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  1. THE RULES OF THE GAME OF DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC DISCOURSE

    PRIANO, LINDAUniversità degli Studi di Milano2025

    … phenomena that characterize contemporary public discourse, such as the spreading of hate and toxic speech, fake news, disinformation, conspiracy theories, etc., this dissertation addresses the following research question: how should ordinary citizens publicly discuss in order to ensure …

    milano Repository record

  2. Whose French? Authority and public discourse in language policy debates

    Drackley, Patrick JamesUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2024

    Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms

    uiuc Repository record

  3. For My Oklahomies: Educators’ Perspectives on Policy, Public Discourse, and Professional Wellbeing

    Herndon, Cassandra2026

    … of restrictive policies, media narratives, and public delegitimization as an ecology of silence that erodes professional autonomy, trust, and voice. Despite these conditions, every participant articulated a sustained, student-centered commitment. The study names this commitment pedagogical …

    usd-thes Repository record

  4. Defining public discourse : the Fairness Doctrine and Equal Time in American broadcasting

    Donahue, Hugh CarterMassachusetts Institute of Technology1985

    Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1985.

    mit Repository record

  5. Empowering the powerful: a critical discourse analysis of public discourse on graduate employability

    Mohd Noor, Siti Noor FazelahMacquarie University2015

    … employability in Malaysia as construed in public discourse in English, a language of power in Malaysia. The term employability itself has many definitions depending on the requirements of government and industry, and in the case of Malaysia, the English-language ability of graduates is …

    uthm Repository record

  6. The Rhetorical Marketplace: Interpreting the Rhetoric of Marketers and Consumers as Civil Public Discourse

    Slott, Casey Joseph2018

    The claim that we live in a time of uncivil public discourse is well-documented. Because public discourse is significantly influenced by commercial forms of conversation, many believe that marketing communication shares responsibility for the way public discourse shapes civil society. Jurgen …

    duquesne Repository record

  7. Predator Drones and Public Discourse: A Framing Analysis of the Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki

    Lipsman, Jacob E.University of Kansas2014

    … framing processes that occurred within the public discourse in the United States surrounding the targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen, by a CIA drone in Yemen on September 30, 2011. The study examined mainstream media broadcast transcripts and publications, advocacy organization …

    ku Repository record

  8. Hope in view of HIV/AIDS in South Africa : public discourse, faith and the future

    Olivier, JillAids and Society Research Unit2005

    Do discourses of "hope" have real and practical consequences when it come to crucial issues such as policy, prevention, stigma, risk perception or funding? The following exploratory and treansdisciplinary study seeks to pull together a wide variety of the theoretical and analytical stances in order …

    cape-town Repository record

  9. Being political and the reconstruction of public discourse: Hannah Arendt on experience, history and the spectator

    Leader, Jonathan W.University of Southampton2010

    … In<br/>addition though, Arendt’s depiction of public space and public discourse, suggested<br/>that choosing to be with others politically, is an antidote to the solitude of the<br/>individual engendered by mass society.

    soton Repository record

  10. A critical social semiotic study of the word chav in British written public discourse, 2004-8

    Bennett, JoeUniversity of Birmingham2011

    … explores the use of the word chav in written discourse in Britain published between 2004 and 2008. Taking a critical social semiotic approach, it discusses how chav as a semiotic resource contributes to particular ways of using language to represent the world – Discourses – and to particular …

    birmingham Repository record

  11. Journalism's Revolution: Understanding Sience to Escape the Politicial Manipulation of Public Discourse on Scientific nd Environmental Issues

    McClay, Laila Abdelal

    … has within the scientific community) and public ethos (the ethos awarded simply from the title "scientist"). If journalists understood the difference between these two ethoi, they would be able to better educate the public about the peer-reviewed and credible science behind scientific and …

    dominican Repository record

  12. Changing Patterns of Water, Access, and Public Discourse in the Lower Colorado River Valley of Texas, 1970-2015

    Lavy, Brendan L.Texas State University2017

    … study analyzes changes in water, access, and public discourse in the lower Colorado River valley of Texas from 1970 to 2015. The waters of the lower Colorado River have sustained urban populations and agricultural operations for over a century. Yet, recent, rapid urban growth and a changing …

    texas-state Repository record

  13. MEDIATED NARRATIVES ON CITIZENSHIP, IMMIGRATION, AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: THE CONSTRUCTION OF DREAMER IDENTITIES IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE SURROUNDING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 2012 DEFERRED DEPORTATION ANNOUNCEMENT

    Garcia Rodriguez, Marisa2016

    … (1) how citizenship is constructed in mediated discourse in response to President Obama's announcement; (2) how immigrant identities, specifically young undocumented immigrants (DREAMers), are constructed in mediated discourse; (3) how national identity is constructed through these mediated …

    unm Repository record

  14. Sexual Health Education (SHE) in Ontario: Exploring a Sample of the Public Discourse Surrounding the 2015 Update to Ontario’s Human Development and Sexual Health Curriculum

    Dent, ElissaBrock University2019

    … 2007; Drouin, Ross, & Tobin, 2015; Public Health Agency of Canada [PHAC], 2008) on their way to adulthood. The need for relevant sexual health education that helps youth make healthy and informed choices is well established (Bourke, Boduszek, Kellher, McBride, & Morgan, 2014; …

    brock Repository record

  15. Realisable climate change narratives in public discourse: an East/West comparative analysis of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) as a response to global climate change

    Whelan, Cian MichaelUniversity College Cork2016

    … and how those opinions could be changed by public discourse. I use Hubert Dreyfus’ account of skill acquisition to distinguish between experts and non-experts. I then use a combination of Walter Fisher’s narrative paradigm and the hermeneutics of Paul Ricœur to explore how non-experts form …

    cork Repository record

  16. Krizės konceptas lietuvių ir vokiečių kalbose /

    Jurgaitis, Nedas,Institutional Repository of Vilnius University2015

    … conceptualization in Lithuanian and German public discourse. The Lithuanian and German public discourse of the last two decades was chosen for the research. The main research method is the analysis of conceptual metaphors based on the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor. Different research …

    vilnius Repository record

  17. The Crisis Concept in Lithuanian and German. Summary of Doctoral Dissertation /

    Jurgaitis, Nedas,Institutional Repository of Vilnius University2015

    … conceptualization in Lithuanian and German public discourse. The Lithuanian and German public discourse of the last two decades was chosen for the research. The main research method is the analysis of conceptual metaphors based on the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor. Different research …

    vilnius Repository record

  18. New media is a joke : tracing irony, satire, and remediation in online discourse

    Faina, Joseph MichaelThe University of Texas at Austin2014

    … irony and satire, plays in informing public discourse and civic participation in the contemporary Internet age. This age is often characterized a highly mediated one with the proliferation of increasingly powerful, and increasingly mobile, media an ongoing concern of communication …

    texas Repository record

  19. Cambodia 1991-94: hierarchy, neutrality and etiquettes of discourse

    Marston, John1997

    … with how the negotiation of conventions of public discourse correlates to changing political economy. It focuses on Cambodia during the period immediately before and after the 1993 U.N.-sponsored elections. The dissertation develops the idea of "discursive etiquette" as a working concept. …

    washington Repository record

  20. Forgetting the Lynching of Jesse Washington: Manifestations of Memory and the "Waco Horror"

    Terry, Kurt A2017

    … a horrible historical injustice reemerged into public discourse in 1998, the citizens and civic leaders of Waco, Texas wrestled with the idea of whether to continue to forget the event or to acknowledge, apologize, and reconcile the past. At the center of the debate, a lynching of a …

    sfasu Repository record

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