Communication Studies Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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The Rhetoric of Urban Renewal: Redevelopment in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Cities throughout the United States have attempted to rehabilitate their neglected urban neighborhoods. These efforts have been the result of rhetorical struggles that involve the stakeholders of the neighborhoods - ... -
Countering Foundational Myths and Cultural Beliefs: The Reportage of Anna Politkovskaya
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who reported for Novaya Gazeta about the Second Chechen War and the Chechen civilians who suffered as a result, was assassinated at her Moscow apartment building on October 7, 2006. ... -
THE GENEALOGY OF THE PROSTITUTE: DEFINING AND DISCIPLINING PROSTITUTION THROUGH JOURNALISM IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND, 1809-1886
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)This dissertation is an exploration into the changing definition of a prostitute during the nineteenth century in Britain and the actions taken in response to that changing definition. I argue that different definitions ... -
Communication and the Art of Improvisation
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Over the last 15 years, improvisational theater has been increasingly applied in organizational contexts to improve the communicative environment of that organization. It is widely held that improv benefits the communicative ... -
Always In The Name of Zion: A Rhetorical History of Ahad Ha-am and Cultural Zionism
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Cultural Zionism was an ideological position that both predated and contended with traditional political Zionism. Operating from the assumption that a national sense of identity had to be established before a physical state ... -
The World Made Meme: Discourse and Identity in Participatory Media
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This project explores internet memes as public discourse. `Meme' is a term coined by biologist Richard Dawkins to describe the flow, flux, mutation, and evolution of culture, a cultural counter to the gene. But the term ... -
Traveling the Road to Redemption: Toyota Motor Corporation's Rhetoric of Atonement As Response to the 2010 Recall Crisis
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Abstract This dissertation is a case study of Toyota Motor Corporation's movement from communicative failure to communicative success during the massive 2010 auto recall. It is the author's contention that the movement ... -
Communicative Implications of the Modern Video Game: An Audience-Centered Approach
(University of Kansas, 2010-12-31)The advent of the home video game console and three decades of continuously evolving gaming technology has had a profound impact on American culture. While many studies have investigated various sociocultural outcomes and ... -
Perceptions of the Adult Son/Husband's Mediation Styles in Chinese Mother/Daughter-In-Law Conflicts
(University of Kansas, 2009-12-31)From the perspectives of mothers-in-law (n = 316, M age = 62.80, SD = 8.07) and daughters-in-law (n = 287, M age = 37.17, SD = 8.12), this study examined the son/husband's mediation role in mother/daughter-in-law conflicts ... -
Family Structure and The Freshmen Year: Influence of Parental Marital Status and Custody Arrangement on First-Year College Adjustment
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)The purpose of this study is to examine how first-year college adjustment is impacted by family structure. More specifically, the study aims to determine if the current definition of family structure needs to be revised ... -
Sexual communication in romantic relationships: An investigation into the disclosure of sexual fantasies
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)This study explored the communication of sexual fantasies in romantic relationships. While self-disclosure of sexual likes and dislikes has been positively associated with sexual satisfaction (Cupach & Metts, 1991), no ... -
Making Ourselves Understood: The Role of Previous Experience, Stereotypes, Communication Accommodation, and Anxiety in Americans' Perceptions of Communication with Chinese Students
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)This study examined American students' perceptions of communication with Chinese international students in two parts. First, studies were conducted to explore the stereotypes American students have about Chinese students. ... -
Constructing the Self through the Other: How beliefs about the Other inform international NGO approaches to development
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)The perspectives of development organizations and workers regarding recipients of international development inform their practice and approach to development work. The recent surge of international nongovernmental organizations ... -
DEGREES OF FANDOM: AUTHENTICITY & HIERARCHY IN THE AGE OF MEDIA CONVERGENCE
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Although interest in fandom studies have grown in recent decades, there remain core issues that are under-addressed, including attempts to theorize about fandom in a general way (as opposed to focusing on individual ... -
"The Most Hazardous and Dangerous and Greatest Adventure on Which Man Has Ever Embarked": The Frontier in Presidential Pro-Space Discourse, 1957-1963
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Since the inception of the US Space Program, space exploration has been linked in public discourse to the cluster of ideas and images constituting "the frontier." In the seven years between 1957 and 1963, Presidents ... -
A God of Wealth: Religion, Modernity, and the Rhetoric of the Christian Prosperity Gospel
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)The Christian Prosperity Gospel (CPG) is a type of Christian preaching which asserts that the right type of faith and practice will deliver wealth and well-being to believers. In an era of stagnating religious belief and ... -
Why She Did It: Battle for the Meaning of the Female Suicide Attackers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(University of Kansas, 2010-04-28)Suicide bombings are quickly becoming the tactic of choice for resistance groups around the globe, and increasingly, women are becoming the chosen perpetrators. However, the continued strength of gender roles and stereotypes ... -
CREATIVE ADOLESCENTS: SEX DIFFERENCES IN ACHIEVEMENT, INTERESTS, PERSONALITY, AND VALUES
(University of Kansas, 2010-05-28)The Counseling Laboratory for the Exploration of Optimal States (CLEOS) is a research through service program that facilitates creativity, flow, and exceptional talents in adolescents. This study investigated sex differences ... -
Deeds Done in Different Words: A Genre-Based Approach to Third Party Presidential Campaign Discourse
(University of Kansas, 2011-05-31)Theories about political campaign communication have been based primarily on an understanding of the two-party system. Consequently, the rhetoric of third party presidential candidates has been seen as ineffective or ... -
Complicating Consent: A Study of the Rhetorical Strategies Employed to Interrupt Rape Myths in the Prosecutor v. Kunarac
(University of Kansas, 2010-08-31)The justices in the trial of the Prosecutor v. Kunarac were able to interrupt the rape myths that generally exist in rape trials by complicating the notion of consent. In this paper I argue that the justices de-naturalize ...