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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 Do We Learn and Think about Sex? An exploration into the effects of popular media and media literacy on sex education

Publication Date
2024-May-09
Authors
Puckrein, Gari
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This project is an exploration of the ways popular media interacts with sex education and sex-positivity. This paper is a mixture of scholarly research and auto-ethnographic work. While data and critical analysis often feels reductive to lived experiences, I approach...

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What Do You Meme? An Exploration of Internet Communication Through Memes

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

The topic of memes and the ethnographies they create are discussed. Memes that have been created and adopted by alt-right communities, specifically incels, illustrate their ideologies while simultaneously validating their views and recruiting insecure, vulnerable populations. Memes from times past...

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