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If We're Mocking Anything, It's Organized Religion: The Queer Holy Fool Style Of The Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence, Christina L. Ivey

Department of Communication Studies: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Asking questions in and about the often rough terrain at the intersection of sexuality/gender and religion/spirituality, this dissertation seeks to excavate the concept of queer holy fool style as a fitting response to dominant Judeo-Christian narratives that marginalize LGBTQ individuals. To do so, I utilize the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI), a drag performing community of “21^st Century Nuns,” as a synechdoche; pulling examples of their communication and performances as evidence of queer holy fool style. In exploring three facets of stylistic study (embodied, textual/hypertextual, and sociological), I blend queer theoretical concepts (like camp, performativity, and disciplining) with rhetorical …

Our Voice, Our Choice: Race, Politics And Community Building On The Pages Of Five Historically Black College And University Newspapers From 1930 To 1959, Sheryl Monique Kennedy Haydel

Dissertations

From 1930 to 1959, the black college student-run press was a prolific voice leading discussions about ways to eradicate racial discrimination, amass political currency, and nurture communal solidarity. Embedded in their mission was a desire to awaken their readers intellectually and emotionally to join a mounting movement toward racial liberation. Yet, historians have ignored this expansive network of black collegian editors and writers, who were a philosophical extension of the professional Black Press.

Like their mentors in the Black Press, black college student editors and writers vigorously advocated for racial equality, took a combative stance against political gerrymandering that left …

A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Feminist And Patriarchal Themes Within Shonda Rhimes' Television Shows "Grey's Anatomy," "Scandal," And "How To Get Away With Murder", Katelyn Roshetko

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Rhetorical Fantasies Of The Kent State Rioters: A Study Of Sds Peripheral Influence, Amanda Stanley

Masters Theses

In the 1960s and early 1970s, American colleges were shaken by a group whose collective view of the country was so abhorrent that they tried, through word and action, to tear the country apart. The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) created and sustained a vision that was shared by thousands and fueled by stories of members who traveled the country recruiting college students to carry out the organization’s mission of war against society. The words spoken in speeches and written in publications created by the SDS demonstrate the power in a shared vision and served to create unity among …

All Lives Matter: Media Agenda, Brittany Minard

Masters Theses

This thesis proposal addresses the role that the media play in influencing public opinion with specific attention paid to CNN and Fox News in the way that they covered the shooting of Mike Brown by officer Darren Wilson in August 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri. The research has been divided into several sections starting with an introduction which includes, a statement of the problem being addressed, the significance and purpose of this study, and a section about myself as the researcher. This is followed by a literature review which consists of explaining the Agenda Setting Theory to examine how the media …

Divergent Discourse: A Case Study Analyzing The Effects Of Campus Communication About Sexual Assault, Melissa H. Nipper

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This research analyzes campus discourse at a university in south central Appalachia in an effort to highlight the role of communication in the prevention of sexual assault and its powerful effects on communities and individuals. Using a critical feminist lens, this qualitative case study identifies the communication goals, interpretations, and strategies of two important speech communities who participate in sexual assault discourse on college campuses—campus professionals who communicate about the issue of sexual assault (issue managers) and sexual assault survivors whose identity is shaped by sexual assault (identity managers). While both groups talk about the problem, the parties diverge on …

Love On - The Life Of A Suicide Survivor: A Performance Autoethnographic Study, Patricia R. Wheeler

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Suicide touches the lives of millions of people each year in this country alone, yet conversations about suicide loss and survival after a loss remain taboo and often do not happen. The story I performed for this performance autoethnographic study centers on my life as a survivor of suicide. It provides a starting point for dialog regarding trauma, grief, and suicide loss. The narrative was constructed directly following the sudden death of my father, which had a direct effect on my ability to produce artistic work. The development, staging and performance of the story were altered to account for the …

