For my capstone research project, I explore various frameworks in the philosophy, politics, and economics disciplines to discuss ways to increase environmental policy without impacting economics
For my Communication Research Class (Spring 2023), I worked with 4 other students to conduct a focus group to see the impact social media has on the college application process. The independent variable was if students used social media to look up information on colleges or not. Our dependent variable was the result social media played on the student applying to the school.
This topic is very important for colleges to understand how their presence on social media can make a difference in a student wanting to choose to attend their school. This presence could be known through verified social media accounts run by the admissions department or just by a regular student showing their day-to-day life and the opinions they have about the school. Many colleges are hiring communication specialists or student influencers in order to connect with a larger audience. This allows prospective and current students to engage with different social media posts to ask questions about the school, gain new information and even make connections with other students.
This topic is very important for colleges to understand how their presence on social media can make a difference in a student wanting to choose to attend their school. This presence could be known through verified social media accounts run by the admissions department or just by a regular student showing their day-to-day life and the opinions they have about the school. Many colleges are hiring communication specialists or student influencers in order to connect with a larger audience. This allows prospective and current students to engage with different social media posts to ask questions about the school, gain new information and even make connections with other students.
For my Communication Research Class, we surveyed over 70 students at Virginia Tech in order to see the crossroad between media Tiktok and people's everyday lives. My task was to create and operate the survey. I was able to learn how to create professional surveys using a site called Questionpro and was able to deepen my skills in Microsoft Excel.
