Managing Civility in News and Information Organizations

Purpose: Explore media managers’ perspectives on covering issues of conflict, as well as analyze news coverage of issues related to civility in the Black Lives Matter conflict. Methodology: Summary translations were conducted on panel discussions of civility in media to identify issues of importance to media managers. A computational content analysis of newspaper articles on conflict was conducted to identify key words and phrases used in actual coverage.  Findings/Contribution: Media managers are concerned with bias in news reporting an­­d covering differing viewpoints especially in stories of conflict. Four themes emerged: Values, Practices, Sectors, Story Topics and Legal Considerations. In Black Lives Matter coverage, reporting themes related to violence prevailed leaving open more in-depth coverage of issues related to values, sectors and legal concerns

A Case Study of Family-Owned Newspapers Adapting and Surviving in Two Rural States

Organizational ecologists follow the life histories of organizational populations, studying events such as founding, disbanding, and mergers. Newspaper organizations, for example, are often far from rational in their decision making to start, operate and end business practices. For this study, two daily papers located in rural states are analyzed within the context of organizational ecology, which has evolved from the physical sciences. For the larger market, rural-state newspaper, managers took an instrumental approach of quickly adapting new trends and technology. Because of economic uncertainties, a dismantling of such variations occurred. For the smaller market, rural-state newspaper, an institutional approach was most prevalent. Strong family ties and an assortment of family business ventures such as the streaming of high school sports supported the ability of this newspaper to continue business as usual throughout the timeframe of the study. Avoiding risk resulted in a stronger financial situation. This study indicates ecological analysis of newspapers is an attractive research method when organizations are subject to strong inertial pressures and face changeable, uncertain futures, as is the case in newspapers today

Culture and Conflict: The Framing of News in Three National U.S. Newspapers

Overview: This research addressed how corporate political leanings of media organizations impacted journalistic coverage of issues of conflict and culture. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify how national newspapers with different editorial stances framed protest news coverage of the cultural issue of Black Lives Matter in order to attract audiences and differentiate their products. Journalists are influenced not only by what they see and hear at the scene of a news story but by the work practices and management decisions of their news organizations and parent companies. Methodology: Three national newspapers were chosen for analysis. Computational and manual content analyses of news stories were conducted to identify differences in word usage, story bias, and source usage. Newspaper stories on Black Lives Matter were collected at the height of coverage in Spring 2020 following the death of George Floyd and again in Spring 2021 surrounding the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer held responsible for the death. This timeframe provided an opportunity to measure differences in institutional and journalistic content decisionmaking in news stories during the heat of cultural exchanges. Findings: Analysis of newspaper coverage of the cultural movement indicated differences in coverage existed among newspapers where the liberal-leaning newspaper was more likely to engage in more sensational coverage, while the conservative newspaper engaged in more contextual coverage

Family-Owned Newspapers: Filling Niches in Local U.S. Communities

Citation: Powers, A., Sohn, A. B., Briggs-Bunting, J. (2016) Family-Owned Newspapers: Filling Niches in Local U.S. Communities. Journal of Media Business Studies. 2(11)Since small town newspapers are facing increased competition and technological changes that are threatening their survival, the purpose of this paper was to analyze the strategy-making activities of these organizations from an ecological perspective. Findings indicate that family-owned newspapers were finding stability in retaining their core print businesses while migrating content to the web. Too many variations from the norm appeared to weaken financial footholds and were often eventually abandoned. Such behaviors indicate a rationale for upholding a “tried-and-true” approach in newspapers. While profits may fluctuate, the uncertainty that occurred with variation seemed to play a role in increasing the threat of failure for these small, family-owned newspapers

Three-Dimensional Triple-Resonance NMR of \u3csup\u3e13\u3c/sup\u3eC/\u3csup\u3e15\u3c/sup\u3eN-Enriched Proteins Using Constant-Time Evolution

Recently it has been convincingly demonstrated that 30 triple-resonance NMR provides a practical alternative for obtaining sequential resonance assignments in larger proteins ( 1, 2). This approach requires a set of five or six 30 NMR experiments that correlate the various protein backbone nuclei. Details regarding the mechanisms and technical implementations of these experiments have been described previously ( 3- 5). Two of the experiments used in this approach correlate backbone Hα and Cα resonances with either the intraresidue carbonyl resonance (CO) or the 15N resonance of the succeeding residue and are referred to as HCACO and HCA(CO)N, respectively. The present Communication describes a modification of these experiments which optimizes their sensitivity and removes the F1 antiphase character of correlations

Air Quality and Animal Agriculture

Air quality and potential gaseous emission from animal feeding operations (AFOs) are a concern among Iowans. Rural residents are concerned with odors and emissions from AFOs that may affect their health, property values, and the environment. Livestock producers are concerned with possible effects on their own family members and employees, the environment, and the health and productivity of the livestock.https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/extension_ag_pubs/1177/thumbnail.jp

