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S8e9: What’S The Music Scene Like At Umaine?, Ron Lisnet, Francis Vogt

The Maine Question

The University of Maine is home to 18 formal vocal and instrumental ensembles and many informal musical groups, each one with a distinct sound that enriches the academic and cultural life on campus. Many of these groups welcome students of all majors and community members. These performers tour Maine, New England and beyond, promoting the artistic offerings of the university with their voices and instruments.

In this episode of “The Maine Question,” Francis Vogt, director of choral programs and two student performers, will discuss what the music scene is like at UMaine.

And The Oscar Goes To... Tiktok, Dawson Bley

Senior Honors Theses

Companies have been forced to take note of the emerging social media app, TikTok, which has attracted more than a billion users to its platform and invited businesses into an uncharted market ready to be exploited. By seeking to understand and employ the unique features which have led to TikTok’s far-reaching success, many companies can similarly improve their position. In particular, traditional movie companies, which have recently suffered blows at the box office due to factors such as competition with online streaming, could benefit from an analysis of this tech to restore lost engagement and revenue. Specifically, how can the …

A Study Of The Impact Of Us Department Of Defense And Movie Industry Cooperation On Military Application Rates, Lindsay Varzarevsky

Honors College Theses

Using data from the Military Entertainment Media Liaison Office and the US Center for Naval Analyses, this paper examines the impact of cooperation between the Department of Defense and movie producers on military application rates. Multiple regression model results determine that movies which utilize the entertainment liaison facilities of the Department of Defense generate an increase in male and female applicants in the movies’ release year. In addition, applications from individuals from the Black population increase with a two-year lag after the movie release year. This study establishes that government institutions have an effect on media, which influences perceptions and …

How Interesting Is This To You: Rating The Interestingness Of Auditory Clips, Hanna Zakharenko, James R. Unverricht, Yusuke Yamani

Psychology Faculty Publications

Modern technological environments integrate multiple devices, competing for limited attentional resources of users. This study aimed to validate the auditory stimuli used in Horrey et al. (2017) with a college student population and examine the psychological structure of task engagement. Thirty-nine students listened to thirty-nine auditory stimuli used in Horrey et al. (2017) for their level of engagement. Participants rated how interesting they found the material on a slider from -7 (boring) to 7 (interesting) while listening to each clip. Participants also rated levels of difficulty, entertainment, and likelihood to attend to each clip. Participants who rated high on difficulty, …

Efter Jobbet: En Inledande Diskussion Om Studiet Av Fritid, Leif Stenberg, Anders Ackfeldt

Faculty & Staff Publications

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Blockchain Technology And The Future Of Video Games, Is Presence Still Relevant?, Stef Nicovich, Jessica Scheld

Atlantic Marketing Journal

BlockChain technology has grown exponentially over the last several decades. Early on, cryptocurrency presented a substitute for hard currency as a way to purchase goods and services. Recently, cryptocurrency has entered the video game world. How cryptocurrency, which has value outside of a video game, may impact the virtual reality world, is an open question. Presence, or the state of being in an environment, will be affected by the ability to escape within video games as cryptocurrencies are used. As video games often provide a place to escape the real world, bringing the real world into the game may have …

What Goes Into Successful Diversity And Inclusion Initiatives In Entertainment? Lessons From Advocates Of Creative Talent, Lindsey Sands

Theses and Dissertations

Entertainment offers a powerful medium in reducing bias and prejudice. Therefore, its critical role in shaping bias through on-screen representation needs to be explored through people who work directly with writers, directors, and actors. This qualitative study aimed to determine the impact of diversity and inclusion approaches by interviewing 14 advocates of creative talent in the entertainment industry. The study explored the types of Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) initiatives prevalent in entertainment, the correlation between bias and prejudice reduction, and the perceived impact of these initiatives in improving environments. The study found that six themes emerged: access to relationships, highlighting …

Nigeria’S Cultural Policy And The Needs Of The Performing Arts, Chukwuma Anyanwu

International Review of Humanities Studies

Nigeria is a country reputed for its rich and diverse cultures from the multi-ethnic nationalities that make it up. Indeed, the diversity of traditions and cultures are evidenced in the nation’s more than four hundred and seventy (470) tribes. It is in the bid to ensure that each cultural entity is preserved, projected and promoted, that Nigeria has a cultural policy. The cultural policy is decidedly synonymous with the arts and artists since the arts and artists mainly generate the bulk of what materially, at least, constitutes culture. Of course, culture is derived from material and immaterial products all which …

Suicide Watch: How Netflix Landed On A Cultural Landmine, Shabnaj Chowdhury

Capstones

Following the premiere of the television series “13 Reasons Why” in 2017, Netflix stepped squarely on a cultural landmine, stirring controversy over its graphic depiction of teen suicide.

