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The Public Speaking Of John Taylor: Champion Of Liberty, Larry D. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

The speaking of John Taylor influenced the lives of Latter-day Saints for five decades. He delivered between two and three thousand addresses. In those addresses he promulgated a diversity of principles concerning the kingdom of God. This study focused on Taylor's ideas regarding liberty. Those ideas were often found in Taylor's speaking between 1857 and 1867. It was a time of threatened liberties for the people he lead. His speeches during those years played a significant part in swaying politcal and military efforts, as well as bolstering Mormon determination.

This study found that Taylor's ideas of liberty are based largely …

A Descriptive Study Of The Groupthink Phenomenon As It Relates To The Decision Making Process Of A City Commission, Martin H. Magenheim

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Facial Nonverbal Communication And Deception Detection, Teresa Y. Collard

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

What's On Tv? A Demonstration Of The Utility Of Contextualism And Content Analysis In Mass Media Research, Craig P. Gaumer

Masters Theses

The purpose of this thesis has been to develop, test and utilize a reliable method to quantify the prevalence of pro- and anti-social behavior on children's television as assessed from a contextualist perspective. Many previous studies in the area of television have arbitrarily assigned either pro- or anti-social labels to television programs without the benefit of analyzing the content of these programs

The few studies that have attempted to analyze the pro- and anti-social content of children's television have used only physical parameters to define pro- or anti-social behavior. Through the development of a reliable method of analyzing the contextually …

Trying To Publish An Article On American Painter Thomas Eakins, Elise Hempel

Masters Theses

Freelance writing for magazines is an uncertain business; that is, one cannot specifically school oneself to guarantee even a modicum of success in this career. A writer may, of course, learn the "proper" procedures for preparing and submitting an article by reading any of several reference books written by those who have "made it" in the business. These procedures vary, however, with each author; also, they say little or nothing about the actual business of writing well. Ultimately, then, a writer must test the waters of freelance magazine writing by trying and failing and trying again.

This paper details the …

Writing Apprehension Among Communication Majors, Robert G. Davis

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Ouachita Baptist University General Catalog 1986-1987, Ouachita Baptist University

OBU Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Effectiveness Of Advocacy Advertising Versus Publicity In A Public Relations Situation., James Pokrywczynski, Chuck Salmon, Len Reid, Robert Willett

James Pokrywczynski

No abstract provided.

Issues As Image In Political Campaign Commercials, Robert Rudd

Robert L. Rudd

This paper examines the use of “issue” commercials as a means of developing a candidate's image in a political campaign. The study was conducted through a participant‐observation of the 1982 gubernatorial campaign of Republican Phil Batt of Idaho. During the general election campaign the Batt organization employed a series of six “issue” commercials‐television spots which addressed specific policy issues‐in an attempt to build a positive public image for the candidate in three areas: basic human and social values, personality, and leadership. The campaign also sought to erode the popular public image of the incumbent with those same issue messages. This …

Toward A Theory Of Strict "Claim" Liability: Warranty Relief For Advertising Representations, Wayne Lewis

Wayne Lewis

No abstract provided.