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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"press releases"”.
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Soviet propaganda : a study of Soviet embassy press releases, 1959-1960.
… in Washington daily publishes from one to five press releases, containing from less than one to twenty-five or more pages. During 1959 and 1960 press releases were issued in coordination with, and in support of, Soviet foreign policy goals relating to a number of international situations and …
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Contextualizing a Crisis: Examining Michigan State University Press Releases and the Larry Nassar Scandal
… study was to conduct a contextual analysis of press releases published by Michigan State University following a 2016 scandal that accused long-term physician Larry Nassar of sexually abusing more than 250 young women and girls under the guise of medical care. Specifically, the researcher was …
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Building Corporate Reputation: A Rhetorical Analysis of Press Releases from Fortune's 2010 Most and Least Admired Companies
… use to relay company news is through online press releases. The following research analyzes language use within online press releases of <italic>Fortune's</italic> 2010 Most and Least Admired Companies in the Airline, Entertainment and Food Services industries to determine whether these …
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Framing Death: The Use of Frames in Newspaper Coverage of and Press Releases about Death with Dignity
… study coded for frames used by the DDNC in its press releases and frames used in newspaper coverage of death with dignity across the same period of time. It was found that press releases about and newspaper coverage of the death with dignity social movement shared significant correlations in …
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Pranešimas žiniasklaidai ryšiuose su visuomene /
Final work „Press release in public relations“ analyses the press release position and its importance in modern society. The main purpose of this work – to find out the role of mass media in public relations and determine real relationship between news and advertisement in press releases. Main …
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OPEC PRODUCTION DECISIONS, MACROECONOMIC NEWS AND VOLATILITY IN THE CANADIAN AND ENERGY MARKETS
… to examine the simultaneous impacts of OPEC press releases and production decisions, oil and gasoline inventory surprises, and U.S. and Canadian macroeconomic news announcements on oil and CAD returns and volatilities during, before and after the U.S. financial crisis and European sovereign …
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The rhetoric of the patent wars: how technology becomes "Common Sense"
… Mobility--these texts come in the form of press releases, blog posts, and tweets; 2) public rhetoric involving a patent dispute between Microsoft and Motorola Mobility involving the former's accusation that the latter is not honoring its patent licensing commitments--these texts are drawn …
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Poverty, porn, and the picture : exploring representation of exploitative media through the case of Oxfam
… Using the organization Oxfam as a site of study, press releases were examined for visual markers of exploitation. Creating parameters of exploitation including isolation, passivity, vulnerability, food insecurity, and poverty, the images were coded to find visual trends of exploitation in Oxfam’s …
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The Military, War and National Integration: Symbolic Treatment of the Military and War for Purposes of National Integration in Indian Mass Media
The study analyzed the role of the press in promoting national integration in crisis situations (both war-time and peace-time) in India. The three case studies were: the Sino-Indian war of 1962; Prime Minister Nehru's death in 1964; and the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971. The study included an analysis …
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Forecasting financials and discovering menu prices with alternative data
… their financials through quarterly reports and press releases, disclosures are infrequent and of limited information. This has led to an explosion in demand for "alternative" datasets: noisy, secondary signals of fine-grained company financials. Alternative datasets -- e.g. consumer credit card …
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Topics in Nonstationary Time Series
The press releases from the Federal Open Market Committee(FOMC) are one of the major inputs to the interest rate futures market. To estimate the impact associated with the FOMC announcements, the random intervention model is used for an empirical study on the Interest Rate Futures markets, using …
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The Image Restoration of BP
… Then, a qualitative content analysis of BP press releases, commericals, and newspaper articles highlighted the relationship between the image restoration strategies used by BP and how the media assessed the strategies. These results indicate an increase in the use of multiple image …
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Hezbollah Operations in the Tri-Border Area of South America
… case study used multiple sources ranging from press releases, government publications, to Latin American Journals. The methodology used was supported by Joe Feagin's imaginary analytical induction, which complemented the wide-berth of sources. This study hypothesizes that Hezbollah is utilizing …
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Verizon Communications: An Examination of Organizational Discourse "Before" and "After" 9/11
… before, during and after the crisis of 9/11. Press releases, executive speeches, and other internal documents were analyzed while media reports provided a context for the discourse. Renewal discourse coupled with the theories of organizational identification and values advocacy provided the …
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The Role of Geography, Demographics, Bandwidth Speed and Internet Availability in Rural West Virginia Communities: A Multiple Case Study of the 2012 Cards of Hope Fundraiser
… master's thesis is to support the notion that press releases are still the foundation of public relations methods not only in West Virginia, but in rural communities throughout the United States. In order to support this notion, data was collected and analyzed on the effect of four variables in …
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The politics of gamers: identity and masculinity in the age of digital media
… includes games, novels and films about gamers, press releases made by game developers, and blog and forum posts made by players to reveal how the gaming subculture rewards masculine presentations that emphasize control over the self, the environment, technology, and the effeminate “other.” On …
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The role of special interest groups in agricultural policy: a case study of the 1995 Farm Bill
… position papers, personal interviews, and press releases. The information was then organized to summarize the objectives of each organization and provide insight on their strategies, methods of influence, structure, and composition. The study concludes with a discussion about the outcome of …
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United States Detention Policy in Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency Operations: 2001 to 2011
… documents and official Department of Defence press releases. This thesis illustrates how the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq followed an historic detention cycle where mistakes made led to lessons learned and impacted policy that affected not only detention procedure, but the overarching …
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An analysis of battery electric vehicle production projections
… manufacturers, as well as BEV-focused startups, press releases best case and worst case estimates for total BEV production in 2010 and 2011 were obtained. Using these figures it was determined that in a best case, near term production scenario annual production rates would need to average 35 to …
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Five Public Concerns Represented by Environmental Groups in the Development of Regional Free Trade Agreements: A Case Study of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
… USMCA. By analyzing official statements made in press releases by seventeen prominent Environmental groups operating in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the thesis provides an account of the concerns related to liberalized regional trade prior to the USMCA’s ratification in 2020. The …
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