2013 Festival of Scholars
General Poster Session
| Date: | Monday, April 23 |
| Time: | 1:00pm - 2:00pm |
| Location: | Overton Hall |
Description: |
This session will highlight student poster presentations from a variety of disciplines. Students will present a visual representation of their research work and be available to answer questions. This interactive format is very popular with both students and audience! |
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Student Abstracts at this Session
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Student(s): Caitlin Coomber Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sharon Docter |
Accent-Free Actors: The Use of Nonnative Accents in Mainstream Children’s MoviesSpeakers with nonnative accents are portrayed negatively in television programming and movies in the United States. This project seeks to examine the idea that the negative stereotypes about nonnative accented speakers are supported by the dominant institutions including the media in society. The media’s portrayal of accented speakers perpetuates and validates the systematic discrimination against whole groups of people.I will begin by conducting a content analysis of the top fifteen highest grossing animated children’s movies at the box office, identifying the characters’ intended language group (U.S. English, British or other English, Foreign-accented English) as well as his or her intentions. My characters will be coded as having either an “unambiguously positive role,” “clearly bad/evil role,” character change significantly from bad to good (“mixed”) or having a role too small and fleeting to make a judgment. |
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Student(s): Shannon Cordes Faculty Mentor: Mr. Tom Cady |
Combating Healthcare Fraud: Wellpoint's Fraud and Abuse Department and its MethodsThe fear of crime in the United States today stems predominantly from street crime and tangible violence, however healthcare fraud has become an epidemic that affects all. The purpose of this poster is to showcase the issue of healthcare fraud and how Wellpoint's (healthcare agency known as Anthem Blue Cross) mobilization of a Fraud and Abuse department helps combat and proactively prevent future fraud. While interning with the Special Investigations Unit and Program Integrity Unit, the researcher investigates fraud and will explain how she and full-time investigators receive allegations, collect data, present cases, collect recovery money and estimate future savings. |
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Student(s): Kelli Hoine Faculty Mentor: Mr. Ryan Medders |
Gender Identity Differences in Television ViewingThe Mood Management Theory assumes audiences will choose media, based on content, in order to regulate or maintain positive moods (Zillmann, 2000). This theory did not account for gender differences, which lead to the development of The Mood Adjustment Theory. This theory limited the gender differences to a difference between the male and female sexes. Gender identities have not been researched concerning these theories and the media content audiences will choose.My study's purpose is to determine how gender identity affects people’s choice of media and how that choice relates to their moods. To accomplish this, I administered a survey to students in communication courses including questions about gender identity, television use, and technology. Some questions were created and formatted specifically for this survey, while some questions were used from past research instruments. The research instrument being adapted is the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (Robinson, Shaver, & Wrightsman, 1991). |
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Student(s): Taylor Lampela Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sharon Docter |
Internet Streaming Serivces: Get Free Music...LegallyThe advent of the internet has changed the way people access and purchase music. The switch from physical CDs and records to digital files has had an impact on how people share what music they are listening to. There are many services available today that legally allow people to stream music directly from the internet without purchasing a copy of the music themselves. I predict that college students are following a trend of listening to music off a free streaming service more often than they listen to music they actually own, whether it be in the form of mp3s or CDs. I predict that most of the students choose these services based on the price of subscription and the popularity of the service among friends. This will impact the way music is produced, with a focus shifting from large arena rock groups to smaller groups with a more niche audience. |
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Student(s): Sarah Pearl Faculty Mentor: Dr. Schannae Lucas |
Criminal Justice Alumni SurveyTo ensure that students feel their educational career was successful and a worthwhile investment, many schools will consistently evaluate and improve their program to meet such standards. Often, this is achieved through the method of surveying current and past students. The purpose of the following study is to evaluate the Criminal Justice program at California Lutheran University, specifically measuring its usefulness in preparing students for future educational and vocational goals, as well as overall educational experience. Undergraduate Criminal Justice alumni were invited to fill out an electronic survey through the program Qualtrics. This research provides a thorough understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the program for future direction, useful information for creating alumni surveys and factors to consider when interviewing both current students and alumni. |
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Student(s): Svenja Schulze Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sharon Docter |
The Representation of Women in Print AdvertisementAdvertisers use women and their sex appeal to sell products and models have increasingly become thinner over the years. The purpose of this study is to test and compare how women feel after being exposed to certain types of print advertisements that depict women in a negative way and how their magazine exposure correlates with their own levels of body dissatisfaction. I predict that those subjects that are more frequently exposed to fashion and beauty magazines with a larger number of beauty and fashion-related advertisements will have greater body dissatisfaction than those exposed to non-fashion magazines. I also predict that among those subjects exposed to fashion and beauty magazines, body dissatisfaction will be greater after exposure to beauty and fashion-related advertisements than before exposure. |
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Student(s): Caitlin Skelly Faculty Mentor: Mr. Ryan Medders |
Texting's Effect on Organizational AssimilationThis study explores the effect text messaging has on interpersonal communication and relationships through the study of one’s specific motives, both instrumental and psychological, for texting. The goal of the study was to examine how texting one’s boss or supervisor in a work environment in addition to face-to-face interaction affected one’s perceived assimilation into that organization. I developed a survey using several pre-established measures such as the Organizational Assimilation Index and the Communicative Competence Scale, as well as new measures specifically created and tailored to the study’s needs. I then administered the survey to 119 students within the Communication department at California Lutheran University. |
