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Full-Text Articles in Fine Arts
Bridging The Gender Gap: A Journey Of Women And Men In Communications Leadership, Steven Bruce Pelham
Bridging The Gender Gap: A Journey Of Women And Men In Communications Leadership, Steven Bruce Pelham
Theses and Dissertations
"Throughout history, there have been various gaps: racial, gender, income, education, skills gaps...society today is not any different"(Andrews, 2017). Despite advances to close these gaps, a large gap still remains in communications leadership: the gender gap. Approximately 75 percent of practitioners are female and female practitioners only make up 20 percent of senior-level positions (Oakes & Hardwick, 2017). Existing research suggests there are several reasons why a gap exists: an unconscious bias that favors male leaders (Devillard, Hunt, & Yee, 2018), only 60 percent of women have the confidence they can advance into leadership positions (KPMG, 2018), lack of mentorship …
"This Action Will Have Consequences": How The Video Game Life Is Strange Balances Entertainment With Empathy, Brittany Nicole Vance
"This Action Will Have Consequences": How The Video Game Life Is Strange Balances Entertainment With Empathy, Brittany Nicole Vance
Theses and Dissertations
This paper examines how the video game Life Is Strange balances the aims of an entertainment game with themes that are more typically found in serious games. Drawing from scholars like Belman, Flanagan and Bogost, the paper explores the capability for entertainment games to foster empathy within players. Finally, the paper attempts to reinforce frameworks for analyzing entertainment games.
So . . . We're Going For A Walk: A Placed-Based Outdoor Art Experiential Learning Experience, Priscilla Anne Stewart
So . . . We're Going For A Walk: A Placed-Based Outdoor Art Experiential Learning Experience, Priscilla Anne Stewart
Theses and Dissertations
Schools in the United States often emphasize making children competitive in a global economy while neglecting the importance of developing citizens who are ecologically responsible. Problems of climate change, loss of biodiversity, mass extinctions and degradation of the natural environment, are often ignored. Some researchers have suggested that children lack unstructured play time in nature, have an increased amount of screen time, lack mindfulness, and are insulated from the natural world. Many children rarely have significant experience with nature's wildness. It is common for people to experience a sense of placelessness in the hyper-mobility of present times where "globalizing" agendas …
Way-Finding: A New Approach To Studying Digital Communications, William Daniel Glade
Way-Finding: A New Approach To Studying Digital Communications, William Daniel Glade
Theses and Dissertations
This work further develops the way-finding model first proposed by Pearson and Kosicki (2017) which examines the flow of information in the digital age. Way-finding systems are online systems that help individuals find information—i.e. social media, search engines, email, etc. Using a grounded theory methodology, this new framework was explored in greater detail. Way-finding theory was created using the context of the elaboration likelihood model, gatekeeping theory, algorithmic gatekeepers, and the existence of the filter bubble phenomenon. This study establishes the three basic pillars of way-finding theory: the user’s mindset when accessing way-finding systems, the perception of how popular way-finding …
The New Face Of Business: Comparing Male And Female Gender Stereotypes In Multi-Level Marketing Facebook Posts In India, Hannah Elizabeth Chudleigh
The New Face Of Business: Comparing Male And Female Gender Stereotypes In Multi-Level Marketing Facebook Posts In India, Hannah Elizabeth Chudleigh
Theses and Dissertations
India's huge financial power and recent economic expansion have been supported by multi-level marketing (MLM) initiatives over the last decade. This type of business structure is notorious for having shady ethics and for enforcing traditional stereotypes, and as MLMs enter the Indian market, they find themselves navigating even more gender and race-based stereotypes. In India-a country where women have one of the lowest labor participation rates in the world and where advertisements have historically portrayed women as submissive-multi-level marketing companies' posts on social media can have large influences on how the public sees gender roles in business. To better understand …
All Signs Point To Profitability, Hannah Bender
All Signs Point To Profitability, Hannah Bender
Marriott Student Review
No abstract provided.
How Does The Artist Teacher Successfully Negotiate Being Both Artist And Teacher?, Marie Withers
How Does The Artist Teacher Successfully Negotiate Being Both Artist And Teacher?, Marie Withers
Theses and Dissertations
Around water coolers, faculty rooms, and classroom corners, art teachers discuss their concerns about maintaining a balance between making, teaching, and studying art. Research indicates there are advantages and disadvantages to commingling these activities, and about how these activities inform each other. The purpose of this study is to not only research what has been written, but also discover through interviews, using a narrative inquiry/case study approach, what living, breathing artist teachers are doing to that allows them to take advantage of the symbiotic nature of making, teaching, and studying art.
