Browsing by Subject "Major speech communication."
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(Texas A&M University, 2001)Since Adam Smith's highly successful Wealth of Nations, most scholarship built on his work has been economic in scope and has ignored the greater implications of his contribution to policy-making. This thesis examines the ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1996)"And Man Shall Have Dominion Over the Earth": Rhetorical Evangelical Christians are not typically associated with mainstream environmentalism. This thesis examines the mythical traditions underpinning the efforts by some ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1996)The defense of Christianity through apologetic discourse is an important function of modern day Christianity. To better understand the necessary strategies behind successful use of apologetic discourse, apologetic essays ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1992)Not available
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(Texas A&M University, 1995)During his campaign for office and early presidency, Bill Clinton based his political messages upon populist themes, describing a model of political action that was founded upon the notion of popular sovereignty. When he ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1998)In the midst of the McCarthy era, eleven national leaders of the American Communist Party were arrested under the provisions of the Smith Act. Their case, Dennis v. United States, eventually rose to the Supreme Court, where ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1995)This is an ethnographic study of the communication behaviors of the role-playing game subculture in a Texas college town. Over a sixteen month period, data were gathered by a participant observer who became a full member ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1994)This research project examined the adjustment experiences of minority students at Texas A&M, a predominately white institution. Previous research suggests that predominately white institutions must make special efforts to ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1997)This project focuses on the communication of American Catholic Priests gained from interpretive interviews with over 25 area priests. Analysis of the interview texts revealed that these priests utilize very similar ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2001)The problems posed by gender essentialisms are important for both feminist theorists and environmental ethicists. Ecofeminist philosophers, as both feminist theorists and environmental ethicists, should therefore find ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1994)During the 1990s, both music scholars and the popular media have claimed that a "new voice" is emerging in women's country music. According to these sources, female country performers are shedding their conservative messages ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2000)This thesis examines leader succession in churches from the perspective of church members. The author sought to determine what processes organization members experience as their churches change ministers, as well as how ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1992)Not available
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(Texas A&M University, 1994)In April 1991, three anencephalic babies were born in Brownsville, Texas during a t"-six hour period. Anencephaly is a neural tube defect prohibiting proper brain development, leaving the baby's skull partially open. The ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1993)Not available
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(Texas A&M University, 2003)The purpose of this study was to examine how the social identities of public lands ranchers engaged in conflict with a government agency and environmental interest groups were discursively constructed and resisted within ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1998)This thesis explores the various ways in which those phics. participating in the discussion of ''what is autism'' utilize rhetorical strategies to persuade a particular audience that their conception of autism is ''correct.'' ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1998)Currently, in the United States, the courts have ographics. categorized pornography as a form of expression and therefore it is protected by the First Amendment. However, Catharine MacKinnon argues for the reframing of ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2003)Since Malcolm X first emerged onto the American political landscape in the late 1950s, he has received much attention. Identifying and comprehending the significant narratives, ideographs, and characterizations within the ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1998)Interpersonal relationships are chaotic and often hard ics. to understand. Dialectical Theory offers a unique set of assumptions that help analyze and interpret the communicative interactions of individuals. This research ...