Air Quality Resources for Iowa Animal Agriculture

A detailed list of publications, web sites, and research projects on animal agriculture air quaiity.https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/extension_ag_pubs/1139/thumbnail.jp

Relationships between the Precision of High-Resolution Protein NMR Structures, Solution-Order Parameters, and Crystallographic B Factors

One of the principal motivations for studying proteins by nuclear magnetic resonance stems from the desire to describe the solution structure of these molecules as compared to the generally perceived static picture obtained by X-ray crystallography. Indeed, it is one of the unique features of NMR spectroscopy that in addition to structural data, dynamic properties can be probed and characterized by measuring relaxation parameters. Furthermore, any mobility of the protein in solution will necessarily modulate the measured NMR parameters and should influence the resulting structure. It has been argued that regions of a protein that are highly mobile would be expected to be defined to a lesser degree of precision than regions that are rigid (1. 2 )

A Comparative Evaluation of Antimicrobial Coated versus Non-antimicrobial Coated Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters on Associated Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Background Central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a common life-threatening risk factor associated with central venous catheters (CVCs). Research has demonstrated benefit in reducing CLABSIs when CVCs coated with antimicrobials are inserted. The impact of chlorhexidine (CHG)-impregnated versus non-CHG peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) on risk of CLABSI is unknown. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is also a complication associated with CVCs. This study compares the impact of both PICC lines on these outcomes. Methods Patients in 3 high-risk units were randomly assigned to receive either a CHG-impregnated or non-CHG PICC line. Laboratory data were collected and reviewed daily on all study patients. The PICC dressing site was assessed daily. Medical record documentation was reviewed to determine presence of CLABSI or VTE. Results There were 167 patients who completed the study. Three patients developed CLABSI (2 in the CHG group, and 1 in the non-CHG group), and 3 patients developed VTE (2 in the non-CHG group, and 1 in the CHG group). No significant relationship was noted between the type of PICC line on development of a CLABSI (P = .61) or VTE (P > .99). A significant difference was noted in moderate bleeding (P ≤ .001) requiring thrombogenic dressing in the patients who had the CHG PICC line. Conclusions No differences were noted in the development of CLABSI and VTE between the CHG and non-CHG groups

\u3csup\u3e1\u3c/sup\u3eH, \u3csup\u3e15\u3c/sup\u3eN, \u3csup\u3e13\u3c/sup\u3eC, and \u3csup\u3e13\u3c/sup\u3eCO Assignments of Human Interleukin-4 Using Three-Dimensional Double- and Triple-Resonance Heteronuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

The assignment of the 1H, 15N, 13CO, and 13C resonances of recombinant human interleukin-4 (IL-4), a protein of 133 residues and molecular mass of 15.4 kDa, is presented based on a series of 11 three-dimensional (3D) double- and triple resonance heteronuclear NMR experiments. These studies employ uniformly labeled 15N- and 15N/13C-labeled IL-4 with an isotope incorporation of \u3e95% for the protein expressed in yeast. Five independent sequential connectivity pathways via one-, two-, and three-bond heteronuclear J couplings are exploited to obtain unambiguous sequential assignments. Specifically, CO(i)-N(i+l),NH(i+l) correlations are observed in the HNCO experiment, the CαH(i),Cα(i)-N(i+l) correlations in the HCA(CO)N experiment, the Cα(i)-N(i+l),NH(i+ 1) correlations in the HNCA and HN(C0)CA experiments, the CαH(i)-N(i+ l),NH(i+l) correlations in the H(CA)NH and HN(CO)HB experiments, and the Cβ(i)-N(i+ l),NH(i+ 1) correlations in the HN(CO)HB experiments. The backbone intraresidue CαH(i)-15N(i)-NH(i) correlations are provided by the 15N-edited Hartmann-Hahn (HOHAHA) and H(CA)NH experiments, the CβH(i)-15N(i)-NH(i) correlations by the 15N-edited HOHAHA and HNHB experiments, the l3Cα(i)-l5N(i)-NH(i) correlations by the HNCA experiment, and the CαH(1)-13Cα(i)-13CO(i) correlations by the HCACO experiment. Aliphatic side-chain spin systems are assigned by 3D 1H-13C-13C-1H correlated (HCCH-COSY) and total correlated (HCCH-TOCSY) spectroscopy. Because of the high resolution afforded by these experiments, as well as the availability of multiple sequential connectivity pathways, ambiguities associated with the limited chemical shift dispersion associated with helical proteins are readily resolved. Further, in the majority of cases (88%), four or more sequential correlations are observed between successive residues. Consequently, the interpretation of these experiments readily lends itself to semiautomated analysis which significantly simplifies and speeds up the assignment process. The assignments presented in this paper provide the essential basis for studies aimed at determining the high-resolution three-dimensional structure of IL-4 in solution