Major Research Papers

Major Research Papers (MRP) - link to Grad Studies website are approximately 35-45 pages in length.

They are a piece of original scholarly research that augments or enhances knowledge of the topic under investigation.


A list of recently completed MRPs

Valdivia,Mateo. 2023. Alpha,Beta,Sigma: A Critical Analysis of Sigma Male Ideoloogy.https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/283/

Ma, Hongwei (Marc).2023. The Downplayed Debt Attributes of BNPL: A Thematic Content Analysis of Tik Tok https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/269/

Clarke, Kayla. 2023. Amending Amendments: Digital Colonialism, Bill C-11, and Assessing the Call for Improvement http://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/248

Kojok, Bayan. 2022. Reinventing Child Labour:  A Contemporary Analysis of Children’s Participation in the Digital Labour Economy  https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/226

Nimmo, Micaela. 2022. A Content Analysis of Fat Liberation Discourse and Commodification on TikTok. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/225/

Morneau, Samantha. 2022. A Textual Analysis of Captain America:  The Winter Soldier. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/212/

Espinoza-Lewis, Emily. 2022. A Critical Analysis of the Media Representations of Venezuelan Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum-Seekers (Venezuelan IRAS) in Peru. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/205/

Hansaruk, Shane. 2022. Indie Developers and the Queer Content Renaissance in Video Games, 2013-2017. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/203/

Jessop, Mackenzie.  2021.  Revisiting Asian American Representations in Hollywood:  Negotiating Identity, Gender, and Sexuality. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/183/

Milanis, Amanda.  2021.  Changing the Game:  A Critical Media Analysis of ESPN and espnW.  https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/161/

Baillargeon, Paul.  2021.  Asymmetrical Governance:  Auditing Algorithms to Preserve Due Process Rights. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/178/

Chmaissany, Maya.  2020.  Counter-Hegemonic Self-Representation of Arabs and Muslims in Popular Media. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/155/

Scholl, Benjamin J.  2020.  An Ethnography of Early Canadian Varsity Esports.

D'hondt, Fox. 2020. A Content Analysis of the Narrative in Game of Thrones:  Exploring How Game of Thrones Resists Neoliberal Ideology. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/135/

Szczyglowski, Brittany. 2019. 'Bigger than football': A capacities and signals approach to the NFL kneeling protests. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/92/

Betancur, Carolina. 2019. ‘Go Out Museums!’ Museums Political Relevance Within the Current Media Environment. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/100/

O'Gorman, Brenna. 2019. #TrippinWithTarte: The Immaterial Labour of Selling Calculated Authenticity and Glamour On Instagram. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/96/

Vido, Jasmine.  2019. A Critical Investigation of Bell Let's Talk. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/74/

Ntahonsigaye, Mirella Kami. 2018. 'Fake News Hysteria': How an Analysis of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds Broadcast Can Inform the Issue of 'Fake News'. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/61/

Milenkovic, Darko. 2018. Native Advertising Disclosures in Journalism: An Assessment on the Accurate Reporting of Disclosure Wording in Conveying Advertising Intenthttps://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/50/

Gould, John. 2018. Communicative Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation: Exploring Ideology in the Calgary Heraldhttps://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/52/

McLaren, Jackson. 2018. Recognize Me: An Analysis of Transgender Media Representationhttps://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/45/

Khanna, Rohan. 2018. How Disney’s Abc Avoided Reporting Electronic Arts Star Wars Game Micro-Transactions. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/41/

El-Khatib, Samar. 2018. Refuting the Sharing Economy: An Examination of Mainstream and Critical Perspectiveshttps://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/22/

Forbes, Erin. 2018. Manufacturing the Mythology of “Be- Leaf”: A Thematic Analysis of 2017 Playoff Coverage in the Toronto Star. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/18/

Suitor, Sharon. 2017. #AmINext: Resisting Marginalization and Violence through First Nations Hashtag Activism.

Peach, Harmony. 2017. “Two Minutes to Register” Consent to Organ and Tissue Donation in Ontario: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the province’s official recruitment and registration website www.beadonor.ca

Yarkin, Parma. 2017. The Globe and Mail’s Coverage of the “Troll under the Bridge” : Matty Moroun.

Farshori, Farwa. 2016. Social Innovation: A Promotional Tactic for the Neoliberal University or a Means of Change?.

Brooks, Mason Elliot. 2016. "Continuity Through Change": Twitter's Exploitation of #BlackLivesMatter.

Romanko, Anne-Marie. 2016.  A Curriculum in Capitalism: EnRICHed Start as Neoliberal Financial Literacy Education.

Alsaadi, Miram. 2016. Beauty and the Online World: A Visual and Textual Analysis of Personal Branding and the YouTube Beauty Guru.

Lilly, Vanessa. 2015. Restoring Rehtaeh Parsons’ Rape Narrative-An Analysis of #YouKnowHerName on Twitter.

Wang, Shuo. 2015. Home and Away: Representing the Chinese Homosexual Diaspora in The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Happy Together (1997)https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/major-papers/152/

Kim Jihong. 2015. South Korean Cinema in the 21st century: Reading Park Chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy.

Cardin, Melodie. 2015. Midwifery in Ontario Hospitals: Negotiating Power, Advocacy and “Alternatives”.

Armbruster, Natalie. 2015.  The Corporate Co-Optation of the "Natural" Food Label: A Case Study of Maple Leaf Food's Natural Selections Line.

Mastrocola, Daniela. 2014.  The Canadian Seal Wars on CBC News.

Nardone, Jaclyn. 2014. Beyond The ‘Free Speech Wall’: The 'Conservative Labyrinth' On Canadian Campuses.

Landry, Andrea. 2014. Defenders of the Land: The Canadian Broadcasting Company`s portrayal of Indigenous Struggle.

O’Meara, Victoria. 2014. SlutWalk in the News: Women in Protest and the Canadian Mainstream Media.

Krizan, Lydia. 2013. Intensive Livestock Operations: Analysis Of Mainstream Media Coverage.

Shuraydi, Amny. 2013. All-American Muslim:  A Review of Contemporary Arab American Identity, Double Consciousness, and Orientalist Perspectives.

Harney, Sarah. 2013. Occupying The Globe And Mail: The Story Of The 99% As Told By The 1%. 

O’Brien, Joseph. 2013. Tattoos In Media Representations: An Examination Of Subcultural Or Figurational Characteristics.

Keown, Mary Katherine. 2013. Shootinggenocide Documentary Photography and the 1994 Rwandan Genocide: An Exploration of Political Messaging, the Visual Representation of Pain and Memorialization.

Gacesa, Jelena. 2013. Mail Order Brides, Brides, Prostitutes And Domesticated Housewives: How Hollywood Hijacked The Eastern European Woman.