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Let's Take A Selfie! Living In A Snapchat Beauty Filtered World:The Impact It Has On Women's Beauty Perceptions, Angelina Cruz Jan 2019

Let's Take A Selfie! Living In A Snapchat Beauty Filtered World:The Impact It Has On Women's Beauty Perceptions, Angelina Cruz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Snapchat's beauty filters have become a prominent force in the social media realm. It's vital in understanding the impact in how Snapchat's beauty filters shape beauty standards among young women. This became the primary motivation of conducting this qualitative study. Six focus groups were conducted to explore the depths of why female college students between the ages of 18-25 decide to post either selfies with Snapchat's beauty filters applied or natural images. Dialectical tensions theory was used as the foundation for this study to explore both the internal and external discursive struggles young women face when deciding to post natural …


At 977 Weeks, Your Baby Can Make Jokes About These Stupid Billboards, Lily Indie Jan 2019

At 977 Weeks, Your Baby Can Make Jokes About These Stupid Billboards, Lily Indie

Honors Library Research Award

2018/2019 first place award winner. This paper explores the idea that abortion rhetoric creates a stalemated political climate. "If we want to change legislation, we have to change the conversation, finding new strategies through which to convey our ideas. Our solution can be found in the most unlikely of places: comedy." 17 pages.


#Blacklivesmatter: How A Hashtag Maintains A Movement: A Content Analysis Of The Black Lives Matter Hashtag On Twitter, Ashleigh Grimes Jan 2019

#Blacklivesmatter: How A Hashtag Maintains A Movement: A Content Analysis Of The Black Lives Matter Hashtag On Twitter, Ashleigh Grimes

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

American society is consumed by social media; thus, digital activism is becoming a prevalent way of advocating for and establishing social progress. The purpose of this study was to identify the frequency of engagement with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter by Twitter users. The data collection consisted of tweets shared between the time frame of July 17, 2014, to August 17, 2014. The methodology used was content analysis, which included the examination of the volume of Twitter tweets collected from this time frame. This research adds to the impending design of a social movement structure that includes online social movements. The present …


The Visual Presidency Of Donald Trump's First Hundred Days: Political Image Making And Digital Media, Ryan T. Strand Jan 2019

The Visual Presidency Of Donald Trump's First Hundred Days: Political Image Making And Digital Media, Ryan T. Strand

Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

From frequent scrum photos of the president holding up signed executive orders in the Oval Office to images of the president energetically sitting behind the wheel of a Mack truck parked outside his back door, like previous administrations, visuals have been central to Donald Trump's presidency. This chapter analyzes the visuals on White House social media accounts (i.e., Twitter and Facebook) in Trump's first 100 days office and explores how his administration used visuals as an essential vehicle for storytelling, image building, and persuading. Building on previous research on the communicative functions of visual symbols in politics, the chapter finds …


Deaf Children, Humor And Education Policy, Donna Jo Napoli, R. L. Sutton-Spence Jan 2019

Deaf Children, Humor And Education Policy, Donna Jo Napoli, R. L. Sutton-Spence

Linguistics Faculty Works

Deaf children need true inclusion to learn, entailing consistent, pervasive use of visual-learning techniques. This is achieved via bilingual education policies that enforce deaf children’s rights to use sign language, permitting teachers to engage in deaf pedagogy using sign language. Educational policies advocating inclusion via an interpreter in the mainstreamed classroom create the “illusion of inclusion” (Glickman 2003). We argue that, in either case, humor can aid inclusion. Understanding humor is a developmental ability, related to cognitive, social, linguistic, and metalinguistic competence. Additionally, learning how humor is understood and expressed contributes to language mastery. However, we find little discussion of …


Evaluating And Improving Consumer Perceptions Of The Agriculture Industry, Katelyn Berndt Jan 2019

Evaluating And Improving Consumer Perceptions Of The Agriculture Industry, Katelyn Berndt

