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Gaa, Charles Clyde. "Media coverage and investor attention." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5736.
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In this thesis, I investigate the role of investor attention in financial markets by examining the
media’s coverage of corporate earnings news. The first paper studies the potential impact of
information in the financial press by identifying systematic differences between aggregate
corporate earnings news coverage in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and the New
York Times, and measures of expected coverage based on contemporaneous earnings
information flows as reported in JJBIEIS. I find that publication-specific estimates of “excess”
aggregate positive or negative coverage exhibit strong serial correlation, consistent with media
bias. Furthermore, unexplained negative (positive) weekly coverage predicts positive (negative)
returns for small-stock indices and the equal-weighted NYSE, suggesting that the effects of
predictability in financial news coverage are economically significant and may be related to
informational inefficiency with respect to smaller firms.
The second paper examines media coverage decisions to identify the determinants of
investor attention with respect to events and firms. Using ex ante predicted probability of media
coverage (PMC) with respect to earnings news as a measure of attention in this context, I study
the returns experienced by low-attention stocks from 1984 and 2005. As in prior studies, I find
high risk-adjusted returns for “neglected” stocks, which appears to be highly consistent with,
e.g., Merton’ s (1987) investor recognition hypothesis, or an information risk setting (Easley et
al. (2002)). However, in examining the event-specific determinants of media coverage, I find
evidence of a significant “negativity bias” in attention: holding other factors constant, bad news
is more likely to attract coverage than is good news regarding an otherwise-identical firm.
Given recent evidence in the literature regarding stock-price underreaction to low-attention
events, this suggests asymmetric investor attention as a potential explanation for an apparent
neglected firm premium in the cross-section of stock returns. Consistent with this hypothesis, I
find that the excess returns to low-PMC portfolios are attributable to drift in the stock prices of
low-attention “good news” firms, while low-attention “bad news” firms appear to be efficiently
priced.
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Vasudevan, Vasudha. "Media coverage of mutual funds." [Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Libraries, 2006. http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/7864/vasudevanv33450.pdf.
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Gill, Elizabeth. "Media coverage of the new economy." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4257.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (January 11, 2006) Includes bibliographical references.
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Rittner, Marianne. "Abortion Coverage: Are the Media Biased?" Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291211.
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Latham, Marc Lynton. "British media coverage of the Kosovo conflict." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2005. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/683/.
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New Labour presented Nato's Kosovo campaign in 1999 as Britain's first war fought for purely humanitarian reasons, and this framing of the Nato campaign seemed to become the dominant image of the conflict in the British media. This study uses a framing conceptual framework to analyse the British media's coverage of the Kosovo Conflict, and tries to identify hegemonic influences on that media coverage; the analysis therefore works on a cultural and political level. The study uses framing as it has been used in previous social-political studies, as a tool for analysing whether Nato's framing of their campaign dominated the media discourse, in line with the hegemonic model. The objectives of the study are to analyse whether the media were sufficiently independent from the Nato perspective to provide the public with a balanced and informed view of Nato's Kosovo campaign; whether the humanitarian aspect of the Nato campaign brought a change in the traditional reporting of Britain at war in the UK media; whether the reorganisation of the Nato media operation brought an improved coverage for Nato in the second half of their campaign, and whether a newspaper being editorially anti-war affected the rest of its content to any noticeable degree. A triangulation of qualitative and quantitative research methods has led to the conclusion that the British media over-relied on Nato sources, and usually reported from a Nato perspective, in line with the hegemonic model, but provided a certain level of plurality in their opinions, and reporting of events, with Nato collateral damage receiving an especially prominent coverage. These findings seem to be in line with most recent research on the US and UK media when their nation is at war, although conclusions made by researchers with different expectations and interpretations, using different samples and methodologies, often lead to contrasting opinions on the performance of the media.
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Lee, Jinling. "Scientists' Attitudes Toward Media Coverage of Disasters." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292231.
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Van, Velden David Pieter. "Responsibility of media coverage and media attitudes towards science and technology." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3379.
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Thesis (MPhil (Journalism)--University of Stellenbosch, 2008.<br>The media have a great responsibility to communicate more science to improve public understanding of science to help them make sense of their world. The aim should be to popularize scientific ideas and to create a better understanding of how science is daily altering lifestyles and culture. Scientific literacy is an important element of an all-round educated person, and the media need to fill whatever blanks have been left by his or her formal education. The function of the scientific journalist is to transform scientific ideas and results into a form that other groups can understand. This transformation is as much an intra-scientific as well as an extra-scientific matter, and the forms that such communication take and the consequences for intellectual development vary according to the sort of field involved, the audience addressed and the relationship between them. This transformation process must not affect the truth status of scientific knowledge, but it obviously changes the form in which this knowledge is expressed. Scientists need to unveil the secrets of nature, and need to explain to the public that science is always incomplete and incremental, that knowledge is imperfect. Communicating with the media is becoming an obligation, and popularizing of science is becoming an integral part of the professional responsibility of practicing scientists. This overview indicates that there is a need for scientists to increase their communication skills and activities across a broad field and for journalists to increase their understanding and training in science.
