Date of Award
4-14-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
School of Communication
First Advisor
Joseph P. Zompetti
Abstract
This thesis conducts content and functional analyses to investigate the amount and functions of third-party mentions in 24-hour cable news networks. Additionally, this thesis applies framing tactics, ideographs, and other rhetorical theory to examine strategies utilized to ideologically construct cognitions regarding the current American political duopoly.
Recommended Citation
Breault, William, "Political Third Parties' Representation in"the Big Three": 24-Hour Cable News Networks' Ideological Construction of the American Political Duopoly" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 143.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/143
DOI
http://doi.org/10.30707/ETD2014.Breault.W
Page Count
105
Included in
Communication Commons, Political Science Commons, Rhetoric Commons
Comments
Imported from ProQuest Breault_ilstu_0092N_10241.pdf