Evolving Collections, Nathan Thomas Williams
Evolving Collections, Nathan Thomas Williams
Theses and Dissertations
My art practice begins with the collecting, processing, and organizing of materials. Through experimentation, I have developed processes centered around a commitment of time and devotion to the plainest beauty of these found materials, their inherent properties, and related systems, making the resulting objects of order possible. Through my application of these personal ordering systems, I strive to bring intrigue and focus to the common and discarded. The process of finding and organizing common surplus materials has given me an understanding of myself, seeing things that may never have occurred were it not for these experiences. This practice has taken …
Aviary Of The Reverend William J. Long, Shae Lewis Warnick
Aviary Of The Reverend William J. Long, Shae Lewis Warnick
Theses and Dissertations
Humans perceive the natural world in a subjective and sensual way, yet over time science has turned the study of nature into a progressively objective pursuit. The Aviary of the Reverend William J. Long is an installation of anthropomorphic bird dolls that examines the roles of science and sentiment in our interactions with the natural world.
Refugees And Media Framing During The Refugee Crisis, Alyssa Carol Davidson
Refugees And Media Framing During The Refugee Crisis, Alyssa Carol Davidson
Theses and Dissertations
At the end of 2018, more than 68.5 million people were displaced from their homes. Of these displaced persons, 22.5 million of these people were forced to leave their homes and find safety in another country. These people are known globally as refugees. Many of these refugees in recent years have fled to Western countries in Europe and North America. This immigration and the general subject of refugees and their integration into their host countries have recently been a large subject for media. Many of these refugees came from countries and cultures that may carry stigmatic backgrounds including Middle Eastern …
Cross-Culture Research: Comparison Between Chinese And American Art Education, Ye Liang
Cross-Culture Research: Comparison Between Chinese And American Art Education, Ye Liang
Theses and Dissertations
Education systems in China and the United States are very different. Chinese educator Hong Wang compared the two education systems and came to a conclusion: Chinese education wins in the starting point, while American education wins in the end point (Cheng, 2014). Chinese students learn more things, take challenging courses, and do well in academic accomplishment. However, examination-oriented methods in the Chinese education system may kill students’ interest in learning. Even though Chinese students learned fast in the starting points, they failed in the terminal points as they lost their interest in learning (Chen, 2014). Many educators and scholars think …
An Artful Habitat:Creating An Environment For Divergent Expression, Marilyn Edna Bambrough
An Artful Habitat:Creating An Environment For Divergent Expression, Marilyn Edna Bambrough
Theses and Dissertations
Over the last century, teaching techniques and philosophies have changed extensively in the art classroom. Teaching methods have spanned a range that stretches from highly rigid, to self-expressive, more learner centered approaches. In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest and research regarding the role of creativity in visual art education. This research project focused on the qualities of effective art instruction using elements from a number of historical ideologies, with the intent to study creative development in students. The research used a case-study methodology informed by a reflective, action research methodology. Research was used to determine effective …
Why Can't Zelda Save Herself? How The Damsel In Distress Trope Affects Video Game Players, Jared Capener Hansen
Why Can't Zelda Save Herself? How The Damsel In Distress Trope Affects Video Game Players, Jared Capener Hansen
Theses and Dissertations
Research has unearthed an abundance of objectification and hypersexualization of female characters within video games. However, the recurring element of the damsel in distress trope is also harmful to the medium. This cliché of a helpless princess in need of a man to save her is a recurring element of The Legend of Zelda series. This experimental design tested the effects of a prototypical œsave the princess mission on players agreement to sexist statements on gender roles, objectification, and female dependency, and examined the factors of self-efficacy and gamer status as potential mediators. Participants played a modified version of a …
The Queen Of Aquatics:The 1849 Display Of The Victoria Regia Water Lily As Imperial Theatre, Katie Maurine Jarvis
The Queen Of Aquatics:The 1849 Display Of The Victoria Regia Water Lily As Imperial Theatre, Katie Maurine Jarvis
Theses and Dissertations
The Victoria regia was discovered in British Guiana in 1837, and for over ten years explorers and scientists tried different methods to transport viable seeds back to England. When the seeds were finally on British soil, no one could grow them successfully except Joseph Paxton, the head gardener for the Duke of Devonshire. Paxton built a special glass house at Chatsworth estate to mimic the tropical climate the Amazonian lily required, and created an innovative tank that was heated with coal and fitted with an apparatus to gently keep the water moving, replicating freshwater rivers. The œvegetable wonder, as it …