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Van, Velden D. P. "Responsibility of media coverage and media attitudes towards science and technology /." Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/921.
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Whannel, Garry. "Television sport coverage and cultural transformation." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251243.
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Perreault, Gregory Pearson. "Coverage of Islam in English-language Egyptian media." Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2010. http://worldcat.org/oclc/648982382/viewonline.
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Parrott, Ashley. "Media Coverage of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276977244.
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Bonnes, Stephanie Marie. "Gender and racial stereotyping in rape coverage: an analysis of rape coverage in Grocott's Mail." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002972.
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This thesis analyzes rape coverage in a Grahamstown newspaper, Grocott’s Mail. Critical discourse analysis is used to discuss and analyze articles about rape that appear in Grocott’s Mail between October 14th 2008 and October 29th 2009. Drawing on existing literature on ‘rape myths’ in media coverage of rape, this thesis argues that Grocott’s Mail perpetuates racial and gender stereotypes through the way in which it reports on rape. While not all of the articles included in the analysis use rape myths, most use one or more when discussing rape incidents. Specifically, Grocott’s Mail tends to use rape myths that blame the victim for the rape and de-emphasize the role of the perpetrator in the rape. This is problematic as it sustains existing racial and gender inequalities.
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Spiring-Sundberg, Antonia. "Media Coverage of the Islamic State and Terrorism around the Globe : Does media coverage on this topic differ nationally, regionally and internationally?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-298290.
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The purpose of this thesis is to examine how different news agencies around the world portray the Islamic State, using the beheading of journalist James Foley as a case study. Whether or not media outlets coverage and portrayal of the Islamic State and terrorism differs depending on region and state. This to investigate or uncover how cultural heritage and political currents might be influencing news agencies portrayal of the Islamic State and its advances. How do different news agencies depict or picture the same events and the terror organizations advances. By using Norman Faircloug’s model for critical discourse analysis three prominent discourses are found. The conclusion is that political currents and cultural heritage does have an influence in media coverage and portrayal; news agencies belonging to different regions portray this terror organization differently but when condemning the event there is a global standardization.
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Morris, Mark Howard. "Presidential Pardon Power: Discretion, Disuse, and Mass Media Coverage." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1089231931.
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Weiland, John, and n/a. "The Future of International Media Coverage of Military Operations." Griffith University. School of International Business and Asian Studies, 2003. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20051104.143303.
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Given the nature of modem warfare and the impact that technology has in contemporary war reporting, the primary objective of this thesis is to identify the most likely means by which the international media will cover future military operations. Initial research concentrates on the cultural and systemic ethos of the military and media professions and examines whether any differences have an adverse impact on how they operate during periods of armed conflict. A brief review of the history of war reporting is undertaken for several purposes; firstly, to discover if any differences between the professions have had a historical basis and, secondly, to ascertain whether there is any historical evidence of the media compromising military operations when covering operations during armed conflict. It was found that one of the principle reasons why the military and the meha have been traditional adversaries is that the military sees secrecy as vital for the successful conduct of its operations. The media, on the other hand, seeks complete disclosure. In what is considered to be the first of its type undertaken in Australia, a comprehensive survey was conducted to identify how each profession viewed the other. Research concentrated on the US and Australian models, examining how modern technology has made it more difficult for the dtary to control the media than in past conflicts. Research further identified that in the context of modern armed conflict, the military and the media have predominantly different and frequently competing interests. It was also found that the protection and advancement of their interests are affected by technological changes which are redefining the nature of modern warfare, and the means and capacity of the media to report it. The way the media gathers news during conflict was shown to have changed dramatically over the past ten years, particularly with its use of technology in transmitting news live from a battlefield back to a parent media organisation. The military was further seen as dramatically changing the manner in which it conducts warfare, including the introduction of initiatives aimed at neutralising the media's impact on operational security. Somewhat alarmingly, these initiatives not only minimise possible compromises of security but overall media criticism as well. Research also found that the tensions currently existing between the military and media can be resolved by both parties agreeing to a more effective way of reconciling their differences. However, it was found that any well meaning initiatives by the military and the media to work closer together during periods of conflict will be difficult to achieve if the ever-present political manipulation of news is not addressed. The thesis concludes by recommending changes to current military and media doctrine in order that future conflicts may be covered in a manner that fulfils the 'public's right to know,' while at the same time, allows the military to conduct operations without fear that security may be compromised by the subsequent media coverage.
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Soos, Gonczol Maria. "Who decides?, media coverage of the proposed bank mergers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ49586.pdf.
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Ogbodo, Jude Nwakpoke. "Domestic media coverage of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2018. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/25389/.