According to media experts, showing a teenager kill themselves on television was completely unprecedented. Mental health experts say the act has significant consequences for “at risk” audience members, or people who were already experiencing suicidal thoughts before watching the show. It is proven that entertainment, and television specifically, can strongly influence audience behaviors and thoughts.

Suicide is one of the only causes of deaths that’s on the rise in the United States, …

Telling The Good News, Allyson R. Escobar

Capstones

In light of recent clergy abuse scandals, cover-ups and leadership shake-downs, it is a divided time in the Catholic Church: but this isn’t the whole story. My final capstone project is a critical essay of how Catholicism (and religion overall) is represented in mainstream media--particularly in secular news publications and entertainment (horror films) in the United States. By examining the coverage and how conversations differ within members of the Catholic Church--from journalists and critics to active Catholics, religious men and women--this project calls for greater accountability, fairness, faith representation in all media, and the overall claim that there are Catholic …

Why Does Film And Television Sci-Fi Tend To Portray Machines As Being Human?, Edward Brennan

Conference Papers

This paper identifies, and attempts to explain, a lack of diversity in the way that cinema and television science fiction represents robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). Through a qualitative content analysis of recent film and television portrayals, it is argued, that a limited and limiting vision predominates. This limitation may serve to ideologically reinforce the power of corporate elites. It may also hamper discussion and debate around technological possibilities and their relationship with society.

There has been a slew of entertainment productions since 2013 that represent AI and robotics. This work examines Her (2013), Transcendence (2014), Interstellar (2014), Chappie (2015), …

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.

On The Convergence Of Cinema And Theme Parks: Developing A Predictable Model For Creative Design, Ryan Luke Terry

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this research study is to develop a model of information that will enable media conglomerates and other companies, with theme park investments, to make informed and effective decisions based on scholarly and empirical evidences. In order to do this, the following research study uses historic, scholarly, journalistic, and focus group evidences to consolidate the information necessary to create a model to support concepts and designs. The paper begins with establishing why it is important for media conglomerates, with theme park investments, to integrate cinema into the park’s design. Then it looks back through the history of cinema …

"Bring The Fan To The Game:" Football, Baseball, And The Transformation Of Sports Television Into Entertainment, Ethan Collins

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis analyzes the growing symbiosis of the sport-television relationship as it evolved during the 1960s. Professional football and baseball are primarily considered they demonstrate the ways television impacted local and national audiences. Football embraced television as a way to disseminate the game to a wider, national audience. Baseball, because of its long history as a local attraction, resisted the encroachment of television. Baseball prioritized the live game over the televised version, while football became more visually descriptive for viewers and took on characteristics of entertainment programming. These changes were technologically, industrially, and economically based, and this thesis discusses the …

"Spectacular Opacities": The Hyers Sisters' Performances Of Respectability And Resistance, Jocelyn Buckner

Theatre Faculty Articles and Research

This essay analyzes the Hyers Sisters, a Reconstruction-era African American sister act, and their radical efforts to transcend social limits of gender, class, and race in their early concert careers and three major productions, Out of Bondage and Peculiar Sam, or The Underground Railroad, two slavery-to-freedom epics, and Urlina, the African Princess, the first known African American play set in Africa. At a time when serious, realistic roles and romantic plotlines featuring black actors were nearly nonexistent due to the country’s appetite for stereotypical caricatures, the Hyers Sisters used gender passing to perform opposite one another as heterosexual lovers in …

Para-Romantic Love And Para-Friendships: Development And Assessment Of A Multiple-Parasocial Relationships Scale, Riva Tukachinsky

Communication Faculty Articles and Research

Parasocial-relationships (PSR) are viewers' imaginary relationships with media personae. Despite the growing body of research on PSR, the field is still lacking a clear conceptualization and precise measure of this phenomenon. The present study suggests a novel theorization of PSR as para-friendship and para-love. Study 1 demonstrates construct validity of a new Multiple-PSR scale using the logic of a multi-trait multi-method approach. Study 2 replicates the factorial solution using confirmatory factor analysis. Finally, Study 3 provides evidence for the criterion validity of the scales. Together, these findings suggest that PSR encompass several types of relationships that might mediate different media …

