Tag: Journalism

Dimana? Disini: The effects of migration and political strife on the Chinese Indonesian family, name, and identity.

Presenter(s): Kezia Setyawan—Journalism

Faculty Mentor(s): Sung Park, Tuong Vu

Session 4: Cultural Considerations—The Other

Dimana? Disini . Translated, this means, where are you/us? I/We are here .
Over the span of many generations, Chinese Indonesians have migrated to all corners across the globe . I hope to reckon and reflect upon how my family has changed and how others in our community have . This professional project will explore how identity and values shift through the lens of migration and assimilation for Chinese Indonesians . I have conducted in-person interviews in English and Indonesian and taken portraits of each interviewee . Through the process, I have tried to parse together patterns that show similarities in perspectives and what are contradictions . The final work is split into different components, one aspect is the literature review, which provides context and background information that informs contemporary Chinese Indonesian existence, timelines that illustrate historical events and family migration illustrating the changes in familial names over generations, and a series of studio lit portraiture on location with captions from their interview on what informs who they are . The project matters because it is a multimedia journalistic package that has many different entry points for the audience to engage with cultural identities different than their own .

Emery Owens Abstract

Presenter(s): Chelsea Pitarresi—Journalism, Cinema Studies

Faculty Mentor(s): Dan Cheung

Session 4: Let’s KIDD Around: KIDD Creative Writing Program

“Emery Owens” is a story of the liminal spaces of life; the peculiarity of the early stages of adulthood and adult relationships, when you have been given both the freedom and restrictions of an established adult, but have no idea how to take advantage of them . Max finds comfort in these in-betweens, and has difficulties moving to the next “big thing” his life has to offer . While adjusting to surprising annoyances in his new job at the bowling alley, Max leans on his brand-new relationship with Delilah for comfort . As the relationship progresses though, he finds himself not wanting to break the illusions of perfection that newness can offer relationships, and directs his anxieties towards Delilah’s unusual pet, Emery Owens . When I first started writing the story, I was focused purely on the strange dynamic between Max and Emery Owens and was writing with a very specific and dramatic ending in mind . However, as my writing came into shape, I found the real value of Max’s story in the smaller moments .

Guidelines for the Representation of Women in Written News

Presenter(s): Julia Mueller—Journalism

Faculty Mentor(s): Peter Laufer

Session 3: Pens & Clicks are Mightier than the Sword

Researchers have recently begun to realize the impact of patriarchy on language, and the consequential role of male-centric or male-normative language in separating men from women, thus reinforcing women’s roles as the “second sex” in society . Even as society takes strides towards impartiality, implicit bias is still present in the way we speak, write—and specifically, report .

This thesis examines and analyzes current industry standards of style guidelines related to the representation of women in written news in the context of contemporary psychological and linguistic research on the interplay of language and gender . Developing case studies from the results of a survey disseminated to over a thousand journalism professionals in the Pacific Northwest, this project explores current industry practices, newsroom-specific practices, gender-focused trainings or lack thereof, and the survey subjects’ own perceptions of where journalistic standards are lacking with regard to the representation of women in the news .

How the 2019 IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field Championships impacted both the image of host country Qatar and its leadership’s plan to use sport for increased international visibility

Presenter(s): Brooklynn Loiselle—Journalism

Faculty Mentor(s): Lori Shontz, Henry Wear

Session: Prerecorded Poster Presentation

The 2019 IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field Championships served as an opportunity for its host nation, Qatar, to showcase not only what it can do for sport but what sport can do for its country . Over the past decade, Qatar has used international sport as a way to define itself as a nation worthy of respect . The world championships were the largest sporting event to ever take place in the Middle East, but media coverage from the championships resulted in both positive and negative storylines that could impact how the world views Qatar . This qualitative content analysis of British and American written news coverage of the world championships examines how the news media framed Qatar and how it evaluated its performance as a host nation . This research is developing; all coding has yet to be completed . However, preliminary findings indicate that Qatar was far more likely to be framed negatively than positively, with themes of “poor event management” and being an “undesirable location” appearing the most frequently . This research raises questions about whether Qatar’s reasons for wanting to host the event was valid . Furthermore, this research contributes to the broader question of whether spending significant sums of money to host international sporting events is worth it if the events do not result in an economic gain or a better world image .

Rajneeshpuram and Media Outcomes

Presenter(s): Alexander Har—Journalism and Political Science

Faculty Mentor(s): Dean Mundy

Session 3: Pens & Clicks are Mightier than a Sword…

Rajneeshpuram was a commune in central Oregon that was supported by the followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, an Indian guru practicing experimental therapy and a quasi-religion . The commune quickly came into conflict with the nearby retirement town, Antelope, and later the greater Oregon community of Wasco County, state courts, federal courts, and opposition organizations . The Rajneesh movement dominated the news, and the constant updates and statements put out by the Rajneesh press office, newspapers, and spokespersons meant the Rajneesh were covered constantly in the news . There is evidence that suggests that the commune acted purposefully to attract news for strategic gains . My central research question is: how did Rajneeshpuram use strategic communication to garner free publicity and what was the role of sensationalism in attracting free news coverage?

Using UO’s Special Collections Rajneesh Archive, I plan to analyze news stories in the form of newspaper clippings, magazines, notes from reporters covering Rajneeshpuram, Rajneesh ephemera, manuals, brochures, and any current Rajneeshee literature . I plan to look specifically for new stories that were sensationalist in coverage by analyzing headlines, bylines, leads of articles, and the language surrounding the commune . I also plan to analyze new stories that were made sensationalist by the members of the Rajneesh movement through sensationalist tactics by analyzing the language and content used by the Rajneesh channels . I expect to conclude that the commune Rajneeshpuram wanted as much coverage as possible and learn more about the tactics used at Rajneeshpuram to gain free publicity .

From 1960 to Now: Beginning a Pen Pal Program Between Oregon and Russia

Presenter(s): Zack Demars—Journalism, Political Science

Faculty Mentor(s): Peter Laufer

Session 3: Pens & Clicks are Mightier than the Sword

As the capstone of nearly a year of reporting by myself and 13 peers, I wrote two chapters of a forthcoming journalistic book on the ground in Rostov-on-Don and Moscow, Russia . In the majority of the book, my colleagues and I posed questions about human political and social nature as they related to an abortive pen pal project attempted between Roseburg, Oregon and then-Soviet Russia in 1960 . In the final two chapters I authored, I sought to answer those questions by posing a new potential pen pal relationship to fourth-grade students and teachers . The youngsters offered a simple answer: that kids will be kids, in search of new friends . On a broader level, however, the teachers of today and students of the past tell us that, in the words of a sculpture found in a park on the Moskva River, children are the victims of adult vices . What we are left with is a narrative that traverses continents, transcends languages, and collapses decades . It leaves us to ask what the real differences are between seemingly disparate societies in terms of politics, propaganda and human relationships .