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Title: Immersive Journalism: An overview.
Creator: Barmaiya, Palak, Bargsten, Joey, Florida Atlantic University, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: This thesis provides an overview of immersive journalism (IJ), focusing on its theoretical and conceptual framework, objectives, ethical concerns, and evolving landscape. IJ is defined as the production of news in a form in which people can gain first-person experiences of the events or situation described in news stories through the use of immersive technologies, including virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. While the initial objective of IJ was to enhance empathy and...
Show moreThis thesis provides an overview of immersive journalism (IJ), focusing on its theoretical and conceptual framework, objectives, ethical concerns, and evolving landscape. IJ is defined as the production of news in a form in which people can gain first-person experiences of the events or situation described in news stories through the use of immersive technologies, including virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. While the initial objective of IJ was to enhance empathy and transport users to distant places, recent scholars note the limitations and challenges of this approach. Therefore, media outlets are shifting from empathy-based journalism to other objectives. The thesis also discusses the ethical concerns that come with such a degree of immersion and reviews principles of traditional journalistic forms such as objectivity and accuracy in the context of IJ. The last section explores the process of creating a 360-degree project and the required skill set and production process. Overall, the thesis provides insights into the evolving landscape of IJ and its potential to reshape journalism.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014273
Subject Headings: Immersive journalism, Multimedia communications
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Newspaper bias in the 1994 Florida gubernatorial campaign: An analysis of coverage from two Florida daily newspapers.
Creator: Barnes, Gregory, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Abstract/Description: This study examined 1994 gubernatorial election coverage by two Florida daily newspapers, The Miami Herald and The Sun-Sentinel, to determine if their coverage was biased. The author conducted content analyses of the titles and terms both papers used to describe the candidates, the total column inches devoted to each candidate, and the number of times the candidate's name appeared in headlines. The results of the analyses were inconclusive for both elections, but in the Republican primary The...
Show moreThis study examined 1994 gubernatorial election coverage by two Florida daily newspapers, The Miami Herald and The Sun-Sentinel, to determine if their coverage was biased. The author conducted content analyses of the titles and terms both papers used to describe the candidates, the total column inches devoted to each candidate, and the number of times the candidate's name appeared in headlines. The results of the analyses were inconclusive for both elections, but in the Republican primary The Miami Herald appeared to show slight favoritism for Jeb Bush, a Miamian. The Sun-Sentinel provided relatively equal coverage for all four major candidates. In the general election both papers mentioned Lawton Chiles more frequently with more attention directed to his stand on issues possibly because of his incumbency.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15448
Subject Headings: Journalism, Political Science, General, Mass Communications
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An ideological critique of "BBC Online": The case of the Northern Ireland conflict.
Creator: Amesbury, Rebecca, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: The British Broadcasting Corporation is generally considered a reliable source for international news. Their web site includes a Northern Ireland news page, which provides daily coverage of the province including extensive information on the ongoing peace process. This study examines the online coverage of the Northern Ireland conflict in the year 2000. Through a textual analysis of 21 articles, an ideological critique of the BBC's rhetoric is provided. To reveal the ideological perspective...
Show moreThe British Broadcasting Corporation is generally considered a reliable source for international news. Their web site includes a Northern Ireland news page, which provides daily coverage of the province including extensive information on the ongoing peace process. This study examines the online coverage of the Northern Ireland conflict in the year 2000. Through a textual analysis of 21 articles, an ideological critique of the BBC's rhetoric is provided. To reveal the ideological perspective of the BBC Online, the verbal text used in each article is carefully analyzed, the sources consulted are examined in terms of representation, and the images that accompany the article are studied to determine if the images match the stories or simply cater to browsers. The findings show that despite their promise of impartiality, the BBC presents a view of the Northern Ireland conflict that leans toward a unionist perspective.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12807
Subject Headings: Journalism, Political Science, General, Mass Communications
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Vibrational analysis of a journal bearing.
Creator: Journeau, Franck Daniel., Florida Atlantic University, Cuschieri, Joseph M.
