COME 124: Conglomerate Paper
- During my sophomore year, I wrote one of my first communication papers. I was assigned 20th Century Fox from a list of media conglomerates, and with this paper, I discussed the company’s history, subsidiaries, recent acquisitions/selloffs, global presence, synergy, and controversy. I believe this is engaging in communication inquiry because 20th Century Fox is/was a major media company, and an important part of media research is learning some of the larger names in the business
COME 324: Drunk Driving Paper
- In my junior year, I took a Persuasion class, and in it we had a group project as our final. In this assignment we needed to create a public service announcement and release it in some way. We chose to make a Facebook page and post a series of articles, videos, and documents talking about the dangers of drunk driving. We took some inspiration from one of the Budweiser Super Bowl commercials discussing the same topic. This paper engages with communication inquiry because public service announcements are very prevalent in the communication field, and it is important to be able to efficiently send a message in order to discuss such relevant issues.
COME 329: Good Citizen Essay
- I wrote the Good Citizen essay during my senior year for my Political Communication. The paper is a self-reflection essay, and takes on the question if one follows Hall and Sinclair’s three parameters of being a good citizen: a shared identity, a knowledge of the issues facing society, and active engagement in civic life. I included this essay in the communication inquiry category because it is important to be able to consider one’s place in the political world, and the responsibilities that each citizen has in society.
COME 384: Tetrads Essay
- The Tetrads Essay examines Marshall McLuhan’s theory that each new form of media works through four tetrads: what it enhances, what it retrieves, what it flips when pushed to its limits, and what it obsolesces. I studied Discord, a communication app mainly used for gaming. Even though gaming isn’t taken very seriously in the academic world, even programs such as these can be applied for serious consideration. I wrote this paper for my Communication Technology and Social Change class.
