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Volume 21, Number 4, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

An Autobiographical Lament, Community News, NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt in Bloomington/Normal, News from Lambda, ACT UP Behind Bars, News from Voice for Choice, Animal Magnetism, Dear Ms. Hippie, Roadkill Reports on N.C. Chicken Factory Fire, GALA News, Back Page Opinion

Volume 21, Number 3, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Family Values?, Should the Post Amerikan Call It a Day?

Volume 21, Number 2, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Ms. Hippie on...State Farm and the Presidential Election

Volume 21, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

20 Years of Pride, Local Anti-Choice Citizens Demonstrate

Volume 20, Number 6, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Zero Hour: The Feminist Primer on the Letter Z

99 Bottles: An Exploration Of Oral Interpretation As Rhetoric, Jeffrey T. Hess

Masters Theses

This thesis attempts to combine the elements of oral interpretation and rhetoric in order to create a group performance piece that contains interesting movement and dialogue as well as persuasive rhetorical elements. This new genre of group oral interpretation is called Rhetorical Theatre and implements only non-fictional material for the manuscript. Metaphoric blocking and direction is discussed, as well as the use of other conventions currently employed in group interpretation.

Telling Grimm Tales: Rhetoric That Molds, Comforts And Remains, Constance S. E. Cooper

Masters Theses

An explanation of oral tradition and its portent for language clarifies the fairy tale genre. Its purpose, various cultural impacts, criticism and limitations are introduced. Ludwig and Wilhelm Grimm translated their personal interest into a form of speech that endures past cultural and linguistic barriers. The Grimms' scholastic credentials and lifework reveal the original storytellers and subjects in a historical/geographical framework. Part II isolates 68 tales of animal dialogue, discusses human-like character responses of help and harm, and submits a brief narrative criticism of the conglomerate rhetorical entity. Character insights and communication findings are resolved with Delphi compilations of 27 …

How Actualities Affect The Credibility And Audience Evaluation Of Radio Newscasts, Michael G. Bradd

Masters Theses

This study tests the hypotheses that actualities increase the audience appeal and credibility of a radio newscast. Two treatment newscasts of identical content were produced using the same announcer. One of the treatments used actualities in four of the seven stories while the other treatment had no actualities. Analysis of variance was used to compare subjects' evaluations of the two treatments. The study found that contrary to common wisdom in the radio industry, actualities have no statistically significant impact on the audience appeal of a newscast. The data did not confirm the credibility hypothesis; it strongly suggested that actualities do …

Gender Differences In Evaluation Styles, Jean B. Hudson

Masters Theses

There is currently extensive research on gender differences in the area of speech communication. This study explores the gender differences in speaking styles and their relation to evaluation styles. Subjects were students enrolled in Introduction to Speech Communication at Eastern Illinois University. After compiling 722 speech evaluation sheets, an analysis of variance, factor analysis, and content analysis was conducted. Significant results concluded that sex of the instructor, sex of the speaker, and sex of the evaluator influence each other. Implications of this study were that speech instructors must be aware of their own speaking and evaluation style to avoid any …

Volume 20, Number 4, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

AIDS in a new package; Those pesky environmentalists are at it again; March for Guatamalan solidarity; Those crazy Guerilla girls, what'll they do next?, Cloud 9 is 7th heaven; As Socrates said: "What did you put in that drink?"; Lambda is on the case; What do old Italians know about activism that you don't?

Volume 20, Number 3, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Continued Attack on Reproductive Rights, El Salvador, Professor Hill, Trainyards

Volume 20, Number 2, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Normal Family: A Year in the Life, Puzzles & Games, Summer Vacation, Local Stuff

Volume 20, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Community News, Animal Rights, Voice for Choice, News from Lambda and GALA, Coalition Debate, African-Amerikan Primer, Censorship, Book Reviews, Pushing the Photo, Feminist Primer

