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Social Categorization of Op Ed Discourse in Harry Potter
dc.contributor.advisor | Baym, Nancy | |
dc.contributor.author | Hatfield, Rachel Catherine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-10-03T04:39:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-10-03T04:39:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-04-22 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10862 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6763 | |
dc.description.abstract | This 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.extent | 87 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Communication | |
dc.subject | Mass communication | |
dc.subject | Multimedia communications | |
dc.subject | Media convergence | |
dc.subject | Discourse analysis | |
dc.subject | Harry Potter | |
dc.subject | Public discourse | |
dc.subject | Social categorization | |
dc.subject | Social identity theory | |
dc.title | Social Categorization of Op Ed Discourse in Harry Potter | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Zhang, Yan Bing | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Kunkel, Adrianne | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Communication Studies | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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