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Barton, Evan P.
The Messenger and The Crisis during World War I and The Red Scare, 1917-21.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2011, Ohio University
► The Messenger was a socialist African-American magazine which began during the World…
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▼ The Messenger was a socialist African-American magazine which began during the World War I era and ran through the 1920s. The Crisis, which began in 1910, was the magazine of the NAACP. This study is a history of both magazines during World War I and the Red Scare, focusing on similarities and differences within the content, and the perspective of the U.S. government. Both magazines supported racial uplift, yet while The Messenger advocated class consciousness and critiqued capitalism, The Crisis’ editorials focused on more ideological and legal arguments against racism; on the whole, The Crisis was more of a general interest magazine for the black community, with current events, literature, and educational content supplementing the editorials. The Messenger contained much of the same, though with a more marked socialist perspective. Although The Messenger was more overtly political, on several occasions The Crisis supported socialist economic principles as an ideal.
Advisors/Committee Members: Washburn, Patrick.
Subjects: African Americans; African American Studies; Economic Theory; History; Journalism; Labor Economics; Labor Relations
Keywords: The Messenger; The Crisis; World War I; Red Scare; Du Bois; A. Philip Randolph; African-American Periodicals; Socialism; African-American Socialists; NAACP
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Betancourt, Mariel M.
On the Cover of Rolling Stone: What the Faces of Rock 'n' Roll Say about Music's Most Popular Magazine.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2008, Ohio University
► This thesis, based on a content analysis of Rolling Stonecovers from 1967…
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▼ This thesis, based on a content analysis of Rolling Stonecovers from 1967 to 2007, examines changes in the magazine's most famous image throughout time. Journalists have argued Rolling Stonemagazine's coverage has changed noticeably since its debut, but often failed to support these claims with concrete evidence. This study presents one concrete means of talking about changes in musical focus through time; it compares the Hot 100 Billboard musical charts and Rolling Stone's cover artists to examine the influence of the charts on the cover. It considers gender, race, and occupation of cover artists to document how the diversity of cover subjects has developed since the magazine’s founding as well.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bernt, Joseph P.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: Rolling Stone; content analysis; magazine cover; rock and roll; journalism; Billboard
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Borger, Philip M.
The People's Pope: Effects of Audience Orientation on News Content Following the Death of Pope John Paul II.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2010, Ohio University
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▼ Pope John Paul II (born 1920) was not only a major figure in the worldwide Catholic community, but he also held a special place with his fellow Poles and with the Hispanic-American community for his outreach to Latin America. Therefore, the pope’s April 2005 death provided a unique opportunity to study how the demographic makeup of an audience affected local news content. Gatekeepers’ perceptions of their audience are one of many influences on news routines and content selection; furthermore, market demands can also influence newspapers to cater content to their audience. This study measured the content of 12 American newspapers in cities of varying Catholic, Polish-American, and Hispanic-American makeup in the week following Pope John Paul II’s death. By comparing the demographics of these 12 cities with the content in their corresponding newspapers, this study attempted to provide further insight into the audience’s influence on news content.
Advisors/Committee Members: Reader, Bill.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: audience orientation; market-driven; news routines; knowing your audience; ethnic; religious; news coverage; pope
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Budianto, Ariadne.
The U.S. Newsmagazines Coverage of the “Asian Economic Tigers,” 1990-2000: A Content Analysis.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2004, Ohio University
► In the early 1990s, several nations emerged as the new Asia’s economic…
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▼ In the early 1990s, several nations emerged as the new Asia’s economic powerhouses: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. These nations, known as the “Asian economic tigers,” have always played an important role in serving the United States’ interests in the East Asia region. Previous studies have shown that the way the United States sees other countries is most often reflected in its media. This study is a content analysis of how four leading American news magazines—Business Week, Newsweek, Time and U.S. News and World Report—portrayed these Asian “tigers,” from 1990 to 2000. Although there are many studies conducted to examine the other Asian economic giants (China and Japan), only limited attention has been given to examine American media coverage these new “tigers.” This research is designed to find out how these magazines cover these nations by examining: the number of stories written, the trends and patterns of coverage over time, the topics prevalent in this period, and the sources within the stories. The results show that although the magazines have different preferences in covering each “tiger,” they were similar in determining what events are considered “important.” They agree that events related to “economy and business” are the “most important.” This research also found that overall the magazines employ sources from the “tiger” nations more than to sources from the United States or international institutions. A new power structure that defines information in American media is set by a new form of elite: the economic elites.
