More Vocal Fry URLs

1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/06/02/study-women-with-creaky-voices-also-known-as-vocal-fry-deemed-less-hireable/

2. http://www.jvoice.org/article/S0892-1997(11)00070-1/fulltext#abstract

3. http://thehairpin.com/2015/07/male-vocal-fry-is-real-now-because-women-are-linguistic-innovators/

4. http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/05/women-get-punished-more-than-men-for.html

5. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-05/uom-vfh052714.php

Research Plan

My research plan involves the following steps:

1. Research articles and previous studies done on “vocal fry” and learn the issues people have with it.  

2. Formulate a specific research question relating to it.  (Right now I am considering: “Do women use vocal fry more than men?”  I am interested in studying this question in the arena of radio broadcasting.)

3. Coming up with a method to gather and collect the data necessary to answer the research question.  

4. Analyze and interpret the data to see what the research question answer is.

Vocal Fry URLs

1. http://www.upworthy.com/what-is-vocal-fry-and-why-doesnt-anyone-care-when-men-talk-like-that

2. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-people-judge-womens-voices-podcasts_us_55a01ae9e4b0a47ac15c893c

3. http://www.ohniww.org/katy-perry-voice-vocal-fry/  

4. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/545/if-you-dont-have-anything-nice-to-say-say-it-in-all-caps

5. http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/07/#

6. http://www.npr.org/2015/07/23/425608745/from-upspeak-to-vocal-fry-are-we-policing-young-womens-voices

7. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/employers-look-down-on-women-with-vocal-fry/371811/

8. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/12/vocal-fry-creeping-us-speech?ref=hp

9. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0097506#pone.0097506-Wolk1

10. http://americanspeech.dukejournals.org/content/85/3/315.short

Determined Objectives

DSU Comm Department Program Learning Objectives:

1. Explain and apply concepts from communication theoretical traditions in small groups, business, interpersonal, mass media, and public settings.

2. Create appropriate and effective messages based on skilled analysis of the audience and situation using mediated and non-mediated presentations with a variety of purposes (inform, persuade, entertain, advocate, and celebrate).

3. Apply good reasoning, critical thinking and problem solving skills in interpersonal, small group, organizational, public, and mass media settings, while incorporating ethical principles of the discipline.

4. Apply effective skills in researching, organizing, and writing appropriate professional documents, personal communication, and effective communication analysis.

5. Demonstrate effective cross-cultural communication knowledge and skills in achieving a global perspective.

My Capstone Objectives:

1. Apply communication concepts when dealing with the people involved in my capstone. (PLO #1)

2. Learn to create, analyze, and interpret statistics which apply to my capstone. (PLO #1, #2, #4)

3. Determine and gather pertinent information related to my capstone. (PLO #3, #4)

4. Communicate effectively and professionally with colleagues, students, and people who are involved with my capstone. (PLO #4, #5).