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    Theory, Research and Application: An In-Depth Look into the Practice of Mass Communication
    (North Dakota State University, 2010) Foy, Blair Ann
    These major papers examined the aspects of theory, research and application in regard to mass communication through examples in each designated paper. As the portfolio title indicates, the methods analyzed throughout these major papers will first feature theory through an analysis of rhetorical criticism, then move to research with the literature review on environmental communication, and finally discuss application with a case study concerning the crisis communication efforts utilized by the state of Minnesota during the I- 35W bridge collapse. Each of these facets of communication were included and analyzed for their contributions to the field of mass communication itself. Through establishing the importance of theory, research and application in the context of mass communication, this portfolio provides insight into the educational foundations of my graduate program with detailed explanations into why each piece was chosen. In addition to this in-depth look into my curriculum, this portfolio also includes suggestions for future research as well as discussion on what lessons I learned through the completion of my graduate program.
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    Presidential Rhetoric for Second Modernity: Three Cases from the Discourse of Barack Obama
    (North Dakota State University, 2011) Geiger, Jude Justin
    In this paper, I present studies of three of Barack Obama's speeches. In section two, I analyze Obama's "New Beginning" speech in which he attempts to improve relations between the United States and the Muslim world and find that Obama's speech fulfills the requirements ofNeo-Aristotelian analysis and benefits from Obama's ability to view the world from different perspectives. I then study in section three Obama's "Prague Speech," in which the President advocates for the reduction of nuclear arms, and reveal that Obama crafts a new metaphor that centers on a journey in which nations traverse a bridge from the past to the present. Third, in section four I examine Obama's speeches on the liberation movement in Libya from the perspective of narrative criticism. I discover that Obama crafts a new narrative of internationalism that creates a Libyan identity centered on agency. I conclude and describe how Obama' s speeches serve as evidence of second modernity and discuss what I have learned during my time at NDSU.