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Another Episode in the Great American Adventure: A Fictional Play (based on a speech by Richard Nixon "The Cambodia Strike," April 30, 1970
(Moments in Contemporary Rhetoric and Communication, 1972)A fictional representation of the writing of the speech in which Richard Nixon justified to the Nation the incursion into Cambodia. -
Motive and New Rhetorics
(1973)Analysis of the uses made of the Attica prison revolt by various groups in society in support of the motivations which drove their own efforts. Contains critique of rhetorical theory and the place of motives in rhetorical theory. -
Richard Nixon's Anti-Impeachment Campaign: America's Paradise Lost
(Fred McMahon, 1974-05-01)Analysis of Richard Nixon's April 29, 1974, speech during the Nixon impeachment crisis. Interprets the speech as a quest narrative. -
The Vietnam Veteran: A Victim of the War's Rhetorical Failure
(1988-02-22)Argues that from defense and media coverage of the Vietnam War, an image of the character and activities of those fighting the war emerged. Within the defense of the war two justifications fought for dominance: a romantic ... -
Wading into the Stream of Forensics Research: The View from the Editorial Office
(National Forensics Journal, 1990)Commentary on the state of research in debate and forensics in 1990. -
Report of the Seminar on Communication and Culture
(1990)Report of a seminar held at the Second Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society, New Harmony, IN, May 1990. Records topics and outcomes for the seminar. Includes ideas about how to use Kenneth Burke's ideas and methods ... -
The Literary Journalism as Illuminator of Subjectivity
(1990)Research into objectivity in the news media abounds. Much of it indicates that objectivity is a flawed concept, one most difficult to incorporate into traditional journalistic practice. This study, departing from the ... -
The Unconsumated Flirtation: Contextualist Approaches to Argument
(1990-06)Contextualism's influence on the 20th century was profound. This was true also of argumentation studies. But argumentation scholars reached the limits of their engagement of contexualism falling back into formal study ... -
Symbolic Power as a Dimension of Public Life
(1991-11)Argues for a reconceptualization of citizenship built around participation in the symbolic life of a political community. Ties revisions in political theory into revisions in rhetorical theory. -
THE BATTLE OF IDEOLOGIES: A STRUGGLE FOR OWNERSHIP IN THE DEAF COMMUNITY
(1992)This dissertation examines the rhetorical process of the Deaf social movement as it evolved from the beginnings of community conception in America to the early 1990s. Specifically, this study employs a Foucaultian approach ... -
The Public Sphere and the Political Sphere: Rhetorical Interconnections
(2002)Exploration of the relationship between the public sphere and the political sphere. Key rhetorical concepts that mediate the relationship between them are explored. -
THE EMPLOYEE-PUBLIC-ORGANIZATION CHAIN IN RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF A GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
(2004-04-30)This dissertation examined the critical roles that employees play in an organization's relationship-building process with its publics. By conducting an in-depth case study of a government organization's exemplary community ... -
RESEARCHING LISTENING FROM THE INSIDE OUT: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONVERSATIONAL LISTENING SPAN AND PERCEIVED COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE
(2004-04-30)Listening research has been a challenge, as there is lack of agreement as to what constitutes listening (Glenn, 1989; Witkin, 1990). This lack of agreement has spawned over 50 definitions and models for listening, but not ... -
First Ladies as Political Women: Press Framing of Presidential Wives, 1900-2001
(2004-11-15)This project contends that press framing of the U.S. first lady institution throughout the twentieth century positioned presidential wives as important public women who were presented as models of American womanhood. An ... -
The cognitive dynamics of beliefs: The role of discrepancy, credibility, and involvement on microprocesses of judgment
(2004-11-30)This dissertation investigates the process of belief change by examining the time course of beliefs. The time course of belief change during judgment provides information about dynamic aspects of the cognitive system, ... -
TOWARD A MODEL OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS: SCENARIO BUILDING FROM A PUBLIC RELATIONS PERSPECTIVE
(2004-12-03)This dissertation explores how public relations can employ scenario building as part of strategic management. It examines the scenario-building process from a public relations' perspective and proposes a new model of ... -
The Status of Public Relations In Latvia
(2004-12-06)This thesis explores the status of public relations in post-communist Latvia. The study reviews: whether public relations practitioners in Latvia practice J. Grunig and Hunt's (1984) press agentry, public information, ... -
Strategic Decision-making, Group Behavior, and Public Relations Strategies
(2005-04-15)As a boundary spanning function in organizations, public relations can enhance strategic decision-making by introducing relevant information that addresses decision-making consequences on stakeholders to the process. The ... -
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND INTERNAL COMMUNICATION AS ANTECEDENTS OF EMPLOYEE-ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE CONTEXT OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE: A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS
(2005-04-19)One research direction that is needed but has not been fully exploited in studies of organization-public relationships is research on the antecedents of relationships. The antecedents of relationships are the first stage ... -
The Effects of Organization-Public Relationships on Organizational Reputation From the Perspective of Publics
(2005-05-13)In recent years, organizations have demanded evidence that public relations is effective. Consequently, professionals and scholars alike have looked for the key concepts to establish the value of public relations. The terms ...