Reclaiming Female And Racial Agency: The Story Of Dido Elizabeth Belle Via Portrait And Film, Madison Blonquist
Reclaiming Female And Racial Agency: The Story Of Dido Elizabeth Belle Via Portrait And Film, Madison Blonquist
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
This paper explores the complex relationship between artists and their subjects, particularly with regard to race and gender. Using Niki Saint-Phalle’s definition of “truthful representation,” I consider the issues that race and gender pose to this ideal using the story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, an eighteenth-century aristocratic woman of mixed race. The intriguing life of Dido Elizabeth Belle is especially relevant to today’s evolving definition of intersectional feminism. Her portrait Painting of Dido Elizabeth Belle and her Cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray (1779, formerly attributed to Johann Zoffany) challenges the idea of “truthful representation” because it was presumably painted by a …
What Deepest Remains: How Photojournalistic Mutualism Between Robert Capa And Elmer W. Lower Shaped Modern Concepts Of World War Ii, Steven Holiday, Dale L. Cressman
What Deepest Remains: How Photojournalistic Mutualism Between Robert Capa And Elmer W. Lower Shaped Modern Concepts Of World War Ii, Steven Holiday, Dale L. Cressman
Faculty Publications
As American combat photographers documented the horrors and heroism of every front of World War II, photo editors worked behind the scenes to bring their images to publication. Matching photographers with assignments and selecting images that best told the story--all while navigating censorship, publication expectations, and intercultural societal norms--the photo editor was indispensable to the combat photographer. The partnership of Robert Capa and Elmer W. Lower exemplified such a mutualistic relationship. Whether serendipitous, as it was early in the war when Lower provided assistance in exchange for Capa's photos, or calculated, as it was later in the war when both …
Between, Kendal Nisson Bryan
Between, Kendal Nisson Bryan
Theses and Dissertations
I feel uncertain about my place in the world and it is necessary for me to discover how I am perceived by myself and by the world by exploring interior spaces. Interior spaces are both spaces of comfort, security, and permanence as well as vulnerability, uncertainty, and transcendence. My childhood home is an important drive in my work. It has caused me to think more about space and how the places we inhabit become more than just places we live in. They are places that hide our secrets, make their mark on us, and continue to live on with us …
Exploring Lds Missionary Blogs: How Culture Manifests In Self-Narratives Of Foreign Missionaries, Karina Marie Gathu
Exploring Lds Missionary Blogs: How Culture Manifests In Self-Narratives Of Foreign Missionaries, Karina Marie Gathu
Theses and Dissertations
Missionaries serving in foreign countries provide a unique perspective on culture that they chronicle on public blogs. A content analysis of these blogs showed that missionaries use their own cultural and religious frame to make observations, some good and some bad, about cultural habits and beliefs foreign to their own. Through the medium of blogging, we see how missionaries use self-narratives to understand and make sense out of differences in culture and beliefs that ultimately impact how they identify themselves.
Icarus: For Solo Viola And Orchestra, John C. Leavitt, Devan Freebairn
Icarus: For Solo Viola And Orchestra, John C. Leavitt, Devan Freebairn
Faculty Publications
Out of class, student-led project to compose and perform a new viola concerto, with an all-volunteer (mostly student) orchestra. Composition is based on the story of Icarus, his imprisonment with his father in the labyrinth of Crete, their escape, and Icarus’ downfall when he flew too close to the sun.
Art Furniture, Report Of Creative Research Grant Results, David C. Babcock, Doug Stout
Art Furniture, Report Of Creative Research Grant Results, David C. Babcock, Doug Stout
Journal of Undergraduate Research
As a senior in the Department of Visual Arts: Industrial Design program I elected to design and build a series of creative furniture pieces as a senior B.F.A. project. The Industrial Design program at B.Y.U.. is a product design program with a slight bent towards transportation design. My particular interest in furniture aspects of product design led to a self-initiated education experience. I received a great deal of help and support from: Neil Hadlock and Brian Christensen of the Visual Arts Department Sculpture Program and Kip Christensen of Industrial Education Program.
Advertising And Consumer Awareness, Garron K. Belnap, Dr. Dan Stout
Advertising And Consumer Awareness, Garron K. Belnap, Dr. Dan Stout
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In order to learn more about the differences between the perceived effects and the actual effectiveness of advertising, which is rampant in the media today, a survey of 77 human subjects was conducted. The only qualification of subjects was the number of hours of television he or she watches in a week. I ignored all other demographics such as age, gender, and race.
