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Archives for July 2013

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly/Spanish

July 29, 2013 by Kyshia

Volumen 90 Número 2 Verano 2013 (Volume 90 Number 2 Summer 2013)

(English Version & Spanish Translation)

Theory, Law, and Social Media
Teoría, Derecho y Social Media

Predicting Dissemination of News Content in Social Media: A Focus on Reception, Friending, and Partisanship
Brian E. Weeks and R. Lance Holbert
Abstract
Social media are an emerging news source, but questions remain regarding how citizens engage news content in this environment. This study focuses on social media news reception and friending a journalist/news organization as predictors of social media news dissemination. Secondary analysis of 2010 Pew data (N = 1,264) reveals reception and friending to be positive predictors of dissemination, and a reception-by-friending interaction is also evident. Partisanship moderates these relationships such that reception is a stronger predictor of dissemination among partisans, while the friending-dissemination link is evident for nonpartisans only. These results provide novel insights into citizens’ social media news experiences.

Predecir Difusión de noticias contenido en Social Media: Un enfoque en Recepción, Friending y partidismo
Brian E. Weeks and R. Lance Holbert
Abstract Traducción español
Los medios sociales son una fuente de noticias que salen, pero quedan preguntas sobre cómo los ciudadanos participan contenido de las noticias en este entorno. Este estudio se centra en la recepción de los medios de comunicación social y friending una organización periodista / noticia como predictores de los medios de comunicación la difusión de noticias sociales. El análisis secundario de los datos de 2010 de Pew (N = 1264) revela recepción y friending ser predictores positivos de la difusión y la interacción recepción por friending es también evidente. Moderados Partidismo estas relaciones tales que la recepción es un predictor más fuerte de difusión entre los partidarios, mientras que el enlace friending-difusión es evidente sólo nonpartisans. Estos resultados proporcionan nuevos conocimientos sobre experiencias de comunicación de redes sociales de los ciudadanos.

When Retweets Attack: Are Twitter Users Liable for Republishing the Defamatory Tweets of Others?
Daxton R. “Chip” Stewart
Abstract
Under the republication doctrine, repeating false and defamatory statements has traditionally triggered liability for the repeater. However, some confusion has emerged regarding retweeting posts of others on Twitter, the popular microblog site. Does retweeting the defamatory statement of another open the retweeter to liability? This article examines exceptions to the republication doctrine, such as the single publication rule, the wire service defense, and the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to answer this question. A review of court opinions leads to the conclusion that Section 230 of the CDA provides a powerful shield for users of interactive computer services such as Twitter.

Cuando atacan Retweets: Son responsables de los usuarios de Twitter a publicar los Tweets difamatorias de los otros?
Daxton R. “Chip” Stewart
Abstract Traducción español
Bajo la doctrina republicación, repitiendo declaraciones falsas y difamatorias ha provocado tradicionalmente responsabilidad por el repetidor. Sin embargo, ha surgido cierta confusión respecto Retweeting mensajes de otras personas en Twitter, el popular sitio de microblog. ¿Tiene retweeting la declaración difamatoria de otro abierto el retweet a la responsabilidad? Este artículo examina las excepciones a la doctrina republicación, tales como la regla de publicación única, el defensa servicio de cable, y la Ley de Decencia en las Comunicaciones (CDA) para responder a esta pregunta. Una revisión de los dictámenes judiciales lleva a la conclusión de que el artículo 230 de la CDA ofrece un poderoso escudo para los usuarios de servicios informáticos interactivos tales como Twitter.

Journalism: Professional and Legal Questions
Periodismo: Preguntas Profesionales y Legal

What Does It Take for Women Journalists to Gain Professional Recognition?: Gender Disparities among Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1917-2010
Yong Z. Volz and Francis L. F. Lee
Abstract
This article compares the characteristics of 814 female and male Pulitzer Prize winners from 1917 to 2010. Borrowing the “compensation model” from political science, this study shows that female winners were more likely to have a metropolitan upbringing, a journalism major, and a graduate degree. These differences manifest the logic of compensation: some forms of social capital can be important for female journalists to overcome gender disadvantage in competing for recognition. The compensational model, however, is historically contingent. In more recent years, women journalists no longer needed the compensational capital to boost their chances.

