Browsing Honours Theses by Author "Collins, Rachael E., 1976-"

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Down the rabbit hole : a case study on Russell Williams and severe sexual sadism

Williams, Martin (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)

In 2010, Russell Williams was a senior officer in the Canadian Forces and a respected figure of the community. He was also a serial rapist and sexual killer whose crimes shook those few closest to him and the nation itself. ...
“He's funny, he's intelligent, he opens doors, a perfect gentleman” : a mixed methods approach to analyzing rape myths within newspaper accounts of the Jian Ghomeshi trial

Comeau, Chantale Michelle (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

A great deal of literature provides an American perspective to the prevalence of rape myths in newspaper accounts of sexual assault cases. The present research attempts to bridge the Canadian gap by first providing a ...
Media discourse : a compare and contrast of language used to portray female offenders in Canada and China

Zimo, Meng (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

Many studies were done to reveal that individual’s perception towards certain group of people is established and influenced by outside sources. Female is considered the vulnerable group in the society and their presence ...
Moral panics and fear of crime around terrorism in the online world of Twitter

Dempsey, Jordan Arthur (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)

In the past decade social media platforms have risen to exceptional levels of prominence in societies across the globe. Platforms such as Twitter allow millions of users from across the globe to contribute to various ...
Pokémon Go : understanding community and social interaction in a digital world

Cox, Nathan (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

Pokémon Go is an augmented realty video game, where users or trainers attempt to catch digital monsters in a hybrid world. This application will be the tool that is used to analyze community building and social space within ...
Safe streets for whom : an in-depth look at the harms associated with the Safe Streets Act

Fleming, Kaitiee Christina (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

Homelessness is a problem that exists in every city around the world. Citizens want this problem to go away, but instead the homeless population continues to grow. The laws that are put in place in cities are supposed to ...
Stress, pressure, and anxiety : binge drinking at Saint Mary’s University

Rafuse, Kala (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

University student stress levels are increasing as well as their negative coping strategies, such as binge drinking and drug experimentation. This research attempts to understand more about where the student stress is ...
What’s your snapchat? : I’ll be watching you

Miller, Erin E. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)

Introduction: Social media is an ever-changing human interaction, especially when it comes to relationships and break-ups. The main objective of this research study was to understand if social media was causing negative ...