Submission Guidelines,
2011
University of Dayton
Back Cover,
2011
University of Dayton
Basic Communication Course Annual Vol. 23,
2011
University of Dayton
Basic Communication Course Annual Vol. 23
Basic Communication Course Annual
Full issue (322 pages, 11.6 MB)
Obtaining Speech Assets For Judgement Analysis On Low-Pass Filtered Emotional Speech,
2011
Technological University Dublin
Obtaining Speech Assets For Judgement Analysis On Low-Pass Filtered Emotional Speech, John Snel, Charlie Cullen
Conference papers
Investigating the emotional content in speech from acoustic characteristics requires separating the semantic con- tent from the acoustic channel. For natural emotional speech, a widely used method to separate the two channels is the use of cue masking. Our objective is to investigate the use of cue masking in non-acted emotional speech by analyzing the extent to which filtering impacts the perception of emotional content of the modified speech material. However, obtaining a corpus of emotional speech can be quite difficult whereby verifying the emotional content is an issue thoroughly discussed. Currently, speech research is showing a tendency toward constructing …
Ua94/2 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Ogden College,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Ua94/2 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Ogden College, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Small collections of items donated by or about Ogden alumni.
Ua3/8/8 President's Office-Meredith Speech File,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Ua3/8/8 President's Office-Meredith Speech File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Speeches written and delivered by Thomas Meredith.
Ua3/4/7 President's Office-Downing - Speech File,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Ua3/4/7 President's Office-Downing - Speech File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Speeches delivered by Dero Downing at various functions.
Ua3/6/5 President's Office-Zacharias - Speech File,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Ua3/6/5 President's Office-Zacharias - Speech File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Unprocessed speeches written and delivered by Donald Zacharias.
Ua3/7/3 President's Office-Alexander Speech File,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Ua3/7/3 President's Office-Alexander Speech File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Speeches written and delivered by Kern Alexander, includes audiotapes.
Ua1b2/2 Anniveraries - Allied Institutions,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Ua1b2/2 Anniveraries - Allied Institutions, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records regarding anniversaries celebrated by allied institutions such as Ogden College, Southern Normal School and the Bowling Green Business University.
Citizen Participation, Metadiscourse And Accountability: A Public Hearing On A Zoning Change For Wal-Mart,
2010
Syracuse University
Citizen Participation, Metadiscourse And Accountability: A Public Hearing On A Zoning Change For Wal-Mart, Richard Buttny
Communication and Rhetorical Studies - All Scholarship
During a contentious public hearing on a zoning change for Wal-Mart, participants at times moved to a metadiscursive level with utterances such as, “expect to be listened to,” “I have a question,” or reading quotes of Town Board members from the newspaper. Such metadiscursive references allow participants to attempt to structure, or depart, from the public hearing format. Metadiscursive references also work to criticize their opponents’ speech or the process. Metadiscourse has the consequence of contextualizing the participation framework of the hearing as to topic, length of presentation, and mode of interaction. From a normative perspective, metadiscourse is used to …
Shock Rhetoric,
2010
University of Southern Mississippi
Shock Rhetoric, David Robert Nelson
Dissertations
Social movements create a public perception of themselves through rhetorical messages and demonstrations. In order to gain the public's attention, some radical groups use any rhetorical means necessary, including offensive remarks and conduct. Groups, such as the Westboro Baptist Church and Bash Back!, rhetorically challenge the boundaries of prudence. The purpose of this study is to identify, depict, and provide insight regarding shock rhetoric. This study will compare protest methods, visual imagery, and language choices used by Bash Back! and the Westboro Baptist Church. This dissertation helps illuminate why and how groups or individuals use shock rhetoric.