¿Qué se necesita para las Mujeres Periodistas de obtener el reconocimiento profesional?: Las disparidades de género entre los ganadores del Premio Pulitzer, 1917-2010
Yong Z. Volz and Francis L. F. Lee
Abstract Traducción español
Este artículo compara las características de los 814 ganadores del Premio Pulitzer mujeres y hombres 1917-2010. Tomando prestado el “modelo de compensación” de la ciencia política, este estudio muestra que las mujeres ganadoras fueron más propensos a tener una educación metropolitana, en periodismo, y un título de posgrado. Estas diferencias ponen de manifiesto la lógica de la compensación: algunas formas de capital social puede ser importante para las mujeres periodistas para superar las desventajas de género en la competencia por el reconocimiento. El modelo compensatoria, sin embargo, es históricamente contingente. En los últimos años, las mujeres periodistas ya no necesitan la capital compensatoria para aumentar sus posibilidades.

Journalism’s “Crazy Old Aunt”: Helen Thomas and Paradigm Repair
Elizabeth Blanks Hindman and Ryan J. Thomas
Abstract
Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas abruptly retired in summer 2010 after she gave unscripted remarks widely perceived to be anti-Semitic. This case study applies paradigm repair and attribution theories to explore how mainstream journalists repaired the damage to their profession’s reputation. It concludes that they (1) situated Thomas’s remark against a backdrop of journalistic excellence, subtly reinforcing the point that her career should now come to an end; (2) suggested Thomas’s remarks were caused by senility; (3) condemned her remarks as racist; and (4) raised the norm of objectivity.

“La tía vieja loca” de Periodismo: Helen Thomas y Paradigm Reparación
Elizabeth Blanks Hindman and Ryan J. Thomas
Abstract Traducción español
Veterano corresponsal de la Casa Blanca Helen Thomas se retiró abruptamente en el verano de 2010 después de dar declaraciones improvisadas ampliamente percibidos como antisemita. Este estudio de caso se aplica la reparación y la atribución teorías paradigma para explorar cómo los periodistas tradicionales reparar el daño a la reputación de su profesión. Llega a la conclusión de que (1) situados comentario de Thomas en un marco de excelencia periodística, sutilmente refuerza el punto de que su carrera ahora debe llegar a su fin, (2) Observaciones sugerido por Thomas fueron causadas por la senilidad, (3) condenó sus comentarios como racistas y (4) planteó la norma de objetividad.

Come One, Come All into the Newsroom? Student Publications after Christian Legal Society v. Martinez
Andrew D. Pritchard
Abstract
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez allows a public university to institute a “take-all-comers” nondiscrimination policy for student organizations. In doing do, the Court adds new perils and expands existing hazards for student publications. First, the Christian Legal Society majority overlooks the possibility that safeguards for the rights of student organizations generally may not adequately protect the unique interests of student publications. In addition, the ruling creates a misleading impression of the degree of deference courts owe the pedagogical judgments of public university administrators.

Venga uno, vengan todos en la sala de prensa? Publicaciones estudiantiles después de que Christian Legal Society v Martinez
Andrew D. Pritchard
Abstract Traducción español
El fallo de la Corte Suprema en el caso cristiano Legal Society v Martinez permite a una universidad pública de instituir un “take-all-llegados” política de no discriminación de las organizaciones estudiantiles. De este hacer, el Tribunal añade nuevos peligros y amplía los riesgos existentes para las publicaciones estudiantiles. En primer lugar, la mayoría de la Sociedad Legal Cristiana vistas a la posibilidad de que las salvaguardias para los derechos de las organizaciones de estudiantes por lo general no pueden proteger adecuadamente los intereses particulares de las publicaciones estudiantiles. Además, el fallo crea una falsa impresión sobre el grado de deferencia tribunales debemos los juicios pedagógicos de los administradores de las universidades públicas.

International and Intercultural Processes and Effects
Procesosy efectosInternacionales e Interculturales

Soap Operas as a Matchmaker: A Cultivation Analysis of the Effects of South Korean TV Dramas on Vietnamese Women’s Marital Intentions
Hong Tien Vu and Tien-Tsung Lee
Abstract
This cultivation study examined the effects of South Korean soap operas on Vietnamese female audiences. It also assessed cultivation effects in combination with the theory of reasoned action. Based on a survey of 439 female viewers, it explicated the link between South Korean soap opera consumption and the emergent phenomenon of transnational marriages involving Vietnamese women and South Korean men. Cultivation effects were confirmed in an international setting. Results also have important real-world implications.