Schultz-Werth Award Papers

Consumer perceptions of the agriculture industry are increasingly important as alternative labeling and non-conventional options become more common. Consumers are seeking a more dominant role in the conversation about their food. This study explores how the agriculture industry can respond in a way that improves consumer perceptions and builds trust. The study also seeks to answer the question of whether country of birth or background affects consumer perceptions of agriculture. The research model includes a QuestionPro survey completed by students at South Dakota State University, representing consumers in the Millennial generation who are more likely to respond positively to transparent …


An Examination Of The Organization-Public Relationship Dimensions Of Communication Between Museums And Its Publics, Christine Swartz Jan 2019

An Examination Of The Organization-Public Relationship Dimensions Of Communication Between Museums And Its Publics, Christine Swartz

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study examines how museums build relationships with audiences to gain financial contributions and volunteer support. Financial support to museums has been dwindling in recent years and new revenue streams are needed for low-resource museums to survive. A content analysis of 485 Facebook posts of four small and large sized museums along with a survey of 131 respondents were conducted within the theoretical lens of organization-public relations. Results from study one indicate that larger museums fared better than smaller museums in terms of transparency, authenticity and positivity measures whereas on measures of credibility both the large and the smaller museums …


Representation Of Women Leaders In Business Magazines: 2010-2018, Kia Ja'shona Cooper Jan 2019

Representation Of Women Leaders In Business Magazines: 2010-2018, Kia Ja'shona Cooper

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This framing analysis focuses on the portrayal of women leaders in popular business magazines. Framing theory was used to examine how women leaders were portrayed in Forbes, Fortune, Entrepreneur, and Bloomberg Businessweek magazines from 2010-2018. The study identified three key frames, which include the minority frame, asset and fixer frame, and the work-life balance frame. Further findings from the study suggested that the portrayals of women have changed following the women's movement in the 1970's and that women are indeed beneficial to organizations in senior-level positions, although there is still a low percentage of women in these roles.


Behavioral Assessment Of Social Structure And Guest Provisioning Program Participation Of Zoo-Housed Giraffes (Giraffa Camelopardalis) Under Varying Spatial Availability., Fatima Ramis Jan 2019

Behavioral Assessment Of Social Structure And Guest Provisioning Program Participation Of Zoo-Housed Giraffes (Giraffa Camelopardalis) Under Varying Spatial Availability., Fatima Ramis

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Close encounters with animals are considered integral for visitors and are trademark components of traditional educational engagement in zoological parks. As capacity for up-close encounters continue to increase with a simultaneous development in the field of animal welfare science, behavioral assessments on the role of common close encounters is timely. Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) visitor feeding programs are established in approximately 57% of institutions accredited by Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Due to successful breeding and capacity building for zoological giraffe populations, this percentage will likely continue to increase. There is a great deal of variation in the environmental …


Gender, Nonverbal Communication, And Televised Debates: A Case Study Analysis Of Clinton And Trump’S Nonverbal Language During The 2016 Town Hall Debate, Ben S. Wasike Jan 2019

Gender, Nonverbal Communication, And Televised Debates: A Case Study Analysis Of Clinton And Trump’S Nonverbal Language During The 2016 Town Hall Debate, Ben S. Wasike

Communication Faculty Publications

This case study analyzed nonverbal cues during the 2016 town hall debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Variables were facial expressions, posture, eye contact, and spatial distance. Clinton was friendlier, took more expansive postures, and maintained more eye contact. The candidates largely kept within social distance, except for an instance that created postdebate controversy. Whereas some of Clinton’s nonverbal behavior conformed to established gendered cues, her nonverbal behavior largely transcended gender norms. Also addressed are the media’s shortcomings in contextualizing debate visuals.