But What Does “It” Mean: An Analysis Of Feminist & Mainstream Pornographies, Alexandra S. Melnick 2225930

SEWSA 2016 Intersectionality in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Culture, Power, and Society

In this project, I am interested in how we as a culture talk and make stories about heterosexual non-fetish pornography that contains fellatio scenes. Fellatio, being a site of social power and relation, can be conceptualized and portrayed in different ways based on the ideology and intentions of the context a text portraying fellatio it is created in. In this project I reasoned that mainstream pornography and feminist pornography would show fellatio in different ways, revealing the basic differences in each genre’s content and execution. To this effect, I analyzed six films from both feminist and mainstream pornographies and have …

Investigating The Intersection Of Whiteness And Racial Allies, Tyler Rife

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Through a critical qualitative approach, four focus groups of exclusively white or non-white participants were conducted in order to discover the ways in which individuals enact and navigate whiteness in discussions of racial allies. Further, this study attempted to capture how white and non-white individuals may differ in their approach to this subject matter and in their recommendations for racial allies. Findings revealed that eight themes defined these interactions: “Whiteness”, “Experience & Voice”, “Whitewashing Advocacy”, “Polite Protest”, “(Dis)Comfort”, “White Fragility”, and “The Complexity of Allyship”. The study finds that while whiteness is frequently perpetuated throughout this dialogue and white and …

Trending Topics Vs Agenda-Setting:Pengaruh Trending Topics Politik Sebagai Reversed Agenda-Setting Dan Haluan Politik Pemilik Terhadap Berita Politik Di Televisi, Maybi Prabowo, Irwansyah Irwansyah

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh trending topics politik pada media sosial Twitter dan haluan politik pemilik terhadap durasi berita-berita politik di Metro TV dan TV One selama bula November 2015. Selain itu penelitian ini juga dilakukan untuk mengetahui perbedaan berita-berita politik trending pada dua stasiun televisi tersebut. Penelitianini menggunakan metodologi campuran (mixed method) yakni menguji secara kuantitatif pengaruh trending topics politik terhadap berita-berita politik di Metro TV dan TV One dan perbedaan berita-berita politik trending pada ke dua stasiun televisi selama bulan November 2015. Penelitian ini juga dilakukan secara secara kualitatif dengan mewawancarai secaramendalam produser-produser di kedua televisi untuk …

Menyingkap Mekanisme Tanda Di Balik Hiperrealitas Tren Hijab (Analisis Semiotika Pada Fenomena Tren Hijab), Tourmalina Tri Nugrahenny

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Hijab makin dikenal di Indonesia justru ketika maknanya terus berubah seiring konteks penggunaannya. Dampaknya, terjadi peningkatan produksi sekaligus konsumsi, hingga hijab menjadi tren mode. Dalam konsep Jean Baudrillard, hijab lantas menjadi hiperriil, dengan representasi makna yang juga terus-menerus berubah hingga menjadi hiperrealitas. Hijab kemudian ‘menggantikan’ jilbab, sekaligus memutus hubungan dengan realitas jilbab sebelumnya. Studi ini secara kritis menyingkap mekanisme tanda yang terjadi di balik terbentuknya sebuah hiperrealitas, khususnya pada tren mode hijab. Analisis semiotika Peirce digunakan agar studi ini mampu menyajikan secara komprehensif dan mendetil, berlangsungnya proses semiosis dalam simulasi, di tengah masyarakat konsumeris.

