2024-03-28T18:23:33Zhttps://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/oai/requestoai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/190432018-01-31T20:07:50Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Russo, Tracy
Haugen, Jenna
Ford, Debra
Beisecker, Tom
Innocenti, Beth
Ward, Douglas
2015-12-03T03:46:05Z
2015-12-03T03:46:05Z
2015-05-31
2015
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14001
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/19043
Stakeholders invested in American higher education, such as accreditors, legislators, administrators, faculty, parents, and community members, are placing increasing pressure on universities to educate students in a way that will encourage them to be critical thinkers who are civically engaged as well as job-ready. A key pedagogy that universities are utilizing to achieve this goal is experiential education. According to the Association for Experiential Education, this type of pedagogy “is a philosophy that informs many methodologies in which educators purposefully engage with learners in direct experience and focused reflection in order to increase knowledge, develop skills, clarify values, and develop people's capacity to contribute to their communities” (www. aacu.org, 2015). The commitment to more experiential education as part of the curriculum represents an organizational change, or a shift in strategic initiatives, at many universities. Zorn, Christensen, and Cheney (1999) define such change as “any alteration or modification of organizational structure or processes” (p. 10). Utilizing the University of Kansas as a case study, this research uses the accounts of various stakeholder groups, including administrators, faculty, staff, students, and community members, to assess communication about experiential learning as part of a major organizational change. This change reflects inconsistent communication between the organizational rhetoric distributed by the organization through publications such as Bold Aspirations and emailed correspondence and the communication of the various stakeholder groups about the change itself. One area where the changed focus on increased experiential education has not been as successful as was hoped is in the implementation of reflection. Facilitators of experiential education and students engaging in this type of learning report differing perceptions of the role of reflection and its outcomes. Schon (1987) referred to reflection as “a continual interweaving of thinking and doing” (p. 281). Students are asked to experience the concrete, reflect on their successes and failures, and engage in abstract thinking to develop new knowledge to use in future situations. While facilitators of experiential education appreciate the importance of reflection as part of the learning process, this study shows a disconnect between the views of facilitators and the perspectives of students. This fracture represents inconsistent and ineffective communication among change participants. Suggestions for incorporating reflection as an integral part of the experiential learning process are provided.
114 pages
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University of Kansas
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Communication
Experiential Education
Organizational Change
Reflection
Stakeholders
STAKEHOLDER VOICES IN INTEGRATING EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION AS A STRATEGIC UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/218542018-01-31T20:07:51Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Bricker, Brett
Rowland, Robert C
Justice, Jacob William
Tell, Dave
2016-11-08T22:59:00Z
2016-11-08T22:59:00Z
2016-05-31
2016
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14556
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21854
Tobacco usage is the leading contributor to preventable death in the United States, yet maintains a strong appeal to many demographics, due to decades of massive advertising expenditures from the tobacco industry and the ubiquitous presence of cigarettes in American culture. Two of the latest developments in the federal government’s effort to stem tobacco-related death are the Tips from Former Smokers and The Real Cost counter-advertising campaigns. This thesis documents the rhetorical trajectory of cigarette discourse in the United States, explaining how past cigarette advertising and anti-smoking campaigns have exerted influence on the messaging strategies of Tips from Former Smokers and The Real Cost. This thesis also offers an explanation for the successes and failures of these campaigns, emphasizing the role of visual argument and bodily rhetoric in producing persuasion. An analysis of more than a dozen anti-smoking messages from these campaigns reveals that visual arguments can serve a dialogical function and that the associations between desirable features and cigarettes created by past tobacco industry advertising remain potent. This thesis concludes by offering recommendations for future anti-smoking messaging campaigns.
130 pages
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University of Kansas
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Communication
Rhetoric
Public health
Anti-Smoking
Bodily Rhetoric
Cigarettes
Disability
Tobacco
Visual Argument
CORPOREAL ANXIETY: THE VISUAL ARGUMENTATION OF RECENT ANTI-TOBACCO ADVERTISEMENTS
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/257992018-01-31T23:29:56Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Zhang, Yan Bing
Byrd, Gabrielle A.
Gist, Angela
Kunkel, Adrianne
2018-01-30T03:00:36Z
2018-01-30T03:00:36Z
2017-05-31
2017
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15160
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/25799
Guided by intergroup contact theory (Allport, 1954; Pettigrew, 1998), the current study examined the influences of perceptions of individuals without disabilities (N = 189) regarding their communication experiences with the most frequent contact with an invisible physical disability on willingness to communicate with, stereotypes, and attitudes toward people with physical disabilities as a group. In addition, the current study tested the mediator effects of social support (Hypothesized Model 1) and intergroup communication anxiety (Hypothesized Model 2). Using Hayes’ (2013) PROCESS for SPSS, mediation analysis of model 1 showed that spontaneous and protective disclosure, communication frequency and quality all had a significant indirect effect through social support on willingness to interact, intergroup attitudes, and endorsement of stereotypes toward people with disabilities. Testing of the second model revealed that intergroup communication anxiety was a significant mediator between communication quality and all dependent measures. In both models, spontaneous disclosure and communication quality had a significant positive direct association with willingness to interact and a negative association with stereotypes, respectively. Furthermore, results revealed that communication quality had a significant positive direct effect on willingness to communicate in model 1 and communication frequency had a significant positive direct effect on both affective and behavioral attitudes in model 2. In addition to contact frequency and quality, this study is unique in terms of including communicative measures of contact and social support as a positive mediator in examining intergroup perceptions. Implications of the findings are discussed with respect to prior literature on interability communication (i.e., disability as an intergroup marker), and intergroup contact theory.
73 pages
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University of Kansas
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Communication
Disability
Disclosure
Interability
Intergroup Attitudes
Intergroup contact theory
Social Support
Contact, Disclosure, Stereotypes, and Attitudes Toward People with Physical Disabilities: The Mediator Effects of Intergroup Anxiety and Social Support
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/186672018-01-31T20:07:49Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Rowland, Robert C
Harris, Michael Spencer
Parson, Donn W
Harris, Scott
Russo, Tracy
Devitt, Amy
2015-10-13T04:29:59Z
2015-10-13T04:29:59Z
2014-12-31
2014
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13672
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/18667
Recent studies suggest that people are anxious about the influence of technology on (and in) the future. The rapidity of technological progress, combined with the failure of technical discourses to provide answers in times of uncertainty have forced audiences to find alternative means of making sense of their contemporary situation. In particular, narrative forms have become prominent resources for audience's seeking to understand the trajectory of technology and its effects on their lives. One example of the emergence of these types of discourses is the Singularity, a story about a future point where human and machine intelligence is indistinguishable and humanity has been transformed by technology. As such, in this study, I illuminate and analyze the rhetorical form and function of both pro- and anti-Singularity discourse in an effort to understand the contemporary cultural role of stories about the future. In doing so, I argue that advocates of the Singularity employ a mythic form of reasoning, combining narrative and technical discourses while characterizing rationality in religious terms. Alternatively, critics of the Singularity warn audiences of the impending doom of artificial intelligence (and the like) through a narrative form of secondary allegorizing. Finally, I suggest that the prevalence of these competing discourses indicates a possible blurring in traditional distinctions between myth and allegory, while also highlighting the changing role of cultural and social narratives in a technological era.
113 pages
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University of Kansas
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Communication
Myth
Rhetoric
Secondary Allegory
Singularity
Technology
The Myth of Techno-Transcendence: The Rhetoric of the Singularity
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274452018-11-30T09:02:04Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Brooks, W. Steven
2018-11-29T14:20:05Z
2018-11-29T14:20:05Z
1984
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27445
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Communication Studies, 1984.
eng
University of Kansas
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The effects of profit knowledge, size of initial concession, and motivational orientation on "aspiration level" versus "reciprocity" in bilateral bargaining
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
932928
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/260022018-04-17T18:18:56Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Beisecker, Tom
Cook, Katrina Z.
Kunkel, Adrianne
Russo, Tracy
Zhang, Yan Bing
Biernat, Monica
2018-02-18T20:23:52Z
2018-02-18T20:23:52Z
2017-08-31
2017
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15479
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26002
Sex-role stereotypes set expectations for the behavior of men and women both in everyday life and in the workplace. In general, men tend to be expected to be more agentic, while women are expected to be more communal. Social Role Theory (Eagly, 1987) posits that the reason these traits are stereotypically associated with these particular sex roles is because men and women traditionally tend to be divided into different roles, in both the home and the workplace. The roles that men typically perform tend to have more agentic or instrumental characteristics, while the roles that women typically perform tend to have more communal or relational characteristics; therefore, these traits tend to become associated with the sex of the group most commonly placed in those roles. This can be a problem when women go into occupations that are dominated by men, as the occupational role expectancies conflict with sex-role expectancies. Further, various language characteristics also tend to be associated more with a particular sex role, such as politeness, which tends to be more stereotypically associated with women. Given that the legal profession tends to be more dominated by men, the current study examines how: the sex of a lawyer, the lawyer’s politeness level, and the politeness level of the defendant the lawyer is examining, all work together to affect observer’s views of the lawyer’s credibility, job performance, and verdict outcomes. In general, results indicated that lawyers are more persuasive than defendants, and that polite lawyers are more likable. Implications of this research are discussed, as are limitations of the study. Suggestions for future research are also presented.
111 pages
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University of Kansas
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Communication
Credibility
Gender
Job Performance
Law
Politeness
Verdict Outcome
Impact of Lawyer Sex, and Lawyer and Defendant Use of Polite Language on Observer’s Perception of the Lawyer’s Job Performance and Credibility, and Verdict Outcome
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/191912018-01-31T20:07:51Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Zhang, Yan Bing
Maer, Maria Natalia Damayanti
Hummert, Mary Lee
Russo, Tracy
Woszidlo, Alesia
Ward, Doug
2015-12-11T23:46:22Z
2015-12-11T23:46:22Z
2015-08-31
2015
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14258
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/19191
Guided by intergroup contact theory, social identity theory, and politeness theory, this experimental study examined the effects of the target’s Muslim religious identity salience (high and low) and message politeness strategies (direct and indirect) on non-Muslim American participants’ (N = 413) perceptions of quality of contact, intergroup anxiety, and their effects on attitudes toward the Muslim group as a whole. In addition, the present study examined the indirect effects of religious identity salience and message politeness strategies through the participants’ perceptions of intergroup anxiety on the individual and group level contact outcomes. Participants first answered demographic questions through an online survey, then read a passage which described a situation where they missed a class meeting during which an important group project requiring students to work in pairs was assigned. As the participants were absent, their partner, the Muslim target, had to do all the work. After reading the passage, the participants were randomly assigned to view the target’s Facebook page featuring the same sex counterpart, and then read the email sent by the target. The Facebook page was varied to reflect the target’s high and low Muslim religious identity salience, and the email was varied to reflect the direct and indirect message politeness strategies. Supporting Hypothesis 1, results indicated that participants reported a higher level of religious differences between themselves and the target in the high religious identity salience condition than in the low salience condition. In addition, results demonstrated that perceived religious differences was a negative predictor of the participants’ perceptions of communication satisfaction with the target and cognitive, affective, and behavioral attitudes toward Muslims in general. Results also showed that message politeness strategies significantly and positively predicted the participants’ perceptions of communication satisfaction with the target, perceptions of the target’s communication effectiveness and communication appropriateness, and cognitive and affective attitudes toward Muslims in general. Moreover, intergroup anxiety was negatively predicted by the target’s religious identity salience, message politeness strategies, and perceived religious differences. Hence, Hypothesis 2 was partially supported. Furthermore, supporting Hypothesis 3, there were significant indirect effects of religious identity salience on communication satisfaction, communication effectiveness, and communication appropriateness, and attitudes (cognitive, affective, behavioral) toward the Muslim group as a whole through participants’ perceptions of religious differences and then through intergroup anxiety. Finally, Hypothesis 4 also received full support. There were significant indirect effects of message politeness strategies on the participants’ perceptions of communication satisfaction with the target and judgements of the target’s message appropriateness and effectiveness, and the participants’ affective and behavioral dimension of attitude through intergroup anxiety. Findings in this study have provided empirical evidence for the role of message politeness strategies in exacerbating or alleviating intergroup anxiety, which ultimately affected the intergroup outcomes of contact. This study also has provided insights on how religious identity salience and perceived religious differences affected contact outcomes. Discussions of the major findings are grounded upon intergroup contact theory (Allport, 1954; Pettigrew, 1998), social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1986), and politeness theory (Brown & Levinson, 1987).
210 pages
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University of Kansas
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Communication
Intergroup anxiety
Intergroup contact
Mediated contact
Politeness
Religious identity
Intergroup Anxiety and Attitudes toward Muslims: The Effects of Religious Identity Salience and Message Politeness Strategies
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/145922018-01-31T20:07:56Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Kunkel, Adrianne
Garner, Benjamin
Innocenti, Beth
Russo, Tracy
Ford, Debra
Stull, Donald
2014-07-05T18:02:32Z
2014-07-05T18:02:32Z
2014-05-31
2014
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13268
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/14592
Farmers' markets have been growing in recent decades and one contributing factor is that customers have more interpersonal contact with sellers at farmers' markets than they do at grocery stores. Increased interpersonal interaction means customers gain more personalized service, the ability to befriend farmers, and the opportunity to build community (Hinrichs, Gillespie, & Feenstra, 2004; Hunt, 2007; Robinson & Hartenfeld, 2007; Sommer, Herrick, & Sommer, 1981). While researchers have demonstrated that farmers' markets offer a social experience, few scholars have critically analyzed the customer-farmer relationship as an object of study on its own. In other words, existing research offers limited generalizations about markets as a social, interpersonal space (Hunt, 2007; McGrath, Sherry, & Heisley, 1993; Robinson & Hartenfeld, 2007). Some scholars romanticize customer-farmer relationships without articulating the potential negative dimensions of these relationships (Robinson & Hartenfeld, 2007). Researchers have conducted an abundance of survey work on markets. Existing survey research categorizes customer preferences, but it fails to interrogate how farmers use persuasion to influence customers and make sales (Andreatta & Wickliffe, 2002; Feagan & Morris, 2009; Hunt, 2007; Trobe, 2001). Customer-farmer interaction is predicated on farmers persuading customers to purchase products. By analyzing the Downtown Lawrence Farmers' Market in Lawrence, Kansas, I provide a richer understanding of interpersonal relationships and the persuasive dynamics that occur between farmers and customers. Using ethnographic methods, I interviewed 36 participants, conducted 100 hours of market observations, and wrote 282 pages of double-spaced fieldnotes. Results revealed the five dominant messages that farmers sent to customers were: (1) the quality of the products is superlative, (2) the market is an educational space, (3) the market is a personal place to shop, (4) local consumption is beneficial, and (5) family farms are important. In many cases, farmers sent messages that encouraged customers to trust farmer expertise, credibility, and friendliness. I also uncovered an educational dynamic that situates the farmer as the expert and the customer as the student. This power differential further encouraged customers to trust farmers' credibility and expertise. However, when farmers presented statistical and scientific claims, customers displayed more skeptical attitudes. In cases where customers were not simply relying on farmer credibility, customers used quick evaluations like visual and taste cues to determine if a product was fresh, beautiful, or flavorful enough to purchase. At the conclusion of this project, I examine how the elaboration likelihood model (ELM) of persuasion (Petty & Brinol, 2011; Petty & Cacioppo, 1986; Petty & Wegener, 1999) serves as an effective interpretive tool to analyze both farmers' persuasive messages and customers' reactions to farmers' messages.
