
Journalism and Mass Communications, College of
Theses from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications
All depositors: We try to observe a 24-hour "cooling off" period to give you opportunity to correct those "oops" issues that seem to emerge just after deposit.
Upon deposit, you will immediately receive an email that your submission has been received (and this is what you need to show the Graduate Office).
However, you can still log back in and select Revise and upload a new version with your advisor's name spelled right, or your mother thanked in the Acknowledgments, or whatever you're stressing about.
After about a day, your submission will be "published" or "posted", making it available to the Internet; you will get another email to that effect, and your submission can no longer be changed--by you.
If further changes are needed, these can be made by sending a revised file to the administrator < proyster@unl.edu > requesting replacement of the current online version. DO NOT RESUBMIT YOUR THESIS. That creates duplicate records, confusion, wasted effort, frustration, sadness, tears, and causes kittens to get sick.
Finally: Congratulations; you are almost there. Click the "Submit your paper or article" link at the bottom of the gray box at left. Follow the instructions. You should be able to copy (Ctrl-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) most fields.
You are the sole author; your advisor is not considered a co-author.
Your institution is "University of Nebraska-Lincoln" (not "at Lincoln" or ", Lincoln"). Do not leave it blank; then the administrator has to fill it in, and he is tempted to make it something silly.
You do not need to repeat your name and title in the Abstract field; just the body of the abstract.
When you reach the question "Was this submission previously published in a journal?", just skip that part.
Be sure to click the "Submit" button at the bottom. Files upload at the rate of about 5 Mb per minute, so if you have an ungodly large file, it may take a bit of time. If your file exceeds 40 Mb, think about reducing its size--there are many ways; Google "reduce pdf file size" to find some.
Okay, get started. That thesis is not going to submit itself.
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2019
Florida’s Public Records Law: Its Role in a Tragedy During Hurricane Irma, Patrick Sheehan
2018
The Globalization of Journalism Ethics: Exploring Feasibility and Value in a Globalized World, Sherine Mansour
2017
Taking a stand by kneeling: An analysis of national anthem protest coverage, Vincent Pena
2016
This Machine Kills Fascists: Music, Speech and War, Robert J. Crisler
HOW FEMALE ONLINE BUSINESSES AND BRANDS ARE USING INSTAGRAM STORIES, Hannah N. VanDerslice
2015
Life Beyond the Like: Uses & Gratifications of Sharing Business Facebook Page Content, Sara M. Nash
Crisis Communication in an International Organization: An Investigation of the BBC’s Reputation in the Aftermath of the Savile Scandal, Stephanie P. Shipp
2014
THE IMPACT OF FOOD MANUFACTURERS’ RECALL NOTIFICATIONS ON THE TONE OF NEWSPAPER COVERAGE, Monique L. Farmer
The Diminishing Role of the Ombudsman in American Journalism, Wade B. Hilligoss
Tough Talk, Tear Gas, Tragedy: The Fight to Frame One Day's Events in Ecuador, Ralph Kurtenbach
EXPLAINING THE TREND TOWARD ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING IN HISPANIC-AMERICAN TELEVISION: WHY NOW?, Elizabeth L. Levine
News Goes Native: An Examination of Online Media's Disclosure Practices for Sponsored Content, Joseph Dean Moore
A Qualitative Study of the Effectiveness of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Journalism Program for Preparing Students for the Workplace, Sarah Anne Carter Rosenbaum
An Examination of University Speech Codes’ Constitutionality and Their Impact on High-Level Discourse, Benjamin Welch