Advisors/Committee Members: Riffe, Daniel.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: COVERAGE; NEWSMAGAZINES; foreign; International News; Asia; TIGERS; U.S
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Cammarata, Natalie A.
Cosmopolitan vs. Provincial Newspaper Coverage: A Content Analysis of the Sicilian Mafia in Italy.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2010, Ohio University
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▼ This thesis is a content analysis of Italian newspaper coverage of the Sicilian mafia ring Cosa nostra during a four-month period surrounding the Italian “decapitation” of Cosa nostra. The study examines the differences between the cosmopolitan newspaper La Repubblica and the provincial newspaper La Sicilia, and how organized crime fits into the hierarchy of media influences introduced by Shoemaker and Reese (1997). The results of this study indicate that the two newspapers, although different in audience, values, and societal stature, are similar to each other in terms of coverage of the mafia. Issues addressed in this thesis include cosmopolitanism vs. provincialism, media framing, and media influences, as well as the mafia as an ongoing sociological and historical research topic in Sicily.
Advisors/Committee Members: Cheng, Hong.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: Cosmopolitan newspapers; provincial newspapers; journalism; international journalism; international communications; Cosa nostra; organized crime; Italian media; Italian journalism; Italian newspapers; mafia studies
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Carey, M. Clay.
A Plain Circle: Imagining Amish and Mennonite Community Through the National Edition of The Budget.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2012, Ohio University
► This thesis describes the ways in which one community newspaper attempts to…
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▼ This thesis describes the ways in which one community newspaper attempts to connect a broad, diverse population bound by a common ideal, in this case religious faith. The subject of the research is the national edition of The Budget, a weekly newspaper mailed to Amish and Mennonite readers all over the world. Writers for the national edition are largely free to write about whatever they like. They pass along local information about the weather, church visits, people who have fallen ill, marriages, and other aspects of community life. This qualitative study of The Budget explores the portrayals of Anabaptist life in those dispatches and how those portrayals unite readers. Using textual analysis, it explores common themes, ideals, and values expressed in letters, and how those expressions help create an “imagined community†among Budget readers. It builds upon past research that examines the ways in which niche publications with national followings connect with readers.
Advisors/Committee Members: Reader, Bill.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: imagined communities; Amish; Mennonite; The Budget newspaper; correspondent newspaper; diaspora; community journalism
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Carnifax, Ashley C.
Candid Conversations: Behind the Scenes of the Playboy Interview, 1962-2011.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2011, Ohio University
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▼ This paper uses content analysis, historical research and interviews with journalists to examine the subjects of the Playboy Interview and the interview's role in shaping journalism and popular culture. The content analysis of 569 Playboy Interviews showed that the majority of interview subjects were white males, and that the television and film industry was the most represented profession. Interviews with Playboy editors and writers were used to explain the process of selecting these subjects, as well as to determine which interviews were most memorable to those who wrote and edited them. Finally, historical analysis showed that the early interviews were not acknowledged by popular media, but rather, were written about decades after they took place. Since then, interviews with political figures, such as Jimmy Carter and Jesse Ventura, have been written about more frequently by newspapers and magazines.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sweeney, Michael S.
Subjects: Journalism; Mass Communications
Keywords: playboy interview; jimmy carter; ted turner; jesse ventura; interview subjects; playboy
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Cheng, Fang.
U.S. ELITE NEWSPAPERS’ COVERAGE OF THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT, DECEMBER 1, 2005 - MARCH 10, 2006.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2006, Ohio University
► This study examines sourcing and framing of U.S. elite newspapers’ coverage of…
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▼ This study examines sourcing and framing of U.S. elite newspapers’ coverage of the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act. A content analysis of stories in three U.S. newspapers between December 1, 2005 and March 10, 2006 indicates that a majority of news stories relied heavily on government sources and that the press failed to do its job of including a variety of sources and viewpoints. Regarding topics, counterterrorism, government powers, civil liberties concerns and privacy concerns are the aspects stressed in the media coverage of the renewal. Additionally, the study found that the three newspapers have standardized their own style and wording to cue their readers about what the law is. An examination of the tone in editorials and Op-Ed pieces shows that a majority of those articles are critical of the Act or express mixed feelings towards it. The only supportive voice was from supporters of Bush administration policies.
