The copyright state of play : film archives in reference to the accessibility and reuse of archival footage for documentary filmmakers

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Kenneth Haggerty
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
The Public ◽  
Grounded Theory Study ◽  
Film Archives ◽  
The University ◽  
Media Corporations

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This grounded theory study aimed to discover the copyright state of play as it related to film archives. Interviews with documentary filmmakers were used in this study with the objective of gaining an understanding of the copyright issues that they encounter when trying to include archival footage in their films. Interviews with individuals working in film archives were also used to see how archivists manage requests from filmmakers to obtain access to archival footage. Furthermore, a document analysis of contracts and donor agreements was conducted to gain an understanding of the relationships that different archives have with donors and users who wish to reuse archival materials. Throughout the duration of the study, the methods in which archivists can help documentary filmmakers educate the public and express themselves through film were explored. Interviews with documentary filmmakers and individuals working in film archives indicated the negative influence media corporations often have on both documentary filmmakers and film archives.

Friends in high places : two essays on the importance of corporate political connections

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Reza Houston
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Political Connections ◽  
Target Firm ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Accounting Performance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Offering ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study is an examination of the relationship between political connections and the undertaking of major firm events. In our first essay, presented in Chapter 3, we examine the impact politically connected appointments have on firm acquisition behavior. Using proxy statements, we create a unique database of politically connected bidders and merger targets. We find that bidders who hire connected individuals to the board or management team are more likely to avoid merger litigation. Connected bidders make more bids after the appointment. These firms also bid on larger targets. We determine there is a positive relation between the control premium and the relative of the target's connections. Connected acquirers have superior post-merger accounting performance, particularly when they acquire a connected target firm. In the second essay, presented in Chapter 4, we examine the relationship between political connections of private firms and the initial public offering process. Using registration statement information, we create a unique database of politically connected IPO firms. We find that political connections are substitutes to high-quality underwriters and big four auditors. Politically connected firms manage earnings more highly upward than non-connected firms prior to the public offering. Politically connected firms also exhibit less underpricing than non-connected firms. Politically connected IPO firms also have superior post-IPO returns relative to non-connected IPO firms.

A grounded theory of being 'gatekept' in multigenerational stepfamilies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Ashton Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
The University ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Structure And Functions ◽  
Withholding Information

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Gatekeeping is a process by which individuals control access to kin. Gatekeeping is facilitative to the extent that others' involvement with kin is encouraged through information-sharing and cooperation; gatekeeping is restrictive to the extent that others' involvement with kin is restricted by withholding information or refusing contact or interaction. Despite recognition that gatekeeping is a dyadic phenomenon that occurs in many types of family relationships, researchers have largely explored gatekeeping from the perspective of gatekeepers. The experiences of individuals who are gatekept remain unaccounted for. Using a grounded theory approach, this study explored how individuals in multigenerational stepfamilies experience and respond to being gatekept. Data from 15 stepgrandmothers and 9 stepgrandfathers reporting on relationships with 153 stepkin reveal that the type of gatekeeping experienced (restrictive vs. facilitative) varies by gender, personal evaluations and perceptions of being gatekept, remarriage timing, and time spent in the remarried household. As families become increasingly complex in structure and functions, exploring gatekeeping processes that inform how families establish, carry out, and flex their rules, roles, and boundaries can strengthen our understanding of how families come to forge identities that promote relational positivity and stability. Keywords: stepfamily, stepgrandparent, stepgrandchild, intergenerational, grounded theory

Divorced fathers' perceptions of parental disclosures to children

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Young Jin Kang
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Privacy Management ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Communication Privacy Management ◽  
Legal Custody ◽  
The University ◽  
Communication Privacy ◽  
Share Information

