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Jrsm 3905: Graphics For Strategic Media (Syllabus), Tori M. Cliff

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Practices of development of social media graphics, flyers, brochures and other collateral materials using Adobe Spark, Canva and other Web-based tools.

Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Michael Robinson

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Introduction to and application of principles of visual communication, including typography, color and organization for print and digital media using Adobe Creative Cloud.

Jour 3526: Multimedia Storytelling (Syllabus), Robby Byrd

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Introduction to the basic elements of multimedia journalistic storytelling. Students will produce news-driven multimedia packages for various storytelling platforms, including photography, audio, video, and data visualization.

Jour 3526: Multimedia Storytelling (Syllabus), Robby Byrd

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Introduction to the basic elements of multimedia journalistic storytelling. Students will produce news-driven multimedia packages for various storytelling platforms, including photography, audio, video, and data visualization.

Not Just A Hashtag: Using Black Twitter To Engage In Critical Visual Pedagogy, Mia L. Knowles-Davis, Robert L. Moore, Susan Köseoğlu (Ed.), George Veletsianos (Ed.), Chris Rowell (Ed.)

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

[First Paragraph] We live in a global society in which we are constantly exposed to new technologies, people, and situations that transform our perceptions and worldviews. As we are exposed to these new experiences, it is increasingly necessary to maintain a critical eye and question what we are seeing. It is not enough for higher education merely to teach material; instructors should also teach the responsibilities and ethics that coincide with it. Encouraging criticality in higher education helps learners to develop a deeper understanding of social justice, inequality, and oppressive systems, and it teaches learners how to combat those issues …

Unvoiced Lgbt Individuals’ Perceptions And Experiences Of The School-To-Prison Pipeline, Dr. Deshaunt'e A. Burns

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Studies have shown that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals face discrimination, harassment, and bullying by different education and criminal justice system entities because of their sexuality. Research has also indicated that when it comes to the school-to-prison pipeline (STPP), children of color are often mistreated and face harsher penalties, and research must be done to see how LGBT individuals are treated because they are considered abnormal because of their sexuality. Little is known about the perceptions and experiences of LGBT individuals when they are punished for violating minor infractions in school. This study addressed the critical race theory …

การใช้สัญญะทางสายตาในเฟซบุ๊กแฟนเพจภาพล้อการเมือง, ฐิติมา วงศ์ถาวร

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยเล่มนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาการทำงานของสัญญะทางสายตาในการสะท้อนปัญหาทางการเมืองและสังคมไทยในภาพล้อเลียนการเมืองออนไลน์ ศึกษาจากเฟซบุ๊กแฟนเพจภาพล้อการเมืองทั้งหมด 3 เพจ ได้แก่ Uninspired by current events, ไข่แมวX และเฮ้ยนี่มันตัดต่อชัด ๆ V2 โดยเลือกภาพจากประเด็นที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการทำงานของรัฐบาล ตั้งแต่มิถุนายน พ.ศ.2564 ถึงธันวาคม พ.ศ.2565 ทั้งหมด 78 ภาพ พบว่ามีลักษณะของการวิพากษ์ปัญหาทางการเมือง และสังคม 3 ลักษณะ ได้แก่ วิพากษ์ผู้สั่งการหรือผู้รับผิดชอบ, วิพากษ์เหตุการณ์ หรือสถานการณ์ และวิพากษ์ผลจากเหตุการณ์ หรือสถานการณ์ อีกทั้งยังปรากฏสัญญะทางสายตาทั้ง 3 รูปแบบ ได้แก่ Iconic Sign หรือสัญญะที่แทนสิ่งใดสิ่งหนึ่ง, Plastic Sign หรือสัญญะที่แสดงลักษณะทางกายภาพของภาพที่สื่อสาร และ Linguistic sign หรือสัญญะที่แสดงออกทางภาษา โดยลักษณะการมีทั้งความหมายนัยตรง และความหมายโดยนัย และมีการนำแนวคิดเรื่องภาพพจน์มาอธิบายสัญญะทางภาพอันปรากฏ 7 รูปแบบ ได้แก่ อุปลักษณ์ (Metaphor), นามนัย (Metonymy), การประชดประชัน (Irony), การล้อเลียนจากสิ่งที่มีอยู่ (Parody), การกล่าวเกินจริง หรืออติพจน์ (Hyperbole), การปฏิทรรศน์ (Paradox) และการสร้างสถานการณ์เล่าเปรียบเทียบ (Allegory) เรียงตามลำดับ ทั้งยังพบการประกอบสร้างความหมายอันเกิดจากการเปรียบเทียบ 3 ลักษณะ ได้แก่ เปรียบเทียบระหว่างสัญญะกับสิ่งที่ถูกวิพากษ์, เปรียบเทียบระหว่างสัญญะภายในภาพ และเปรียบเทียบระหว่างสัญญะกับผลงานสร้างสรรค์ (Recontextualizing Parody) ซึ่งช่วงเวลาที่ภาพล้อปรากฏก็มีส่วนสำคัญในการประกอบสร้างความหมายเช่นกัน นอกจากนี้การศึกษาภาพล้อการเมืองจากทั้ง 3 เพจยังพบการใช้สัญญะทางสายตาสื่อสารถึงสิ่งที่ละเอียดอ่อนต่อการวิพากษ์อย่างมีชั้นเชิง

