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Toward Truth And Reconciliation: Public Memory, Philosophical Pairs, And The Edmund Pettus Bridge, Allyson K. Hayden
Toward Truth And Reconciliation: Public Memory, Philosophical Pairs, And The Edmund Pettus Bridge, Allyson K. Hayden
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis connects the rhetoric of Bryan Stevenson which advances truth and reconciliation for racial healing in the United States to a case study of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. I examine common cultural invocations of the bridge that support the persistence of a blurry public memory that occludes visibility of its original memorial dedication to a known white supremacist and instead celebrates it as a landmark of the civil rights movement. I also analyze arguments for both changing and keeping the name of the bridge that occurred between 2015-2020, illustrating ways in which Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca’s philosophical …
From Creator To Curator To Author As Content: Nicolas Winding Refn, Transdiscursive Authorship, And Self-Branding In Twenty-First Century Media, Christopher J. Olson
From Creator To Curator To Author As Content: Nicolas Winding Refn, Transdiscursive Authorship, And Self-Branding In Twenty-First Century Media, Christopher J. Olson
Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation traces Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s development from creator and curator to author as content within an evolving media ecology driven by capitalist ideology. A close critical study of Refn’s career from 1996 to 2019 offers insight into contemporary techniques of creating, collecting, and curating media texts, as well as the phenomenon of presenting oneself as content via discursive branding. Given that Refn’s career coincided with the emergence of the World Wide Web and the rise of digital platforms, he thus emblematizes what it means to be a creator working within an increasingly interconnected media ecology. Refn initially …
Developing A Tool To Analyze Communication Access In Restaurants For Individuals Who Use Augmentative And Alternative Communication, Kylie Elizabeth Robinson
Developing A Tool To Analyze Communication Access In Restaurants For Individuals Who Use Augmentative And Alternative Communication, Kylie Elizabeth Robinson
Theses and Dissertations
Communication accessibility has been defined by many scholars and organizations, but it is generally described as clear communication that everyone can access and understand. The objective of this research thesis is to create a tool for assessing communication accessibility for people who use augmentative and alternative communication (PWUAAC) within a variety of restaurant settings. Through a two-part study, researchers interviewed 5 adults who use AAC (Study A) and created a survey rated by an additional 10 adults who use AAC (i.e., Study B). The interviews from Study A were qualitatively coded and revealed common communication accessibility themes that restaurants and …
“Being Straight In The Army Is Pretty Easy, Being Gay Is Not”: The Communicative Resilience Of Lesbian And Gay Military Service Members, Dathan Nathaniel Simpson Ii
“Being Straight In The Army Is Pretty Easy, Being Gay Is Not”: The Communicative Resilience Of Lesbian And Gay Military Service Members, Dathan Nathaniel Simpson Ii
Theses and Dissertations
The U.S. Military has 1.9 million individuals serving across five branches, and official policy permits anyone to serve regardless of sexuality (Council on Foreign Relations, 2020). Despite the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT), the culture of the U.S. military remains unfriendly to Lesbian and Gay service members (McNamara et al., 2021b), which influences service members’ decisions to disclose sexuality or be “out” in the military (Evans et al., 2019; McNamara et al., 2021a). Lesbian and Gay service members are situated in a heteronormative and masculine culture in the U.S. military and as a result experience disruptions that may …
“Having One Child Is Selfish?”: An Analysis Of Only-Child Discourse On Facebook, Katy Gabryelczyk
“Having One Child Is Selfish?”: An Analysis Of Only-Child Discourse On Facebook, Katy Gabryelczyk
Theses and Dissertations
Families come in a variety of sizes, but family communication research typically represents or at least assumes families with multiple children. Although communication scholarship includes family forms beyond the traditional nuclear family (i.e., husband and wife with multiple biological children), including families who are voluntarily or involuntarily child-free, it has not included families with “just” one child. This thesis highlights the absence of communication research surrounding one-child families (OCFs). Using an interpretive, specifically discourse-dependent, lens I conducted a thematic analysis of Facebook comments in response to articles about OCFs shared by Scary Mommy. Given the absence of communication research on …
Rhetoric-Remembrance-Race-Region: Contemporary Stories Of Abolition And The Making Of Race In The Upper Midwest, Kristin Wagel
Rhetoric-Remembrance-Race-Region: Contemporary Stories Of Abolition And The Making Of Race In The Upper Midwest, Kristin Wagel
Theses and Dissertations
The project examines how contemporary stories of abolition are inventive resources for articulating race in the upper Midwest. Focusing online fragments representative of abolition stories, these analyses illustrate the entanglement of rhetoric, remembrance, race, and region in a space distanced from race in the public imaginary. Through three case studies, I utilize the hermeneutic of public memory to advance a rhetorical reading of these narratives that construct the region through rhetorics of whiteness. In the first case study, rhetorics of purity are deployed in remembrances of Joshua Glover in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to absolve the state and its white residents from …
The Trials And Tribulations Of Informal Diversity Workers And How Leadership Can Help: A Qualitative Analysis, Sierra Renee Kane
The Trials And Tribulations Of Informal Diversity Workers And How Leadership Can Help: A Qualitative Analysis, Sierra Renee Kane
Theses and Dissertations
A crucial part of including diversity, equity, and inclusion within the workplace involves the efforts of diversity workers (Ahmed, 2017) who introduce equitable and inclusive measures, policies, rituals, and customs into the workplace. Informal diversity workers voluntarily or involuntarily conduct this unpaid labor within their organizations to enact inclusive and equitable measures. This dissertation analyzes informal diversity workers’ experiences and the unique communication challenges they encounter, how they overcome these challenges, and how leadership can aid them in DEI efforts.Informal diversity workers offer unique perspectives as company employees with insight into the organizational culture while conducting informal DEI procedures. This …
Comparing Approaches To Virtual Team Onboarding: The Influence Of Synchrony And Cues On Impressions Of Leaders During Encounter Phase Organizational Socialization, Carrie Melissa Jones
Comparing Approaches To Virtual Team Onboarding: The Influence Of Synchrony And Cues On Impressions Of Leaders During Encounter Phase Organizational Socialization, Carrie Melissa Jones
Theses and Dissertations
Whether fully virtual or a hybrid of virtual and face-to-face teams, more organizations use computer-mediated communication than ever before. Under the right circumstances, virtual team environments have been shown to increase employee satisfaction, retention, and productivity (Gallup, 2020). However, there is also consensus that virtual teams take longer to get work done and miscommunicate more frequently than face-to-face teams (Morrison-Smith & Ruiz, 2020). While there is no silver bullet to resolve these shortcomings, one potential area for intervention is during new employee onboarding. This study tests the hyperpersonal model and social presence theory’s application to virtual team onboarding by examining …
Breaking Glass: A Pedagogical Approach To Understanding Voice In Media, Casey James O'Ceallaigh
Breaking Glass: A Pedagogical Approach To Understanding Voice In Media, Casey James O'Ceallaigh
Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation aims to examine the remediation of voices in media, specifically focusing on the reproduction of voices across different genres and the pedagogical approaches used to teach writing and media literacy. Much of the extant media is created with practices that historically have excluded minority groups, such as people with disabilities and people who speak other languages in addition to English in the US. This project develops a theory of interstices, which are both physical and metaphorical spaces in genres that can become sites of intervention through the composition process. These interstices are burdened by their many complex relationships …