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Attribution Theory and Apology Discourse in the Context of Medical Errors
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Author
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Hartsell, Haley
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Psychology, Health education
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Description
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Communication scholars have investigated medical error and apology discourse over the last 20 years. However, despite the previous research on this topic, little is known about what factors (i.e., controllability, emotional response, and error sev...
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Black Lives Matter and Black Power
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Author
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Fraser, Daviana
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Rhetoric, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Today, Black Americans face the same foes as in previous efforts to secure civil rights. Over the last decade, names like Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Keith Lamont Scott, Philando Castile, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor join those ...
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Into The Unknown: A Queer Analysis of the Metaphors in Disney's Frozen Franchise
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Author
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Farris, Molly
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Rhetoric
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Description
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This thesis examines Frozen and Frozen II for its queer themes communicated through metaphors. After examining the queer metaphors in both films, the project examines online public discussions about the Disney franchise to determine if these opini...
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MLB's Neocolonial Practices in the Dominican Republic Academy System
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Author
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Gentile, Patrick
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication
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Description
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Major League Baseball (MLB) has operated in the Dominican Republic for many years in order to find cheap labor that is refined and shipped to the United States, with goals that a few players will develop into great players. Once a player is signed...
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Presidential Eulogies in the Wake of Mass School Shootings: A Call to Action
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Author
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Culletto, Gordon
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Political science, Rhetoric
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Description
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President Barack Obama described December 14, 2012 saying, "it continues to haunt me, it was one of the worst days of my presidency." That morning, a gunman stormed through the doors of Sandy Hook Elementary School and began opening fire on childr...
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The Rhetorical Importance of Monstrosity: Genre Criticism and "Wuthering Heights"
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Author
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Fussell, Taylor
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Rhetoric
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Description
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In Emily Bronte’s foundational narrative Wuthering Heights (1847), monstrosity is representative of repressed societal fears in response to growing industrialization, shifting socioeconomic status, and changing gender norms of the Victorian era. T...
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Unnecessary Roughness: Viral Video, Circulation, and Proof in the Ray Rice Case
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Author
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Booker, Elizabeth
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Mass media
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Description
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The National Football League (NFL) is no stranger to criticism regarding their players and violence against women. One of the more publicized cases transpired following surveillance videos that surfaced 7 months apart from each other; the first de...
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Woke AF: Black Feminism and The Read
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Author
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Cameron, Shanice
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication
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Description
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The purpose of this study is to analyze how Crissle West and Kid Fury use humor and African American discourse to discuss Black feminism on the weekly comedy podcast, The Read. I argue that West and Fury discuss Black feminism with respect to the ...