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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Everyone's a Critic: An Exploration of Yelp.com and Food Media

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Emily Salshutz
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Everyone today seems to be a critic. As our online and offline lives become increasingly intertwined, we have never had so many sites that depend upon consumer opinion-making for content. User-generated media satisfies the needs of certain consumers, but consumers...

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Olympe de Gouges and Qiu Jin: The Revolutionary Women of France and China

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Ruther, Jennifer
Department or Program
Independent Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

The extent to which the reform movements of revolutionary China and France "emancipated" women is difficult to assess. In many ways, French and Chinese women both benefited greatly from the sociopolitical changes wrought by the reformist ideologies of these periods...

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