Mass media and public opinion
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on general relations between the mass media and public opinion, including the influence of the mass media on the formation of public opinion. Works on public opinion about the media are entered under the heading Mass media--Public opinion.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Content analysis : alien abductee narratives and select episodes of the X-Files, 2001
Item — Call number MU Thesis Ben
Identifier: b2309461
Introduction [excerpt]
Initially I wanted to know how, and to what extent the media was responsible for influencing one's belief in the paranormal. Through research, I have found that most of the studies in this area seem to offer an explanation through employing the theory of cultivation analysis. Although the studies I found suggested a positive correlation, I don't believe that the evidence presented has ever proven conclusive in the argument.
Upon realizing the impact of cultivation analysis, I...
Dates:
2001
Nurses as media sources : invisible or inaccessible?, 2002
Item — Call number MU Thesis Car
Identifier: b2271262
Introduction [excerpt]
The public interest in healthcare information from the media presents nursing with its greatest opportunity to make sure nursing research and practice is known to the public. It is the opportunity to demonstrate how in-tune nursing is with the health care needs of the 21st century, to gain a voice on how health care ought to be organized in this country and to be a full-fledged "player" (Buresh, 1998). "A profession's public status and legitimacy is...
Dates:
2002