The 50,000 Watt Blowtorch of the Great Southwest: The History of WBAP (open access)

The 50,000 Watt Blowtorch of the Great Southwest: The History of WBAP

This paper looks at the history of WBAP while examining how programming has changed from 1922-2014 and how WBAPs audience helped shape programming at the station. This paper reveals four formatting changes throughout the stations history and provides in-depth statistical analysis of how WBAPs audience changed during the stations 90 plus years of existence.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Dixon, Chad M
System: The UNT Digital Library
"The Gordita's Guide to Body Positivity" (open access)

"The Gordita's Guide to Body Positivity"

"The Gordita's Guide to Body Positivity" is an autobiographical documentary reflecting on society's expectations of the female body image and how it affects Latinx women. Through personal recollections, media content, and archival material, the film explores beauty expectations, body discrimination, and body positivity. The document analyzes the documentary styles such as autoethnography and narration incorporated into the film and provides historical and theoretical context to body image in the Latinx culture and how the media has affected body image, beauty ideals, and eating disorders. In addition, the pre-production, production, and post-production process is detailed.
Date: December 2023
Creator: Calderon, Jessica Andrea
System: The UNT Digital Library