Advisors/Committee Members: Cooper-Chen, Anne M.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: PATRIOT Act; Counterterrorism; Elite newspaper; Framing; Official sources; Government-media relationship; Congress
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Cruikshank, Sally Ann.
U.S. Presidential Election Coverage on the Global Stage: A Content Analysis of 2008 Election Coverage on Al Jazeera, the BBC, and Russia Today.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2009, Ohio University
► The 2008 U.S. presidential election garnered unprecedented global interest and international news…
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▼ The 2008 U.S. presidential election garnered unprecedented global interest and international news coverage. This study, guided by the framing theoretical perspective, examined how the U.S. presidential candidates, Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain, were framed by three major international networks: Al Jazeera (English), the BBC, and Russia Today. It also examined what type of coverage, horse race or issue coverage, aired on the networks, and how the election process itself was framed by the networks. A content analysis of 117 stories on evening newscasts, from October 6, 2008, through November 3, 2008, found that Obama was framed more positively than his rival McCain on all three networks. The majority of coverage on Al Jazeera and the BBC focused on the horse race, rather than the issues. The analysis indicated that similar frames are used to describe candidates internationally. It is argued here that if networks continue to focus on the horse race, rather than the issues, audiences will learn only who is ahead in the polls and not necessarily which candidate is better suited for the office. Future research should expand the findings of this study by analyzing more international networks to determine if these findings are generalizable beyond the cultures featured here.
Advisors/Committee Members: Kalyango, Yusuf.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: Election; Media; Obama; Al Jazeera; BBC; Russia Today
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DiBari, Michael Jr.
Advancing the Civil Rights Movement: Race and Geography of Life Magazine's Visual Representation, 1954-1965.
Degree: PhD, Journalism (Communication), 2011, Ohio University
► As one of America's most popular national news magazines, Life magazine played…
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▼ As one of America's most popular national news magazines, Life magazine played an integral part in bringing the fight for civil rights into the public discourse. It helped to educate and inform the nation with regards to visual imagery and the events of the times. This study, beginning in 1954, the year of the Supreme Court's historic Brown v. Board of Education decision, and ending in 1965, the year that Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, examined every issue of Life for civil rights-related articles. By applying the concepts of geography and discussing images and events with regard to space, this study discussed race and the conflict between African Americans and racist white citizens in the fight for equal rights. This dissertation found that the Life magazine was both a leader and follower in the debate for equal rights, publishing photographs that intimately recorded the battle for space on a variety of levels including: a physical, a metaphorical, and a symbolic level. The significance of this study is that there are new and deeper ways to examine media texts, their frames, and the issues involved. On the surface, Life portrayed a street-level battle for fixing historic injustices. But, on another level, which spatial and geographic theory helps us to understand, Life magazine revealed a much deeper, ongoing debate over the rightful place of the African American in American society.
Advisors/Committee Members: Washburn, Patrick.
Subjects: African American Studies; Black Studies; Communication; Geography; Journalism; Mass Media; Modern History
Keywords: Life magazine; photography; Civil Rights; geography; cultural landscape; Chales Moore; Flip Schulke; Richard B. Stolley; Hal Wingo; photojournalism; Visual Methodology; Segregation; contested space.
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Donovan, Robin K.
Silence and Agony: A Comparison of Chronic Pain Depictions in Newspapers, Magazines, and Blogs by People with Chronic Pain.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2011, Ohio University
► This study compared depictions of chronic pain in newspapers and magazines with…
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▼ This study compared depictions of chronic pain in newspapers and magazines with blogs by people with chronic pain. Using critical discourse analysis, the study identified and compared frames, definitions of people with chronic pain, symbols and metaphors, and depictions of otherness/unhomelikeness. Marked differences were found among blogs and mainstream print media, with lesser differences between newspapers and magazines. By defining people with chronic pain by their illnesses, downplaying the impact of persistent pain on everyday life, and relating chronic pain to character or mental fortitude, magazines and newspapers contributed to the stigmatization and otherization bloggers described. Mainstream print media authors also portrayed chronic pain as less impactful, less agonizing, and less real than bloggers’ descriptions. As such, newspapers and magazines made chronic pain more palatable to readers, but deprived them of the knowledge people with chronic pain glean through the lived experience of illness.
Advisors/Committee Members: Debatin, Bernhard.
