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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"fantasy theme analysis"”.
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Shadow of Death: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of the Floyd Collins Tragedy
… itself to examination using Bormann's (1972) fantasy theme method. By using a fantasy theme analysis to explore the saga, I advanced beyond the retellings and gained a greater understanding of why seventy-seven years after he died alone in a Kentucky cave, Floyd Collins' story survives. …
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The promise of righteousness : a fantasy theme analysis of the Promise Keepers
… using the rhetorical criticism method of fantasy theme analysis. In order to understand this movement, four research questions guided the study: ( 1) What common themes are embedded in the rhetoric of the Promise Keepers? (2) What is the rhetorical vision promoted by the Promise Keepers …
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Fantasy-Theme Analysis of Food Documentaries: Contention, Collaboration, and Consultation as Health Promotion Approaches
… perceptions of food with regard to health. Using fantasy-theme analysis, I explore the visions of the filmmakers of three food documentaries and the health-promotion strategies employed within them. Three different approaches to motivating health-behavior change emerged from the …
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When visions converge and collide: A fantasy theme analysis of staff participation in the Patient- and Family-Centered Care initiative at the University of New Mexico Hospital
Using Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT), this study sought to determine the rhetorical vision of staff at UNM hospital about working with patients and families and comparing it to the ideal rhetorical vision that the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care (PFCC) has for healthcare …
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The Use of Fantasy Theme Analysis to Describe the Group Communication and Creative Problem-Solving Skills of University-Level Students as They Prepare for Destination Imagination Global Finals Competition
… to do competitive creative problem-solving. Fantasy Theme Analysis (FTA) is the method used to identify Symbolic Convergence Theory, and observation surveys were designed to note the occurrence of Fantasy Chains, Fantasy Themes, and Fantasy Types. The observation surveys also were designed to …
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The Sex Pistols: Punk rock as protest rhetoric
… Sex Pistols are analyzed for their content. The analysis utilizes the theory of symbolic convergence and its coinciding fantasy theme analysis along with ego-function of protest rhetoric. Through the analysis it is found that punk rock is in fact protest rhetoric as defined and explained by the …
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Thalhimers Department Store: Story, History, and Theory
… of the American department store then applies "fantasy-theme analysis" and the symbolic convergence theory to stories and artifacts related to Thalhimers. A conclusion discusses the end of the department store era including a deeply personal goodbye from the author.
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Saving America's gays and lesbians from hell : a fantasy theme criticism of the anti-gay rhetoric of the far-right
… of the far-right using the rhetorical method of fantasy theme analysis. The specific rhetors examined in this study are Peter J. Peters, Dan Gayman, Edward Fields, Fred Phelps, Jeny Falwell, and James Dobson. In order to understand the discourse of the six rhetors, five research questions were …
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SOCIAL LISTENING: CONSUMER INSIGHT IN A NARRATIVE PYRAMID
… online chatter. Using a model based on the fantasy theme analysis and the theory of narrative bits, the paper argues that this nascent approach, also known as nethnography, has the potential to generate valuable SNS user-generated, brand-focused insights for industry practitioners in a …
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Prescription drug advertisements as fantasies: A cultural critique using a visualization model
… with elements of Bormann's (1982) theories on fantasy theme analysis provides a framework for the creation of the included Visualization model which enables the examination of prevalent advertising images. The transformation of the dissemination of information from a verbal to a visual focus …
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The recurring appeals of the Mormon rhetorical vision
… Church which is now eight million; Bormann's Fantasy Theme Analysis, a communication model that explains how small groups develop imaginative ideas and concepts called fantasy themes that form rhetorical visions and chain out to society, is the overall methodology used in investigating the …
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CrossFit (Cult)ure: a Rhetorical Analysis of Symbolic Convergence Through Digital Media
… their identity or understanding as a result. Fantasy theme analysis (FTA) is useful for analyzing the way CrossFitters define their identity through their membership in CrossFit culture. FTA can help explain how both the CrossFit website and Facebook posts present the "CrossFit way of life" as …
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Management Gurus and Management Fashions: A Dramatistic Inquiry.
… but growing, band of management researchers. Fantasy theme analysis, a dramatistically-based method of rhetorical criticism, is conducted on three of the most important management fashions to have emerged during the 1990s: the reengineering movement promoted by Michael Hammer and James Champy; …
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A Symbolic Prison: A Prisoner's Story as Masculinity Crisis Narrative in Bronson
<p>For this project I analyze the film Bronson, focusing on its connection to the contemporary masculinity crisis discourse or the belief that traditional notions of masculinity are in peril due to changing gender norms and women's social progress. I argue Bronson privileges a narrow, violent …