College

  • Data Storytelling: Awareness of Parasocial Relationships among college students

    Alexandria Brown, Madeline Furman, Lorena Marquez Section 1: Introduction- Lorena Our main research question was to measure the participants’ understanding of parasocial relationships and how they are formed. With social media being a key factor in today’s society and everyone using it, that plays a role in how people interact with parasocial relationships. Parasocial relationships…

  • Out with the old, In with the new: The impact of Microtrends

    As I sort through my closet purging it of clothing I no longer wear my attention is caught by a plaid skirt stuffed in the back of my skirt drawer. I have not worn this skirt in years yet I have not brought myself to get rid of it, afraid that it might come in…

  • Adjusting to Changing Friendships

    From the moment we met during early move-in, we had a connection. It was easy to see how similar we were as we rearranged the furniture in our room and began decorating. During a FaceTime call with our other two roommates to make introductions before moving in, we found out we were both going through…