Browsing OSU Dissertations by Author "Takacs, Stacy"
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Effects of media literacy instruction: Recognizing and analyzing racial stereotypes in media
Dunlop, Janet Cooper (2007-05)Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to determine whether media literacy instruction that encourages critical consumption of media also affects students' abilities to recognize, deconstruct and analyze ... -
Narrative triage: Veterans, disability, race, and the popular fiction of the Cold War
Young, Jared (2022-07)This dissertation argues that there are a series of disability narratives embedded James Jones, Norman Mailer, and John Oliver Killens’ novels that undermine the cultural myths revolving around soldiers’ bodies. Following ... -
President in the gray flannel suit: Dwight D. Eisenhower and postwar American manhood
Nadeau, Peter Mark (2016-05)In recent years presidential historians and men studies specialists have combined their fields of study to examine how conceptions of male identity have informed, shaped, and altered the American presidency. Dwight Eisenhower ... -
Show and prove: The cinematic aesthetics of hip-hop
Gilley, David Shane (2019-12)One of the most important and far-reaching artistic movements of the 20th century, hip-hop transformed many areas of popular culture, from cartoons to fashion, visual arts to music composition. Its influence upon film and ... -
Use of student disciplinary referrals by high school teachers as it relates to empathy and classroom management
Skvarla, Lauren (2008-05)Scope and Method of Study: Student disciplinary referrals result in students missing valuable classroom experiences. The purpose of this research was to study teachers at three urban high schools in terms of number of ...