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Peer reviewedBrummett, Barry – Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1985
Using Burkean analysis, this essay shows how films about haunted houses can serve as symbolic equipment to help audiences cope with real life problems. (PD)
Descriptors: Coping, Discourse Analysis, Fear, Film Criticism
Peer reviewedBrummett, Barry – Journal of Communication, 1989
Uses Kenneth Burke's theory of perfection to explore the vocabularies of nuclear weapons in United States public discourse and how "the Bomb" as a God term has gained imbalanced ascendancy in centers of power. (MS)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Nuclear Warfare
