Seeing Critically: Papers
Papers 2022
Surviving in a Real-Life Dystopia 101: The Last of Us Part II as a Social Critique Concerning the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sariya Adnan
Influence of Visual Culture on Kpop
Natasha Budhai
Male and Female Gaze in Bridgerton
Veronicaline Daan
“She Also Has Eyes for You:” Examining the Gaze and the Male Spectatorial Position in American McGee’s Alice and Alice: Madness Returns
William Downey
Pet Tourism Photography
Cristal Gillette
@Dudewithsign and the Effects of Peaceful Protesting on Social Media
Paige Gray
Capitalism in Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away”
Fatima Hammoud
Body Snatchers and Oz: Using the Visual Medium to Create Political Allegory in Apolitical Films
Caleb Hara
Exploring the Female Gaze in Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Julia McGolrick
Paris Hilton and the Cultural Phenomenon of Celebrity through Visual Image
Tricia Simpson
Papers 2020
Developing the “Princess Culture”
Cassandra Abas
Papers 2018
Developing the “Princess Culture”
Cassandra Abas
Differences in Entertainment Experiences between Immersive Cinema and Theatre
Raymond Ablack
Disney and the Female American Dream
Jasmine Bhullar
Batman and The Joker: An Ambiguous Hero and a Disrupting Tool
Cole Bisson
Moms Unfiltered? How Instagram Changes The Way We Look At Motherhood
Jesse Boland
The Human Body and Context in Film
Erin Bryans
Smartphone E-Waste: A Visual Re/framing – Symbolic Annihilation, Mediacultures and Hyperobjects
Tony Carlucci
Heneral Luna and the Post-Colonial Philippine Identity Crisis
Christine Chua
Kendrick Lamar’s Collaborative Aesthetic: A Homage to Compton and His Success
Anneliese daSilva Bacalau
Thee sexism is coming from inside the house: Patriarchal perspective in Black Christmas
Kris Dionio
Future Fashion. Analysis of Computer-Generated Fashion Models
Sabrina Gamrot
Understanding Cultural Appropriation: Through Katy Perry’s Music Videos
Zaina Hussain
The Empowerment of Three: The Halliwell Sisters Charm Televisual Culture
Abdullah Idrees
Hegemonic Masculinity in the Television Show the 100
Olivia Ieraci
The Cultural Influence of YouTube Reaction Videos on K-pop
Mijeong Ki
Moms Unfiltered? How Instagram Changes the Way We Look at Motherhood
Julia Lennox
Seeing “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Critically
Maria del Mar Londono Forero
A Nightmare of Progressive Violence: Desensitization’s Role in the Horror Film Genre
Courtney MacKerricher
Gameplay and Narrative in Jak 2: The Function of Power
Vincent Maher
Kero Kero Bonito and Homer; Farley’s “Only Acting”: Undermining Visual Conceptions of Realism
Edward-Ian Manapul
VR self portraits with Van Eyck
Jade Maxam
Absurdism and Satire in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
Alexandra McLean
Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song”
Nabil Najibzada
Gaze and Gender in Music Videos Using Charli XCX’s Boys
Antonella Orlotti Rocha
Tinder’s Impact on 21st Century Relationships
Chantal Oulette
Cultural Appropriation: Vogue India & Kim Kardashian
Ummehani Pathan
Decoding Cultural Misrepresentations in Disney’s Moana
Shiana Puri
The Air of Ideology in I Feel Pretty
Kimia Rashidian
The Purpose of Violent Images in Film
Alessia Savino
The Importance of Drag Queens
Julian Scarmato
Keeping Up With The Pressure To Be A Product
Michelle So
The Imperial Impulse: Primitivism in Modern Art
Jessica Suljic
Representations of Power, Gender and Sex in 50 Shades of Grey
Max Swiderski
Visual Analysis – Old Spice
Matthew Tse
Papers 2017
Lemonade’s Secret Recipe: Decoding the Messages in Beyoncé’s Visual Album
Jesse Boland
Theorizing Disability through Visuality: Seeing #DisabledAndCute Critically
Kelly Craigen
Exposing White Supremacy: Skin Bleaching in Jamaica
Marceleen Ehrig
Critique on Mykki Blanco’s “High School Never Ends”
Jaclyn Hawkins
Visualizing Humour: Memes as Mechanisms of Social Influence
Joshua Kemp
Comedy And Serious Topics: How Is It Portrayed In Film?
Alexis Kuskevics
Before-and-After Photos As A Site of Proof or Controversy
Samantha Lacy
Organic Architecture
Kelsey McCormick
Batman The Killing Joke: Beyond Good and Evil
Soujanan Muraleetharan
Decoding Innocence in Disney’s Zootopia
Sijia Qian
Masculinity Portrayed in Grand Theft Auto V
Kristian Saflor
Trans media Advertising: From Soap to Self-Esteem
Priscilla Sidero
How Music Videos Influenced Pop Music
Matthew Varao