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Showing 1 to 20 of 326 for “"News Media"”.
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Online News Media Use And Political Tolerance
… study examined the relationship between online news media use, selectivity in media content, and political tolerance. Tolerance develops as result of exposure to a diversity of ideas and perspectives, which the media provide. Online news use encourages and requires users to selectively expose …
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Tanzania’s Mainstream News Media Engagement with National Development
This thesis examines the ways in which Tanzania’s media report news on development issues and what accounts for the way they report, guided by social constructionist philosophy and framing theory. In terms of how they report news, the thesis draws on primary data generated from: (1) an analysis of …
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Misinformation, Persuasion, and News Media on Social Networks
Social media platforms have become a popular source of news and information for a large segment of society. Users can receive information, share digital content, or attend to online publishers for the latest news. However, the recent proliferation of misinformation has affected people’s perception …
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Women in Nigerian News Media: Status, Experiences and Structures.
… interaction with their colleagues in the newsrooms of two news media organisations were conducted for a total of four weeks, 46 media workers (two HR managers, one production staff, 11 male journalists and 32 female journalists) were interviewed and the staff regulation and policy …
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The news media and democracy in Ghana (1992-2000)
… study critically examines the role played by the news media in a modern African democracy. The issues of democracy and the theories that drive them are mostly either Euro-centric or Anglo-American. The perspective offered by this thesis showed that Africa has a unique system which calls for a …
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News Media Framing of Gay Teen Suicide and Bullying
<p>This study examined patterns of framing in newspaper articles that mention gay teen suicide, gay bullying, and the "It Gets Better" campaign. A content analysis of randomly selected newspaper articles from 2009-2011 was performed. After presenting the frequency of content themes, emergent …
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Framing Crime: An Analysis of News Media Twitter Data
… to active shooting events in the United States, news outlets are featuring news briefs through social media platforms like Twitter. Using this method of information sharing, news organizations can instantly reach consumers as events unfold in real time. With character limitations with Twitter, …
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The Consequences of Mistrust in the News Media: Media Skepticism as a Moderator in Media Effects and as a Factor Influencing News Media Exposure
… that audience trust in the institutions of the news media is fading. Most research to date has focused on the reasons for this decline in audience trust and ignored its outcomes. This dissertation seeks to explore the consequences of audience skepticism toward media institutions. Specifically, …
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Deliberation in Practice: Deliberative Theory, News Media, and Political Conversation
… uncertainty about political issues. While media use serves deliberative ends by spurring some to discuss politics and providing information, it also increases the likelihood that others will view political discussion as unpleasantly argumentative. News media thus encourage deliberation for …
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A new framework for analyzing quality in the news media
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1991.
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Cultivation of fear of Blacks in Las Vegas television news media
… was a content analysis of Las Vegas television news ( N = 1,145) and was designed to determine whether the potential exists for media consumers in the Las Vegas market to become fearful due to the overrepresentation of crime committed by Black offenders. One research question and two hypotheses …
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Examining the relationship between trust and online usage of news media
… and online usage of 35 popular United States news sources. Trust of news media, currently at its lowest percentage in Gallup's 45-year polling history, has both brand and financial impacts; as news organizations employ strategies to rebuild trust, knowing the relationship between trust and …
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Gubernatorial Girlfriends: An Analysis of News Media Frames of Political Scandal
… given to political sex scandals by the popular media. Little attention, however, is paid to research into the relationship among political sex scandals, the media reporting of sex scandals, and the ways in which politicians are able to use the media during admissions of sex scandals. This …
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Weaponised Misogyny: News Media Representation of the Northern Ireland Conflict (1960-1986)
… study of how gendered rhetoric in print media shaped public perceptions in Northern Ireland circa 1960 to 1986. It examines how portrayals of women were weaponised to reinforce sectarian divides, advance political agendas, and influence public opinion. By analysing media depictions of …
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Status of Accountability in Online News Media: A Case Study of Nepal
Scholars contend that media accountability to the public and professional stakeholders has been improving in recent years because of the increased use of digital platforms. Since most studies related to online news media accountability have focused on developed countries, this research study …
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Twentieth-Century Concepts of Non-Commercial News Media in the United States
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Allen's Islamophobia and the British news media : a critical evaluation of Islamophobia as a concept and its application to the written news media in Britain between 2001 and 2008.
… of Orientalism. Secondly it regards the written news media between 2001 and 2008 which includes the events of 9/11 and 7/7. Then the levels of representation Islam and Muslims receive the kinds of news hooks and discourses as well as types of language used are aspects covered that are then …
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