This study focuses on the under researched social implications of anaphylactic food allergies in the communication discipline. Research explored how the disclosure of anaphylactic food allergies, identity, and interpersonal relationships impact one another through 10 in-person interviews with individuals diagnosed with anaphylactic food allergies. Drawing from existing scholarship in the...
Many Generation Z voters (born between 1997-2012) will come of age just in time for the 2020 election, and they are a population unlike any previous generation. The chiefly-digital manner in which they communicate and the varying issues they care about will be crucial for political candidates to understand, especially...
Fairytales were originally an oral tradition used to communicate past experiences and beliefs. Over time, fairytales were adapted into films, which allowed the producer to exercise great control over the messages. Walt Disney, with animated films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), revolutionized fairytales as films. The...
This thesis acts as a companion to my capstone film, 817 (2020), a personal documentary about my final years as an undergraduate student as experienced with my college cohort. My film exploits the filmmaker-subject relationship and the intrusive act of filming as a means of presenting personal circumstances situated within...
They Rage: A Documentation of Release and Resistance is a photo and interview series that documents women(+)’s process of relating to anger in a controlled environment. This piece aims to challenge the societal notion that women(+)’s anger should not be seen in the public sphere. Viewers are forced to acknowledge the...
The current anxieties and insecurities of identity felt by many in the wake of globalization exhibits a need for a shift in the way we see ourselves and the Other. In order to demonstrate one example of this shift, I will analyze a growing hip-hop scene heavily influenced by the...
The purpose of this study was to understand communicative issues of trust between residents of wildland-urban interfaces and land managers, and how residents make sense of fuel treatments. Residents are often surprised by the large scale of fuel treatment activities, which can lead to opposition. This study explores the problem...
Five years after the 2011 Arab Uprisings swept through the Middle East and North Africa, popular protests similarly took hold of the marginalized Rif region of northeastern Morocco. The 2016-17 Hirak movement demanded better treatment and less abuse from the authoritarian state, but they were met with an iron fist...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the nascent collegiate esports industry and the communities that have formed along with it. Specifically, the thesis aims to answer the questions of what the skills one can acquire through esports are, what is the nature of such communities, and how notions...
This study proposed and tested a model of transparent communication effectiveness on luxury brands. The term, luxury brand, can be defined into two categories: enduring and ephemeral. This study analyzes one brand, Hermès, and places the brand into the two categories as well as implementing strategies of transparency. Testing if...