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This study examines the domestic media coverage of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. It focuses on the media coverage between 2011 and 2014. The thesis employs a mixed methods approach - content analysis, interview and questionnaire to critically evaluate the nature of coverage of the insurgency. The use of mixed methods allows the study to not only analyse media content but also situate it within its context of production thus broadening our understanding of the relationship between media and terrorism. The study applies seven predetermined (deductive) frames in its analysis. It establishes that political, religious and 'ethnic' frames were dominantly used in the coverage of the insurgency. The frames indicate a lack of nuance or texture in the coverage with various critical aspects of the insurgency ignored. Beyond the predetermined frames, ten new sub-thematic (inductive) frames also emerged from the analysis. By knitting the multi-layered arguments in the coverage of the insurgency, this study finds evidence of the Government's hegemonic narratives and strategic influence in the coverage of the insurgency. The study also notes that institutional weaknesses within news organisations and a hostile legislative environment forced journalists to source stories from the foreign media. Most of these stories are often decontextualized and therefore only give a partial view of a situation and particularly conflict situations in Africa. As a consequence, the domestic media adopted the language of 'international terrorism' and now institutionalised the 'war against terror' narrative. This 'homogenous' or 'universal' 'war against terror' implies that the media covered the Boko Haram insurgency from the same perspective that terrorist groups in the Middle East and other parts of the world are covered without necessarily recognising the different dynamics that led to their emergence. The thesis thus argues that overtly or covertly, external forces influenced the direction of the coverage thereby eroding the domestic media's editorial independence. This study therefore offers both quantitative and qualitative contributions to an issue that has largely been approached from normative and prescriptive perspectives.
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Berkenkopf, Sabrina. "The olympic movement, media coverage and film (1970-1985)." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/5557.
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Tese de mestrado em Estudos Ingleses<br>Esta tese aborda os Jogos Olímpicos de Verão da era moderna e analisa
alterações específicas que ocorreram desde que Pierre de Coubertin
reintroduziu os Jogos Olímpicos em 1984. Centra-se no período entre 1970 e
1985, mais concretamente os Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de Munique (1972),
Montreal (1976), Moscovo (1980) e Los Angeles (1984), visto que esta época
trouxe alterações substanciais à era Coubertin. Alguns dos ideias olímpicos
foram desafiadas, ou seja, a política mundial afectou negativamente todos
estes Jogos e a entrada de patrocinadores privados em paralelo com o
desenvolvimento da televisão marcaram uma nova dimensão para o mundo do
desporto. Os média, intimamente ligados desde sempre ao desporto,
proporcionaram a plataforma para a entrada do desporto na cultura geral,
especialmente desde o contributo da televisão e a possibilidade de
transmissão em directo a nível mundial. O desporto emergiu com outras
formas de entretenimento e originou mega eventos com todos os seus
respectivos aspectos positivos e negativos. Neste trabalho, a análise de
filmagens permitiu mostrar o carácter transitório do período seleccionado e
criar uma base para realizar uma investigação mais aprofundada da gestão do
desporto, ética e a respectiva prática de negócios.<br>This thesis deals with the Olympic Summer Games of the modern era and
analyses selected changes that occurred since Pierre de Coubertin re-initiated
the Olympic Games in 1894. The focus lies in the period between 1970 and
1985, with the Olympic Summer Games in Munich (1972), Montreal (1976),
Moscow (1980) and Los Angeles (1984), because this time brought substantial
change to Coubertin's heritage: Some of the Olympic ideals were challenged,
world political affairs affected all of these Games negatively and the entry of
private sponsorship and the parallel development of television marked a new
dimension for the whole world of sports. The media, always intimately
connected with sport, provided a platform for the penetration of sport into the
wider culture; especially since the contribution of television and the possibility
of broadcasting live and worldwide. Sport has merged with other forms of
entertainment and generated mega-events with all their positive and negative
aspects. In this work, film analysis and historical examination show the
transitional character of the selected period and establish a basis for
conducting further investigation in sports management, ethics and business
practice.
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Danielsen, Aarik J. Davis Charles N. "Examining media coverage of the subprime mouurtgage [sic] phenomenon." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6724.
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The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on March 19, 2010). Thesis advisor: Dr. Charles Davis. Includes bibliographical references.
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Weiland, John. "The Future of International Media Coverage of Military Operations." Thesis, Griffith University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366372.
