CAPSTONE PROJECT WEBPAGES

Class 98A

  1. Image repair of military healthcare
  2. Toward a model of effective external computer mediated communication
  3. Media pools and the military
  4. Proactive media communication:  Changing public affairs response doctrine

 

Class 98B

  1. Deception and credibility  
  2. Outsourcing military public affairs  
  3. Redefining the role of public affairs as gatekeepers

 

Class 98C

  1. Public Affairs Crisis Management in a Multi-Service Environment
  2. Marketing Tricare
  3. Integrated Perspective on the Role of Military Public Affairs

 

Class 98D

  1. Utilizing a Joint Information Crisis Information Team
  2. When Bad News is Good News
  3. "MTV" News: Finding New Ways to Keep Military Audiences Informed

 

Class 99A

  1. Gulf War Syndrome
  2. DoD, Anthrax and the Internet
  3. Intercultural Readiness: Preparing for Duty in Southwest Asia

 

Class 99B

  1. Military WebMasters: Roles and Responsibilities
  2. Utilizing Public Affairs More Efficiently
  3. Effectively Reaching a Target Audience
  4. Evaluation of servicemembers' perspectives of homosexuality in the military

 

Class 99C

  1. Military Retention: Creating Choice Through Dissonance
  2. Using Communication to end Anti-Arab Prejudice in the Military
  3. Is the Military on Track? Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Implementing the DoD Policy on Equal Opportunity

 

Class 99D

  1. Perceptions of the US Military
  2. The Missing Link: Opinion Leaders

 

Class 00A

  1. Armed Forces on the Web
  2. Military Installments and Encroachment
  3. The Role of Hollywoood in Forming Public Opinion About the Military

 

Class 00B

  1. Proactive Crisis Communication in Public Administration
  2. Assessing the Influences that Shape Commanders' Perceptions of Public Affairs
  3. Reaching Your Audience: Matching Media Channels to Target Audience

Class 00C

  1. Assesing Commander's Attitudes Toward Public Affairs
  2. The Impact of Air Shows, Fly-overs, Open Houses, and Guest Days on Public Opinion
  3. Public Affairs and Agenda Setting: Passive On-Lookers or Active Participants?

Class 00D

  1. Why do they watch? Motivations for viewing Department of Defense global newscasts.
  2. Measuring Success: A Model for Evaluating the Success of Military Media Relations
  3. Beyond Maximum Disclosure, Minimum Delay: Military Public Affairs Practitioners on Proactive Crisis Communication Strategies

Class 01A

  1. Using Fear to Reach Military Members A Content-analytic study of Defense Department PSAs
  2. Military Retention: Identifying and Influencing Commitment Levels in Your Organization

Class 01B

  1. News Channel Selection Among Military Members The Utility of Specific Military Information Sources
  2. Marketing Messages: The Effect of Military-Themed Movies on Enlistment Decision-Making Process

Class 01C (This class under construction.)

  1. The Effect of Coordination Between Public Affairs and Psychological Operations on Perceived Ethics and Credibility
  2. Under Construction

Class 01D

  1. The Effect of Commanders' Perception of Public Affairs on Integration
  2. A Matter of Trust: A Prospectus on Improving Levels of Trust Between
    Military Public Affairs and the Media

Class 02A

  1. Analyzing Credibility:  A Study Examining Demographic Factors and Personality Traits that Influence Military Public Affairs' Credibility
  2. The Planning Wizard: A Model for Strategic Public Affairs Planning and Execution

Class 02B

  1. If We Build It, They Will Come: Fostering Public Affairs Knowledge in the Department of Defense
  2. Media and the Military: Getting More Bang for the Buck

Class 02C

  1. Crossing the "Gulf of Media Relations:" Examining Media Relations in non-Military Organizations, via Benchmarking, for Military Public Affairs Application
  2. Crisis Communication Strategies

Class 02D

  1. Freedom of the Press vs.The Public’s Right to Know
  2. Interservice Policy, Doctrine and Culture Impact on Joint Information Bureau Operations in a Combat Environment

Class 03A

  1. Hometown News: Reaching out for Connectivity
  2. Do Military Command Information Newspapers Meet State
    Goals and ObjectivesThey Claim to Advocate?

Class 03B

  1. SOAPA: Assessing Senior Officers' Attitudes About Public Affairs
  2. Communication modalities: Understanding how message modality impact message acceptance

Class 03C

  1. Media’s Role in Shaping Public Opinion on the War in Iraq: A Content Analysis on Priming, Framing, and the Spiral of Silence
  2. Embedded Media With The Military

Class 03D

  1. Embedded Journalism:
    How war is viewed differently from the frontlines versus the sidelines
  2. Air Force Media Consumption: Uses, Credibility, Satisfaction and Retention
  3. Using Fear, Humor, and Logic to Reach Military Members:
    A Study of Defense Department Motorcycle Safety PSAs

Class 04A

  1. Embedded Broadcast Journalists: Reporting Operation Iraqi Freedom from the Frontlines
  2. Organizational Credibility

Class 04B

  1. Embed or "In Bed"? How embedded journalists are influenced by reporting from the front lines
  2. Using Emotion, appeal, affect, and persuasion to reach airforce recruits:
    A study of the USAF recruiting advertisement

Class 04C

  1. Media Perceptions of Military PA
  2. Air Force Mass Media: Which Sources are Chosen By Whom and Why

Class 04D

  1. Operation Iraqi Freedom: How the Media Portrays the War in Iraq

Class 05A

  1. Embedding Journalists in Military Combat Units: During the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq

Class 05B

  1. Image Impact in Print Media: A Study of How Pictures Influence News Consumers

Class 05C

  1. A content analysis comparing newspaper coverage of the invasion and the occupation phases of the operation Iraqi Freedom

Class 05D

  1. under construction

Class 06A

  1. Don't tread on my blog: A study of military web logs

Class 06B

  1. Military news: How troops get internal information
  2. Competing messages: Mass media effects on recruiting

Class 06C

  1. An examination of broadcast news coverage depicting images of war: Description, effects, and possible antidote
 


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