153 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Elaboration likelihood model
Environmental communication
Farmers' market
Interpersonal relationships
Marketing
Persuasion
"Believe Me!" : An Ethnography of Persuasive Interaction at the Farmers' Market
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/52572020-07-23T13:55:26Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Beisecker, Thomas
Keyton, Joann
Ozley, Raymond R.
Russo, Tracy
Kunkel, Adrianne
Elliott, Dorice Williams
2009-06-18T20:33:41Z
2009-06-18T20:33:41Z
2009-01-01
2009
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10293
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5257
In recent years structuration theory has increased in popularity and acceptance among communication scholars. Despite significant critiques from other disciplines (e.g., business, education, sociology), only marginal attention has been given to criticisms of structuration in communication studies (cf. Conrad, 1993). Of key concern is that among the plethora of structuration literature in the communication discipline there is a prevailing absence of literature wherein communication is situated as the primary ontological basis. In response to criticisms of structuration theory, a communication-based model of transactional immediacy structures is presented. This model focuses on how individual agents use societal and organizational rules and resources as symbols to mutually create, recreate, give meaning to, and negotiate power relationships (qua structures) in an organizational context. Specifically, this study examines the creation, recreation, enactment, and legitimization of gender-role structures among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). The findings in this study point to the central role of communication in explaining structuration processes whereby individuals understand and perform gender roles. Furthermore, the data reveal that the constraining or enabling of action is more consequential to individual perceptions than other structural properties (i.e., rules). Communication is also shown to have a transformative role in shaping perceptions of agency and behaviors--and is thus an appropriate lens through which structuration processes in organizations can be analyzed.
259 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Speech communication
Agency
Concept mapping
Gender
Latter-day saints
Organizational communication
Structuration
Communication as Ontology for a Structurationist Approach to Role Enactment
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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6857424
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274332018-11-30T09:01:25Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Thurgood, Leon C.
2018-11-29T14:12:46Z
2018-11-29T14:12:46Z
1973
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27433
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1973.
eng
University of Kansas
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An analysis of the rhetoric used by Mormon women to argue equal suffrage in Utah : 1870-1896
Thesis
Speech and Drama
M.A.
1810836
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/103312018-01-31T20:08:01Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Innocenti, Beth
Novak, Susan S.
Rowland, Robert C.
Parson, Donn W.
Childers, Jay
Carlson, Maria
2012-10-28T17:27:44Z
2012-10-28T17:27:44Z
2012-05-31
2012
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12061
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10331
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. While the Western world mourned the death of this reporter and publicist who was deemed "the conscience of Russian journalism," the majority of Russians ignored the news and even expressed delight at her death; to them, she was considered more a Westerner than one of their own, and her factual but impassioned reporting seemed to irritate rather than inform. The polyvalence of her message can be explained in part through a close textual analysis of her stories, which shows that her writing countered numerous foundational Russian myths and ideas that undergird the culture. Much of what she wrote attacked the "Russian Idea" of exceptionalism, leadership, and heroism, and she compared the country's new leader, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian army troops with the Nazis against whom the Soviet people fought during the Great Patriotic War (WWII). References in her reportage from 1999 to 2006 unraveled the very fabric of popular beliefs to which the Russians were clinging in the aftermath of the economic crisis following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. This analysis shows that, in her desire to inform her fellow countrymen about the abuses and thereby constrain their responses to one of action against the government, she countered important foundational myths that instead led the Russians to retreat into their own ethnic identity and ignore her messages. The international community, however, not feeling its identity threatened, accepted her messages, although its members did not act to prevent the abuses from continuing.
182 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Journalism
Slavic studies
Politkovskaya, Anna
Foundational mythology
Polyvalence
Publicism
Russia
Second Chechen war
Countering Foundational Myths and Cultural Beliefs: The Reportage of Anna Politkovskaya
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/103162020-09-11T14:08:44Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Tell, Dave
Wendelin, Greta
Innocenti, Beth
Farmer, Frank
Childers, Jay
Harris, Scott
2012-10-28T17:02:43Z
2012-10-28T17:02:43Z
2012-05-31
2012
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11978
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10316
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 of "prostitute" that emerge during this time correspond to the various means of control, discipline, and legislation of prostitution. Throughout the 1800s, "prostitute" meant a brazen harlot, a fallen woman, a factory worker, a capable capitalist, and an underage child. Each definition signifies a particular set of medical, social, scientific and religious assumptions that informed political aims and disciplinary measures. Additionally, I contend that the debate over prostitution in the 1800s demonstrates the failure of medical and scientific discourses in shaping the discourse over prostitution. While religious, medical, social scientific and sexual discourse all had a hand in contributing to the definition of "prostitute," social scientists persistently worried over the accuracy of statistics and the veracity of their studies. Their inability to accurately depict the prostitute necessitated a different means of generating knowledge. Thus, it was the surveilling functions of journalism--manifested through the voices of anonymous prostitutes in letters to the editor of the Times, interviews, and the particularly the sensational tactics of "new journalism" practiced by Stead--which came to have increasing influence over the rhetorical formations of "prostitute" within public discourse. Through the first-hand testimony of anonymous streetwalkers, or through the eyewitness accounts of an editor, the prostitute depicted within the pages of newsprint bore none of the uncertainty found within medical studies or reformers' tracts. Therefore, tracing the debate over prostitution also reveals the ways in which the newspaper evolved throughout the nineteenth century as a means to shape public discourse.
182 pages
en
University of Kansas
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History
Gender studies
Communication
Britain
Journalism
Mass communication
Prostitution
THE GENEALOGY OF THE PROSTITUTE: DEFINING AND DISCIPLINING PROSTITUTION THROUGH JOURNALISM IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND, 1809-1886
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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8085729
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274692018-12-05T09:02:02Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Crary, Daniel Roger
2018-12-04T15:44:19Z
2018-12-04T15:44:19Z
1978
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27469
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1978.
eng
University of Kansas
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openAccess
An experimental comparison of two concepts of personality
Dissertation
Speech and Drama
Ph.D.
501553
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/69752018-01-31T20:08:09Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Tell, Dave
Neville-Shepard, Meredith Diane
Rowland, Robert C.
Innocenti, Beth
2011-01-03T02:27:43Z
2011-01-03T02:27:43Z
2010-06-10
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11002
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6975
This study examines the public memory of the Boston Tea Party as it has been appropriated for political purposes throughout history. First, I examine the Boston Tea Party to show that the rhetoric surrounding this protest created a tradition of American dissent in which dissenters created a balance between the rational and the irrational. Next, I analyze how woman suffragists participated in the centennial celebration of the Boston Tea Party in 1873 by planning protests that evoked the message of the Boston Tea Party. I illustrate that the rhetoric relevant to these events carried on the tradition of dissent established one hundred years earlier as these women balanced assertions of irrationality with rational argument. Finally, I analyze the Modern Tea Party Movement and conclude that their movement has been overwhelmed by irrationality. Thus, they have transfigured the tradition of Tea Party dissent in America.
128 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Boston tea party
Dissent
Protest
Public memory
Rhetoric
Woman's suffrage
Balancing the Scale of Rationality: The Public Memory of the Boston Tea Party and the Transformation of Dissent
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/306712020-08-26T08:01:27Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Enholm, Donald K.
2020-08-25T21:48:55Z
2020-08-25T21:48:55Z
1975-05-31
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/30671
Dissertation (Ph. D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1975.
University of Kansas
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Communication
Critical moments in the German resistance movement: A dramatistic analysis
Dissertation
Speech and Drama
Ph.D.
2537342
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/266062018-06-29T08:02:31Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
McClearey, Kevin Eamon
2018-06-28T17:42:42Z
2018-06-28T17:42:42Z
1979
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26606
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1979.
eng
University of Kansas
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Audience effects of apologia : a social science analysis of four subgenres of apologetic discourse
Dissertation
Speech and Drama
Ph.D.
563470
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/74242020-07-24T13:28:16Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Carlin, Diana B.
Hall, Zeta C.
Pennington, Dorthy
Mack, Beverly
Rausch, Margaret J.
Volek, Thomas W.
2011-04-26T03:03:13Z
2011-04-26T03:03:13Z
2009-01-25
2009
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10134
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/7424
This study is an exploration into how the Muhammad Cartoon Controversy unfolded at three critical thresholds of the conflict's development vis-à-vis a comprehensive examination of the scope of the phenomenon. First, this study focuses a lens on critical communications that transpired in Denmark among key figures engaged in the conflict. Second, the interviews of Flemming Rose provide insight into how the conflict was dramatized by Jyllands-Posten and Flemming Rose for international dissemination. Third, the televised broadcasts provide examples of how the controversy was dramatized for American audiences. Together, these rhetorical artifacts allow for analysis of the product of the worldviews as expressed through the cartoons, multiplied by the values and traditions of the interlocutors, and multiplied by the amplification of the conflict through televised broadcasts. The ultimate purpose of this study is to determine what lessons learned can be applied to ameliorate future international conflicts involving disparate value systems.
214 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Language
Rhetoric and composition
Journalism
Mass communication
Art conflict
Freedom of speech
Muhammad cartoons
Rhetoric
Sacrosanct values
The sacred and the profane
Sacrosanct Values, Controversial Artistic Expression, and Today's Global Society: A Dramatistic Analysis of the Muhammad Cartoon Controversy
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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6857474
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/54322020-07-24T13:14:00Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Zhang, Yan Bing
Taguchi, Kikuko
Beisecker, Thomas
Baym, Nancy
2009-08-28T04:27:42Z
2009-08-28T04:27:42Z
2009-05-04
2009
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10381
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5432
This study examined Japanese college students' (N=476) use of sexually explicit material in mass media (i.e., print, electronic, and the Internet) and its association with their sexually permissive attitudes and perceptions of women. Results indicated that Japanese college students were most exposed to sexually explicit material in the print media followed by the Internet and the electronic media. In addition, participants' exposure to sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) was a stronger predictor of their sexually permissive attitudes than their exposures to sexually explicit material in the traditional media (i.e., print and electronic media) However, participants' exposures to sexually explicit material in the traditional media were stronger predictors of Japanese college students' perceptions of women than their exposure to SEIM. Furthermore, sexual interest mediated the relationship between exposure to sexually explicit material on the internet and perceptions of women. Results are discussed in light of cultivation theory, the uses and gratifications perspective, and prior literature in the use of sexually explicit material and its associations with sexually permissive attitudes and perceptions of women.
58 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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openAccess
Mass communication
College students
Internet
Japanese
Media
Sexual attitudes
Sexually explicit material
Japanese College Students' Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material (SEIM) and Sexual Attitudes
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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6857581
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274072018-11-28T09:01:20Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Bailey, Paul J.
2018-11-27T15:41:42Z
2018-11-27T15:41:42Z
1974
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27407
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech Communications and Human Relations, 1974.
eng
University of Kansas
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Communication in the congregation
Thesis
Speech Communications and Human Relations
M.A.
1812295
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/268782018-10-20T08:02:03Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Sloan, Gail Curtis
2018-10-19T19:14:54Z
2018-10-19T19:14:54Z
1988
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26878
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Communication Studies, 1988.
eng
University of Kansas
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A descriptive study of the communication performance of Native American and Anglo college students in the selection interview
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
1183859
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274322018-11-30T09:01:22Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Thatcher, Karen S.
2018-11-29T14:12:46Z
2018-11-29T14:12:46Z
1986
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27432
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Communication Studies, 1986.
eng
University of Kansas
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The effects of nonverbal communication behaviors on first impressions of resident assistants
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
1034394
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/55862020-06-18T01:25:17Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Rowland, Robert C.
Partlow Lefevre, Sarah Taylor
Parson, Donn W.
Harris, Scott
Innocenti, Beth
Devitt, Amy
2009-11-02T23:14:22Z
2009-11-02T23:14:22Z
2009-07-21
2009
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10486
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5586
Ms. was the first mass mediated feminist magazine in the United States and has often been identified as an icon of the feminist movement. This study examines three rhetorical sites in the magazine during the first five years of publication including the relationship between the readers and the magazine as developed in letters to the editor, the rhetorical depictions of men and the rhetorical depictions of women as portrayed in the letters, the articles, the editorial content and the covers. From a functional perspective, each chapter examines the messages in Ms. in relation to their intended function for the readers. Chapter one introduces the magazine and justifies its importance as a rhetorical artifact. Chapter two examines the letters to the editor arguing that the treatment of the letters in Ms. created a consciousness-raising forum in the magazine which included the most effective aspects of second wave consciousness-raising and broadened the method in a mediated forum. Chapter three examines the depiction of men in the magazine focusing on the use of Kenneth Burke's concept of secular redemption to create a new vision of masculinity. Chapter four analyzes the rhetorical process of conversion to feminist ideals and the promotion of the new woman in Ms. Chapter five suggests that Ms. was rhetorically effective in creating mediated consciousness-raising forum, redefining masculinity to carve out room from sympathetic men in mainstream feminism and mapping a process for women to recognize and fight gendered oppression.
