Ray Murray
Biographic Data
| ID | 4220723 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ray Murray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ray |
| FAMILY NAME | Murray |
| SIGNATURE | MURRAY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oklahoma State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1962 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Most readers in dark when bylines differ from staff writer; taglines do little to help
An experiment was conducted to determine whether perceptions of the newspaper and story differed by byline type. The findings not only indicate few participants know a story is native advertising, they rarely know the writer except a staff writer. Thus, perceptions mainly differed little. Other bylines were not detailed enough for readers to fully know the writer’s identity, and few read to the tagline. Stronger measures were recommended to fully…
Sport journalists' views on gay men in sport, society and within sport media
In this research, interviews were conducted with 10 US newspaper sport journalists to gauge their experiences and attitudes toward issues and coverage of open and closeted gay men in sport, sport media, and within society. Concerning closeted athletes, most of these journalists are reluctant to report on athletes' non-normative sexual orientation, even if that means a competitor could scoop them on a story about a major athlete being gay. Most of…
Contrasting Desired Sports Journalism Skills in a Convergent Media Environment
This research study considered the desired job skills for future newspaper sports reporters and television sports reporters in the convergence journalism era. A national survey of newspaper sports editors and TV sports directors ranked their five most important skills using open-ended responses. Although the skills were not correlated at each level of importance, a significant and strong correlation was found in overall rankings. Both groups stre…
Keeping the Paparazzi an Arm's Length Away
The influence of social values on public policy determination
ysis of values which influence public policy decision-making at two levels of government-international and metropolitan. The immediate object of the study is to test the applicability of different methods of behavioral analysis to the study of this problem. The ultimate purpose is to develop better understanding of the factors which impede or contribute toward effective cooperation among relatively autonomous governmental units in the solution of…
Sport journalists' views on gay men in sport, society and within sport media
In this research, interviews were conducted with 10 US newspaper sport journalists to gauge their experiences and attitudes toward issues and coverage of open and closeted gay men in sport, sport media, and within society. Concerning closeted athletes, most of these journalists are reluctant to report on athletes' non-normative sexual orientation, even if that means a competitor could scoop them on a story about a major athlete being gay. Most of…
Contrasting Desired Sports Journalism Skills in a Convergent Media Environment
This research study considered the desired job skills for future newspaper sports reporters and television sports reporters in the convergence journalism era. A national survey of newspaper sports editors and TV sports directors ranked their five most important skills using open-ended responses. Although the skills were not correlated at each level of importance, a significant and strong correlation was found in overall rankings. Both groups stre…
The influence of social values on public policy determination
ysis of values which influence public policy decision-making at two levels of government-international and metropolitan. The immediate object of the study is to test the applicability of different methods of behavioral analysis to the study of this problem. The ultimate purpose is to develop better understanding of the factors which impede or contribute toward effective cooperation among relatively autonomous governmental units in the solution of…
Contrasting Desired Sports Journalism Skills in a Convergent Media Environment
This research study considered the desired job skills for future newspaper sports reporters and television sports reporters in the convergence journalism era. A national survey of newspaper sports editors and TV sports directors ranked their five most important skills using open-ended responses. Although the skills were not correlated at each level of importance, a significant and strong correlation was found in overall rankings. Both groups stre…
Keeping the Paparazzi an Arm's Length Away
Sport journalists' views on gay men in sport, society and within sport media
In this research, interviews were conducted with 10 US newspaper sport journalists to gauge their experiences and attitudes toward issues and coverage of open and closeted gay men in sport, sport media, and within society. Concerning closeted athletes, most of these journalists are reluctant to report on athletes' non-normative sexual orientation, even if that means a competitor could scoop them on a story about a major athlete being gay. Most of…
Most readers in dark when bylines differ from staff writer; taglines do little to help
An experiment was conducted to determine whether perceptions of the newspaper and story differed by byline type. The findings not only indicate few participants know a story is native advertising, they rarely know the writer except a staff writer. Thus, perceptions mainly differed little. Other bylines were not detailed enough for readers to fully know the writer’s identity, and few read to the tagline. Stronger measures were recommended to fully…
Psychology (4 works) · Newspaper (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Digital Games and Media (2 works) · Journalism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (2 works)