Progress Report On A Web-Based Index Of Merrill Bradshaw’S Compositions, Daniel Bradshaw, Murray Boren, David Day
Progress Report On A Web-Based Index Of Merrill Bradshaw’S Compositions, Daniel Bradshaw, Murray Boren, David Day
Journal of Undergraduate Research
As indicated by the title of this report, the index of Merrill Bradshaw’s compositions is still in the making. Although I expected this project to expand as I entered into the details of finding, collecting and indexing all of Bradshaw’s compositions, I was still surprised at how much time it took me just to find and collect. Thus far, I have collected information from the HBLL and Performance Libraries, worked with Mr. Day and Dr. Bradshaw to arrange the transport of materials toBYU, and filed the compositions for the archives of the HBLL. Though the final goal of this research …
Summary Of Creative Research Grant Results And Artistic Statement Of “Dance: Expressions Of Life”, Natalie Rhodes Wilson, Pat Debenham
Summary Of Creative Research Grant Results And Artistic Statement Of “Dance: Expressions Of Life”, Natalie Rhodes Wilson, Pat Debenham
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Over the course of this year my creative project entitled, “Dance: Expressions of Life,” has evolved from portraying a tragic accident in my life to encompassing a lifetime of internal growth that includes more than the accident itself. The concluding stages of the work are still in progress. The final performance is scheduled to be held in the Richard Building Theatre in December 1997.
The Dna Molecule: A 3d Computer Animation, Thomas Wheeler, Brent Adams
The Dna Molecule: A 3d Computer Animation, Thomas Wheeler, Brent Adams
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The project I have completed, with the help of the ORCA scholarship, as my BFA project for Illustration includes a 25 page research paper and a 1 minute 30 second computer animated film called Revealing DNA. Research for the project began in February 1997, and the entire project was completed by July 1997. The film, printed scenes from the film, and the paper were displayed at the BFA show in the Brimhall Gallery from August 1 – August 17.
Thanatology, Kristen Walker Smith, Cathy Black
Thanatology, Kristen Walker Smith, Cathy Black
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Having lost my own father to cancer when I was seven I felt that my modern dance choreographic senior project would be a wonderful opportunity to explore both dance and death. I was excited to portray through movement the emotions associated with death and dying. I felt that with my in depth research I would be able to come to some sort of conclusion concerning both subjects. However I found, as cheesy as it sounds, that the more I learned the less I knew for sure.
Discovering The Egg: An Investigation Into The Art Of Solo Performance In Dance, Marney Schaumann, Pat Debenham
Discovering The Egg: An Investigation Into The Art Of Solo Performance In Dance, Marney Schaumann, Pat Debenham
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The elements of choreography and performance are vital to the craft of a dancer. All dancers in a University setting invest a majority of their time studying both disciplines. Choreography is an outlet of expression, a journey, a process, that dancers use to explore the world around them, and the people, places, emotions, and ideas in it. Performance is the culmination and fruition of the time, energy, and effort put into choreography. It is the presentation of a refined idea in motion.
Psychological Implications For A Performing Artist, Kristin Silvestro, Pam Musil
Psychological Implications For A Performing Artist, Kristin Silvestro, Pam Musil
Journal of Undergraduate Research
As a modern dance major at Brigham Young University and a frequent stage performer I have always been interested in learning about the full potential of the body and how to call upon it as needed. As performing artists, dancers are constantly training themselves to reach an optimal level of performance every time they are on stage. What does it take to reach a “peak performance” or enter “the zone” as many researchers in the athletic field call it? While there are obviously physiological implications to consider when evaluating peak performance, I would like to focus on the frequently overlooked …
Botany Pond Sculptural Installation Review, Chuck Switzer, Brian Christensen
Botany Pond Sculptural Installation Review, Chuck Switzer, Brian Christensen
Journal of Undergraduate Research
I guess I can write about a couple of the different aspects of this project. I am under the assumption that a paper of this nature is intended to be a report on how and why I did this project and how I interpret its results. This said, I will continue.
The Public Relations Failures In Hispanic Immigration Since September 11, Stephanie Smith, Richard Long
The Public Relations Failures In Hispanic Immigration Since September 11, Stephanie Smith, Richard Long
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Hispanic immigration is one of the most far reaching issues in America, but ironically it is also one of the most ignored. Despite approximately eight million immigrants currently living in the country illegally, 60 percent of whom are Mexicans, there appears to be no end to the mounting numbers. These immigrants are appearing to make a significant impact to the growth of the US economy, however. The total number of low-skilled jobs will increase from 53.2 million in 2000 to 60.9 million by 2010. As native-born Americans continue receiving higher educations, Hispanic immigrants will be relied upon to fill that …
The Relationship Between Music Education And Mathematical Achievement, Rebekah L. Stuetz, Dr. Paul Broomhead
The Relationship Between Music Education And Mathematical Achievement, Rebekah L. Stuetz, Dr. Paul Broomhead
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the extra-musical benefits of music education. In particular, the study of the relationship between musical instruction and mathematical achievement, or spatial-temporal reasoning, has received a great deal of publicity. This research, known as neuromusicology, has become a platform for the advocacy of a child’s right to receive a music education in the public school setting. However, there are many music educators who have justifiable reservations regarding this platform. There appear to be two inherent problems in using neuromusicology research as a basis for advocacy in music education: the misapplication and …