Essay Undergraduate 1,103 words

Fallacies of Reasoning in TV Commercials: DIRECTV & Nikon

Analyzes slippery slope and appeal to authority fallacies in two TV commercials: the DIRECTV stray animals ad and the Ashton Kutcher Nikon campaign.

Communications

~6 min read

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Case Study Undergraduate 1,630 words

Power, Influence, and Leadership in McGuffey's Restaurant

Explores how power and influence shape leadership, the role of communication skills, and a case study of McGuffey's Restaurant's organizational challenges.

Business

~9 min read

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Research Paper Undergraduate 2,071 words

False Identification and Biased vs. Unbiased Lineup Instructions

Explores how biased vs. unbiased lineup instructions affect false eyewitness identification rates, testing four hypotheses with 55 undergraduates in a lab study.

Psychology

~11 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,999 words

Servant Leadership Philosophy: Workplace and Personal Life

Explores servant leadership as a personal management philosophy, covering its core traits, workplace implementation, family life application, and key advantages.

Theories

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,328 words

Analyzing Gary Varvel's Green New Deal Editorial Cartoon

A rhetorical analysis of Gary Varvel's 2019 political cartoon mocking AOC's Green New Deal, examining how imagery and text work together to satirize the bill.

Communications

~7 min read

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Case Study Graduate 1,094 words

Smart IV Pumps and Patient Safety at Langley Mason Health

Analyzes Langley Mason Health's decision to invest in smart IV pumps amid capital constraints, weighing patient safety benefits against financial tradeoffs.

Health

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,324 words

Rhetorical Analysis of a Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Ad

A rhetorical analysis of Moms Demand Action's "Little Red Riding Hood" print ad, examining how pathos, ethos, and logos persuade audiences on gun policy.

Communications

~7 min read

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1,284 words

American inaction and the Holocaust: examining historical responsibility

Holocaust: Where Were the Americans? The Holocaust is the most horrific act of genocide in history. Millions of Jews, and hundreds of thousands of others, were killed in cold blood.

~7 min read

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2,297 words

Deceptive marketing practices in toy advertising and their effects on children

Recent events have raised public awareness regarding children and the fact that they are extremely vulnerable to a series of environments in spite of the fact that authorities are doing their best to protect them.

~12 min read

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1,642 words

How the Big Five personality traits shape individual behavior

Buss and Hawley state that "high neuroticism scores face the serious drawback of related physical and mental illness" (14) as well as difficulties in relationships as a consequence of their negative attitudes and their anxiety.

~9 min read

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