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Emotional News Framing Affects Public Response to Crises, MU Study Finds

By Guest PostJanuary 16, 2012Mediaanger frame, automobile recalls, corporate response, crisis, crisis situations, distinct emotions, effective communication, glen cameron, human face, hyo kim, journalism research, maxine wilson gregory chair, message, nanyang technological university, news frames, organizational crises, plane crashes, public relations, relief, sadness frame, singapore, strategies, substantive action, university of missouri, victims, wellbeing

COLUMBIA, Mo. – When organizational crises occur, such as plane crashes or automobile recalls, public relations practitioners develop strategies for substantive action and effective communication. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found that the way in which news coverage of a crisis is framed affects the public’s emotional response toward the company involved.

Glen Cameron, the Maxine Wilson Gregory Chair in Journalism Research and professor of strategic communication at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, along with Hyo Kim of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, studied the reactions of news readers when exposed to a story about a crisis. One group read an “anger-frame” story that blamed the organization for the crisis. Another group read a “sadness-frame” story that focused on the victims and how they were hurt by the crisis. Cameron and Kim found that those who read the “anger-frame” story read the news less closely and had more negative attitudes toward the company than those exposed to the “sadness-frame” story. (more…)

Serendipitous News Reading Online is Gaining Prominence, MU Study Shows

By Guest PostDecember 3, 2011Mediabizarre, borchuluun yadamsuren, exposure, Facebook, internet, newspapers, online news, serendipitous discovery, television news, traditional media, university of missouri

*Media should place news links on different sites to take advantage of this phenomenon*

COLUMBIA, Mo. –Traditional media, such as newspapers and television news, require readers and viewers to intentionally seek out news by picking up a newspaper or turning on the television. The Internet and new technologies now are changing the way readers consume online news. New research from the University of Missouri shows that Internet users often do not make the conscious decision to read news online, but they come across news when they are searching for other information or doing non-news related activities online, such as shopping or visiting social networking sites. (more…)

Good Journalism, not 24-7 News Cycle, Will Drive New York Times, Says Top Editor

By Guest PostNovember 7, 2011Mediaamerican journalist, good journalism, internet news cycle, new york times, superior journalism

The new top editor of The New York Times told a Yale audience Friday that her overriding mission is to enforce the paper’s high standards as it continually adapts to the dynamics of digital age news delivery. (more…)

Great Speeches: How to Know One If We Hear One

By Guest PostOctober 13, 2011Media, Politicsathenian orator, great orator, great speeches, persuasive speech, political oratory, rhetorical devices, verbal stylists

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — With the season for political oratory hard upon us, how does the rhetoric of this year’s crop of presidential contenders measure up? (more…)

Politicians Have Less Influence Through News Media

By Guest PostSeptember 11, 2011Media, Politicsamerican public, corwin smidt, gun control in 2000, health care reform, media coverage, michigan state university, million mom march, news media, public agenda, public opinion, Washington, washington politicians

EAST LANSING, Mich. — News coverage of Washington politicians and their rhetoric appears to have less influence on the American public compared to other news coverage, according to a study by a Michigan State University political scientist.

Instead, citizens are more apt to be swayed by news stories about grassroots protests and local events, said Corwin Smidt, assistant professor of political science. His study appears in the research journal Public Opinion Quarterly. (more…)

Exeter Academic Contributes to New TV Series on Islam

By Guest PostJuly 20, 2011Culture, Mediabbc, british citizenship, historical personality, islam, islamic intellectual history, Jerusalem, jordan, mecca, muslims, muslims in britain, prophet, rageh omaar, saudi arabia, syria, the life of muhammad, the uk, the usa, turkey, university of cambridge, university of exeter

*A University of Exeter academic, who is an expert on Islam, has contributed to the new television series ‘The Life of Muhammad’ currently being broadcast on BBC Two. The three-part documentary, presented by journalist Rageh Omaar, charts the story of the Prophet who, in little more than 20 years, changed the world forever.*

Professor Sajjad Rizvi, University of Exeter’s Associate Professor of Islamic Intellectual History at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, provided expert advice to the BBC team. He also appears in the series. (more…)

People often Talk About Politics on Blogs Geared Toward Other Topics

By Guest PostJuly 16, 2011Culture, Media, Politicsamericans, barcelona, blog posts, blogger, international conference on weblogs and social media, internet, national science foundation, paul resnick, personal diaries, political communication, political content, political discourse, political polarization, political websites, sean munson, university of michigan, Yahoo

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— A full 25 percent of blog posts about politics occur on sites that are primarily about something else, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan School of Information. And when authors post about politics, their readers reply and engage with the political content of the posts.

The researchers say they have uncovered a significant repository of political discourse that is largely being ignored. They will present their findings July 19 at the International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media in Barcelona. (more…)

Has New Media Desensitized Consumers to Graphic Images?

By Guest PostJune 16, 2011Mediabreakfast test, christopher mckinley, graphic images, graphic images of war, graphicness, Media, media environment, middle east, montclair university, shahira fahmy, ua school of journalism, unique ethical codes, visual communication quarterly, youtube generation

*Because younger news consumers are exposed to graphic images online and through other new media, concerns journalists have about presenting highly graphic images of war to readers/viewers may be unfounded, finds a new UA study.*

At a time when journalists are still trying to closely monitor the amount and type of graphic images seen on traditional media such as television and film, young audiences or the “YouTube” generation in particular, might receive graphic visual images in a far different way.

If this is the case, there might be serious implications for the media. (more…)

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