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Parachuting into crises: Applying postcolonial theory to analyze national, regional, and local media coverage of civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri

Hitchcock, Olivia Joanne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461244945

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2016, Bachelor of Science of Journalism (BSJ), Ohio University, Journalism.
Using the lens of postcolonial theory, this study explores parachute journalism through a textual analysis of regional and national coverage of the civil unrest that transpired in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014 as compared to coverage by smaller, local news outlets that had routinely reported on the communities affected by the turmoil. This study specifically focuses on how those different levels of news outlets covered black cultures in Ferguson and the parachute journalists themselves. Suggestions for ways to integrate more context and local knowledge into reporting published in elite news media outlets also are included.
Bill Reader (Advisor)
95 p.
Communication; Journalism
Ferguson; Missouri; Michael Brown; journalism; parachute journalism; communication; elite media; community journalism; postcolonial theory

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  • Hitchcock, O. J. (2016). Parachuting into crises: Applying postcolonial theory to analyze national, regional, and local media coverage of civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461244945

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hitchcock, Olivia. Parachuting into crises: Applying postcolonial theory to analyze national, regional, and local media coverage of civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri . 2016. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461244945.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hitchcock, Olivia. "Parachuting into crises: Applying postcolonial theory to analyze national, regional, and local media coverage of civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri ." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461244945

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