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Given the nature of modem warfare and the impact that technology has in contemporary war reporting, the primary objective of this thesis is to identify the most likely means by which the international media will cover future military operations. Initial research concentrates on the cultural and systemic ethos of the military and media professions and examines whether any differences have an adverse impact on how they operate during periods of armed conflict. A brief review of the history of war reporting is undertaken for several purposes; firstly, to discover if any differences between the professions have had a historical basis and, secondly, to ascertain whether there is any historical evidence of the media compromising military operations when covering operations during armed conflict. It was found that one of the principle reasons why the military and the meha have been traditional adversaries is that the military sees secrecy as vital for the successful conduct of its operations. The media, on the other hand, seeks complete disclosure. In what is considered to be the first of its type undertaken in Australia, a comprehensive survey was conducted to identify how each profession viewed the other. Research concentrated on the US and Australian models, examining how modern technology has made it more difficult for the dtary to control the media than in past conflicts. Research further identified that in the context of modern armed conflict, the military and the media have predominantly different and frequently competing interests. It was also found that the protection and advancement of their interests are affected by technological changes which are redefining the nature of modern warfare, and the means and capacity of the media to report it. The way the media gathers news during conflict was shown to have changed dramatically over the past ten years, particularly with its use of technology in transmitting news live from a battlefield back to a parent media organisation. The military was further seen as dramatically changing the manner in which it conducts warfare, including the introduction of initiatives aimed at neutralising the media's impact on operational security. Somewhat alarmingly, these initiatives not only minimise possible compromises of security but overall media criticism as well. Research also found that the tensions currently existing between the military and media can be resolved by both parties agreeing to a more effective way of reconciling their differences. However, it was found that any well meaning initiatives by the military and the media to work closer together during periods of conflict will be difficult to achieve if the ever-present political manipulation of news is not addressed. The thesis concludes by recommending changes to current military and media doctrine in order that future conflicts may be covered in a manner that fulfils the 'public's right to know,' while at the same time, allows the military to conduct operations without fear that security may be compromised by the subsequent media coverage.<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>School of International Business and Asian Studies<br>Full Text
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Shedd, Juliette R. "Is All News Good News?| Media Coverage of Terrorism." Thesis, George Mason University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3606275.
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<p> This research used a series of qualitative measurements of media coverage to investigate how differences in characteristics of a terrorist related event correlate with qualitative differences in media coverage. The first part of this study determined that there were tools to measure differences in the quality of coverage. Three variables showed significant differences in coverage. Coverage differed in the structure of the news account- in whose shoes the reader enters the story. The differences between entering through the perspective of the victim, the perpetrator or the context have been correlated by Cerulo (1998) with different messages of the legitimacy of the actors. Victim sequences signal deviant (illegitimate) violence, perpetrator sequences signal legitimate violence and contextual sequences signal ambiguous violence. Coverage also differed in the extent to which an article provided contextual information or focused strictly on the details of the event. Providing contextual information is important for terrorist groups because it includes information on the grievances of the group as well as the history of the conflict. This variable was measured as an episodic or thematic frame. Explanations of motivation for participation in terrorism also differed based on characteristics of an event. As with contextual coverage, presenting themes of causation or motivation for the account is a way for terrorist groups to present grievances and history of the conflict. Combining these three variables into a favorable coverage variable helped makes sense of competing trends in the data. This first section set up a system for evaluating the qualitative impact on media coverage of choices that terrorist groups and governments make. What stands out is a paradox for a terrorist group around the use of violence. Both here and in other studies, violence has been shown to be an effective means of getting through the media gatekeeping and achieving coverage, but it is also associated with a decrease in favorable coverage. Number of casualties is also negatively associated with favorable coverage. Hence the paradox that, in order to achieve coverage, based on criteria of newsworthiness, violence may often be necessary, but violent action actually decreases the number of articles presenting the kind of information terrorist groups want to get across. Looking at the paired cases, what was most significant was the lack of change in the favorability of coverage before and after events. The implication is that while terrorist groups may have some control over whether or not their actions get covered, media organizations develop fairly resilient patterns for covering those actions, irrespective of the nature of the action. Terrorist groups essentially have less capacity to actually manipulate the type of coverage they receive than is commonly believed. While there were some very small effects, the favorability of coverage immediately following an event is essentially the same as before it. The difference lies in the actual amount of coverage. While short-term impacts were slight, there are substantial differences both in quantity and quality over the life of the conflict, a longer term view may allow for better understanding of changes in media coverage.</p>
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Gresham, Anna. "Changes in media coverage of adoption a content analysis comparing newspaper coverage from 1992 and 2007 /." Thesis, [Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Libraries], 2009. http://purl.lib.ua.edu/11.
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Zhang, Miao. "Western media coverage of the telecommunications and electronic media industries of China, 1999-2004 /." View abstract, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3220622.
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Stumpf, Todd A. "Under the Coverage: A Gender Comparison of High School Sports Coverage in Daily Newspapers." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1304100867.
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Grisold, Andrea, and Hendrik Theine. "How Come We Know? The Media Coverage of Economic Inequality." USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, 2017. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5839/1/6669%2D28656%2D1%2DPB.pdf.
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Given the background of rising economic inequalities, the topic has reentered the field of economic science. Yet the problem of how economic inequality is being mediated to the public is not discussed in economics at all, and hardly mentioned in communication studies. Through an analysis of recent empirical studies on the coverage of inequality in the media, we debate the role mass media play as information providers. Assessing the underlying assumptions and the methodological approaches guiding the respective empirical findings, we can highlight the merits of this body of work and identify open questions for further research. The last part of the article provides a discussion of (currently rather neglected) political economy theories that offer rich theoretical approaches to study media, power, and inequality.
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Atkins, Andrew Jarred. "School Shootings: How Race, Income and Class Affect Media Coverage." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1534157783735381.