The Evolution And Impact Of Documentary Films, Amma Marfo

Senior Honors Projects

Long considered either high art or the bane of every student’s existence when a substitute teacher came to class, documentary film has developed into a popular and visible form of entertainment. As a result, they are starting to have a bigger effect on society, as they begin to address issues with the goal of informing the public and pushing for social change. This project will first address historical documentaries, the reasons that they were made, and what techniques were established that have carried through to documentary film today. My paper will then examine today’s documentary films, what techniques they use …

Ua1b2/1/4 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Ray Buckberry

WKU Archives Records

Interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Ray Buckberry, WKU alum.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Struck, Angela. Greek Division not Just Skin Deep
• Humphreys, Mack. Torture, Isolation Part of Prisoner of War Life – Ken Fleenor, Dewey Smith
• Reagan, Stan. Book Exchange Makes Bucks Later But Greater
• Reagan, Stan. Housing Woes Continue
• Vick, Scott. Applauds Associated Student Government Plan
• Wilder, Chris. Shuffled Student Empathizes with Men – East Hall
• Schock, Jack. Point Misleading
• Collins, Michael & Michael Collins. Name Sharing: the Long and Short of It
• Herald Staff Named for Spring
• Parson, Kim. Caffeine Before Exams Could Hurt Scores, Heart …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Collins, Michael A Move Toward Tradition – Politics
• Malmer, Victoria. A Change in Style: What’s Hot, What’s Not
• Struck, Angela. Wendy’s Clara Peller Greets Shoppers
• Lettenly, Corinne. Goof-Off Thursday Offers Rest
• Edelen, Mark. Counselors Will Ease Switch to New Phones
• Residents Should Start Packing – East Hall
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – East Hall
• Medley, Bryant. East Hall Should Stay Male
• Embry, Regina. Donations Can Help – St. Jude’s Hospital
• Colyer, David. Actors Expecting to Struggle for Recognition
• Swift, Kim. Clothes Encounters Exhibits Fashionable Campus …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Carlton, Chad & Victoria Malmer. Residents Irate Over Hall Switch – East Hall
• Gott, Doug. Con Ends with Capture of Greek Imposter – Fred Postlewaite, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Proposal for Dorm Inspection Fails
• Meehan, Mary. Big Brother May Already Be Here
• Embry, Hugh. Loves the Hill, East Hall
• Winner, Andrew. Upset by Eviction – East Hall
• Pethia, Robert. Statement Not True
• Haffner, Steve. Grade Squabble Shows Immaturity
• Broderick, Danny. Keep Beasts in East Hall
• Withers, Nell. Hopes Hasty Move is Reconsidered – East Hall
• Knapp, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Edelen, Mark. Potter College Accused of Grade Inflation
• Struck, Angela. Jail Stay Short, But not Sweet – Jeanette Fugate, Barbara Fugate, Laura Coin
• Emery, Matt. Right Attitude Helps Testy Students Cope
• Additions Improve Food Service
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon - Student Scrooge
• Meehan, Mary. College Life Dampens Christmas Cheer
• DeArmond, Don. Coverage Incorrect
• Colyer, David. Dancing Rat Definitely for Kids – Chuck E. Cheese
• Malmer, Victoria. Book Exchange Signup Will Begin Tomorrow
• Jones, Paige. Hanging of Green Kicks Off Season
• Robertson, Marcia. Homemade Presents Provide …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Robertson, Marcia. Fire Alarm Ignites Tempers – Bemis Lawrence Hall
• Humphreys, Mack. English Teachers Search for Time Savers
• Henigman, Louise. Top of the Tower Unveiled, Expanding Cafeteria Service – Pearce-Ford Tower
• Emery, Matt. Western Still Hopes for Wishes
• Students Must Value Teacher Evaluations
• O’Donnell, Beth. Bills Show Concern
• Hitchcock, Lisa. Book Exchange
• Zimmerman, Loree. Book Exchange
• Reagan, Stan. Book Exchange
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Book Exchange
• Malmer, Victoria. Associated Student Government Promotes Book Exchange
• Hanging of the Green Monday
• Swift, Kim. Costume Shop Keeps …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Edelen, Mark. Fund for State Research Considered by Council on Higher Education
• Humphreys, Mack. Strict Dorm Rules Made Women Toe the Line
• Paul, Steve. Republicans Back, Mitch McConnell Says
• Mietz, Melanie. Town Forums Focus on Schools