308 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Speech communication
Women's studies
Consciousness-raising
Feminism
Ms. magazine
New woman
Rhetoric
Secular redemption
TEXTS OF EMPOWERMENT: A FUNCTIONAL RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF MS. MAGAZINE IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
7078936
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/64262020-08-03T16:06:55Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Kunkel, Adrianne
Guthrie, Jennifer Ann
Baym, Nancy
Hanzal, Alesia
2010-07-25T22:33:09Z
2010-07-25T22:33:09Z
2010-04-27
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10876
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6426
Undoubtedly, deception plays a complex role in romantic relationships. This study examines the use of deception in romantic relationships by utilizing 67 participants' responses to qualitative methodology whereby participants recorded their use of deception and the motives to use deception as these speech patterns occurred within their romantic relationships. This study sought to gain a richer understanding of the extent deception is used in the relationship, common topics of deceptive messages, common motives for deceiving romantic partners, and how the use of deception functions in romantic relationships. Results exemplified the complex and sometimes contradictory nature of deception in romantic relationships as participants reported it can function in both positive and negative ways.
125 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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openAccess
Communication
Deception
Romantic relationships
SWEET LITTLE LIES: DECEPTION IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
7078850
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/258322018-01-31T23:29:56Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Childers, Jay
Turk, Amanda
Ford, Debra
Harris, Scott
2018-01-30T03:51:29Z
2018-01-30T03:51:29Z
2017-05-31
2017
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15105
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/25832
Throughout Roger Goodell's term as commissioner, the National Football League (NFL) had to address the long-term health issues caused by head injury, which damaged their organizational image and caused an ongoing crisis. Using Coombs’ research on organizational crises (2015) and Benoit’s image repair theory (1995, 1997), I argue Goodell and the NFL used multiple strategies to attempt to repair the League’s image for their audiences. Indeed, a closer look at texts used by Goodell and the NFL during his first decade as commissioner revealed three distinct stages of crisis repair between 2007 and 2016, all of which were unsuccessful because of a failure to address one primary audience—former NFL players. Using rhetorical criticism of the NFL”s crisis discourse, I argue that Goodell’s repeated missteps led to an evolving organizational dilemma that can best be understood as a compounding crisis.
102 pages
en
University of Kansas
Copyright held by the author.
openAccess
Rhetoric
Communication
Organization theory
compounding crisis
concussion
image repair theory
NFL
organizational crisis
Roger Goodell
"We Have Work to Do, and We're Doing It:" An Analysis of Roger Goodell's Rhetoric During the NFL's Ongoing Concussion Crisis
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/44282018-01-31T20:08:02Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Parson, Donn W
Frewen Wuellner, Cynthia
Gaunt, John
Innocenti, Beth
Rowland, Robert C.
Russo, Tracy
2009-03-23T03:26:49Z
2009-03-23T03:26:49Z
2008-01-01
2008
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10126
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/4428
In order to articulate meaning in cities and architecture, I propose a framework of enacted architecture that considers the built environment in everyday spatial practices. Building on Henri Lefebvre's work, we know architecture in terms of conceptual space, perceived space, and lived-in space, which supplies multiple levels of meaning. As we use a city, we enact spatial narratives, myths, and metaphors that weave our lives and experiences into a place. Through spatial practices, we gain a sense of identity, a sense of power, and a sense of publicness, which are analyzed in three extended examples: the new town of Seaside, Florida, the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site at Ground Zero, and the National Mall in Washington D.C., respectively. While a city reflects society as a deeply cultivated symbol system, we are constituted by and reciprocally shape the city and architecture.
240 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Language
Rhetoric and composition
Architecture
Urban and regional planning
American dream myth
Ground zero
National mall
New urbanism
Seaside
Spatial rhetoric
Towards A Rhetoric of Architecture: A Framework for Understanding Cities
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/122422020-10-08T13:24:09Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Kunkel, Adrianne
Lueders, Allyn Marie
Hall, Jeffrey A.
Woszidlo, Alesia
Satinsky, Sonya
Ford, Debra
2013-09-29T16:27:53Z
2013-09-29T16:27:53Z
2013-08-31
2013
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12991
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12242
An analysis of an online anorexia recovery message board community was used to develop an understanding of how anorexia patients conceptualize the recovery process, what tangential topics they discuss on the message board, if the community has similar characteristics to those previously marked as effective by previous studies (Barak, Boniel-Nissim, & Suler 2008), and how community members deal with stigma. Through discourse analysis, ideologies were identified from the message board postings collected from the website, eating-disorder.supportgroups.com, over a one month period in 2013. Ideologies are "social systems of ideas, values or prescriptions of groups [and] have the function of organizing or legitimating the actions of the group" (van Dijk, 1998, p. 3). The ideologies identified in the current study demonstrate that recovering anorexics understand recovery as a process and discuss tangential topics in an effort to relate to, and connect with, one another. Also, this study provides evidence that the online community of anorexics dealing with recovery is similar to communities deemed effective by prior research (Barak et al., 2008) and that recovering anorexics make use of various stigma management strategies. Theoretical and practical implications are offered in an effort to improve the anorexia recovery process.
103 pages
en
University of Kansas
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openAccess
Communication
Anorexia recovery
Online communities
Social support
Stigma
Social Support and Anorexia Recovery Online
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
8086124
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/78232020-08-12T13:46:41Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Russo, Tracy
Carver, Christy Leilani Jensen
Schieberle, Misty
D'Enbeau, Suzy
Ford, Debra
Woszidlo, Alesia
2011-08-02T00:46:55Z
2011-08-02T00:46:55Z
2010-08-31
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11147
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/7823
This qualitative study explored how traditional, graduating college students at a Midwestern public university described their anticipatory socialization processes regarding post- collegiate, organizational work. Specifically, the current study investigated participant reports of: 1) messages received; 2) information-seeking behaviors and tactics regarding work; 3) conceptualizations of the term career and the colloquialism a real job; and, 4) expectations about work in the current economic climate. Findings indicated that all participants communicated the message that the priority for post-collegiate work is the intrinsic value of work that is enjoyable, fun, and/or that work should be something they liked, loved, or were passionate about. This overarching concept of work was reported as the most prevalent message, work value, and work expectation in the study. In terms of information seeking, over half of the participants reported that their primary sources of information about work were college classes and the Internet. Participants stated that they expected to find a professional job soon after graduation, although this expectation remained unmet for the majority of participants. They attributed their unemployment largely to the economic downturn. Furthermore, their expectations for work and career as enjoyable or something that they liked or loved were also described as unmet. In addition, while participants reported anticipatory organizational socialization processes as teaching them about professional work, as suggested by previous research, they also unexpectedly framed these processes as contributing towards their own conclusions of what they did NOT want regarding professional work and career. Moreover, participant accounts reflect a gap between conflicting tacit and explicit socialization messages and expectations. The participants' expectation for work they love aligns with generational descriptions in the popular press that suggest that Millennials lack realistic work expectations and are having difficulty transitioning to work. Previous research has suggested that unmet expectations lead to rocky transitions and are detrimental to both the individuals themselves and the organizations they join (Greenhaus, Seidel, & Marinis, 1983; Wanous, Poland, Remack, & Davis, 1992; Tannenbaum, Mathieu, Salas, & Cannon-Bowers, 1991). This study contributes to scholarship that investigates anticipatory organizational socialization processes and seeks to further understand college graduates' transition from college to work.
139 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Organization theory
Higher education
Anticipatory organizational socialization
Career conceptualizations
College seniors
Expectations
Information seeking
Professional work
Anticipatory Organizational Socialization: Graduating College Students' Messages, Information-Seeking, Career Conceptualizations, and Expectations
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
7643007
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/298762021-03-05T16:53:01Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Kunkel, Adrianne D.
Crouse-Dick, Christine
Innocenti, Beth
Zhang, Yan Bing
Barrett-Fox, Rebecca
Minor, Robert
2020-01-17T21:44:33Z
2020-01-17T21:44:33Z
2019-05-31
2019
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:16493
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/29876
While a sizable body of research has examined the impact of purity movement rhetoric on its target audience (e.g., Bearman & Brückner, 2001; Brückner & Bearman, 2005; DeRogatis, 2015; di Mauro & Joffe, 2009; Diefendorf, 2015; Doan & Williams, 2008; Freitas, 2008; Gardner, 2011; Gish, 2016; Kieser, 2014; Klein, 2018; Lord, 2010; Manning, 2015; Moslener, 2015; Price, 2011; Regnerus, 2007; Rosenbaum, 2009; Schermer Sellers, 2017; Williams, 2011), to date, no studies have explored purity leaders’ responses to critiques of the movement. In this project, I explore communication tactics one purity movement leader uses to respond to criticism of purity movement teachings during the rise of the #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements. Using a multimethod crystallized approach (Ellingson, 2009), I conducted ethnographic participant observation; in-depth, semi-structured interviews; and analyses of blog posts, formal and informal speeches and interviews, social media posts, and several best-selling books. All data were analyzed via an inductive and iterative process, and open and axial coding was employed to identify dominant strategies that Dannah Gresh uses to mitigate criticism (Glaser & Strauss, 1967; Strauss & Corbin, 1998). Results suggest that Gresh exercises a four-part system of strategies (which I call a “Framework of Strategic Curation”) to mollify critiques directed toward her role within the movement: (1) curated erudition, (2) curated imperfection, (3) curated moderation, and (4) curated deflection. The findings imply that while Dannah Gresh does respond to critiques, her responses are curated in such a way as to reinforce and bolster the same messages she has promoted for the duration of her ministry and that any content-level changes she makes are largely cosmetic in nature.
345 pages
en
University of Kansas
Copyright held by the author.
openAccess
Communication
Abstinence Movement
#ChurchToo
#MeToo
Purity Movement
Sexual Purity
PROMOTING SEXUAL PURITY IN A CALL-OUT CULTURE ERA: ONE PURITY MOVEMENT LEADER’S STRATEGIES IN NAVIGATING CRITIQUES OF THE #METOO/#CHURCHTOO MOVEMENTS
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/40702018-01-31T20:08:06Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Manolescu, Beth I
Samuels, Phillip Dewayne
Harris, Scott
Pennington, Dorthy
2008-08-05T12:59:24Z
2008-08-05T12:59:24Z
2008-04-25
2007
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:2387
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/4070
This thesis does a rhetorical analysis of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 to understand its failure to achieve its goal of a George W. Bush defeat in the 2004 election. To do this I outline a theory of counternarrative which relies on argument theory to understand the resolution of competing narratives. I begin by creating a nuanced theory of counternarrative which relies on informal logic and Ralph Johnson's dialectical tier. Then I look at the construction of Bush's official narrative from his public speeches beginning on September 20, 2001 through the invasion of Iraq. After detailing Bush's narrative I analyze the moments of argumentative clash between it and Fahrenheit 9/11. I conclude that the failure of Moore's counternarrative was inevitable due to its poor argument construction and omission of the dialectical tier.
125 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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openAccess
Language
Rhetoric and composition
Rhetoric
Communication studies
Fahrenheit 9/11: A Case Study in Counternarrative
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/53822020-07-24T12:38:04Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Russo, Tracy
Wolf, Nan M.
Ford, Debra
Banwart, Mary C.
2009-08-07T21:41:05Z
2009-08-07T21:41:05Z
2009-04-17
2009
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10190
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5382
Abstract This study sought to identify factors that attract unpaid volunteers and influence them to continue in service as Red Cross disaster relief workers. An evaluation of current literature focusing on the relationship between organizational identification, its expression as commitment, and satisfaction with the job pointed to the development of six research questions. Based on a modified version of the OIQ, research questions centered on how competing identities and interpersonal relationships with co-workers influence commitment and identification. In addition, a series of open-ended questions provided volunteers the opportunity to express their personal feelings about the organization. Results showed that the high levels of identification and commitment among this group of volunteers was not influenced by their employment status or involvement with other voluntary organizations. Emerging from the data as important factors in volunteers' decision to stay with the organization was the importance of relationships with fellow disaster workers and paid staff as well as a strong emotional attachment to the history and mission of the Red Cross.
45 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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openAccess
Speech communication
Identification
Organization
Volunteer
Organizational Identification and Volunteer Workers: A Study of Red Cross Disaster Volunteers
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
6857556
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/67502018-01-31T20:08:09Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Gay, Susan
Cruce, Marae Michelle
Peterson, Ingrid
White, Steve
2010-10-03T04:04:28Z
2010-10-03T04:04:28Z
2010-07-29
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11041
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6750
This study investigated the effects of experiences with a specific problem-solving model on students' ability to solve multi-step word problems and students' beliefs about problem solving. Algebra I students completed a test of the same 16 free response word problems and a beliefs survey before and two months after learning and using the problem-solving strategy. The overall and subscore means for the word problems post-test were higher than the pre-test means; the difference was statistically significant. Results showed that students' abilities to approach word problems improved; the data showed that the number of problems that scored two or less points on the four-point, grading rubric decreased. A Likert scale was used to gather quantitative data about four beliefs. The mean scores on the post-survey were equal to or slightly higher but not statistically significant. Responses to open-ended items on the post-survey indicated that students found the problem-solving strategy useful.
91 pages
en
University of Kansas
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openAccess
Mathematics education
Mathematics
Multi-step word problems
Polya's model
Problem solving
Students' mathematical achievement
Students' mathematical beliefs
The Effects of the Four-Step Problem-Solving Model on Algebra I Students' Mathematical Achievement and Opinions
Thesis
Curriculum and Teaching
M.S.Ed.
na
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oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/40342018-01-31T20:08:06Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Banwart, Mary C.
