Graduate Students Research Dissussion

By Marie Cervantes

Three Texas State graduates students discussed their work on their recent research Tuesday, Oct. 20 at Old Main at Texas State University during Mass Communication Week.

David Tarasi, who programmed for the “Bobby Bones” show on KISS radio in Austin, described his research as “the correlation between aggressive behavior and exposure to violent media.” His input from his research states that media does have an impact but does not create aggressive behaviors in viewers.

Lydia Saldana, Communications Director at Texas Parks and Wildlife, explained how minorities are underrepresented in wildlife magazines.

Third speaker, Robert Hill, focused his research on the “vulnerability of the Spanish dominant Latino community” in Austin.

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