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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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Individualization and Collectivity in Networks of Discursive Cyberspace: A case study on reddit

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Mark, Raymond
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

The diminishing of temporal and spatial boundaries in the contemporary age of connectivity has fully realized Beck, Giddens and Nash's "reflexive" modernity. This reflexive modernity refers to the diminishing control of traditional institutions on individual lives. In the shift towards...

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