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  • ESPN and the Construction of Gay Identity

    Creator:
    Cook, Alexandra Cleo
    Abstract:
    On February 9th, 2014 Michael Sam stated in an interview with ESPN's "Outside the Lines" that he is gay. Since he was drafted, Sam will become the first ever openly gay player in NFL history. The following study aims to explore ESPN's coverage of Michael Sam, with a goal of...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Cued forgetting of tones : intentional forgetting of non-verbal items

    Creator:
    Jones, R. Alan (Richard Alan)
    Abstract:
    This experiment used a choice recognition time task. The subjects task was to decide whether a probe tone was or was not among a presented set of one to four tones. One of three cue conditions occured on each trial: the cue (a light) was presented immediately following the tone...
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    Masters Thesis
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    -verbal Items AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Richard Alan Jones for the Master of Arts (Name of student

  • Disputant storytelling in divorce mediation

    Creator:
    Hansen, Alan R.
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    This paper investigates the nature of disputants' stories within the context of divorce mediation. Tapes and transcripts of actual mediation sessions from three different sources are scrutinized, utilizing a modified form of conversation analysis known as ethnography of speaking. Several themes emerge from this analysis of disputants' stories: the functions...
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    THE THESIS OF Alan Hansen for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in

  • AI, Robot: A Rhetorical Analysis of Jeopardy! Matches Featuring IBM’s Artificial Intelligence

    Creator:
    Steele, Evan T.
    Abstract:
    The relationship between the public and new technologies has historically been a tumultuous one, with public perceptions ranging from excited rapid adoption to standoffish pessimism. In 2011, IBM tried to use competition as a means of showcasing a new technology to the public. This thesis is a work of rhetorical...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Evan T. Steele, for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies

  • Children and the communication of values through significant emotional events

    Creator:
    Biddle, Ronald Lon
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    This study addresses how parents communicate with their children about Significant Emotional Events (SEEs). A SEE is an experience that is so mentally engaging as to cause an individual to consider, examine, and possibly change one's initial values or value system. It examines parent's goals, concerns, and values related to...
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    this thesis. Additionally, I am grateful to Dr. Robert Iltis, Dr. Alan Sugawara, and Andrea Marks for

  • NAFTA and Chiapas : problems and solutions

    Creator:
    Veit, Steven J.
    Abstract:
    On New Year's Eve 1993, there was little indication that popular President Carlos Salinas de Gortari was about to take a monumental fall. Mexico was in the midst of unprecedented prosperity. The world's oldest ruling political party, Mexico's PRI, enjoyed substantial support. Allegations of corruption within an authoritarian regime were...
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    Masters Thesis

  • American ideology and the atomic bomb

    Creator:
    Swartz, Scott E.
    Abstract:
    On August 6, 1945 the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, Japan. The events that led up to the United States' decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japanese...
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    . APPROVED: Maj Professor, repre nting Speech Communication Commi t Member, representing Speech

  • A study of the stylistic ramifications of Father Charles Edward Coughlin's sermons from 1930 to 1934

    Creator:
    Acklin, Melissa Barrett
    Abstract:
    During the depression era, millions of Americans listened to the weekly radio addresses given by Father Charles Edward Coughlin. He devoted his career to speaking out against the evils of America and felt it his duty to warn Americans against the perpetrators of this evil. But after 1934, the tone...
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    his rousing rhetoric. In his book Voices of Protest, Alan Brinkley states that the American Populist

  • Effectiveness of Computerized Communication Treatment for Neurologically Impaired Adults

    Creator:
    Krivak, Brenda M.
    Abstract:
    The single subject alternating treatment design experiment reported here compared the effectiveness of pencil-and-paper versus computerized communication treatment for neurologically impaired adults. Five stroke patients receiving outpatient speech/language treatment (ages 51-72) served as subjects. One subject completed the experiment as designed and clearly supported the hypothesis that a higher number...
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    Masters Thesis

  • The identification and division of Steve Jobs

    Creator:
    Anderson, Scott M. (Scott Matthew)
    Abstract:
    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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