Two experiments investigated the effects of the presentations of photographic images (highly emotionally arousing/low arousal/no image) on people's attitudes after reading a news story. Experiment 1 presented a story and images about U.S. involvement in the Afghanistan War. Expe…
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Americans experienced terror through media and were forced to construct a new social reality on 9/11/01. American television journalists framed the story first as breaking news: a plane crash at the World Trade Center. TV journalists later assumed an ethnocentric perspective as …
As social media has become ubiquitous, power over news media agenda setting, traditionally reserved by elites, has become less secure. Current research shows how elite actors enact strategies of message control in an attempt to retain this power. This thesis examines the impact …
Technological, political and economical developments have fostered the spread of transnational media since the latter part of the 20 th century. Despite that, most studies of media effects are still nationally bound. This dissertation discusses some of the effects that both nati…
Survey data over the past several decades indicates that the American public has become increasingly mistrustful of the news media. Tsfati (2003a, 65) notes that widespread and increasing media mistrust in recent years has provoked scholars to examine the correlates of declining…
The previous literature fails to reach consensus on the role of media in the foreign aid allocation. My paper attempts to answer following questions by examining Muslim countries: Are there any media effects on the pattern of aid giving? If the media influence the amount of aid,…
This dissertation investigated the effects of American-produced entertainment programs on Nigerian audiences. The theoretical basis for the study was the cultural imperialism theory. To that end, the media and audiences in Nigeria were used to probe the relevance and validity of…