Going Solo: A Study Into The Framing And Salience Of International Terrorism,
2015
Eastern Illinois University
Going Solo: A Study Into The Framing And Salience Of International Terrorism, Arianne Gouveia
Masters Theses
In order to explore presidential rhetoric, media coverage and its contribution to public opinion, this thesis will examine these facets in the matters of international terrorism. More specifically, terrorism in India, Syria, and Afghanistan will be assessed and compared during two time periods: 2003-2004, and 2011-2012. This thesis will predominately attempt to evaluate the relationship between the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) and actual coverage. By searching for key words in presidential speeches from President Obama and President Bush, evaluating the news coverage of terrorist activity in all three countries, this thesis will attempt to show the impact of presidential speeches …
Ua11/3 Public Affairs Building & Construction File,
2015
Western Kentucky University
Ua11/3 Public Affairs Building & Construction File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records regarding campus buildings and construction projects used for writing press releases. Includes construction information sheets, press releases and clippings from newspapers around the state.
Ua68/4/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Political Science Publications,
2015
Western Kentucky University
Ua68/4/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Political Science Publications, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Publications created by and about the Political Science Department.
Ua3/8/1 President's Office-Meredith Correspondence / Subject File,
2015
Western Kentucky University
Ua3/8/1 President's Office-Meredith Correspondence / Subject File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Correspondence and subject files created by the President's Office during Thomas Meredith's tenure as president of WKU.
Critical Champions Or Careless Condemners? Exploring News Media Constructions In Cases Of Wrongful Conviction,
2015
Wilfrid Laurier University
Critical Champions Or Careless Condemners? Exploring News Media Constructions In Cases Of Wrongful Conviction, Katherine Rozad
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Countless incidences occur throughout the world each and every day. However, only a few of these occurrences are deemed newsworthy by the media. One area of information quite often categorized as “newsworthy” is that surrounding crime. Within crime-related news coverage are occasionally cases of wrongful conviction – miscarriages of justice in which the innocent are labeled “guilty” and wrongly punished. Despite decades of research in both the areas of crime and media, as well as wrongful conviction studies, no research to date has examined the way that cases of wrongful conviction are constructed in the media from the beginnings of …
Media Insensitivity To People Of Color: A Comparison And Contrast Of How African Americans Are Portrayed In Mainstream Media To White Americans,
2015
University of Mississippi
Media Insensitivity To People Of Color: A Comparison And Contrast Of How African Americans Are Portrayed In Mainstream Media To White Americans, Tyler Carter
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
July 13, 2013, I in my great-grandmother’s house with my eyes glued to CNN waiting to see George Zimmerman charged in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. After the verdict of not guilty was read, I remember tuning into social media and seeing people who looked like me tweet about how disappointed they were in the “system.” Leading up to the Zimmerman trial, I paid attention to how mainstream media intentionally tried to defame Trayvon Martin’s character. Headlines read “Trayvon Martin was a weed smoker” and “Martin was suspended from school.” Fast-forward to August 5, 2014, a teen by the …
Jour 3130: Feature Writing (Syllabus),
2015
The University of Memphis
Jour 3130: Feature Writing (Syllabus), R. Spielberger
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Advanced practice in writing, publishing feature stories for magazines and newspapers and the Web; finding and developing publishable ideas; freelance techniques; advanced reporting skills; writing techniques with emphasis on leads, endings, description, effective use of anecdotes and quotations; critiques of student work.
Jour 4120: Advanced Reporting (Syllabus),
2015
The University of Memphis
Jour 4120: Advanced Reporting (Syllabus), Thomas J. Hrach
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Analyzing and writing news reports about government, courts, energy, economy, taxes, education, environment, medicine and science; emphasis on relationship between current issues and public’s need to be informed; topics vital to large urban society.
Jour 4998: Multimedia News Lab (Syllabus),
2015
The University of Memphis
Jour 4998: Multimedia News Lab (Syllabus), Jan Schaffer
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Applied skills in writing, videography, editing and studio work to present a multi-media product.
Jour 4431: Music Promo/Public Relations (Syllabus),
2015
The University of Memphis
Jour 4431: Music Promo/Public Relations (Syllabus), Elizabeth Cawein
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Examines publicity and promotion of artists and events within the music industry. Focuses on music journalism; advanced writing of collateral material, hosting events, planning, preparing and working events for artists in various capacities.
Jour 6120: Advanced Reporting (Syllabus),
2015
The University of Memphis
Jour 6120: Advanced Reporting (Syllabus), Thomas J. Hrach
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Writing and reporting news and in-depth feature stories on topics such as government, courts, education, science, trends and community-wide issues. The emphasis is on using public records and national sources as well as key local sources.
Jour 7600: Media Internship (Syllabus),
2015
The University of Memphis
Jour 7600: Media Internship (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught
Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive
Course Description: Work in practical assignments at local media under supervision of qualified practitioners.
