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Item Journalism innovation and the ethic of participation : a case study of the Knight Foundation and its news challenge(2010-08) Lewis, Seth Corwin; Reese, Stephen D.; Buckley, Cynthia J.; Chyi, Hsiang I.; Gil de Zúñiga, Homero; Lasorsa, Dominic L.The digitization of media has undermined much of the social authority and economic viability on which U.S. journalism relied during the 20th century. This disruption has also opened a central tension for the profession: how to reconcile the need for occupational control against growing opportunities for citizen participation. How that tension is navigated will affect the ultimate shape of the profession and its place in society. This dissertation examines how the leading nonprofit actor in journalism, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, has sought to help journalism innovate out of its professional crisis. This case study engages a series of mixed methods—including interviews, textual analysis, and secondary data analysis—to generate a holistic portrayal of how the Knight Foundation has attempted to transform itself and the journalism field in recent years, particularly through its signature Knight News Challenge innovation contest. From a sociology of professions perspective, I found that the Knight Foundation altered the rhetorical and actual boundaries of journalism jurisdiction. Knight moved away from “journalism” and toward “information” as a way of seeking the wisdom of the crowd to solve journalism’s problems. This opening up of journalism’s boundaries created crucial space in which innovators, from inside and outside journalism, could step in and bring change to the field. In particular, these changes have allowed the concept of citizen participation, which resides at the periphery of mainstream newswork, to become embraced as an ethical norm and a founding doctrine of journalism innovation. The result of these efforts has been the emergence of a new rendering of journalism—one that straddles the professional-participatory tension by attempting to “ferry the values” of professional ideals even while embracing new practices more suited to a digital environment. Ultimately, this case study matters for what it suggests about professions in turbulent times. Influential institutions can bring change to their professional fields by acting as boundary-spanning agents—stepping outside the traditional confines of their field, altering the rhetorical and structural borders of professional jurisdiction to invite external contribution and correction, and altogether creating the space and providing the capital for innovation to flourish.Item Marital happiness and role expectations in dual-career families.(Texas Tech University, 1970-12) Longanecker, Judy KayeNot availableItem Professionalism of women and men teachers and other professionals as measured by locus of control, achievement motivation, and Hall's professionalism scale(Texas Tech University, 1979-08) Bobo, Evelyn Maxine PlasterThe primary purpose of this study was to assess the present state of professionalism among public school teachers, with an emphasis on female public school teachers. A secondary purpose was to examine the state of professionalism of men and women in the classic professions, again with an emphasis on women. Differences were examined between men and women public school teachers, with the teachers being divided into two groups. The first group included men and women experienced teachers who were over 32 years of age and who had taught in public school 10 years or more. The second group included men and women beginning teachers who were between 21 and 27 and had taught between three to five years. Differences in professionalism also were examined between public school teachers, as a combined group, and the classic professionals (law, medicine, business, and university teaching). This study examined professionalism traits of women and men, based on traditionally accepted definitions of professionalism. Traits such as knowledge, autonomy, commitment, organization, and certification were examined as descriptors of professionalism. The following discussion illustrates how these traits were examined in this study.