Telenovelas como Matchmaker: Un análisis de cultivo de los efectos de la televisión de Corea del Sur Dramas de la Mujer vietnamita Intenciones civil
Hong Tien Vu and Tien-Tsung Lee
Abstract Traducción español
Este estudio examinó los efectos de cultivo de Corea del Sur, las telenovelas en las audiencias femeninas vietnamitas. También evaluó los efectos de cultivo en combinación con la teoría de la acción razonada. Basado en una encuesta de 439 espectadoras, es explicada la relación entre Corea del Sur, el consumo de jabón ópera y el fenómeno emergente de los matrimonios transnacionales que involucran a mujeres vietnamitas y los hombres de Corea del Sur. Efectos de cultivo fueron confirmados en un entorno internacional. Los resultados también tienen importantes implicaciones en el mundo real.

Challenges and Dangers of Reporting in a Tumultuous Border Region: How Journalists at the El Paso Times Deal with the Violence in Neighboring Ciudad Juarez
Cathleen Carter and Kris Kodrich
Abstract

Journalists at the El Paso Times routinely cover violence in neighboring Ciudad Juarez, where thousands of men, women, and children have been murdered in recent years. Utilizing border theory and research involving journalists and trauma, this qualitative newsroom study examines how journalists at the El Paso Times are dramatically affected by their daily exposure to the unrelenting violence in this border region. The study recommends that newsroom management provide journalists with the necessary resources and support that will help them cope.

Retos y peligros de informes en una región fronteriza Tumultuous: Cómo los periodistas del Times oferta El Paso con la violencia en la vecina Ciudad Juárez
Cathleen Carter and Kris Kodrich
Abstract Traducción español
Periodistas en El Paso Times cubren sistemáticamente actos de violencia en la vecina Ciudad Juárez, donde miles de hombres, mujeres y niños han sido asesinados en los últimos años. Utilizando la teoría de las fronteras y la investigación con periodistas y traumas, este estudio cualitativo redacción examina cómo los periodistas en El Paso Times están dramáticamente afectados por su exposición diaria a la violencia incesante en esta región fronteriza. El estudio recomienda que la gestión redacción proporcionar a los periodistas con los recursos y el apoyo que les ayude a hacer frente necesarias.

News Stereotypes, Time, and Fading Priming Effects
Florian Arendt
Abstract
Although there is evidence that the media priming effect fades with time, we lack empirical evidence from experimental designs. We investigated the media priming effect of reading crime tabloid articles that overrepresented foreigners as criminals on a subsequent real-world reality judgment (i.e., estimated frequency of criminal foreigners). We utilized a factorial experimental design (N = 465) with the between-subjects factors treatment and temporal delay of the postmeasurement. We found that the media priming effect followed an exponential decay function and that vigilance (i.e., the tendency to intensify the intake and processing of threat-relevant information) moderated the decay.

Noticias estereotipos, Tiempo, y efectos de priming Fading
Florian Arendt
Abstract Traducción español
Aunque no existe evidencia de que los medios de cebado efecto se desvanece con el tiempo, carecen de la evidencia empírica de los diseños experimentales. Se investigó el efecto priming medios de lectura de artículos sensacionalistas crimen que sobrerrepresentados extranjeros como delincuentes en una sentencia posterior de la realidad del mundo real (es decir, la frecuencia estimada de los extranjeros criminales). Hemos utilizado un diseño experimental factorial (N = 465), con la inter-sujetos factores de tratamiento y retraso temporal de la postmeasurement. Se encontró que el efecto de preparación de medios siguió una función de decaimiento exponencial y que la vigilancia (es decir, la tendencia a intensificar la toma y procesamiento de información de amenazas relevantes) moderó el deterioro.