การสื่อสารประเด็นสังคมร่วมสมัยของละครไม่มีบทพูดในเทศกาลละครกรุงเทพ, ปณิชา เดชโรจนัย

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์เรื่อง การสื่อสารประเด็นสังคมร่วมสมัยของละครไม่มีบทพูดในเทศกาลละครกรุงเทพ มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาประเด็นทางสังคมร่วมสมัยของละครไม่มีบทพูดที่ปรากฎในเทศกาลละครกรุงเทพ และศึกษาวิธีการเล่าเรื่องและวิธีการสื่อสารถึงคุณลักษณะทางการแสดงของละครไม่มีบทพูดที่มีการสื่อสารประเด็นทางสังคมในเทศกาลละครกรุงเทพ โดยทำการคัดเลือกละครไม่มีบทพูดที่มีการสื่อสารประเด็นทางสังคมในเทศกาลละครกรุงเทพปีพ.ศ. 2566 ณ หอศิลปวัฒนธรรมแห่งกรุงเทพมหานคร (BACC) จำนวน 10 เรื่อง ประกอบด้วย ละครใบ้ ฟิสิคัลเธียเตอร์ การเต้นร่วมสมัย และการแสดงแสง เสียง และเงา ผลการวิจัยพบว่า วิธีการสื่อสารประเด็นสังคมของละครไม่มีบทพูดในเทศกาลละครกรุงเทพ สามารถบอกเล่าเรื่องราวผ่านประเด็นสังคมได้เช่นเดียวกันกับละครที่มีบทพูด แต่มีวิธีการสื่อสารการแสดงที่แตกต่างกันออกไปในแต่ละรูปแบบการแสดง ซึ่งการตีความอาจขึ้นอยู่กับประสบการณ์ของแต่ละบุคคล นับว่าเป็นจุดเด่นของละครไม่มีบทพูดที่ต้องการเปิดกว้างทางความคิดให้ผู้ชมสามารถจินตนาการและตีความเรื่องราวได้หลากหลายทิศทางอย่างไม่มีถูกหรือผิด ประเด็นสังคมที่ถูกเล่าผ่านละครไม่มีบทพูด ได้แก่ สิ่งแวดล้อม ครอบครัว ความเชื่อและความศรัทธาทางศาสนา การใช้ชีวิตและความไม่เท่าเทียมในสังคม และเศรษฐกิจ การเมือง ในขณะเดียวกันละครไม่มีบทพูดไม่ใช้วิธีการจัดวางโครงเรื่องเช่นเดียวกันกับละครที่มีบทพูด แต่ใช้วิธีการกำหนดแนวคิดหลักของเรื่องผ่านกระบวนการค้นหา การทดลอง และการสร้างงาน อีกทั้งยังนิยมสร้างสัญลักษณ์ในการแสดงเพื่อเป็นส่วนช่วยขยายเรื่องราว โดยมีคุณลักษณะเด่นในการสื่อสารประเด็นทางสังคมแตกต่างกันออกไปในแต่ละรูปแบบการแสดง ได้แก่ วิธีการสื่อสารผ่านท่วงท่าการเคลื่อนไหว การเลือกใช้อุปกรณ์ประกอบการแสดง การออกแบบเสียงประกอบการแสดง รวมถึงการจัดวางพื้นที่ให้สอดคล้องกับการแสดง

Evaluating The Effects Of Video Modeling And Visual Supports On Preschoolers’ Compliance With Dental Procedures, Karly L. Orsi-Cordova

