Emerson thesis -- Media design
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
A Toolbox of Video Series for Media Literacy Education, 2022
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Identifier: md_2022summer_hu_xufan.pdf
Overview
"'Media literacy' is a term that has been studied for years, which usually connects to the trending media type and social behavior. Media literacy not only presents the ability to recognize information from media, but more importantly shows the comprehension of messages and civic engagement capacity. Film has been a popular type of media for many decades and is an effective path to demonstrating the understanding of media literacy. This project discusses the connections between media...
Dates:
2022
Approaching Media Literacy in Civic Life among Urban Youth, 2021
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Identifier: md_2021summer_angove_sydney.pdf
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"Given rapid technological advances "Young people today are reading, manipulating, and producing texts in ways that are fundamentally different than in the past" (Garcia, 2015). If we can acknowledge that having a core set of literacies extends into the digital space, we must then move to development of building competencies to enable critical media use. Further, research focused on the intersection of youth and media literacy assumes that "young people are not only interested and capable,...
Dates:
2021
Approaching Media Literacy in Civic Life among Urban Youth, 2021
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Identifier: md_2021summer_hsu_melody.pdf
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"Given rapid technological advances "Young people today are reading, manipulating, and producing texts in ways that are fundamentally different than in the past" (Garcia, 2015). If we can acknowledge that having a core set of literacies extends into the digital space, we must then move to development of building competencies to enable critical media use. Further, research focused on the intersection of youth and media literacy assumes that "young people are not only interested and capable,...
Dates:
2021
Bridging Media Education and Community History in China, 2024
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Identifier: md_2024spring_lu_chunxiaoxue.pdf
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"Compared to many communities across China, Yangming Community in Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province boasts a profoundly rich historical heritage. Despite this, a notable gap exists among many teenagers in Yangming Community regarding their understanding of local history and culture. Within the framework of China's examination-oriented history education, young individuals are gradually losing interest in actively engaging with their local history, culture, and landmarks. This thesis project...
Dates:
2024
Curriculum Customizer: Designing an Online Space for Media Literacy Educators to Access Resources, Customize Curriculum, and Connect with Educators, 2022
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Identifier: md_2022summer_yesuf_fatimah.pdf
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"With the increase in the use of media to communicate and keep in touch with what is going on in the world amid the current pandemic and outbreaks, the importance of media literacy education being taught to kids has never been higher. This paper touches on the benefits of media literacy education and difficulties educators face teaching it or trying to integrate it into their curriculum and describes the design process that brought about the proposed intervention: Curriculum Customizer, an...
Dates:
2022
Deliberate Leisure: Designing a Recharging Space for and by Teens at the Boston Public Library, 2022
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Identifier: md_2022summer_jones_phillip.pdf
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"Students using Teen Central at the Boston Public Library in 2021 and 2022 loved coming to hang out and play at the teens only space. What most thought was missing was a place to isolate, get away from stimulants, and reconnect with themselves. This paper explores how that understanding was built through a story based youth organizing process, and tackled by a teen codesign cohort who designed and prototyped a spatial intervention: the Recharging Space." -- Abstract
Dates:
2022
Dunamis Deities: The New Jamaica Plain Porchfest, 2021
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Identifier: md_2021summer_genova_drew.pdf
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"This thesis is a collection of research, data, and information about the Jamaica Plain Porch Festival (Porchfest) and the rebirth of its new owners; Dunamis Boston. Dunamis is an organization that provides support to artists of color in the Boston area. Our time with Dunamis has developed a cartographic prototype in which we analyzed the culture of Jamaica Plain, and how it can be further connected to Porchfest. Since Dunamis' adoption, our mapping system is a product of the needs and wants...
Dates:
2021
Dunamis Deities: The New Jamaica Plain Porchfest, 2021
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Identifier: md_2021summer_montes_ramon.pdf
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"This thesis was completed in collaboration with Andrew Genova and Graham Rutherford, both of whom provided excellent support and diligence throughout the process. We worked alongside our partner organization, Dunamis Boston, an arts organization seeking to empower emerging artists of the BIPOC community. Our team's prototypes were centered around helping to support the BIPOC community of the Jamaica Plain area by highlighting the BIPOC artists, businesses, and restaurants festival goers...
Dates:
2021
Explore the Fairmount line by Virtual Tour, 2023
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Identifier: md_2023summer_chen_yuling.pdf
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"The goal of environmental justice is to ensure that all people are equally protected from environmental harm and that all communities have equal access to opportunities to participate in environmental decision-making. The Fairmont Line (FL) is a commuter train line in Boston that serves many of the neighborhoods that surround it. However, many of the groups surrounding the line are low-income or minority. Telling stories of injustice can be a powerful tool for promoting change and drawing...
Dates:
2023
Fairmount Stories, 2023
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Identifier: md_2023summer_dave_riddhima.pdf
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"This work aims to address the confluence of racial justice, air quality, and transportation equity in the Boston neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Hyde Park, and Mattapan within the
context of the Fairmount Line branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Commuter Rail train. Our research demonstrated that it is imperative that residents are educated about the Fairmount Line's negative environmental and health impacts. Additionally, we found that simply highlighting the negative...
