Back Cover,
2012
University of Dayton
Basic Communication Course Annual Vol. 24,
2012
University of Dayton
Basic Communication Course Annual Vol. 24
Basic Communication Course Annual
Full issue (298 pages, 12.1 MB)
“All Girls Are Barbies”: A Feminist Critique Of Nicki Minaj’S Barbie Persona,
2012
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
“All Girls Are Barbies”: A Feminist Critique Of Nicki Minaj’S Barbie Persona, Camellia Sarmadi
Communication Studies
No abstract provided.
Thin Is In: A Content Analysis Of Images In Women's Magazines From 2009-2011,
2012
University of Mississippi
Thin Is In: A Content Analysis Of Images In Women's Magazines From 2009-2011, Jennifer Kate Wilson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Many research studies have shown that women constantly compare themselves to the models they see featured in women's magazines, and in turn, develop body image issues, negative mood changes and even eating disorders. The majority of findings show that women often develop these serious side-effects because they are bombarded with images of mostly thin models. Yet editors of women's magazines continue to choose women much smaller, in most cases at least six times smaller, than the average sized American women to feature. It is very unusual to see fashion spread in a women's magazine featuring a model close to the …
Playing The Christ Card: Courting Christians Through Religious Appeals In Political Campaigns,
2012
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Playing The Christ Card: Courting Christians Through Religious Appeals In Political Campaigns, Matthew Lee Thornton
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
In spite of a corpus of work over the last three decades acknowledging the centrality of religion in politics, (see e.g. Hunter, 1991; Layman, 2001; Putnam & Campbell, 2010; Wuthnow, 1988), there remains a scarcity of research examining the consequences of religious communication in political campaigns. The current study fills this void through an empirical exploration of the effects of religious campaign appeals on prospective voters. Specifically, this interdisciplinary investigation develops a theoretical framework and subsequent expectations as to how religious appeals are likely to activate individual religiosity thereby influencing the formation of political attitudes. Hypothesized expectations are then tested …
Androgyny And Musical Identity: Glitz, Glamour, And Everything In Between,
2012
University of Texas at El Paso
Androgyny And Musical Identity: Glitz, Glamour, And Everything In Between, Tanya Yvette Flores
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Discourse of androgyny and how it functions and how it is constructed will be central to analyzing how it is utilized in popular music and how artists, particularly androgynous artists, use it to complicate their expression of identities. Androgyny is described as a mixing of both male and female genders, where there can be distinct lack of coherent gender identification. Androgyny has been revealed as an identity that neither men nor women are born with, but embody through time. It is important to illustrate a growing recognition of androgynous artists to offer us an opportunity to glimpse the spectacular evolvement …
Getting The Message Across: Message Dissemination Through The Social Media Platform As A Public Relation Tool As A Media Richness Perspective,
2012
University of Texas at El Paso
Getting The Message Across: Message Dissemination Through The Social Media Platform As A Public Relation Tool As A Media Richness Perspective, Ana Isabel Gonzalez
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Prior studies that evaluated social media recommended the use of social media in PR efforts. But they lacked the theoretical framework to fully evaluate the richness of the communication medium. Through Media Richness Theory, the investigator assessed the perceptions of 162 PR professionals to shed light on the richness of social media as a communication tool and, most importantly, as an effective tool for the purposes of PR. While this study revealed that social media is not a fully "rich" communication outlet, there are components that provide value to PR professionals. This study suggests that social media not simply be …
The Sidis Case And The Origins Of Modern Privacy Law,
2012
University at Buffalo School of Law
The Sidis Case And The Origins Of Modern Privacy Law, Samantha Barbas
Journal Articles
The American press, it’s been said, is freer to invade personal privacy than perhaps any other in the world. The tort law of privacy, as a shield against unwanted media exposure of private life, is very weak. The usual reason given for the weakness of U.S. privacy law as a bar on the publication of private information is the strong tradition of First Amendment freedom. But “freedom of the press” alone cannot explain why liberty to publish has been interpreted as a right to print truly intimate matters or to thrust people into the spotlight against their will. Especially in …
News’ Australian Story Of Ethics And Self-Regulation: A Cautionary Tale,
2012
Aga Khan University
News’ Australian Story Of Ethics And Self-Regulation: A Cautionary Tale, Rhonda Breit, Matthew Ricketson
Graduate School of Media and Communications
I know the newsrooms, I know how cultures develop, and I’m hugely confident that there is no improper or unethical behaviour in our newsrooms.
