Peer-Reviewed Research
Olivia Bennett
Instagram has become a central marketplace for influencer advertising, especially for beauty, fitness, fashion, and “wellness” products. Because influencer posts blend lifestyle content with marketing, they can intensify appearance-based social comparison and self-objectification—two well-established pathways to body dissatisfaction. This paper …
Emma Williams
Phobias are a major group of anxiety disorders marked by persistent, excessive, and often disabling fear of a particular object, place, situation, or social experience. Unlike ordinary fear, which helps people react to real danger, a phobia is out of …
Noah Anderson
Movies and movie-like entertainment narratives (including streaming series) shape how students imagine college: what “good” campuses look like, who belongs there, and what certain majors or professions feel like. This paper synthesizes media-effects theory (cultivation, social learning, and narrative transportation) …
Ethan Miller
Econometrics the application of statistical and causal inference methods to economic and business data has evolved from a primarily academic discipline into a core capability across policy, finance, technology, and consulting. This paper synthesizes recent labor-market projections, global employer skill …
