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dc.contributor.advisorBaym, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorHatfield, Rachel Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-03T04:39:11Z
dc.date.available2010-10-03T04:39:11Z
dc.date.issued2010-04-22
dc.date.submitted2010
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10862
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/6763
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the process of social categorization present in the public discourse surrounding the Harry Potter phenomenon as a piece of convergent media. The study's research questions asked which social categories were present in op-ed treatments of the topic, how each category is perceived, and which major strategies are used in relation to those perceived categories. Research questions were addressed with discourse analysis of op-ed pieces from large circulation mass media articles. It found the social categories of child and adult fans, casual readers, non-participators, stewards and commentators. These social categories were shown to fit together to represent membership categorization devices. Rules and boundaries created by those devices influenced authors' claimed self-identities.
dc.format.extent87 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
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dc.subjectCommunication
dc.subjectMass communication
dc.subjectMultimedia communications
dc.subjectMedia convergence
dc.subjectDiscourse analysis
dc.subjectHarry Potter
dc.subjectPublic discourse
dc.subjectSocial categorization
dc.subjectSocial identity theory
dc.titleSocial Categorization of Op Ed Discourse in Harry Potter
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberZhang, Yan Bing
dc.contributor.cmtememberKunkel, Adrianne
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineCommunication Studies
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
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