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Item The 2020 toilet paper stockpiling phenomenon: a media analysis revealing the role of the news media in toilet paper hoarding(2020) Driessen, Eva; Wurfel, MarleneThis paper aims to examine the influence that the news media has on the population by exploring how the news media influenced people to stockpile toilet paper in March and April 2020. The method that I used is media analysis. I analyzed articles published in March and April 2020 about toilet paper hoarding.I discuss the specific techniques used to urge readers to participate in the craze. I observed two main components that most articles about toilet paper had in common. The two components are fear-inducing images and captivating headlines. People were exposed to articles like this on digital and printed newspapers and, consequently, social media. However, this paper focuses on digital news articles. These articles promoted a sense of urgency, and many people took part in toilet paper hoarding as a result. Stockpiling was a global phenomenon, and many news outlets in almost every country published articles about the craze; however, this analysis focuses on Canadian news outlets. My data sources are various Canadian mass news articles with relevant content published in the aforementioned time frame. The results of this research indicate that the news media did not intentionally push people to stockpile toilet paper, which is evident because almost all of the articles mentioned that stockpiling was not necessary and even discouraged it. However, because it was a global phenomenon and needed to be reported on, the media did publish many articles about it, which drew attention to the issue. There were also many headlines and images published that were agents in influencing people to stockpile.Item 365 snaps: a digital story(2015) Wurfel, MarleneThe author combines 365 still images of her baby taken throughout the first year of her life with retrospective voiceover narration and music. This digital story, or, multimedia project, was produced at a Digital Storytelling Workshop for Educators at the Center for Digital Storytelling, now the StoryCenter in Berkeley, California. Some themes explored in the post-secondary classroom using this very personal story include humanizing pedagogy, social justice and feminist identity, and voice. To produce this creative research project, Marlene Wurfel explored camera techniques, digital storytelling techniques and the phenomenology of mother as documentarian. Photos were animated using Adobe Premiere Pro. Soundtrack by Frozen Silence via a Creative Commons license.Item American immigration rhetoric: a dangerous game: critical analysis of modern immigration speeches and policy statements(2018) Puplampu, Adiki; Wurfel, MarleneThe purpose of this primary research was to contrast the manner in which right-wing and left-wing political figures use rhetoric to refer to immigrants and refugees. The focus of this research was American political figures between the years of 2012 and 2018. Using critical discourse analysis and deconstruction, this paper examined speeches and policy statements from both political spectrums in order to compare their uses of dehumanizing terms in reference to immigrants and refugees. After comparing each side this paper found that in the sources analyzed, the right used dehumanizing rhetoric with more frequency and severity than the left. The units of analysis for this paper were the texts deconstructed and coded for words that fit this paper’s working definition of dehumanizing rhetoric: words or terms that suggest a lack of human qualities in an individual or group of people. The goal of this research was to highlight the way immigrants and refugees are referred to in public discourse by politicians of different political affiliations, and the potential consequences of this negative rhetoric. Course: BCSC 203 Introduction to Research Methods.Item Amethyst(2016) Wurfel, MarleneAmethyst, a cinnamon-coloured black bear, develops a taste for people food at a Kootenay Mountain campsite.Item Analyzing LGBTQ2S+ jokes in 30 Rock and Schitt’s Creek: a qualitative comparison study in sitcom humour(2020) Colwell, Mya; Wurfel, MarleneAs LGBTQ2S+ representation increases in the media, it is important to discover if these increased narratives are also becoming more positive. Utilizing a combination of Critical Discourse and Textual Analysis, this study analyzes LGBTQ2S+ sitcom humour in 30 Rock and Schitt’s Creek to understand what patterns are found in the jokes and how findings compare. After examining connotations drawn from word choice, the presence of power dynamics, body language, and tone, findings indicated that 30 Rock contained an alarming number of negative LGBTQ2S+ jokes, with jokes fitting into three categories: using the term “lesbian” to denote frumpy appearance, using LGBTQ2S+ jokes to create a power imbalance, and erasing identity with LGBTQ2S+ negative jokes. In opposition to this, Schitt’s Creek