Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 36-08, Section: A, page: 4833. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1975.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 37-07, Section: A, page: 3974. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1976.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 40-06, Section: A, page: 2957. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1979.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 34-02, Section: A, page: 0800. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1972.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 33-06, Section: A, page: 2964. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1972.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 34-09, Section: A, page: 6015. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1973.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 33-10, Section: A, page: 5760. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1972.

Assertions related to the 1979 Iranian revolution appearing in editorials and news columns of the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor were analyzed in this content analysis study. The purpose of the study was to discover whether news reporting of the three papers changed in response to shifts in Iranian-American governmental relationships. / In this regard, by using a modification of evaluative assertion analysis methodology, 2,078 assertions were analyzed. Five hypotheses were tested, four of which were confirmed, and the fifth hypothesis was partially confirmed indicating that similar to U.S. public policy shifts: (1) the three American newspapers treated the Iranian revolution negatively during the period of October 6, 1978 through November 4, 1979; (2) the three newspapers treated the revolutionaries (Ayatollah Khomeini and his supporters) more unfavorably than they did the pre-revolutionaries (the ex-Shah and his government) during the period of October 6, 1979 through January 16, 1979; (3) the analyzed newspapers showed a less negative attitude toward the revolutionaries during the transitional period of the Iranian revolution (January 17, 1979 to April 2, 1979); and (4) the analyzed newspapers switched their attitudes to more unfavorable toward the revolutionaries as time went on after the establishment of the revolutionary government in Iran (April 3, 1979 to November 4, 1979). The Monitor showed the least negative attitude, the Times a moderate attitude, and the Post the most negative attitude toward the revolution. / With regard to the study findings and the Iranian revolution and implications for governmental relationship between Iran and the United States, a model of U.S. foreign policy and press reporting concerning a revolutionary movement was proposed in this study. This model, which was supported by data from this study, needs to be tested further in future research for other revolutionary regimes. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-08, Section: A, page: 2116. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.

This study examined the significance of the factors that are commonly cited as being responsible for the reliance on imported television programs, American and British in particular, as they apply to Jordan Television (JTV). The subjects of the study were primarily the information policy makers in Jordan, the foreign program broadcasters at JTV, the television program censors, and the local television program producers in Jordan. / The data of the study were collected by means of standardized interviews, participant observation, and document review. The subjects of the study were all interviewed. A variety of financial and legal documents, as well as television program schedules, were reviewed. The investigation was carried out in the course of a 3-month period covering the months of January, February, and March of 1985. / The results of the study indicate that neither of the two most commonly cited factors for the reliance on foreign television programs, namely the low cost of these programs and their popularity among the audience, seems to be significant in the case of JTV. JTV nonetheless relies heavily on foreign programs. The broadcasters' training background and the large number of episodes available of some foreign television programs do not seem to contribute to such a reliance either. / Other factors seem to contribute to the increasing reliance of JTV on foreign television programs. Among these factors are Jordan's geographic proximity and political relationship to Israel and Syria, and the regular increases in JTV's transmission time. The popularity of the foreign television programs, American and British in particular, among JTV's broadcasters, the broadcasters' familiarity with the language of these programs, and the foreign programs' efficient distribution network seem to contribute to the increase in JTV's reliance as well. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-06, Section: A, page: 1915. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.

This study was an attempt to determine if cognitive style could be used as a predictor of mediated information sources. The study posed the general question: are individual preferences for different media as information sources related to an individual's "cognitive style?" The purpose of the study was to extend theories on predicting the use of mediated messages through the application of cognitive style research. Specifically this study attempts to determine whether cognitive style variables are related to individuals' uses of mass media news sources. To test this question, cognitive style was compared to current predictors of media use (demographics and psychographics) to determine if cognitive style explained variance beyond that accounted for by the currently accepted constructs. / The subjects for this study consisted of 510 undergraduate and graduate students at Auburn University. All participants were given the Witkin Group Embedded Figures Test and a media questionnaire. The data analysis included: binomial probability statistics, chi square, factor analysis and multiple regression, and discriminate analysis. / Major findings were: (1) Cognitive style accounted for only 0.12 percent of the variance in predicting media use for information. This small amount of variance accounted for was not statistically significant and may be due to chance. (2) Highly field-dependent subjects were more likely to use television for news than newspapers. However, in this study, all subjects generally used television more for news than newspapers. (3) Post hoc analysis indicated that cognitive style was statistically significant in predicting local media behavior (university town newspaper and local television station newscasts). / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-07, Section: A, page: 1571. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.