published_or_final_version / History / Master / Master of Philosophy

Research Project (M.A.) - Simon Fraser University, 2006. / Theses (Dept. of Political Science) / Simon Fraser University. Also issued in digital format and available on the World Wide Web.

published_or_final_version / Comparative Asian Studies / Master / Master of Arts

abstract / toc / Chinese / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington. / Bibliography: l. 475-483.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Aug. 4, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-350). Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1985. / Includes bibliographical references.

I argue that contemporary journalists paradoxically require a subjectivist epistemology to comply with the standards of what is known as "the ideal of objectivity." Because of this, these writers have lost much of the fact-claiming and meaning-making ability that makes their work so important. In order to understand how knowledge and meaning are constructed in journalism, we need to look past the surface rhetoric of the reporter and uncover the institutional rhetoric that has developed during the course of the 20th century. In this dissertation, I apply the classical rhetorical terms kairos and nomos to the political economy of the news industry and the professional conventions produced by that industry.

Thesis (M.S.)--Guo li Taiwan da xue, 1968. / Cover title. Mimeographed. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-120).