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Talk is Cheap: Organizational Apologies from the Stakeholder's Perspective
(2013)
Apologies are a unique type of communication that organizations can use to rebuild their public image and their relationships with stakeholders after a crisis. Scholars in many disciplines have studied apologies, and ...
A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF OBESITY ATTRIBUTIONS AND MESSAGE SOURCES ON OBESITY PREVENTION MESSAGE PROCESSING AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS: THE MEDIATION EFFECT OF ANGER ON MESSAGE ATTITUDES, SOURCE EVALUATIONS, AND BEHAVIOR
(2019-12-14)
The main purpose of this study was to design and test the effects of obesity prevention messages that specifically targeted Native American adults. The message features on which this study focused to design obesity precention ...
"God's Objective Truth, As Far As We Know It": Journalism Ideology at an Evangelical News Magazine
(2014-08)
This study mixes interviews and textual analysis to explore the ideology, motivations, routines, and content at WORLD, a major evangelical Christian news magazine whose editor-in-chief, Dr. Marvin Olasky, is a well-known ...
THREAT, MODELING AND MISCONCEPTIONS: A COORIENTATIONAL STUDY OF CITIZEN PHOTOJOURNALISTS' AND PROFESSIONAL PHOTOJOURNALISTS' VALUES
(2013)
With the onset of digital technologies and the active audience it allots, professional photojournalists find themselves in competition with citizen photojournalists. The ability of citizens to create and publish their own ...
The Self-Perception of Video Game Journalism: Interviews With Games Writers Regarding The State of the Profession
(2019-05-10)
Video game journalism is a contentious area of examination. At its heart is the question as to whether it is even journalism. This study explores that question by conducting interviews with 15 writers for various video ...
Tolerance and Intolerance in Political Discourse on Twitter during the U.S. 2016 Presidential Election
(2017-08-26)
This study explored tolerance and intolerance in political discourse on Twitter during the U.S. 2016 election. It was a combination of social network analysis of four Twitter networks the day before the election, the day ...
Global civil society and a structural analysis of international NGOs's virtual networks
(2012)
This dissertation sought to examine the virtual structure of global civil society via three theoretical frameworks: World System Theory, World Polity Theory and the current discussion of Network Society. Virtual interactions ...
The effects of apologies and causal attribution on public responses
(2019-05-10)
Apologies have been used in crisis communications to address organizational transgressions. Yet, there is no consensus about the components of an apology (e.g., Hearit, 2006; Smith, 2008). Also, the causes of an organization’s ...
Sports Online Ticketing: The Effects of Navigability and Interactivity on Consumers' Experiences, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions
(2019)
Web-based ticketing has become a prominent source of revenue for sports organizations. Sports fans today are increasingly searching for and purchasing tickets through the Internet. To increase the potential online ticket ...