A Theoretical Mapping of Waterboarding Blogs 2007

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dc.contributor.authorKliewer, Brandon W.en
dc.contributor.committeechairMoore, Wayne D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberVazquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLuke, Timothy W.en
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:34:43Zen
dc.date.adate2008-06-04en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:34:43Zen
dc.date.issued2008-04-23en
dc.date.rdate2008-06-04en
dc.date.sdate2008-05-01en
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this research is to map processes of political idealization and how images are used and understood within the waterboarding blogs included in the case study. Chapter One is designed to provide basic information about the waterboarding issue and elements of this research more generally. The first chapter provides the following: information regarding the background facts of the waterboarding issue, research methods, research limitations, general descriptions of the blogs included in the case study, information about the general findings/data, and a brief explanation of why the blogs were chosen to be included in the case study. Chapter Two maps how elements of political idealization operate in the waterboarding blog case study. The first section of this chapter outlines Wendy Brown's theories connected to the process of political idealization. The second section maps the process of political idealization within the context of the waterboarding blog case study. The second section is broken into three additional sub-sections each representing a stage in the political idealization process. Chapter Three uses Aaron Barlow's outline of the emergence of the "Celebrity Journalist" as the premise to provide a partial explanation of why some political subjects are looking to virtual publics to supplement news media. The main purpose of Chapter Three is to map how images are used in the CODEPINK and Kaj Larsen video clip.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05012008-132116en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05012008-132116/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32083en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartcopyright_permission_letters_bkliewer-2.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartcodepinkshowsfeinsteinwaterboarding.moven
dc.relation.haspartwaterboarding_kajlarsen.moven
dc.relation.haspartbrandon_kliewer_thesis.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartLetter_of_Authorization.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBlogsen
dc.subjectTheoretical Mappingen
dc.subjectPolitical Idealizationen
dc.titleA Theoretical Mapping of Waterboarding Blogs 2007en
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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