• Student Journalists Honored at Convention
• Letteney, Corinne. Students Give Passing Mark to Saturday English Exam
• Interfraternity Council Needs Truant Officer to Round Up Members
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Interfraternity Council
• Aguilar, Ondina. Musicians Teach Culture – Ecuadorians
• Peiz, Karen. Proposals Have Flaws
• Dezern, Craig. Experts Interpret Election, Lack …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Malmer, Victoria. French Students Attacked; Extortion Case Continues – Alain Bertoni, Gilles Bertocchi
• Malmer, Victoria. Student Government Plans to Organize Book Exchange
• Struck, Angela. Student Video Magazine Highlights Western Weekly
• Nonsense Scheduled
• Program to Provide Textbook Choice
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Textbooks from Santa Claus
• Reagan, Stan. Attendance Policy Needs Changing
• Parson, Kim & Mark Edelen. Council on Higher Education Looks at Teacher Education
• Interfraternity Council Accepts Nominations for Officers
• Jones, Paige. Scorchers Light Up Garrett Ballroom
• Dezern, Craig. White Myths Shade American Thinking …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Thomas, Steve. Racer Rolls to His Own Victory – David Beach
• Paul, Steve & Jamie Morton. Regents Delay Discussing Budget Changes
• Edelen, Mark. French Students Claim Extortion – Alain Bertoni, Gilles Bertocchi
• 2 Days Left Flu Shots
• Western Name Spreads Across Country with Wins
• Todd, Tim. Dislikes LaMont Jones Quitting
• Khatir, Carol. Miffed by Denied Vote
• Weigel, Richard. Upset by Account – Attendance Policy
• Weigel, Diane. Alpha Omicron Pi’s Help in Success
• Smith, Jack. Praises Big Red’s Roar, University Center Board
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Malmer, Victoria. LaMont Jones Drops Out of Associated Student Government Revote
• Jones, Paige. Gordon Liddy, Timothy Leary Trade Casual Barbs in Debate
• Edelen, Mark. No Action Expected on Athletic Freeze
• Graduate Faculty Load May Be Reduced
• Regents Will Handle Housekeeping
• Struck, Angela. Graduate Faculty Load May Be Reduced
• Pillow, Robert. Traditional Election Bungle Continues
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Associated Student Government
• Moore, Grace. Western Comes to Aid of Teacherless Class – Jerry Cunningham
• Urbanek, Kristi & Shelley Lepeman. Revote Unnecessary
• Zimmerman, Loree & Mike …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 18 (2nd), Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Swift, Kim. Collecting Group Task for Julius Rather
• Struck, Angela. Business Booms at Homecoming
• Humphreys, Mack. Students Support Ronald Reagan, Poll Shows
• Carlton, Chad. Ronald Reagan: Has Renewed Sense of Pride
• Paul, Steve. Walter Mondale: He’s Fighting for Your Future
• Rodriguez, Daniel. Thanks for Event
• Alexander, Doug. Fitness Story Unfit
• Swift, Kim. Walter Huddleston, Mitch McConnell Vie for Votes
• Offices Closed for Election
• Engraving Helps Stop Thieves
• Hutcherson, Jackie. Students, Teachers Learn the Basics of Dance
• Henigman, Louise. Monday Night Composer Series Jazzes Up Local …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Paul, Steve. Prosperity Under Ronald Reagan is Speech Topic – George Bush
• Emery, Matt. Local Youths Excited by Historic Day – George Bush
• Meehan, Mary. Political Flood Seems Fluke, not Trend
• Big Red the Choice to Head U.S.
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Big Red for President
• Wallace, Keith. Tim Todd Endorsed
• Parker, John. Leadership a Lasting, not Burning, Issue
• Colyer, David. Reverend Jerry Falwell Gets Mixed Response
• Swift, Kim. Big Red, Miss Piggy Join Presidential Campaign
• Jones, Paige. Tales of Terror Treat for Tellers …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Edelen, Mark. Vice President George Bush Will Visit Tomorrow
• Hutcherson, Jackie. International Day Joins Other Cultures
• Malmer, Victoria. Associated Student Government Wants to End Attendance Policy
• Attendance Ills Could Ensure Fairness
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Excused Absence
• Faculty Should Cancel for George Bush
• Masannat, George. Candidates Have Failed to Address Middle East
• Smith, Jack. Letter to the Editor re: Marching Band
• Record Numbers Vote in Election
• Humphreys, Mack. Vienna Choir Boys
• Major, David. Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin Join for an All-Around Good Movie
• Swift, …