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Crowley, Michelle.
Does This Broomstick Make Me Look Wicked? An Analysis of the Modern and Postmodern Villain.
Degree: MA, Arts and Sciences: Communication, 2012, University of Cincinnati
► Classic conceptions of the villain paint the character as a one dimensional…
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▼ Classic conceptions of the villain paint the character as a one dimensional figure in a morally determined world of good and evil. However, emerging postmodern trends have changed the construction of the villain to fit into the postmodern era. This piece seeks to establish a framework for understanding the postmodern villain by applying this understanding to the modern villain, the Wicked Witch of the West and her postmodern counterpart, Elphaba.
Advisors/Committee Members: Jennings, Nancy.
Subjects: Speech Therapy
Keywords: Villains; The Wizard of Oz; Wicked; Postmodern Construction; Modern; Postmodernism
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Damman, Jessica.
Remembering Earth Day: The Struggle over Public Memory in Virtual Spaces.
Degree: MA, Arts and Sciences: Communication, 2011, University of Cincinnati
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▼ Over the past forty years, individuals and groups have remembered Earth Day in various ways. This thesis project focuses on the public memory of Earth Day, seeking to understand how different groups have promoted particular pasts for present interests. Public memory scholars broadly define public memory as the reconstitution of particular memories in order to meet the goals and interests of the present and the future. The memories crafted by two broad groups on the Internet are analyzed: official instances of public memory from government organizations and vernacular instances of public memory from environmentalist groups. This project argues that a historical account of Earth Day set in a scene of visible pollution with the need for institutional actors and actions was employed by official and vernacular memories in order to meet their particular interests. The analysis highlights that official memory used the historical account of Earth Day to shift the locus of responsibility for continued environmental change to individuals who are constituted as consumers. Vernacular memory attempts to subvert official memory by creating an activist subject position where individuals can hold institutions accountable for environmental injustices. As different needs and desires arise for the public memory of Earth Day, various groups have refashioned the messages of Earth Day to meet their evolving needs and desires.
Advisors/Committee Members: Lynch, John.
Subjects: Speech Therapy
Keywords: Earth Day; Public Memory; Environmental Communication; Constitutive Rhetoric
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Halliwell, Michael.
Reflexivity in Leadership: Becoming an Ethical Practitioner.
Degree: MA, Arts and Sciences: Communication, 2011, University of Cincinnati
► Globalization and increasing levels of diversity within organizations have made adaptability and…
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▼ Globalization and increasing levels of diversity within organizations have made adaptability and ethical leadership essential for today’s leaders (Cunliffe & Jun 2005). Traditional leadership studies that prescribe particular leadership approaches and essentialize leadership characteristics can impede leaders’ ability to adapt to unique and changing situations and complex issues within organizations (Cunliffe, 2002). Therefore, this study supports a more discursive, interpretive and situated view of leadership. Through interpersonal interviews and discourse analysis, this study investigates the leadership experiences of executives of a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. Specifically, this study examines how reflection, self-reflexivity, and critical-reflexivity manifest themselves in the characteristics and features of the interviewed leaders’ talk. Further, instances of self- and critical-reflexivity are examined for the dominant Discourses upon which interviewees appear to draw. The purpose is to encourage a more conscious consideration of ethical practices within organizations by focusing on how leadership practitioners can engage in reflexive thinking from within leadership situations.
Advisors/Committee Members: Fairhurst, Gail.
Subjects: Speech Therapy
Keywords: Leadership; Management; Reflexivity; Discursive; Ethics; Management
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Kenny, Megan.
“Can I be successful here?” Discursive construction of identity and identification in an Indian call center.