Subjects: Communication; Health; Journalism; Mass Communications; Mass Media; Social Research
Keywords: chronic pain; persistent pain; stigma; framing; illness narratives; critical discourse analysis; blogs; health bloggers; print media; mass media depictions of pain; unhomelikeness; otherization; lived experience of pain; self-discrepancy theory
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Doyle, Daniel S.
A Discourse-Proceduralist Case for Election and Media Reform after Citizens United.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2012, Ohio University
► This paper interrogates the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United v. FEC…
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▼ This paper interrogates the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision from the perspective of Jürgen Habermas's Between Facts and Norms. It takes a legal-historical look at U.S. policy impetus toward legitimation procedures up to the Warren Court, and normatively reconstructs the U.S. constitutional right to participate in politics. Using a close reading of judicial literature defending the old status quo of campaign finance law against Citizens United's lawsuit, the paper examines market colonization of a discussion space that, according to Habermas, ought to be set aside for non-coerced political discussions. The paper argues that because rights derive from the natural human capacity for language and reason, any right to political participation should be able to protect public political discourse from the colonizing components of non-human market systems, namely corporations. The thesis further argues that public political discourse is important because elections are important, and that critical responses to Citizens United should be situated within movements for election reform and media reform more than campaign finance reform alone.
Advisors/Committee Members: Debatin, Bernhard.
Subjects: American History; American Studies; Communication; Economic History; Economics; Economic Theory; Ethics; Journalism; Labor Relations; Law; Legal Studies; Mass Communications; Mass Media; Public Policy; Sociology
Keywords: citizens united; election reform; election integrity; media reform; campaign finance; first amendment; constitutional amendment; habermas; communism; capitalism; critical theory
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Eckert, Kristin D.
Use of the Internet for International News: A Comparative Content Analysis of the Television Evening Newscasts and Web Videos of the U.S. Stations PBS and NBC and the German Stations ARD and RTL.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2009, Ohio University
► This comparative content analysis examined two weeks without weekends in April 2009…
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▼ This comparative content analysis examined two weeks without weekends in April 2009 of the U.S. television newscasts PBS NewsHour and NBC Nightly News and the German television newscasts ARD Tagesschau and RTL Aktuell and the relationship to their respective web videos in terms of focus, geographic area, link to television, topic, and format with a special interest in international news. For the 702 stories analyzed it was found that content-wise little is new online; international news online is for the most part imbalanced in terms of topic and geographic area, falling into traditional patterns that neglect the Southern hemisphere. Public-service broadcasters appeared to be the more reliable choice to obtain news on politics and the economy. In addition, different formats of online presentation were found to have evolved between the two countries.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bernt, Joseph.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: Germany; United States; broadcasting; online journalism; content analysis; NBC Nightly News; PBS NewsHour; ARD Tagesschau; RTL Aktuell; web
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Feng, Wei.
Male Cosmetics Advertisements in Chinese and U.S. Men’s Lifestyle Magazines.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2008, Ohio University
► This study compared the men’s magazines of China and the United States…
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▼ This study compared the men’s magazines of China and the United States on how men’s images are portrayed in men’s cosmetics advertisements through examining male models’ image, advertisement color display, degree of nudity of models, setting, type of cosmetics and racial type. A content analysis of 310 male cosmetics advertisements with a total of 356 models from four Chinese men’s lifestyle magazines: Men’s Health, Maxim, Esquire and FHM, and four U.S. men’s lifestyle magazines: GQ, Men’s Health, Maxim and Esquire between January 1, 2006, and December 30, 2006 indicates that male cosmetics advertisements replicated men’s stereotypical image no matter in Chinese magazines or in U.S. magazines. This study found that the majority of the advertisements featured males in non working setting, indicating that men are now more willing to do something different. Cold and neutral colors were the main colors displayed in men’s cosmetics advertisements, reflecting the impression about male stereotype as individual and independent image. Regarding the degree of nudity of models, male models tended to wear more in male cosmetics advertisements both in Chinese and U.S. magazines, indicating that male models in cosmetics advertisements was not often used as a purpose to adorn and enhance the product. Additionally, the study found that body care products, especially fragrance, dominated male cosmetics advertisements in U.S. magazines, while Chinese magazines concentrated both on body care products and face care products. This study also found that Caucasian models were more visible in Chinese magazines, while Chinese models were not found in U.S. magazines.
Advisors/Committee Members: Cooper-Chen, Anne.
Subjects: Gender; Journalism; Mass media
Keywords: Advertisements; Male Cosmetics; Gender Stereotype; China; U.S.; Magazines; Cross-Culture Study
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Fisher, Howard D.