Volume 19, Number 6, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Community News; Countering Hate Groups in Your Community; Kill, Spill, and Capitol Hill; ACT UP News, Campus Politics; Women; Men Form Coalition Against Rape; News from Voice for Choice; Jeanne Dunning Photography; Holly Near in Concert; Dear Ms. Hippie; Feminist Primer: Uterine Slavery and Violence; Uppers 'n' Downers; Lambda News; Book Review; Animal Rights; PSU Calendar of Events; PSN/ACT UP Plan Demonstration; Leger the Cat

Volume 19, Number 5, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Community News, New Bigotry, Peace Through Reconciliation, GALA Plans Spring Events, Lambda News, The Silver Mitre Awards, PETA News, I Never Thought That I Would Miss the 1980's, ACT UP/CI: One Year of AIDS Activism in B/N, Dispatches from the Anti-War Movement, African-Amerikan Primer, Feminist Primer, A Death in Missouri, Dear Ms. Hippie, An Open Letter to Charlotte Bronte, Eating Vegan in B/N, Letters, Uppers 'n' Downers

Effects Of Communication Apprehension, Biological Gender, And Gender Stereotypes On Non-Occasion Greeting Card Sending, Elizabeth E. Adams

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Preaching Of Robert Lee Russell, Ben F. Pennington

Masters Theses

Robert Lee Russell's pulpit oratory is analyzed through a review of the literature, personal interviews and critical study of three specific sermons. The consistency of idea content and effectiveness of the preaching is evaluated according to the concepts of rhetorical analysis delineated in Nilsen's (1957) Interpretive Funnction of the Critic. Robert Russell's concepts of man [existence], ideas [knowledge], and society [values] is examined through analysis of his sermons. The results of the analysis are compared to the literature on preaching, statements from interviews with him, and comments by leaders of his congregation. It is concluded that Russell is an …

Volume 19, Number 4, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Community News; Letters; Dear Ms. Hippie; News from Lambda; Catalyst for the Environment, PETA News; Sex, Lies, and a Videotape: Voice for Choice Visits Bloomington's Pregnancy Crisis Center; AIDS and Chemical Dependency, New Support Group Forms in Peoria for PWA; New Feature: The African-Amerikan Primer #1: A, B, and C; Keith Haring's Work to Come to ISU Galleries; Teddyboy Rants; Gelatin Controversy; The Failure of Capitalism; Feminist Primer #10: T is for Texas, Thatcher, Tramp; Uppers 'n' Downers; Christmas Presence

Volume 19, Number 3, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Normal Family, Investigative Reporting: Anti-Choice Finances and Tax Files

Volume 19, Number 2, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Women's Bodies and War Criminals; My Trip to Amerika's Siberia; Lambda News; Gayla; Why I Hate the Catholic Church; Voice for Choice Update; Dear Ms. Hippie; Feminist Primer; Shut Up and Deal; Quiz: How Far Right Do You Swing?; Confessions of a Straight White Male; Community News/Letters; ISU Stuff; News from Operation Recycle; Corporate Fascism; Impure Thoughts; Uppers 'n' Downers; Benefit; Join the Post Amerikan

Volume 19, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Letters, Classy-fried Ads; Community News; Summer Sleuthing: Reading in Equipoise, Hip Publications; Quiz: "How Far Left Do You Really Lean?"; Animal Rights, New Coalition on Psychiatric Oppression; Updates on "Tongues of Flame" Exhibition, "Obscene" Art; Illinois Gay Task Force News; National News from Lambda; Outing, AIDS Task Force Update; Quiz Answers; Uppers and Downers, Tenant's Tempest in a Toilet; Feminist Primer: Nurturing, Postmodern Orgasms; Letters to Ms. Hippie; Cartoon: My Sister, the Iconoclast; Voice for Choice Boycott List: Businesses and Medical Practices

Volume 18, Number 6, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Uppers 'n' Downers, Animal Rights News, Glory: Whose Glory?, Earth Day 1990, Community News, Letters, Sometimes I Feel Like a Childless Mother, On Being Parents, How to Bring Up Your Parents Gay, Bye-Bye Babies, The Kiddie Kollege Kurriculum, Circumcision, Deciding Against Motherhood, Teach Your Children Well, Lesbian?, Dear Ms. Hippie, Women's History Month, The Farmers' Fight, News from Lambda, Action Access, Romanovsky and Phillips to Rock B/N!, Turn the Channel to Deep Dish, Women and AIDS, ACT UP / CI

