Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

The Pre-Fab Fab Four, Thyra L. Chaney

The Downtown Review

This paper describes the formation of The Monkees as a manufactured boy band and pop culture phenomenon, and the social and cultural context that led to the group's dissolution and lasting legacy in the history of television and popular culture.

She Would Not Be Silenced: Mae West's Struggle Against Censorship, Charlotte N. Toledo

The Downtown Review

Mae West, an actress during Hollywood's Golden Age, used her fame on stage, in films, and on the radio to offer social commentary on relationships between men and women in society. Her irreverent style of addressing issues of female sexuality and power certainly caught peoples attention and made them think about these issues in new ways. At the same time, her racy delivery made her a target of stage, film, and radio censorship. She refused to be silenced and continually pushed against restrictions to deliver he message of empowerment in her trademark provocative manner.

The Cauldron, 2015, Issue 14, Elissa L. Tennant, Abraham Kurp, Abby Burton, Morgan E. Elswick

The Cauldron Archives

The Cauldron issue 14 covers Engineering students senior proposals, MSA fundraiser for Syrian refugees, students voice concerns to President Berkman, Berkman hosts annual holiday reception, November crime watch, CSU Vikings start new era at Quicken Loans Arena, Browns season over, Rule 5 Draft may hurt Tribe, Winter break checklist, must-see holiday performances, senior project collab, "A Head Full of Dreams" album review, best and brightest albums of 2015, "Victor Frankenstein" review, "Creed" review, misconceptions about Planned Parenthood, praying for Paris, disadvantages of taking the bus to class.

El Paseo By Harold Trompetero: Approaching Popular Film From Colombia In A North American Classroom, Matias Martinez Abeijon Ph.D.

Cultural Encounters, Conflicts, and Resolutions

This article explores the manner in which popular films from Colombia—

specifically comedies, such as the movie El paseo, directed by Harold Trompetero in 2010, which has been the highest grossing movie to date in the history of movies produced in Colombia–may be used in the classroom in the context of a World Language, Literature, and Culture department in the United States. It is the contention of this study that such a choice is far from common due to diverse issues, which include the limited access to international distribution of the majority of the so-called “national film” or, in …

Understanding Arab Culture Through Cinema, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara Ph.D.

Cultural Encounters, Conflicts, and Resolutions

The article examines the use of cinema as a tool for teaching about Arab culture and assesses the process in which learners acquire a higher level of intercultural communicative competence. The essay draws primarily on multilayered class activities and students’ responses to pre- and post- screening surveys related to eight Arab films. The article reveals that the evaluation of the learners’ intercultural competence and their familiarity with Arab culture in particular is a long process that filled with misunderstandings, gaps, inconsistencies, and contradictions on the part of the learners. To successfully conduct this type of teaching, the article also points …

The Cauldron, 2015, Issue 09, Elissa L. Tennant, Abraham Kurp, Abby Burton, Morgan Elswick

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Boo! It's The Cauldron's Halloween issue. We take the reader inside a first-person journey into a haunted house and showcase CSU students' Halloween costumes and CAB's Day of the Dead event. Spooky Sports reports on CSU basketball's Hallo-Hoops event and A&E features Halloween movie picks and Halloween events around Cleveland. Finally, the OP section examined why it's ok to stay in on Halloween and why the holiday may not be as innocent as we think.

The Cauldron, 2015, Issue 05, Elissa L. Tennant, Abraham Kurp, Abby Burton, Gregory Kula

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Fall 2016 issue 5 of The Cauldron we cover events on campus, the rec. center swimming pool getting a new look, mens soccer team, fencing, feature is about internships being worth it, movie reviews, local open mic nights students do, a review of a resturaunt in downtown, opinions as to why Rhodes Tower should have its name changed, why not to defund Planned Parenthood and the effects of feminism.