Theses and Dissertations

Individuals with autism are reported to visit the dentist infrequently. Infrequent visits to the dentist may result in a higher occurrence of caries, and it is, therefore, imperative for children with autism to visit a pediatric dental practice routinely. Some basic behaviormanagement techniques, such as live modeling and reinforcement strategies, have been used with patients with autism. The addition of techniques derived from applied behavior analysis, such as video modeling and visual supports, may increase patients’ compliance with dental procedures. Specifically, the use of visual supports and video modeling warranted further investigation on the efficacy of improving behavior during dental …

Covering (Il)Legible Bodies: A Cda Of News Discourse About Undocuqueer Life In The U.S., Ayleen Cabas-Mijares

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

News narratives about immigration shape not only constructions of immigrants but of nation states. Through a critical content analysis informed by intersectionality and queer of color critique, this study explores how the news coverage of undocumented LGBTQ immigrants and the Undocuqueer Movement render distorted and incomplete constructions of these immigrants, their struggles and activism. Furthermore, the analysis shows how selective (mis)representations and erasures in the coverage contribute to the constitution of a homonationalist reimagination of the United States. Additionally, the paper makes the case for the incorporation of transnational sensibilities to enhance intersectional approaches to reporting.

Empowered Presence: Theorizing An Afrocentric Performance Of Leadership By African American Women, Sharon Wamble-King

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

There is a paucity of theorizing concerning leadership enactments performed by African American women. The performances have been marginalized and obscured within the Western leadership canon as they fall outside its epistemological boundaries; they have also been sidelined within Critical Leadership Studies. This study employed Afrocentricity as a decolonizing paradigm and Africology as the research methodology to describe and define a leadership phenomenon enacted by African American women. Setting aside Western conceptions of leadership, focus groups of African American women examined video excerpts of Africana women’s oral performances through an Africological lens. Participants’ Afrocentric-oriented perceptions sparked collective storytelling and Meaning-Making …

Reading The Cultural Landscape In Suburban Boorloo/Perth: A Visual Inquiry, Sharon B. Callow

Theses : Honours

In suburban spaces, front yards are meaningful sites to examine settler understandings of, and responsibilities toward place. This exegesis and accompanying visual inquiry forms a creative critique of settler practices that have impacted Noongar people, their culture and Country. Using decolonising and alter-political perspectives alongside a practice-led methodology, the current state of domestic land practices, as evidenced by front yards in Boorloo/Perth, have been interrogated through site- specific research.

Settler-Australians, the non-Indigenous descendants of colonial arrivals and subsequent migrants, have benefitted from colonisation and the commodification of Indigenous land. Urban sprawl and the development of suburban housing estates has involved …

Toward Ethical And Inclusive Descriptive Practices, Shira Peltzman, Kelly Besser

Journal of Critical Digital Librarianship

This case study describes the context which galvanized our Collection Management unit at UCLA Library Special Collections to collectively craft a descriptive practices statement within a study group focused on an anti-oppressive approach to discovery and access. This paper discusses the planning and design of the study group, our direct engagement at meetings, collaborative iteration, and liberatory pedagogical strategies that enabled the statement’s publication, and its impact within our department, library, and beyond. This work speaks to radical descriptive change and provides a potential path for the development of ethical and inclusive descriptive practices at other institutions.

The Relationship Between Rightness, Religiosity, And Marital Satisfaction Among Christian Spouses In The United States, Juan Arturo Paulino

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Marital satisfaction is paramount to a loving and long-lasting married life. The absence of marital satisfaction can lead to poor health, relational stress, and, eventually, divorce. This predictive, correlational study sought to research the relationship between the adoption of a position of rightness, the practice of extrinsic religiosity, and how these factors influence the levels of marital satisfaction among Christian spouses in the United States of America. The researcher used the Brief Version of the Religious Orientation Scale- Revised (ROS-R) to assess the level of intrinsic and extrinsic religious activity of the sample population. To measure the independent variable of …

Foreign Policy In Media: An Examination Of The Captain America Films., Kat Hernandez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Popular culture and media are consumed daily by billions around the world, media which can contain meaningful and politically relevant material. The three Captain America films from the 2010s represent this phenomenon in the presentation of Captain America as a nationalist superhero with geopolitically relevant storylines. The direction and production of these films illustrate significant parallels to foreign policy choices of the United States. Through an interpretive analysis of the Captain America films: Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Captain America: Civil War, this project seeks to analyze Captain America’s image and …

That's A Wrap: Using Cultural Discourse Analysis To Explicate The Film Portrayal Of Communication Between Elderly Parents And Their Adult Child(Ren) In A Caregiving Relationship, Gerri A. Duran

Communication ETDs

There are burgeoning numbers of elderly and a significant number of their adult children provide them with some level of care. To date, there has been little research on elderly parents’ perspective as they communicate with their adult children about the care provided by their children. This dissertation addresses this gap by identifying the nature of the communication, as portrayed in film, which occurs between an elderly parent (EP) and their caregiving adult child (AC).

