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Start Over Degree PHD Committee Member Thomas Walter Benson

1. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING AND THE MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OPINION: THE CASE OF AL-HURRA TELEVISION IN THE “ARAB STREET”

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Author:
Douai, Aziz
Title:
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING AND THE MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OPINION: THE CASE OF AL-HURRA TELEVISION IN THE “ARAB STREET”
Graduate Program:
Mass Communications
Keywords:
US/Arab relations
democracy promotion
public diplomacy
media diplomacy
Al-Hurra
propaganda
international broadcasting
Middle East media
media and conflict
File:
Download Douai_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
John Spicer Nichols, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Spicer Nichols, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Amit Schejter, Committee Member
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member

2. Democracy and the Hacker Movement: Information Technologies and Political Action

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Open Access
Author:
Lunceford, Brett Lance
Title:
Democracy and the Hacker Movement: Information Technologies and Political Action
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
information society studies
social movements
computer hackers
rhetorical criticism
democratic practice
protest action
File:
Download Brett_Lunceford_-_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hogan, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Jorge Reina Schement, Committee Member

3. DEFENDING DARFUR: THE PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL OF SPEAKING FOR OTHERS

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Open Access
Author:
Boes, Cynthia Dawn
Title:
DEFENDING DARFUR: THE PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL OF SPEAKING FOR OTHERS
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
rhetoric
intercultural communication
speaking for others
File:
Download Boes_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Walter Benson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hogan, Committee Member
Jeremy Engels, Committee Member
Linda Furgerson Selzer, Committee Member

4. The Ironic Voice and Subjunctive Mood of Public Radio Programming

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Open Access
Author:
Dzikowski, David
Title:
The Ironic Voice and Subjunctive Mood of Public Radio Programming
Graduate Program:
Speech Communication
Keywords:
rhetoric
public radio
irony
File:
Download Dzikowski_Dissertation_2009.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Walter Benson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hogan, Committee Member
Jeremy Engels, Committee Member
Matthew Jackson, Committee Member

5. KANT’S ENLIGHTENMENT LEGACY: RHETORIC THROUGH ETHICS, AESTHETICS, AND STYLE

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Open Access
Author:
Ercolini, Gina L.
Title:
KANT’S ENLIGHTENMENT LEGACY: RHETORIC THROUGH ETHICS, AESTHETICS, AND STYLE
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Communication
History of Rhetoric
Rhetoric and Philosophy
Immanuel Kant
Ethics
Enlightenment
File:
Download Ercolini-Diss-Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Howard Browne, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Member
Debra Hawhee, Committee Member

6. BALANCING FLUX AND STABILITY: URSULA K. LE GUIN’S THE DISPOSSESSED

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Open Access
Author:
Jones, Hillary A
Title:
BALANCING FLUX AND STABILITY: URSULA K. LE GUIN’S THE DISPOSSESSED
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Kropotkin
The Dispossessed
Rhetoric
Anarchism
Feminism
Taoism
Le Guin
File:
Download Jones_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Walter Benson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

7. PATRIOTS OR PARANOIDS? THE CREATION OF A PUBLIC IDENTITY FOR THE MODERN MILITIA MOVEMENT

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Open Access
Author:
Norton, Heather M.
Title:
PATRIOTS OR PARANOIDS? THE CREATION OF A PUBLIC IDENTITY FOR THE MODERN MILITIA MOVEMENT
Graduate Program:
Speech Communication
Keywords:
public identity
social movement
militias
Militia Movement
news media
File:
Download Norton_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
James Hogan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
John David Mccarthy, Committee Member

8. The Evolution of Snow White: A Close Textual Analysis of Three Versions of the Snow White Fairy Tale

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Open Access
Author:
Saunders, John Hanson
Title:
The Evolution of Snow White: A Close Textual Analysis of Three Versions of the Snow White Fairy Tale
Graduate Program:
Speech Communication
Keywords:
Snow White
fairy tales
rhetoric
Literary studies
File:
Download JohnSaunders-FinalDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Tony Lentz, Committee Member
Steven Herb, Committee Member

9. Weblogs and Activism: A Social Movement Perspective on the Blogosphere

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Open Access
Author:
Sheffield, Jessica Lee
Title:
Weblogs and Activism: A Social Movement Perspective on the Blogosphere
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
democratic deliberation
blogosphere
blogs
weblogs
social movements
rhetoric
rhetorical analysis
File:
Download Sheffield_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:
James Hogan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hogan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stuart Selber, Committee Member
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Member
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member