Jour 4900: Creative Media Lab (Syllabus), Michael Robinson Jan 2019

Jour 4900: Creative Media Lab (Syllabus), Michael Robinson

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jrsm 4910: Advanced Social Media Honors (Syllabus), Melissa L. Janoske Mclean Jan 2019

Jrsm 4910: Advanced Social Media Honors (Syllabus), Melissa L. Janoske Mclean

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


An Exploration Of Deaf Education Through The Experiences Of Culturally Deaf Adults, Stephanie Beatty Jan 2019

An Exploration Of Deaf Education Through The Experiences Of Culturally Deaf Adults, Stephanie Beatty

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Deaf students have unique linguistic and cultural needs that are cultivated in social settings; however, these needs have received minimal consideration from school administrators and policy makers when designing and implementing educational programs. Inquiry regarding how Deaf people learn in social situations and whether these processes are present in formal educational settings is necessary to understand how to better serve this population in school. Observations were used to provide insight on how deaf people teach and learn from one another in social/informal settings. Individual interviews with 11 Deaf people ages 18 to 40 provided insight regarding personal experiences in formal …


The Sounds Behind The Scenes: An Analysis Of Sound And Music In The Shining And Bridget Jones’ Diary, Abby Fox Jan 2019

The Sounds Behind The Scenes: An Analysis Of Sound And Music In The Shining And Bridget Jones’ Diary, Abby Fox

Honors College Theses

No abstract provided.


Morphological Theory And Sign Languages, Donna Jo Napoli Jan 2019

Morphological Theory And Sign Languages, Donna Jo Napoli

Linguistics Faculty Works

Sign language morphology adds new considerations to well-studied areas, including category identification, inflection vs. derivation, the notions of ideophones, subject, and root, and properties used in lexical classifications. It makes necessary the new notion of reactive effort in understanding how biomechanical factors help shape the lexicon. The prevalence of simultaneity (verticality) over linearity (horizontal temporality) shows that linguistic analysis must include the study of physical properties (visual vs. auditory) if we are to understand language typology. Phonological parameters can have meaning associated with them, either arbitrarily or because they are iconic. This allows for lexical networks that require the mechanism …


Can We Reduce Social Comparison And Fear Of Missing Out With Labels On Instagram?, Taylor Martinek Jan 2019

Can We Reduce Social Comparison And Fear Of Missing Out With Labels On Instagram?, Taylor Martinek

Departmental Honors Projects

The rapid rise in social media platforms has led to an increase of research surrounding its uses and effects. Thus far, results are heavily mixed with researchers finding both positive and negative effects. Activist campaigns, such as Status of Mind, have chosen to highlight negative outcomes such as increased social comparison and fear of missing out (FOMO). They have proposed platforms introduce a label to be placed on edited posts to help remind viewers they have been altered and are not an accurate depiction of reality. The current study examines whether labels are effective in reducing social comparison and …


Jour 3526: Multimedia Storytelling (Syllabus), Michael Robinson Jan 2019

Jour 3526: Multimedia Storytelling (Syllabus), Michael Robinson

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jour 3526: Multimedia Storytelling (Syllabus), Michael Robinson Jan 2019

Jour 3526: Multimedia Storytelling (Syllabus), Michael Robinson

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jour 3526: Multimedia Storytelling (Syllabus), Jin Yang Jan 2019

Jour 3526: Multimedia Storytelling (Syllabus), Jin Yang

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jour 4830: Directed Individual Study (Syllabus), David Arant Jan 2019

Jour 4830: Directed Individual Study (Syllabus), David Arant

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jour 4900: Creative Media Lab (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught Jan 2019

Jour 4900: Creative Media Lab (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jrsm 1700: Survey Of Media (Syllabus), Pamela Denney Jan 2019

Jrsm 1700: Survey Of Media (Syllabus), Pamela Denney

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Ruoxu Wang Jan 2019

Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Ruoxu Wang

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Addie James Jan 2019

Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Addie James

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Michael Robinson Jan 2019

Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Michael Robinson

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Brittney Block Jan 2019

Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Brittney Block

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Ruoxu Wang Jan 2019

Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Ruoxu Wang

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jrsm 7530: Visual Media Theory & Practice (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught Jan 2019

Jrsm 7530: Visual Media Theory & Practice (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jrsm 1700: Survey Of Media (Syllabus), Candy Justice Jan 2019

Jrsm 1700: Survey Of Media (Syllabus), Candy Justice

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.


Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught Jan 2019

Jrsm 3900: Visual Media (Syllabus), Matthew J. Haught

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

No abstract provided.