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"Nobody Wants To Eat Them Alive:” Ethical Dilemmas And Dual Media Narratives On Domestic Rabbits As Pets And Commodity, Gayane F. Torosyan, Brian Lowe
"Nobody Wants To Eat Them Alive:” Ethical Dilemmas And Dual Media Narratives On Domestic Rabbits As Pets And Commodity, Gayane F. Torosyan, Brian Lowe
Proceedings of the New York State Communication Association
Using semiotic analysis, this study explores changes occurring in the societal perception of rabbits as farm animals as juxtaposed to their increasing popularity as domestic companions. This study is based on a preliminary hypothesis that rabbits are increasingly perceived and portrayed in media as domestic companion animals similar to cats and guinea pigs, which challenges a parallel narrative that views rabbits as commodities for their meat and fur. Operating within a theoretical framework that considers news media as both socially constructed reality and recorded history, the study examines the dynamics of change in numbers of coded news narratives drawn as …
Book Review: It's Not News, It's Fark, Christina Van Starkenburg
Book Review: It's Not News, It's Fark, Christina Van Starkenburg
Bridges: An Undergraduate Journal of Contemporary Connections
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Press Freedom In The European Union And Candidate Countries: A New Regional Reality, Stephanie Benedict
Press Freedom In The European Union And Candidate Countries: A New Regional Reality, Stephanie Benedict
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
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