Don't Let the Girls Play: Gender Representation in Videogame Journalism and the Influence of Hegemonic Masculinity, Media Filters, and Message Mediation.
Degree: PhD, Journalism (Communication), 2012, Ohio University
► The researcher proposed that videogame magazines and journalists were misrepresenting the full…
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▼ The researcher proposed that videogame magazines and journalists were misrepresenting the full breadth of modern videogame players, specifically women. Based on a foundation of Hegemonic Masculinity, the researcher conducted frame analyses of select magazines and in-depth interviews with select journalists. The researcher used Herman and Chomsky and Shoemaker and Reese as theoretical background and the standards proposed by the Hutchins commission and the Society of Professional Journalists to analyze the frames and interviews. The researcher found that women avatars were either ignored or portrayed as sex objects in the magazines, and that women videogame players were frequently mocked or insulted. Analyses further revealed that videogame journalists subscribe to an Ideology of Anxiety, primarily based on their fear-driven relationship with videogame developers and publishers.
Advisors/Committee Members: Debatin, Bernhard.
Subjects: Communication; Ethics; Gender; Gender Studies; Journalism; Mass Communications; Mass Media; Womens Studies
Keywords: videogame; video game; magazine; journalist; hegemonic masculinity; Herman and Chomsky; Shoemaker and Reese; Ideology of Anxiety; women
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Forster, Lisa J.
The Banking Industry's Relationship with Reporters: Cultivation through Risk Management.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2007, Ohio University
► Using semi-structured, qualitative interviews with PR practitioners in the banking industry and…
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▼ Using semi-structured, qualitative interviews with PR practitioners in the banking industry and a content analysis of newspaper coverage about banks, this study examined the relationship of banks with reporters. The interviews revealed striking differences in how the relationship was managed based on the banks’ organizational structure and the practitioners’ personal characteristics. Yet, the banking industry’s risk management culture similarly influenced the practitioners’ evaluative process in determining when and how to interact with reporters and what to say. The content analysis indicated that news covered in the papers was consistent with the banks’ somewhat conservative media relations efforts.
Advisors/Committee Members: Roberts Frith, Cary.
Subjects: Journalism; Journalism
Keywords: qualitative interviews; PR practitioners; banking industry; newspaper coverage; reporter relationship
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Furrow, Ashley D.
Race and Gender Bias in Editorial and Advertising Photographs and in Sources in Sports Illustrated Kids, 2000-2009.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2010, Ohio University
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▼ Despite gains made by Title IX in the past 38 years, including increased female participation in high school and collegiate sport, there is evidence that gender equity in sport is not fully achieved. Gender and racial discrimination in sport remains rampant, and sports media continue as a leading arena for the reproduction of dominant, traditional images of gender and race and of inequality between the sexes and races (Sage, 1990; Smith, 2007). This study conducted a content analysis of photographs in the editorial (N=2,403) and advertising (N=1,490) content and of sources in feature articles (N=315) in Sports Illustrated Kids to determine whether these visual images and feature articles reflect actual participation rates in athletic competition based on gender and race and whether the number of images of women in the magazine have increased during the magazine’s second decade of publication, 2000 to 2009. This study found that women continue to be vastly underrepresented within the magazine’s pages. Photographs featuring men were found to vastly outnumber those featuring women in SIK editorial and advertising photographs by a ratio of more than 7 to 1 (87.6% to 12.4%) and by a ratio of nearly 4 to 1 (79.7% to 20.3%), respectively. As far as a racial difference, African and European athletes have equivalent coverage in editorial photographs, but racial minority athletes (African, Asian, and Hispanic) are still fighting for representation in advertising photographs and as sources in feature articles. Of editorial and advertising photographs, 52.1% and 27.8% depicted racial minority athletes, respectively. Similarly, only 21.1% of articles were stories for which the dominant subject(s) were female athletes or female-specific sports teams, whereas 30.9% of articles featured racial minority athletes as the dominant subject.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bernt, Joseph.
Subjects: Communication; Gender; Journalism; Mass media; Social psychology
Keywords: Gender; Race; Social learning theory; power of photography; source bias; advertising; magazine; sports illustrated kids; sports magazines; images
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Gaitten, Christopher M.
