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This project focuses on techniques contemporary American poets use in their work. Ten different poetry collections are analyzed for dominant writing styles and techniques, which I then apply to my own poems, concentrating on modeling that particular poet. I then reflect on those poems through an evaluation of my writing process, how those techniques were implemented, and how they affected the poem. In addition to these reviews and reflections, I also wrote three articles about the literary community and what I've learned from my interactions in that community. All these materials are organized into a website, which shows the connections between the different writings via links and menus. Creating this website brings all the materials together to demonstrate my growth as a poet, writer, and designer. This heavy focus on poetry and analysis has helped sharpen my critical thinking skills and has better prepared me for a career in design and journalism.
ContributorsHansen, Elizabeth Sarah (Author) / Murphy, Patricia (Thesis director) / Savard, Jeannine (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of English (Contributor) / Hugh Downs School of Human Communication (Contributor) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Contributor)
Created2015-05
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Although smaller and more local elections could have implications more dramatic to an individual than larger district-, state-, and nation-wide elections do, very few citizens vote in them. Moreover, citizens are limited in procuring further information on candidates, issues, and the overall election when there are fewer sources of such information across various mediums. While existing literature on political communication and voter participation does not yet extend far enough to sufficiently address the most local aspects of media effects on elections, the political science field’s dominating frameworks would suggest that an increase in news media, social media, and ground mobilization tactics would increase civic engagement and voter participation. My research, which focuses on hyperlocal elections, both supports andrefutes certain elements of that suggestion. Based on surveys of potential voters in a university’s student government election and a school board election, interviews with two student government presidential candidates, and an analysis of social media engagement, my research compares three mass media platforms and two elections to characterize the effects of media on hyperlocal elections—that certain tactics have drastically different results on different populations. My research expands the body of media and politics knowledge to include hyperlocal elections, suggesting that civic engagement on the local levels require increased further study.
ContributorsRomanov, Andrew Samuilovich (Author) / Wells, David (Thesis director) / Brodie, Mark (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / Department of English (Contributor) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor)
Created2015-05
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In a cross memoir and essay format, I examine what connection barriers veterans face when communicating with civilians. I interviewed veterans after adapting an interview schedule and model release form. Additionally, I researched creative nonfiction, guided autobiography, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. I chose to focus mainly on soldiers returning from recent conflicts. Once I collected my interviews, I synthesized the stories I heard with personal memoir. The thesis focuses on three parts: coming home, communication barriers, and connection. Weaving in both my personal reflection and the voices of the soldiers I interviewed, I evaluate possible ways veterans and civilians fail to connect. I address the discrepancy between the apparent warm reception of soldiers and the feelings of disconnection soldiers express by noting the ways in which both the solider and the civilian struggle to communicate. Looking at reintegration struggles, I briefly note the transition difficulty post deployment soldiers face. From the responses I received, I reflect on how empty gestures, perceived ignorance, and an outsider effect contribute to communication barriers between soldiers and veterans. While I address how ignorance can be broken down into misunderstanding military jargon, detaching from war, hearing euphemisms, and having expectations, I also consider the ways in which situation and vagueness surrounding the war contribute to communication barriers surrounding perceived ignorance. From my reflection of communication barriers, I offer tools for soldiers and veterans making connections. I recommend that both soldiers and civilians stay informed about the military engagements as best they can, deconstruct expectations and generalizations, use empathy and active listening, and start being direct. Knowing the nuanced complexity of war and communication, I weave in my own reflections in contribution to the larger conversation.
ContributorsFletcher, Jessica Marie (Author) / Wells, Cornelia (Thesis director) / deLusé, Stephanie (Committee member) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / Department of English (Contributor) / College of Letters and Sciences (Contributor) / Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2016-05
ContributorsHackbarth, Glenn, 1949- (Director) / Brouwer, Monique (Performer) / Starling, Jana (Performer) / Austin, Liana (Performer) / Stein, Derek (Performer) / Waleczek, Jennifer (Performer) / Branch, Sonja (Performer) / Nottingham, Douglas (Performer) / Hodjati, Katayoon (Performer) / Contemporary Music Ensemble (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2003-12-01
ContributorsCarter, Melanie (Performer) / Hickman, Miriam, 1955- (Performer) / Alzamora, Marisin (Performer) / Hovhannisyan, Gor (Performer) / Jasinski, Nathan (Performer) / Lin, Shumin (Performer) / Molberg, Keith (Performer) / Allred, Amy (Performer) / Williams, Rebecca (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2002-03-02
ContributorsChang, Tzu-Hsien (Performer) / Lin, Shumin (Performer) / Patel, Ajay (Performer) / Jensen, Kristin (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2005-04-08
ContributorsShih, Yeh-Yu (Performer) / Ayau, Joel (Performer) / Chang, Tzu-Shein (Performer) / Lin, Shumin (Performer) / Crichlow, Steven (Performer) / Heitlinger, Steven (Performer) / Morales, Michelle (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2005-05-01
ContributorsHackbarth, Glenn, 1949- (Director) / Brouwer, Monique (Performer) / Starling, Jana (Performer) / Wytko, Joseph (Performer) / Peterson, Julian (Performer) / Hodjati, Katayoon (Performer) / Austin, Liana (Performer) / Stein, Derek (Performer) / Contemporary Music Ensemble (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2003-10-10
ContributorsCarter, Melanie (Performer) / Herbert, Jacob W. (Performer) / Alzamora, Marisin (Performer) / Dunaway, Holly (Performer) / Greer, Amy (Performer) / Heitlinger, Steven (Performer) / Stein, Derek (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2003-02-22
ContributorsFlickinger, Nikolaus (Performer) / Frank, Elijah (Performer) / Veloz, John (Performer) / Brouwer, Monique (Performer) / Gerber, Elizabet (Performer) / Hawley, Kendra (Performer) / Speck, Laura (Performer) / Gordon, Matt (Performer) / Stein, Adele (Performer) / Ochi, Naoko (Performer) / Sather, Curt (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2006-04-03