Mackey, Justin
Zhang, Yan Bing
Carlin, Diana
2008-08-05T03:22:24Z
2008-08-05T03:22:24Z
2008-06-09
2008
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:2419
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/4034
This study is designed to examine how young adults are socialized through media outlets and how knowledgeable and cynical they are towards these media outlets. Survey research is used in order to answer four research questions pertaining to the amount of television young adults consume, their political knowledge, political cynicism, and bias towards the media. In order to examine these variables, young adults news viewing patterns were analyzed with the listed variables. The cohort group consisted of 397 subjects between the ages of 18 and 24 who were enrolled in classes at a mid sized university in the Midwestern United States. The survey was constructed using measures designed for use in previous research and some were adapted to fit this study. In order to answer the four research questions, a series of statistical tests were conducted. This research yields three key findings. The first key finding is viewers of Fox News are less knowledgeable than viewers of any other cable network. Along with this, Fox News viewers are also the least cynical viewers among cable news networks. The third key finding showed that Democrats perceived more bias in the media than Republicans.
56 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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openAccess
Mass communication
Political socialization
Political cynicism
Political Socialization: The Political Messages in Televised News and the Effect on Young Adults
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/41262020-06-18T00:36:18Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Baym, Nancy
Milner, Ryan M.
Russo, Tracy
Zhang, Yan Bing
2008-09-08
2008-09-08
2008-07-31
2008
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:2515
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/4126
This study investigated how fans and producers of media texts negotiate text integrity, which is defined as an ideal about the validity, wholeness, and truth of the text. An evaluation of previous research in fan studies revealed four essential issues underlying fan-producer interaction. These four issues led to the study's four research questions, which centered on fan perceptions of ownership of a text, construction of status-relationship between fans and producers, construction of status-relationship among fans, and how fans envisioned their labor contribution to the game development process. Research questions were addressed using a discourse analysis of the forum interactions of fans of the digital-game series Fallout. The investigation focused on fan and producer interaction surrounding the release of the controversial next installment in the Fallout series, Fallout 3. Using previous literature and data gathered, the study proposed a model for fan-producer negotiation over text integrity that can be applied to fan-producer interaction in multiple contexts.
145 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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openAccess
Speech communication
Fandom
Fans
Producers
Digital gaming
Labor
Fallout fans: Negotiations over text integrity in the age of the active audience
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
6857306
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/217032018-01-31T20:07:50Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Russo, Tracy C
Blasdel, Tracy Richardson
Banwart, Mary
Ford, Debra
Innocenti, Beth
Marsh, Charles
2016-10-12T02:52:23Z
2016-10-12T02:52:23Z
2015-12-31
2015
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14308
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21703
Professionals who work in marketing communication agencies face the challenge of continuously producing creative work while facing nearly constant critique, feedback, and rejection from clients and colleagues. Frequent messages of criticism combined with fierce competition, demand for creativity, tight deadlines, and long work hours makes careers in this field stressful for the practitioner. Despite critique and rejection, these professionals must recover from setbacks and bring new work and new ideas to their clients on a routine basis. This study explored the process of resilience with marketing communication professionals who have encountered setbacks on the job using in-depth interviews (N=22). These interviews yielded in-depth accounts of the types of situations that serve as trigger or springboard events for individual resilience and the strategies and processes participants report they call upon to recover from setbacks. Despite the fact that researchers now believe resilience is important for job success and at least in part something that can be developed, very little research has been dedicated to how individuals can develop their own capacities for resilience and how people, such as managers, could help develop the capacity in others. This research adds to the emerging body of literature on individual resilience in the workplace. Findings demonstrate there are general strategies used by professionals with experience to bounce back from setbacks at work. This research makes theoretical contributions to the developing body of resilience literature by exploring the communicative tools and strategies used by those who report to be able to successfully tap into their own resilience and by providing qualitative evidence that resilience is a developable capacity. This research adds to the agency literature by exploring the normative nature of client incivility and how it may contribute to the industry’s high turnover and by offering a new application of the concept of client capture. This research also adds to the agency literature by presenting the voice of the account manager, which is notably absent in much of the recent agency literature. This research also offers practical implications. In particular, this research offers specific strategies that can be enacted by individuals and modeled by managers to help them bounce back from adversity and develop the capacity for resilience.
139 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Marketing agencies
Organizational commuication
Positive organizational scholarship
Resilience
Resilience at Work: An exploration of the process of resilience with marketing agency professionals
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/219122018-01-31T20:07:47Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Rowland, Robert C
Wagner, Zachary Reynolds
Harris, Scott
Loomis, Burdette A
Parson, Donn W
Russo, Tracy C
2016-11-10T23:46:20Z
2016-11-10T23:46:20Z
2015-05-31
2016
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14465
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21912
During his second term, George W. Bush pushed comprehensive immigration reform (CIR), a policy that addressed illegal immigration through several provisions at once. Some of those provisions were favored by conservative border security hawks, including augmenting Border Patrol efforts with technology and increased manpower, while others were favored by pro-immigration liberals, including a temporary worker program and a clear path to citizenship. To pass both at the same time was clearly a challenge, but President Bush was the perfect man for the job, due to his security credentials and his left-leaning immigration stance. Bush seized what he thought was the perfect moment to capitalize on broad public support for the general outline of CIR. For nearly two years, his push for CIR ran into problems, including two counter-movements, a sweeping change of the makeup of Congress, and xenophobic hysteria stirred up by the right wing. Bush’s prolonged failure to garner public support for CIR became the defining domestic failure of his second term. To date, no explanation of his failure on CIR accounts for his rhetoric, an oversight that deprives the historical record of understanding presidential leadership. This dissertation combines social movement theory and a generally inductive method based in the rhetorical situation to explain how Bush failed to pass CIR.
164 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Rhetoric
Communication
Bush
President
Social Movements
Rational Ground on the Rio Grande: George W. Bush and Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/279952020-10-12T14:00:51Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Rowland, Robert C
Eisenstadt, Michael
Innocenti, Beth
Harris, Scott
Bricker, Brett J
Devitt, Amy
2019-05-18T19:20:53Z
2019-05-18T19:20:53Z
2018-08-31
2018
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:16042
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27995
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0765-5734
The rightward shift of the contemporary conservative movement represents one of the most significant developments in American culture and politics over the last forty years. While numerous studies in rhetoric have tackled case studies of specific events, speeches, and texts, there is not yet a longitudinal study that traces the symbolic developments of the conservative movement over this period. In this dissertation, I fill that gap in rhetorical studies by arguing that the contemporary conservative movement was entelechialized by a limited government worldview, leading conservative Republicans to refuse compromise even when that refusal posed grave political risks. In four case studies, I analyze a number of key influences on the symbolic trajectories of the conservative movement, including Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, Patrick Buchanan, and contemporary conservative opinion media.
195 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Rhetoric
Public policy
Conservatism
Entelechy
Kenneth Burke
Rhetorical Trajectory
Ronald Reagan
Terministic Screen
Government is the problem: Symbolic trajectories of the contemporary conservative movement
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274242018-11-28T09:02:10Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Bliese, Nancy Wood
2018-11-27T15:55:20Z
2018-11-27T15:55:20Z
1973
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27424
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1973.
eng
University of Kansas
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openAccess
The effects of attitude similarity, cognitive complexity, and instrutional set on impressions formed of strangers
Dissertation
Speech and Drama
Ph.D.
1808006
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/82722020-08-25T14:22:51Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Kerr, Barbara
Shelton, Amberlea
Mikinski, Tamara
Bast Hensley, Kristen
2011-10-26T02:18:25Z
2011-10-26T02:18:25Z
2010-05-28
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11025
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/8272
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 in 549 adolescents, who have come to CLEOS, ranging in age from 13 to 18 years. The study assessed sex differences in terms of vocational interests, personality, and values; using the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI), Personality Research Form (PRF), the Six Factor Personality Questionnaire(SFPQ), the NEO PI-R, the Tellegen Absorption Scale (TAS), and a Values Inventory. Results showed females scored significantly higher than males on grade point average; the VPI scale-Social, the PRF scales-Achievement, Endurance, Harm Avoidance, Nurturance, and Succorance; the NEO PI-R scales-Neuroticism and Openness; and the TAS score. This study found males scored significantly higher than females on the VPI scale-Realistic and the PRF scale Autonomy.
69 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Psychology
Developmental psychology
Clinical psychology
Adolescents
Cleos
Creative
Gender
Gifted
Sex
CREATIVE ADOLESCENTS: SEX DIFFERENCES IN ACHIEVEMENT, INTERESTS, PERSONALITY, AND VALUES
Thesis
Counseling Psychology
M.S.
na
This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
7643340
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/53332020-07-24T14:23:44Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Hummert, Mary Lee
Mabachi, Natabhona Marianne
Baym, Nancy
Ford, Debra
Russo, Tracy
Barnett, Barbara
2009-07-30T19:49:56Z
2009-07-30T19:49:56Z
2008-12-15
2008
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10081
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5333
This study included interviews with campaign planners at a major social marketing organization in Kenya and an examination of three comprehensive HIV/AIDS health campaigns produced by the planners. Thematic and qualitative content analysis of these data addressed three research questions: (1) To what extent did the campaign creators consider health behavior change models, socio-cultural, and group identity concerns of their target audiences when designing the health campaigns? (2) To what extent did the campaigns reflect the major principles of campaign design? And (3) to what extent did the themes in the campaigns reflect the socio-cultural and group identity concerns of the target audiences? Results indicated that the planners did not formally consider theory or socio-cultural and group identity concerns that are important in collectivist African societies like Kenya. The campaigns fit the planners' goals of avoiding fear appeals, considering barriers and benefits to behavior change, providing a sense of self-efficacy, and appealing to subjective norms. Several principles of effective campaign design were also identified. However, thematic analysis of the campaigns revealed the presence of cultural beliefs/practices (e.g., gender norms) that can be barriers to behavior change. These results suggest that the campaigns would have benefited from formal attention to structural and cultural factors that may have served as barriers to adoption of the targeted behavior. Accordingly, the discussion focuses on a polymorphic approach to health behavior change theory that would ensure full consideration of these factors. An ecological approach to campaign analysis is outlined as a model for future research on health communication campaigns.
170 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Health sciences
Public health
Mass communication
Campaigns
Health
Hiv/aids
Kenya
Qualitative
Theory
What makes some campaigns more effective than others?: An analysis of three mass media PSI HIV/AIDS campaigns in Kenya.
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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6857490
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/279412020-10-08T16:04:11Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Wegner, Jane
Vaughan, Lauren Emily
Meehan, Stephanie
Gillispie, W. Matthew
2019-05-12T19:35:15Z
2019-05-12T19:35:15Z
2018-05-31
2018
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15960
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27941
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7462-2337
The descriptive study documents the development and implementation of low technology Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) boards in Peru and conducts maintenance sessions through telepractice. The director of the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP) selected two individuals with complex communication needs as candidates for the study. Both individuals had not had previous speech language services, access to low or high technology AAC devices, or a consistent or conventional means of communication. The development and implementation of low-technology AAC boards was in Peru. Maintenance sessions were scheduled over the course of four months through telepractice sessions conducted from the telepractice room in the Schiefelbusch Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic in Lawrence, Kansas. Upon completion, both individuals obtained a means of communication through low technology AAC boards. Parent report through a final survey indicated that AAC helped their child communicate, AAC was easy to use, telepractice maintained intervention, and telepractice was easy to use with assistance. Results from one parent’s online Communication Matrix in Spanish (Rowland, 2017) indicated that communication improved. The second parent did not complete the online Communication Matrix in Spanish (Rowland, 2017), due to difficulties with Internet connection.
87 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Speech therapy
AAC
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Developing Nations
Peru
Speech Language Pathology
Telepractice
The Development, Implementation, and Maintenance of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Through Telepractice in Peru
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274552018-12-05T09:01:46Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Moscinski, Paula
2018-12-04T15:36:55Z
2018-12-04T15:36:55Z
1979
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27455
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1979.
eng
University of Kansas
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The appraisal system in American business and industry
Thesis
Speech and Drama
M.A.
571794
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274182018-11-28T09:01:48Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Barge, J. Kevin
2018-11-27T15:55:18Z
2018-11-27T15:55:18Z
1985
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27418
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Communication Studies, 1985.
eng
University of Kansas
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Conversational leadership, organizational identification, and social motivation : a field descriptive study in two organizations
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
988012
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274722018-12-05T09:02:07Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Page, Paul Alan
2018-12-04T15:44:20Z
2018-12-04T15:44:20Z
1973
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27472
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1973.
eng
University of Kansas
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Critical requirements for the oral communication of state trial judges
Dissertation
Speech and Drama
Ph.D.
1808000
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274422018-11-30T09:01:49Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Sundbye, Ronald L.
2018-11-29T14:12:47Z
2018-11-29T14:12:47Z
1975
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27442
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1975.
eng
University of Kansas
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The effects of the language of humanism as expressed in the new theology on orthodox Christians
Thesis
Speech and Drama
M.A.
2537497
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/218392018-01-31T20:07:47Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Banwart, Mary C
Easley-Giraldo, Terri Michelle
Chong, Kelly
Gist, Angela
Innocenti, Beth
Woszidlo, Alesia
2016-11-08T20:47:16Z
2016-11-08T20:47:16Z
2016-05-31
2016
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14561
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21839
Despite progress that has been made worldwide regarding female political participation, the question of why more women do not enter the political arena remains. This study explored how women from MMIAPEZ (Mongolia, Morocco, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, and Zambia) discursively construct obstacles and barriers to their participation in politics, as well as their political interest and ability to participate in politics. Fifty-eight in-depth semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with young women from seven different countries. Using a qualitative approach and thematic analysis, this study uncovered three themes. First, MMIAPEZ women revealed the multi-faceted gender barriers that exist for female political participation in their countries. Second, MMIAPEZ women demonstrated high levels of political cynicism which was articulated by apathy and an active avoidance of politics. Finally, MMIAPEZ women generally expressed lower levels of political ambition and political efficacy which was articulated by their skeptical outlook towards politics. This study also conducted a follow-up survey at the end of the leadership institute to examine potential discursive shifts about their political interest and political efficacy. This study suggests that while encouraging women to run for political office is still an important goal, in countries such as MMIAPEZ, encouraging participation in the civil sphere may be more advantageous for young women with low political efficacy.