Abstract/Description: A Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) approach is used to investigate the vibrational behavior of a journal bearing. In developing the SEA model, consideration is given to the determination of coupling loss factors between non-conservatively coupled substructures. In the case of the journal bearing, the oil film between the rotating shaft and the bearing liner represents non-conservative coupling. The coupling loss factors are estimated using experimentally measured point mobility functions....
Show moreA Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) approach is used to investigate the vibrational behavior of a journal bearing. In developing the SEA model, consideration is given to the determination of coupling loss factors between non-conservatively coupled substructures. In the case of the journal bearing, the oil film between the rotating shaft and the bearing liner represents non-conservative coupling. The coupling loss factors are estimated using experimentally measured point mobility functions. The internal loss factors are directly measured with the bearing structure disassembled. Additionally, estimates for the coupling and internal loss factors are obtained in-situ using an energy ratio approach. Using the determined coupling and internal loss factors in an SEA model, estimates for the average mean square velocities on the surface of the bearing subcomponents are obtained for both static and dynamics conditions. The SEA estimates match well with directly measured results for the spatial average surface velocities at medium to high frequencies.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14786
Subject Headings: Journal bearings, Machinery--Noise, Couplings, Vibration
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Title: Looking back on changes in publishing [panel discussion at the 1997 Charleston conference].
Creator: Kachmar, Diane
Date Issued: 1998-01
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11522
Subject Headings: Pergammon Press, ltd., Electronic journals, Publishers and publishing
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Image quality in electronic journals: a case study of Elsevier geology titles.
Creator: Erdman, Jacquelyn M.
Date Issued: 2007-02
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11503
Subject Headings: Electronic journals--Use studies, Digital images, Library science--Research
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A content and textual analysis of the "BBC World News" and "CNN Headline News" online services: Frames and news sources in coverage of the second Palestinian intifada.
Creator: El Tuhami, Hanadi S., Florida Atlantic University, Scodari, Christine
Abstract/Description: Through content and textual analysis, the thesis compares coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the BBC World News and CNN Headline News online services in terms of source selection patterns and framing. The study concluded that both the publicly owned BBC and its commercial counterpart, CNN, perpetuated hegemony by limiting the range of opinions and ideas regarding the conflict. Although both news organizations showed signs of being independent from their respective governments'...
Show moreThrough content and textual analysis, the thesis compares coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the BBC World News and CNN Headline News online services in terms of source selection patterns and framing. The study concluded that both the publicly owned BBC and its commercial counterpart, CNN, perpetuated hegemony by limiting the range of opinions and ideas regarding the conflict. Although both news organizations showed signs of being independent from their respective governments' official perspectives regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, they indirectly assisted in maintaining the status quo, U.S. hegemony, by narrowing the news source list and focusing on the more sensationalistic aspects of the conflict. In so doing, they deflected attention away from important issues of historical and political significance that, if told, would offer a different and more illuminating interpretation of events.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13074
Subject Headings: News Web sites., Online journalism., Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000---In mass media., Communication in politics.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE TET OFFENSIVE 1968 (VIETNAM WAR).
Creator: D'COSTA, CARLOS., Florida Atlantic University, O'Sullivan, John
Abstract/Description: The objective of this thesis is to examine the performance of the major news organizations during the Tet offensive of 1968. This was done by analyzing the manner in which these events were portrayed to the American public. The study concludes that the Tet offensive was an allied victory in South Vietnam which was presented inaccurately to the American people thereby resulting in a psychological defeat for the United States. Simply stated, the impression generated by the media of Tet...
Show moreThe objective of this thesis is to examine the performance of the major news organizations during the Tet offensive of 1968. This was done by analyzing the manner in which these events were portrayed to the American public. The study concludes that the Tet offensive was an allied victory in South Vietnam which was presented inaccurately to the American people thereby resulting in a psychological defeat for the United States. Simply stated, the impression generated by the media of Tet contributed to the enemy's ability to achieve in Washington what they were not able to accomplish on the battlefield.
