The Divine Dead
How The Grateful Dead has Infiltrated American Culture Through Religion
This was a final paper for a 300-level religion class that discussed the role of religious themes in American popular culture. I chose to research how the Grateful Dead has developed a religious-looking following since 1969 and up to today. I am continuing this through undergraduate research in the Spring of 2019.
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Pope Francis or @Pontifex?
The Effectiveness of Pope Francis's Presence on Twitter
All communications majors take a research capstone where they write an in-depth paper on a certain question. I asked how Pope Francis utilizes Twitter to spread his message to his 'followers' and people not in the Catholic Church. I gathered his Tweets through the rTweet program in rStudio.
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Paid Digital Advertising Insights
My Live Oak analytics team and I conducted research on different forms of paid advertising on social media and other online platforms for clients. This helped them to make the right financial decisions for their audiences.
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Gay Representation in American Media
A Case Study on Will & Grace
This was a case study that I, with a partner, focused on the use of LGBTQ language was utilized in the show in its early and later seasons. We used co-location analysis through the scripts of the TV seasons.
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How Religious Leaders Utilize Twitter
Before my capstone research about Pope Francis's Twitter, I conducted research on how multiple religious leaders utilize Twitter to reach their followers. This inspired me to delve deeper into the study for the capstone paper. I used the program TwitteR in rStudio and in applied media analytics class focused on analytics tools.
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