Thesis (B.A.)--Haverford College, Dept. of History, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 1970. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 272-292). Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 1970. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 272-292).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Delaware, 2006. / Principal faculty advisor: J. Ritchie Garrison, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - James Cook University, 2004. / Typescript (photocopy). Bibliography: leaves 276-315.

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2009. / Title from file title page. Mary Stuckey, committee chair; Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, Alisa Perren, Alessandra Raengo, committee members. Description based on contents viewed June 11, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-89).

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2009. / Title from title page (Digital Archive@GSU, viewed July 6, 2010) M. Lane Bruner, committee chair; Alessandra Raengo, Jeffrey Bennett, committee members. Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-180).

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2006. / Michael Bruner, committee chair; Ted Friedman, Greg Smith, committee members. Electronic text (105 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed July 17, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-105).

This study explored social judgment theory’s utility in a political comedy context. As a model of attitude change, social judgment theory describes attitude changes that occur in receivers of persuasive messages. Given that the type of humor used in the political comedy context requires the audience to interpret the message, audience processing of the humor is thought to resemble the processing of persuasive messages. This study explored the assumptions of social judgment theory in both a political comedy and a traditional news context. In order to explore how satiric messages impact the attitude change process, clips of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart or CBS News programs were shown to participants.Participants reported their attitudes and ego involvement regarding taxes and the job market prior to and after viewing the clips, which allowed attitude change to be identified. In addition, measures of audience activity, including ego involvement and political participation, were collected to explore the interplay of audience activity in attitude change. This project offered some support of social judgment theory’s utility in a political comedy context and reinforced the active audience assumption. / Department of Communication Studies

This thesis discusses Mark Twain as a political satirist in Nevada and during the Gilded Age. There are also chapters covering Politics and Slavery, Democracy and Monarchy, as well as Imperialism and War.