Public Relations
relaciones públicas

Developing a Valid and Reliable Measure of Organizational Crisis Responsibility
Kenon A. Brown and Eyun-Jung Ki
Abstract
This study intended to develop a reliable and valid measure of organizational crisis responsibility that could be uniquely applied to public relations research. The three-dimensional measure was constructed using rigorous two-step pilot tests and a nationwide panel full administration survey. The constructed measures were further refined using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and resulted in a twelve-item scale, consisting of three items for intentionality, three items for locality, and six items for accountability. The confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the hypothesized factor structure and confirmed that the dimensions of the scale had reliable and valid factor structure.

El desarrollo de una medida válida y fiable de Responsabilidad Crisis Organizacional
Kenon A. Brown and Eyun-Jung Ki
Abstract Traducción español
Este estudio pretende desarrollar una medida fiable y válida de la responsabilidad crisis organizativa que se podría aplicar únicamente a la investigación de relaciones públicas. La medida en tres dimensiones fue construido usando pruebas piloto de dos pasos rigurosos y un estudio completo panel de administración en todo el país. Las medidas construidos se perfeccionaron aún más mediante el análisis factorial exploratorio y confirmatorio, y dio lugar a una escala de doce ítems, que consta de tres elementos de intencionalidad, tres artículos de la localidad, y seis artículos sobre la responsabilidad. El análisis factorial confirmatorio se utilizó para probar la hipótesis de la estructura factorial y confirmó que las dimensiones de la escala tenían estructura factorial fiable y válida.

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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly/Spanish

July 29, 2013 by Kyshia

Volumen 90 Número 1 Primavera 2013 (Volume 90 Number 1 Spring 2013)

(English Version & Spanish Translation)

Politics and Partisan Media
Política y medios partidistas

Partisan Journalism and the Rise of the Republican Party in South Carolina, 1959–1962
Sid Bedingfield
Abstract
When political journalist William D. Workman, Jr., resigned from Charleston’s News and Courier and announced plans to run for the U.S. Senate in 1962, he said it would be “unethical” to combine “objective reporting with partisan politics.” Yet Workman’s personal papers reveal that, for three years, he and editor Thomas R. Waring, Jr., had been working with Republican leaders to build a conservative party to challenge Deep South Democrats. Workman’s story provides an example of how partisan activism survived in the twentieth-century American press, despite the rise of professional standards prohibiting political engagement.

Periodismo Partisan y el surgimiento del Partido Republicano en Carolina del Sur, 1959-1962
Sid Bedingfield
Abstract Traducción español
Cuando el periodista político William D. Workman, Jr., renunció a Noticias y Courier de Charleston y anunció sus planes de postularse para el Senado de EE.UU. en 1962, dijo que sería “poco ético” combinar “información objetiva con la política partidista.” Sin embargo, Workman de personal documentos revelan que, durante tres años, él y editor Thomas R. Waring, Jr., había estado trabajando con los líderes republicanos para construir un partido conservador para desafiar los demócratas del Sur Profundo. La historia de Workman es un ejemplo de cómo el activismo partidista sobrevivió en la prensa norteamericana del siglo XX, a pesar del aumento de los niveles profesionales que prohíben la participación política.

A Functional Analysis Comparison of Web-Only Advertisements and Traditional Television Advertisements from the 2004 and 2008 Presidential Campaigns
Chris Roberts
Abstract
This article uses the functional theory of campaign discourse to determine whether differences exist in the purpose and content of 75 web-only video ads and 742 television ads created by candidates and national parties during the 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns. Web-only ads were more likely to include attack themes than TV ads, and TV ads were more likely to include acclaim themes than web-only ads. Ads differed little in their use of news-mediated evidence to bolster ad claims.

Una comparación Análisis funcional de la Web sólo y anuncios tradicionales de televisión anuncios de las campañas presidenciales de 2004 y 2008
Chris Roberts
Abstract Traducción español
Este artículo utiliza la teoría funcional del discurso campaña para determinar si existen diferencias en el propósito y el contenido de 75-sólo web anuncios de vídeo y 742 anuncios de televisión creados por los candidatos y los partidos nacionales en las campañas presidenciales de 2004 y 2008. De sólo Web anuncios eran más propensos a incluir los temas de ataque que los anuncios de televisión y anuncios de televisión eran más propensos a incluir temas aclamación que sólo por Internet anuncios. Anuncios difieren poco en su uso de la evidencia noticias mediada para reforzar las reivindicaciones ad.