The Cauldron, 2015, Issue 03, Elissa L. Tennant, Abraham Kurp, Abby Burton, Morgan Elswick

The Cauldron Archives

Fall 2015, Issue 3 of The Cauldron. We preview the diverse happenings scheduled for Fall 2015 from CSU's arts program from concerts to poetry readings. Tapingo promises Chipotle delivery on campus, CSU lacrosse and cross country gear up for their respective seasons, and we review a number of movies, TV shows, and short stories. Our opinion writers examine on-campus safety after dark and while taking the RTA.

The Cauldron, 2015, Issue 02, Elissa L. Tennant, Abraham Kurp, Abby Burton, Sara Liptak

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Fall 2015, Issue 2 of The Cauldron. In The Cauldron's first-ever online-only issue, we examine the everchanging idea of the gender binary through talking with those who believe in it and those who do not. We also preview TEDxCSU and showcase women's soccer and the Rec Center's new Pink Gloves Boxing class. We catch up with a CSU professor who wrote a local theatre piece and we examine why Issue 3 is a bad deal for pot smokers in Ohio.

The Cauldron, 2015, Issue 01, Elissa L. Tennant, Abraham Kurp, Abby Burton, Gregory B. Kula

The Cauldron Archives

Fall 2015, Issue 1 of The Cauldron. Cleveland State University is back to school with a new Center for Innovation in Medical Professions building and the annual Week of Welcome. CSU Basketball has a new partnership with Quicken Loans Arena and a CSU student designed a geofilter for the Treemont neighorhood that was accepted by Snapchat. The opinion section features our first Advice with Amara and the feature examines the role of student debt in the 2016 presidential election.

Lights, Camera, Emotion!: An Examination On Film Lighting And Its Impact On Audiences' Emotional Response, Jennifer Lee Poland

ETD Archive

The current study examined the impact of three film lighting styles on participants' emotional responses. The light styles - High Key, Low Key, and Available Light ́⁰₃ were selected based on Film theory. Thus, this study combines Media Effects and Film literature to empirically study the impact of structural elements of film on media audiences. An experiment was conducted manipulating three levels of lighting. The According to film theory, a film presented in high key will cause audiences to feel higher levels of uplifting emotions such as happiness, joy, or humor, a film in low key will cause more feelings …

Rituals Upon Celluloid: The Need For Crime And Punishment In Contemporary Film, J C. Oleson

Cleveland State Law Review

Most members of the public lack first-hand experience with the criminal justice system; nevertheless, they believe that they possess phenomenological knowledge about it. In large part, the public’s understandings of crime and punishment are derived from television and film, which provide modern audiences with a vision of institutions that are normally occluded from view. While public rituals of punishment used to take place on the scaffold, equivalent moral narratives about crime and punishment now occur on film because modern punishment is imposed outside of the public gaze. Yet because crime films distort what they depict, the public’s view of crime …

Reviewing The Critics: Examining Popular Video Game Reviews Through A Comparative Content Analysis, Ben Gifford

ETD Archive

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current critical climate in popular online video game reviews (i.e., video game criticism written for a general audience). So far, most of the research published in this area focuses on how the reviews reflect the games themselves, rather than strictly examining the content of the reviews in this growing body of literature. This study uses computer-aided text analysis (CATA) supplemented with human coding to identify typological differences between film and video game reviews, as well as differences in theory usage and critical thought and style. Video game reviews are more concerned …

Analysis And Economic Impact Of The Film Industry In Northeast Ohio & Ohio, Candice Clouse

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.

Film Viewing In The Interactive Age, Rachel M. Campbell

ETD Archive

Streaming films online has become a popular and unique way to view films. This study was designed to identify the uses and gratifications of using streaming film services, and identify any differences in quality of the streaming experience when compared to the original film. This study drew from past uses and gratifications research on film, television, VCRs, DVDs, and other film-related technologies to develop a survey determining the motivations of both streamers and non-streamers. Additionally a content analysis was used to determine the quality of film presentation when streaming a film online. The survey revealed that the main uses and …