(ABC 2011, 14 July)
This is how News Limited Chairman and Chief Executive John Hartigan publicly defended the ethical culture of News’ Australian operations in the week following News of the World’s (NoW’s) closure. Speaking during an interview on ABC’s 7.30 Report, Hartigan continued in his defence of Rupert Murdoch’s Australian stable, following shock revelations that NoW had hacked into the phone messages of murdered teenager Milly Dowler:
We’re a company of values, like most companies, …
The Effect Of Advertising-Focused, Short-Term Study Abroad Programs On Students’ Worldviews,
2012
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
The Effect Of Advertising-Focused, Short-Term Study Abroad Programs On Students’ Worldviews, Frauke Hachtmann
College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications
Global employers in the advertising industry are increasingly interested in hiring students with intercultural communication skills and cultural experience. While the benefits of long-term study abroad programs are well documented, this study focuses on advertising-specific, short-term study abroad programs. The purpose was to explore the effectiveness of such programs on students’ worldviews using a mixed methods design. The results show that students displayed lower levels of ethnocentrism after participating in short-term, advertising-focused study abroad programs. In addition, five qualitative themes emerged: an awareness of and appreciation for the out-group, an increased awareness of the in-group, the importance of communication, a …
Public Relations In Kenya: An Exploration Of Models And Cultural Influences,
2012
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Public Relations In Kenya: An Exploration Of Models And Cultural Influences, Dane M. Kiambi, Marjorie Keeshan Nadler
College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications
This pioneer study explores the public relations models that inform the practice of public relations in Kenya, and the cultural values that influence this practice. Results show the personal influence model as the most used by practitioners in Kenya, while individualism is the most experienced cultural value. The strong correlation between personal influence model and Hofstede’s cultural value of femininity points to the practitioners’ strong desire for good interpersonal relationships with colleagues, supervisors, clients and key publics.
Ethnic Appeal: A Self-Defense Tool For Kenyan Politicians,
2012
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ethnic Appeal: A Self-Defense Tool For Kenyan Politicians, Dane M. Kiambi
College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications
So far, analyses of apologetic rhetoric strategies as used by individuals or organizations to respond to accusations of wrongdoing have been concentrated in the West. An analysis of political apologia in an African setting — in this case Kenya — reveals that while Kenyan politicians have used denial, victimization, mortification, and counterattacking among other self-defense strategies, one particular strategy emerges as the most commonly used by Kenyan politicians — ethnic appeal.
