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The Other September 11th: El Mercurio Media Coverage After The Chilean Coup Of 1973, Valeria A. Gurr‐Ovalle 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The Other September 11th: El Mercurio Media Coverage After The Chilean Coup Of 1973, Valeria A. Gurr‐Ovalle
Graduate Research Symposium (GCUA)
This thesis provides an exploratory overview of the role the El Mercurio newspaper played along with the military after the Chilean coup of 1973. The study reviews the contents of the newspaper’s front pages, including their coverage of the events during the coup. The thesis will show how the paper revisited its coverage each year on the September 11th anniversary, beginning with the years dominated by the military government, from 1973 through 1990, and continuing through the transition to democracy, from 1991 through 2007. The primary method used in the course of this examination is a content analysis, which ...
Does Movie Viewing Cultivate Unrealistic Expectations About Love And Marriage?, Lauren Galloway University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Does Movie Viewing Cultivate Unrealistic Expectations About Love And Marriage?, Lauren Galloway
Graduate Research Symposium (GCUA)
The present study investigated the connection between romantic movie viewing frequency and endorsement of dysfunctional beliefs for romantic relationships in a university-based sample of 228 participants. Respondents completed a questionnaire in which they reported demographic information as well as responses to the several scales that measure endorsement of romantic ideals. I base this investigation of Segrin and Nabi’s (2002) examination of television viewing habits and proclivity for unrealistic expectations of sex, love, and marriage. Both the current study and the investigation conducted by Segrin and Nabi (2002) support the supposition that media play a part in reinforcing beliefs about ...
Media Bias Through Facial Expressions On Local Las Vegas Television News, Jessica Zimmerman University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Media Bias Through Facial Expressions On Local Las Vegas Television News, Jessica Zimmerman
Graduate Research Symposium (GCUA)
Trust in news media has been considered an important base for social order and cohesion in society and is a crucial variable for evaluating news media. Media credibility has been questioned by the audience for some time and the audience’s trust in the media has been slowly diminishing over the years. When a news broadcaster communicates a story on local television news, it is possible for his own opinions and beliefs to leak through nonverbal communication, specifically facial expressions. This presentation explores the four main local Las Vegas television news stations’ anchors and reporters to visually analyze whether facial ...
Cinematic Potentialities And The Student Of Prague (1913), Matt Rossoni 
Western University
Cinematic Potentialities And The Student Of Prague (1913), Matt Rossoni
Kino: The Western Undergraduate Journal of Film Studies
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Realism, Really?: A Closer Look At Theories Of Realism In Cinema, Timothy John Edwards Western University
Realism, Really?: A Closer Look At Theories Of Realism In Cinema, Timothy John Edwards
Kino: The Western Undergraduate Journal of Film Studies
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The Hole: Diasporic Cinema And The Ontology Of Absence, Erin Nunoda Western University
The Hole: Diasporic Cinema And The Ontology Of Absence, Erin Nunoda
Kino: The Western Undergraduate Journal of Film Studies
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Bigger Fish To Fry: The Global Appeal Of Eat Drink Man Woman, Samantha Roach Western University
Bigger Fish To Fry: The Global Appeal Of Eat Drink Man Woman, Samantha Roach
Kino: The Western Undergraduate Journal of Film Studies
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A Discussion Of Contemporary Latin American Cinema: The Maid/La Nana, Ross Hamilton Western University
A Discussion Of Contemporary Latin American Cinema: The Maid/La Nana, Ross Hamilton
Kino: The Western Undergraduate Journal of Film Studies
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We Rob Banks: The Influence Of 1960s Counterculture On New Hollywood Film, Alissa Chater Western University
We Rob Banks: The Influence Of 1960s Counterculture On New Hollywood Film, Alissa Chater
Kino: The Western Undergraduate Journal of Film Studies
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Feminizing Masculinity, Katie Wilks Western University
Feminizing Masculinity, Katie Wilks
Kino: The Western Undergraduate Journal of Film Studies
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Why They Wear The Mask: The Mouthpieces Of Nolan’S Batman Trilogy, Brent Holmes Western University
Why They Wear The Mask: The Mouthpieces Of Nolan’S Batman Trilogy, Brent Holmes
Kino: The Western Undergraduate Journal of Film Studies
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The Disturbing Art Of Sight And Sound In Ruggero Deodato’S Cannibal Holocaust, David Lavrencic Western University
The Disturbing Art Of Sight And Sound In Ruggero Deodato’S Cannibal Holocaust, David Lavrencic
Kino: The Western Undergraduate Journal of Film Studies
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An Inquest Into Surrealism: L'Étoile De Mer And The Quest For Surreality, Jesse Brossoit Western University
An Inquest Into Surrealism: L'Étoile De Mer And The Quest For Surreality, Jesse Brossoit
Kino: The Western Undergraduate Journal of Film Studies
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The Elusive Eastern Film Corporation Of Providence, Rhode Island: Resurrecting A Footnote In Film History, Adam Tawfik 
Rhode Island College
The Elusive Eastern Film Corporation Of Providence, Rhode Island: Resurrecting A Footnote In Film History, Adam Tawfik
Film Studies Honors Projects
Eastern Film Corporation was a local studio but its films were distributed and screened throughout New England with the exception of Rhode Island. At least twelve of its films, of various genres, which seemed to have generous budgets for size of the studio, have survived. Eastern’s prime years of business were brief, 1915-1917. Unfortunately, a fire destroyed the building in 1917 and the expenses it would cost to repair it too high for its original founder, Frederick S. Peck, a wealthy Barrington politician. Nevertheless, the studio staggered on throughout the 1920s.
