Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
I love you so much I could just kill you : journalistic framing of Fort Bragg killings in summer 2002, 2003
Item — Call number MU Thesis Cic
Identifier: b2271246
Introduction [excerpts]
The last time domestic violence in the military made major headlines in the United States was in the summer of 2002 when four soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, killed their wives in a six-week period. What was not in the headlines, however, is the fact that domestic violence is a problem in the military every day of the year....
While the issue of civilian spouse abuse has been examined by the media since the mid-nineteen seventies, the only time that domestic...
Dates:
2003
News and social construction : how news professionals determine what is newsworthy, 2002
Item — Call number MU Thesis Sha
Identifier: b2195699
Introduction [excerpt]
News editors, producers, directors and reporters determine which news items will be packaged and presented to their audience. News professionals also choose which and how these points of view will be represented. By using specific word phrasing, camera angles, story lengths, and sources, news professionals develop and influence the communication atmosphere of their audience.
Understanding the methods by which news professionals choose news stories and how these stories are...
Dates:
2002
Objective fairytale : American journalism in the 21st century, 2007
Item — Call number MU Thesis Riv
Identifier: b2233265
Introduction [excerpt]
In the contemporary United States many newspapers have been criticized for not being objective. American readers have claimed that journalists take political positions and make value judgments in their daily reporting. In fact, scholars like Noam Chomsky (2001), Albert Gunther (1998), and Gaye Tuchman (1972) have conducted studies that support a journalistic bias in news reporting. By what yardstick can objectivity be measured? ...
What does it exactly mean for journalists to be...
Dates:
2007
Penn State sex scandal : image repair and resulting frames in the USA Today, 2013
Item — Call number MU Thesis Cor
Identifier: b5512349
Abstract
The following study reveals Benoit's image repair strategies used by Penn State University during the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal. Communication strategies from the Board of Trustees are analyzed. The second part of this study examines media pick up from a nationally accredited newspaper to determine the effectiveness of the communication strategies used by Penn State. The findings show that the press release using both corrective action and mortification was found to have a "more...
Dates:
2013
The blame game : newspaper editorials and the assignment of blame in school shootings, 2007
Item — Call number MU Thesis Kol
Identifier: b2271073
Introduction [excerpt]
Questions as to why humans feel a need to place blame for violent acts like school shootings will likely never be answered beyond the shadow of a doubt. However, by taking a closer look at news coverage of these events, communication research can bring light to the possibility that the media sets an agenda that questions culpability and places blame. The research that follows will examine newspaper editorials about school shootings in hopes of better understanding how issues of blame are...
Dates:
2007
The effects of positive frames in presenting AOL & Time Warner merger in Time Warner news publications, 2000
Item — Call number MU Thesis Dav
Identifier: b2271227
Thesis Statement
This paper argues that AOL & Time Warner have framed stories printed in publications of Time and Fortune to encourage a favorable public image of the [AOL-Time Warner] merger. It presents coverage of the merger as an example of the potential misuse of mass communication. When accumulated in greater numbers, the author believes research studies of this type may be an important factor in turning the tide away from the...
Dates:
2000
The practice of photo manipulation : how photojournalists make sense of it and does it affect perceptions of credibility, 2006
Item — Call number MU Thesis Lew
Identifier: b2271069
Introduction [excerpt]
Photojournalists possess the responsibility to present audiences with imagaes that truthfully represent what the adjoining story is communicating. This is why the topic of photo manipulation is important to the field of communication, because being honest with the public and conveying tangible evidence to them is crucial to the authenticity of the publication. This study will set out to find why photo manipulation is used by photojournalists and how its process may affect the way society...
Dates:
2006