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Volume 7, Number 6, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Home Rentals, South Africa, Civic Center, Nuke Sit-In, MEG

Volume 7, Number 5, Post Amerikan

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The Springfield Smoke-In: Hot Cops 'n' Pot, Home Rentals Picket, MEG, Abortion, Gays

Volume 7, Number 4, Post Amerikan

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The Sordid Story of Home Rentals, Trailer Court Water, Normal Mall, Gynecology

Volume 7, Number 3, Post Amerikan

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Don Stone Ford Salesperson Tells All, MEG Mugs & Stories

Volume 7, Number 2, Post Amerikan

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Four Pages of Narc Pix!! See MEG Section

Volume 7, Number 1, Post Amerikan

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Fire Fighters Strike, Food: A Special 17-Page Section, Paraquat & Pot

Special Issue, Post Amerikan

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Normal's Firefighters on Strike

Volume 6, Number 12, Post Amerikan

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Muck Producers Dump on Illinois, Reporter Rakes

Volume 6, Number 11, Post Amerikan

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Don't Swallow It!, Cussin' Kids Suspended

Volume 6, Number 10, Post Amerikan

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Vegetarian Restaurant Coming to Town, Santa Claus Busted

Volume 6, Number 9, Post Amerikan

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BHS Cracks Down on High-er Education

Concepts Of Ethos In Classical And Modern Rhetoric, Corinne Thomley

Masters Theses

Statement of Purpose:

Ethos, or the character of the speaker, is a subject of interest to students of rhetoric. This study traces the concepts of ethos from classical to modern times, and identifies philosophical value systems on which these concepts are based.

Hypothesis:

The study explores the hypothesis that similarities and differences exist between classical and modern concepts of ethos and that the concepts can generally be identified with philosophical value systems.

Criteria and Procedure:

The study is focussed by the following seven questions:

1. What philosophical value systems provided the bases for the concepts of ethos set forth by classical …

A Survey Of Sex Typing On Prime Time Television, Patricia Sue Henry

Masters Theses

According to former FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson, the average child will spend nearly 25,000 hours in front of a television before he or she is eighteen years old. With this fact in mind, I wondered what America's children learn from watching prime time television regarding sex-typing, or the characteristics which are considered appropriately masculine or feminine.

A review of related literature showed that critics in the early 70s pointed out that women portrayed on television were less numerous than men, less intelligent, brave, and adventuresome. In short, women were stereotyped as supportive underlings.

To find out if women fared any …

Interpersonal Communication As A Function Of Subject Representational Mode, Joseph Adrian Williams

Masters Theses

The study investigated aspects of a communications model of psychotherapy advanced by Grinder and Bandler. Subjects were thirty male and female undergraduate introductory psychology students at Eastern Illinois University during the summer of 1977. The subjects ranked a set of tape recorded statements for "understandability". These statements were presented in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic representational modes. Subject ratings provided a measure of which representational modes communicated most effectively to them. Three independent judges rated transcripts of recorded samples of the subject's actual language usage to determine the representational modes utilized by the subjects. Analysis of the ratings resulted in a …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Locus Of Control And The Use Of "I-Statements", Patricia Taglione

Masters Theses

Gestalt therapy theory considers speech to be a reflection of one's personality, and consequently psychological adjustment or maladjustment is expected to be manifested in one's speech habits (Levitsky & Perls, 1970; Passons, 1975). The use of personal pronouns is an indicator of the psychological distance taken from one's own feelings and actions. Healthy speech, or speech that is integrated with one's feelings and actions, involves the use of the first person singular when referring to self. Working with people to change speech patterns (changing "it-statements" and "you-statements" to "I-statements") may help an individual integrate his speech with his feelings and …

Volume 6, Number 8, Post Amerikan

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The Darker Side of Nelson's Tax Case, Why I Quit The Pantagraph

Volume 6, Number 7, Post Amerikan

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You Won't Wait for the Bus in Front of My Business!, Battered Women: It Can Happen Here

Volume 6, Number 6, Post Amerikan

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Workers in the fields, in textile mills, in schools, through CETA, on parade, in Sri Lanka; Accused Rofstad murderer may be innocent

Volume 6, Number 5, Post Amerikan

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Welcome Back to School, Shrinks: a Six Page Section, How Banks Control Housing

Volume 6, Number 4, Post Amerikan

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Special Nuclear Energy Section, Housing Series Part 2, Mitzi Story Suppressed at BHS

Volume 6, Number 3, Post Amerikan

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This issue is full of ... GARBAGE!, Pantagraph's Pages, Don Stone's Deals, Dozier's Letters, ISU's Quad, Feature: Low-Income Housing: Welfare for the Rich

Volume 6, Number 2, Post Amerikan

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Military Scavengers: The Real Welfare Thieves, Food Stamps: How to Get Them and Stay Sane, C.I.A.'s Colby, Ford Picket, Peace Meal, Illinois Power Lies

Volume 6, Number 1, Post Amerikan

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Our Fifth Anniversary

Volume 5, Number 10, Post Amerikan

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MEG, Don Stone Ford Inc., West Side, N.O.W. vs Pantagraph on Sexist Policy, CB Record Condemned for Stereotypes, Bank Takes Food from Workers' Mouths, Illinois Power Company Pied at Rate Hike Hearing, Bus, Recipes, Sewer, UFW Boycott, B-1 Bomber

Volume 5, Number 9, Post Amerikan

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IPC Pushes Nuclear Power, Gen Tel, P.O., Housing, Jail, Cops, MEG

An Internal Public Relations Plan For Neoga Community Unit #3'S Title 1 Project, Marilyn Gilmer Rennels

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

Effects Of Distance And Sex On Verbal Productivity And Anxiety, Peter Lindsay Rogers

Masters Theses

The present study was designed to determine whether physical distance between male and female interviewees and a female interviewer affected verbal productivity and anxiety level when interviewees discussed academic, social, and personal topics. The interview was conceptualized as an information-gathering interview. Crucial variables in such interviews are client participation and information flow. Client verbal productivity appears to be directly related to these variables, and was used as one dependent variable to measure the impact of distance on interviewee verbal behavior. A self-report measure of anxiety, the Fear Thermometer was used as a second dependent variable.

The experimental distances used in …

Speech Library Series: Formulation And Utilization, Johnn Edward Malloy

Masters Theses

School District 205 has erased a large portion of their videotaped library on advice of the district lawyer. This field study is a three-pronged effort: (1) to conduct a survey among district faculty to discover the attitudes toward the usefulness of a series of ten videotaped programs depicting excellent speech communication models performing in three basic areas--acting, interpretation, and public address, (2) to produce these ten programs and add them to the library, and (3) to survey selected groups of students to aquire their reactions to the tapes.

The faculty survey shows that the programs would be of value for …

Videotape Feedback And Its Effects On Two Communicational Modalities, John Joseph Benda

Masters Theses

The present study was concerned with the applicability of various videotape feedback procedures on two communication modalities. The communication modalities studied dealt with the visual and auditory orientation of 80 college students.

The vast and, for the most part, positive findings associated with videotape feedback have fascinated therapists for the last couple of years. However, for the most part, videotape feedback has been used with individuals without taking into consideration the different ways these individuals communicate and/or learn. The purpose of the present experiment was to analyze the various aspects in which individuals communicate. Once their communicational modality was established …

A Synoptic History Of Classical Rhetoric, Richard C. Blakeman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.