A Capstone Unit For Tertiary Journalism Programmes That Aims To Facilitate The Demonstration Of Graduate Capabilities,
2015
Edith Cowan University
A Capstone Unit For Tertiary Journalism Programmes That Aims To Facilitate The Demonstration Of Graduate Capabilities, Trevor A. Cullen
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
There is still a lack of agreement about what skills journalism graduates need for employment in the industry and how these can be demonstrated and assured. The variability in courses has contributed to significant differences in standards and difficulties in measuring graduate capabilities. In response to this situation, this article outlines the case for the development of a new journalism capstone unit for journalism educators that demonstrates graduate capabilities more accurately and consistently. This final-year capstone unit aims to provide, for the first time, a series of agreed criteria and standards to guide journalism educators in the design and implementation …
A Tapestry Of War: Three Veterans' Stories,
2015
University of Mississippi. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
A Tapestry Of War: Three Veterans' Stories, Clancy Lane Smith
Honors Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to record and preserve the memories of American war veterans living in the Oxford area. The researcher interviewed local veterans and recorded their recollections in a narrative way, similar to how a feature story is written for publication in a newspaper or magazine. The results of this project demonstrate the stark contrast in a veterans' experiences based on differences in background, faith, family and decision-making. The stories are written so that they might be passed on to future generations.
Millennial Specific Techniques For Nonprofit Marketing Communications: A Messaging Study For World Relief,
2015
University of Mississippi. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
Millennial Specific Techniques For Nonprofit Marketing Communications: A Messaging Study For World Relief, Taylor M. Davenport
Honors Theses
Nonprofit organizations are quickly catching up to for profit companies in their marketing communications endeavors. World Relief, a faith-based nonprofit organization that strives to empower the vulnerable, is one of those organizations. While they have made huge strides in recent years, they are missing the mark when it comes to reaching millennials. This thesis sought to research effective millennial specific messaging techniques and implement an integrated marketing communications (IMC) campaign using the findings. This thesis compiles research on millennials from the Pew Research Center and other sources as a background for primary research. A survey and focus group were conducted …
An Examination Of Crisis Communications At Major Mississippi Universities,
2015
University of Mississippi. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
An Examination Of Crisis Communications At Major Mississippi Universities, Virginia W. Mayo
Honors Theses
This thesis will examine current theory in how to prepare for, handle and communicate in a crisis supported by extensive research. The first chapter includes case studies from other college campuses, the importance of a crisis management plan, and dealing with the media in crisis situations. Next, the crisis communications theories will be applied to three major Mississippi universities through examination from interviews and the study of past crises at these universities. Interviews were conducted via email and in person, depending on the location of the school. The three Mississippi universities examined are The University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi State …
A Woman's Right: Promoting The Pursuit Of Gender Equality In The Workplace,
2015
University of Mississippi. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
A Woman's Right: Promoting The Pursuit Of Gender Equality In The Workplace, Lauren Elizabeth Walker
Honors Theses
This thesis examines four questions. What is gender inequality, what is its level in the workplace especially in the public relations field, why does it exist, and what can we do to change that? Finally, an integrated marketing communications campaign will be planned to address the issue among students at the University of Mississippi The first chapter of this thesis examines the current level of gender inequality in the workplace and why these barriers exist in the workplace. In 2013, it was found that ratio of women's and men's median annual earnings was 78.3 percent for full-time/year round workers (Hartmann,1). …
Soul Food: An Interpretation Of The History, Significance And Southern Roots Of The American Cuisine,
2015
University of Mississippi. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
Soul Food: An Interpretation Of The History, Significance And Southern Roots Of The American Cuisine, Sarah Bracy Penn
Honors Theses
This thesis is a collection of stories in which I explored several facets of soul food, the cuisine of the American South. It uses soul food as a prism to view the cuisine's connections to race, politics, economics, class, history and social consequences. Rather than write an academic paper, I presented my findings in a series of articles based on live interviews with food historians, culinary writers, entrepreneurs and chefs. I also examined various books, articles and blogs written by these culinary writers. This is not a comprehensive history of the cuisine, nor does it attempt to take sides with …
Red Dirt Writing: Journalism, Foucault And The Transformation Of Onslow,
2015
Edith Cowan University
Red Dirt Writing: Journalism, Foucault And The Transformation Of Onslow, Karma Louise Barndon
Theses : Honours
The remote town of Onslow in the Pilbara region of WA plays host to two massive liquefied natural gas plants that will contribute billions to the state and national economy over the next 50 years. Recognising the importance of creating a first draft of history, the Tracking Onslow project was launched in 2012 by ECU and the Shire of Ashburton, to use journalism as a research methodology to document physical changes in the town and changing community perceptions about the gas plants and the companies that run them. The project produced six magazines over a three-year period. This practice-led thesis …
Against The Grain: Railroad Ramifications As Oil Crosses Wheat Country,
2015
School of Journalism
Against The Grain: Railroad Ramifications As Oil Crosses Wheat Country, Laura Scheer
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
Over the past two years, grain growers along Montana’s Hi-Line have experienced significant shipping delays because of heavy traffic on the railroads in the northern plains. The delays caused declines in wheat prices and many farmers had to build extra storage to house the crops they couldn’t get on the rails. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, the main railroad serving the Hi-Line, blames the congestion on harsh winter weather, a larger than average crop harvest and an increase in shipping demands across all sectors. Farmers say the railroad has favored increasing shipments of crude oil from the Bakken shale formation …
