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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Ideographs"”.
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A rhetorical analysis of ideographs in a community relations campaign: the symbolic construction of eight mile road
… questions: (1) How effective is the use of ideographs in a community relations campaign in redefining a symbolic marker such as Eight Mile Road? (2) Can a rhetorical evaluation be a sensitive indicator of the success of a community relations campaign? This study examines community relations …
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NATURALLY STRIATED MUSCLE: EXAMINING THE IDEOGRAPHIC CRYSTALLIZATION OF
… to work towards a theory of how ambiguous ideographs become "striated" or “crystallized.” Within this discussion I present instances where natural has been employed as a vehicle to cause harm, and I offer an advisement to rhetorical scholars on how we might approach striated ideographs in …
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From civil society to the level of politics: the evolution of narratives about Muslim immigrants in Italy
… the ‘storylines’ from the news media and the ‘ideographs’ in political discourse of which they are constructed. The ‘storylines’ and ‘ideographs’ that fuel the dominant narratives are based heavily in language characterized by public order, security, preservation of traditions, and the …
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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Rhetorical Analysis of President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and President Donald J. Trump’s Political Discourse About Syrian Refugees
… of these politicians’ and their use of framing, ideographs and metaphors within their political discourse. In my research, I suggest that the framing language used by each rhetor about Syrian refugees has varying impacts on the audience. The analysis of this political discourse yielded …
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MOVEMENT WITHOUT MOTION: THE RHETORIC OF CONSERVATIVE COUNTER-CLAIMS TO GLOBAL WARMING THEORY
… identifies unifying speech codes – such as ideographs and commonplaces – that provide the conservative movement’s appeal. The conclusion is that conservative counter-claims to global warming theory are an application of longstanding principles in a new and transformative way; and that the …
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The pit, the field and the edifice : a rhetorical analysis of the commemorative 9/11 Ceremonies of September 11, 2002
… of the day's events. By analyzing the tokens and ideographs embedded in the rhetoric of the commemorative speakers, the ideological purposes of the planners and rhetors of the ceremonies were revealed. As a nationally televised, ceremonial event, the 9/11 commemoration failed. The mixed messages …
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Functional dissociation between visual and spatial temporary maintenance
… of visual items (geometric forms or Chinese ideographs) and retention of spatial items (dot locations), were simultaneously performed with active interference tasks that are assumed to load the visual and spatial resources respectively, i.e., processing visual information (color …
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Cruciform runes in the manuscripts of some Old English poems
… part of the symbolic dimensions of the runic ideographs.</p>
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Progressive Paradox in Political Rhetoric: The Hart-Celler Immigration Act of 1965
… Through an analysis of the deployment of the ideographs, I illustrate how ideologies that rank individuals based on perceived worthiness become institutionalized and resistant to change. Moreover, I illuminate the influence of quiet religion embedded in national narratives and political speech …
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Capturing the Chimera: Ideology and Persuasion in the Rhetoric of Soulforce
… on the foundation of McGee’s ideograph. The ideographs presented throughout the discourse coalesce to form the overarching ideology of Soulforce evidenced in the discourse. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals experience unwarranted <suffering>, <injustice> and <discrimination> …
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Preventing guilt by association: Mindfulness and susceptibility to evaluative conditioning
… pictures were paired with neutral Chinese ideographs. Then, they completed ideograph likability ratings. In Study 1, a measure of trait mindfulness was inversely associated with conditioning of negative attitudes, but not after accounting for negative state affect. In Study 2, there was no …
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The Effect of Instructional Embodiment Designs on Chinese Language Learning: The Use of Embodied Animation for Beginning Learners of Chinese Characters
… and indicatives were better learned than ideographs across groups. Drawing from the study, the use of embodied animation in a computer-based program is suggested to be effective on character learning for beginning learners of CFL.
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In The Pink: The (Un)Healthy Complexion of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
When October was officially named National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) more than 20 years ago, a week-long event provided women with information about the disease. The appearance of this sort of awareness campaign was a first and it began to fill the void in public communication about …
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In The Pink: The (Un)Healthy Complexion of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
When October was officially named National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) more than 20 years ago, a week-long event provided women with information about the disease. The appearance of this sort of awareness campaign was a first and it began to fill the void in public communication about …