It Was All in the Interest of Journalistic Science: The Story of Hunter S. Thompson and Gonzo Journalism, 1962-76.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2008, Ohio University
► This thesis argued that Hunter S. Thompson's writing style, commonly known as…
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▼ This thesis argued that Hunter S. Thompson's writing style, commonly known as Gonzo journalism, was a style that formed slowly and remained dynamic after its inception. The changes in his writing style were linked with major events in his life, his experiments with drugs and alcohol, and his public persona. This was done through books of his letters, interviews, oral histories, and other published works about his life and writing. The thesis included an in-depth analysis of all of his published articles between 1962 and 1976 and studied how he experimented with his style based on the presence or absence of eight of the main elements of Gonzo journalism.
Advisors/Committee Members: Washburn, Patrick S.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: Hunter S. Thompson; Gonzo journalism
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Gerber, Melissa A.
Gendered Crisis Reporting: A Content Analysis of Crisis Coverage on ABC, CBS, and NBC Evening News Programming, 1969 - 2007.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2008, Ohio University
► Previous studies assess the representation of women in journalism; however, few specifically…
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▼ Previous studies assess the representation of women in journalism; however, few specifically look at broadcast journalism and crisis reporting. This content analysis analyzes approximately 40 years of national network news crisis coverage to determine the representation of female journalists in crisis reporting. Overall, this study found while female journalists were responsible for more crisis coverage with the progression of time,women were still underrepresented. Furthermore, through categorizing the crises, this study found an association between the nature of the crisis situation and the gender of the reporters covering it; overall, female journalists were most underrepresented in accident crisis coverage.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bernt, Joseph P.
Subjects: Gender; Mass media; Womens studies
Keywords: Gendered reporting; network television; crisis reporting; female journalists
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Grabowski, Karen S.
Magazine Coverage of Corn Ethanol between Two Energy Crises: Sourcing and Framing in Corn Ethanol Coverage in Time, Newsweek and The Economist from 1979 to 2007.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2008, Ohio University
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▼ With the depletion of traditional energy resources and the increased knowledge of the detrimental effects burning fossil fuels has on the environment, renewable and alternative energies are solutions to which the United States is turning for its energy issues. Corn ethanol has become one of the most produced and used alternative energies in the United States, but research has found that corn ethanol is not the cleanest or most efficient alternative to fossil fuels and may perpetuate food shortages and high food prices. A content analysis of 172 articles about corn ethanol from the magazines Time, Newsweek and, The Economist was conducted to determine whether the coverage of corn ethanol changed from 1979, the year of the second energy crisis in the 1970s, and 2007. Sourcing and framing were the two main aspects examined in this study. The study found that the frame biofuel and sources affiliated with business/financial dominated the coverage of corn ethanol.
Advisors/Committee Members: Frith, Cary R.
Subjects: Communication; Journalism
Keywords: corn ethanol; renewable energy; sustainable energy; magazine coverage; Time; Newsweek; The Economist
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Guthrie, Sarah L.
Reality and Perception of Feminism and Broadcast, 1968-1977: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Alison Owings, and the Experience of Second-Wave Feminism in Broadcast News.
Degree: MA, Journalism (Communication), 2010, Ohio University
► This thesis examined the media portrayal of liberation and feminism in The…
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▼ This thesis examined the media portrayal of liberation and feminism in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TMTMS) during second-wave feminism in the 1970s and contrasted it with the real-life experiences of Alison Owings, who worked in broadcast news at the same time. Interviews with Owings, Susan Brownmiller (a prominent feminist) and Treva Silverman (the primary female writer for TMTMS) were conducted, Owings's personal files were mined for primary source documents from the period, and numerous popular and scholarly books and articles addressing the impact of both second-wave feminism and TMTMS were examined. It was found that Owings's feminist conscience grew steadily through the 1970s and spurred her to take action to address discrimination against women in her profession. Her arc of development finally took her beyond the traditional limits of broadcast journalism. She moved beyond the limits of the traditional role assigned to women in a predominantly male field. The arc of development of TMTMS rose at the beginning as a result of the influence of two burgeoning feminists, writer Silverman and actress Valerie Harper, but the final years of the show worked to trivialize and contain its limited feminist message. As the show gained in popularity it lost its minimal feminist edge and its most important feminist advocates and became a product of a conservative backlash against feminism.
Advisors/Committee Members: Washburn, Patrick.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: feminism; 1970s; broadcast news; Mary Tyler Moore Show; CBS Evening News; WRC discrimination lawsuit; Walter Cronkite; new-wave feminism
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Hargis, Jared D.
