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Plastic Surgery

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Plastic surgery in South Korea is a very common thing among men and women. It is actually very normal for a South Korean middle school student or high school student who is graduating to be gifted with double eyelid surgery to make the eyes look bigger. I actually have multiple Korean friends who were offered double eyelid surgery or actually got it as a gift for graduation. Studies say that among women in Korea, a total of 20 percent get some sort of plastic surgery and that is only among the women. If we compared it with the US, only around 5 percent of women get plastic surgery. In my Capstone project I wanted to compare the United States and South Korea differences in Plastic surgery, especially around what age do people tend to get more plastic surgery, it would be interesting and a little bit shocking. There are many cultural differences between the US and South Korea, which is why plastic surgery is seen as commonplace in Korea yet looked slightly down upon in America. There are even different types of popular plastic surgeries in both America and South Korea, for example double eyelid surgery and jaw reduction is very popular in South Korea, while in the United States breast implants and face lifts are very common. In South Korea there are also multiple plastic surgeries to help better a person’s life, for example like a rhinoplasty to help with breathing or a jaw reduction that releases tension in the jaw that could leave life lasting effects.

The Cultural and Economic effects of Virtual Reality

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For my capstone project, I plan on taking a look at the effects of VR becoming more mainstream. For instance, how much VR sales have impacted the economy, as well as the reasons people like it. I’m thinking of creating an infographic with statistics and imagery that shows VR’s effects and impact, as well as a remixed video. The infographic could have statistics about VR headset and software sales, percentages of people who enjoy VR or otherwise think their purchase was worth it, shown in graphs, imagery, etc. It would give someone who doesn’t know much about VR a good idea of where the technology might be headed, and what people think about it right now. For instance, VR was once considered nothing more than a dream, as many people promised fully functional VR in the past, but now people seem fairly satisfied with VR. I just need to get the numbers to back that up. As for the remixed video, I might try to find a documentary, interviews, reviews, etc. that pertain to VR, whether it’s about a particular headset, software, or just people talking about the future of VR. I would take the most important points I would be trying to get across and edit it together in an easy to watch video. I think it might be interesting to explore the social effects of VR as well as the economic ones as well. I’ve seen things like VR chat-rooms where people can interact with each other while donning their virtual avatar and think it’s a fairly neat thing to see.

Capstone Project – Social Media Advertising

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The subject matter of my capstone project is Social Media Marketing, primarily focusing on how it can help local businesses. I will do a remix as well as short remix. Social Media Marketing is a facet of digital marketing. the term references the way in which current platforms have monetized access to audiences for advertisers. Just as traditional advertising, Advertisers on social media create and implement both simple and complex campaigns to spread brand awareness and promote products or services. Establishing and dominating the digital sphere is a critical aspect of today’s business climate. Neglected or implemented improperly, it can allow users to dominate the conversations surrounding your brand, negatively affect sales, damage your reputation or image via earned media. Done properly, it will generate fans, facilitate conversations about your brand, drive traffic to your owned media and physical location, increase sales, and serve as a hub for your earned media. Social media marketing can be a huge difference maker for business owners who chose to adopt social media sooner rather than later. Auction prices for Social platforms remain incredibly low compared to their traditional counterparts. Not only is there a huge potential benefit in the price, perhaps the biggest upside of marketing on social media is the ability to create highly targeted audiences. Meaning we can create customer persona on a per product or per service basis and market those products and services to the specific people that we know buy those products. Social media marketing is a powerful tool that can both hurt and help today’s businesses.

Evelyn Smith Capstone: Wage Gap in the United States

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The subject I have decided to cover for the Capstone Project is the Wage Gap in the United States. This issue is addressed on social media through #EqualPay. According to research by the Washington Post, the median salary for women working full-time is 80% of men’s median salary. If you apply that to the calendar, that means that for 10 weeks a year, women are basically working for free.

This is an important social issue that effects millions of women across the United States, amongst various fields of work. For instance, a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that woman working in health care administration makes 22% less than their male counterparts for performing the same job. The same report cited research by the Economic Policy Institute that found that black women earn 65.3% of the wages that white men earn performing the same job. For Hispanic women, this percentage is around 57.6% the amount that white men earn.

To inform the audience about the issue, I will employ the use of two media objects. The first media object I will create is an infographic. This will be used to showcase data about the wage gap, and how it effects women differently by race and industry. This data will be shown using images, graphs, and charts. The infographic will include the #EqualPay, to prompt user engagement through social media.

The video remix is my second media object. I plan to remix clips of interviews/news reels of different wage gap stories and experiences, into one compilation. The video will provide the testimonial evidence to support the numerical evidence seen in the infographic.

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Capstone Project – Adopt Don’t Shop

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My capstone project is going to be on why people should adopt animals rather than buy them from breeders or pet stores. There are so many reasons as to why people should adopt animals rather than buy them. There are so many pets out there that need a home more than others. Especially those that have been in a shelter for a long time. Each year 2.7 million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized in the US because there isn’t enough space in the shelters for them. When people adopt a pet from a shelter they are saving the life of an animal. Most pets at shelters are great animals, most are housetrained and it is usually even cheaper to adopt rather than to buy. Another reason people should adopt rather than buy is that it helps fight puppy mills. Puppy mills are horrible places where dogs are crammed together in horrible conditions where profit is put above the welfare of the dogs. It is pretty clear that people should adopt and not shop.

To present these ideas further I am going to create an infographic and a remixed video. The infographic will show some stats and facts on why people should adopt over shop. It will give basic information to help people understand the problem behind puppy mills and why buying pets can be harmful. In my remixed video I am going to make it super heartfelt and paly more on people’s feelings rather than facts. The video is still going to give facts but it is mostly going to be more emotional.

