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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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How The Interface of Music Production Software Influences Behavior

Publication Date
2023-April-21
Authors
Sussman, Lori Beth
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

My thesis examines how musical tools (particularly digital ones, such as Digital Audio Workspaces (DAWs), Virtual Studio Technology (VSTs), virtual instruments, and plug-ins) affect music production (the producers themselves and the sounds produced) through the tools’ variances in user interface...

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Lighthouse principle for diffusion in social networks

Publication Date
2018-January-01
Document Type
article
Authors
Azimipoor, Sanaz
Naumov, Pavel
Department or Program
Computer Science Department
Document Type
Article
Abstract

The article investigates an influence relation between two sets of agents in a social network. It proposes a logical system that captures propositional properties of this relation valid in all threshold models of social networks with the same structure. The...

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Your Best American Girl: Asian American Sexual Literacies in Family, Schooling, & Media

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Wang, Annie
Department or Program
Education Department
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This dual thesis utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to examine Asian American sexual literacies in the distinct areas of family, schooling, and media using Critical Discourse Analysis to consider the role of power in knowledge and panopticism in normative sexual behaviors...

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Your Best American Girl: Asian American Sexual Literacies in Family, Schooling, & Media

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Wang, Annie
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This dual thesis utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to examine Asian American sexual literacies in the distinct areas of family, schooling, and media using Critical Discourse Analysis to consider the role of power in knowledge and panopticism in normative sexual behaviors...

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