Through "Foreign" Eyes: The Guardian's Coverage of the Virginia Tech Massacre.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2009, Ohio University
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▼ This thesis presents a textual analysis and a descriptive content analysis of how the British newspaper The Guardian covered the Virginia Tech school shootings that took place on 16 April 2007. Analysis of the first eight days of coverage, totaling 61 articles, added to the existing research on media coverage of school shootings by understanding how the media lens of an influential British newspaper viewed the “gun culture” of the United States. The results of this study indicate that The Guardian's coverage suggests that the “gun culture” of the United States may be directly responsible for the Virginia Tech school shootings, and that the newspaper and its readers (via their feedback) have constructed a collective argument that such events are inevitable when guns are so readily accessible as they are in the United States.
Advisors/Committee Members: Reader, Bill.
Subjects: Communication; Journalism
Keywords: Virginia Tech; The Guardian; coverage of school shooting; Cho Seung-Hui; gun control; media coverage
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Hay, Stephanie A.
“Sesame Street” and the Media: Environments, Frames, and Representations Contributing to Success.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2003, Ohio University
► Television to viewers of all ages in the 1960s was a budding…
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▼ Television to viewers of all ages in the 1960s was a budding medium, and children by 1961 proved to be a loyal—and later profitable—target audience for networks. But debates appeared questioning whether or not children’s television negatively influenced its young viewers. “Sesame Street” debuted in 1969 and quickly became the most successful children’s program in television history. Its production continues today. The thesis, in its entirety, found that “Sesame Street” happened “in the right place at the right time.” It found that the show was an exception to a plethora of the low-quality, violent, and commercial children’s programming that print media characterized before its debut; was overwhelmingly supported after its debut by print media, political figures and public audiences; was overwhelmingly framed positively by authors of articles who pinned traditional educators fearing television may replace their roles against “Sesame Street” creators in a public debate over the show’s merits; and was changed over the past three decades in response to vocal opinions about the characters’ representations of gender, race, and class.
Advisors/Committee Members: Debatin, Bernhard.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: Children's Television; Sesame Street; Framing Theory; Changing Representations of Gender, Race, and Class; Textual Analysis
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Howard, Courtney L.
Special Exhibitions, Media Outreach, and Press Coverage at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Chicago Art Institute, and the National Gallery of Art.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2010, Ohio University
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▼ Special exhibitions are today an integral part of museum operations, with some exhibitions attracting upwards of five-hundred thousand visitors at a single museum. Often supported by prominent corporations and foundations, special exhibitions provide both the museum and the sponsor with the benefit of mutual positive publicity. This thesis sought to better understand the publicity relationship between the museum and its exhibition sponsors by examining the influence of certain exhibition factors on exhibition promotion by the museum, on resulting coverage of such exhibitions, and on visitor attendance. To do so, it examined exhibition promotion at three museums in the United States, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Gallery of Art, and local exhibition coverage in, respectively, the New York Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Washington Post. Results showed that exhibitions with corporate and foundation sponsors were more likely to receive aggressive promotion from museums and aggressive promotion garnered more local newspaper coverage.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bernt, Joseph.
Subjects: Journalism; Museums
Keywords: Museum special exhibitions; museum media relations; Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Howard, Tyler P.
Creation of a Political Superstar: Print News Media Coverage of Barack Obama.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2007, Ohio University
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▼ This thesis is a case study of how the media frame politicians. Barack Obama, as a biracial celebrity, identified as a black politician, who happens to be running for president, allowed this study the opportunity to explore framing of politicians from four separate yet interlinking angles. Using the New York Times, as the “paper of record,” and the three largest circulation general news magazines, Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News and World Report, this study examined how the print news media framed Obama as a presidential candidate, as a black politician, as a biracial celebrity, and as a celebrity politician. This study found that the media framed Obama as a new type of politician, one who by virtue of his heritage, would be able to achieve great things and fulfill the enormous potential the media heaped upon him.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bernt, Joseph.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: Barack Obama; Political Coverage; Presidential Contenders; Black Politicians; Celebrity Politicians; Biracial Celebrities
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Hrach, Thomas J.
The News Media and the Disorders: The Kerner Commission's Examination of Race Riots and Civil Disturbances, 1967-1968.
