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Inciting Peace From The Inside Out, Stephen G. Adubato, Ebere Bosco Amakwe, Katherine Hinic, Sarita Maldjian, Forrest Pritchett, Jon Radwan, Nicholas Sooy, Chad Thralls

Conferences

Violence and war can be incited, and so can peace. This volume shares select addresses and responses from Seton Hall University’s 2/7/23 conference “Inciting Peace From The Inside Out.” A multi-disciplinary range of scholars each addresses how reconciliation processes grow from spiritual dynamics. Multiple religious traditions teach contemplative praxes that prioritize and nurture personal reflection oriented toward peace. Social conflicts divide, so engaging them with a partisan orientation only serves to escalate harmful rifts. In contrast, bringing personal awareness and sensitivity, spiritual balance, and holistic integral perspective to conflict can transcend divisions and work toward unity. This volume is supported …

Charge The Cockpit Or Die: An Anatomy Of Fear-Driven Political Rhetoric In American Conservatism, Daniel Hostetter

Senior Honors Theses

Subthreshold negative emotions have superseded conscious reason as the initial and strongest motivators of political behavior. Political neuroscience uses the concepts of negativity bias and terror management theory to explore why fear-driven rhetoric plays such an outsized role in determining human political actions. These mechanisms of human anthropology are explored by competing explanations from biblical and evolutionary scholars who attempt to understand their contribution to human vulnerabilities to fear. When these mechanisms are observed in fear-driven political rhetoric, three common characteristics emerge: exaggerated threat, tribal combat, and religious apocalypse, which provide a new framework for explaining how modern populist leaders …

Identifying Youth Appeals In Alcohol Alternative Social Media Content Through Framing, Melina Oneal

West Chester University Master’s Theses

Proposed regulations for alcohol advertising prevent beverage companies from targeting people under the legal drinking age. However, similar regulations for alcohol alternative beverages are less explored, which could allow alcohol alternative products to create awareness for alcoholic beverages among youth. Alcohol alternatives beverages, including no-alcohol and low-alcohol products, are increasing in popularity and can function as compliments to alcoholic products to decrease the total alcohol volume consumed or as substitutes for alcoholic products. Framing theory can be operationalized through the Content Appealing to Youth Index, an index of content elements found in research literature to be appealing to youth, to …

Weathering The Storm: Navigating Urban Ecologies Of Communication In Times Of Crisis, Austin Hestdalen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This project explores cities as urban ecologies of communication in which crises emerge and are given significance within the dialogic relations cultivated among public actors attempting to make a living, together, within the shared historical-cultural contexts of everyday life. To describe cities as urban ecologies of communication is to describe them in terms of urban communication and its interdisciplinary foundations in the study of rhetoric, philosophy, planning, policy, architecture, sociology, geography, and media. The first chapter introduces the challenges of urban risk and crisis management within the complex ecologies of communication constituted by cities and reviews how ‘risk’ and ‘crisis’ …

The International Perception Of The Irish Republican Army And Chechen Insurgency, Henry Forteith

International and Global Studies Undergraduate Honors Theses

This purpose of this project is to examine how the labels used to describe the Irish Republican Army and Chechen insurgency changed after certain acts of violence. This paper begins by describing the history of imperial subjugation of Ireland and Chechnya, as well as examining the similarities between the actions and motivations of the IRA and Chechen insurgency. Then, to study the change in language to describe these groups, two searches were conducted into the New York Times and International Newsstream databases. The first search examined articles about the IRA and Chechen insurgency published between 1998 and 2009, while the …

Designing A Program To Train Elders To Respond To #Metoo Experiences Of Adult Females In A Church Context, Jana H. Unruh

Doctor of Ministry Theses

ABSTRACT

This project intervention explores resolution of systemic issues of church-based sexual harassment, abuse, and violence, referred to as #MeToo, through design of a training program for elders. As theological foundation for the project, the Gospel of Luke frames positive approaches modern church leaders can align with in the quest for solutions to #MeToo. The Good Samaritan parable and the story of Mary and Martha extract valuable lessons for church elders addressing sexual harassment, abuse, and violence experiences of adult women. In Luke, we find fresh understanding for questions of #MeToo through the highly relevant concept of “neighbor.” Luke will …

Ecofascist “Snakeoil” And The Imperative Of Racializing Environmental Justice For The 21st Century: A Burkean Rhetorical Criticism Of Contemporary Ecofascist Manifestos, Lantz Shifflett

