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Social Media, Humor, and Crisis Health Communication: Humor Used to Inform Over Social Media During COVID-19
Get PDFWith the recent events of COVID-19, it is necessary to examine how everyday citizens responded to the public health messages delivered by The Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. government and how these responses revealed and impacted the effectiveness of the organization’s messages. Furthermore, it is important to consider the potential humor has as an information spreading tool within the collaborative medium of social media. This study analyzes three different digital humor artifacts using a chronological rhetorical analysis in order to understand how we communicate health crisis initiatives over social media. The research findings show the change in humorous reactions on social media as the CDC’s messaging changed and became more solidified. This insight demonstrates the necessity for messaging to be more focused and solidified throughout an organization and their affiliates because of social medias participatory nature. The public can provide their feedback, change the message, and/or spread the message. This is important because it is difficult for organizations to be the first to address an issue while also having a concise organized plan. This research also revealed that using humor to cope and increase engagement are prominent within the digital medium of social media and has the potential to have a further reach because of the sharing nature of social media
Can Heartburn Drugs Fight Cancer?
No full textMany people are prescribed drugs like Prilosec and Prevacid to treat their heartburn symptoms. But what if those same drugs could fight cancer? Randall Reif says heartburn drugs could have the potential to revolutionize the way we treat certain cancers
Theatre Senior Project - Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show
No full textThis project is a documentation of my journey through portraying an iconic character in my own manner of expression. The Rocky Horror Show holds immense weight as a staple of American culture since it\u27s release in the 1970s, and I maneuvered through honoring the legacy of the show while also opening myself and the character of Columbia up for personal influence and interpretation
East Versus West: The National Gallery of Art’s Relationship to Modern Art and Architecture
Get PDFThe National Gallery of Art is a modern piece of art itself throughout its split galleries; the West Building (the original) and the East Building (the addition). This study seeks to identify the importance of the East Building in relation to modern architecture and modern and contemporary art through three main means: materials, its fit into Washington, D.C.’s research field, and how it is possibly the first instance of the “Guggenheim Effect.” By examining the materiality and spatial atmosphere of the East Building, I discuss the influences for I.M. Pei’s extraordinarily contemporary design. Then, how the East Building has evolved the styling of the architecture of art museums after it like the Guggenheim family of museums
The Garden of Secrets and Truths
Get PDFThis essay, entitled “The Garden of Secrets and Truths,” was written for ENGL 470C-01, Seminar in Creative Writing: Nonfiction, with Professor Colin Rafferty. This piece consists of excerpts from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden coupled with nonfiction flash essays about life, growing up, and ambition. This essay was born from the “Public Domain” challenge in this course which prompted students to take a work of literature that is within the Public Domain and use it as a springboard to tell their original nonfiction story or stories. It follows a sort of call-and-response pattern where a quote from The Secret Garden is followed by an “In Other Words,” which is a brief and subjective summation of the quote as relating to the nonfiction elements of the essay, followed by a flash nonfiction essay. This essay uses form, as well as references to a classic work of children’s fiction to depict the snippets and interminglings of a life
An Intersectional Feminist Look at Bridgerton
Get PDFAbstract: The representation in TV shows are proven to impact the way people come to view themselves and other groups of people. Therefore, casting decisions play a critical role in dismantling the patriarchy, white supremacy, and heteronormativity. Season 1 of Bridgerton was praised for bringing a diverse cast to the Regency era. This study aims to determine whether or not Bridgerton is an intersectional feminist show. In order to do this, I used a content analysis approach and looked for emergent themes. I argue that the show fails to be an intersectional feminist one because gender, race, and sexuality never come together: the white women were the challengers of gender norms, the only gay people shown to exist were two white men, and race was essentially not addressed and various racial tropes were used. Bridgerton failed to recognize that in order to make an impact, more steps need to be taken other than only having a diverse cast. When compared to past shows, Bridgerton is a step in the right direction, however there is still a long way to go
Queer Representation in the Scream Franchise
Get PDFThis paper is an exploration of queer representation across the Scream film franchise. The original Scream premiered in 1996 and in 2022 and the series was rebooted with new characters that are the second generation of the characters in the first film. The direct parallels between the films allow for an analysis of how representation has grown with the times. The ultimate goal of this paper was to investigate two different aspects of on screen representation: quantity (how many queer characters are shown?) and quality (Are they queer coded? Are they shown to actually be queer? Do they embody queer stereotypes? Are they a main character? Do they have a personality and exhibit behaviors beyond their queerness?). More recently productions are working towards adding more diversity on screen, but the desire to be seen as diverse begs the question of quality. Many tv shows and movies will add diverse characters purely to capitalize on the fact that they are a “diverse” production. Quality checking these characters to see if they are given a main role, have a complex character, and are more than just a stereotype is more important than ever. Ultimately, this paper answers the research question, “How has the quality and quantity of queer representation in the Scream franchise changed over time to reflect modern values?
How Service Animals Are Discussed in Social Media
Get PDFThe role of service animals (SA) in public life is often disputed online where people show their emotion, feelings, and experiences with SAs or as an SA handler. The purpose of this study was to examine how public social media discusses service animals using the hashtag #service animal. Instagram posts regarding the hashtag #serviceanimal were studied under an inductive approach to content analysis using open coding. The results show that service animals are spoken of in a positive light in public social media posts which is contradictory to the physical public’s perception. There is great responsibility bestowed upon service animals to loyally protect and serve their handlers. Many people have trouble understanding this concept without first-hand experience. Social media can be a means of educating within and outside the service animal community on proper etiquette and manners surrounding service animals
Becoming Barbara from Nickel and Dimed
No full textThis blog follows Shannon Hardy\u27s discoveries, challenges, and growth throughout the rehearsal and performance process of Nickel and Dimed. Playing the role of Barbara Ehrenreich who tells her true story through this play, Hardy considers the importance of the production as the first back in Klein Theatre from COVID-19, including the challenges that came along with that fact. Nickel and Dimed follows low-wage workers and the challenges they face, and Hardy explains what she has learned about our world through the research and character preparation process of this play. Get a look into the mind of an actor as she gains confidence and friendship while completing her senior project, reflecting on her past at UMW Theatre, as well as her future
A Dramaturgical Guide to Julius Caesar
No full textThe goal of this website is to document the process in which I collected and distributed historical analyses and important information to the actors of UMW Theatre\u27s Julius Caesar performed in the first two weeks of March, 2022. There are guides to the play itself, historical context regarding the production and setting of the play, and the dramaturgical process completed while working on the show. Julius Caesar has been done hundreds of ways, with political tensions at the time of the production playing a role in the themes emphasized on stage. Researching the play and connecting the actors to the history and themes of the play is crucial for the outcome of the performance, and this website aims to relate the actors to the world of the play and introduce them to the historical complexities of both the setting and the time period it was written in