This study evaluates the impact of the UMVerse VR Experience, an immersive virtual replica of the University of Miami campus, on student behavior, perceptions, and spatial knowledge to enhance university onboarding and explore VR's role in higher education.
Empowering Local Comadronas in Indigenous Guatemala: A Tool for Sexual and Reproductive Health
Abbie Bernet2024-10-01T11:03:02-04:00There is a strong link between HIV and maternal health, with higher HIV rates correlating to increased maternal mortality. HIV-infected women face a 2 to 8 times higher risk of death and pregnancy complications. Indigenous Mayan women in Guatemala are particularly vulnerable due to partner migration and traditional gender roles.
Correspondence
Abbie Bernet2024-09-19T10:18:43-04:00Kendrick is an expat, semi-retired and once celebrated African American novelist living in Shanghai, China. Kay is a young, up-and-coming Asian-American writer in Miami. They share correspondence through which they examine each other’s lives, cultures, challenges, and the burrowing relationship between them.
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Cartoon Network Anti-Cyberbullying Campaign Targeting Tweens
Abbie Bernet2024-09-04T08:51:52-04:00Alarmingly, over 20% of tweens (aged 9 to 12) are exposed to cyberbullying, with 15% of young victims unlikely to report the issue to peers, family, or adults.
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Two Experiments from Imposed Users’ Perspective
Abbie Bernet2024-08-29T17:30:56-04:00AI technologies now play various communicator roles, from content producers (e.g., automated news generation) to interpersonal interlocutors (e.g., voice assistants).
Swipe and Shop: The Guide to Social Commerce
Justin Parrondo2024-06-20T13:06:04-04:00This paper examines the current trends, consumer behaviors, and technological advancements of social commerce, with a particular focus on the COVID-19 pandemic's catalytic role. It [...]
The Need for Implementation of Smart Cities
Justin Parrondo2024-06-20T13:05:52-04:00Smart cities are infrastructures that increase convenience, efficiency, safety, sustainability, and optimal performance in a vast array of fields made possible by the Internet of [...]
The Role of Influencers in Digital Marketing
Justin Parrondo2024-06-20T13:05:40-04:00As digital marketing continues to dominate the advertising sphere, new methods and techniques to best gain customers and increase sales have emerged. Social media influencers [...]
Advancement’s Achilles’ Heel: The Disservice of Deepfakes
Justin Parrondo2024-06-20T13:05:20-04:00Advancements in artificial intelligence have led to the rise of deepfake technologies. Using such neural network models as Generative Adversarial Network and the Video Autoencoder, [...]
Media Management Association Awards 2024
Justin Parrondo2024-06-20T10:19:31-04:00About Since 2016, the Media Management Association (MMA) Awards have recognized outstanding undergraduate and graduate student works (i.e., major student papers and projects, including creative [...]
Social Media and Censorship
Michael Lester2023-09-15T19:15:35-04:00This paper will focus on the political and social complexities surrounding the Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act debate. The purpose is to properly [...]
The World of Deepfakes
Michael Lester2023-09-15T19:15:01-04:00This paper will review the major aspects of deepfake audio and video technology. First, it will provide an in-depth explanation of how deepfakes are created [...]