Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Reagan’S Make America Great Again And Fantasy Theme Analysis, Dylan Ureno

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

The Ethics Of Entertainment In The Hunger Games, Ella Campbell

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

Downplaying Deception: An Analysis Of Elizabeth Holmes’ Methods Of Persuasion, Lauren Byrum

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

A Study Of Campus Dress Code Knowledge And Practice At Liberty University, Allison Clark

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Theoretical Proposal

The Power Of A Well-Told Story: A Narrative Criticism Of Barack Obama’S 2004 Dnc Keynote Address, Grace Mallory

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

"It's Not What It Looks Like!": Motivations And Responses To Infidelity, Jessica C. Cochrane

Student Scholar Showcase

The topic of infidelity is taboo and often perceived negatively, however, it still occurs frequently. What motivates people to commit infidelity? How do people respond to infidelity committed by those they know? This paper takes the opinions of college-aged subjects into consideration through use of paper surveys to discover how young adults perceive infidelity; both why it gets committed and how they would respond to such an act. Subjects were grouped into sex, classification, whether they have committed infidelity or not, and whether they have been cheated on or not. The results that were found were not all expected. It …

After Writing 730 Newspaper Columns Over 13 Years –Important Lessons Learned And Advice To Others, Don Daake, Edward Piatt

Scholar Week 2016 - present

Dr. Don Daake, Ph.D. (Florida State 1995), Business Professor Emeritus, and Dr. Edward Piatt, Ed.D. (ONU 2011), MBA Adjunct, share their secrets about writing and actually getting published. They are particularly interested in faculty and students who would like to join them as co-authors or anyone who enjoys writing and wants to get published. To paraphrase an old adage, "If a tree falls in the forest with no ears to hear, does it make a sound. It matters not for the tree has fallen." Our version “If you write something and practically no one reads it, have you really written …

Critical Thinking In The Age Of Misinformation: Information Literacy For Citizenship, Tamra Ortgies-Young, Jennfer Lobo Meeks, Barbara Robertson

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

As recent political events across the globe have shed a light on the fragility of democratic values, the role of the University in creating a framework for civic education becomes more urgent. Informed, caring and engaged citizenry must be a goal of higher education. Students currently face the emergence of faulty types of information - such as misinformation and disinformation, which undermines the notion of collective or public inquiry, not only within universities, but also within society as a whole. This challenge must be acknowledged and addressed by academic institutions.

Session presenters will provide an overview of their work, “Critical …