"Nothing Sacred": Ignatian Principles Of Heroic Leadership In Entertainment Media,
2012
Gonzaga University
"Nothing Sacred": Ignatian Principles Of Heroic Leadership In Entertainment Media, John Briand Levesque
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
The series Nothing Sacred lasted less than one full season on broadcast network television. Critically acclaimed for its writing but also vigorously opposed for having an anti-Catholic agenda, it embraced a set of values consistent with Ignatian leadership philosophy. Scholars paid little attention to the show after its cancellation in 1998, but an examination of several episodes and the writing of its co-creator, a Jesuit priest, suggests that the series propagated the principles of Ignatian leadership in much the same way as Lowney (2003), who proposed that the 16th-century philosophy of leadership espoused by Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit …
Authentic Blackness And The Portrayals Of African Americans In Prime Time Television Commercials,
2012
Gonzaga University
Authentic Blackness And The Portrayals Of African Americans In Prime Time Television Commercials, Dari L. Rogers
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Though each African American person holds unique experiences, beliefs and preferences that are molded by his or her background, education, gender, sexual orientation and religion, he or she is often defined by superficial characteristics, such as how a person behaves, speaks and dresses, that determine his or her degree of authentic blackness. This thesis explores authentic blackness within the African American community and how television commercials help define what is considered authentically black. Based on the Social Cognitive Theory, Hall’s Theory of Encoding and Decoding, the Cultivation Theory and the Social Construction of Reality Theory, this thesis explores how African …
President Barack Obama's Speech In Cairo: A Metaphor Analysis,
2012
Gonzaga University
President Barack Obama's Speech In Cairo: A Metaphor Analysis, George Ebimobowei Oti
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
This study investigates the metaphors embedded in President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo, delivered on June 4, 2009. Mr.Obama delivered his speech at a time when the dissonance between the Muslim world and the West expanded. The rhetor’s motive was to arrest the increasingly compounded atmosphere of rapprochements between the two worlds. The study employed two philosophical foundations, Burkean identification- consubstantiation and Buber’s I-thou personality theory. The two philosophies promote the notion of humankind’s sharing of a bond. The study categorizes the deployment of metaphors into archetypal and transcendent metaphors; the results show that both types of metaphors serve a …
This Just In: Breaking News With Social Media By The Newspaper Organizations In The Southwestern Corner Of New York State,
2012
Gonzaga University
This Just In: Breaking News With Social Media By The Newspaper Organizations In The Southwestern Corner Of New York State, Chris Chapman
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Social media is the newest form of technology to tempt journalists. What is it? How can it be used to bring their information to the consumers? This thesis examines the ability of eight papers in the southwestern corner of New York state to break news on social media like Facebook and Twitter. The study, conducted by a survey of the journalists working for those papers, takes a look at the policies that govern social media within their organization. Through the lens of the agenda-setting theory, the data shows that the rural region of New York state has yet to find …
Gender Bias In Network News Reporting: Inaccurate Risk Information About Male And Female Birth Control,
2012
Gonzaga University
Gender Bias In Network News Reporting: Inaccurate Risk Information About Male And Female Birth Control, Krista Currer
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Pharmaceutical companies spend considerable amounts of revenue on advertising; therefore, media networks must portray an agenda which supports those companies. This thesis attempts to discover if and to what extent women are marginalized by the promotion of hormonal birth control. Particular focus is placed on the link between these drugs and breast cancer risk, as well as the existence of gendered messages. Framework for the study is established through Agenda-setting Theory and Marxist and feminist criticism. Media messages about birth control are then interpreted through content analysis. Only 9% of messages about female birth control mention the link with breast …
Salud Y Saludos: The E-News Of The College Of Health Sciences,
2012
University of Texas at El Paso
Salud Y Saludos: The E-News Of The College Of Health Sciences, College Of Health Sciences
College of Health Sciences
Monthly e-newsletter of the College of Health Sciences.
Johnson & Johnson's Recall Debacle,
2012
University of Central Florida
Johnson & Johnson's Recall Debacle, Lashonda Louallen Eaddy
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been viewed as a role model by many organizations for its successful handling of a 1982 crisis involving cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules that resulted in seven deaths. The public relations community applauded J&J for a swift response and for promptly implementing actions to prevent a similar crisis from occurring in the future. However more recently, J&J has become a poster child for poor crisis communications amidst a flood of recalls that started in November 2009. The present study used concepts from Coombs’ (2004) Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) and media framing research to develop a coding …
The Rhetoric Of Evidence In Recent Documentary Film And Video,
2012
University of South Florida
The Rhetoric Of Evidence In Recent Documentary Film And Video, Steven W. Schoen
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Documentary is a genre of film that portrays "real" events using depictions that connote the objectivity and facticity implied by the processes of photorealism. Many contemporary documentary theorists and critics observe a constitutive problem in this ethos: despite the apparent constructions and agendas of documentary filmmaking, the framing and assumption of documentary as a window on the world tend to naturalize its own constructions as "real." Critics who engage documentary trace the multitude of ways this problem plays out in particular films. These projects yield many important insights, but they most often approach documentary as a form of inherently deficient …