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Castillo, Deborah Marie. "Human Rights and American Media Coverage: Nicaragua, 1979 and 1983." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292176.
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Theine, Hendrik. "The media coverage of wealth and inheritance taxation in Germany." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2019. http://epub.wu.ac.at/7098/1/wp290.pdf.
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Based on the political economy of the media perspective, this paper explores the media coverage of wealth and inheritance taxation over the early 21st century (2000 to 2018) based on a large-scale corpus of seven German daily and weekly newspapers. Germany is a useful case study, being one of the most unequal countries in the Eurozone area in terms of wealth inequality. Drawing on text mining methods and corpus linguistics, it shows that wealth and inheritance taxation is a relatively infrequent topic over the entire period, with the exception of a few intense months of increased reporting. On the occasions that the media do report on the topic of wealth and inheritance taxation, it is mainly covered in terms of a political debate. This debate centres on the politics of a possible reform process and the connected difficulties of finding compromise between different actors, rather than focussing on the potential economic impact. Furthermore, this paper explores the power of agents (both on the organisational and individual level) as the primary definers of social reality. It shows that market-liberal and conservative organisations and economists dominate the news over social-democratic and left-wing ones. Overall, the findings indicate a hostile news coverage concerning the introduction of wealth taxation and the increase of inheritance tax.<br>Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series
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Nolan, Scott N. "Media Coverage of LGBT Issues: Legal, Religious, and Political Frames." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2019. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2629.
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This project creates an original dataset of 1,008 randomly sampled news items that discussed LGBT political issues posted online between 2011 and 2017 by Huffington Post Queer Voices, NPR, and Fox News. I use quantitative methods and content analysis to locate the 14 most popular LGBT political issues in media coverage and to confirm there are three competing media frames of political discussion in coverage of LGBT political issues. There are three results chapters. Chapter 5 describes the 14 LGBT political issues that appear most often in political science research and to what extent media coverage of these 14 issues differs across the political left, right and center. I find that academia addresses more LGBT issues, more often, than does media coverage. Also, media coverage and academic literature contain four competing narratives about LGBT people and issues: a Family Narrative, an Identity Narrative, a Tragedy Narrative, and a Political Activity Narrative. Moreover, politically left media coverage is more like academic discussions about LGBT politics than politically right or centrist media coverage. Chapter 6 describes three competing frames in media coverage. A legal frame contains language that discusses constitutions, trial and appellate courts, litigation tactics, and appellate procedure. A religious frame contains language that discusses the Bible, Jesus, religious-based curative therapy, evangelicals as political participants, and quotes from clergy. An institutional frame contains language that involves elections, political parties, direct democracy, constitutional amendments, local state and federal legislatures, and the President. I find that legal framing of LGBT issues has increased since the 2000s, while religious framing has declined, and political framing is slowly rising – peaking in federal election years then decreasing in non-election years. Chapter 7 describes how the media’s focus on same-sex marriage eclipses coverage of less-covered, but still important, LGBT political issues. Further, since same-sex marriage was legalized nation-wide in 2015, the media has been increasingly focused on transgender issues rather than 13 other LGBT political issues. So, the issues, narratives, and frames one encounters in news coverage about the LGBT is noticeably different than in the 2000s, and differs on the political left, right, and center.
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al-Ken, Akeel Ibrahim. "The Hajj : past, present and future : the communication aspect." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1995. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/523/.
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It is the aim of this thesis to investigate the work of the Saudi Arabian media and the information services in relation to the Hajj, to examine their policies, procedures and problems faced by them, and to propose solutions and improvements. The basic objective of this study during the Hajj is to examine how the Saudi Arabian media can serve more effectively the needs of the pilgrims, with their different cultures and languages. An historical examination of the evolution of the Hajj, the services and the media form the background and context for the examination of the current position. The following research methods were adopted: 1- Group discussions and interviews were carried out amongsts ome of the Islamic media visiting the Hajj in order to highlight any problems and concerns about the work of the Saudi Arabian media during the Hajj. 2- A content analysis of the Saudi Arabian newspapers during the Hajj season was carried out using a quota sampling procedure. In total 434 articles were studied using nine coding categories. 3- The content and form of Saudi Arabian radio and television programmes, Hajj handbooks,cassettes and video tapes provided for the pilgrims were analysed. 4- The daily routine of the average pilgrim during the 1993 Hajj season was observed. This work is divided into eight chapters. The Introduction (Chapter One) covers a statement of the problems, aims of the study and gives the various sources of information. In Chapter Two the historical background of the city of Mecca and the Kaaba is discussed, thus providing the historical aspects of the Hajj. The Saudi Arabian Royal Family and the Hajj are discussedin Chapter Three with respect to the importance of the Hajj as a religious obligation. Chapter Four examines the present Saudi Arabian official Hajj policy and procedures, the ministries and committees administering the Hajj and their terms of reference, and specific problems related to the Muslim calendar, weather, transport, accommodation, food, health, and security. Chapter Five is' devoted to the development of the Saudi Arabian media and their coverage of the Hau. Chapter Six analyses the problems which face the Saudi Arabian media during the Hai. Chapter Seven deals with proposed solutions. Finally, conclusions are presented regarding the main features of the present communication systems with regard to the coverage of the Hajj. There are nine major findings in this study: 1- Much has been written on the history of the two Holy cities of Mecca and al-Madina and Arabia's Hajj before and under the Islam, but little attention has been paid to the communication aspects of information and instruction available to the pilgrims. 