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Date Issued: 1981
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14055
Subject Headings: Tet Offensive, 1968--Journalism, Military--United States, Foreign news--United States
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Title: The press and Carol Lynn Kendall: A Roman-candle media star.
Creator: Riggs, Karen E., Florida Atlantic University, Budd, Michael N.
Abstract/Description: As in drama and fiction, conflict is the chief criterion in news story selection. This drama of news is chiefly one involving individuals, causing journalists often to create instant celebrities, who must cope with the various phases of his or her public status. The involuntary celebrity presents journalists with ethical challenges embedded within the deep structures of their organizational and professional newswork. This thesis considers the case of Carol Lynn Kendall, who became famous in...
Show moreAs in drama and fiction, conflict is the chief criterion in news story selection. This drama of news is chiefly one involving individuals, causing journalists often to create instant celebrities, who must cope with the various phases of his or her public status. The involuntary celebrity presents journalists with ethical challenges embedded within the deep structures of their organizational and professional newswork. This thesis considers the case of Carol Lynn Kendall, who became famous in 1985 after her involvement in a car bombing for which her brother was convicted. This work focuses on news columns and interviews with journalists and with Kendall and on theory about newswork and the creation of fame. From this, the thesis draws an ideal type of the involuntary celebrity and shows how it is constructed and destroyed as well as how we might use it to understand the media's relationship with such individuals.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14723
Subject Headings: Benson family, Crime and the press--Florida, Sensationalism in journalism
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Title: Undergraduate Law Journal Strategic Analysis & Alignment Plan.
Creator: Lopez Pelaez, Kevin
Abstract/Description: The Undergraduate Law Journal of Florida Atlantic University (“ULJ” and/or “Journal”) was founded in 2011 within the College of Business. Through years of persistent expansion, the Journal now serves as a hallmark platform, university-wide, for undergraduate students interested in legal academia. Starting in 2014, the Journal specifically targeted and fostered its identity as an academic journal and subsequently became an Open Access Journal through the Digital Library at Florida Atlantic...
Show moreThe Undergraduate Law Journal of Florida Atlantic University (“ULJ” and/or “Journal”) was founded in 2011 within the College of Business. Through years of persistent expansion, the Journal now serves as a hallmark platform, university-wide, for undergraduate students interested in legal academia. Starting in 2014, the Journal specifically targeted and fostered its identity as an academic journal and subsequently became an Open Access Journal through the Digital Library at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). In the same year, the Journal became an academic resource available through FAU Digital Library and the FAU Research Repository.
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Date Issued: 2021
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000389
Subject Headings: Law journals, Undergraduates
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An exploration of religious terrorism over time: a content analysis of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Creator: Zurburg, Heather., College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description: The current study is a content analysis and comparison of news articles from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. The objective of this study is to explore media coverage of terrorism over the last five decades to determine the impact of religion and to compare coverage between two respected news sources that are known for their liberal (New York Times) and conservative (Wall Street Journal) view points. Using a stratified random sample, 1,832 news articles were selected between...
Show moreThe current study is a content analysis and comparison of news articles from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. The objective of this study is to explore media coverage of terrorism over the last five decades to determine the impact of religion and to compare coverage between two respected news sources that are known for their liberal (New York Times) and conservative (Wall Street Journal) view points. Using a stratified random sample, 1,832 news articles were selected between 1960 and 2006 from the two news sources of interest. The articles were read, analyzed, and categorized. Then, a qualitative analysis examined a random selection of articles pertaining to religious terrorist events. Results suggest an increase in coverage of religiously perpetrated terrorism in recent decades. Interestingly, coverage from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal showed similar patterns despite being representative of opposite ideologies. Implications are discussed.
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Date Issued: 2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3174311
Subject Headings: Mass media and public opinion, Terrorism and mass media, Mass media policy, Newspapers, Objectivity, War on Terrorism, 2001-, Press coverage
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Title: Politics, citizenry, and tabloid-style journalism: The case of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal.
