A Comparative Pentadic Analysis of Mediated Presidential Discourse During 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina

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dc.contributor.authorAljabri, Nadia Micheleen
dc.contributor.committeechairDenton, Robert E. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKuypers, Jim A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHolloway, Rachel L.en
dc.contributor.departmentCommunication Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:35:29Zen
dc.date.adate2007-06-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:35:29Zen
dc.date.issued2007-04-27en
dc.date.rdate2007-06-12en
dc.date.sdate2007-05-07en
dc.description.abstractIn his first term as president, George W. Bush was confronted with one of the worst national attacks in United States history: the September 11 terrorist attacks of 2001. Through the devastation, however, President Bush triumphed in unifying and guiding this nation during what would become the height of his rhetorical leadership. Following his reelection in 2004, President Bush faced one of the worst natural disasters in the nation's history: Category 4 Hurricane Katrina. In its aftermath, Katrina became known as "one of the worst mishandled disasters ever." Utilizing Kenneth Burke's pentad, this study analyzes the president's rhetorical response and the primetime network news coverage following each crisis in an attempt to determine how President Bush could fare so well in one instance, consoling and leading the American people, while falling short in his second major crisis during his term as president.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05072007-172507en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05072007-172507/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32317en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartAljabriMastersThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectKenneth Burkeen
dc.subjectpresidential crisis rhetoricen
dc.subjectPentaden
dc.subjectPresident George W. Bushen
dc.subjectSeptember 11 terrorist attacksen
dc.subjectHurricane Katrinaen
dc.subjecttelevision news mediaen
dc.subjectbroadcast news mediaen
dc.subjectprimetime network newsen
dc.subjectrhetorical presidencyen
dc.titleA Comparative Pentadic Analysis of Mediated Presidential Discourse During 9/11 and Hurricane Katrinaen
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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