Motivated Misperception? Party, Education, Partisan News, and Belief in “Death Panels”
Patrick C. Meirick
Abstract
This study drew on the literature in motivated reasoning and 2009 Pew survey data to examine the roles of partisanship, education, news exposure, and their interactions in the misperception that health care reform would create “death panels.” Radio news exposure encouraged the misperception only among Republicans, while newspaper exposure discouraged it, especially among non-Republicans. But rather than polarize perceptions along partisan lines as predicted, Fox News exposure contributed to misperception mainstreaming. Finally, this study identified a complex role for education in both inhibiting misperceptions (as a main effect) and promoting them (as an interaction with Fox News exposure).

Malentendido motivado? Partido, Educación, Noticias Partisan, y la creencia en “paneles de la muerte”
Patrick C. Meirick
Abstract Traducción español
Este estudio se basó en la literatura en el razonamiento motivado y 2009 datos de la encuesta Pew para examinar el papel de partidismo, la educación, la exposición a las noticias y sus interacciones en la percepción errónea de que la reforma de salud podría crear “paneles de la muerte.” Exposición de noticias Radio alentó a la percepción errónea sólo entre los republicanos, mientras que la exposición periódico desalentado, sobre todo entre los no republicanos. Pero en lugar de polarizar las percepciones a lo largo de líneas partidistas como se predijo, la exposición Fox News contribuyó a la incorporación percepción errónea. Por último, este estudio identificó un complejo papel de la educación en ambas percepciones erróneas inhibidoras (como efecto principal) y la promoción de las mismas (como una interacción con la exposición a Fox News).

He Wrote, She Wrote: Journalist Gender, Political Office, and Campaign News
Lindsey Meeks
Abstract
This study examines the intersection of journalist gender and campaign news coverage across legislative and executive political offices in a gender-prominent context: mixed-gender elections—those with at least one woman and one man. Based on a content analysis of U.S. newspaper coverage, this study focuses on “masculinized” and “feminized” political issues and character traits, and explicit references that highlight a candidate’s novelty. Results revealed no direct relationship between journalist gender and news coverage; however, when type of office was considered, there were significant shifts and differences in the focus of coverage by female and male journalists.

Él escribió, She Wrote: Periodista de Género, Oficina Política y Noticias Política
Lindsey Meeks
Abstract Traducción español
Este estudio examina la intersección del género periodista y cobertura de noticias de la campaña a través de las oficinas políticas legislativas y ejecutivas en un contexto importante de género: las elecciones-los mixtos con al menos una mujer y un hombre. En base a un análisis de contenido de la cobertura de prensa EE.UU., este estudio se centra en “masculinizado” y “feminizadas” cuestiones políticas y rasgos de carácter, y las referencias explícitas que destacar la novedad de un candidato. Los resultados revelaron una relación directa entre el género periodista y la cobertura de noticias, sin embargo, cuando el tipo de la oficina era considerado, hubo cambios y las diferencias en el enfoque de la cobertura de periodistas mujeres y hombres importantes.

Identifying Antecedents of the Strategic Game Frame: A Longitudinal Analysis
Daniela V. Dimitrova and Petia Kostadinova
Abstract
Although election news framing is a burgeoning area of research, empirical studies of what factors influence frame building remain rare, especially in non-Western countries. This study investigates the use of the strategic game frame and the relationship between that frame and system-level and organizational-level factors. The analysis focuses on the coverage of campaign news in six elite Bulgarian newspapers between 1990 and 2009. Results show that the type of electoral system, number of parties in government, and newspaper specialization are significant predictors of game frame use. The results are discussed in relation to framing research in Western Europe and the United States.

Identificar Antecedentes del Marco Estratégico del juego: Un análisis longitudinal
Daniela V. Dimitrova and Petia Kostadinova
Abstract Traducción español
Aunque las elecciones encuadre noticia es un área floreciente de la investigación, los estudios empíricos de los factores que influyen en edificio de madera siguen siendo poco frecuentes, especialmente en los países no occidentales. Este estudio investiga el uso de la trama del juego estratégico y la relación entre el marco y el sistema de niveles y factores a nivel organizacional. El análisis se centra en la cobertura de noticias sobre las elecciones en seis periódicos búlgaros élite entre 1990 y 2009. Los resultados muestran que el tipo de sistema electoral, el número de partidos en el gobierno, y la especialización periódico son predictores significativos del uso del juego del marco. Los resultados se discuten en relación a la elaboración de la investigación en Europa occidental y los Estados Unidos.

