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  • "The Grind" : MTV and female body image

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    Layport, Jill E.
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    This research addresses the relationship between television programming and body image. It specifically investigates what the Music Television network's (MTV) dance show, "The Grind," communicates about female body image. Two studies were conducted. Study one used seven coders from a western United States high school to record female body images...
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    THESIS OF Jill E. Layport for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech

  • Al Gore Jr. and the Rhetoric of Self-Disclosure

    Creator:
    Palmer, Scott Aaron
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    Senator Al Gore Jr. was elected Vice-President of the United States on November 3, 1992. During many of his public speeches, Gore utilized a speaking style that differed radically from the style he used in other political campaigns of his life. This style, which will be called the "rhetoric of...
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    is the basis for an article written by Margaret Jones, staff writer for Publishers Weekly magazine

  • The Victory in Vietnam Committee's Manichean Rhetoric : An Analysis of the Campaign to Recall Idaho Senator Frank Church

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    Andrews, Cheri L.
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    The purpose of this study is to illuminate the role, the function, and the ironic outcome of the Victory in Vietnam Committee's campaign pamphlet to recall Senator Frank Church of Idaho in 1967. The VVC's political strategy was to build credibility with the media through the recall pamphlet. The analysis...
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    politician is Frank Church. Democratic Senator 6 From Idaho by Carol Payne and Margaret Carpenter. 10

  • President Clinton's health care rhetoric : the role of anecdotal evidence in promoting identification

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    Dahl, Nicholas D.
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    The purpose of this study is to illuminate the presence and rhetorical effect of anecdotes in President Clinton's major health care address. It is the health care debate that shows most clearly how Clinton tries to direct a multi-level campaign that attempts to identify his interests (passage of the Health...
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    Speech Communication in arge of majo Asso in c e Professor of Speech Communication e of co-field

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

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    Steele, Evan T.
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    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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    , Margaret.” Coevolution Quarterly, vol. 10, 1976, p. 33. 4 Rogers, E. M. A History of Communication

  • Mark Fuhrman's Murder In Brentwood : A Rhetorical Criticism of Apologia as Masculine Facework

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    Kearney, Melva J.
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    Apologia is a rhetorical genre of self-defense. As such, apologetic discourse involves a response to an attack upon an individual's character or worth as a human being. Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman encountered such a attack during the 0.J. Simpson murder trial. The purpose of this analysis is to...
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    APPROVED: Major Professor, representing Speech Communication Cotnmitt e Member, repre t Speech

  • Exploring the Dramatization in Dabiq: A Fantasy Theme Analysis

    Creator:
    Drischell, John
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    The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a formidable international force operating and perpetuating religious, military, and violent agendas. In 2014, ISIS established a worldwide Caliphate governing religious authority across Middle Eastern territories. ISIS operations are grandiose and large scale, longevity and survival are predicated on recruitment. One...
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  • An Enthnobotanical Analysis of Basketry

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    Fluharty, Suzanne M.
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    The focus of my thesis is ethnobotany which seeks to examine botanical resources and their context within particular cultures. My ethnographic research identifies and interprets the cultural processes woven into Oregon's coastal basketry through spirituality, environmental habitats, and utilized plant species. This is augmented with botanical research addressing the question...
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  • The Impact of a Relaxation Exercise on Communication, Apprehension in the Classrogm

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    Hitchcock, Romi C.
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    The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a deep breathing and stretching exercise on communication Apprehension, Cohesiveness and Attentiveness. An empirical method was used in this study. All of the subjects involved in the study were students in beginning public speaking courses, Speech 112, at Oregon...
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    of Gradu e School' 6 Date thesis is presented Typed by researcher for April 19. 1990 Romi C

  • The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

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    Tobey, Toni K.
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    The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
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    , including Margaret Mead, Alfred Kroeber, Robert Lowie and Ruth Benedict. It is generally agreed that he