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Degree

Master of Arts, Miami University, Speech Communication, 2008.

Abstract

This thesis analyzes the rhetoric of President George W. Bush, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Using the rhetorical methodology of apologia, six specific artifacts of federal, state, and city/local governments are examined. Analysis suggests implications for the three levels of government, the study of apologia, as well as future study of natural disaster rhetoric.

Subject Headings

Communication; Rhetoric

Keywords

Hurricane Katrina; apologia; rhetoric; George W. Bush; Kathleen Blanco; Ray Nagin

Committee / Advisors

Ben Voth, PhD (Committee Chair)
James Cherney, PhD (Committee Member)
Kasie Roberson, PhD (Committee Member)

Pages

119p.

Document number: miami1218494380
Permalink: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1218494380

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