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It Takes A Village: Residents’ Perceptions Of Mount Prospect’S Place Branding, Jenna Strauss
It Takes A Village: Residents’ Perceptions Of Mount Prospect’S Place Branding, Jenna Strauss
Masters Theses
The Village of Mount Prospect has heard a fair share of negative critiques about the village’s branding; however, officials have not yet taken the initiative to rebrand. As stated by a village official, the village needs to understand what residents think about the branding before considering a rebrand. This knowledge offers valuable insight into what branding elements are liked/valued by residents, but also whether a rebrand would cause resistance or a mini crisis. Place branding literature highlights that residents determine the authenticity of a place brand (Braun et al., 2013), so Mount Prospect officials seek to make future branding decisions …
Persuasion, Marita Gronnvoll
Persuasion, Marita Gronnvoll
Syllabi
This class will study symbolic communication intended to influence beliefs, attitudes, values, andbehaviors. The course will focus on the critical assessment of persuasive messages, with additionalattention to the theories and research behind persuasive message construction.
Communication & Popular Culture, Marita Gronnvoll
Communication & Popular Culture, Marita Gronnvoll
Syllabi
This course examines popular culture and the emergence of mass culture in the United States. Itstarts from the premise that popular culture, far from being a frivolous or debased alternative to“high culture”, is in fact an important site of popular expression, social instruction, and culturalconflict, and thus deserves critical attention. We examine theoretical texts that help us to “read”popular culture, even as we study specific forms and artifacts of popular culture: from televisionshows to Hollywood movies, graphic novels to advertisements, and popular music to fiction.Throughout the course, we ground what we call “culture” in political, economic, and socialcontexts. We pay …
Writing Cross-Culturally: A Mental Health Fotonovela For The Younger U.S. Latino Population, Isabella Garza
Writing Cross-Culturally: A Mental Health Fotonovela For The Younger U.S. Latino Population, Isabella Garza
Undergraduate Honors Theses
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A Comparative Study Of Visual Communication Education And Graphic Arts Curriculums In The High Schools Of Illinois, Gary E. Hinkle
A Comparative Study Of Visual Communication Education And Graphic Arts Curriculums In The High Schools Of Illinois, Gary E. Hinkle
Masters Theses
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