10. For the Good of "The Family": The Rhetoric of Family Values in U.S. National Policymaking

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Open Access
Author:
Weber, Jill Mary
Title:
For the Good of "The Family": The Rhetoric of Family Values in U.S. National Policymaking
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
policymaking
rhetoric
family
family values
File:
Download Weber_diss_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Walter Benson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Frances Atwater, Committee Member
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Engels, Committee Member
Michael Paul Johnson, Committee Member

11. Memory Beyond Borders? Cosmopolitanism and the International Criminal Court

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Open Access
Author:
Biedendorf, Jennifer
Title:
Memory Beyond Borders? Cosmopolitanism and the International Criminal Court
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
rhetoric
memory
transnationalism
cosmopolitanism
International Criminal Court
human rights
nation-state
conservative
women’s rights
U.S. foreign policy
Darfur
genocide
File:
Download Biedendorf_Jennifer_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Howard Browne, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
James Hogan, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Janet Wynne Lyon, Committee Member

12. "They Tell Us Who We Are, They Tell Us Who We Aren't": Gay Identity on Television and Off

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Open Access
Author:
Freymiller, Lyn J.
Title:
"They Tell Us Who We Are, They Tell Us Who We Aren't": Gay Identity on Television and Off
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
media effects
interviews
gays on television
gay identity
rhetorical criticism
File:
Download Dissertation_rev_pdf.pdf
Committee Members:
Michelle E Day, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Ronald Ward Jackson, Committee Member
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member

13. Wild Women of the Progressive Era: Rhetoric, Gender, and Agitation in the Age of Reform

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Author:
Haman, Mary Kathryn
Title:
Wild Women of the Progressive Era: Rhetoric, Gender, and Agitation in the Age of Reform
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Social Movement Rhetoric
File:
Download Mary_Haman_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr J Michael Hogan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hogan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Daniel L Letwin, Committee Member

14. Just Remembering: The Experience of Rhetoric and Public Memory

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Open Access
Author:
Tumolo, Michael Warren
Title:
Just Remembering: The Experience of Rhetoric and Public Memory
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
National Holocaust Memorial Museum
Committee on Conscience
Hannah Arendt
public memory
rhetoric
File:
Download Tumolo_Just_Remembering_The_Experience_of_Rhetoric_and_Public_Memory___ETD.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Member
James Hogan, Committee Member
Christopher P Long, Committee Member

15. THE JOY OF RHETORIC: TURNS IN RHETORIC AND ONTOLOGY THAT ORIENT BEING IN AESTHETIC HABITUATION

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Author:
Thomas, Nicholas A.
Title:
THE JOY OF RHETORIC: TURNS IN RHETORIC AND ONTOLOGY THAT ORIENT BEING IN AESTHETIC HABITUATION
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
habit
aesthetics
ontology
rhetoric
tropos
File:
Download Dissertation--Dec_08.pdf
Committee Members:
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Christopher P Long, Committee Member

18. THE LONG TWILIGHT STRUGGLE: PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE COLD WAR, 1945-1974

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Author:
Drury, Sara Ann Mehltretter
Title:
THE LONG TWILIGHT STRUGGLE: PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE COLD WAR, 1945-1974
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
presidential rhetoric
national security
Cold War
rhetorical criticism
foreign policy
File:
Download SaraAMDrury_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
James Hogan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hogan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Jeremy Engels, Committee Member
John Philip Jenkins, Committee Member

19. Women of Watts: Picturing the STRONGBLACKWOMAN in the 1965 Watts Uprising

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Author:
Stone Watt, Sarah E.
Title:
Women of Watts: Picturing the STRONGBLACKWOMAN in the 1965 Watts Uprising
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
African American Women
Watts
riot
rhetoric
File:
Download Dissertation_ETD_Revision.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deborah Frances Atwater, Committee Member
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Member

20. BUILDING AN EMPIRE, DEFINING A NATION: THE RHETORIC OF U.S. EXPANSION AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

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Author:
Kimokeo-Goes, Una Haunani
Title:
BUILDING AN EMPIRE, DEFINING A NATION: THE RHETORIC OF U.S. EXPANSION AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. Expansion
Samoa
Hawaii’s Annexation
Progressive Era
Imperialism
Rhetoric
American Identity
File:
Download kimokeo_dissertation_10.25.11.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr J Michael Hogan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hogan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Member