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A Cold Pot Does Not Boil: A Case Study Of The Virginia Beach City Municipal Center Shooting To Understand Disgruntled Employee Violence
Title
A Cold Pot Does Not Boil: A Case Study Of The Virginia Beach City Municipal Center Shooting To Understand Disgruntled Employee Violence
Author
Bynum, Karly
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Organizational sociology
Description
The phenomenon of the violent disgruntled employee is a symptom of increasing mass violence in the U.S. Previous literature on mass violence in the workplace is mostly based on the individual psychologization of attackers. This case study is a rea...
Dietary Disclosure: Constitutive Rhetoric of Identities in Altruistic and Egoistic Veg*anism
Title
Dietary Disclosure: Constitutive Rhetoric of Identities in Altruistic and Egoistic Veg*anism
Author
Caddell, Mackenzie
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Communication
Description
Despite the rise in popularity of vegan and vegetarian (veg*an) diets and the emergence of social media activism, ethical philosophies related to meat abstention and veg*an identities remain stigmatized in Western societies. The recent popularity ...
Woke AF: Black Feminism and The Read
Title
Woke AF: Black Feminism and The Read
Author
Cameron, Shanice
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Communication
Description
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 ...
Visualizing #BostonStrong: Commemorative Implications for a Rhetorical Epithet of Civic Identity
Title
Visualizing #BostonStrong: Commemorative Implications for a Rhetorical Epithet of Civic Identity
Author
Crawford, Emily
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Communication, Rhetoric
Description
Following a tragic event such as a mass shooting, terrorist attack or natural disaster in the United States, it has become a ritual for audiences to establish particular hashtags pertaining to these events. Subsequent to the Boston Marathon bombin...
Presidential Eulogies in the Wake of Mass School Shootings: A Call to Action
Title
Presidential Eulogies in the Wake of Mass School Shootings: A Call to Action
Author
Culletto, Gordon
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Communication, Political science, Rhetoric
Description
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...
Canvas of a Community: The Visual Rhetoric of Black Liberation in Charlotte, North Carolina
Title
Canvas of a Community: The Visual Rhetoric of Black Liberation in Charlotte, North Carolina
Author
Manning Jr., Mark
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Rhetoric
Description
Public art, such as graffiti, street art and murals are powerful vessels of ontological expression that allow nuanced and contextual ideas to be communicated to and about the communities that they exist within. Charlotte (NC) has emerged as a wort...
Individual Facets of Sleep Hygiene as Predictors of Health
Title
Individual Facets of Sleep Hygiene as Predictors of Health
Author
Zendels, Philip
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Psychology, Cognitive psychology
Description
Sleep is an important health behavior that many people struggle with. Sleep Hygiene is a set of behaviors and conditions that promote optimal sleep at night. These include avoiding physiologically arousing situations, avoiding unhealthy eating beh...