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Ideographs, Fragments, and Strategic Absences: An Ideographic Analysis of <Collateral Damage>

This study examined the ideograph of <collateral damage> through an analysis of the Bush Administration's rhetoric as well as visual photographs of Iraqi civilian deaths. The project argues that the psycho-dynamic rhetoric of the Bush Administration during a time of visual censorship lead to the dehumanization of Iraqi civilian deaths during the War in Iraq. The method consisted of a textual analysis of the Bush Administration's rhetoric and continued with a content analysis of news media's photographs. The author argues that critics gain a deeper understanding of the disappearing dead phenomenon of Iraqi civilians by examining ideographic fragments of psycho-dynamic rhetoric.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc9742
Date12 1900
CreatorsRhidenour, Kayla
ContributorsTreat, Shaun R., Lain, Brian A., Allison, John M., Jr.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Rhidenour, Kayla, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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