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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Walter Fisher's"”.
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TRANSFORMING THE IMAGE OF BLACK MASCULINITY IN THE NBA: A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NBA CARES PROGRAM
… and preserve the brand of the NBA. Using Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm as a framework, I detail the NBA's shift to social responsibility as a productive strategy to recreate the league's narrative of black masculinity.
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A Narrative Analysis of Korematsu v. United States
… ethnic Japanese story, which are analyzed using Walter Fisher's narrative perspective. The study concludes that the narrative paradigm is useful for assessing stories in the law because it enables the critic to examine both the emotional and logical reasoning that determine the outcomes of the …
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The New Welfare Queen: A Narrative Analysis of Mitt Romney's 47% Speech
… narrative about entitlement spending. By using Walter Fisher's (1984) Narrative Paradigm as a lens of critical analysis, I argue that Romney's appeal to a particular narrative was a persuasive decision based on his limited audience. By appealing to the welfare queen narrative, however, Romney …
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Ellis Island: The public and personal representations of the immigrant experience
… of immigrants. The study is informed by Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm theory and was accomplished through a qualitative narrative analysis of both immigrant related articles published in 1907 New York Times articles and the archival artifacts on record at the Ellis Island Immigration …
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THE NUCLEAR ARJUNA: A NARRATIVE CRITICISM OF VAJPAYEE'S LOK SABHA ADDRESS
… 1998 pro-nuclear Lok Sabha address. Through Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm, I argue that Vajpayee's rhetoric uses the powerful values of the Hindu myth of Arjuna in the Bhagivad Gita to justify India's moves towards nuclear acquisition. The myth's function for the Prime Minister's …
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360º/VR Video Storytelling As Seen Through the Lens of the Narrative Paradigm
… National Historic Site, as interpreted through Walter Fisher's narrative theory. At its core, the study addresses three pivotal questions: How effectively can 360º/VR serve as a medium for immersive storytelling? What role does narrative rationality play in shaping the story within this medium? …
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The Postmodern Turn in Higher Education: Incorporating Narrative Literacy into the Discipline of Communication
… problems by forming an additive argument to Walter Fisher's (1984; 1987) narrative paradigm through discussing the importance of narrative literacy and employing the work of Martin Buber and Paulo Freire to discuss the importance of dialogue in the class. This dissertation applies the …
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Narrative Theory and Fort Berthold's Stories of the Paranormal or Supernatural
… the stories: the American Indian oral tradition, Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm, and the paranormal or supernatural.</p> <p>The American Indian oral tradition was revealed in the way the stories were told, complete with the use of sometimes sacred language and nonverbal communication. Fisher's …