Creator: Pradines Stein, Amber Nicole., Florida Atlantic University, Scodari, Christine
Abstract/Description: Tabloids, often defined by the half-broadsheet size of regular newspapers, feature titillating, sensationalized stories of crime and/or scandal offered in a piquant manner. The exploratory study asks how the tabloid style was manifested in the coverage of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal of 1998 and related news, thereby fostering a hegemony in which the citizenry was distracted from more important political issues and events. The study also assesses how a critique of such tabloidization...
Show moreTabloids, often defined by the half-broadsheet size of regular newspapers, feature titillating, sensationalized stories of crime and/or scandal offered in a piquant manner. The exploratory study asks how the tabloid style was manifested in the coverage of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal of 1998 and related news, thereby fostering a hegemony in which the citizenry was distracted from more important political issues and events. The study also assesses how a critique of such tabloidization developed among journalists and scholars during the scandal. The print media analyzed are the tabloids Star magazine, The National Enquirer, and Globe , and mainstream media The New York Times and Newsweek. This study demonstrates that even the mainstream, "objective" reporting reflected sensationalism, the use of piquant and highly cliched language, and a lust for scandal, rendering it nearly indistinguishable from stories in the reviled tabloids. The related critique, led by journalists and extending to scholars who provided greater insight, precision, and elaboration, focused on the influence of the Internet and an increasingly competitive 24-hour media environment in fueling tabloidesque coverage of the scandal. The escalation of tabloid-style reporting in mainstream publications proved to be a troubling symptom of an industry already struggling under public distrust.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13255
Subject Headings: Clinton, Bill,--1946-, Lewinsky, Monica S--(Monica Samille)--1973-, Mass media--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century, Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects, Press and politics, Journalism--Objectivity, Sensationalism in journalism
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Title: Four hostile newspapers: The role of Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Arthur Griffith in constructing a national identity in India and Ireland.
Creator: Rosenkranz, Susan A., Florida Atlantic University, Frazer, Heather
Abstract/Description: Although historians have begun to explore the impact of Irish nationalism on India's nationalists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, few studies have examined the link between Irish and Indian journalism in that same era. While the Indian National Congress and the Irish Parliamentary Party pursued constitutional means to achieve Home Rule, their elitist composition ensured that neither enjoyed broad appeal. Thus, the emergence of a viable native press played a critical role...
Show moreAlthough historians have begun to explore the impact of Irish nationalism on India's nationalists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, few studies have examined the link between Irish and Indian journalism in that same era. While the Indian National Congress and the Irish Parliamentary Party pursued constitutional means to achieve Home Rule, their elitist composition ensured that neither enjoyed broad appeal. Thus, the emergence of a viable native press played a critical role in the forging of a national identity. In the vanguard of the movement were editors Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Arthur Griffith, whose newspapers provided a valuable forum for the masses, framing the national debate with urgency and lucidity. Individually, these journalists and statesmen articulated, in print and in public, the essential tenets of Irish and Indian nationalist policy. Together, their combined assault on their English rulers may have hastened the decline of the British Empire.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13213
Subject Headings: Tilak, Bal Gangadhar,--1856-1920, Griffith, Arthur,--1871-1922, Nationalism--India, Nationalism--Ireland, Ireland--Politics and government--20th century, India--Politics and government--20th century, Journalism--India, Journalism--Ireland
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Title: A narrative analysis of "The Miami Herald"'s coverage of the Elian Gonzalez saga.
Creator: Caravella, Kristi D., Florida Atlantic University, Scodari, Christine
Abstract/Description: This study examines the coverage of an event that took place mostly in Miami, Florida and was reported on by The Miami Herald for more than six months. There are several issues that are addressed in this thesis. The primary hypothesis of this analysis is that the coverage of the Elian Gonzalez custody battle as it appeared in The Miami Herald uses the same narrative techniques as those used in fictional melodrama or soap operas. John Fiske's theory of melodrama as developed from Brown (1987)...