In addition to identifying the nature of communication between an EP and their AC, I examine the similarities/differences of their communication among the films. I …

Covid-19 Pandemic And Special Education Teacher Voices, Rama Cousik

The Qualitative Report

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 created havoc in schools across the world as it necessitated school closures and lockdowns, and/or a sudden switch to an online mode of learning. Although all children and teachers were adversely affected, children with disabilities faced additional problems. Special education teachers bore the burden of having to continue providing high quality special education in the face of these challenges. In this paper, I present findings from a survey of special education teachers through use of qualitative and arts-based research technics.

Color, Culture, And The Implications For Emotional, Cognitive, And Behavioral Reactions, Renee Lucas

LSU Master's Theses

Color plays a significant role in life, influencing how we perceive things, how symbols change in meaning, how brands, logos, and pictograms are communicated, as well as how our emotions are perceived and how our moods are affected. For designers, advertisers, and visual communicators, color is crucial because it has a big impact on how people perceive, relate to, and value an image or advertisement. There are many factors that play a role when people develop their personal color interpretations – one being culture. The purpose of this study is to investigate the links between culture, color, and individuals’ cognitive, …

Zine-Making Pedagogy During A Pandemic: Reflections And Implications, Elodie Silberstein, Susan Thomas

Library Staff Publications

The article presents a conversation between artist and professor Elodie Silberstein and feminist academic librarian Susan Thomas about the evolution of feminist zine culture ingrained in histories of resistance and self-publishing as well as the current popularity of zines. The authors discuss their collaborative zine pedagogy in an introductory gender studies course at Pace University during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teaching Income Inequality With Data-Driven Visualization, Humberto Barreto, Sang T. Truong

Economics and Management Faculty publications

The distribution of household income is a central concern in economics due to its strong influence on society’s well-being and social cohesion. Yet, non-expert audiences face serious obstacles in understanding conventional measures of inequality. To effectively communicate the extent of income inequality in the United States, we have developed a novel technique for visualizing income distribution and its dispersion over time by using U.S. household income microdata from the Current Population Survey. The result is a striking dynamic animation of income distribution over time, drawing public attention, and encouraging further investigation of income inequality. Detailed implementation is available at github.com/sangttruong/incomevis …

2015 Syrian Refugee Responses Based On The Strength Of Securitization Discourse, Jacob M. Decarli

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

This paper seeks to answer the question: Why were policy responses to the 2015 Syrian refugee "crisis" so different in Germany and the UK? I argue that these policies were driven by public opinion about migrants and immigration. Germany adopted a more liberal migration policy because of higher approval for refugees entering the country. I argue that this is the result of the degree to which securitization discourse explains different public attitudes towards Syrian refugees in 2015. Specifically, I argue that the greater the strength of securitization discourse, the easier it is to implement restrictive immigration policy. This paper demonstrates …

Marketing Information Product And Services In The Digital Age In Academic Libraries Environment, Peter Olubunmi Olubiyo, Jude Timilehin Olubiyo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Library and information centers have began to realize that by using marketing principles and techniques, they can understand better their users needs, justify finding, communicate more effectively with a variety of internal and external audiences and achieved greater efficiency and result in delivering product and services that meet the identified needs of their client. In contemporary society, people can now easily access information and information- bearing resources on the go as long as they are connected with their laptop, smart phones, ipad e.t.c. Even though users can have access to information via the internet and other technology, the fact remains …

Echoing Ecopoetics: Fantasy Literature's Background Sounds, Catherine Olver

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Despite David Abram’s fear that reading disrupts people’s “attunement to environing nature,” fantasy literature can vibrantly convey how to hear our environments as it describes characters attuning their ears to particular places. Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom series (1995-2021) and Patrick Ness’s Chaos Walking trilogy (2008-10) develop an echoing ecopoetics of place through both world-building and style. Their fantasy worlds emphasize that characters must relearn to listen in unfamiliar environments: adjusting their expectations and interpretations of background sounds, recognising significant silences, adapting to new ways of communicating, and seeking meaning in nonhuman sounds rather than dismissing them as noise. Their stylistic …

