Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2018
Document Type
Problem/Project Report
Degree Type
MA
College
Reed College of Media
Department
Reed College of Media
Committee Chair
Lois Raimondo
Committee Co-Chair
Mary Kay McFarland
Committee Member
Bob Britten
Committee Member
Karen Laing
Abstract
This professional project is a multimedia project focusing on stories of three second-generation Americans in West Virginia. The project is disseminated using a website. It includes content curated by the project author (photos, videos, written stories, data visualization) and information selected by the participants themselves. The content will add to the information available on different cultural communities in West Virginia in general, and on second-generation Americans in particular. It is hoped the project, through its portrayals of these individuals and their immigrant families, will help to dispel and counter some of the stereotypical depictions of immigrants. With this goal in mind, this project attempts to communicate a more complex and nuanced portrait of these individuals and present their stories in a way that differs from the typically immigrants lives portrayed by the media.
Recommended Citation
Elsaid, Dalia Ahmed, "Growing up between two worlds: a portrait of second-generation American a multimedia project" (2018). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 3969.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/3969