197 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Gender studies
Political science
Cynicism
Gender
Gender Barriers
Political Ambition
Political Efficacy
Politics
GLOBAL SOJOURNERS: WOMEN’S POLITICAL EFFICACY AND POLITICAL AMBITION IN THE FACE OF POLITICAL CYNICISM AND GENDER BARRIERS
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/266152018-06-29T08:02:07Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Flynn, James Henry
2018-06-28T17:42:43Z
2018-06-28T17:42:43Z
1978
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26615
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1978.
eng
University of Kansas
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openAccess
Effects of patients’ age and personal disposition upon charge nurses’ attitudes and assignments
Dissertation
Speech and Drama
Ph.D.
501532
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/265922018-06-29T08:02:21Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Abramson, Helga Kelter
2018-06-28T14:15:22Z
2018-06-28T14:15:22Z
1982
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26592
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Communication Studies, 1982.
eng
University of Kansas
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Divergent perspective taking in conflict situations
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
855145
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/268702018-10-20T08:01:25Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Hunt, Steven B.
2018-10-19T19:14:52Z
2018-10-19T19:14:52Z
1974
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26870
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1974.
eng
University of Kansas
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openAccess
The genre of rational argument
Dissertation
Speech and Drama
Ph.D.
1812321
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274562018-12-05T09:01:49Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Murphy, John
2018-12-04T15:36:55Z
2018-12-04T15:36:55Z
1985
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27456
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Communication Studies, 1985.
eng
University of Kansas
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Confrontation : Robert F. Kennedy on Vietnam
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
971878
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/280132019-08-27T18:09:09Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Zhang, Yan Bing
RISTIC, IGOR
Chen, Yvonnes
Gist-Mackey, Angela
Hummert, Mary Lee
Kunkel, Adrianne
Woszidlo, Alesia
2019-05-18T19:48:02Z
2019-05-18T19:48:02Z
2018-08-31
2018
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:16161
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/28013
The current study was guided by the theoretical frameworks of Intergroup Contact Theory (Pettigrew, 1998), Acculturation (Berry, 1997), and the Common Ingroup Identity Model (Gaertner & Dovidio, 2000). Using the PROCESS models on mediation analysis (Hayes, 2013), this cross-sectional survey tested three research hypotheses that predicted significant indirect effects of international students’ (N = 233) contact quantity and quality with U.S. American students on their affective, behavioral, and cognitive attitudes towards U.S. Americans through the sequential mediators of relational solidarity and identification with U.S. culture. Findings supported all the hypotheses. In addition, the indirect effects of contact on attitudes were significant through identification with U.S. culture as a single mediator. Furthermore, the direct effect of contact quality on behavioral attitudes was significant. Implications for scholars and practitioners, and suggestions for future research, are discussed in light of prior literature on intergroup contact, acculturation, and common ingroup identity.
113 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
acculturation
common ingroup identity model
identification
intergroup contact theory
international students
relational solidarity
International Students’ Acculturation and Attitudes Toward Americans as a Function of Communication and Relational Solidarity with their Most Frequent American Contact
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/268812018-10-20T08:02:23Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Bliese, John Ross Edward
2018-10-19T19:14:56Z
2018-10-19T19:14:56Z
1973
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26881
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1973.
eng
University of Kansas
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openAccess
Medieval rhetoric : its study and practice in northern Europe from 1050-1250
Dissertation
Speech and Drama
Ph.D.
1808031
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/64182020-08-03T15:09:09Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Carlin, Diana B.
Crawford, Angela
Hanzal, Alesia
Childers, Jay
2010-07-25T22:11:08Z
2010-07-25T22:11:08Z
2010-04-23
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10798
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6418
An informed and active citizenry is essential for a well-functioning democracy, and how we teach children citizenship has the potential to invigorate citizen engagement and responsibility. This research looks at a program that seeks to do just that: the Student Development Department's (SDD) Youth Congress program in Olathe, Kansas. Current and past Youth Congress participants were surveyed as well as non-participants at the high school and college levels to evaluate the effectiveness of Youth Congress as a civic education program. Results found that current and past participants of Youth Congress scored higher on measures of political and civic engagement than non-participants. Furthermore, Youth Congress is a significant predictor of political and civic action. Finally, the study assessed how effective the SDD is at recruitment and how they can increase access to their programs. These results provide direction for schools wanting to provide more effective civic education for their students.
116 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Communication
Social sciences education
Case study
Citizen engagement
Civic education
Civic engagement
Political engagement
Public sphere
Developing Civic Education in the United States: A Case Study of Olathe, Kansas' Youth Congress Program
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
7078833
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274392018-11-30T09:01:47Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Harrison, Alice Jeane
2018-11-29T14:12:47Z
2018-11-29T14:12:47Z
1972
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27439
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1972.
eng
University of Kansas
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The relationships between percieved task leadership behavior and percieved interpersonal leadership behavior of first line supervisors and employee productivity in two university residence hall food service systems
Thesis
Speech and Drama
M.A.
1807324
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/305872020-07-28T08:00:52Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Carter, Judy
2020-07-28T02:07:46Z
2020-07-28T02:07:46Z
1973-05-31
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/30587
Ph. D. University of Kansas, Speech and Drama 1973
This study attempts to analyze the effects of human relations training on self-concept and attitudes of whites toward others with whom they interact. Two aspects of human relations training are reviewed in order to provide the reader with a better understanding of these effects. First, the history of human relations training as it relates to social action issues is surveyed. Second, the goals and meta-goals of human relations training are identified and explained.
University of Kansas
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The effects of human relations training on WASPS (White's Attitudes and Self-concept Perceptions)
Dissertation
Speech & Drama
Ph.D.
1808009
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274352018-11-30T09:01:31Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Willer, Patricia Powell
2018-11-29T14:12:46Z
2018-11-29T14:12:46Z
1985
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27435
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Communication Studies, 1985.
eng
University of Kansas
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Cross-cultural influences on bargaining : an Arab-American experimental study
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
998665
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/129692020-10-20T14:15:48Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Kunkel, Adrianne
Attig, Heather
Baym, Nancy
Russo, Tracy
Ford, Debra
Brill, Ann
2014-02-05T16:22:20Z
2014-02-05T16:22:20Z
2013-12-31
2013
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13129
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12969
Social support, whether emotional, informational, or tangible (Goldsmith, 2004) is an innate need and is important to our well-being and our personal relationships. While face-to-face communication has been considered the "gold standard" to relational maintenance, we are also using communication technology to maintain our personal relationships and mobilize our social support networks. Technological advances in communication channels have provided new avenues to social interaction and social support. The purpose of this study was to explore the social support process across new communication technologies. Specifically, I examined how multiple modes of communication (including face-to-face) were used to seek and receive social support to/from different relational ties in the midst a life stressor. I also looked at what people did or said to prompt them to use certain communication channels and why. Further, I investigated the types of supportive messages that were being communicated. And, finally, I examined whether those supportive messages were perceived as helpful, or not. Through an in-depth analysis of 23 interviews, results suggested that new communication technologies helped: tell the story, orchestrate tangible support, provide direct and instant access to others, show evidence of quantity, and offer coping outlets. Delving deeper, the results from this project revealed that participants used specific communication channels for specific reasons when in need of support. Last, the results indicated that all three types of social support messages (i.e., emotional, informational, and tangible) were provided to participants via a variety of new communication technologies and relational ties. Moreover, some of the support messages were perceived as helpful, and some were not.
122 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Media multiplexity
New technologies
Social support
Stressor
Social Support and New Communication Technologies During a Life Stressor
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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8086397
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/42252020-07-21T13:27:40Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Rowland, Robert C.
Theye, Kirsten
Manolescu, Beth
Saillor, Wayne
Tell, Dave
Harris, Scott
2008-09-29T04:31:29Z
2008-09-29T04:31:29Z
2008-08-15
2008
http://dissertations2.umi.com/ku:2648
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/4225
When large-scale tragedies occur in the United States, the national identity is shaken. Immediately after the event, as well as on anniversaries of the tragedy, the media work to reconstruct that identity in their editorial pages. I analyze several sets of editorials written immediately after and on the anniversaries of three American tragedies: the Oklahoma City bombing, the September 11 attacks, and Hurricane Katrina. In this project, I argue that the media use several methods of identity reconstruction following national tragic events. The analysis demonstrates that the media reconstruct national identity by using language to bind citizens to one another, by separating "real" Americans from everyone else, by affirming American values, by reprimanding those who stray from American ideals, and by sustaining the belief in American Exceptionalism.
187 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Speech communication
Language
Rhetoric and composition
National identity
Rhetoric
Anniversary
Tragedy
America
United states
The reconstruction of national identity following tragic events
Dissertation
Communication Studies
PH.D.
na
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6857186
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/64652020-08-04T12:56:13Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Russo, Tracy
Payne, Beverly
Parson, Donn W.
Baym, Nancy
D'Enbeau, Suzy
Markham, Paul L
2010-07-30T10:54:00Z
2010-07-30T10:54:00Z
2010-04-27
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10910
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6465
Organizational commitment, or the extent to which employees are psychologically attached to or involved in their organization, is important to overall organizational success. The strength of the attachment and the dominant component of organizational commitment--affective, normative, or continuance--have implications for behavioral outcomes of employees. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of communication with civilian colleagues and non-deployed military peers and leaders to changes in post-deployed organizational commitment of Army National Guard and Army Reservists. Frequency and channels of communication were examined. Additionally, relationships of deployment experiences, changes to the civilian organization, and recognition during reintegration were assessed. The study found that with the exception of continuance commitment to the civilian organization, all levels of post-deployment commitment to both organizations experienced a statistically significant decrease. Support messages, workplace changes, leadership changes, combat exposure, and satisfaction with recognition by the civilian organization were found to be associated with changes in commitment.
149 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Communication
Organization theory
Citizen-soldiers
Organizational commitment
Messages from the Battlefield: Relationships of Communication Between Deployed Citizen-Soldiers and Colleagues on Organizational Commitment
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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8085507
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274712018-12-05T09:02:05Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Nadler, Lawrence B.
2018-12-04T15:44:20Z
2018-12-04T15:44:20Z
1983
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27471
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Communication Studies, 1983.
eng
University of Kansas
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Toward a more complete understanding of the social influence process : a social judgment-involvement approach
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
845815
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/168192018-01-31T20:08:16Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Childers, Jay
Kimbrell, Tyler
Hanson, Reeze
Innocenti, Beth
2015-02-25T04:51:12Z
2015-02-25T04:51:12Z
2014-08-31
2014
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13518
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/16819
In this thesis I look at three different biographical reconstructions of Crazy Horse that construct the famous Lakota man as a mythic hero. Through the lens of myth and narrative theory, I identify three different ways in which Crazy Horse has been portrayed as a heroic individual: 1) as a heroic warrior for his leadership role in defeating U.S. forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn 2) for his generosity to his people in a time of traumatic change and 3) for his willingness to sacrifice his life to end the violent conflict between Sioux and U.S. military. I argue that Crazy Horse presents a unique opportunity for biographers to offer competing myths about his life because we know so little about him, aside from his accomplishments. Thus, the lack of primary resources about the life of Crazy Horse provides an opportunity for the biographer to construct Crazy Horse in a way that serves their own purpose in telling his story.
68 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Rhetoric
Communication
Crazy Horse
Hero
Myth
Narrative
Searching for the Spirit of Crazy Horse: A Rhetorical Analysis of Competing Myths
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/85522020-08-03T16:29:37Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Tell, Dave
Murray, Athena Renee
Bruss, Kristine
Harris, Scott
2011-12-02T20:37:22Z
2011-12-02T20:37:22Z
2010-04-28
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10916
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/8552
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 has created resistance to these new roles. This project argues that narratives surrounding the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) female suicide attackers have been politically effective only when they do not depart significantly from traditional conceptions of women. Narratives that depict female suicide attackers in traditional gender roles are contrasted with those of typically masculine roles. Using narrative theory, two case studies are examined: the LTTE's first and last suspected female suicide attackers, Dhanu and Anoja. A deeper understanding of the manipulations of women's images will potentially help us understand the growing trend of female suicide attacks around the world.
107 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Communication
Women's studies
Agency
Female suicide attackers
Gender
Liberation tigers of tamil eelam
Motivation
Rhetoric
Why She Did It: Battle for the Meaning of the Female Suicide Attackers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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7078856
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/67242018-01-31T20:08:09Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Parson, Donn W
Cram, Travis J.
Harris, Scott
Innocenti, Beth
2010-10-03T03:11:32Z
2010-10-03T03:11:32Z
2010-05-17
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10963
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6724
The 2006 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the George W. Bush administration has been neglected by rhetorical and policy scholars alike. In this study, I advance a rhetorical criticism of NSS 2006 and associated rhetoric of the Bush administration. Not only is NSS 2006 a rhetorical response to many of the challenges faced by the Bush administration's foreign policy during their first political term, it is also an exercise in symbolic action. The key rhetorical theme of this document is a constitutive agon centered on a dramatic clash between democracy (good) and tyranny (evil). Using narrative and Burkean methods of analysis, I argue that NSS 2006 substantially hinders open deliberation about foreign policy while simultaneously making the United States and the world less safe.
118 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Burke
Foreign policy
Bush, George W.
Narrative
National security
Rhetoric
"The Work of Generations": Tyranny and Democracy in the 2006 National Security Strategy
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274912018-12-07T09:01:31Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Stucky, Mark E.
2018-12-06T18:28:14Z
2018-12-06T18:28:14Z
1982
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27491
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1982.
eng
University of Kansas
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use, and redistribute in part or in whole. No known restrictions apply to the
work.
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The development of an instrument to measure nursing interpersonal behavior
Thesis
Speech and Drama
M.A.
