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WE WILL NEVER FORGET: THE THERAPEUTIC RHETORIC OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

ERICKSON, AMBER KAY
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1100727515

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2004, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Communication.
Where were you September 11, 2001? The attacks of that day changed the lives of Americans. The extensive media coverage made anyone with a television a witness to the attacks. This study conducted an interpretive rhetorical analysis of twenty-four “Featured Stories” from the Smithsonian Institute’s exhibit, September 11: Bearing Witness to History and the 911 Digital Archive website. This exhibit and its conjoining website provided a forum for those willing to tell his or her individual experience and reaction to the attacks. The researcher applied Payne’s (1989) theory of therapeutic rhetoric including his topoi past-future, spiritual-material and self-society. Through the illustrations of these topoi, Payne’s concepts of consolation and compensation were also illustrated in the narratives. However, the concept of compensation was different in the postings from Payne’s work with the rhetoric of failure. The numerous illustrations of the therapeutic rhetoric concepts led to the conclusion that Payne’s theory could be extended to include the rhetoric of loss and tragedy. In addition to these findings, Payne’s assumptions and definition of therapeutic rhetoric were also extended to include the rhetoric of loss and tragedy.
Dr. Steve Depoe (Advisor)
120 p.
Speech Communication
therapeutic rhetoric; threapuetic; September 11; 9-11; Payne; consolation; compensation; topoi

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  • ERICKSON, A. K. (2004). WE WILL NEVER FORGET: THE THERAPEUTIC RHETORIC OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1100727515

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • ERICKSON, AMBER. WE WILL NEVER FORGET: THE THERAPEUTIC RHETORIC OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. 2004. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1100727515.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • ERICKSON, AMBER. "WE WILL NEVER FORGET: THE THERAPEUTIC RHETORIC OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1100727515

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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