Flagler College communication students to have strong presence at popular culture conference

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (09/19/2014)(readMedia)-- Six students from the Flagler College Communication Department are preparing to present their research at the Popular/American Culture Association in the South Academic Conference being held in New Orleans next month.|

Ashley DaSilva, Hannah Jordan, Courtney Peters, and Dylan Spann are presenting together on a panel entitled "Horror, Violence, Crime, and the Passion" which has topics covering rhetorical analysis of the Passion conference, portrayals of violence in the TV show "The Fall," the role of horror post 9/11, and genre analysis of buddy cop dramedy.

In addition, Ashley Ryan will be speaking on "The American Dream as a Dysfunctional Hypergood" and Samantha Winowsky will share her paper "Photostopped: The Harmful Effects Photoshopped Ads Have on Women." Courtney Hoston was also selected to present at the conference but will be unable to attend.

"This is the second year in a row that we've been able to have Flagler communication students present," said Dr. Matthew Wysocki, coordinator of media studies at Flagler. "This has been a conference that is starting to be a real showcase for them."

In addition to current students, Flagler alumni Katie Lutz, Alex Holmes, Stephanie Spadea and Lois Goh will also present at the conference.

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Flagler College is a private, four-year comprehensive college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 29 majors, 34 minors and two pre-professional programs - the largest being business administration, communication, psychology and education. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost. A Flagler education is less than half the cost of similar private colleges, and competitive with many state universities. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, an industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.