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You, the Candidate

Clark, Kayla N (East Carolina University, 2019-07-25)

This thesis investigates the relationship between graphic design and political campaigns with a focus on color and typography. The extent to which the general public identifies typeface and color palette characteristics ...

Young Adult Perceptions and Participation in the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance Movement

Christy, Shannon (East Carolina University, 2014)

While the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance Movement has existed and thrived since the late 1960's, there has been little recent investigation into how the movement has changed over time or its young adult participants. This ...

"Your Message Here" : An Analysis of the U.S. Navy in Photo Postcards

Croatt, Stephanie (East Carolina University, 2013)

The purpose of this project is to analyze photographic postcards with images of the U.S. Navy between 1913 and 1945. This analysis will explore how the postcard images portray the Navy as powerful, competent, and happy. ...

YURI ANIMATION : QUEER IDENTITY AND ECOFEMINIST THINKING

Thompson, Kimberly D. (East Carolina University, 2010)

Yuri or Shojo-ai, a sub-genre of Japanese Animation and Manga, can be defined as women-loving-women narratives that explore the relationships between women. Although the sub-genre has only been recently introduced to the ...

Y’all Call it Technical and Professional Communication, We Call it #ForTheCulture: The Use of Amplification Rhetorics in Black Communities and their Implications for Technical and Professional Communication Studies

Mckoy, Temptaous T (East Carolina University, 2019-07-23)

This project seeks to define and identify the use of Amplification Rhetorics (AR) in the social movement organization TRAP Karaoke and at three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In highlighting the AR ...