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The Public's Role In Framing The Agenda In The Digital Age
(Communication, 2008-08-08)
The rapid growth of the Internet has transformed the business of journalism by allowing the public many new ways to participate in the news process. This thesis focuses on the public's participation in online news forums ...
Today's Army: An Examination Of The Differences Of Newspaper Coverage About America's Army In Small And Large Markets
(Communication, 2008-04-22)
This study examines differences in coverage of prominent Army news stories in a daily newspaper in a rural town near an Army post and the nearest metropolitan area. Past media and visual effects research suggests that ...
CMC v/s FtFC- Media Effect On Millennials' Self-disclosure Behavior
(Communication, 2013-03-20)
This study examines the effect that computer-mediated communication (CMC) and face-to-face communication (FTFC) have on Millennials' communication behaviors. The study specifically focuses on the self-disclosure aspect and ...
A Virtual Foot in the Door: How Avatar Similarity Impacts Group Identity in Computer-Mediated Communication
(2016-05-16)
Communication researchers continue to explore the promise and the
impact of the Internet and computer-mediated communication. While much
research has shown that the effects have been distancing, polarizing and negative ...
The butterfly effect of deceptive science: How media influence may have spread the illusory link between vaccines and autism
(2016-05-10)
Delaying or refusing childhood vaccinations can increase a community’s risk of vaccine-preventable diseases. Agenda setting theory demonstrates that media can influence people's attitudes and opinions. One study in 1998 ...
The Right Stuff? Selective Exposure and Political Misinformation on Facebook
(2016-12-20)
For a democracy to function optimally, its citizens must arrive at election booths armed with factual and complete information. If the voting public is equipped with misinformation, it is just as detrimental as if they ...
NEWS NARRATIVES ABOUT THE HPV VACCINE FOR ADOLESCENT MALES
(2016-12-08)
The goal of this research was to examine portrayals of gender roles and
expectations related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for men and boys in U.S. newspapers within the theoretical framework of feminist theory, ...
The rise of Twitter in presidential communication: An examination of the relationship between President Trump's Twitter feed and the media coverage of his first 100 days
(2018-08-09)
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Donald Trump’s Twitter feed and the media coverage of Trump’s agenda expressed in his tweets during the “honeymoon period.” From the theoretical perspective ...
HYPHENATED AMERICANS: CHRISTIAN ARAB-AMERICANS’ IDENTITY STRUGGLE
(2018-08-07)
The topic of this thesis is the understudied minority of Christian Arab-Americans (CAAs), and this research addresses the issues CAAs face in the United States with special attention to the factors that influence their ...
Implicating Ourselves Through Our Research: A Duoethnography of Researcher Reflexivity
(SAGE, 2022)
Researcher reflexivity is not a new concept in qualitative research. However, how/if researchers engage in that reflexivity varies. In this essay, the authors engage in reflexivity about a research project they conducted ...