2- The Saudi Arabian media strives to cater for all the pilgrims during their Haij. 3- The Pilgrims, however need more and better targeted information before, as well as after, their arrival in Saudi Arabia. 4- Most of the pilgrims have no radio or television sets in their buildings and so they are not directly exposed to Saudi Arabian Information. 5- The Saudi Arabian Hajj newspapers provide special information supplements, but these are not as effective as had been hoped. 6- The Islamic media delegation which visit Saudi Arabia during the Hajj believes that the Saudi Arabian media does not serve the pilgrims from different cultures adequately as there is a lack of programme targeting and a shortage of information for non arabic speaking pilgrims. 7- The Saudi Arabian television channels are unable, as yet, to provide services in the main pilgrims' languages, but new technologies should be able to redress this. 8- The Saudi Arabian Radio and TV stations need better scheduling. 9- No systematic study has yet been carried out about the pilgrims' attitudes, their daily movements, access and reaction to the Saudi Arabian Media during the Hail: such a study should form the basis of future media and information policies.
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Seo, Hyunjin. "Media coverage of six-party talks a comparative study on media content and journalists' perceptions /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5005.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on September 30, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.
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Peterson, Luke Mathew. "Contending discourses : Palestine-Israel in the print news media." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610738.
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Marinov, Robert N. "Election News Coverage and Entertaining Politics: A Content Analysis of Infotainment Characteristics in Canadian Newspapers’ Federal Election Coverage." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/41457.
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Many scholars have noted the increasingly widespread combination of politically-relevant information and entertaining or sensational media formats and presentational styles over the past several decades, falling broadly under the umbrella term of ‘infotainment.’ However, in spite of this burgeoning infotainment literature very little research has been done on the nature and dynamics of infotainment within the Canadian context. This is especially true of research on infotainment within Canada’s traditional news media outlets. To being filling this gap, this study undertakes a mixed-methods content analysis of Canadian newspapers’ coverage of the 2019 federal election to evaluate the scope and nature of infotainment therein. Building off of a systematic review and mapping of the existing infotainment literature, this study develops a comprehensive conceptual and analytical framework for defining and evaluating infotainment characteristics within ‘hard news’ coverage. The quantitative and qualitative results are outlined in detail before being evaluated for their potential implications on citizens’ information processing and political knowledge, as well as some broader evaluations of potential implications for Canadian politics. These ethico-political considerations are developed by drawing on insights from a number of literatures, including political psychology and decision-making, strategic voting, and broader media and infotainment research.
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Cross, Kathleen Ann. "Elections without politics: television coverage of the 2001 B.C. election /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2006. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2686.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.) - Simon Fraser University, 2006.<br>Theses (School of Communication) / Simon Fraser University. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 276-296). Also issued in digital format and available on the World Wide Web.
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Bologova, Diana. "Swedish picture of Russia : Analysis of media coverage of Putin, Russia and Russians in Swedish media." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Journalistik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41093.
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The study examines how print media in Sweden portray Putin, Russia and Russians and what makes an impact on Swedish journalists when they write on that subject. The first part presents a content analysis of articles published in the two main Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet (DN and SvD). The two most significant years of coverage of Russia in Sweden (2014-2015) were chosen as a time frame for the analysis. It examines the predominant tones that were used in the articles towards three keywords “Putin”, “Russia” and “Russians”, as well as the sources that were chosen by the journalists. In line with previous researchers, the author of this study observed a certain tendency shared in two Swedish printed media to report negatively about the Russian president. At the same time tones towards the country in general and its citizens were more neutral than negative. The second part of the research focuses on qualitative interviews with journalists representing different media in Sweden (radio, TV channels and newspapers). During the interviews, journalists were invited to reflect how they see Russian society, what connection they have with Russian culture and what impacts their choice of topics. According to the findings, a journalist’s work is affected by their individual background, economical situation in media organisations and expectations from the audience.
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Cannon, Kahlid J. "Public Opinion and Media Coverage during the Iraq War: An examination of Media Framing and Priming." The Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391613393.
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Törmä, Kajsa. "Refugees in British Media Coverage : A Study of Dehumanizing Conceptual Metaphors." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-136691.
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This study exemplifies, analyses and discusses the conceptual metaphors refugees are water and refugees are animals in British media discourse. In order to do this, examples of linguistic tokens of the metaphors were collected from four of the biggest newspapers in Britain; Daily Mail, The Sun, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. Linguistic tokens of the metaphors were found in all of the newspapers. The tokens of refugees are animals often appeared within quotation marks, whereas the refugees are water tokens appeared mostly unmarked, implying that refugees are water is more conventionalized than refugees are animals. The analysis of the tokens showed how different aspects of refugees are either highlighted or hidden when it is conceptualized in terms of water or animals. In the process of highlighting/hiding certain aspects of refugees, the refugees are dehumanized.
