Kentucky
Journal
of Communication
VOLUME 19
Spring 2000
Number 1
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Kentucky Journal of Communication
VOLUME 19 SPRING 2000 NUMBER 1
SPECIAL ISSUE: Undergraduate and Graduate Research
Guest Editor: Leigh Anne Howard
ARTICLES
Praise Her Might Acts: Prophetic Persona and the Rhetoric of Marian Wright Edelman
Brooke Skinner
In this article I agrue that Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, functions as a prophet and that her rehtoric evinces characteristics of prophecy. To demonstrate these claims, I draw upon three pieces of Wright Edelamn's rhetoric: a column about Newt Gingrich's 1995 welfare and Medicaid proposals, "Fighting for our soul"; an open letter to President Clinton, "Do not abandon children!"; and her keynote speech t the 1996 Stand For Children rally, "American can stand up for children." Finally, I discuss the character of the prophetic persona in relation to the feminine style, a common rhetorical strategy ofent employed by women.
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Beyond the Marriage Partners: The Impact of Divorce on Children's Communication
Tawnya Taddiken
Divorce is a prevalent occurrence in family life and greatly impacts society. It is imperative that efforts are focused on determining how individuals are affected by divorce. To provide insight inot post-divorce relationships, this study focused on the parent-child relationship prior to, during, and after divorce. This project explored shifts in communication, relational changes between the parent and child, and the effect of divorce on the emotional state of the child as well as the child's future communication patterns and relationships.
This investigation uncovered three significant findings. First, the study revealed an optive change in the post-divorce mother-child relationship, and discovered that in the majority of cases, the parent-child relationship was injured at the time of divorce. The third finding revealed that through effective communication divorce is tranformed into something beneficial, rather than destructive to the family.
Image Building Strategies in Women's Campaign Messages: A Case Study of the 1998 Northup Congressional Campaign
Mary Christine Banwart
As more women seek election to national political offices, and as political spot ads continue to play a vital role as a major medium through which campaigns present their candidate, this qualitative analysis examines the image building strategies one female candidate, U. S. Congresswoman Anne Northup, employed in her congressional reelection spot and campaign. In order to identify Northup's image building strateiges, I employ a candidate prototype with the dimensions of competence, reliability, integrity, charisma, observable features, and consubstantiality. Northup's strategic use of image building strategies not only gives us insight as tot ht esuccessful rhetoric that can be employed by female candidates in televised spot ads, but also reinforces the importance for female candidates to successfully apply image building strategies in their campaign spot ads.
Midnight Express: Hollywood Stereotype of a Nation
Nevsal Olcen Tiryakioglu
Hollywood has become a place where film production has expanded its economic and cutlural influence all around the world. The role of Hollywood products in society has gone far beyond mere entertainment to serve as an informal educational source. The images imposed by entertainment products communicate ideological or connotative menaings that may draw the audience into a specific worldview. The expectations of the audience about other cultures may depend on the stereotypes fostered by the entertainment industry. By analyzing "Midnight Express," this essay discusses how the Hollywood entertainment industry influences the perceptions of the audience about other cultures. The semiotic analysis of Midnight Express illustrates how the content and form of a motion picture may affect the viewers and impair the image of an entire nation.
The Weinlick Way: An Application of Uncertainty Reduction Theory to an Unconventional Relationship
Angie M. S. Anderson, Chris Ohland, Nasha Toland, and Joanne Chudzik
This article applies Uncertainty Reduction Theory to the relationship between David and Elizabeth Weinlick, who married as strangers at the Mall of America. Although their story has been widely reported through the media, little has been done to examine this relationship or explain its success; this article provides one explanation. Furthermore, we describe how their relationship challenges how partners reduce uncertainty in relationships.
Pauline Neville-Jones: A Critical Rhetorical ANalysis of the Dayton Peace Agreement
Maja Marjanovic
This paper is an analysis of Pauline Neville-Jones' article in Survival following her experience as the head negotiator for the United Kingdom at the Dayton Peace Accords which ended the war in Bosnia. Neville-Jones' piece is rhetorially significant because she utilizes a critical perspective to provide valuable insights about the politics of power in international relations. Neville-Jones' analysis simultaneously unmasks the discourse of power while reinforcing the traditional, dominant power relations in the realm of global politics. In this paper, I argue that Pauline Neville-Jones reveals the ways in which a power struggle manifested itself in Dayton, Ohio between negotiators from Europe and the United States. I draw on Raymie McKeerow's critical rehtoric perspective and Michel Foucault's notions of power and knowledge to interpret Neville-Jones' rhetoric. Furthermore, I demonstrate how post-modern critiques of power and power formation can operate in the international political arena..
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