Images and Stereotypes
Imágenes y estereotipos

The Immigrant Muslim American at the Boundary of Insider and Outsider: Representations of Faisal Shahzad as “Homegrown” Terrorist
Angie Chuang and Robin Chin Roemer
Abstract
Studies of Orientalized portrayals of Muslims have generally been distinct from studies on the Othering of immigrant Americans. This study employs concepts of insider/outsider status, applying theories of Orientalism and representations of the Other to newspaper coverage of the Muslim and Pakistani American perpetrator of the 2010 attempted Times Square bombing. Newspapers constructed a seemingly contradictory representation of Faisal Shahzad, as the apparent insider/American who becomes the alienated outsider/Other. This portrayal of the Orientalized insider establishes an emerging discourse on the “homegrown” terrorist who exists at the boundary of self and Other.

El estadounidense musulmana inmigrante en los límites de la empresa y Outsider: Las representaciones de Faisal Shahzad como “Homegrown” Terrorist
Angie Chuang and Robin Chin Roemer
Abstract Traducción español
Los estudios de representaciones orientalizada de los musulmanes en general han sido distintos de los estudios sobre la otredad de los inmigrantes estadounidenses. Este estudio emplea conceptos de estado interno / externo, la aplicación de las teorías del orientalismo y representaciones del Otro para la cobertura periodística del autor musulmán paquistaní estadounidense del bombardeo Square 2,010 intentos Times. Prensa construyen una representación aparentemente contradictoria de Faisal Shahzad, como la aparente insider / americano que se convierte en el outsider / Otros alienado. Esta interpretación de la información privilegiada orientalizada establece un discurso emergente sobre el terrorista “de cosecha propia” que existe en la frontera entre yo y el otro.

Writing the Wrong: Can Counter-Stereotypes Offset Negative Media Messages about African Americans?
Lanier Frush Holt
Abstract
Several studies show media messages activate or exacerbate racial stereotypes. This analysis, however, may be the first to examine which types of information—those that directly contradict media messages (i.e., crime-related) or general news (i.e., non-crime-related)—are most effective in abating stereotypes. Its findings suggest fear of crime is becoming more a human fear, not just a racial one. Furthermore, it suggests that for younger Americans, the concomitant dyad of the black criminal stereotype—race and crime—is fueled more by crime than by race.

Escribir el mal: Puede contrarrestar los estereotipos de desplazamiento negativo Medios Mensajes sobre los afroamericanos?
Lanier Frush Holt
Abstract Traducción español
Varios estudios muestran mensajes de los medios activan o exacerban los estereotipos raciales. Este análisis, sin embargo, puede ser el primero en examinar qué tipos de información en los que los mensajes multimedia directamente contradicen (es decir, los delitos relacionados) o noticias en general (es decir, no la delincuencia relacionada)-son más eficaces para disminuir los estereotipos. Sus hallazgos sugieren temor a la delincuencia es cada vez más un temor humano, no sólo racial uno. Además, se sugiere que para los estadounidenses más jóvenes, la díada concomitante del estereotipo de la carrera negro criminal y el crimen-es alimentada más por el crimen de la raza.

New News Technology
Nueva Tecnología

Mobile News Adoption among Young Adults: Examining the Roles of Perceptions, News Consumption, and Media Usage
Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, Hyejoon Rim, and Amy Zerba
Abstract
Using the frameworks of innovation diffusion and technology acceptance model, this study examines the predictors of mobile news consumption among young adults. The results show that the perceived relative advantage (especially content), utility, and ease of use of mobile news are positively related to its adoption. The young adults’ news consumption patterns and preferences, as well as media usage, all play a role in the adoption of mobile news. This study also validates the importance of examining the adoption outcome from multiple perspectives.