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Beresford, Margaret B. "Mass media and alternative coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ40189.pdf.
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Barnard, Stephen R. Johnson Victoria L. "Crooked coverage a study of (de)racialized texts in print media /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4948.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on January 3, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.
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Cowen, Brandi Nicole. "Analyzing Canadian print media coverage of the 2004 southeast Asian tsunami." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24890.
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Using the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami as a case study, this paper considers how natural
disasters are covered in the media in order to develop a better understanding of disaster
reporting. The analysis builds upon Alexa Robertson’s 2008 study of television coverage of the tsunami. Data was collected through a content analysis of three daily Canadian newspapers in the
three months immediately following the tsunami. The findings show that although there are some
notable differences between newspapers, simply catering to the same type of audience (i.e.
national) is no guarantee that coverage from different newspapers will produce similar trends.
However, the research did identify four trends across the three newspapers studied: pieces that
are framed as political stories and critical of the government are not necessarily fuelled by
inherent political bias, at least with regard to a foreign natural disaster; in the immediate
aftermath of a disaster, the abundance of dramatic stories that can be told raises the threshold
with regard to the level of drama a disaster story must have in order to be printed; recovery
stories are generally re-framed as aid stories, thereby making it easier to relate the story to the
audience, and; there does not seem to be any pattern to when a disaster disappears from
newspapers’ front pages, as even an anniversary commemorating a disaster is no assurance of
front page coverage. This study found that although narrative arcs in disaster reporting follow similar patterns across newspapers, other aspects of disaster coverage – such as the quantity or location of coverage – vary from newspaper to newspaper.
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Lee, Soojin. "News Media Coverage of Corporate Tax Avoidance and Corporate Tax Reporting." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Universität Wien, 2015. http://epub.wu.ac.at/4541/1/SSRN%2Did2603344.pdf.
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Drawing upon media agenda-setting theory and previous studies in organizational impression management, this paper empirically investigates the influence of tax avoidance news on corporate tax reporting. This study is based on the pronounced discontinuity in the amount of news articles related to tax avoidance in the United Kingdom over two periods (2010-2011 and 2012-2013). A difference-in-differences design is employed in order to enable a comparison of the media effects on those firms that have been reported in tax avoidance news versus those without media attention. Using a sample of annual reports of UK FTSE 100 companies across the period 2010 to 2013, I test the impact of tax avoidance news on quality and quantity of tax disclosure. The results suggest that the recent increase in media attention on tax avoidance does not stimulate firms to improve the quality and the quantity of tax disclosure in their corporate reporting. Rather, firms can be discouraged from discussing the most relevant tax items in their reporting, as shown in the case of financial firms which were the subject of the largest amount of tax avoidance news. (author's abstract)<br>Series: WU International Taxation Research Paper Series
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Roeder, Lee Ann. "A study of Indiana legislators' perceptions of local media coverage, 1995." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1033644.
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The relationship between the media and politicians is uncertain at best. This study examined the attitudes of Indiana state senators and representatives with regard to the way they are treated by their local media. It is based on a study conducted in 1990 by Dr. Daniel Riffe, that sought similar opinions from Alabama state lawmakers.The hypothesis assumed that legislators who indicated they found the media useful would not view them as adversarial. A 39% response rate was achieved, which while not high enough to statistically validate findings did indicate a rejection of the hypothesis, as well as reveal other interesting observations.<br>Department of Journalism
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Al-Said, G. F. T. "American and Egyptian media coverage of the Camp David Peace Accords." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1994. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/34637/.
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This thesis is concerned with the way multi-national issues are dealt with by media. I illustrate this by the example of the media treatment of Mideast relations, concentrating on three newspapers: The Washington Post and The New York Times from the US, and Al Ahram from Egypt. The events central to the study lay within the Camp David Period of September 1977 to March 1979, with the signing of the Camp David Accords in September, 1978, and the Treaty in March, 1979 ("Camp David"). Because of the media coverage this is an ideal series of events to study methods of filtering information within newspapers. Since Camp David created as much interest in the Mideast as in the West, a comparison of different reports is fruitful. Within Chapter 5I utilise a content analytical method to discover what biases may have been present in the reporting of Camp David, widening this to deal with issues of journalism and the North/ South divide, and show that media is less an investigative tool and more an anchor for established views. A tentative conclusion is an identification of the lack of what are considered journalists' most valued qualities: objectivity and professionalism. I identify a misunderstanding in the lay-person's view of the media profession: as The Washington Post and The New York Times show, although articles may have attempted a balanced format, these media may not have been investigative internationally (though they were domestically). We have to be wary when extrapolating from only three newspapers to the wider world (though I studied other newspapers and media) but since these titles were chosen for their standing and influence, some wider conclusions may be drawn. The thesis indicates no single viewpoint of developed media; no "conspiracy" somehow politically to defraud or act directly for domestic interests. I seek a perspective on developed media in a simultaneous analysis of the Egyptian media and its milieu. What I contend is of interest is that forces acted on Al Ahram, The Washington Post and The New York Times which, though different in kind, were more similar in effect than heretofore argued. Western journalism I assess as operating within a narrower set of models than is frequently believed.