Capstone Project: Fair Trade Clothing

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My capstone project will be on fair trade sewing and the ethical treatment of foreign sewing workers. Have you ever wondered why you are able to go to a store and buy a shirt for, sometimes, less then $5? or maybe there is a BOGO or a large clearance on items? How exactly is it possible to gather all that fabric, get the shirt designed, then sewn, packaged, and shipped across the world, and still only cost $5?  the truth is, there is a larger cost; a cost much greater then $5, and there are people out there in the world paying for that cost.  most companies today practice foreign clothing labor, due to its high economical value; however, by doing so, they are alienating and demoralizing humans around the globe.  certain companies today are staring to take a stand against this business practice.  by learning to value the clothing we buy, and by adopting a quality over quantity mindset, we can help create a sustainable living for the people who make the clothes that we often take for granted.

For this project, I will be making an infographic to demonstrate the benefits of fair trade clothing, and how it can still be a high grossing economical asset.  on top of that, I will create a remix video showing the current cruel state of “sweat shops”, and how we can benefit from adopting the fair trade culture. I will use references from companies like Patagonia and Everlane. these two media pieces will be housed on a custom website using WordPress.

Capstone Project – The Effects of Mainstream Music on Human Culture

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Listening and creating music with others alters the social bonds you have with people, and has been proven to do so for at least tens of thousands of years prior to present day. Music, both live and pre-recorded, have a major developmental impact on the relationships between humans. Music can begin relationships, nurture relationships and destroy relationships depending on each individual’s taste in music, the message behind the songs’ lyrics and how often that type of music is listened to. The main cultural change I want to focus on in my capstone project is America’s increasing divorce rate in the past ~50 years, which runs parallel with the creation and evolution of pop culture. Long before pop culture, it was extremely common for song lyrics to include loving your significant other and “staying true” to them. After pop culture, it became increasingly common for artists to sing and rap about being independent and not caring about anyone’s feelings – a more “do your own thing” type of culture. I’m going to focus on divorce rate, but also how listening to music can be healthy for relationships, and what music does to the human brain.
For my website, I’m going to create an animated infographic and remix video explaining all of the effects music has on human culture. The website will consist of 4 pages, including: an introduction page, an animated infographic page, a remix video page and a page summarizing how listening to music effects the brain, along with how it impacts relationships.

Machine Learning and Big Data Capstone- Joscha Oswald

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We are at the beginning of the fourth industrial revolution. It has been caused by our rapid technological jumps. A big part of these technological jumps are big data and machine learning.  This means the giant flow of information we create can be used to train computers to be able to compute more complicated tasks. The website I will create will present how these two fields big data and machine learning affect our society and can change our future.

The two media objects I will be using are an infographic and a remixed video. These will work to tell two stories of this new technological revolution. The infographic will provide facts and figures to show how relevant and important this technology is. It will work to show the power and ubiquitous of machine learning and big data. It explores the rational side of the topic.  The remixed video will tell the story and possibilities of big data and machine learning, by showing experts and videos of what in our world will change. This will be the more emotional side of the information. These media objects work in together to show a complete picture of machine learning and big data.

Machine learning and big data already have big impacts on our society. For example, big data has put privacy on the brink. It will affect every part of our lives from our work to how we shop. Big data and machine learning will work together to drastically change our world. This website will work to explore this impact.

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Capstone Project- Cruelty Free Cosmetics

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My capstone project will be about animal testing for cosmetics and why it should be eliminated. In the beauty industry, there are many different options and brands when it comes to makeup and skin care. You can pay for a prestigious brand or a drug store brand, however which ones are cruelty free? The stigma around the price point of a product determines if it is cruelty free or not. The most general theory for this is the higher the price the more likely to be cruelty free. However, this is far from the truth. Although, animal testing for cosmetics isn’t performed primarily in America, it is required by law if sold in China. Some companies would rather have the greed of selling their products in Chinese market, then to be a cruelty free brand. Animals should not have to suffer and be put to death for the vanity of humans.

To present these ideas and further them, I am planning on creating an infographic. This infographic will represent percentages of companies that are cruelty free to ones that are not, the decrease or increase in animal testing and ways to eliminate animal testing. I also plan on creating a video remix to relay my message, this will include brands, advocates and the harsh reality that is cosmetics tested on animals.

Andrew Nevue – Capstone project on smoking and vaping issues

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My capstone project will focus on current issues of vaping and smoking, more specifically on one’s health and smoking in public. My grandpa died just over two years ago from lung cancer after being a lifelong smoker. Even though he was a doctor and knew that smoking was bad, but he was so addicted that he could not quit. After decades of knowing the harmful effects of smoking, there are still a large number of cigarette smokers. A new trend that is just as harmful is the use of electronic cigarettes, often known as vaping. Vaping products are so new that not much is known about the chemicals in them or even if they are a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes. When people puff their cigarettes and vape pens in public, that not only presents a risk to them but also the community. Secondhand smoke is a serious issue. Breathing in the cloud of chemicals from the person in front of you can cause serious problems, even lung cancer.

In addition to the website, I am planning on creating an infographic and a Remixed video. The infographic will provide statistics and other important information, while the video will do that in a visual format with intense visuals. When I was in kindergarten, there was a clay, stop-motion commercial about kids smoking. Their faces started to rot soon after smoking and that image has always stuck with me. I will try to find other compelling videos like that and videos centered around smoking in public along with secondhand smoke such as news videos and studies. These media objects will work together to provide facts to back up my arguments and educate viewers.