"We Have a Longstanding Critical Problem…All Right?": The Promotion of Domestic Crisis in President Obama's Health Care Rhetoric

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dc.contributor.authorKostka, Phillip M. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeechairDenton, Robert E. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHolloway, Rachel L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWaggenspack, Beth M.en
dc.contributor.departmentCommunication Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:36:32Zen
dc.date.adate2011-07-21en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:36:32Zen
dc.date.issued2011-04-28en
dc.date.rdate2011-07-21en
dc.date.sdate2011-05-12en
dc.description.abstractShortly after his inauguration in 2009, President Barack Obama set to work on health care reform. Little more than a year later the President signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which achieved a goal of so many previous administrations, into law. In order to encourage the passage of health care reform, Obama promoted a health care crisis in America. This study examines the President's rhetoric surrounding the health care crisis in order to explore the characteristics of a potential sub-genre of presidential discourse—domestic promoted crisis. Textual analysis of the President's remarks on health care revealed five strategies used in order to promote this crisis to the American people and encourage legislation to resolve it. In addition to characteristics, the concept of promotion of crises is discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05122011-124346en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05122011-124346/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32673en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartKostka_PM_T_2011.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectbully pulpiten
dc.subjecthealth care reformen
dc.subjectcrisisen
dc.subjectBarack Obamaen
dc.subjectpromotionen
dc.subjectpresidential rhetoricen
dc.title"We Have a Longstanding Critical Problem…All Right?": The Promotion of Domestic Crisis in President Obama's Health Care Rhetoricen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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