Browsing The University of Oklahoma by Author "Edy, Jill"
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Conservatism and Immigration Opinion in the United States
Moore, Jonathan (2018-03-27)The popular and academic consensus on the substance of conservative opinion on immigration is that it is universally and overwhelmingly in favor of restrictive policy, but the existence of pro-immigration figures such as ... -
Deep in the heart of Texas: nostalgia's ethos in public discourse
Prince, Kalyn (2022-05)This project argues that nostalgia operates rhetorically as an argument of ethos and that its function within public arguments provides the field of rhetoric an opportunity to reimagine how ethos is produced within political ... -
FOR EVERY ACTION THERE IS A STORY: NARRATIVES OF OKLAHOMA TEACHERS ABOUT THE 2018 WALKOUT AND TEACHING IN OKLAHOMA
Maiorca, Cheryl (2018-05-10)Members of social movements create and maintain the meanings of that movement (Snow & Benford, 1992). Interviews with 49 teachers between September and November 2018 provide the data for this qualitative study. This ... -
Navigating political identity in the big red dot: Political conversations among rural Oklahoman college students
Hurst, Elizabeth H. (2021-08)This study examines ways in which rural Oklahoman college students navigated their various layered identities in political conversations during a year fraught with political events, including those leading up to the 2020 ... -
Picking Our Pundits: Identifying Factors of Source Credibility in Politics
Schartel Dunn, Stephanie G. (2014-12)This paper assesses the role parasocial interaction has on perceptions of credibility, especially in terms of political commentators. Parasocial interaction and the concept of entertainment education create a framework to ... -
The policy and electoral implications of increasing gender representation in politics
Rhinehart, Sarina (2021-05-14)Despite more than a century since the first woman was elected to the U.S. Congress and women gained the right to vote, women remain underrepresented in Washington D.C., making up only about a quarter of lawmakers. In three ... -
The Self-Perception of Video Game Journalism: Interviews With Games Writers Regarding The State of the Profession
Poirot, Severin Justin (2019-05-10)Video game journalism is a contentious area of examination. At its heart is the question as to whether it is even journalism. This study explores that question by conducting interviews with 15 writers for various video ... -
Terror Management Theory, Religious Orientation, and Dissociation: Addressing Allport's Paradox of Religion and Racism
Beller, Jeremie (2014-04-30)Abstract This dissertation addresses the paradoxical relationship between religion and racism. Specifically, this study combines elements of terror management theory (TMT) and the dissociation model to examine the potential ... -
TRAINING ORGANIZATIONAL TRAINERS TO FRAME FEEDBACK: MITIGATING FACE CONCERNS AND SUPPRESSING EGO DEFENSIVENESS
Arterburn, Elissa (2015-05-09)This dissertation applies Implicit Person Theory (IPT) to the contexts of organizational training and feedback. IPT scholars argue that individuals ascribe to one of two groups regarding perceptions of ability: entity or ...