The purpose of this research was to look more closely at the relationships between narrative and non-narrative persuasive messages, and to begin to determine how and why these message formats might work together. I situated this study within Rogers’ roadmap for future theoretical work on entertainment education (E-E), and specifically addressed Slater and Rouner’s call for more research on the impact of epilogues in E-E. Synthesizing components of the elaboration likelihood model with recent theorizing regarding persuasion through narrative, I made predictions regarding the effect of transportation and character identification on perceived salience, attitudes, behavioral intention, and behavior in narrative, argument, and narrative + argument conditions. Undergraduate students were asked to watch one of seven videos. After watching the videos participants were asked to respond to questions reflecting their views of the subject matter in the videos, their experience while watching the videos, and their opinion of the video quality. The questionnaire included scales measuring transportation into the narrative and character development, measures of perceived issue relevance, and persuasion toward the topic of mandatory H1N1 vaccinations. Findings showed no relationship between the narrative format and transportation or perceived salience, however, transportation did predict perceived salience in messages combining both argument and narrative + argument formats. Recommendations were made for modification and future applications of the instruments used in the study and for continued research in the various stages of persuasion through narrative, argumentative, and combined format messaging.

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Revision of Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 1974. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-114) and index.

Revision of Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 1974. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-114) and index.

published_or_final_version / Literary and Cultural Studies / Master / Master of Arts

True Selves: Narrative Distance in Stories of Fiction and Nonfiction consists of a scholarly preface and four creative works. The preface discusses narrative distance as used in both fiction and nonfiction, and as compares to other narrative agents such as point of view, especially in contemporary creative writing. The selection of stories examines relationships, especially familial, and themes of isolation, community, and memory. Collection includes two chapters of a novel-in-progress, Fences, short fiction story "Trees and Furniture," and creative nonfiction essays, "Floating" and "On the Sparrow."

This degree work aims to tell a story about the force of fashion. Through forced material interactions on body the focus of this study is interaction. Interaction between contrasting materials, body and space and/or catwalk and audience. By forcing materials to act and interact on body this work aims to nd new expressions and ways of making in fashion. To tell this story a design space was made, ‘Wonderland’, a place where all the ‘Wonder Women’ live. These ‘Wonder Women' are like sisters, di erent from the other. The resemblance lies in the interaction and forceful expression. This collection is the result of a thorough material investigation resulting in a lineup of seven looks. Each made in di erent techniques, the possibilities within this study are endless. This work proposes to all within the fashion eld to not be afraid, to step away from the season-hysteria and do what you want. Tell that story, and may the force be with you.

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Este trabalho tece uma comparação entre as obras de João Guimarães Rosa e Mia Couto, contemplando as semelhanças e diferenças entre seus projetos estéticos, tendo como fio condutor a tradição oral. Segundo Walter Benjamin, todos os grandes escritores hauriram da tradição oral e, Ángel Rama parece corroborar com isso, quando diz que os escritores da modernidade recorrem a essa vertente para tecerem as suas narrativas. Rosa e Mia se voltam para o passado e seus olhares se cruzam ao recriarem as lendas, mitos, ritos, provérbios e chistes na elaboração de seus textos. É certo que, a tradição oral em suas narrativas não representa os costumes de seus povos na íntegra, uma vez que, na obra de Guimarães Rosa é retratada como algo evanescente e, mesmo na de Mia Couto, que faz parte do cotidiano, ela já aparece fragmentada. Porém, a preocupação maior é com o processo de recriação, pois este acaba nos remetendo à história de seus países, uma vez que as perspectivas dos autores parecem convergir no mesmo ponto: a \"modernização\" implantada de maneira brusca naquelas sociedades, relegando a uma \"terceira margem\", grande parte de suas populações. Brasil e Moçambique são países que têm em comum a língua portuguesa, herdada do colonizador que foi o mesmo. No entanto, são portadores de culturas distintas, pois, apesar da semelhança entre os elementos que as compõem, os valores são diferentes. As narrativas de João Guimarães Rosa e de Mia Couto não representam a História, mas contam história. Dessa forma, narração, memória e História se entrecruzam de tal maneira, que as fronteiras entre ficção e realidade se tornam muito tênues. / This work makes a comparison among the workmanships of João Guimarães Rosa and Mia Couto, contemplating the similarities and differences between its aesthetic projects, having as conducting wire the verbal tradition. According to Walter Benjamin, all the great writers exhausted the verbal tradition and, Ángel Rama seems to corroborate with this, when he says that the writers of modernity appeal to this source to make their narratives. Rosa and Mia come back toward the past and their look cross when they recreate legends, myths, rites, beliefs, sayings and jests in the elaboration of their texts. It is certain that, the verbal tradition in his narratives does not represent the customs of the people as a whole, therefore, in the Guimarães Rosa\'s workmanship it is portrayed as something that is vanishing and, even in Mia Couto\'s, that is part of the daily one, it is already fragmented. However, the biggest concerning is with the recreation process, this sends us to the history of the countries, once these authors\' perspectives seem to converge in the same point: the \"modernization\" implanted in an abrupt way in those societies, relegating to one \"third edge\", great part of the population. Brazil and Mozambique are countries that have the Portuguese language in common, inherited from the settler, that was the same in both countries. However, they are carrying distinct cultures because , despite the similarity between the elements that makes them up , the values are different. The narratives of João Guimarães Rosa and Mia Couto do not represent the History, but they tell history. Of this form, narration, memory and History intercross themselves in such way, that the borders between fiction and reality become very tenuous.