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Owolabi, Toyosi Olugbenga Samson. "Media coverage of SMEs in Nigeria : the imperative for national development." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2014. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=24245.
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Anchored on three theories of the press (agenda setting, social responsibility and development media), this study examined the volume of coverage and the extent of prominence given to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigerian print media and the implication for national development. While content analysis is used as the research design, purposive sampling method was used to select two Nigeria's most popular newspapers (Punch and Guardian), and two magazines (The News and Tell) respectively. The same method was used to select a total of 1,728 editions of the two newspapers and 576 editions of the two magazines for study. Together, a total of 2,304 editions of the newspapers and magazines between 1997 and 2009 were content analysed. Coding schedule was designed for the recording of identified variables while five open-ended questions were administered to 60 respondents selected by quota sampling from among the six designated research population groupings. Since the research methodology is qualitative in nature and procedure, the researcher employed the use of statistical program for social scientists (SPSS) to record and analyse the data. Frequency tables and charts were used to illustrate the findings. The study's findings showed that both newspapers and magazines in Nigeria did not give sufficient coverage and prominence to SMEs and related activities to the extent it can foster employment generation, poverty reduction and overall national development. Particularly, the study revealed that the media paid less attention to reporting Nigerian women participation in SMEs activities despite their significant population and potentials; a reason for their vulnerability to poverty. To reposition the media for optimal performance, the study among others, suggested that the media industry be recapitalised for self-sustenance while the government provides enabling environment for general economic growth and also, establish true community media to cater for development information needs of Nigeria's sharply divergent rural-urban populace.
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Schoene, Matthew. "Friend or Foe? The Media Coverage of Chicago’s Public Housing Transformation." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306526365.
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Fredheim, Rolf Emil. "Playing for time : the past in Russian media coverage (2003-13)." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708818.
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Ray, Durga. "Frames in the U.S. print media coverage of the Kashmir conflict." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000436.
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Porter, Jamie. "Media Coverage of Domestic Extremists and the Influence on Police Emotions." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4674.
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The media have influenced domestic extremists who are targeting the police, and this is related to negative emotions among the police. These extremists are targeting police officers based on how events are framed by the media. In this way, the media have influenced domestic extremists' target selection and caused negative emotions among police officers because they are now the targets. The purpose of this qualitative narrative study was to understand the perceptions of police officers about how the media have influenced domestic extremists to target them. The narrative of this qualitative inquiry was guided by a semistructured interview sample consisting of 15 patrol officers discussing their views and opinions of the media's effect on domestic extremism and negative emotions among the police. Coding and themes facilitated the analyses of the data. By examining the narratives of police officers, 5 themes developed which include: having a positive attitude, motivational factors, meaning of responsibility, media effects and having a support system and fourteen subthemes were extracted and valuable insights were gained on how patrol officers handled different situations like the media, extremists, and their emotions. Involving the opinions of police officers in developing more efficient response training is critical for social change. These results will promote positive social change by providing a better understanding of police perceptions and the potential to educate the public about the actual work of police officers, to create understanding between the police and the public; and by identifying strategies to update future training programs for the police.
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Cervin, Ebba. "The Australian and international media coverage on' offshore processing detention centers." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-402515.
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Abstract In 2001, the Australian government implemented the Pacific Solution, which is known today as Operation Sovereign Borders. This policy is designed to hold asylum-seekers arriving by boat to Australia on Pacific islands that are geographically and politically external to Australia, keeping them in what is commonly known as offshore processing and detention centers. This thesis examines the way in which these offshore processing detention centers are portrayed in the media and provides a comparative study between Australian and international publications through qualitative text analysis of the consistently occurring themes in news coverage of the issue. The importance of the thesis originates from the previous lack of international media coverage and criticism revolving around the offshore processing detention centers.
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Childress, Mariah J. "The "Oprah Effect": A Content Analysis of Media Coverage of Toni Morrison and How the Coverage Changed Post-Oprah." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1696.
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The present study analyzes the way in which Toni Morrison, an established author, was covered by U.S. newspapers in the year before and year following her selection for Opraha's Book Club. The content analysis method was used in the research, and the results were used to test 6 hypotheses and 6 research questions.
The results indicated that there was a significant increase in the total number of mentions of Toni Morrison in the year after her inclusion in Opraha's Book Club. The overwhelming trend that was seen in all variable comparisons was that while there were obviously more mentions of Toni Morrison post-Book Club, there were also increases and changes in the tone, page placement, and story placement of the mentions of Toni Morrison .