merek oleh anggota perempuan dari komunitas Iphone terjadi dalam pembentukan kesadaran merek, ritual dan tradisi dan tanggung jawab moral kolektif. Gender dan bagaimana wanita berinteraksi turut membangun bagaimana proses pengkultusan merek ini.

This study aims to understand the awareness of …

Identitas Budaya Orang Indonesia Dalam Kota Virtual Jepang (Studi Etnografi Virtual Terhadap Pengguna “Ameba Pigg”), Luh Gde Pratiwi Mayasari

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

AbstrakAmeba Pigg adalah media sosial Jepang berbentuk dunia virtual. Walaupun diciptakan dengan basis budaya Jepang, terdapat orang-orang Indonesia yang tinggal di dalamnya. Dengan adanya perbedaan budaya tersebut, penelitian ini mencoba untuk memahami bagaimana identitas budaya yang ditunjukkan, bagaimana proses terbentuknya dan hal-hal apa yang berkontribusi dalam proses tersebut. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif, dilakukan dengan metode etnografi virtual, didukung wawancara mendalam terhadap tiga orang informan yang telah tinggal bertahun-tahun di Ameba Pigg, serta menggunakan teknik analisis tematik. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah terjadi hibriditas antara budaya Jepang dan Indonesia di dalam identitas budaya para informan yang tersebut terbentuk melalui proses …

User Acceptance Dan Media Richness Pada Video Conference Dalam Kehadiran Bersama Secarasosial (Social Co-Presence), Windra Irawan

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

No abstract provided.

Representasi Distinction Pejabat Negara Dan Kuasa Simbolik Di Media, Nurul Islam

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Penelitian ini mengkaji strategi distinction dan penempatan kapital dari akumulasi kepemilikan kapital oleh Dahlan Iskan melalui teks berita di arena jurnalistik, harian Koran Tempo. Strategi distinction sebagai konsep yang melanggengkan dominasi aktor dan sebagai politik-pencitraan melalui kuasa simbolik di media massa. Analisis wacana kritis Fairclough dan in-depth interview digunakan sebagai motode memperoleh data tentang praktek simbolisasi melalui representasi teks atas tindakan distingsi. Level teks menggunakan instrument teks distingsi dan wawancara untuk memperoleh data leve meso, serta studi literature untuk level makro. Studi ini menunjukkan bahwa strategi distingsi dan akumulasi kepemilikan kapital melalui relasisosial-budaya dan simbolik menjadi konsepsi kuasa atas aktor …

Seks Dan Seksualitas Pascareformasi, Afra Suci

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

No abstract provided.

The Basic Arithmetic Of Legislative Decisions, Michael Laver, Kenneth Benoit

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Despite the huge number of possible seat distributions following a general election in a multiparty parliamentary democracy, there are far fewer classes of seat distribution sharing important strategic features. We define an exclusive and exhaustive partition of the universe of theoretically possible n-party systems into five basic classes, the understanding of which facilitates more fruitful modeling of legislative politics, including government formation. Having defined a partition of legislative party systems and elaborated logical implications of this partition, we classify the population of postwar European legislatures. We show empirically that many of these are close to critical boundary conditions, so that …

The Responsibility To Protect: Emerging Norm Or Failed Doctrine?, Camila Pupparo

Global Tides

This paper seeks to investigate the current shift from the non-intervention norm towards the “Responsibility to Protect,” commonly abbreviated as “RtoP,” which actually mandates intervention in cases of humanitarian intervention disasters. I will look at the May 2011 application of the R2P doctrine to the humanitarian crisis in Libya and assess whether it was a success or a failure. Many critics of the “Responsibility to Protect” norm consider it to be yet another imperial tool used by the West to pursue national interests, so this paper analyzes this argument in detail, referring to case study examples, particularly in the Middle …

An Equivocal Truth: An Analysis Of Climate Change Communication In Respect To The Double Ethical Bind, Taylor Whitney Brown

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

The purpose of my thesis will be to analyze how climate change translators address the double ethical bind, which includes how the communicators struggle and succeed in explaining environmental evidence while revealing the whole truth of the situation, which includes the doubts, caveats, and questions while still motivating the public to action (Russill, 2010, p. 63). To construct my thesis, I will first evaluate the key texts surrounding climate change communication in an integrated literature review that incorporates defining the role of climate change communicators, determining common restraints and problems communicators face, describing communication techniques, and illustrating the usefulness of …

Facebook: The Power Of Leverage, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Entrepreneurs like Suria Mohd have gained a large following of Facebook users that enables her to enjoy a thriving business and celebrity status in Singapore’s television scene. Here’s how.

Communication And The Common Core: Disciplinary Opportunities, Joesph M. Valenzano

Communication Faculty Publications

The subject of how to strengthen primary and secondary education in the United States is widely discussed in news and popular media. While an extensive range of opinions have been expressed, the common thread is that these issues are normally situated in the domain of politicians and K-12 teachers. Primary and secondary education are rarely addressed by scholars who publish in Communication Education.

This divide between Communication researchers in higher education and K-12 practitioners reflects generally weak connections between the two domains. As seems fitting for our changing times, that situation is also ripe for change. In tandem with the …

Late Night Comedy And Its Effect On The Public’S Political Opinion, Emily Kucera

Journalism

This study investigates the relationship between late night humor and the public’s political opinion. This study looks closely at how humor affects audience learning, how late night humor affects the public’s political awareness, whether or not late night humor is ethical, how late night humor is protected, how late night humor has evolved in regards to its political focus, and if late night humor has created political change.

Late night humor is increasingly focusing on politics. Many people turn to late night humor as a source of news, although late night humor is not considered a news source. This study …

Questionnaire Design Effects In Climate Change Surveys: Implications For The Partisan Divide, Jonathon P. Schuldt, Sungjong Roh, Norbert Schwarz

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Despite strong agreement among scientists, public opinion surveys reveal wide partisan disagreement on climate issues in the united States. we suggest that this divide may be exaggerated by questionnaire design variables. Following a brief literature review, we report on a national survey experiment involving U.S. Democrats and Republicans (n = 2,041) (fielded August 25–September 5, 2012) that examined the effects of question wording and order on the belief that climate change exists, perceptions of scientific consensus, and support for limiting greenhouse gas emissions. wording a questionnaire in terms of “global warming” (versus “climate change”) reduced Republicans’ (but not Democrats’) existence …

Politics, Economics And Communications, Brendan O'Rourke, John Hogan

Other

Presentation /Seminar on Political Communications and Public Affairs research with a focus on elite formation its measurements, its representation and its social construction .