Dates:
2023
Fairmount Stories, 2023
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Identifier: md_2023summer_holloway_emerson.pdf
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"This work aims to address the confluence of racial justice, air quality, and transportation equity in the Boston neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Hyde Park, and Mattapan within the context of the Fairmount Line branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Commuter Rail train. Our research demonstrated that it is imperative that residents are educated about the Fairmount Line's negative environmental and health impacts. Additionally, we found that simply highlighting the negative...
Dates:
2023
Inclusive Placemaking: Strategies for Enhancing Community Participation and Access in East Somerville, 2024
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Identifier: md_2024spring_ochoa_tovar_paula.pdf
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"East Somerville, celebrated for its vibrant arts scene and diverse community, is thriving with placemaking efforts fostering connection and belonging. Despite challenges, organizations like East Somerville Main Streets are making strides in engaging the community. Through insightful interviews and partnerships, valuable insights into community needs and ongoing initiatives have emerged. This thesis aims to explore these positive dynamics, culminating in the creation of Cubo, an innovative...
Dates:
2024
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, 2022
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Identifier: md_2022summer_li_sharry.pdf
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"'Voices of the Unheard' is an interactive and virtual experience designed for college student activists in Boston to grasp the systemic causes of gun violence. This project incorporates storytelling methods to help audiences visualize the various psychological, behavioral, social, and familial factors that contribute to gun violence. The goal of "Voices of the Unheard" is for college students to learn about the complex nature of gun violence and how they can be involved in anti-gun violence...
Dates:
2022
Office of Graduate Studies
record group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 010.04A
Scope and Content Note
The collection is comprised of two series: Publications and Master's Theses, Digital. The Publications series lists publications produced by the Office of Graduate Studies. Master's Theses, Digital, series lists digital master's theses created partially from 2015 to present. There are also a handful of older theses from 2010 and 2015 that were digitized. The remaining theses from 2015 and non-digital theses are searchable through the Iwasaki Library website: ...
Dates:
1986 - 2022
Reducing Appearance Anxiety: Technological Supports on Instagram, 2024
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Identifier: md_2024spring_liu_yaqi.pdf
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"Appearance anxiety, a distress stemming from dissatisfaction with one's physical appearance, disproportionately impacts young females. This study identifies certain Instagram features that correlate with increased appearance anxiety. In response, we designed three features for Instagram: a single-click option to hide likes and followers, redesigned time reminders, and altered content recommendations. These interventions aim to reduce the factors that contribute to appearance anxiety and...
Dates:
2024
SportHer Journey, 2024
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Identifier: md_2024spring_mohie_sharon-hephzibah.pdf
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"Gender disparities persist in sports, impacting athletes across all levels, from collegiate to professional. Despite the popularity of women's college sports, opportunities for female athletes at the professional level remain limited, comprising only 8% of competitive sports. However, there is potential for growth and investment in women's sports, facilitated by emerging platforms like streaming services and social media. The transition from college sports to post-collegiate careers poses...
Dates:
2024
Support Stop: Connecting Unhoused People with Health Services, 2024
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Identifier: md_2024spring_patnaude_codie.pdf
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"Addressing the healthcare needs of homeless individuals is a significant challenge. It's crucial to identify and understand the obstacles within the current system to ensure that the homeless population receives adequate care. This study focused on addressing the gaps in health service engagement for the homeless population, through comprehensive research, conversations with community partners, and application of design methodologies. A review of extant literature uncovered significant...
Dates:
2024
The LinkedThru Project: Creating Narrative Resilience and Combating Stigma for Returning Citizens in the Digital Age, 2022
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Identifier: md_2022summer_zhang_amy.pdf
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"The LinkedThru Project is a digital literacy bootcamp that teaches formerly incarcerated people the technological skills, social media etiquette, and narrative building skills to create a LinkedIn profile. The goal of the project is to enable and empower them to proactively share an online narrative that provides an authentic view of oneself in the present, and combats the stigma of online criminal records, arrest articles, and mugshots. Research shows that re-entry programs do not...
Dates:
2022
Towards a Local Media Literacy: Community-Based Understanding in a Globally Connected World, 2022
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Identifier: md_2022summer_stier_cohen_aaron.pdf
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"This thesis project documents the process of designing a prototype to help the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) support and regularly engage its individual members. I focused my design prototype on Boston K-12 teachers as a trial demographic, with the understanding that each teaching and media ecosystem has its own unique challenges and context. On NAMLE's website, they define media literacy broadly as "the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using...
Dates:
2022
Using Audio Data to Transform the Narrative of Gun Violence within Boston, 2023
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Identifier: md_2023summer_chambers_neve.pdf
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"Although Boston has a low rate of gun deaths compared to other major cities in the United States, this does not diminish the value of those lives that are lost. Nor does it dismiss the experiences of hundreds of individuals, predominantly individuals of color, who are impacted each year by gun violence in our city. The media coverage and narratives surrounding these neighborhoods often ignore the peace and healing that is happening, instead defining them by one tragic moment which...
Dates:
2023