2013
Behaviorism's Impact on Advertising: Then and Now, Abigail Bartholomew
A Professional Project Surveying Student-Run Advertising and Public Relations Agencies at Institutions with ACEJMC Accredited Programs, Allison M. Busch
Is There a Future Audience for Small Market Broadcast Television News?, David W. Madsen
Yolanda Barco's Impact on the Cable Television Industry, Piper L. Peteet-Kilgore
Meet Them Where They Gather: An Analysis of NASA’s Communications Approach for the 21st Century, Amanda D. Stein
See You Later, Aggregator: How Hot News Misappropriation Deters Aggregators Without Overprotecting Facts, Wern Ai Tan
The Collection of Media by U.S. Senators: A Preliminary Study, Richard L. Willis
2012
From Red Fears to Red Power: The Story of the Newspaper Coverage of Wounded Knee 1890 and Wounded Knee 1973, Kevin Abourezk
CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS TRADE ADVERTISING DURING THE DECEMBER 2007–JUNE 2009 RECESSION, Bridgid Agosta
Faith As News: A Christian Clergy Perspective on News Media Coverage of Religion, John Baker
MUSICIAN BLOGGERS: THE IMPACT OF NICHE BLOGGERS ON BUSINESS, Charles Craine
The Impact of Reporter Gender on Print News Coverage of the 2008 Dole-Hagan U.S. Senate Race in North Carolina, Courtney Hunt Munther
College Football Twitter Communities: The Husker Twitter Community During the 2012 Capital One Bowl, Kelly D. Mosier
BLIND TRUSTS AS A MODEL FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, Perry Andrew Pirsch
2011
GREETED LIKE LIBERATORS: MEDIA, METAPHOR, AND MYTH IN THE RHETORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Charles Franklin Bisbee
Why Anonymous Sources Are Used: Inside the Different Situations Calling for Reporter-Source Confidentiality, Erich Eisenach
A Matter of Seconds: An Interpretive Study on Media Reporting of Life-threatened Children, James M. Kavanaugh
Does Trust Really Matter? A Quantitative Study of College Students' Trust and Use of News Media, Soo Hui Lee
THE PUBLIC SERVICE ROLE OF THE LOCAL PENSACOLA MASS MEDIA DURING HURRICANE IVAN, Chad D. Morehead
Floyd Gibbons: A Journalistic Force of Nature in Early 20th Century America, Andrew J. Nelson
"The Gifted Pen": The Journalism Career of Susette La Flesche Tibbles (1854-1903), Erin E. Pedigo
PRINT vs. ONLINE JOURNALISM: ARE BELIEVABILITY AND ACCURACY AFFECTED BY WHERE READERS FIND INFORMATION?, Burton Speakman
Identifying Barriers and Incentives Related to Attending the Performing Arts: An Examination of First Year College Students, Laura J. Sweet
MARINERS ALL ACCESS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE ROLE OF A PRODUCER AT ROOT SPORTSTM, Carrie S. Tachiyama
An iPhone in a Haystack: The Uses and Gratifications Behind Farmers Using Twitter, Sarah Van Dalsem
The University of Nebraska at Omaha's Criss Library Mobile Resources: A Study of User's Preferences, Teonne A. Wright
2010
Commenting on Cannabis: Testing News Fragmentation Using Reader Comments on California's Proposition 19, John D. Beecham
News Consumption Habits of Students at the University of Nebraska, Ford G. Clark
Student Perceptions of Digital Textbooks in a College Nursing Program, Alan D. Eno
Female Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of the Portrayal of Women in Advertising, Virginia M. Johnson
The Wired World: A Primer on Electronic Research, Wikipedia, Social Networking Sites, and Web Journalism, Ryan F. Love
Edward R. Murrow: His Life, Legacy and Ethical Influence, Howard Lester Rose
Study of Convergence in Nebraska Newspapers, Kathryn L. Schindler
USER MOTIVATION: LIKABILITY AND USABILITY OF AN AGRICULTURAL WEB SITE, Vishal Singh
2006
COMMUNICATING ETHNICITY: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CONSTRUCTED IDENTITY, Laura L. Pierson
2003
The Ignored Disease: The AIDS Epidemic 1981-1987, Heather L. Graff and Heather Graff Bloom