• The evolution of broadcasting in Alabama, 1900-1934 

  McSwain, Joseph Earl (University of Alabama Libraries, 1969)
• Does this microphone make me sound white?: an experiment exploring race recognition and source credibility in radio news 

  Ott-Fulmore, Tanya (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-12)

  Despite efforts to increase the number of minority journalists working in radio, television, newspaper and digital newsrooms across the United States, the percentage of people of color working in newsrooms is only slightly ...
• Foul play: gender discrepancy in sports coverage 

  Benedetto, James (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Female sports face many challenges to receive equal coverage across multiple sports media platforms. Prior research has shown that the sports media uses stereotypical characteristics to maintain the idea that sports are a ...
• History of the Alabama Negro Press, Post-Reconstruction to 1901 

  Wilder, James Chapman (University of Alabama Libraries, 1964)

  A survey of Alabama history books shows nothing significant to have been written about the early Alabama Negro press. However, Alabama's Negro press was founded immediately after Reconstruction, the period in which almost ...
• In defense of democracy: exploring the process of identifying, monitoring, reporting, and narrating modern voting and election issues 

  Dugger, Hannah Katherine (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-12)

  The 2018 midterm elections and the proper way to conduct elections during a national pandemic raise several questions about voting and election systems in this country. Advocates and politicians on the left claim republican ...
• The hardest to achieve, the easiest to imagine: an examination of predictions about outer space during The Space Race in the Huntsville Times, Houston Chronicle, and Orlando Sentinel 

  Stafford, Lane (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  For thousands of years humans have made predictions about outer space in fictional and non-fictional works. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union proved space exploration was possible with the launch of the first artificial ...
• At home: shelter magazines and the American life 1890-1930 

  Mayfield, Mark (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The four decades between 1890 and 1930 included an unprecedented wave of new American magazines that took full advantage of lower postal rates, affordable printing costs, skyrocketing advertising revenues, more literate ...
• Disaster mode: mapping media use, dependency, and gratifications through the preparation and impact phases of a severe weather event 

  Edmunds, Christopher Chase (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017-12)

  When natural disasters affect human populations, effective communication is key to response and recovery. This study seeks to understand how and why people use various media in the early stages of severe weather events. A ...
• Cocaine powder screens and the gray lady: New York Times coverage of the war on drugs in Colombia, 1971 – 2001 

  Parra Mejia, Daniel Andres (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  There is a vast amount of literature about media coverage of the United States protracted war on drugs. Mainly, researchers have analyzed anti-drugs campaigns, its most frequent themes, frames, and narratives in network ...
• Elaboration likelihood and readers' perceptions of native advertising on news websites 

  Cockrell, Calvin (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  This research examines native advertising on news websites through the lens of the Elaboration Likelihood Model. It seeks to determine factors that influence whether readers identify and trust native advertisements. These ...
• Terrorism going uncovered: gatekeeping international news events at local news outlets and the role of desensitization, news flow, and news routines 

  Gazzara, Caroline Mae (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  This exploratory study takes a look at three local newsrooms in Alabama to learn and understand news room routines regarding international wire news content and international terrorism wire news content, as well as examine ...
• Living in an unreal world: fake news, social identity theory, and media literacy 

  Leonard, Wade Hampton (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  This study examined fake news under the theoretical framework of Social Identification Theory, and whether media literacy could act as an inoculant against the undesirable effects of social identification as it relates to ...
• Disposition theory and protest: the influence of media frames and individual disposition on audience response to protest 

  Steele, Hailey Grace (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  This study examined the influence of news frames and individual disposition on audience response to protest. Specifically, the study sought to determine whether the social group depicted as the main actor in news coverage ...
• How does Olympic and biographical media coverage affect fan and social identification with Mo Farah? 

  Simpson, Oliver (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Mo Farah is a quadruple Olympic gold medalist who has won distance gold medals in track competition in the London and Rio De Janeiro Summer Olympic Games, in 2012 and 2016, respectively. Farah’s national and ethnic identity ...
• First impressions: an analysis of media coverage of first ladies and their inaugural gowns from Jackie Kennedy in 1961 to Michelle Obama in 2009 

  Sullivan, Amy (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  The Presidential Inaugural Ball is a special moment for every president’s wife because it is her first official public appearance as first lady of the United States. Historically, the manner in which the first lady presents ...
• Credibility of photojournalism in changing times 

  Norris, Jonathan Michael (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  With the constant growth of the internet and the explosion of hand-held devices, the news industry is in a continuous state of evolution. Although citizens desire news feeds of what is happening now, there is also a ...
• Equality, y'all: newspaper coverage of first wave feminism and suffrage in the American South 

  McLeod, Kylie Brianna (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The American South has long been characterized by institutionalized racism and highly traditional Christian values. It would be easy to assume that the Women’s Suffrage Movement would not have been welcomed in this particular ...
• Black women's body image and Black-oriented media consumption 

  Armer, Taylor I. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The proposed study examined the relationship between Black women, their body image and their Black-oriented media consumption. The literature review indicated there was a dearth of scholarship devoted to understanding the ...
• Impact of web metrics on news decisions 

  Arenberg, Tom (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Many news organizations are trying to maximize their online audience in an attempt to bring greater exposure to their work and attract advertising. Grounded in Resource Dependency Theory and System of Professions theory, ...
• Binging on Gilmore Girls: a parasocial exploration of fans' viewing behaviors 

  Dyche, Caitlin Samantha (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Binge-watching has become increasingly popular with the rise of video-on-demand services and online streaming sites, but little has been done to evaluate the effects of this new viewing behavior on audiences. This study ...

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