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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Strategic Ambiguity"”.

  1. Strategic Ambiguity in the Production and Reception of War Dramas

    Hassoun, Daniel2013

    This project uses the rhetorical concept of strategic ambiguity to analyze how U.S. war films from 2006 through 2011 framed the politics of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. I argue that, rather than presenting partisan propaganda or apolitical drama, these films purposefully ambiguated their …

    umn Repository record

  2. Communicating During an Economic Crisis: An Examination of the Use of Strategic Ambiguity Within the Banking Industry

    Tarbet, Stephanie

    clemson Repository record

  3. Agency Through Ambiguity: Women NGO Workers in Jalalabad, Afghanistan

    Kerr Chiovenda, Melissa S2012

    … a strict segregation of women. Rather, they use strategic ambiguity, maintaining that they are performing pashto well while at the same time taking part in some work activities that on the surface appear contrary to the norms of pashto.

    uconn-diss Repository record

  4. THE LEGITIMATION OF COOPERATION: A RHETORICAL CRITICISM OF THE DANISH GOVERNMENT'S JUSTIFICATION OF COOPERATION, MARCH - AUGUST 1943

    Rhode, Flemming SchneiderWake Forest University2011

    … This thesis finds that rhetorical techniques of strategic ambiguity, minimization of harms, and the hiding the origins of the harms provided the cover the government sought.

    wfu Repository record

  5. An invitation to thought: ambiguity in the apologetic of C. S. Lewis

    Cokenour, T.Middlesex University / London School of Theology (LST)2023

    This thesis examines the role of ambiguity within the apologetic of C.S. Lewis. Though the nature and value of ambiguity remain contested across scholarship, there is agreement that ambiguity has some role to play in creating understanding. That role is almost entirely unexplored within Christian …

    middlesex Repository record

  6. Ironic Distancing: Injecting Bigotry into the American Mainstream

    Prather, Glen Franklin2025

    … in fact, meant to be interpreted ironically. The strategic ambiguity of this ironic polysemy allows for statements to avoid criticism by being framed as mere jokes or having an ironic meaning opposed to the ostensible meaning. This denial of rhetorical agency often leads to rhetorical decay as …

    unr Repository record

  7. Euphemistic rhetoric in advertising during the Comstock Era: the importance of persona and cultural context in the Lysol case

    Klean Zwilling, Jillian MarieUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2017

    … asserts that Lysol used euphemistic rhetoric and strategic ambiguity combined with powerful, culturally derived arguments about motherhood, marriage, and the authority of science to sell the Lysol douche. Lysol appealed to a tangential connection with the medical community to assume a position of …

    uiuc Repository record

  8. “Otherwise, it’s War”: US-Taiwan Defense Ties and the Opening of the People’s Republic of China (1969-1974)

    Kent, Robert 'Bo'

    … the roots of the modern American approach of ‘strategic ambiguity’ towards the ROC has its roots in the policies which the Administration perused from 1969-1974.<strong></strong></p>

    chapman Repository record

  9. Performance of public sector information systems projects: The case of UK central government

    Cha, J.The University of Manchester2017

    … due to their high velocity of change and strategic ambiguity. Diverse studies have been carried out examining ‘project capabilities’ to contribute to the efficiency of information systems project management. However, most studies of project capabilities focus heavily on the project …

    westminster