800639
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/263462018-04-24T18:41:08Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Rowland, Robert C
Overton, Daniel Patrick
Childers, Jay P
Harris, Scott
Innocenti, Beth
Miller, Timothy
2018-04-20T22:31:43Z
2018-04-20T22:31:43Z
2017-05-31
2017
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15150
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26346
Founded and edited by Julius Augustus Wayland, the Appeal to Reason, an influential socialist newspaper at the turn of the twentieth century, succeeded where every other contemporary radical periodical failed. It attracted a large national audience with an eventual distribution of approximately 750,000 copies per week. During its peak, the Appeal had a greater circulation than any other national weekly paper, and it remains the most widely circulated leftist publication in American history. In what follows I discuss the rhetorical strategies Wayland employed to constitute his readership into a movement geared toward collective action, and I describe the power of the utopian, constitutive, and prophetic rhetoric found in the pages of the Appeal, especially through the editorship of Wayland. Despite its largely secular doctrine, the Appeal can be seen as a kind of scripture pointing toward a socialist utopian myth to create heaven on earth, and Wayland was the key prophetic, homiletic, and symbolic figure serving to rally an energized group of Appeal Army foot soldiers during a period of great social unrest. I examine key rhetorical moments from the Appeal, including the early years of the paper, the creation of the Appeal Army, and the publication of Eugene Debs’ infamous “Arouse, Ye Slaves!” These case studies reveal Wayland’s mobilization of a vernacular persona, autobiographical narrative, hermeneutics, redefinition, and rhetorical violence as key strategies in the creation of the Appeal public. Through an inductive analysis of the rhetoric in the Appeal, I provide a theory-based explanation for the constitution and prodigious growth of the Appeal’s unprecedented readership.
222 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Rhetoric
American history
Communication
American Socialism
Constitutive Rhetoric
Dissent
Kansas
Prophetic Rhetoric
Utopia
How to Build an Army: The Constitutive Utopian Rhetoric of Julius Wayland in the Appeal to Reason
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/268722018-10-20T08:01:33Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Johnson, James L.
2018-10-19T19:14:53Z
2018-10-19T19:14:53Z
1974
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26872
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1974.
eng
University of Kansas
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Samuel Beckett : a rhetorical analysis of the absurd drama
Dissertation
Speech and Drama
Ph.D.
1812356
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274662018-12-05T09:02:00Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Keeshan, Marjorie A.
2018-12-04T15:36:57Z
2018-12-04T15:36:57Z
1979
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27466
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1979.
eng
University of Kansas
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Debate community perceptions of the ethicality of evidence use
Thesis
Speech and Drama
M.A.
572813
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/129732020-06-24T20:43:04Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Kunkel, Adrianne
Schon, Jennifer A.
Woszidlo, Alesia
Russo, Tracy
2014-02-05T16:26:33Z
2014-02-05T16:26:33Z
2013-12-31
2013
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13095
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12973
Advancements in technology have altered how and when communication occurs between individuals in a relationship. Although research has investigated how new information communication technologies (ICTs) affect peer relationships (Yoon, 2003) and parents' communication with their young children (Devitt & Roker, 2009), how information communication technologies influence parent-adult child relationships is less clear. By examining contradictory premises of media multiplexity theory (Haythornthwaite, 2005) and the theory of electronic propinquity (Korzenny, 1978), this study tested whether parental access to ICTs influences communication and relationship satisfaction for adult children and to what extent. This study also examined a new use of ICTs - connectedness - and analyzed how parents' reported connectedness influences parent-adult child relationships. The results indicate that the number of media parents and adult children utilize to maintain their relationship does modestly influence satisfaction. In addition, satisfaction is greater when parents act more in line with a connected mode of communicating and when they are more communicatively competent. These results provide families, therapists, researchers, and educators with a better understanding of how ICTs influence family relationships.
93 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Social psychology
Communication competence
Communication satisfaction
Computer-mediated communication
Connectedness
Media multiplexity theory
Theory of electronic propinquity
"I'M JUST TEXTING TO SAY HELLO": EXAMINING HOW PARENTS' ACCESS TO AND USE OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INFLUENCES SATISFACTION AMONG ADULT CHILDREN
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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8086512
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/102682020-09-18T13:41:39Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Parson, Donn W
Arterburn, Jeffrey D.
Baym, Nancy
Tell, Dave
2012-10-28T15:33:40Z
2012-10-28T15:33:40Z
2012-08-31
2012
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12284
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10268
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 environment, but the reasons for its effectiveness are illusive in the literature. This study seeks to better understand the reasons for its effectiveness in application in extra-theatrical application. It does this through analyzing significant improv texts and interviews conducted by the author with several highly experienced improvisers in Chicago, the birthplace of modern improv. Through thematic analysis, nine significant topoi were established that provide understanding for what is happening when people engage in improv. Ultimately it was found that when all the topoi are combined in practice improv serves as a communicative method designed for spontaneously solving problems as they arise.
57 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Theater
Improvisation
Qualitative
Spontaneity
Communication and the Art of Improvisation
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
8085606
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/300722021-03-05T16:53:56Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Innocenti, Beth
Bajorek, Benton James
Harris, Scott
Rowland, Robert
2020-03-16T20:30:26Z
2020-03-16T20:30:26Z
2019-05-31
2019
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:16331
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/30072
In April 2013, the Tsarnaev brothers placed two homemade bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. This attack created a need for healing the city’s spirit and the Boston Red Sox played an essential role in the city’s recovery as the team invited victims and first responders to pregame ceremonies throughout the season to participate in ritualistic pregame ceremonies. This thesis examines the Red Sox first home game after the bombing and argues that ritualistic pregame ceremonies craft conditions for performing national citizenship identity by calling upon mythic belief systems to warrant norms of citizenship performance.
87 pages
en
University of Kansas
Copyright held by the author.
openAccess
Rhetoric
American Dream
Boston Red Sox
hero
myth
ritual
sport
Baseball, Rituals, and the American Dream: An Analysis of the Boston Red Sox’s Response to the Boston Marathon Bombing
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/107662020-09-24T13:24:51Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Gay, Susan
Schippers, Jessica Lynn
Peterson, Ingrid
Barry, Arlene
2013-01-31T01:15:25Z
2013-01-31T01:15:25Z
2012-05-31
2012
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12038
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10766
This study investigated what changes occurred in students' self-efficacy beliefs when reflection on goal progression and academic achievement was integrated in the classroom. It also identified how students' views towards setting goals and reflecting on their learning changed over time. At the beginning of the semester, 57 Algebra I students created four course goals. A Chapter Writing Assignment was given after each of the six chapters in the semester which asked students to reflect and write about their goal progression as well as their overall academic achievement. Three questionnaires were given during the semester; students rated their confidence about completing 15 mathematical tasks as well as their beliefs on the value of goal setting and reflecting on learning. The questionnaires also included open-ended items allowing students to write about their overall confidence in mathematics and growth as learners. The study's results supported four conclusions. First, the Semester Goals sheet and the Chapter Writing Assignment served as effective instruments in providing an opportunity for students to write goals and reflect on their goal progression and overall learning during the semester. Second, calculated means showed an increase in self-confidence levels of students for 13 of the 15 mathematical tasks. Third, mean scores and open-ended responses indicated that students found goal setting and reflecting on learning valuable. Finally, the students also expressed an overall increase in confidence throughout the semester as evident through their written responses on the questionnaires.
124 pages
en
University of Kansas
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openAccess
Mathematics education
Goals
Mathematics
Reflection
Self-efficacy
Self-evaluation
Self-regulation
Goals, Reflection, and Students' Mathematics Self-Efficacy
Thesis
Curriculum and Teaching
M.S.Ed.
na
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8085645
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/60022020-07-29T13:53:38Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Innocenti, Beth
Howell, Jaclyn Brooke
Rowland, Robert C.
Bruss, Kristine
2010-03-18T05:10:32Z
2010-03-18T05:10:32Z
2009-12-18
2009
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10696
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6002
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze a sampling of Gloria Steinem's feminist rhetoric by way of "If Men Could Menstruate" (1978/1983) and "What If Freud Were Phyllis?" (1994). I use a historical-descriptive methodology, in which I situate each essay in terms of their historical contexts, and I closely analyze Steinem's rhetoric in light of each historical situation. I also examine "If Men Could Menstruate" and "What If Freud Were Phyllis?" in terms of their enduring contributions. Towards this end, I consider whether or not these essays are touchstones of feminist criticism, meaning that a text meets audience demands and stands the test of time. Focusing on these two essays is necessary because they are memorable, they have received popular acclaim, they function as a pair, and they transcend the boundaries of second wave feminism.
144 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Women's studies
Feminism
Freud, Sigmund
Gender
Menstruate
Rhetoric
Steinem
Symbolic Gender Role Reversal and Touchstone Criticism: The Feminist Rhetoric of Gloria Steinem
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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7078775
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/77022020-08-11T14:47:56Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Childers, Jay
Meserko, Vince
Baym, Nancy
D'Enbeau, Suzy
2011-06-21T20:41:07Z
2011-06-21T20:41:07Z
2010-08-12
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11108
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/7702
In this thesis I look at how one of our newest communication mediums, the podcast, is being used by a group of Los Angeles-based comedians loosely assembled under the "alternative comedy" label. Through the lens of critical and medium theory, I identify two primary functions of the podcast for this community: 1) as a space for comedy performance involving character-based sketches and stream-of-consciousness conversation and 2) as a meditation on the nature of stand-up comedy that often confronts tensions between popular and folk culture. I argue that these two functions have become generic hallmarks of the alternative comedy podcasting community. As such, they provide important insight into how subcultures reinforce, reinterpret, and manage artistic value in new media environments. Further, the podcast offers an object lesson in the ways that creative artists have exercised a new sense of agency in controlling the direction of their careers.
73 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Comedy
Mcluhan, Marshall
Media convergence
Medium theory
Podcasts
Popular culture
Upright Citizens of the Digital Age: Podcasting and Popular Culture in an Alternative Comedy Scene
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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7642831
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/263352018-04-24T18:34:19Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Banwart, Mary C
Hall, Jeff A
Kearney, Michael Wayne
Warner, Benjamin R
Muddiman, Ashley
Webb, Clayton M
2018-04-20T22:15:47Z
2018-04-20T22:15:47Z
2017-05-31
2017
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15182
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26335
Communication and media research lacks an accessible and systematic approach to measuring political partisanship in decentralized media environments. In this dissertation, a network-based measurement of partisanship is proposed and then used to analyze social media users during a highly contentious general election. Study I (Chapter 2) introduces rtweet, a newly developed open-source software package designed to collect Twitter data. Study II (Chapter 3) then uses rtweet to gather publicly available Twitter data and demonstrate a network-based approach to estimating partisanship. Finally, Study 3 (Chapter 4) extends this network-based approach to analyze change over time in network polarization among partisan and non-partisan users during the 2016 general election. Results showcase the range and validity of network-based estimates of partisanship and provide clear evidence of partisan selective exposure and network polarization on Twitter as proximity to the election increases.
106 pages
en
University of Kansas
Copyright held by the author.
openAccess
Mass communication
Communication
Political science
networks
partisanship
polarization
selective exposure
twitter
A network-based approach to estimating partisanship and analyzing change in polarization during the 2016 general election
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/64252020-08-03T15:57:01Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Banwart, Mary C.
Hall, Lacey
Kunkel, Adrianne
Hanzal, Alesia
2010-07-25T22:31:39Z
2010-07-25T22:31:39Z
2010-04-26
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10882
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6425
This study examined the impact of president and first lady interaction on presidential image, including competency, favorability and homophily. A pre-test and post-test design was used to examine the changes in participants' perception of the President Barack Obama's image and competency, participants' favorability ratings of Obama, and participants' homophily ratings after viewing photos of the Barack and Michelle Obama in either professional settings or personal settings. Statistical analysis indicated that no significant differences between the groups existed, suggesting that voter perception of the president may remain constant regardless of how the president interacts with his wife. Content and thematic analyses of open-ended questions suggest that voters are more likely to view the president's relationship with the first lady in personal terms rather than professional terms, regardless of the type of image (personal or profession) viewed. Additionally, young voters were more likely to expect the first lady to engage in familial duties rather than work- or image-related duties, confirming previous research on first lady scholarship.
77 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Communication
Obama, Barack
First lady
Marriage
Obama, Michelle
President
Presidential image
Public Office or Private Marriage? An Examination of the Influence of the Relationship of the President and First Lady
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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7078851
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/103342020-09-14T13:53:35Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Childers, Jay
Melling, Steven
Rowland, Robert C.
Innocenti, Beth
Harris, Scott
Farmer, Frank
2012-10-28T17:31:24Z
2012-10-28T17:31:24Z
2012-05-31
2012
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11946
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10334
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 - residents, governments and businesses. In this dissertation, I argue that the rhetoric surrounding contemporary urban renewal efforts has been constrained by the neoliberal occupational psychosis. I specifically examine how the discourses of these stakeholders have shaped the identity, infrastructure, and resources of the Crossroads Arts District, an urban neighborhood in Kansas City. This neighborhood was founded by artists who were seeking affordable spaces for living and working. However, this identity changed when developers began building upscale condominiums and apartments within the neighborhood. This change can be attributed to what Maurice Charland (1987) calls constitutive rhetoric. As the neighborhood was populated, its infrastructure also evolved. In doing so, the city strived to establish what Michel de Certeau (1984) refers to as a place. Not only did the city shape the neighborhood's infrastructure, but it also provided tax incentives for developers. To receive these incentives developers relied on what Aune (2001) calls "the rhetoric of economic correctness."
186 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Rhetoric
Crossroads arts district
Kansas City
Urban renewal
The Rhetoric of Urban Renewal: Redevelopment in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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8085722
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/129792020-10-20T13:26:12Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Beisecker, Thomas
Fuchsberger, Arianne
Hall, Jeffrey A.
Woszidlo, Alesia
2014-02-05T16:35:50Z
2014-02-05T16:35:50Z
2013-12-31
2013
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13128
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12979
The credibility of an expert witness is an important factor on the attitudes and behaviors of jurors. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship trustworthiness and expertise had on participants' verdict decisions, perceptions of expert witness overall credibility and each of the four separate dimensions of expert witness credibility. An audio recording presented an attack on the expert, showing him to be low in trustworthiness, low in expertise, low in both, or a control of neither. Dependent variables were participants' verdict decision of Likelihood of Negligence, and perceptions of credibility. Low trustworthiness and low expertise both significantly affect participants' verdict decision. Only the trustworthiness dimension affected participants' perception of overall credibility and trustworthiness, suggesting trustworthiness be treated as an independent dimension. Results further the construct of expert witness credibility and show trustworthiness and expertise to be important elements of expert witness credibility.