demonstrated positive representation of LGBTQ2S+ characters and few LGBTQ2S+ specific jokes. LGBTQ2S+ stereotypes were sometimes inverted for humour, but no negative jokes occurred.Item Arachne gets revenge(2017) Wurfel, MarleneThis Tales From the Lilypad original by Marlene Wurfel is a mash-up of new story and ancient Greek myth. There are bits from Theseus and the Minotaur, bits from Arachne and Athena's story, bits from Charlotte's Web, and entirely new bits, all woven together for contemporary heros and princessess. Warning: contains lots and lots of spiders.Item An Arctic fairy tale(2017) Wurfel, MarleneThree little arctic fairies learn from the crow who raised them that they aren't crows and need to make their own way in the world as fairies. Will these siblings work together to make magic?Item Buttercup cools down(2016) Wurfel, MarleneThis mindfulness story was recorded in a pond full of little froggies. It's about the littlest frog in the pond, Buttercup, and how she learns to calm down.Item Cat and mouse in partnership(2018) Wurfel, MarleneA rearrangement and retelling of a Brother's Grimm fairytale: Cat and Mouse in Partnership. Cat and Mouse are in love. Can they make it work?Item Cat castle III: Primrose escapes(2019) Wurfel, MarleneA Tales from the Lilypad original bedtime story for kids by Marlene Wurfel in which Primrose the Mouse must escape from the Cat Castle to perform a heroic task. Cats! Alicorns! Razzle Dazzle! An Enchanted Clock Tower!Item Cat Castle part I: fairytale(2019) Wurfel, MarleneA Tales from the Lilypad retell of Grimm's The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat. This fairytale has it all: romance, adventure, comeuppance, revenge, enchanted forests, and a magic castle where all the servants are kittens.Item Cat castle part II: sleepytime in the Enchanted Castle(2019) Wurfel, MarleneThis is a sequel to the Tales from the Lilypad's version of Grimm's The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat. In the Grimm's fairytale, a poor boy is rescued by a cat who brings him to her enchanted castle in which all the servants are kittens. Inspired by the fairytale, this original 20 minute sleepycast or sleep meditation by Marlene Wurfel is to help kids fall asleep or to just rest and relax at naptime. Welcome to sleepytime at the Enchanted Castle where the sweetwater river flows past all the sleepy little kittens in the sleepy fortress in the enchanted forest.Item The changeling(2019) Wurfel, MarleneAnother adventure of the boy and girl whose job is the preparation and service of oatmeal. Fairies! Potions! Portals to another magical realm!Item The Christmas tree story(2014) Wurfel, MarleneItem Chuckles and the wolverine(2021) Wurfel, MarleneChuckles is a snow gnome who performs a daring rescue of a wolverine in this original story by Marlene Wurfel for Tales from the Lilypad. New music by Reid Alexander Whelton. Sound effects courtesy Creative Commons Universal Public Domain Licence and a Creative Commons Attribution Licence via freesound.org. Thank you Pedaling Prince.Item City mouse and country mouse(2016) Wurfel, MarleneThe more than 2000 year old fable of City Mouse and Country Mouse, re-told at the Lilypad by Lily, a frog, and two little mice.Item The crone at the castle door(2018) Wurfel, MarleneThe boy whose job is the service and preparation of oatmeal for the King and Queen and the girl whose job is the service and preparation of oatmeal for the King and Queen of a cold castle atop misty bluffs wish something would happen. Then comes a knock at the castle door on a stormy night. Who could it be?Item The curse on the Crystal Castle(2017) Wurfel, MarleneThis story was written by Marlene Wurfel in response to this randomly generated fairytale prompt: the story is about a brave girl who must break a curse, defeat a giant, and find a magic ring to defeat a tyrant. Things are complicated by a jealous rival. Assistance comes in the form of a magic swan.Item Daiya the balsam poplar dryad(2018) Wurfel, MarleneA dryad is a tree spirit or nymph that lives in a tree. This Tales from the Lilypad original story by Marlene Wurfel is about a Black Poplar dryad named Daiya. This story is loosely inspired by Greek mythology and greatly inspired by my love for Balsam Poplars. Yeah, it gets a bit sappy.Item A digital story(2020) Wurfel, MarleneThis video (.MP4 HD) exemplifies the techniques of digital storytelling including layering images with sound and movement, and further, adding a voiced narrative, a subjective point of view, and dramatic tension. Digital storytelling is a research method operating within an interpretive paradigm whereby the storyteller shares insight and experience with an intention towards personal growth and social or organizational change. Stills gathered from various sources (2020), soundtrack (courtesy YouTube audio library), original footage gathered with gratitude to Indigenous communities in Treaty 8 territory using a Pixel 2 smartphone, editing environment is WeVideo, script and narration by Marlene Wurfel.