Work by communication students

• Andrea M. Karpe: Changing Times Change NDSU
  Universities have always hoped to attract the best and the brightest. But they have not always thought it appropriate to advertise their campus as aggressively as today. Early promotional materials, as the author notes, meant no more than catalogs. Not until the 1970s did most state-supported universities such as North Dakota State begin seriously considering the idea of positioning the campus to appeal to bright students. Andrea Karpe tells us how that idea changed, sometimes radically so, at NDSU through the years.

• Kirsten Soderberg: Tracking Our Sociological History: Representations of Women in Advertising in the Fargo Forum, 1930-2002
  Advertising, whether celebrated or criticized, is undeniably a key force in American society. And, as the author notes, images of women have long been used to sell in published advertisements. How they have been used, however, has changed markedly over the decades. The author assesses this change through evaluation of a midwestern newspaper from the Jazz Age to Post-Modernism.

Mass Media Ethics, student research fall 2003:

• Andrea M. Karpe: TV’s Newest Reality: Political Implications of "The West Wing"
  "West Wing," a fictional television program about the U.S. presidency, is often lauded as an example of television for thoughtful viewers tired of shallow values and violence. But this student's top-ranked class research paper encourages us to ask sometimes unsettling questions about what we see. The powerful influence of this almost-too-real television program may lead viewers to unrealistic expectations about real life at the seat of world power.

New! Advanced News Photography (Photojournalism):

• Student portfolios 2004.
  Student select photographs from class assignments to prepare these capstone portfolios.