Assignment List

Communication Inquiry:

• COME 384 Tetrad Essay
  • I conducted a tetrad analysis of the app Tinder based on literature from Marshall McLuhan. 

• COME 468 Research Proposal
  • I examined the effect of media sexualization on body satisfaction of young adults, and proposed a method to conduct research based on previous literature.

• COME 380 Final Project
  • I conducted a study in a group about hookup culture on campus based on previous literature we analyzed. 

• COME 252 Research Project
  • I learned about the different roles a journalist has and how they have changed in the past years, and compiled my findings into a paper.

Messages Appropriate to Audience, Purpose, and Context:

• COME 352 Dissemination Project
  • I wrote a blog post about gender norms in the media and how they affect young children.

• COME 331 Poster Project
  • I created a poster analyzing the top 20 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and their music videos in the context of male gaze.

• COME 124 Mass Media Oral History Project
  • I conducted an interview with my grandmother about mass media during her time, and compiled my findings into a  poster to present.

• COME 380 Final Project
  • After learning about hookup culture, I put my findings into a poster that was relevant to the audience I studied: college students.

Critically Analyze Messages:

• COME 380 Episode Content Analysis
  •  I analyzed an episode of Friends for the meaning of the characters’ communication with each other and the broader impact it had. 
    

• COME 122 Social Experiment
  • After learning about expectancy violation theory, I tried my own experiment to see how it would work on my roommate, and then reported on how the communication played out.

• COME 331 Poster Project
  • Using the music videos from the Billboard Hot 100, I found instances of male gaze and interpreted their broader meaning.

• COME 467 Production Techniques Essay
  •  I analyzed the different production techniques for a particular scene in a movie, and the broader meaning they had and what they added to the film.