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Mark Hamilton

What’s in a Viral Video? A Study of Video Proliferation on the Internet

This study sought to discover why some videos go “viral” while others do not. Four videos were created, each with a different general genre and style. One video was a humorous sketch, another was a serious call to donate money to help the third world, the third was a “clip show” video featuring laughing babies and cats, and the final video was a control that consisted of nothing but a black screen. These videos were uploaded to YouTube and linked to on Facebook and Reddit. Results were to be evaluated by each videos number of views.

COMM 499, Senior Capstone

Doyle Srader

A201

9:30 – 10 AM

Matthew Dixon, Mark Hamilton & Ryan Vermilyea

Expectancy Violations and Gaining Compliance

We tested whether violating someone’s expectations would lead them to more or less be willing to sign a petition.

COMM 430, Nonverbal Communication

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Mark Hamilton

Do Particularly Religious People Use the Internet Less?

This is a follow up to a study performed by Dr. Greg Armfield and Dr. R. Lance Holbert. Using data collected in 1997 and 1998 they found that the more religious a person was the less likely they were to actively use the Internet. My own project is an attempt to see if this is still true today, particularly among college students. Using surveys of NCU and UO students I will attempt to discover whether religiosity is still a negative indicator of internet use.

COMM 460, Technology, Change and Communication

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Mark Hamilton & David Vermilyea

Last Beacon Standing: Stand-up Comedy at NCU

In the Fall 2011 term, eight student wrote stand-yup comedy routines and performed for a Beacon Night that coincided with a Preview Day. The audience voted for their favorite, the Last Beacon Standing, and the winner is putting his excellence on display. Also performing as the warm-up act is someone who was unable to compete because of a basketball game.

COMM 207, Humor and Stand Up Comedy

Doyle Srader

Ross Evans Chapel

8:30 – 9 AM

Chase Cleaver, Eric Fromm, Megan Hall, Mark Hamilton, Becky Hart, Peter Helms, Nicole Klingerman, Michael Lambert, Johnny Mager, Jenna Royce, Ruben Robertson

Intercultural Communication on MCU Mission Trips

Students enrolled in COMM 220, Intercultural Communications, will report the finds of their term research projects about intercultural communication between people from the United States and people from Brazil, Cambodia, and Mexico.

COMM 220, Intercultural Communication

Doyle Srader

L203B

9:30 – 10:30 AM

Mark Hamilton, Becky Hart, Susan Leip & Brittany Yip

Game Show Tournament of Champions

A live recording of the JBCN Radio game show’s season finale Tournament of Champions. We’ll have three winners competing in a puzzle game to win prizes, and hopefully people just walking around will stop in and be our audience.

COMM 230, Broadcasting

Doyle Srader

L203B

10:30 – 11 AM