Mass Communication Theory Final Paper – Political Party Affiliation: Why People Engage with Certain News Channels, December of 2019- This paper looked to explain why people watch certain news channels based on their political views. It was a paper that looked to explain how we would conduct our research and what methods we would use in order to reach our research goals. This research would help learning how to conduct our own research and provide a string base on how we would go about our own research method. file:///C:/Users/josep/Downloads/Final%20Research%20Paper%20%20COME%20468A.pdf
Crisis Communication Final Paper – The Image Repair Strategies in the Case of Kareem Hunt, June of 2019 – This paper looked at the image repair of NFL star running back, Kareem Hunt, and how he went about his image repair strategy. It looks at certain categories of image repair such as denial, mortification, reducing offensiveness, and corrective action. This paper was created so that we could dive deeper into what people have to do when a crisis hits and how they go about reapir their images. file:///C:/Users/josep/Downloads/Kareem%20Hunt%20Paper%20.pdf
Political Communication Final Paper – Application Paper: The 5 Canons of Rhetoric in Political Speeches, December of 2019 – This paper was to examine a political speech how they were to use the 5 Canons of Rhetoric throughout their speech. In this particular paper I examined Ronald Reagan’s acceptance speech for the republican party nominee for President of the United States. This research was looking to examine the entire speech using the 5 Canons of Rhetoric and explain why these elements made this an effective speech. file:///C:/Users/josep/Downloads/Application%20Paper%20.pdf
Writing for Media Final Paper – The Declining of the Daily Newspaper, May 2019 -This paper looked to research and examine the decline of the daily newspaper and provide evidence on why this was happening. The purpose of this paper was to examine some current problems with today’s media and what trends were occuring. The research found that the newspaper was declining due to other news mediums being used like television, web pages, and social media. This paper tought how to find our own research/trends with current mass media and helped us explain why these trends were occuring. file:///C:/Users/josep/Downloads/Final%20Paper%20-%20Issues%20with%20Newspaper.pdf