Masters Theses, 2020-current

Ecofascism of the 21^st century is a revival of centuries-old white nationalist fascism integrated with a concern for environmental issues from the last few decades. Designated by their writers as “manifestos,” three ecofascists have widely disseminated their documents online just before committing acts of racially motivated terrorism in three different countries. Furthermore, these manifestos provide a lens into contemporary ecofascist conspiracies as well as their own concocted “snakeoils” that present their ecofascist agendas in the form of rhetorical “curatives” to environmental issues of pollution. These “cures” are grounded in a new “green nationalism” that attempts to disguise the white …

The People Who “Burn”: “Communication,” Unity, And Change In Belarusian Discourse On Public Creativity, Anton Dinerstein

Doctoral Dissertations

The main intellectual problem I address in this study is how everyday communication activates the relationship between creativity, conflict, and change. More specifically, I look at how the communication of creativity becomes a process of transformation, innovation, and change and how people are propelled to create through everyday communication practices in the face of conflict and opposition. To approach this problem, I use the case of communication in modern-day Belarus to show how creativity becomes a vehicle for and a source of new social and cultural routines among the independent grassroots communities and initiatives in Minsk. On one level, I …

Rhetoric And Race - Background And Assignment - Shu Mlk Symposium 2020, Jon Radwan

CHDCM Publications

Provides an overview of Rhetoric and describes the historical development of Race as a rhetorical construct. Offers two associated assignment options: a digital audio interview plus video debrief on contemporary racism, and/or an essay on 21st century abolitionist rhetoric. - Jon Radwan and Angela Kariotis

Speech Assessment Sheet For Speech 2600, Edna Louise Saffy

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Assessment list for Speech 2600 course. No date given.

Introduction To Speech 2600: Principles Of Speech Communication, Edna Louise Saffy

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Introduction and description of the structure of Speech 2600: Principles of Speech Communication course. No date given.

Aristotle’S Five Canons Of Rhetoric, Edna Louise Saffy

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Outline for Aristotle’s Five Canons of Rhetoric and the The Burkeian Pentad. No date given.

Final Examination Procedure For Fall Term 2001 Spc 2600, Edna Louise Saffy

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Explanation of the final exam procedure and timeline for Speech 2600, Fall term 2001.

Expectation Of Knowledge Gained From Prerequisite, Edna Louise Saffy

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A list of prior knowledge a student is expected to have before enrolling in this Speech Course. No date given.

Class Outlines, Edna Louise Saffy

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Outline for classes August 27,2007 - September 25, 2007.

Handwritten Notes On Credibility, Edna Louise Saffy

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Handwritten notes about the 3 dimensions of credibility – competence, character and composure. Written on the back of a printed paper for an invitation to campaign fundraiser for Betty Castor from 1985. Notes undated.

Final 30 Minute Lecture April 11, April 13, April 18, April 20, Edna Louise Saffy

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Handwritten lecture notes. No year given.

Second Class Meeting Assignments, Edna Louise Saffy

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Outline of guidelines for assignments. No date given.

Description Of Mmc 5935 “Topics In Communications: Rhetorical Strategies In Speech Communication.”, Edna Louise Saffy

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Description and requirements for course MMC 5936 University of North Florida Spring Term January 6-April 27, 1988 and Florida Community College at Jacksonville FCCJ-T-201 Monday and Wednesday 4:25-5:40pm.

Course Schedule For Mmc 5935 Spring Term January 6- April 27, 1988., Edna Louise Saffy

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Calendar schedule for course MMC 5936 University of North Florida Spring Term January 6-April 27, 1988 and Florida Community College at Jacksonville FCCJ-T-201 Monday and Wednesday 4:25-5:40pm.

Final Exam Lecture For Mmc 5939, Edna Louise Saffy

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Lecture describing the expectations and requirements of the final exam for MMC 5939. Florida Community College at Jacksonville letterhead. No date given.

Handwritten Notes, Edna Louise Saffy

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Handwritten notes on classes. No date given.

Handwritten Notes: Aristotle On Style, Edna Louise Saffy

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Handwritten course notes. No date given.

Critical Thinking. February 3, 1988, Edna Louise Saffy

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Handwritten outline and critique

Class Meeting Mcc 5935 January 20, 1988, Edna Louise Saffy

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Typed and handwritten notes for MCC 5935.

Lecture On Ethos (2), Edna Louise Saffy

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Lecture with handwritten notes on Ethos. No date given.

Tentative Course Outline Mmc 5935, Edna Louise Saffy

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Typed eleven week tentative outline for class MMC 5935. No date given.

Introduction To Aristotelian Rhetoric, Edna Louise Saffy

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Outline for Introduction to Aristotelian Rhetoric. Typed with handwritten notes. No date given.

The Rhetoric Of Aristotle

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Lecture notes on the rhetoric of Artistotle. No date given.

First Class Meeting Mmc 5935, Edna Louise Saffy

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Outline and requirements for MMC 5935 first class. Note date given.