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Growing Up Gay: The Experiences of Rural Youth in North Dakota and Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This study looks at how gay adults experienced their youth in rural North Dakota or Minnesota. The purpose of the study was to discover if gay youth experienced their environment differently from their urban peers and if ...
The Perception of Risk Messages through Facebook during Severe Weather Events
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This study used computer-mediated focus groups to investigate how college students perceive risk messages about severe weather that are communicated through Facebook. The results of this study found that perceptions of ...
Hindutva Movement: Burkean Examination of Violence as Retributive Justice
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The thesis examines the Hindutva movement as a rhetorical text to understand how it
contributes to the rhetorical study of social movements. The Hindutva movement is a mass
movement that has grown in influence and in number ...
Hell Hath No Fury like a Scorned Soap Fan: A Case Study of Soap Opera Fan Activism
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Soaps operas, or daytime serials, have long been a staple of American culture. In April 2011, ABC-Disney announced the cancellation of All My Children and One Life to Live. Cancellations propelled the fans of these programs ...