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  • For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

    Creator:
    Owens, Michael V.
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    The purpose of this study is to examine the rhetorical efforts of President George W. Bush in defending his administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Specifically, the study attempts to determine the president's underlying motives when he defended the National Security Agency in a December 2005 radio address by applying Kenneth Burke's...
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    on me. Were it not for Greenwald’s book, How Would A Patriot Act?, and blog posts, I might never

  • Turning Back the Calendar: An Analysis of Main Street USA’s use of Nostalgia

    Creator:
    Cox, Travis L.
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    Main Street USA in Southern California’s Disneyland theme park is often described as nostalgic. However, previous research on this subject has failed to identify what elements actually make Main Street USA nostalgic as well as determine why Disney uses this nostalgia to influence park guests. In order to respond to...
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    consumers, the representation of young girls in attractions is limited beyond a few rare examples usually

  • From ‘Aints’ to Saints: A Rhetorical Analysis of the New Orleans Saints’ Fan Community

    Creator:
    Vosburg, Matthew D.
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    The purpose of this study is to analyze the rhetoric provided by New Orleans Saints fans and residents from 2004 to 2007. During this time frame there are two particularly significant events that influence a rhetorical change within the community and a shift in the perception of the New Orleans...
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    been conducted on the elements of comic book, science fiction show, and other counter culture

  • Why we worship the economy : a Burkean analysis of South Park's "Margaritaville"

    Creator:
    Holderness, William Robert
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    The television show South Park, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, is viewed by millions of people each week, regularly addresses a number of controversial issues and plays a major role in contemporary popular culture. Current academic research acknowledges Parker and Stone's willingness to attack the dominant views surrounding...
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    Bush (2001), syndication (2003), re-signing by the creators, books..., and of course controversial

  • Fish Tales: Salmon Stories, 1945-1980

    Creator:
    Finley, Carmel
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    Approximately $1 billion a year is spent on salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Spending has escalated, yet the number of wild runs placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act has increased, creating social and political controversy. For more than 100 years, salmon management in the Pacific Northwest has...
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    be allocated will continue to be contentious issues. Two recent books have discussed the decline of

  • Preach my gospel : a metaphoric analysis of Mormon missionary rhetoric

    Creator:
    Roberts, Myra Nichole
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    The rhetorical significance of Mormonism stems from its history and its success—this success being measured by its consistent increase in membership. The total membership of the Mormon Church has grown from 6 members in 1830 to just over 14 million in just over 180 years. A consistently high rate of...
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    the church’s hallmark text The Book of Mormon—believed to be a historical record of a group of

  • RTFM NOOb: Criticizing Internet Based Instructional Documents as a Rhetorical Genre

    Creator:
    Carlson, Gordon S. III
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    The purpose of this thesis is to aid in qualitative improvements to technical support documents on the Internet. By using a generic criticism this analysis will make substantive suggestions towards the improvement of this type of document by engaging the rhetoric employed by their authors. It will discuss the history...
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    , in his book The Invisible Computer, argues that computers and related technologies of the twentieth

  • Finding Fantasy : Three Newspapers Tell the Story of Kip Kinkel and Thurston High School

    Creator:
    Wood, Josie MaryAnne Soules
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    On May 21, 1998 Kip Kinkel drove to Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon. Kinkel killed two students and wounded another twenty-two students. He killed his parents the day before. The shootings at Thurston High School came on the heels of a number of prominent school shootings and Kip Kinkel...
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    of scrap book of life as 10 it was through the eyes of those who told the story, but as a

  • Guilt and Redemption in a National Eulogy: President Obama’s “Together We Thrive: Tucson and Arizona” Address as a Call for Mortification

    Creator:
    McLennan, Chelsea J.
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    On January 8th, 2011 tragedy struck in Tucson, Arizona. A gunman opened fire on Representative Gabrielle Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event, wounding thirteen and killing six ("Arizona Shooting"). Four days later, President Obama spoke to a grieving crowd at the University of Arizona's McKale Memorial Center. This study seeks...
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    eulogistic structure of a speech and will be dealt with separately in this study. In their book, Deeds Done

  • The identification and division of Steve Jobs

    Creator:
    Anderson, Scott M. (Scott Matthew)
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    On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak entered into a partnership agreement to found Apple Computer. In the decade that followed, Apple experienced remarkable growth and success, as Jobs catapulted Apple to the Fortune 500 list of top‐flight companies faster than any other company in history. Under direction...
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