Garron K. Belnap and Dr. Dan Stout, Communications In order to learn more about the differences between the perceived effects and the actual effectiveness of advertising, which is rampant in the media today, a survey of 77 human subjects was conducted. The only qualification of subjects was the number of hours of television he or […]
Pro-America or Pro-Mexico: The Role of the Spanish-American Press in the Southwest
Kelly K. Wight and Dr. Alf Pratte, Communications During the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), violent movements against the United States of America sprang up throughout all of southern Mexico. A huge surge of Mexican patriotism united most of the Mexican citizens against the United States and its influence on their culture. This sense of Mexican patriotism […]
Images of Newspapers in American Genre Painting from 1830 to 1865
Jonathan Wardle and Dr. P. Alf Pratte, Communications At the suggestion of a professor, I wrote a 20-page term paper on images of newspapers in American genre painting for a history of communications class. At first I was going to conduct a general survey of images of newspapers and journalists in American art, but some […]
The Public Relations Failures in Hispanic Immigration Since September 11
Stephanie Smith and Professor Richard Long, Communications Hispanic immigration is one of the most far reaching issues in America, but ironically it is also one of the most ignored. Despite approximately eight million immigrants currently living in the country illegally, 60 percent of whom are Mexicans, there appears to be no end to the mounting numbers. […]
Identifying and Integrating Communication Theories in the Social Sciences: The Pursuit of a Universal Communication Model
Christopher C. Pope and Dr. Ed Adams, Communications The complexity of communication as a concept is staggering. Few words in our modern vocabulary are used in as many contexts and with as many meanings as communication. We have anchored many of our modern hopes to the promise of better communication, such as hopes for peace, […]
Media & Communications in Mongolia
Mikell Johnson and Professor Joel Campbell, Communications and Journalism Mongolia is located just north of China and south of eastern Russia. The country is occupies 1.565 million square miles (CIA) yet is home to a small population of about 2.7 million Mongolians. Mongolians are a nomadic people by tradition and nearly half of the population still […]
Public Justification of Moral Choices: Using Bok’s Test of Publicity to Evaluate Moral Reasoning in Public Relations
Thomas H. Grover and Dr. Brad L. Rawlins, Communications Public relations practitioners are sometimes confronted with conflicts between competing values or interests. Resolving such conflicts oftentimes requires public justification of the decision. Undergraduate Thomas Grover, working with professors Brad Rawlins and Kevin Stoker in a mentored research experience as part of an Office of Researh […]
Film Classification Systems as Indicators of Cultural Values: An Exploratory Cross-National Study
Marin Turley Bradshaw and Professor Eliza Tanner Hawkins, Communications Virtually every country has developed some kind of a film classification system. In the United States the classification system is more commonly known as a film’s “rating.” The purposes of the classification are (1) to protect vulnerable audiences, especially young children and (2) to allow film makers […]
EDUCATIONAL CHANGE PROCESSES IN A SCHOOL IN ZIMBABWE, AFRICA
Thira Schmidl and Dr. Russell T. Osguthorpe, Journalism and Education The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future recommended “that schools be restructured to become genuine learning organizations for both students and teachers -organizations that respect learning, honor teaching, and teach for understanding”.1 A lot of change is necessary to accomplish this restructuring asked for […]
Brigham Young University Compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act
Marissa A Widdison and Professor Joel Campbell, Communications On April 5, 1986, 19-year-old Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered in her residence hall room at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. The crime was opportunistic and random; Clery’s bedroom was unlocked and the perpetrator was another student whom she didn’t know. After her murder, Jeanne’s parents discovered that […]