Degree: MA, Arts and Sciences: Communication, 2011, University of Cincinnati
► This thesis explores issues of managing identity and promoting identification in a…
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▼ This thesis explores issues of managing identity and promoting identification in a multinational offshoring company. This study provides a discourse analysis of the company's efforts to achieve identification through a corporate text, and considers the potential implications of these efforts on the identity and perceptions of employees. Through the use of discursive psychology (Potter & Wetherell, 1987), the study investigated the interplay between the multiple and conflicting discourses in text and analyze how the company uses various discursive practices to work to shape identity, guide behavior, handle controversial issues and help workers understand their role in the company. This study advances a discursive perspective on the process of identification and contributes to our understanding of organizational discourse.
Advisors/Committee Members: Fairhurst, Gail.
Subjects: Speech Therapy
Keywords: Discursive psychology; Call center; Identification; Identity; Discourse Analysis
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Lehman, Alaina.
From Protest to Prayer: Bound4Life, A New Trend in Pro-Life Rhetoric.
Degree: MA, Arts and Sciences: Communication, 2012, University of Cincinnati
► Social movements have long employed different methods of persuasion and rhetorical strategies…
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▼ Social movements have long employed different methods of persuasion and rhetorical strategies in order to reach their goals of success. Various rhetorical strategies can be seen in the rhetoric of pro-life groups specifically, and a new trend can be seen in newer pro-life groups. One example of a new pro-life group, Bound4Life, provides the case study for this analysis. This study conducted a textual analysis of the Bound4Life website and also looked at aspects of nonverbal rhetoric employed by the group to look for persuasive functions (Stewart et al., 2007) and comic and tragic framing strategies (Carlson, 1986, Turnage, 2009).
Advisors/Committee Members: Depoe, Stephen.
Subjects: Speech Therapy
Keywords: Pro-life; Rhetoric; Persuasive Functions; Comic Frame; Tragic Frame; Pro-Life Rhetoric
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Poynter, Danielle M.
Siblings, Emerging Adulthood, and Facebook: A Dialectical Analysis.
Degree: MA, Arts and Sciences: Communication, 2011, University of Cincinnati
► This study applies Relational Dialectics Theory (Baxter & Montgomery, 1996) to the…
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▼ This study applies Relational Dialectics Theory (Baxter & Montgomery, 1996) to the sibling relationship, focusing on how dialectical tensions are expressed and negotiated between siblings during emerging adulthood. Specifically, this study investigates how the popular social network site Facebook might introduce and influence these tensions siblings experience. Using RDT as a framework, the research analyzes siblings’ survey responses, interview data, and Facebook posts for evidence of competing discourses (i.e., connectedness vs. separateness, openness vs. protections, etc).
Advisors/Committee Members: Sabourin, Teresa Chandler.
Subjects: Speech Therapy
Keywords: siblings; emerging adulthood; Facebook; relational dialectics theory
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Williams, Anna C.
Sex, Drags, and Rock'n'Roll: the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' and Devendra Banhart's subversion of sex and gender norms.
Degree: MA, Arts and Sciences: Communication, 2012, University of Cincinnati
► Sexuality and popular media has been studied for decades by Communication scholars…
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▼ Sexuality and popular media has been studied for decades by Communication scholars due to popular media’s influence on sex and gender norms that it creates and reifies. This paper, on the other hand, studies the implications of sexuality and alternative media, particularly alternative music mediating messages of alternative sexuality. Through the use of close textual analysis, informed by feminist and queer theory as well as the male gaze, this paper discusses the alternative artists the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Devendra Banhart. In analyzing their lyrics, images, and videos, many themes arise that subvert gender and sex norms that are typical of popular media and music. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O portrays a great deal of female sexual dominance and references to sadomasochism, which aligns the woman in power rather than the man, a blatant subversion of typical sex norms. Devendra Banhart subverts these norms as well by mixing traditionally feminine qualities and attributes with his heterosexuality. In doing this, he challenges the norm that being male is inherently tied to masculinity, power, and being emotionless.
Advisors/Committee Members: Jenkins, Eric.
Subjects: Speech Therapy
Keywords: Sexuality; Alternative Music; Sex Norms; Gender Norms; the Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Devendra Banhart
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