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False Choices: Barack Obama's Balance Rhetoric
dc.contributor.advisor | Haider-Markel, Donald P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bare, Andrew Mitchell | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-22T01:24:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-09-22T01:24:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-05-25 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11599 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/8044 | |
dc.description.abstract | Barack Obama's speeches have been analyzed by journalists and academic researchers from countless angles. There remains a hole in the literature, however, as few researchers have systematically noted the President's use of "balance rhetoric." In this paper I define that term and quantify President Obama's use of it by examining 20 speeches and comparing them to 20 speeches given by President Bill Clinton's. I find that President Obama was more reliant on balance rhetoric than President Clinton. I then lay out potential avenues for future research in this vein. | |
dc.format.extent | 53 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 | Political science | |
dc.subject | Balance | |
dc.subject | Clinton | |
dc.subject | Obama, Barack | |
dc.subject | President | |
dc.subject | Rhetoric | |
dc.subject | Speeches | |
dc.title | False Choices: Barack Obama's Balance Rhetoric | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Doan, Alesha E. | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Joslyn, Mark | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Political Science | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 7643277 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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