Examining Texas diversity : identifying the composition of diversity and the coverage of a minority-related issue in the top ten daily Texas newspapers

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dc.contributor.advisorRivas-Rodriguez, Maggieen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberJensen, Roberten
dc.creatorMastervich, Ashley C.en
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-0727-2880en
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-23T19:25:32Zen
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:28:36Z
dc.date.available2015-10-23T19:25:32Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:28:36Z
dc.date.issued2015-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2015en
dc.date.updated2015-10-23T19:25:32Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractA newsroom may be fast-paced and exhilarating; and the prestige of reporting, editing or managing for a well-known newspaper in the United States is a dream that aspiring journalists long for. The first goal of this study is to examine the existing diversity in the top ten daily Texas newspapers. The second goal of this study is to analyze the newspapers' content, specifically relating to President Barack Obama's most recent immigration speech given in November 2014. Obama's speech expressed his interest in temporarily protecting undocumented parents of U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, while making greater efforts to deport unlawful immigrants who could be considered dangerous. The social responsibility theory is consistent with this study's research question and hypotheses because it sets a standard of what the news media should owe the public, such as employing a diverse set of journalists and fairly reporting on a minority-related issue. Thus, this thesis identifies the composition of diversity in Texas newsrooms and the pertinence of understanding how a minority-related issue is covered in the top ten daily Texas newspapers.en
dc.description.departmentJournalismen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2J61Gen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/31921en
dc.subjectCommunicationsen
dc.subjectRacial/ethnic diversityen
dc.subjectWorkforce diversityen
dc.subjectTexas newsroomsen
dc.subjectJournalismen
dc.subjectMinoritiesen
dc.subjectRacial representationen
dc.subjectImmigrationen
dc.subjectTop ten daily Texas newspapersen
dc.titleExamining Texas diversity : identifying the composition of diversity and the coverage of a minority-related issue in the top ten daily Texas newspapersen
dc.typeThesisen

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