109 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Credibility
Expertise
Expert witness credibility
Expert witness testimony
Trustworthiness
THE (UN)CREDIBLE EXPERT WITNESS: THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUSTWORTHINESS AND EXPERTISE IN EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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8086496
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/97002020-06-25T19:43:45Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Innocenti, Beth
Parson, Donn W
Souders, Michael C.
Farmer, Frank
Harris, Scott
Tell, Dave
2012-06-03T13:33:57Z
2012-06-03T13:33:57Z
2011-12-31
2011
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11764
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/9700
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 distorted cultural symbols, the CPG is gaining adherents in congregations numbering of tens of thousands and media audiences in the millions. In this dissertation I argue that the rhetoric of the CPG operates by altering conventional religious and secular methods of reading texts and the signs of the world in order to give the audience a greater sense of agency in a period of social, economic, and spiritual uncertainty. Individual chapters take up questions of textual hermeneutics, the hermeneutics of lived experience, the use of Christian tropes in new social conditions, the political implications of the CPG, and its method of appealing to the audience. I conclude that the rise of the CPG is not only an attempt to resolve the problems of a fragmented symbolic environment, but is also both a product of, and reliant upon, the erosion of unified frames of religious and secular interpretation.
489 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Religion
Philosophy
Christianity
Hermeneutics
Modernity
Preaching
Rhetoric
A God of Wealth: Religion, Modernity, and the Rhetoric of the Christian Prosperity Gospel
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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7643167
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/302732020-04-04T08:00:45Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Beisecker, Thomas
Lisko, Karen Ohnemus.
2020-04-03T18:26:38Z
2020-04-03T18:26:38Z
1992-05-31
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/30273
While the effects of linguistic power on witness credibility in the courtroom as well as preliminary studies of the effects of nonverbal power on witness credibility have been studied, no research has focussed on manipulations of linguistic and nonverbal power together. For purposes of greater generalizability, the effect of different manipulations of linguistic power and nonverbal power in witness testimony is studied in this dissertation. Subjects viewed one of four videotaped versions of combined linguistic power/nonverbal power testimony and rated the witness's credibility. Through factor analysis and multivariate analysis of variance, the results showed that subjects rated the witness to be more credible in the following conditions: (1) when the witness used powerful linguistic/powerful nonverbal testimony versus powerless linguistic/powerless nonverbal testimony; (2) when the witness used powerful linguistic/powerful nonverbal testimony versus mixed testimonial styles; (3) when the witness used powerful nonverbal/powerless linguistic testimony versus powerless nonverbal/powerful linguistic testimony. Significant main effects were found for the powerful nonverbal condition. Preliminary gender findings suggest that the male witness was more credible overall. Interpretation of the findings, discussion of limitations of the study, and suggestions for further research are addressed.
University of Kansas
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Juror perceptions of witness credibility as a function of linguistic and nonverbal power
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
1443398
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274102018-11-28T09:01:40Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Barham, Thomas Jackson
2018-11-27T15:41:43Z
2018-11-27T15:41:43Z
1973
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27410
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1973.
eng
University of Kansas
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The influence of organizational communication in the United States Army upon the black American soldier
Thesis
Speech and Drama
M.A.
1810877
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/315102024-01-16T16:42:58Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Rowland, Robert C
Price, John Leyland
Bricker, Brett
Innocenti, Beth
Harris, Scott
Sailor, Wayne
2021-02-27T21:15:42Z
2021-02-27T21:15:42Z
2019-12-31
2019
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:16833
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/31510
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7729-0910
On February 19, 2009, CNBC journalist Rick Santelli’s fiery outburst against the Obama Administration on national television gave the Tea Party Movement (TPM) its namesake. Soon after rallies were organized across the U.S. under the Tea Party banner. From its inception in 2009, the TPM became an essential player in U.S. politics and pivotal in flipping control of the Senate and House to the Republican Party during the 2010 midterm elections. The movement faced controversy on both sides of the political spectrum for its beliefs and fervent stance against compromising with political adversaries. Researchers argued that the TPM was an example of Richard Hofstadter’s Paranoid Style. Others claimed that the movement’s rhetoric, member demographics, and political success demonstrated it was outside the boundaries of the Paranoid Style. To better understand the nature of the TPM, this project conducted an inductive study of TPM rhetoric from 2009-2013. By using texts from TPM speeches as well as TPM bloggers and commenters online, this study examined the rhetorical development of the movement and its symbolic trajectory. It was found that TPM advocates relied on a myth of return, which portrayed the movement as being the voice of the silent majority and representative of the founding values of America. While the themes and examples used by the movement changed over the years, the overarching message continued to focus on an us versus them mentality. Overall, the symbolic trajectory of the TPM raises questions about the typically adaptive nature of social movements and suggests that the TPM became entelechialized early in its development and throughout 2009-2013.
133 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Rhetoric
Political science
Donald Trump
entelechy
rhetoric
social movement
symbolic trajectory
Tea Party Movement
The Tea Party Movement and Entelechy: an Inductive Study of Tea Party Rhetoric
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/53232020-07-23T14:35:45Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Zhang, Yan Bing
Su'udy, Rizaladdin
Parson, Donn W.
Beisecker, Thomas
2009-07-30T04:24:59Z
2009-07-30T04:24:59Z
2009-04-29
2009
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10358
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5323
The study explored the effects of gender and collectivism/individualism on conflict management styles among Indonesians (n= 271) and Americans (n= 243). Findings indicated that Indonesians preferred the compromising and integrating styles the most, followed by the avoiding, obliging, and emotion styles. The next preferred styles were the third-party use and dominating styles. For Americans, the compromising and integrating styles were the most preferred, followed by the dominating and emotional expression styles. The next preferred style was the obliging style, followed by the avoiding and third-party help styles. The neglect style was the least preferred style in both groups, with male participants and Indonesians endorsed the style significantly more than females and Americans respectively. In addition, results revealed that Americans preferred the integrating, compromising, dominating, emotional expression, and obliging styles significantly more than Indonesians. Indonesians preferred the avoiding style significantly more than Americans. Participants preferred the third-party help style equally. Findings showed that American males were significantly more individualistic than American females, Indonesian males, and Indonesian females. Collectivism was a positive predictor of the avoiding, integrating, compromising, emotional expression and obliging styles in both cultures. Additionally, collectivism was a positive predictor of the third-party help style among Americans. Individualism was a positive predictor of the dominating style in both groups. Individualism was a positive predictor of the integrating, compromising, and emotional expression styles in the Indonesian sample. Individualism was a positive predictor of the neglect style in the American sample. Overall, these findings indicate that collectivism is a stronger predictor of the conflict styles than is individualism. Results are discussed in light of prior literature on conflict management style, gender, and culture.
89 pages
EN
University of Kansas
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Mass communication
Collectivism
Individualism
Conflict management styles
Gender
Indonesia
United states
Conflict Management Styles of Americans and Indonesians: Exploring the Effects of Gender and Collectivism/Individualism
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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6857536
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/223582018-01-31T20:07:52Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Tell, Dave
Bosch, Emily Meredith
Innocenti, Beth
Harris, Scott
2017-01-02T20:40:24Z
2017-01-02T20:40:24Z
2016-08-31
2016
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14843
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/22358
In early 2014, Miriam Weeks, more famously known as “the Duke Porn Star” was exposed for acting in pornography to pay her exorbitant Duke tuition bills. Throughout the media saga that followed her outing, Weeks defended her decision to act in pornography, arguing that it was a feminist affirmation of her sexual agency. However, Weeks’s defense of her pornography career is not monolithic, but rather, takes two distinct forms. The first form is characterized by structural or intersectional rhetoric, focused on the contextual factors that implicate the meaning of both pornography and feminism. Contrasting this rhetorical pattern is another that emerged in Weeks’s defense of pornography, characterized by neoliberalism. This rhetoric focused on the affirmation of individualism. Weeks’s neoliberal rhetoric constructed pornography as an openly-accessible option to solve economic shortcomings, regardless of the individual’s social location. Not only is pornography constructed neoliberally, feminism is also constructed neoliberally. Weeks’s neoliberal construction of feminism reduced feminism to an ideology premised solely on the affirmation of individual choices made by women, regardless of what those choices are. Thus, it ignored the role class plays in gender-based oppression. Although these two rhetorical patterns appear mutually exclusive, they co-exist within Weeks’s defense of her pornography career, articulating two distinct versions of both pornography and feminism.
84 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Rhetoric
Gender studies
feminism
neoliberalism
pornography
rhetoric
Alter Egos / Alternative Rhetorics: Belle Knox's Rhetorical Construction of Pornography and Feminism
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274112018-11-28T09:01:42Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Conner, Vincent L.
2018-11-27T15:41:43Z
2018-11-27T15:41:43Z
1983
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27411
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Communication Studies, 1983.
eng
University of Kansas
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Teamwork and success in dentistry
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
866536
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/279352019-08-27T18:10:28Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Woszidlo, Alesia
Rainforth, Paige
Kunkel, Adrianne
Hall, Jeff
2019-05-12T19:27:56Z
2019-05-12T19:27:56Z
2018-05-31
2018
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15878
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27935
This study is grounded in Expectancy Violations Theory and examined the relationships among expectations that stepchildren have for stepparent communicative behaviors, expectation violations, stepparent conflict, and stepparent satisfaction.Participants (N = 94) included young adults from stepfamilies who had formed while they were in high school. Analyses revealed that stepchildren experienced significantly more warmth, affection, and discipline behaviors from their stepparents than they had anticipated before getting to know him/her. Stepchildren who negatively perceived stepparent warmth, control, emotional support, and routine behaviors were more likely to report increased stepparent conflict. Stepchildren who positively perceived stepparent warmth, control, affection, emotional support, discipline, and routine behaviors were more likely to report increased stepparent satisfaction.These results indicate that certain stepparent behaviors, and stepchildren's evaluations of the expectation violation for those behaviors, may be associated with stepchildren's reports of stepparent conflict and stepparent satisfaction. As such, the current study poses suggestions for how stepparents may address stepchildren's expectations for their behavior.
95 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Expectations
Stepchild
Stepparent
Stepparent Conflict
Stepparent Satisfaction
Violation Valence
Stepfamily Expectations: Expected and Actual Communication between Stepchildren and Stepparents
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/218692018-01-31T20:07:47Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Childers, Jay
Meserko, Vince
Farmer, Frank
Innocenti, Beth
Tell, Dave
Harris, Scott
Childers, Jay
2016-11-10T22:46:51Z
2016-11-10T22:46:51Z
2016-05-31
2016
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11107
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21869
This project explores the revived interest in American soul music and the ways that contemporary soul musicians negotiate the concept of “authenticity.” Two contemporary record labels, Daptone Records and Numero Group, have spearheaded this revival. As I argue, their ascendance is symptomatic of larger, more sweeping concerns; a response to something lost that needs to be reclaimed, or something underrepresented that needs to be represented. For these reasons, I view Daptone and Numero Group as instructive case studies in the analysis of authenticity as a term of separation, distinction, acclaim, and prestige. Further, articulations of authenticity define the terms under which these disputations are fought. They illuminate soul music’s contentious relationship with its past and explain its enduring relevance in the present—a relevance necessarily wrought with assumptions about what types of ethical commitments from the past are worth reclaiming and preserving. This dissertation aims to reveal Daptone’s and Numero Group’s ethical commitments, showing them to be disciplined by the selective uptake of certain sonic qualities, attitudinal dispositions, and aspirational goals that critique popular music aesthetics. Contestations of authenticity appear both in the ways that these two record labels perceive and interpret the legacy of soul music in the 1960s and 1970s and in the affective and sonic qualities that they champion in doing so. I argue that the term “authenticity” be foregrounded in rhetorical scholarship as a primary object of concern. More importantly, however, I also argue that the story of American soul music is a particularly fertile site from which scholars in communication can reassess their understandings of how aesthetic values become authenticated through time.
160 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
authenticity
Daptone
Motown
nostalgia
soul
Stax
Straight Love, No Chaser: Authenticity and the Soul Music Revival
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/102512020-09-18T13:53:33Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Rowland, Robert C.
Jones, Virginia Bauer
D'Enbeau, Suzy
Ford, Debra
Innocenti, Beth
Russo, Tracy
2012-10-28T15:03:36Z
2012-10-28T15:03:36Z
2012-08-31
2012
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12304
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10251
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 to success was accomplished through a sub-genre of apologia known as atonement. Atonement not only provided a way for the automaker to repent and take actions to address the needs of its audience of Toyota owners but also provided a way for Toyota to return to the narratives, ideology and values that are part of the Toyota Way.
137 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Rhetoric
Communication
Apologia
Atonement
Crisis communication
Product recall
Toyota
Traveling the Road to Redemption: Toyota Motor Corporation's Rhetoric of Atonement As Response to the 2010 Recall Crisis
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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8085832
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274882018-12-07T09:01:23Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Carrocci, Noreen Marie
2018-12-06T18:00:50Z
2018-12-06T18:00:50Z
1979
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27488
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1979.
eng
University of Kansas
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use, and redistribute in part or in whole. No known restrictions apply to the
work.
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Perceptions of and responses to the levels of interpersonal conflict and their relationship to cognitive complexity
Dissertation
Speech and Drama
Ph.D.
