Soldiers' and civilian employees' use of Command Information media

Date

2008-05-15T21:14:09Z

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Publisher

Kansas State University

Abstract

Fort Riley, KS, has several command information (CI) products – a Post newspaper, a weekly television news show, Channel 2, and two Web sites. This uses and gratifications study aims to expand on a 2002 Fort Riley study to better understand the CI media sought by soldiers and civilian employees and their level of satisfaction with those products. A total of 158 Fort Riley soldiers and civilian employees were surveyed. Results supported previous CI studies, which indicated the Post newspaper and Web site are the most utilized and valued CI products. Results also showed slight changes in CI product usage from the 2002 study.

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Keywords

Command Information, Internal media, Uses and Gratifications, Army, Soldiers, Civilian employees

Graduation Month

May

Degree

Master of Science

Department

Department of Journalism and Mass Communications

Major Professor

William J. Adams

Date

2008

Type

Thesis

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