Volume 18, Number 5, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Moon Turns Blue in Normal, Diet, Boycott, CIA, Art, Malls

A Historical-Rhetorical Analysis Of The 1980/1984 Campaign Rhetoric Of Ronald Reagan, Mark A. Herman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Mbti Personality Types And Preferred Relationship Disengagement Strategies In Intimate Situations, Jeffery Joe Davis

Masters Theses

This thesis poses two research questions that focus on MBTI personality types and specific strategies used to disengage romantic intimate heterosexual relationships. 1) Would one specific MBTI personality type prefer to use one dominate strategy to disengage a relationship? 2) Would any relationship situation yield one dominate strategy to disengage a relationship? A total of 116 college students were surveyed at a small Midwestern university. Age ranged from 18 years to 55 years with a mean age of 23.6 years. The experimental method consisted of administering Form G of the MBTI and an additional questionnaire measuring relationship strategies. The t-test …

A Rhetorical Analysis Of "Lincoln, The First American," A Speech By Franklin Baldwin Wiley, John Trist Wiley

Masters Theses

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this study was to analyze the speech "Lincoln, The First American" given on February 12, 1913 by Franklin Baldwin Wiley.

Hypothesis

It was hypothesized that a rhetorical analysis of "Lincoln, The First American" would give significant rhetorical and historical insights into Lincoln, into Franklin Baldwin Wiley, and into the times of both men.

Materials

This study primarily relied on the written works of Franklin Baldwin Wiley. Appendix A contains a copy of the original transcript of the speech "Lincoln, The First American." This speech was selected because of its rhetorical-historical value.

Methodology

This …

Performance Expectation Based Broadcast Education, Mark L. Hamilton

Masters Theses

Parcells (1985; Parcells & Hadwiger, 1984) data from a census survey of every commercial radio station manager in five states (Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa) to ascertain entry-level skills, long-term success characteristics, and advice for success in radio careers indicated that a reorientation of broadcast education was in order. Essentially, it challenged higher educators to respond by revising curriculum, instruction, textbooks, advisement, and overall subject matter to reflect the "new reality" of the communication industry. This study moves beyond the area of curriculum and instruction to discover whether broadcast graduates are being properly prepared for careers in the communication …

Listening Training In An Organization, Susan E. Maclean

Masters Theses

Listening training and development in organizations is becoming increasingly popular. Much literature has examined different aspects of listening and the training in this area used by organizations. The purpose of this thesis is to examine several areas concerning listening training in an organization.

A random sample of faculty at a medium sized midwestern university were utilized as the participants for this study. A fifty five percent usable return rate provided the data base. A self generated questionnaire was the instrument used. This questionnaire focused on listening skills and the training of these skills in a particular educational organization.

The research …

The Bush Administration And The War On Drugs: An Exploratory Weaverian Rhetorical Analysis Of Ultimate Terms And Arguments As Weapons In The War On Drugs, James R. Conley

Masters Theses

One of the least studied trends in contemporary rhetorical discourse is what Richard Weaver called the ultimate "devil term,"--words which serve as the ultimate symbols of repulsion and repellant. Weaver claimed that the word "communist" was the ultimate devil term in the 1950s. However, it is the belief of this author that the new ultimate devil term of the 1990s is the word "drug."

This study sought to determine whether or not a shift in ultimate terms had occurred by examining the speeches of President George Bush and other members of his Administration associated with the war on drugs. A …

A Career Profile In Public Information, Elizabeth C. Forney

Masters Theses

This study examines public information as a profession by surveying professionals at the management level in state government. Respondents provided data which was analyzed using content analysis, paired correlation, univariate statistics, and phenomenology. Results reveal a general theme involving journalism. Respondents indicated a background (educational and occupational) in journalism is the most important aspect in a public information career. This study provides average ages, dominant gender, salary figures, specific educational preparation advice, and advice for getting into and achieving in the public information field.