Hijab or veil is gaining more …

Reportase Dalam Hegemoni Pemerintah Dan Media: Studi Kasus Jurnalis Kepresidenan Era Soeharto Dan Joko Widodo, Roswita Oktavianti

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Pers Indonesia mengalami dua rezim pemerintahan. Era Orde Baru pada masa pemerintahan Presiden Soeharto dan era Reformasi pasca Soeharto. Keduanya memiliki dinamika pers yang berbeda. Pada Orde Baru, terutama pasca peristiwaMalari, pemerintah Indonesia menjadi pemegang hegemoni dominan. Pemerintah dalam konteks penelitian ini, Presiden, memiliki pengaruh kuat terhadap perusahaan pers dan jurnalis sebagai aktor di dalamnya. Sebaliknya, pada Era Reformasi dengan kebebasan pers, dominasi beralih dalam media itu sendiri. Dalam arti, jurnalis sebagai subordinat pada hegemoni pemilik media sekaligus pemerintah. Proses reportase jurnalis mengalami perubahan, tidak hanya sebagai dampak dari kebebasan pers tetapi juga pers sebagai sebuah industri. Sejumlah penelitian dan …

Pengaruh Saluran Dan Narasumber Kampanye Negatif Terhadap Kepercayaan Isi Pesan: Studi Eksperimental Isu Korupsi Kandidat Di Indonesia, Fitri Hari

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Studi ini dilatarbelakangi oleh kasus-kasus kandidat yang terlibat isu negatif terpilih/terpilih kembali dalam pemilihan. Apakah pemilih tidak mempercayai kampanye negatif? Ketidakpercayaan ini apakah disebabkan adanya perbedaan saluran atau narasumber yang mempengaruhi tingkat kepercayaan pesan kepada pemilih. Kajian kampanye negatif belum banyak yang mengkaji saluran dan narasumber. Studi ini membahas bagaimana pengaruh saluran (iklan, flyer dan blog) dan narasumber (kandidat, partai politik, dan kelompok kepentingan) kampanye negatif terhadap kepercayaan isi pesan kepada pemilih. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode eksperimen. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa saluran kampanye negatif tidak mempengaruhi kepercayaan isi pesan. Sedangkan narasumber kampanye negatif memberikan pengaruh kepercayaan isi …

Gaya Komunikasi Dan Kepemimpinan Dalam Menangani Krisis Organisasi: Studi Pada Kepemimpinan Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan Periode 2004-2009 Dan 2009-2014, Rikha Handayani Handayani

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Krisis adalah suatu peristiwa yang dapat membawa organisasi ke arah yang lebih baik atau lebih buruk. Sebagai sebuah lembaga negara, Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan Republik Indonesia (BPK RI) tidak luput dari krisis, baik yang termasuk dalam kategori victim crises dengan minimal crisis responsibility maupun accident crises dengan low crisis responsibility. Melihat fenomena ini diperlukan penanganan krisis yang dilakukan secara internal oleh pimpinan BPK RI. Penelitian ini ditujukan untuk memberikan penjelasan tentang bagaimana seorang pemimpin dari dua periode kepemimpinan yang berbeda menangani krisis organisasi ketika terdapat perbedaan situasi, kondisi, serta dasar hukum yang berlaku. Menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan paradigma post positivis, serta …

Identitas, Kelas Menengah Dan Budaya Populer, Ahmad Rozali

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

No abstract provided.

Human Library Visit., Xiaoming Xu

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Sexual Self-Disclosure In Partner Relational Satisfaction And Uncertainty, Riley Richards

Masters Theses

Sexual communication and sexual self-disclosure (SSD) are often viewed as taboo and uncomfortable when discussed between sexual partners. Prior research has demonstrated a strong connection between SSD and other relational factors in current dating and married partners. To that end, this study uses an Actor-Partner Independence Model (APIM) with current cross-sex sexual and romantic partners to understand how emergent adults experience SSD and the role it plays in their relational satisfaction and uncertainty. Social Penetration Theory (Altman & Taylor, 1973) undergirds this study as a theoretical foundation in fleshing out the ways emergent adults self-disclose about their sexual lives to …

Motif-Motif Yang Mempengaruhi Participatory Culture Internet Meme: Studi Pada Khalayak Media Sosial Path Di Kalangan Mahasiswa, Muhammad Bayu Cahya