News Mobile adopción entre los adultos jóvenes: El examen de las funciones de percepción, Noticias de consumo y los medios de comunicación de uso
Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, Hyejoon Rim, and Amy Zerba
Abstract Traducción español
Uso de los marcos de difusión de la innovación y el modelo de aceptación de la tecnología, este estudio examina los factores predictivos de consumo móvil de noticias entre los adultos jóvenes. Los resultados muestran que la ventaja percibida relativa (sobre todo contenido), utilidad y facilidad de uso de la información por telefonía móvil se relacionan positivamente con su adopción. Los patrones de los jóvenes adultos de noticias y preferencias de consumo, así como de uso de los medios de comunicación, todos juegan un papel en la adopción de noticias móviles. Este estudio también confirma la importancia de examinar el resultado adopción desde múltiples perspectivas.
Nueva Tecnología

Ethics
Ética

The Root of Journalistic Plagiarism: Contested Attribution Beliefs
Norman P. Lewis and Bu Zhong
Abstract
Journalists condemn plagiarism, yet rarely acknowledge disagreements over attribution standards. To document and evaluate those differences, journalists in broadcasting and print operations were surveyed (N = 953). Respondents were far less willing to attribute press releases than they were their colleagues’ work. They were more likely to consider attribution optional if they were under pressure to produce, worked for a broadcast medium, were a content creator, were less experienced, or saw their principles as flexible. The findings reveal that attribution beliefs are far more pliant than ethics policies suggest and illuminate some of the reasons why plagiarism occurs.

La raíz del plagio periodística: Creencias Attribution impugnados
Norman P. Lewis and Bu Zhong
Abstract Traducción español
Periodistas condenan el plagio, pero rara vez se reconocen los desacuerdos sobre las normas de atribución. Para documentar y evaluar las diferencias, los periodistas de la radiodifusión y las operaciones de impresión fueron encuestados (N = 953). Los encuestados eran mucho menos dispuestos a atribuir notas de prensa de lo que eran el trabajo de sus colegas. Eran más propensos a considerar la atribución opcional si estaban bajo presión para producir, trabajaba para un medio de difusión, fueron un creador de contenido, eran menos experiencia, o vieron sus principios como flexible. Los resultados revelan que las creencias de atribución son mucho más flexibles que las políticas de ética sugieren e iluminan algunas de las razones por las que ocurre el plagio.

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Grad Student Info Expo

July 22, 2013 by Kyshia

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Tips from the AEJMC Teaching Committee

July 15, 2013 by Kyshia

What are your TLOs for DC?

Amy FalknerBy Amy Falkner
Standing Committee on Teaching
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University
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(Article courtesy of AEJMC News, July 2013 issue)

Learning is good. I don’t mean just for your students. I’m talking about you. The AEJMC Conference in Washington, DC, presents you that opportunity and I encourage you to take full advantage.

We all know how important it is to have clear student learning outcomes on our syllabi. My university’s Senate Committee on Curricula has put a big push on these in the last academic year. They’ve bounced back numerous new course proposals in an attempt to get faculty to make crystal clear on their syllabi what exactly students will know or be able to do as a result of a learning activity or course or program. Make these measurable, they say. Express the outcomes using action verbs as knowledge, skills or attitudes.

Ok, then. Let’s turn this on its head. What are your teacher learning outcomes (TLOs) for this conference? Strategize about this before you go. What is it that you want to learn? Incorporating diversity into your courses? Better use of social media? Best practices in developing an online course?

All of these topics will be profiled during the Conference. Seek out these opportunities and be ready to capitalize. Have your business card ready for the presenter and write down on the back of it, as an example, “pls send Twitter assignment.” My TLO is to collect five such skill-based assignments or exercises during the course of the conference. Action verb? Check. Measurable? Check. New knowledge? Check.

The Standing Committee on Teaching has put together a perfect slate of programming for you to start your pre-gaming. I’ll explain it below. But also know that the divisions and interest groups have plenty of teaching programming that is discipline-specific. Most of them also make it a point to bring in some industry professionals either for a special panel or a mixed panel with academics. I find these particular panels especially helpful to learn what’s the latest industry trend, skill needed or problem to solve. What you learn will help your students, and that should always be your goal.

So here is the line-up for the programming from the Standing Committee on Teaching. It’s a great place to start your conference to-do list.

