Vassar College Digital Library

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.

Infotainment: the pressure of ratings and their dangers for democracy in cable news

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2016-January-01
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In this thesis I argue that through the necessity to generate a profit, cable news organizations focus on attracting the most viewers so that they can then charge more for advertising and in turn make more money. This symbiotic relationship...

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Internal Family Systems as Gender Affirming Care: A Personal and Systematic Investigation

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2024-May-21
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This project weaves through personal experiences of gender dysphoria and the implementation of Internal Family Systems Therapy as a therapeutic technique, offering insight into the therapy's development and potential benefits for individuals facing mental health issues related to gender identity...

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