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Media Ethics and Dilemmas: Journalists, Citizens and Technology [Presentation Notes]

Description: This document offers notes that accompany a presentation on media ethics and dilemmas. The presentation and its accompanying notes were presented with an essay that was awarded a 2013 Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Award. The notes discuss media ethics and how changes in journalism and technology have led to new ethical dilemmas.
Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: Lewis, Christopher G.
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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Health Literacy and Health Information Technology Adoption: The Potential for a New Digital Divide

Description: This article discusses whether health literacy is associated with pateints' use of four types of health information technology (HIT) tools: fitness and nutrition apps, activity trackers, and patient portals.
Date: October 4, 2016
Creator: Mackert, Michael; Mabry-Flynn, Amanda; Champlin, Sara; Donovan, Erin E. & Pounders, Kathrynn
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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A Field Investigation of Flight Anxiety: Evidence of Gender Differences in Consumer Behaviors Amongst Las Vegas Passengers

Description: This article examines gender differences in consumer behaviors among the flying public inside Las Vegas McCarran International Airport.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Harvell, Lindsey A.; Stillman, Tyler; Nisbett, Gwendelyn S.; Cranney, Kyle & Schow, Amber
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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Parasocial Interactions Online: Candidate Intimacy in Webpages and Facebook

Description: This article presents research assessing cognitive processing and behavioral outcome differences that occur when the public interacts with political candidates' webpages as opposed to viewing their Facebook pages.
Date: December 2014
Creator: Schartel Dunn, Stephanie G. & Nisbett, Gwendelyn S.
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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Fuzzy, Transparent, and Fast: Journalists and Public Relations Practitioners Characterize their Connections and Interactions in Social Media

Description: This article examines views on social media interactions between professionals through a mixed-methods study based on a survey including open-ended responses from 167 journalists and public relations practitioners.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Chimbel, Aaron; Everbach, Tracy & Lambiase, Jacqueline
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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Lessons from #McKinney: Social Media and the Interactive Construction of Police Brutality

Description: This article explores how users of three social media platforms interpreted the June 2015 incident in which a police officer attempted to apprehend an African-American girl at a pool party in McKinney, Texas.
Date: 2017
Creator: Clark, Meredith D.; Bland, Dorothy & Livingston, Jo Ann
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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Domestic and International College Students: Health Insurance Information Seeking and Use

Description: This article explores perceived barriers to using health insurance and identifies discriminant factors between health insurance information seekers and non-seekers.
Date: April 30, 2017
Creator: Mackert, Michael; Koh, Hyeseung E.; Mabry-Flynn, Amanda; Champlin, Sara & Beal, Anna
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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Self-efficacy mechanism at work: The context of environmental volunteer travel

Description: This article contributes the first utilization of Bandura’s self-efficacy (SE) mechanism in the context of environmental volunteer travel demonstrating how environmental stewardship, hedonic experience, and environmental SE relate to one another in this particular setting
Date: December 27, 2018
Creator: Strzelecka, Marianna; Woosnam, Kyle M. & Nisbett, Gwendelyn S.
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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