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Senior Project Presentations 2005

333 Center for the Arts

Monday, May 9th—10am-noon

1. Shannon Thompson—How do organizations frame messages? An examination of how globalization affects organizational culture at companies that are the Best Places to Work

2. Andrea Kobielski—Ethnocentrism and intercultural willingness to communicate: Comparisons of studying abroad experiences

3. Andy Pendl—PR and small business: A study of microbreweries

4. Jeremy Rice—Gender schema theory and verbal aggression

5. Jessica Karis—Socialization messages used by finance firms that rank as Best Companies to Work for in America

6. Andrea Wagner—Fear appeals in the Bush/Kerry presidential debates

Monday, May 9th—12:15-1:15pm

1. Jeni Hatz—Compliance-gaining strategies and guilt used in friendships

2. Noel Lee—Qualitative study of rules of AOL IM

3. Gregg Lewison—D’Oh! A Quantitative content analysis of humor in The Simpsons

Monday, May 9th—2:30-4:40

1. Scott Schneider—Message communication in framing organic foods: A qualitative look at Whole Food Market

2. Emily Johnson—A qualitative study of the uses and gratifications of the Livestrong campaign

3. Angela Tuma—A qualitative content analysis of testimonials on subway.com

4. Jamie Zuelsdorf—A qualitative study of gender differences and social support

5. Andy Westphal—A semiotic analysis of Matrix Trilogy

6. Melissa Marvin—A qualitative content analysis of Nike’s Just Do It

Senior Project Presentations 2005

333 Center for the Arts

Tuesday, May 10th—10-noon

1. Leah LeFebvre—Who died and made you president? Legitimizing strategies vice-presidents used in special inaugural addresses

2. Erica Nedland—Racial diversity recruitment messages used by Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work for in America”

3. Lindsey Johnson—Entry-level peer workplace romance and job satisfaction

4. Jill Johnston—Examining job satisfaction of speech language pathologists

5. Joanna Lee—A content analysis comparing charitable giving between the United States and New Zealand

6. Ryan Berger—Photographing for the future: How photographic composition sets the agenda of university web sites

Tuesday, May 10th—12:15-2:15pm

1. Kate Hendzel—World travelers: A quantitative comparison of study abroad experiences

2. Adam Schillinger—Developing and promoting a fundraising campaign for cystic fibrosis: A case study

3. Casey Acker—Intrapersonal communication and Christianity: A turning point analysis

4. Katie Christianson—Framing and credibility used in pseudo-science messages: A qualitative content analysis of graphology text

5. Brad DeLeeuw—Society and television: Family type changes over the decades

Wednesday, May 11th—10am-noon

1. Kong Lor—Hmong family communication: Exploring father-son relationships

2. Tori Gardner—Pentadic analysis of George W. Bush’s inaugural addresses

3. Frank Vitucci—Unhealthy behaviors portrayed in movies: A historical examination

4. Brooke Nelson—Promoting for a purpose: Nonprofits and their image

5. Erin Kowolski—The truth about antismoking: A qualitative study of the Truth Campaign

6. Kelly Simonsen—Online dating: Is love only a click away?

Senior Project Presentations 2005

333 Center for the Arts

Wednesday, May 11th—12:15-2:15

1. Carrie Schwartz—It’s all relative: A study of college students and their experiences in family closeness

2. Sarah Nohr—I’d like you to meet my new best friend—Harry Potter: A thematic analysis of HP fans’ communication

3. Anna Roth—Adult children of divorce and dialectical tensions

4. Katie Veith—A quantitative study of college students’ communication patterns with parents

5. Betsy Romanello—Dialectic tensions athletes and coaches experience

6. Christina Nelson—Consumer perception of advertisements developed by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo: The role of brand loyalty

Thursday, May 12th—7:45-9:45

1. Daniel Walters—Embedding with politics: Church state issues in popular Christian periodicals

2. Steve Phalen—Emergence of symbolic convergence in a study abroad experience

3. Sam Foos—An examination of self-disclosure in athletes and non-athletes

4. Ryan Pletcher—A rhetorical criticism of M. Night Shyamalan films: Applying Burke’s pentad

5. Rick Reiten—Homosexuality and the church: The changing perception

6. Brian Norstrom—College students and alcohol brand loyalty

Thursday, May 12th—10am-noon

1. Beth Jaeger—Portrayal of princesses in Disney animations

2. Mike Ladenthin—Hunters’ uses and gratifications of hunting shows

3. Melissa Peick—Dance as communication: Messages sent and received through dance

4. Victoria Alvarez—I’ll have what she’s having: A qualitative content analysis of women empowerment in Cosmopolitan Magazine

5. Kristen Albrecht—What makes news?

6. Nick Casper—Richard Pryor is alive! A qualitative study of stand-up comedy

Senior Project Presentations 2005

333 Center for the Arts

Thursday, May 12th—4:45-6:45

1. Rachel Smith—Effects of infidelity on the management of dialectical tensions in romantic relationships: A content analysis of Diary of an Affair

2. Erin Frana—Communicator style of successful lawyers

3. Megan Bailey—Nonverbal messages of dress attire in the job interview

4. Karin Dillner—Coping strategies when a family member has a spinal cord injury

5. Becki Slack—Uses and gratifications of profanity: Why people swear and what they get from doing it

6. Lindsay Jones—A qualitative analysis of college males’ cross-sex friendships

Friday, May 13th—10am-noon

1. Annette McKeown—Would you love me if…: Messages of unconditional love from parents to their children

2. Kim Yelk—Speech and language pathologists’ interactions with clients: Feeling of accomplishments and disappointments

3. Nicole Stoffel—Romantic beliefs in reality television

4. Erin Griepentrog—The impact a seventeen day study abroad experience in Ghana, West Africa had on University of Wisconsin-La Crosse students: A qualitative study

5. Jen Jackl—Marital relationship satisfaction

6. Marissa Wallner—The effects of mental imagery in radio advertisements on brand recall