“Nine Dragons Case Study” by Bailey Fraser
This essay takes a deep dive into an industrial mill located in Rumford, Maine. Many sides of its existence are explored including benefits, cons, potential dangers, acts of sustainability, and its presence within the media. Topics in the communication field are applied including greenwashing and sacrificial landscape. Altogether, this essay attempts to show all sides of the argument – understanding the benefits and exposing the cons of the Nine Dragon’s mill located in Rumford, Maine.
“BrewDog Case Study” by Kate Daugherty-Miller
BrewDog, a popular craft beer company, lost its B-Corp certification after reports of poor employee treatment emerged. Although the company promoted itself as socially and environmentally responsible, its workplace culture told a different story. In my case study, I explore BrewDog and similar organizations through the lens of organizational communication, using communication theories to better understand how businesses shape—and are shaped by—the societies around them.
“Heart of a Song” Podcast by Jack Anderson
This podcast is an inside look at the process of songwriting. It is less of a how-to and more of a discussion about the process of turning musical ideas into songs. Each episode, I choose a different genre of music and discuss my process of creating the song, from inspiration, to instrumental, to arrangement.
“Mythic Criticism of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” by Grace Cushing
As a classic American superhero turned global phenomenon, Spider-Man has transcended nations and generations to become a household name. This essay examines the latest rendition of Spider-Man, Miles Morales, his story, and how it notably deviates from the traditional myth of the character. Through first analyzing external factors contributing to Miles’ cinematic universe and then evaluating the last, but not final, movie in his trilogy, this essay aims to determine the significance of Miles’ story for both the character of Spider-Man and in relation to society.
“Child Labor Advocacy Through the Years” by Emma Naggar
This essay looks at how photography has been used to fight against child labor, starting with Lewis Hine’s powerful images that helped change laws in the early 1900s. Today, photographers like Claudia Berger and Lisa Kristine use similar methods to show the harsh realities of child labor around the world. But with so much information online and fake news, it’s harder to get people to care the way they did in the past.
“Roll the Film; Play the Music” by Lauren Sutton
This paper was written to analyze how music has its own power of rhetoric, especially in film. The paper discusses the beginning of music in film, to its composition and editing processes. Using particular films composed by Hans Zimmer, the power and messaging of music is showcased. This paper informs readers on music’s almost unnoticed impact on film and how it affects viewers and created an emotional draw for a film.
“The Existence of Empathy in Photographs” by Dina Rathke
Photographs can provide more for an audience than just an image. Each image we encounter every day has the power to change our hearts and minds, offer a new perspective, or showcase a subject that may have been overlooked by audiences in the past. This analysis aims to understand how photographers utilize rhetorical and photographic devices to draw out emotion from their audience.
“A Feminist Critique of Promising Young Woman” by Farrell Hoffman
This paper offers a feminist rhetorical critique of Promising Young Woman (2020), examining how the film challenges rape culture, gendered power dynamics, and institutional complicity.
“Public Health: The Ethical Potential for Applied Neuromarketing” by Olivia Buzzell
This podcast explores how neuromarketing, a field that uses neuroscience to influence consumer behavior, can be ethically applied to support public health. I trace its role in anti-smoking campaigns, showing how graphic warning labels evolved from early text-only versions based on insights from brain imaging.
“Amazon AI Tracking and Surveillance Case Study” by Caitlin Finneran
This paper examines the outcome of surveillance and tracking. It examines the tension between technological innovation and workers’ rights. It focuses on how power is practiced in organizational communication. We will thoroughly review the organizational communication concepts and then relate them to real-world cases recently found in academic journals. By relating the concepts to real-world cases, we can see how these concepts are played out in the real world.
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