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Vassar Scholarship

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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Beyoncé decoded: deconstructing originality in the contemporary age

Publication Date
2016-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Maya Toler
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

This thesis explores the success of Beyoncé's self-titled album in relation to the idea of originality within music. As members of the public, we assume that what sets superstars apart from novice musicians is an element of originality. However, more...

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I heard it through the grapevine: Gossip as observational learning at college

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Jenna Kronenberg
Department or Program
Independent Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

After personally engaging in the communication networks present at Vassar College, I have chosen to research the function of gossip in small communities such as college campuses. After collecting data on the many facets of gossip and informal information sharing...

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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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moss green velvet tablecloth

Publication Date
2017-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Frankland, Alexandra
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

A mostly-stock-footage video essay that explores the relationship between a person and their traces / the work imagines an "I" and a "you" as they think through the fictions of memory and interpersonal boundary, through the impulse to create and...

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