Thesis (M.A.)--International School of Theology, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-60).

Includes bibliographic references (p. 179-183).

Thesis (M.A.)--International School of Theology, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-60).

Garner Ted Armstrong is fast becoming a well known religious and political commentator. The purpose of this thesis was to describe and discuss the techniques and characteristics of Mr. Armstrong's rhetoric. The question to be answered was "What are the characteristics of a successful religious broadcaster?" The method used-in the selection of the speeches to be used in this study consisted of selection a number of speeches (56), then breaking them down into theme categories. After analysis, there were eleven categories. One speech was selected from each category, and these eleven speeches were the speeches that were used in the study. The results of my study showed that Mr. Armstrong uses various forms of persuasive techniques, among them, for-example, the simile. The logical development of Mr. Armstrong's speeches leaves a great deal to be desired. He does not support his assertions and leaves the audience to supply a great deal of the support and verification for his arguments. His greatest attribute is his voice and personality. He has a very pleasant voice and his personality is similar to that of an entertainer. Possibly his inventory of subjects is one of the main attractions of his broadcast. He speaks, generally, on social problems such as pollution, crime, and drugs. He is a successful broadcaster, and quite possibly it is the combination of these characteristics that make him so successful.

Capturing Believers provides a history of the reception of American conservative evangelical missionary broadcasting from its inception in 1931 through the rise of the commercial era in 1970. The dissertation narrates accounts of two major Protestant stations, HCJB and ELWA, located in Ecuador and Liberia, respectively, as well as the U.S.-based project to build a custom transistor radio for the mission field. Employing a case-study approach, the thesis demonstrates the innovativeness of religious broadcasters who formulated a range of pragmatic responses to the drastic shortage of receiving sets in the southern hemisphere, including the use of social convention and the development of pretuned receiver technology. Missionary stations imported not only radios, but a constellation of American values into host countries through their reception activities. Overall, officials employed creative methods to construct a particular type of listener experience known as radio capture, characterized by regular listening in a domestic setting. By penetrating into the home or village and exposing listeners to proprietary broadcasts on a continual, even daily, basis, missionary receiver programs legitimized American conservative evangelicalism abroad and sowed seeds for a widespread revival of Protestantism in Latin America and Africa after 1970.

Cette recherche porte sur le discours radiophonique produit par deux animateurs d’émissions religieuses au Sénégal. Partant du constat selon lequel les hommes religieux musulmans utilisent abondamment les ondes privées et publiques pour transmettre leurs messages et convaincre les fidèles de l’importance des valeurs religieuses, nous avons comme objectif de dégager le message qu’ils véhiculent et d’identifier les outils discursifs qu’ils utilisent pour y parvenir. Pour cela, nous nous fondons sur un corpus d’émissions radiophoniques interactives et non interactives, et ce, afin d’analyser le comportement des animateurs devant le tiers absent (l’auditeur) ou en sa présence (l’appelant ou l’invité). Notre corpus est plus précisément constitué de 29 émissions produites par deux animateurs et enregistrées à l’hiver 2010. Tout d’abord, sur le plan de la structure, nous nous sommes basée sur l’approche séquentielle empruntée à l’analyse conversationnelle. Nous avons ainsi pu identifier les rituels qui sont très présents et permettent la mise en place des rôles et des intentions de tous les participants. Nous avons aussi relevé la particularité de ces discours qui repose sur des schémas de type explicatif utilisés par les deux animateurs dans le but de présenter certains faits, mais aussi de convaincre les auditeurs. Cette construction discursive marque le désir des animateurs de produire un discours pédagogique. Une analyse de contenu a aussi été réalisée afin de mettre au jour les différents thèmes abordés, ce qui nous a permis de voir que les animateurs religieux ne se concentrent pas uniquement sur des thèmes liés à la religion, mais, qu’ils abordent aussi des questions sociales, historiques, politiques, etc. Ensuite, pour mettre en lumière la relation interpersonnelle entre les animateurs et leurs différents interactants, nous avons analysé les termes d’adresse et les actes de langage. Il ressort de cette étude que les différents participants construisent une relation harmonieuse. Nous avons enfin identifié les différentes figures qui entrent en jeu dans la construction des discours des deux animateurs. Nous avons ainsi déterminé que les animateurs combinent des éléments relevant de l’ethos, du logos et du pathos pour construire leur discours en vue de convaincre leurs auditeurs et de construire leur charisme. / This work is about media discourse, especially religious discourses on senegalese radios. We decided to work on this subject because we have noticed that religious leaders use the public as well as the private airwaves to convey their messages. These leaders have developped several skills to become popular and to keep and convince their faithfuls. The purpose of this thesis is to get an insight into the leaders’ messages on the religious, social and cultural domains and also to find the tools they use to reach their goals. To carry out this work, we have collected a corpus of 29 broadcasts from two hosts. Among these broadcasts, 12 are non interactive. The others are interactive and concern the listerners (12 broadcasts), the guests (two broadcasts) and the co-hosts (three broadcasts). First, on the structural level, we based ourselves on the sequential approach borrowed from the conversationalists. We were so able to identify the rituals, which are very important and allow to see the different roles and places of all the participants. We also found that these discourses are based on discursive diagrams used by both hosts. Their objective is to present certain facts, but, above all, to convince the listeners. This construction marks their desire to produce a pedagogical speech. Was also realized a content analysis to bring to light the main topics discussed during the broadcasts, this allowed us to see that the religious hosts don’t concentrate only on themes connected to the religion but, they also deal with social, historical, political questions, etc. Then, to show the interpersonal relation between the hosts and their various participants, we analyzed the terms of address and the speech acts. It emerges from this study that the various participants build a harmonious relationship. We finally identified the various figures, which come into play in the construction of the hosts’ discourses. This analysis helps us to determine that the hosts combine ethos, logos and pathos to convince the listeners.