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Women's individual accounts of the romantic content in glamour and cosmopolitan and its relationship to their lived experiences

Creator:: Weaver, Shauna Q.
Abstract:: The following question guided this research: How do female readers understand the romantic content of Cosmopolitan and/or Glamour magazines, and how do they perceive connections between their readership of this content and their personal ideas and behaviors regarding romantic relationships? This study involved a series of responsive interviews in which...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: as a creative production… [and] the refusal of Victorian social norms” (p. 377). Cosmopolitan’s

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.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ” Address as a Call for Mortification. Abstract approved: Mark P. Moore On January 8th

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

Creator:: Carlson, Gordon S. III
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Instructional Documents as a Rhetorical Genre Abstract approved: Mark P. Moore The purpose of this thesis is

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

Creator:: Kearney, Melva J.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: As Masculine Facework. Abstract approved: Mark P. Moore Apologia is a rhetorical genre of self

Oregon's Death with Dignity Act : A Rhetorical Criticism of Narrative within Public Policy

Creator:: Townsend, Timothy F.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of narratives within public policy, surrounding the issue of doctor-assisted suicide. Specifically, this study attempts to examine the way(s) in which narratives both shape and influence public policy; pertaining to Measure 16, Oregon's Death with Dignity Act. Narrative communication involving...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rhetorical Strategy : A Case for the Functional Role of Narratio

Creator:: Bruno, Edward Louis
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to investigate the rhetorical strategies used by Reverend Jesse L. Jackson from the 1970's to the 1990's. Specifically, this study examines Jackson's use of narrative to empower himself, his constituency, and his political ideologies without possessing a traditional political platform. Jackson raised political and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rhetorical Strategy: A Case for

Pushing for natural childbirth : a rhetorical analysis of the alternative birth movement

Creator:: Coffey, Kimberly Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine how rhetoric functions in the Alternative Birth Movement (ABM). In particular, communication published by movement leaders will be examined to discover how rhetoric propels the movement from one stage to the next as well as how rhetoric facilitates the goals of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: answering the question, “What is a movement?” (82). According to Cathcart, “[P]resent definitions of

Theodore Dwight Weld's use of the judicial motif in American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses

Creator:: Trudeau, Justin Thomas
Abstract:: This thesis examines the rhetoric of Theodore Dwight Weld's American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. Published anonymously in 1839, Weld's publication became the longest antislavery tract in American history. It left its mark on the abolitionist movement itself and future antislavery literary works most notably Uncle...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Justin Thomas Trudeau

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

Creator:: Owens, Michael V.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ____________________________________________________________________ Mark P. Moore

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text::  Identification and Division of Steve Jobs      Abstract approved:       Mark P. Moore          On April 1, 1976

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Women's individual accounts of the romantic content in glamour and cosmopolitan and its relationship to their lived experiences

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

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

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

Oregon's Death with Dignity Act : A Rhetorical Criticism of Narrative within Public Policy

Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rhetorical Strategy : A Case for the Functional Role of Narratio

Pushing for natural childbirth : a rhetorical analysis of the alternative birth movement

Theodore Dwight Weld's use of the judicial motif in American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses

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

The identification and division of Steve Jobs

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