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Parental disclosures about divorce-related topics can help children understand changes and reduce uncertainty following divorce; however, such disclosures can be often hurtful and damaging if they contain harmful and inappropriate messages. Although divorced fathers are important in children's lives, little is known about these fathers' perceptions of parental disclosures. This study examines divorced fathers' perceptions of the inappropriateness of parental disclosures, drawing upon sensitizing concepts from family systems and communication privacy management theories. Using vignette techniques, I conducted a grounded theory study of 20 divorced fathers who had shared or legal custody of a child in adolescence. Fathers' judgments about the inappropriateness of disclosures were generally consistent when discussing disclosures made by other parents. However, I found fathers were less consistent when evaluating their own disclosures. Fathers' judgments were influenced by various factors (e.g., life experiences), and these factors functioned as guiding premises for their own behaviors and disclosing strategies regarding how much and when to share information with their children.

Technology ethics in the public schools system : developing a technology ethics assessment tool through policy analysis at the secondary level

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Jeremy Alsup
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
The Public ◽  
Technology Ethics ◽  
Ethics Assessment ◽  
Technology Policies ◽  
The University

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Technology ethics seeks to identify the ways in which individuals and organizations might develop and sustain optimal relationships with the various technologies in their personal and professional lives. Secondary public schools have considered technology primarily through only a few very important but rudimentary lenses. The problem of practice was grounded in the ability and willingness of public schools to respond to the changing technological landscape in a way that was timely and meaningful. This study followed an exploratory sequential design and was two pronged: first, it investigated the ways public high schools supported technology ethics through their technology policies at the district and building levels; second, it developed a technology ethics assessment tool.

What's Happening Today

2017 ◽  
pp. 30-51
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Third ◽  
Curricular Content ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

This chapter provides a detailed look at four recent examples of activism on American college campuses. The first of these case studies is the University of Missouri, where racial tensions following the Ferguson shooting heightened tensions among students who believed the campus was not racially accepting. The second case explores the City University of New York and their handling of faculty and graduate student contracts, salaries, and appointments. The third case presented is Seattle University, where students and administrators clashed over curricular content. The final case detailed here is the University of California's attempt to significantly raise student tuition, and how students, faculty, and the public joined forces to protest these increases.

A space for the public : positioning the online commenter in the field of professional journalism

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
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J. David Wolfgang
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Online Journalism ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Organization ◽  
Professional Field ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
The University ◽  
Ethnographic Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Online commenters play an increasing role in online journalism, adding content and commentary, but their role as participants in journalism is in flux as some professionals diminish the commenter role and push to delegitimize their content. This textual analysis and ethnography considers the state of the relationship between the journalist and the commenter in the journalism field broadly, as well as at one news organization. The analysis relies on boundary work, field theory, and gatekeeping in understanding how the commenter and journalist negotiate appropriate roles for one another. The textual analysis included 77 articles published about online commenting over a three-year period and the ethnographic analysis included studying one news organization by spending 90 hours in the newsroom, conducting 16 interviews, and collecting more than 8,000 comments for analysis. This study found that journalists negotiate the boundaries of the field to keep the commenter at a distance, perceive the commenter as a force for the transformation of the professional field, and adopt practices to keep the commenter from influencing professional content and the credibility of the organization. These findings suggest that journalists have used negative perceptions of online commenters to publicly shame the worst actors and institute new inhibitive practices in response, rather than seeing the commenter as a potential collaborator to professional journalism.

The Parents' Response to a Child's Murder

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Christine Dannemiller
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Violent Death ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Public Response ◽  
The Public ◽  
Grounded Theory Study ◽  
Loss Of A Child

Although the response to loss has been a prevalent area of inquiry, limited research exists on how or whether the context of violent death affects the response of parents to the loss of a child. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to enhance the theoretical understanding of the parents' bereavement response to the violent death of the child. The public response to the death emerged as the most troublesome and unique issue when a child is murdered. Parents contended with this problem by synthesizing their own response to the death with that of the public in an attempt to recreate the scenario surrounding the death. As the number of young who are murdered continues to increase, more professionals will care for parents bereaved under these circumstances and have the opportunity to incorporate the implications from this research into their practice.

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