Thursday, Aug. 8, 10 to 11:30 a.m. — “2013 Best Practices in Teaching with Tools and Technologies”
You could get your entire list of TLOs simply by attending this session. The call for entries specified a search for innovative ways tools and technologies were integrated into the learning environment, either as used by instructors in presenting materials or by students in learning new tools. The Committee has held this competition eight years in a row and this one was one of its most highly competitive. Nearly 30 entries were judged and three winners were selected, plus an honorable mention. Winning entries utilized geo-tagging, cloud-based research tools, Google Forms, YouTube, social media and more. Interested? Attendees receive a booklet with the winning entries, so that makes it super easy to accomplish your TLOs.

Friday, Aug. 9, 1:30 to 3 p.m. — “Doctors Are In” session
This will mark the seventh year of this popular session, where you are essentially speed dating, but for ideas: participants move from table to table, with each table responsible for a different topic that keeps teachers, new and experienced, up at night. Originally, the intent of this session was to reach those new to academe, but we’ve discovered over time that both newbies and long-time faculty wanted a safe place to ask questions, share concerns and gather new ideas.

This year’s topics are sure to provide a springboard for ideas for your classes with proven classroom management tips and suggestions on how to teach large lecture classes, in addition to the topics of social media, diversity and teaching online mentioned above. And for your own personal TLOs, there are sessions on creating a teaching portfolio for tenure and promotion and the secret to balancing research, teaching and service.

Saturday, Aug. 10, 3:30 to 5 p.m. — “Transforming Teaching Failures into Teaching Successes”
The Committee schedules a “faculty concerns” session each year, and utilizing the long teaching careers — and goofs — of several Committee members (yours truly included), we have a panel session on transforming those errors into a positive experience in the end for your students. This is the ultimate TLO. It’s also a little-discussed part of being a professor, but it happens. The key is to recognize something went wrong and how you can recover from it. We’ll also suggest some red flags that may indicate a classroom crisis is ahead. Being prepared is half the battle.

Saturday, Aug. 10, 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. — “Top Papers from Research on Teaching Paper Competition”
New this year, the Committee, in conjunction with Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, sponsored a special paper call for research related to teaching. We received so many papers we had to recruit extra judges. It’s a good problem to have! The top papers discuss three topics near and dear to all: strengthening basic writing skills, integrating team-based learning and the gaps between journalism and practice in the digital age. Talk about TLOs. You can’t miss with this session.

Hope to see you at these sessions and that you’ll be pleased with what you learned. Your students thank you in advance.

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Journalism Educators Urge President Obama to Further Transparency in the Federal Government

July 8, 2013 by Kyshia

July 4, 2013 | The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is committed to the public’s right to know through access to government records so that citizens have the information they need to properly self-govern.

In celebrating the 47th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s signing of the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on July 4, 1966, AEJMC applauds President Barack Obama’s 2009 pledge to hold his administration to a higher standard of openness and transparency. At the same time, it strongly urges President Obama to prioritize this freedom of information (FOI) pledge during the next four years.

As an organization of 3,600 journalism and mass communication educators and professionals in the United States and abroad, we care deeply about citizens’ ability to access government documents and other records without undue delay, cost or logistical process. Many of our members focus their teaching and research on FOI laws and government agency practice.

These AEJMC members report some improvements in their access to federal records, including some government agencies’ proactive release of information through websites and improved responsiveness.

However, more must be done to fulfill President Obama’s promise of a more open and transparent government. This becomes all the more compelling, given that the United States’ reputation as a global leader in transparency and in its citizens’ right to information has never been more openly questioned, especially after recent revelations about the U.S. government’s secret surveillance program.

The Obama administration must improve citizens’ access to data that are provided through online portals and must enhance the government’s capabilities to respond to online FOIA requests and tracking. Agency FOIA regulations and delivery procedures need updating. A White House-appointed committee should seek to end excessive reliance on state secrets privilege and record classification in the name of national security.

Further, AEJMC urges improvements to FOIA processes and procedures that would better position the Office of Government Information Services to serve citizens, including the authority to require agency release of records that would be similar to what progressive FOIA laws require in Mexico and other countries.

Ultimately, in a right-to-know age of global information, all levels of government must operate as transparently as possible to foster economic growth, civic engagement and trust in the institutions of a democratic society. President Obama can make significant strides during his second term, fulfilling his earlier promise to promote FOI efficiency and effectiveness in government through openness and transparency.

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