Soo Young Shin

Universtiy of Alamaba

Rooted in the problem solving, solutions journalism, and Extended Parallel Processing Model literature, we propose the Problem Solving Solutions Journalism Model. The news content model seeks to empower people to respond to problems and go beyond reacting to solutions by understanding efficacy’s role. Model concepts include: (1) problem, (2) goal,...

The premise of this study is the timeliness of interdisciplinary approaches in news media research, specifically including the perceptions of news audiences. Using a multidisciplinary literature review and qualitative and quantitative analysis, this study adopted a multidimensional construct— news media image—to investigate how news audiences perce...

This study examined the cultivation effects of local news media use on Chicago residents’ fear of crime and attitudes toward police. Chicago, IL was chosen because of the city's struggles with gang violence and with police misconduct, both which have been covered extensively by local news media. Controlling for individual level variables, including...

The participant observation method involves numerous methodological competencies and procedures, yet no systematic research has been found to date that evaluates the qualitative practice. The method has played a foundational role in the field of journalism and is growing in use among researchers. Despite its contributions to knowledge about organiz...

This study details the development of a public affairs reporting course for journalism schools in resource-limited communities offered at a land-grant institution surrounded by a resource-strapped community. This chapter focuses on inequalities related to opportunities for engagement, both when it comes to newsrooms and academic settings. More spec...

Despite the looming crisis in journalism, a research–practice gap plagues the news industry. This volume seeks to change the research–practice gap, with timely scholarly research on the most pressing problems facing the news industry today, translated for a non-specialist audience. Contributions from academics and journalists are brought together i...

This article details a case study testing the effectiveness of a new curriculum for undergraduate public affairs reporting. Our intervention focused on restructuring an undergraduate reporting class to focus on a single issue (schools) and introduce mapping and video, whereas control groups used the old curriculum that was print-heavy and had no sp...

The effect of chain length on charge transfer (CT) complexation behavior between N′,N″-poly(methylene)bis(1-methyl-4,4′-bipyridinium) (VCnV; bisviologen, n = 3–8) and 2-naphthol was studied by using NMR, UV and molecular modeling techniques. Complexation constants, determined by fitting both NMR and UV titration data, show that bisviologens were mo...