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Studi ini membahas tentang motif yang mempengaruhi khalayak untuk berpartisipasi dalam internet meme yang beredar pada sosial media Path. Teori utama yang digunakan yaitu Uses and Gratifications terkait motif dan konsep Participatory Culture. Teori Uses and Gratifications dipilih karena merupakan teori yang seringkali digunakan untuk media atau konten baru dari sudut pandang khalayak serta konsep Participatory Culture ini muncul dan berkembang pada era digital saat ini Penelitian ini menggunakan paradigm positivistik dengan pendekatan kuantitatif bersifat eksplanatif dan metodologi yang digunakan melalui survey. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa motif Entertainment dan Self-expression mempengaruhi khalayak untuk ikut berpartisipasi dalam internet meme di media …

The Price Of Strength: Black College Women's Perspectives On The Strong Black Woman Stereotype, Lindsey M. West, Roxanne A. Donovan, Amanda R. Daniel

Faculty Articles

Black feminist scholars posit that the Strong Black Woman stereotype (SBW) is a compelling image that depicts Black women as strong, independent, and self-sacrificing. Research suggests SBW internalization is related to mental and physical health problems. This study asked Black college women open-ended questions on several SBW-related topics. Thematic analysis of approximately 90 participants revealed definitions of SBW, including, strong, independent, hardworking, and caring. Contrary to SBW’s positive perception, the majority of participants reported SBW’s negative effects on their health, highlighting SBW’s paradox. Findings increase awareness of the SBW stereotype for mental health professionals who work with Black college women.

Gender Bending And Bending Gender (Re)Creating Aesthetic Realities Of Organization Practices, Michael E. Reardon, Nikki C. Townsley

Speaker & Gavel

The following paper incorporates various writing genres including fiction, narrative, and scholarly discourse to demonstrate the potential importance of aesthetic theory for transforming gendered organizational practices. It starts off with Kelly‘s, a student of organizational communication, ―final exam‖ essay, which explores the gendered politics of promotion. Her professor‘s response explores the gendered politics of ―doing feminism.‖ Taken individually, Kelly and Dr. McGuire (re)create an aesthetic reality of traditional, essentializing organizational practices. Taken together, they (re)create aesthetic meanings that pose formidable challenges and potential transformations for the way we ―do gender‖ organizationally. In the end, this paper or ―petite narrative‖ stands …

Designing Prenatal M-Health Interventions Through Transmigrants Reflection On Their Pregnancy Ecology, Hana Aljaberi

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation presents the findings from three participatory focus group and co-design sessions with Caribbean transmigrant women in the United States. Informed by their focus group discussions regarding their pregnancy experiences in the United States, the participants produced design ideas that reflected on physical, emotional, informational and social gap themes. The purpose of this study was to understand the challenges affecting the women’s prenatal wellbeing practices, and to conceive a set of recommendations and opportunities for mHealth technology design to assist with prenatal preventative care and management. The study uses the theoretical concept of pregnancy ecology to identify gaps in …

Unhealed Cultural Memories: Styron’S Nat Turner, Shaun O'Connell

New England Journal of Public Policy

William Styron’s The Confessions of Nat Turner, a novel about the leader of a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831, was highly praised after its publication in 1967. Then African American essayists in William Styron’s Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond took issue with the novel and rejected Styron’s asserted right to reimagine Nat Turner’s life and to assume his voice, claiming their rights of racial heritage and historical accuracy to castigate Styron for his offensive presumption. That distant argument of unshared assumptions and crossed purposes between high-minded and hypersensitive artists and intellectuals of another day may throw refracted …

Korupsi Demokratis Dalam Partai Politik:Studi Kasus Penyelenggaraan Pemilukada Lampung, Muhammad Aqil Irham