595310
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/313432024-01-16T16:44:30Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Innocenti, Beth
SMITH, ELIZABETH MILLER
Tell, Dave
Childers, Jay
Harris, Scott
Brinton, Jacquelene
2021-02-04T20:28:56Z
2021-02-04T20:28:56Z
2019-08-31
2019
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:16673
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/31343
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5613-5575
How does the traveling museum exhibition 1001 Inventions design memories of the Golden Age of Islam to counter Islamophobia in the modern world? The Golden Age of Islam occurred centuries ago but is still a potent rhetorical force; I seek to understand how counter-memories of this era have been used to re-shape current image of Islam, particularly in the West. I also examine the role perspective plays in the rhetorical construction and circulation of countermemory. With American politicians pushing a ban on Muslim immigration, European nations closing their borders to Muslim refugees, and struggles within the Muslim community over the true nature of Islam, it is crucial that rhetoricians examine how different memories have been used to legitimate various ideologies about Islam. To answer this question, I analyze the 1001 Inventions exhibit and its companion book using the concept of perspective as used by Kenneth Burke and Donna Haraway, as well as Michel Foucault’s idea of counter-memory. I explain how 1001 Inventions designs memories of the Golden Age to depict Islam as scientific and tolerant. My analysis shows how the exhibit uses Burkean metaphor, metonymy, and synecdoche to display a situated, embodied perspective on the Golden Age. It also shows how the exhibit counters anti-Islam discourse and what Bruno Latour would call a “modern” viewpoint by merging past and present, Islam and the West, and religion and science. However, because it emphasizes merger over division, this exhibit reifies a Western narrative of progress and essentializes Islam. These mergers create rhetorical footholds for critics to maintain a sharp divide between past and present, Islam and the West, and religion and science. I conclude that had the exhibit been designed using Burkean irony, offering a perspective of perspectives on the Golden Age, it would have inoculated itself against Islamophobic pushback, blunted criticism, and presented a more robust counter-memorial account of an historical era worth remembering.
196 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Rhetoric
Counter-memory
Golden Age of Islam
Islamophobia
Memory
Museum
Perspective
Gazing at the Golden Age: The Role of Perspective in Counter-Memorial Display
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/271632018-11-03T08:02:03Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Reamon, Anne P.
2018-11-02T14:10:44Z
2018-11-02T14:10:44Z
1978
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27163
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1978.
eng
University of Kansas
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A critical incident study of the process of self-concept change in the encounter group setting
Thesis
Speech and Drama
M.A.
516576
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/168452018-01-31T20:08:03Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Rowland, Robert C
Cram, Travis J.
Parson, Donn W
Innocenti, Beth
Harris, Scott
Loomis, Burdett
2015-02-25T16:21:33Z
2015-02-25T16:21:33Z
2014-08-31
2014
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13505
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/16845
Beginning in 1987, American Presidents have published a National Security Strategy (NSS), a public statement of their administration's grand strategy for the conduct of foreign policy. Despite breaking with a centuries-old tradition of secrecy, NSS documents have been routinely dismissed by scholars and experts as little more than an exercise in public relations or "mere rhetoric." In this dissertation, I argue that such a dismissive attitude is unproductive because it overlooks important linkages between the public expression of foreign policy, the influence that symbolism and rhetoric have on threat perception and policy choice, and the diverse (and continually shifting) array of audiences that such documents reach and influence. I engage in a close rhetorical analysis of the NSS documents of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama in order to make this argument. Additionally, I demonstrate that NSS documents are an important resource for comparatively evaluating various administrations' foreign policies, thus facilitating better deliberation over grand strategy. While NSS documents may not function as "blueprints" for foreign policy, they are an important site for grounding public argument over the future of American foreign policy in an increasingly uncertain world.
225 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Rhetoric
Barack Obama
foreign policy rhetoric
George W. Bush
Iran
Kenneth Burke
Ronald Reagan
Rhetoric, World-view, and Strategy in United States National Security Strategy Documents
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/265972018-06-29T08:02:41Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Broome, Benjamin J.
2018-06-28T14:15:23Z
2018-06-28T14:15:23Z
1977
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26597
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1977.
eng
University of Kansas
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Moving toward understanding : the relationship of open expression to empathy
Thesis
Speech and Drama
M.A.
446032
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/190712018-01-31T20:07:50Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Hall, Jeffrey A
Pennington, Natalie
Woszidlo, Alesia
Kunkel, Adrianne D
Banwart, Mary C
Halegoua, Germaine R
2015-12-03T04:39:42Z
2015-12-03T04:39:42Z
2015-05-31
2015
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14052
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/19071
The purpose of this research is to extend Social Penetration Theory (SPT) beyond face-to-face (FtF) relational development by taking into account the unique nature of online interpersonal interactions and self-disclosure practices. More specifically, by applying SPT to social networking sites (SNSs) for relational development and maintenance, this research seeks to test the major assumptions of the theory regarding relational development and self-disclosure. Three studies were conducted to assess SPT in relation to communication online. The first study, discussed in Chapter Three, used a combination of survey and quantitative content analysis of Facebook profiles (N = 103) to look at the depth and breadth of communication across the various stages of relationships maintained online. The second and third studies, discussed in Chapter Four, considered how variables related to communication online (audience awareness, information seeking, and privacy concerns) affected relational maintenance and dissolution. The second study utilized focus groups (N = 26) to generate reasons for why users of SNSs would end relationships online (e.g., oversharing, conflict). The third and final study used this list to survey participants (N = 312) about their own social network of choice (Facebook, Twitter or Instagram). Participants were asked to consider how the reasons generated in the second study related to their own decisions to “unfriend” or “hide” specific members of their social network, reporting on up to 10 members for each participant for a total of 3,062 cases. Participants also discussed their own information seeking and audience awareness as it related to SNS use. Altogether, these three studies highlight important variables needed to consider relational maintenance and development in a multimodal world, supporting the primary claim of SPT that in weighing the costs and rewards of self-disclosure, relational closeness is the best predictor of satisfaction.
140 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Communication Theory
Social Networking Sites
Social Penetration Theory
Building and Maintaining Relationships in the Digital Age: Using Social Penetration Theory to Explore Communication through Social Networking Sites
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274672018-12-05T09:01:23Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Lake, Randall Alan
2018-12-04T15:36:57Z
2018-12-04T15:36:57Z
1978
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27467
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1978.
eng
University of Kansas
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Red power : consummatory rhetoric and the functions of criticism
Thesis
Speech and Drama
M.A.
497537
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/274132018-11-28T09:01:34Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Dill, Karen Dawn
2018-11-27T15:41:44Z
2018-11-27T15:41:44Z
1970
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27413
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1970.
eng
University of Kansas
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The four-step flow of communication : the role of government and the mass media in influencing public opinion
Thesis
Speech and Drama
M.A.
1811089
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/80352020-08-19T13:57:49Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Rowland, Robert C.
Phair, Krista Lucene
Innocenti, Beth
Tell, Dave
Harris, Scott
Shelton, Robert
2011-09-22T00:23:34Z
2011-09-22T00:23:34Z
2011-07-27
2011
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11694
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/8035
In 2002 a group of Roman Catholic women were ordained by a Catholic bishop in the Sacrament of Holy Orders. This action was a direct violation of Catholic law and the women were excommunicated. Rather than repent or convert to another denomination the women formed a revolutionary movement called Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP) dedicated to convincing the Vatican to allow for women's ordination and ending clerical privilege. This study examines the Rhetoric of this organization and the Papal response to their efforts. Three key themes are identified in the RCWP's rhetoric, appeals to tradition, a myth of return, and appeals to justice. In addition, it is argued that the use of sacramental rituals constitutes an argument that is distinct from the discursive rhetoric of the movement. Due to the fact that both the Roman Catholic Church and the RCWP are arguing from competing mythic standpoints it is concluded that it is unlikely that they will be able to resolve their conflict through discursive means.
138 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Religion
Catholicism
Rhetoric
Ritual
Women priests
Ladies and liturgy: An analysis of the Roman Catholic Womenpriest Movement
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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7643040
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/76882020-08-07T15:59:14Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Zhang, Yan Bing
D'Enbeau, Suzy
Villamil, Astrid M.
Russo, Tracy
Ford, Debra
Shelton, Robert
2011-06-21T20:20:43Z
2011-06-21T20:20:43Z
2011-04-27
2011
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11551
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/7688
Despite all the efforts universities and colleges put into facilitating a more diverse student and faculty body, the scarcity of Hispanics in academia and the struggles they encounter once they join a department remains a problem for administrators. This study explored how Hispanic faculty members negotiated their identities in the workplace in light of their perceptions of prejudice and discrimination, and their working experiences associated with their professions. Thirty in-depth semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with college professors from seven different universities who self-identified as Hispanic or Latino(a). Using a qualitative grounded theory approach, specifically a constant comparative method (Charmaz, 2000, 2006; Corbin & Strauss, 1990), this study uncovered three themes. First, professors used different strategies to negotiate their identities depending on whether they are seeking to avoid or confront identity threats. Specifically, professors used dual identity and social creativity strategies to cope with potential identity threats. Second, professors demonstrated a constant sense of vigilance and self-reflexivity in reporting prejudice and discrimination experienced at different levels, thus revealing certain strategies outlined in the first theme. The third theme outlines the professors' perceptions of the difficulties they experienced in professional processes such as teaching and mentoring and establishing interpersonal relationships beyond the Hispanic community in academia. Ultimately, this theme highlights that their ethnic group membership is still central in the way professors perform in their professions but also in the way they relate interpersonally with different people. In analyzing Hispanic professors in United States higher education institutions, this research made four theoretical contributions by (a) expanding knowledge about how professors' identities are fluid and multiform, (b) considering the unique and constant self-reflexive process by which these professors behave, (c) expanding the nature of identity negotiation strategies, and (d) unveiling the fragile state of diversity initiatives on college campuses.
170 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Multicultural education
Diversity
Faculty
Higher education
Hispanics
Identity
Hispanic Professors In U.S. Higher Education Institutions: Examining Discourses of Identity Negotiation, Discrimination and Prejudice, and Workplace Experiences
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
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7642939
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/102562020-09-18T13:49:57Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Baym, Nancy
Milner, Ryan M.
Childers, Jay
Tell, Dave
Zhang, Yan Bing
Chappell, Ben
2012-10-28T15:14:25Z
2012-10-28T15:14:25Z
2012-08-31
2012
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12255
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10256
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 has evolved within many online collectives, and is shifting in public discourse. In this emerging sense, `memes' are amateur media artifacts, extensively remixed and recirculated by different participants on social media networks. But there is reason to doubt how broad and inclusive this amateur participation is. If the networks producing memes are truly participatory, they will definitionally facilitate diverse discourses and represent diverse identities. Therefore, we need detailed empirical work on specific participatory sites in order to clarify questions of mediated cultural participation. My goal was a better understanding of discourse and identity in participatory media through an investigation of memes and the collectives producing them. To answer this question of mediated cultural participation, I used a critical discourse analytic method and focused on three criteria indicative of cultural participation: processes, identities, and politics. The results were mixed. First, while the formal processes necessary for making memes were open, they required literacy to engage. Second, while meme collectives were readily and broadly accessible by diverse identities and perspectives, they were gatekept by subcultural insiders who privileged some and marginalized others. Third, while diverse political commentary did occur, it happened in a relatively narrow frame of perspectives. However, these inequalities did not mean polyvocal public participation was absent in meme collectives. Memes were a means to transform established cultural texts into new ones, to negotiate the worth of diverse identities, and to engage in unconventional arguments about public policy and current events. Memes were a mix of old inequalities and new participation.
321 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Discourse
Identity
Meme
Participatory media
The World Made Meme: Discourse and Identity in Participatory Media
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
na
This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
8085849
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/266042018-06-29T08:03:01Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Bacus, Karen Penner
2018-06-28T17:42:41Z
2018-06-28T17:42:41Z
1974
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26604
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Speech and Drama, 1974.
eng
University of Kansas
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The rhetoric of the press : newspaper treatment of Richard Nixon’s major statements on Vietnam, 1969-1970
Dissertation
Speech and Drama
Ph.D.
1812354
oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/67632018-01-31T20:08:09Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1951
Baym, Nancy
Hatfield, Rachel Catherine
Zhang, Yan Bing
Kunkel, Adrianne
2010-10-03T04:39:11Z
2010-10-03T04:39:11Z
2010-04-22
2010
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10862
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6763
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.
87 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Mass communication
Multimedia communications
Media convergence
Discourse analysis
Harry Potter
Public discourse
Social categorization
Social identity theory
Social Categorization of Op Ed Discourse in Harry Potter
Thesis
Communication Studies
M.A.
na
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oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/263182018-04-24T18:49:51Zcom_1808_5634com_1808_1260col_1808_14036col_1808_1952
Childers, Jay P
Bird, Cassandra Celene
Muddiman, Ashley
Innocenti, Beth
Tell, Dave
Barnett, Barbara
2018-04-20T21:26:04Z
2018-04-20T21:26:04Z
2017-05-31
2017
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15155
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26318
This dissertation project offers an historical perspective on news media response to mass violence. More specifically, my dissertation traces associations between mental illness and dangerousness as articulated in the aftermath of rampage shootings. Drawing from rhetorical and reception history methodologies, I investigate the discursive aftermath of four notable rampage shootings: the 1949 neighborhood shooting in Camden, New Jersey; the 1984 McDonald’s shooting in San Ysidro, California; the 1991 Luby’s shooting in Killeen, Texas; and finally the 2012 movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado. An analysis of news media reports in the aftermath of these shootings reveals the extent to which journalists used fear and stigma associated with the mentally ill as a justification or explanation for the violence. Over time, watching for signs of mental illness became the primary narrative in responses to mass shootings in contemporary American culture. As such, mental illness links the public’s desire to know, or understand, mass violence with the public’s desire to control, or prevent, mass violence. The case studies presented in this dissertation demonstrate that for the American news media and its audience, mental illness has become one of, if not the, primary warning signs of mass shootings. Ultimately, however, accusations of madness and stigmatization of the mentally ill often prevent effective policy change. I believe it is the job of rhetorical scholars to recognize, investigate, and expose the political and ideological commitments underpinning cultural understandings and policy decisions. Indeed, the pervasive use of mental illness in news media as the justification for violence suggests that any benefits of advocacy campaigns and other anti-stigma initiatives cannot be fully realized without substantive changes in news media production habits.
215 pages
en
University of Kansas
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Communication
Rhetoric
Journalism
Mass Media
Mass Shootings in America
Mental Illness
Reception History
Rhetoric
Violence
Madness and Violence: The Rhetorical Construction of Motive After Mass Shootings in the United States Between 1949-2012
Dissertation
Communication Studies
Ph.D.
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