Thesis Presentations: Comparative Media Studies Graduate Class of 2015

This event is free and open to the public, and you may watch a live feed. You are welcome to attend as many or as few presentations as you wish.

9:00 Coffee and Conversation

9:15 Morning Presentations

• Chelsea Barabas: “Mirror Mirror on the Wall: A Study of Bias and Perceptions of Merit in the High-tech Labor Market”
• Desiree Gonzalez: “Museum Making: Creating with Emerging Technologies in Art Museums”
• Liam Andrew: “The Missing Links: An Archaeology of Digital Journalism”
• Heather Craig: “Interactive Data Storytelling: Designing for Public Engagement”
• Jesse Sell: “E-sports Broadcasting Conventions”

12:30 Lunch Break

1:30 Afternoon Presentations

• Sean Flynn: “Evaluating Interactive Documentaries: Audience, Impact, and Innovation in Public Interest Media”
• Wang Yu: “Heike, Jike, Chuangke: Creativity in Chinese Technology Communities”
• Suruchi Dumpawar: “Mediating Open Government Data: Using Data to Drive Changes in the Built Environment”
• Ainsley Sutherland: “Digital Art, Immersion and Empathy: Evaluating Games and Digital Media Art for Engendering Mutual Understanding”
• Erik Stayton: “Driverless Dreams: Narratives, Ideologies, and the Shape of the Automated Car”