Show moreThis study examines the coverage of an event that took place mostly in Miami, Florida and was reported on by The Miami Herald for more than six months. There are several issues that are addressed in this thesis. The primary hypothesis of this analysis is that the coverage of the Elian Gonzalez custody battle as it appeared in The Miami Herald uses the same narrative techniques as those used in fictional melodrama or soap operas. John Fiske's theory of melodrama as developed from Brown (1987) and a similar model used by Fiske (1987) is used to compare the specified piece of news coverage with generic soap opera narrative elements. The historical and political backgrounds of the Miami-Cuban community are integral factors in this news phenomenon---their roles in this controversy are thoroughly analyzed. Serious implications occurred as a result of this coverage; they are discussed in the conclusion of this thesis.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12808
Subject Headings: González, Elián,--1993---Press coverage, Miami herald (Miami, Fla), Journalism--Objectivity--Florida--Miami, Cuban Americans--Public opinion
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Title: For God and country: W. T. Stead and the beginnings of the new journalism in Victorian Britain, 1883-1885.
Creator: Guerty, Phillip Michael., Florida Atlantic University, Frazer, Heather
Abstract/Description: Since the late nineteenth century, scholars and historians have attributed the growth of a sensational press in Britain to long-term societal changes such as the rise of capitalism. What has been ignored, however, is the importance of individual initiative, mainly that of W. T. Stead of the Pall Mall Gazette. During the Sudan Crisis of 1883-1885, Stead introduced a new type of journalism to England that combined typographical innovations, such as maps and striking headlines, with a lively...
Show moreSince the late nineteenth century, scholars and historians have attributed the growth of a sensational press in Britain to long-term societal changes such as the rise of capitalism. What has been ignored, however, is the importance of individual initiative, mainly that of W. T. Stead of the Pall Mall Gazette. During the Sudan Crisis of 1883-1885, Stead introduced a new type of journalism to England that combined typographical innovations, such as maps and striking headlines, with a lively literary style. At the root of this new type of reporting were Stead's deep-felt convictions about spreading Christianity, extending the empire, and improving the world through newspapers.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15463
Subject Headings: Stead, W. T.--(William Thomas),--1849-1912., Journalism--Social aspects--Great Britain., English newspapers--History., Press--Great Britain--History.
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Title: Local politics on the sports page: News assembly and its influence on stadium development policy.
Creator: Marichal, Jose Francisco., Florida Atlantic University, Turner, Robyne, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The ways in which local newspapers select those actors who will be quoted in their stories has a profound effect on the local policy-making process. In stadium development issues, it is theorized that the media has a pro-growth bias because it has a vested interest in expanding its readership and it relies on institutional sources at the expense of community actors in part because of its increased need to maximize efficiency in its news gathering routines. The results are inconclusive on...
Show moreThe ways in which local newspapers select those actors who will be quoted in their stories has a profound effect on the local policy-making process. In stadium development issues, it is theorized that the media has a pro-growth bias because it has a vested interest in expanding its readership and it relies on institutional sources at the expense of community actors in part because of its increased need to maximize efficiency in its news gathering routines. The results are inconclusive on whether or not a growth bias exists but definitive in its illustration of the over-reliance on governmental sources. The result is that latent and/or actual community opposition to the stadium development issue is ignored in lieu of institutional complaints and the true sentiment of the public is not presented in the public arena.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15165
Subject Headings: Newspapers--Objectivity, Journalism--Political aspects--United States, Stadiums--Economic aspects--United States, Sports--Economic aspects--United States
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Title: The rhetorical construction of the female politician in newspapers: How national newspapers portrayed Katherine Harris and Hillary Clinton during controversial times.
Creator: Conklin, Anne Marie., Florida Atlantic University, Sefcovic, Enid
Abstract/Description: This essay examines rhetoric regarding Katherine Harris and Hillary Clinton published in three national newspapers during a critical point in each woman's political career. By using the methods of content analysis and feminist rhetorical critique, it was found that national newspapers construct an image of political women as power-hungry "bitches" with poor taste in fashion who are accustomed to getting what they want and will stop at nothing to do so. Thus, it appears that patriarchal biases...
