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The Use of Rhetorical Frames to Create Hope During Wars and Genocides: The Case of the Yezidi Women
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Scholars referred to the importance of hope communication during natural disasters. However, we rarely applied hope to the case of wars and genocides. This study investigates how women talk to their captors during wars, ...
How Female Fans Make Sense of Gender, Power, and Gendered Violence in HBO’S Game of Thrones
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Violence and abuse towards women are common themes in media today. HBO’s television series, Game of Thrones, is filled with scenes of women being tortured, raped, and abused. Yet, Game of Thrones was one of the most watched ...
Voting Technology, Democracy, and Propaganda: Ontological Considerations for the 2020 Presidential Election
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
The 2020 United States Presidential election was considered one of the most tumultuous political contests in the 21st century. During an international pandemic, travel restrictions and social distancing requirements created ...
Anonymity, Social Identification, and Online Social Influence
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
This experiment investigated the primacy of social identification in the online social influence process with anonymity as a contextual variable. Other key variables were perceived argument strength and attitude toward ...
Activism Challenges Faced by Black Student-Athletes at Predominantly White Institutions
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
For decades, black athletes have used sports as a stage to spread awareness of the injustices that are overlooked in our country. Black student-athletes are treated as ambassadors of the predominantly white universities ...
“You Are an Experience!”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Characters in Children's Animated Series
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Western society has slowly evolved to accept the identities of LGBTQ+ people. With strides forward in laws and public opinion, queer people are overall more accepted now than they have been in previous decades. However, ...
Automated Approaches for the Early-Stage Distinguishing of Palmer Amaranth from Waterhemp
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Palmer amaranth is an invasive pigweed species, possessing rapid growth, posing a threat to the economy of crops including corn. Its early detection and mitigation are of utmost importance; however, it is visually similar ...