Degree: PhD, Journalism (Communication), 2008, Ohio University
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▼ The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known informally as the Kerner Commission, issued a 425-page report on March 1, 1968, that brought the attention of the nation to the issues of race and poverty. President Lyndon Johnson appointed the commission on July 27, 1967, after a summer of urban rioting in hopes of preventing future violence. One of the questions Johnson asked the commission to answer was: "What effect do the mass media have on the riots?" From that question, the commission developed Chapter Fifteen of the Kerner Report titled "The News Media and the Disorders." Historians and journalists credit the news media chapter with inspiring improvement in how the press covered race and poverty and encouraging an increase in the number of blacks hired into the mainstream media. This dissertation examines how and why the commission developed its news media chapter. It analyzes why the news media were criticized for their coverage of rioting, who were the major influences on the development of the chapter, what research was used to come to the commission's conclusions and how the chapter was put together.
Advisors/Committee Members: Washburn, Patrick.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: news media; Kerner Commission; civil disorders; race; riots
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Hu, Haidan.
Can Journalists Have a Work-Life Balance? A Study of the Relationship between Journalists' Personal Blogs and Their Professional Work.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2012, Ohio University
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▼ Blogs, as a new technology have influenced the journalism industry as well as journalists. It changed one-way communication to many-to-many communication. The content on journalists' personal blogs largely depends on why journalists start blogs. The motivation can be condensed into intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. Journalists may apply their professional work experiences and judgments while writing the posts either for the purposes of informing the audience or releasing the pressure from work. By applying Uses and Gratification Theory, Diffusion of Innovation Theory and TAM and related theories, this study aims to analyze the motivations for journalists starting personal blogs and tests the relationship between journalists' attitudes, perceived usefulness and actual behavior. In addition, the study also analyzes the content of journalists' blogs. The study can lead to further examination of the structure for journalists' attitudes, perceived usefulness and actual behavior and help us understand how a journalist's blog is able to contribute to society.
Advisors/Committee Members: Meyer, Hans.
Subjects: Journalism; Mass Media; Multimedia Communications
Keywords: journalism; electronic media; blog; interactive communication; uses and gratification theory; diffusion of innovation theory; technology acceptance model; digital media; new media; blogging journalists
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Jannepally, Hariwardhan Reddy.
The 2008 Mumbai Attack and Press Nationalism: A Content Analysis of Coverage in the New York Times, Times of London, Dawn, and the Hindu.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2010, Ohio University
► This study examines the New York Times, Times of London, Hindu, and…
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▼ This study examines the New York Times, Times of London, Hindu, and Dawn coverage of the 2008 Mumbai attack. Since the U.S. and Britain had considerable interests in South Asia, the study used the framework of press nationalism to analyze the coverage. A content analysis of the coverage in the four newspapers suggests national interests were at work. The debate over the war and issues like religious unrest were different in the four newspapers. The Western press was unequivocal in condemning the war option; the coverage also reflected an agreement on issues like Kashmir and the War on Terror. The Asian media also focused on avoiding war but differed from each other on many aspects. Dawn raised issues like Muslim unrest and Hindu fanaticism while avoiding Pakistan’s failure to curb terrorist activities. The Hindu was unambiguous in pinning the blame on Pakistan while condemning the failure of the Indian security apparatus.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bernt, Joseph.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: Press nationalism; Press and foreign policy; Propaganda studies; Press and terrorism; Mumbai attack; Press and national interests
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Kim, Hwalbin.
Compliance with AAPOR Standards and Horse-Race Coverage during the 2008 Presidential Campaign: A Content Analysis of Polling Stories in the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, and Reuters, January 1 through November 4, 2008.
Degree: MS, Journalism (Communication), 2010, Ohio University
► This study investigated two aspects of polling reports: conformity to AAPOR standards…
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▼ This study investigated two aspects of polling reports: conformity to AAPOR standards and horse-race coverage. Through a content analysis of 143 polling stories from two newspapers, The New York Times and The Washington Post, and two news agencies, The Associated Press and Reuters, in the 2008 presidential campaign, six research questions and three research hypotheses were addressed. Overall, the four news media insufficiently reported information about polls conducted during 2008 presidential campaign and substantially covered the horse-race elements of public support, figures, and subcategories of population. What the main focus of polling stories was and who sponsored the polls were found as the chief elements when polling reports were examined. This study suggested that the journalists should seriously report on polls in their news stories and that there should be a continued research about polling news and representative democracy.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bernt, Joseph.
Subjects: Journalism
Keywords: Polling stories; AAPOR standards; horse-race journalism
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