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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Graphic Communications"”.
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Graphic Communications Teachers' Concerns and Beliefs Regarding Their Online Teaching of Graphic Communications Hands-On Classes
… online teaching methods, and in particular for Graphic Communications teachers, the extent to which their concerns and beliefs influence whether or not they decide to teach online. The potential problem that may exist is that of Graphic Communications teachers' concerns and beliefs are playing a …
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Competencies required of baccalaureate degree graduates from graphic communications programs
1 PDF file (144 pages)
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A study of important content for undergraduate graphic communications programs
1 PDF file (vii, 123 pages)
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Scratching protest: A study of graffiti as communication in universities in Thailand
This study examines the production of campus graffiti as an alternative communication channel and opportunity for Thai students in three universities in three different parts in Thailand. The writing of graffiti is deemed an illegal activity in Thailand, which makes its prevalence on the Thai …
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COHERENCE
<p><em>COHERENCE</em> is a series of oil paintings and pen drawings that explores open narratives, or different ways to read artwork. The paintings and drawings showcase harmony, or tension, between ambiguous and representational forms. The visual experience requires the viewer to create their own …
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Women as Subject and Audience in World War II Venereal Disease Posters
Internationally, venereal disease first became a major health concern during World War I. Venereal diseases were some of the most common infections and led to more hospitalizations among soldiers than wounds or battle-related illness. The Selective Service discovered that almost fifteen percent of …
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Older Women’s Stories of COVID-19 Loss: Communicated Narrative Sense-Making Through Photography
<p>The diverse array of challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic make it difficult to assess the full impact of this global health crisis. More than 300,000 older Americans died, leaving a nation of grieving survivors in their absence. This profound loss of life will undoubtedly inform the …
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Print to pixel: how can the cultural implications of mediated images and text be examined using creative practice?
Information in the twenty-first century is at our fingertips in an instant. Through the technology of the mobile phone, computer, and television, we are alerted to information of international, national, local, and personal significance. The aim of this research is to establish that creative …
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Translating Transformative Human Rights Education through Visual Languages & Informal Spaces
<p>This project examines methods, theories, and practices of translating human rights education through multiple vernaculars. Developed as a workshop in sociocultural syntax deconstruction and an educational human rights education website focused on the domestic population of the US, the project …
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Why, New York City? Gauging the Quality of Life Through the Thoughts of Tweeters
… word patterns, and sentiment leanings in a geographical area. Focusing on New York City and Los Angeles for comparative analysis, the keyword term “why” will be used to build a Python analysis around topic modeling and sentiment analysis. Using this approach, the analysis reveals social and …
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MOOD: A Zine Exploring the Value of Youth-Oriented Media
… represent only a fraction of the demographics they serve.</p> <p>Youth denote one of the most frequently misrepresented groups, with very few practical opportunities for young people to make decisions about the texts available to them. A jarring absence of youth participation in media …
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What Does One Billion Dollars Look Like?: Visualizing Extreme Wealth
<p>The word “billion” is a mathematical abstraction related to “big,” but it is difficult to understand the vast difference in value between one million and one billion; even harder to understand the vast difference in purchasing power between one billion dollars, and the average U.S. yearly …
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other oceans, other skies
<p>I create immersive installations, performances, and time-based media artworks that delve into stories of belonging, feminism, and language as power. These stories offer a potential for transformation from viewer to participant and a shift in how our world is seen and experienced. Through an …
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Open Source Micro Diplomas: New Credentials for New Learning
<p>The standard model for college in America—a four-year bachelor’s degree that teaches critical thinking, analytic reasoning, and written communication skills—is unaffordable and unattainable for most Americans. Only about a third of citizens aged 25 and over have achieved a baccalaureate degree …
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On the Provenance of Software Systems: Automating Software Traceability with Knowledge Graph and Large Language Model Synergy
<p>The present dissertation delineates a system that enables those engaged in software development to automatically generate and maintain project life cycle provenance. All projects are implemented and made manifest with the development of artifacts, e.g., papers, code files, etc. Tools exist to …