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Environmental Organizations’ Litigation Communication In The Polarized U.S. Political Landscape, Rachel Anderle
Environmental Organizations’ Litigation Communication In The Polarized U.S. Political Landscape, Rachel Anderle
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
This study analyzes environmental litigation communication in an increasingly polarized political context. Specifically, this project analyzes environmental organizations’ communication strategies and messages related to their litigation efforts in order to better understand how environmental nonprofits frame environmental litigation within the current U. S. political landscape. Multiple data sources (e.g., website content, tweets, and interviews) triangulate the study by providing varying strategic perspectives on organizations’ environmental litigation communication efforts. Results show that nonprofit organizations like the National Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club use a variety of frames that portray litigation as a righteous action used to hold those in power …
Effects Of Gesture On Recollection And Description Of Auditory And Visual Stimuli, Mary Kate Richards
Effects Of Gesture On Recollection And Description Of Auditory And Visual Stimuli, Mary Kate Richards
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
This study examined whether gesture impacts recollection of auditory and visual stimuli. In two experiments, adults were presented with visual images or auditory recordings describing dynamic scenes. After participating in a distraction task, the adults were asked to recall the stimuli they saw or heard in the scenes. In the first experiment, half of the participants were able to gesture naturally when recalling; the others were prohibited from gesturing. Because of the first study’s results, a second study was designed to test how gesture is impacted in different conversational types. In the second study, all participants were able to gesture …