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Peer reviewedFoss, Karen A.; Littlejohn, Stephen W. – Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1986
Presents a fantasy theme analysis of the nuclear war issue derived from a comparison of personal statements and the film "The Day After" and its resulting complex rhetorical vision. Notes the vision's irony and discusses its implications for the nuclear war issue. (JD)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Content Analysis, Disarmament, Mass Media Effects
Download full textFoss, Karen A. – 1979
Two speeches by Betty Friedan, author of "The Feminine Mystique" and first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), are examined in this paper. The first speech analyzed, "Tokenism and the Pseudo-Radical Cop-Out," was delivered at Cornell University in January, 1969, and the second, a "Call to Women's Strike…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Feminism, Language Usage, Persuasive Discourse