How Hearing Parents With Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing Children Construct Deafness Through Their Early Intervention Experience, Bettie T. Petersen

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

This dissertation explores how hearing parents with deaf/hard of hearing children come to understand deafness. This mixed methods study used an online survey and multiple case studies (volunteers from survey). Participants were asked about early intervention experiences and beliefs about deafness. The survey had 74 respondents and five families participated in the interviews. Survey participants’ beliefs about deafness were primarily medical, focusing on the perceived barriers caused by deafness and the remediation of those barriers through spoken language options. A small number of respondents adopted a cultural perspective of deafness and focused on remediation of barriers through involvement in the …

Tools To Educate The Next Generation Of Storytellers To Help Them Document Past Conflicts To Build A More Peaceful Future, Tracy Mack-Jackson

Theses - ALL

Uncovering where we came from may help the human race avoid past mistakes and build a more peaceful future. Multimedia oral histories, period photographs, and photographic exploration of historic locations are tools that allow us to educate future generations and work to prevent conflicts. The power of storytelling runs deep within us as a society, and discovering the tools to help us tell these stories is vital for young people to create a voice for themselves. Visual journalism can be at the forefront of this education. This project focuses on three educational resources young storytellers can use to capture historical …

Filling The Third Circle With Interdisciplinary Lesson Planning: A Case Study Of Pre-Service Teachers, Garrett Steede, Rebecca D. Swenson, Troy D. Mckay

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

The three-circle model of agricultural education focuses on the importance of in-class instruction, supervised agricultural experiences, and FFA involvement. The agricultural communications career pathway is available to students through agricultural communications supervised agricultural experiences (SAE) programs and career development events within FFA. However, specific curriculum that teaches agricultural communications in the classroom is not readily available. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the interdisciplinary lesson planning and integration process of pre-service teachers with focus on opportunities and limitations to teaching communication in the agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) curriculum. In this case study, four pre-service …

Collaging As Embodied Method: The Use Of Collage In A Study Of American Sign Language (Asl) Interpreters' Experiences, Lucy E. Bailey, Taylor L. Woodall-Greene

The Qualitative Report

This methodological essay describes the generativity of collaborative collaging in a qualitative inquiry project with American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters who serve D/deaf students within a public university. Sign language interpreting is a demanding profession requiring physical endurance, creativity, and quick mental processing to switch between spoken and sign language. Interpreters’ visual communicative culture aligns conceptually with the embodied arts-based, visual, and tactile research technique of collaging. We first introduce collaging scholarship to ground our discussion of using collaging as a method within this case study of ASL interpreters. We then provide an overview of ASL interpreter research and our …

Visualizing Politics In Indonesia: The Design And Distribution Of Election Posters, Colm A. Fox

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Where studies have shown that visuals are the primary means of political communication, research continues to focus largely on text-based information. To add to our understanding of visual-political communications, this article analyses Indonesian election posters since the 1950s. Drawing on historical materials and on a content analysis of 4,000 election posters, it asks why election posters have been designed and distributed in particular ways. Findings indicate that in the past, posters used singular, though powerful, social symbols to mobilize demographic groups behind political parties. However, contemporary posters are more visually complex and more candidate-centered, making arguments as to what the …

Benetton’S (In)Equality: A Semiotic Reading, Hianly Muljadi, Sonny Angjaya, Joanna Deborah

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

United Colors of Benetton, or UCB, has been using its advertisements to deliver positive messages and values that the clothing company represents. This article analyzes one of the photographs in Benetton’s campaign for their Spring Summer Collection of 2018. The campaign, which consists of some photographs by Oliviero Toscani, raises the theme of equality of gender and ethnicity. It shows various photographs of both female and male models from different ethnicities. However, it is found that there is one photograph that shows inconsistency with the very value that Benetton wants to convey through their campaign. Based on the semiotic analysis, …

Sharenting: A Phenomenological Study Of Sharenting Through The Lens Of The Presentation Of Self, Evie Simmons D'Amico

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe and interpret the sharenting of moms who post to Facebook. Sharenting is a term to describe the practice of parents sharing about their children on social media. The theory that guided this study was Erving Goffman’s presentation of self. More specifically, the phenomenon was analyzed to understand how moms use their appearance, setting, and mannerisms to construct motherhood with their performance team on social media. This study used a scroll back interview method to gather data to co-create the essence of sharenting and interpret its meaning. Twenty moms who had elementary-aged …