Sofia Duffy, Lauren Nemeh, Audrey Tseng, Venus Vu Red carpet interviews at award shows are often a hot topic that circulates on the internet and are viewed by millions of people. This being said, the quality and nature of what is said in the interviews can wildly influence the viewers. Previous research and social movements […]
Gender Bias in Celebrity Interview Questions: Topic Study at the Oscars 2023 Read Post »
Hannah Shin, Emily Matsuda, Cindy Xiaoxuan Wang The idea of femininity is often grounded to common elements such as being tender, sweet, and obedient (Lee et al., 2002). This study aimed to test the relationship between one’s level of pitch and the aforementioned characteristics– specifically the role of East Asian media in promoting gender stereotypes
Pitch Level of Female Characters in East Asian Media Read Post »
Nikki Lee, Kiara Mares, Jamie Seals, Ally Shirman In everyday conversations, bilingual speakers frequently code-switch between their languages. With our modern society, we can see this becoming prevalent in media during emotional scenes with bilingual characters; specifically in movies and TV shows. In this study, we investigated three different shows and movies with bilingual actors
Impassioned Speech: ¿Lo has visto? Read Post »
Roni Grushkevich, Iffet Dogan, Isaac Verdugo, Nandana Suresh The following research on receptive multilingualism seeks to observe if exposure to popular Spanish singing artists of various dialects impact Spanish heritage and non-Spanish heritage speakers’ ability to comprehend their song’s lyrics. 8 participants (4 native Spanish speakers, 2 romance language speakers, and 2 individuals who learned
Sylvia Le, Lien Joy Campbell, Jose Orozco, Noah SS Do you know BTS? – If you answered no, where have you been? In the past five years Korean pop music (K-pop) has undergone a global explosion. Built into the successful business model of K-pop is the central idea of English as a Lingua Franca. While
Code-Switching Habits of BTS Read Post »
Danbi Jang, Louise Chen, Katherine Escobar, Alena Hong Bilingual speakers code-switch for conversation consistency. Code-switching is more effective when describing cultural words with only that language and when both speakers are in an argument situation because code-switching increases conversation compatibility. Our research looked at the Kim’s Convenience Season 1 show and analyzed the Korean-Canadian bilingual
Griffin Gamble, Shayan Karmaly, Rahul Reddy, and Michael Zhan Our team was interested in looking at some speech features that were found primarily in women’s speech in a famous study by Robin Lakoff in 1973. We wanted to see if Lakoff’s findings were still prevalent in today’s media. In our study, we followed two characters,
How Do Gender Stereotypes from 1973 Hold Up in Modern Media? Read Post »
Kara Chu, Iffet Dogan, Jay Iyengar, and Alisara Koomthong The following research seeks to observe linguistic variability in the way Asian immigrant parents speak to their Asian American sons compared to their daughters. Participants for the study include two female participants and one male participant who recorded phone calls with their parents sharing both good
(Ap)parent Gender: Gendered Language and its Use in Asian American Parenting Read Post »
Julia Offerman, Isabelle Sandback, Samantha Morgan, and Niki Agarwal Societal viewpoints regarding sports can be partially attributed to gender bias in sports commentating and interviews. This is true even for tennis, which has become very gender-inclusive in terms of media coverage, as well as respect for female athletes. Still, many studies have found biases in
The Use of Gendered Language in Interviews of Male and Female Athletes Read Post »
Roni Grushkevich, Claire Lim, Kendall Vanderwouw, Daniel Zhou Who is the most memorable villain you remember from your childhood era? We hypothesize that most individuals will remember a villain portrayed with a heavy accent. This is due to the phenomenon of othering and the idea that children will have a hard time connecting with a
Long-Term Implications of Accent Representation in Children’s Media Read Post »