Kairotic Strategema: A Rhetorical Investigation Of Barack Obama’S 2009 Health Care Address,
2010
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Kairotic Strategema: A Rhetorical Investigation Of Barack Obama’S 2009 Health Care Address, Serena M. Sánchez-Wilson
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This thesis examines President Barack Obama’s address given on September 9, 2009 entitled “Remarks by the President to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care.” In order to address various situational and contextual elements such as legislative ambiguity, national expense, bureaucratic intrusion, abortion, euthanasia and illegal immigration, President Obama opportunely enters the conversation at a particular time so as to benefit his agenda of passing health care reform. Revolving around the notion of kairotic strategema, which includes the understating of deliberative address as well as the possession of kairos and phronesis, I assert that this aids President …
Sisters United In Service,
2010
Andrews University
Introduction To Special Issue: Public Argument/Digital Media,
2010
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Introduction To Special Issue: Public Argument/Digital Media, Damien S. Pfister
Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications
This introductory essay to the special issue of Argumentation and Advocacy on Public Argument/Digital Media makes the case for a sustained interrogation of digitally-networked argumentation practices. To complement current scholarship on how new forms of digital mediation produce group polarization and truthiness, I suggest that argumentation scholars look at digital media as a rich source for the production and criticism of argument. Each of the essays in the special issue is then introduced by examining five cross-cutting themes that argumentation scholars may consider when examining how digital media produce networked argument practices: interactivity, instantaneity, scale, archiving, and search.
Finding Ms. Gladden: A Writing Teacher's Confessional Journey To Self-Discovery,
2010
University of Arkansas Little Rock
Finding Ms. Gladden: A Writing Teacher's Confessional Journey To Self-Discovery, Julie Mccown Gladden
Theses and Dissertations
"Finding Ms. Gladden: A Writing Teacher's Confessional Journey to Self-Discovery" is a collection of stories detailing my journey to develop the "teacher's persona." The beginning stories detail my experiences in the substitute teaching classroom, the University Writing Center, and the teaching assistant training workshop. The stories at the end of the journey deal with my adventures on the first day of class as a first time college-level writing instructor. The exploration of the development of my "teaching persona" ends with the discovery of my true teaching self.
Gender Bias As Evidenced On Political Blogs In The 2008 Presidential Election,
2010
University of Arkansas Little Rock
Gender Bias As Evidenced On Political Blogs In The 2008 Presidential Election, Lori Ann Gardner
Theses and Dissertations
Political blogs played a significant role in the 2008 presidential election serving not only as news sources on the latest political coverage, but also as communities where people expressed political opinions, interacted with others who shared similar beliefs, as well as attempt to persuade and influence the audience members, often making calls to action. A rhetorical analysis, drawing from gendered mediation and frame theory, of 183 political blog posts revealed that gendered mediation was quite common on blog posts in the 2008 presidential election. Further, the mediation was often followed by gendered discourse that was much more blatant in content …
Presidential Communication To Children: An Analysis Of Persuasive Strategies In Presidential Speeches,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Presidential Communication To Children: An Analysis Of Persuasive Strategies In Presidential Speeches, Patricia Joyce Grice
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This thesis explores the content of presidential communication to children, specifically the only three presidential speeches that have been designed for children. These three speeches are President Barack Obama's speech to children in 2009, George H.W. Bush's speech to children in 1991, and Ronald Reagan's speech to children in 1988. Through content analysis this thesis was designed to determine whether persuasive strategies were used in these messages to children, and if persuasive strategies were present, which ones were used. Through qualitative analysis conducting a focus group discussion with children exposed to one of the presidential speeches, this thesis also explored …
Discourse At The Edge: Enterprise Discourse In Ireland,
2010
Technological University Dublin
Discourse At The Edge: Enterprise Discourse In Ireland, Brendan O'Rourke
Conference papers
Ireland is an economy, society and culture at the edge. It is at the edge of Europe and at the edge of both USA/UK and more mainland European or EU variants of capitalism. More recently it has been at the edge of economic crisis. Yet enterprise discourse is still central in Ireland. Enterprise discourse in Ireland is influenced by global and European Union (EU) developments. However, Irish enterprise discourse is not merely a ‘local adoption’. For example, high Irish economic growth rates during the ‘Celtic Tiger’ period have coincided with the development of the EU’s enterprise policy, thus giving the …
Using Pecha Kucha To Enhance Your Presentations,
2010
University of Georgia School of Law Library
Using Pecha Kucha To Enhance Your Presentations, Wendy Moore, Carol A. Watson
Presentations
Pecha Kucha is a simple presentation format where you show twenty images each for twenty seconds. The short time keeps the information flowing and engages the audience more effectively than a text-laden typical PowerPoint presentation.