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

After 1998 Reformation, Indonesia has been experiencing democratization and decentralization. Among others, general election for local government (pemilukada) since 2005 is an implementation of democratization and decentralization. Although democratization in Indonesia was praised by some researchers, many others also figured out some corruptive actions in the democratic process. Warren’s conception about democratic corruption helped us to understand the paradox of post-Reformation democratization and decentralization. According to Warren, corruption in a democracy is a duplicitous exclusion that gives an advantage to few parties in the expense of the others who are excluded from the process of decision-making and collective action. However, …

Transformasi Konflik Aceh Dan Relasi Sosialpolitik Di Era Desentralisasi, Suadi Zainal

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

This article aims to analyze the settlement of a prolonged conflict between the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka/GAM) and the Indonesian Government through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of Helsinki that had implications on changing the law for Aceh. Some previous studies stated that Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as a win-win solution has been working well and give a better chance to end the separatist conflict in Aceh. However, This article shows that MoU Helsinki is only bring negative peace to Aceh, because its implementation through Law on Governing Aceh (LoGA) has reduced authorities of Aceh to govern itself …

Brightspot Market Sebagai Representasi Identitas “Cool” Kaum Muda Di Jakarta, Carolina Junifer

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

Nowadays, the people still underestimate local fashion product. Moreover, many international brand’s stores seem to dominate the market. Then, Brightspot Market comes up with the curated market concept to accommodate and promote a premium quality of local fashion product. This Article discusses representation process to youth identity in Brightspot Market event. This article discusses the representation process of youth identity to enrich the study of cultural sociology, especially the concept of “circuit of culture” by Stuart Hall. This article describes Brightspot Market which modifies circuit of culture concept. Using qualitative methods by interview and observation towards Brightspot owners, local products’ …

Tabola, Perubahan Sosial, Dan Bali Kini, Ni Made Purnama Sari

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

No abstract provided.

Keberlanjutan Dan Kebertahanan Kajianpesantren Di Indonesia, Tantan Hermansah

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

No abstract provided.

Peluang Dan Tantangan Undang-Undang Desa Dalam Upaya Demokratisasi Tata Kelola Sumber Daya Alam Desa: Perspektif Agraria Kritis, Mohamad Shohibuddin

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

Law Number 6 of 2014 on Village—apart from its political contribution in democratizing statevillage relation—has a fundamental limitation on natural resource issues in the village in the light of agrarian and ecological crises. This Law offers a minor elaboration on natural resource issues and provides limited authority to the village on this field, while no reference is made to the problem of inequality in community’s access to local natural resources. Confronted with such structural challenges, it is argued that “struggle for village autonomy” will hardly lead to significant social transformation without involving attempts to establish just and sustainable natural resource …

Dari Islamisme Ke “Premanisme”: Pergeseranorientasi Gerakan Kelompok Islam Radikal Diera Desentralisasi Demokrasi, Nur Kafid

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

This article was wrote based on a study to describe the shifting orientation of hard-line Islamic group in the decentralization of democratic era and its influences factor: from “Islamism” to “premanism”. Islamism, which at the beginning used as the main issue, has been shifted to occupying the economic resources. Through the qualitative method, the data gathered showed that this changing orientation as the “metamorphosed” form of movement which becomes one of their survival ways. Political clientelism practiced by New Order regime has been re-emerging in the different types. Patron which at the time is fully dominated by the government leader …

When Men Are Sexually Harassed: A Foundation For Studying Men’S Experiences As Targets Of Sexual Harassment, Leland Spencer, Joshua Trey Barnett

Speaker & Gavel

While much scholarly attention has been given to sexual harassment, scholarship about men’s experiences as targets of sexual harassment has been limited. This essay is a review of the literature about men’s experiences of sexual harassment; it explores the operational definitions and sources of sexual harassment, the inadequacy of the instruments used to study sexual harassment, and the implications of this research for organizations and the field of communication studies. It also examines sexual harassment at the intersections of gender and sexual orientation, finding that there are apparent differences in incidences that feature diversity in these areas. This review concludes …