A Current Study And Comparison Of Realism And Romanticism In Europe, Shreya Thakar 
The College at Brockport: State University of New York
A Current Study And Comparison Of Realism And Romanticism In Europe, Shreya Thakar
Master's Level Graduate Research Conference
The following presentation is based on a comparative study of the artistic movements of Realism and Romanticism in early 19th century Europe. The object is to analyze how each movement affected politics and social hierarchy. The movements are linked to other genres; Romanticism is coupled with Classicism, and Realism is associated with Idealism. This presentation identifies how both movements faced criticism due to a conservatism of mass taste and a shock of subject matter. Despite the obstacles, the movements prevailed to be considered innovative in context and style. The most compelling arguments found within the current scholarship outlines the opposition ...
Reimagining The Silver Screen: Contemporary Film Stills, Kyle DeMartino 
University of Rhode Island
Reimagining The Silver Screen: Contemporary Film Stills, Kyle Demartino
Senior Honors Projects
During the late 19th century longer rolls of celluloid photographic film, and motion picture cameras were first introduced, which allowed for the capture of rapid sequences of still images at a relatively high speeds. The first films shown to audiences on a larger screen, although rudimentary, caused people to gasp or run from the cinema, as they believed the images on screen were real. As technology increased feature films progressed from only showing a simple static event to creating full stories spanning over various sets and containing multiple characters. With the advent of sound, filmmakers were given another tool ...
Nietzschean Narratives Of Hero And Herd In Walt Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles, C. Heike Schotten 
University of Massachusetts Boston
Nietzschean Narratives Of Hero And Herd In Walt Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles, C. Heike Schotten
C. Heike Schotten
A critical reading of the Nietzschean politics of the Walt Disney/Pixar film The Incredibles.
Brave New Wireless World: Mapping The Rise Of Ubiquitous Connectivity From Myth To Market, Vincent R. Manzerolle Western University
Brave New Wireless World: Mapping The Rise Of Ubiquitous Connectivity From Myth To Market, Vincent R. Manzerolle
University of Western Ontario - Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This dissertation offers a critical and historical analysis of the myth of ubiquitous connectivity—a myth widely associated with the technological capabilities offered by “always on” Internet-enabled mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. This myth proclaims that work and social life are optimized, made more flexible, manageable, and productive, through the use of these devices and their related services. The prevalence of this myth—whether articulated as commercial strategy, organizational goal, or mode of social mediation—offers repeated claims that the experience and organization of daily life has passed a technological threshold. Its proponents champion the virtues of the invisible ...
Captain America Comics As Historically Grounded Cultural Criticism, Richard D. Deverell The College at Brockport: State University of New York
Captain America Comics As Historically Grounded Cultural Criticism, Richard D. Deverell
Master's Level Graduate Research Conference
After Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created him in 1941, Captain America served the writers and editors of Timely, then Atlas, and finally Marvel comics as a means to comment upon and critique American culture. In the 1950s, Atlas Comics, wrapped up in the frenzy of McCarthyism and the Red Scare, rebranded Captain America the “Commie Smasher” for a short, and ultimately retconned (negated after the fact), run. Following the character’s second resurgence in the 1960s, Marvel tapped into the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement and wrote the character to be more liberal, discussing issues of race and ...
Arts & Letters, The Magazine Of Potter College At Western Kentucky University, David Lee, Dean, Potter College, Western Kentucky University 
Western Kentucky University
Arts & Letters, The Magazine Of Potter College At Western Kentucky University, David Lee, Dean, Potter College, Western Kentucky University
PCAL Publications
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