Thesis (M.A.)--Baylor University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-154).

Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2006. / Document formatted into pages; contains v, 92 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Univ., Diss.--Kiel, 2002.

This thesis analyzes President William Jefferson Clinton's self-defense during the first four months of 1998. The study focuses on Clinton's denial of the sex scandal with White House intern Monica Lewinsky when the story broke out in the Washington Post on January 21, 1998. William L. Benoit's theory of Image Restoration is used to examine each strategy's distribution. Benoit's framework consists of identifying strategies used by denial to clarify and repair a positive image despite negative public accusations.The study employed a content analysis as the research methodology. There were a total of 1,392 sentences contained in twenty-four articles from the Washington Post, only articlesfrom the Post were included in the initial search. Research was conducted using microfilm of the Washington Post full-text articles during the time period of interest: January 21, 1998 to April 20, 1998. The dependent variables were the number of sentences devoted to the amount of the Washington Post coverage given to the strategies utilized by Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Clinton's staff, Clinton' s lawyer, Clinton's friends, the media, Al Gore, and the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the sentences were coded on the basis of image restoration theory and strategy categories defined by Benoit.The data showed the strategy of denial was employed at the highest rate among all strategies during the three selected time periods. Specifically, the denial strategy was used the most frequently with 348 quotations (25%). In the short run, Clinton's popularity among followers was not damaged, but in the long run, he faced impeachment proceedings. Therefore, the strategy of denial is not always a clarification action. This study indicates that the strategy of denial merely complicates and prolongs the whole process; therefore twisting Benoit's original definition. / Department of Journalism

This thesis – Shooting the President: Screen Depictions of the American Presidency from John F. Kennedy to Josiah Bartlet – examines the depiction of the presidency in American film and television from 1960 until the present day. In this study I explore the relationships between the presidency and Hollywood, particularly in the context of genre structures. I examine the constructions of specific presidential mythologies based on the real presidencies of Kennedy, Nixon and Clinton and the construction of fictional presidencies in the television series The West Wing. In four sets of case studies, I will chart the changing significance of each president through different genres, looking particularly at how each presidential mythology is affected by the anxieties and fashions of the contemporary political and social world. I also examine the ways in which the appearance of presidentiality is created within each text by various means including set design, the choice of actor, the use of dialogue and the framing of particular characters. The aims of my thesis are to demonstrate how a telegenic style of politics formed during and after the Kennedy presidency can be seen to be both represented and enhanced in genre films and television series. I chart the relationship of this new mediated style of presidency through my case studies as it faces challenges such as Watergate, Clinton’s sex scandals and the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001. Finally, I aim to demonstrate through a close reading of the latter seasons of The West Wing how the American public can be seen to be prepared by its popular media for the success of the first black president, Barack Obama.

Dans ce travail, nous nous intéresserons au processus de. sécurisation de la crise colombienne pendant l'administration de Bill Clinton (1993-2001), notamment en ce qui concerne la politique antinarcotique américaine à l'égard de la Colombie, comme sa principale représentation, dans les années 1990. Par sécurisation, nous entendons le processus par lequel une question commence à être perçue comme une menace existentielle exigeant des mesures extraordinaires (souvent militarisées) afin d'y remédier. Nous avons choisi le cas colombien parce que nous considérons que l'étude de la politique étrangère américaine envers ce pays andin permet de montrer que cette dernière est, d'abord et avant tout, le résultat du processus de sécurisation du narcotrafic amorcé par Ronald Reagan, soit une politique qui se veut prohibitionniste et militariste et qui semblerait exclure toute approche qui en prônerait une vision non militaire. Par la suite, l'analyse du processus de sécurisation du narcotrafic nous amène à considérer l'impact qu'a eu cette approche sur l'identité collective des États-Unis, les aspects sociopolitiques dudit processus à partir de son début, ainsi que le rôle des différents acteurs et institutions américains dans la formulation et dans l'application, voire la légitimation auprès de l'opinion publique américaine du Plan Colombie à la fin des années 1990. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Sécurisation, Guerre antidrogue, Narcotrafic, États-Unis, Plan Colombie.

Univ. of Ulster, Diss. u.d.T.: Leonie G. Murray: United States-United Nations relations during the first Clinton administration, with special reference to Somalia and Rwanda--Coleraine, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of St Andrews, August 2008.

Thesis (M.S.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1993. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2713. Abstract precedes thesis as [2] preliminary leaves. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 24).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 486-512). Also available on the Internet.