Show moreThis essay examines rhetoric regarding Katherine Harris and Hillary Clinton published in three national newspapers during a critical point in each woman's political career. By using the methods of content analysis and feminist rhetorical critique, it was found that national newspapers construct an image of political women as power-hungry "bitches" with poor taste in fashion who are accustomed to getting what they want and will stop at nothing to do so. Thus, it appears that patriarchal biases continue to shape the foundation of political reporters. Given that most Americans gather their knowledge of politics through the media, this thesis argues that the messages in these newspapers may have an effect on the public's opinions of the qualifications for women in the political arena.
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Date Issued: 2002
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12962
Subject Headings: Harris, Katherine--In mass media, Clinton, Hillary Rodham--In mass media, Women politicians--Press coverage, Journalism--Political aspects--United States
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Title: The Politics of Silence: The Public and Private Matter of Theresa Marie Schiavo.
Creator: Reinson, Kyle F., Tracy, James F., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Theresa Marie Schiavo died March 31, 2005. The 41-year-old's human and communicative faculties were so deficient that a feeding tube was necessary to nourish her and she had been silent for 15 years. In her final month, Ms. Schiavo's health, the dispute between her husband and parents concerning the removal of her feeding tube, and her subsequent death were covered extensively by American broadcast, online and print media. As she lay silent in a Florida hospice, the U.S. Congress, the...
Show moreTheresa Marie Schiavo died March 31, 2005. The 41-year-old's human and communicative faculties were so deficient that a feeding tube was necessary to nourish her and she had been silent for 15 years. In her final month, Ms. Schiavo's health, the dispute between her husband and parents concerning the removal of her feeding tube, and her subsequent death were covered extensively by American broadcast, online and print media. As she lay silent in a Florida hospice, the U.S. Congress, the president and the courts intervened, and those who spoke about her matter and the news media propelled her human tragedy toward the top of the public agenda. News stories, reports and analyses of the case from Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post and St. Petersburg Times are analyzed using a critical-qualitative approach to framing.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000954
Subject Headings: Schiavo, Terri,--1963-2005, Right to die--Moral and ethical aspects, Political sociology, Mass media and culture, Privacy, Right of, Journalism--Objectivity
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Title: Vetting sources in social media environments: strategies emplyed by journalists of The Palm Beach Post.
Creator: Brown, Michelle D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: This qualitative research study explores the relationship between reducing uncertainty and assigning source credibility in the context of social media sites (SMS) and examines the effect of uncertainty reduction within the social media environment on the development of relationships between journalists and their sources. For this study, interviews were conducted with professional journalists to determine whether uncertainty was reduced and credibility was established with sources via SMS (i.e...
Show moreThis qualitative research study explores the relationship between reducing uncertainty and assigning source credibility in the context of social media sites (SMS) and examines the effect of uncertainty reduction within the social media environment on the development of relationships between journalists and their sources. For this study, interviews were conducted with professional journalists to determine whether uncertainty was reduced and credibility was established with sources via SMS (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn) and what theoretical strategies journalists used to reduce their uncertainty. The study also aims to determine if correlations exist between a reporter's age, beat, and/or personal adoption of SMS and the reporter's usage of SMS for source development. The interviews were conducted with 15 journalists of The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida), using a standardized interview protocol. Subjects were asked to voluntarily participate in a face-to-face interview with the researcher. Reporters were selected based upon their gender and cultural ethnicity, which was representative of the newsroom demographics of The Palm Beach Post at that time. This research aims to contribute to the uncertainty reduction theory in the realm of computer-mediated communications, specifically with regard to the use of SMS in forming and maintaining journalist-source relationships.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3360765
Subject Headings: Digital media, Social aspects, Mass media, Technological innovations, Newspaper publishing, Social aspects, American newspapers, Objectivity, Journalistic ethics, Journalism, Moral and ethical aspects, Newspapers, Sections, columns, etc, Sources
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