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Rhetoric, identity, and the Obama racial phenomenon: Exploring Obama’s title as the “first black president”

Cole, Krystal S. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2010-04-23)

In 2008, a nearly 200 year U.S. historical precedent was overturned when Barack Obama was named the “first Black president.” Although Obama is of mixed heritage, he adopted an almost singularly Black identity and has long ...
Tiger takes on the world: a cosmopolitan beer or a traditional brew?

Tan, Ee Ling J. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2005-04-22)
Transparency and readability assessments of childhood obesity websites

O'Neal, Pamela K. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2009-05-01)

Currently, there are over 25 million U.S. children who are overweight or obese [1 & 2]. Approximately 113 million or 80% of adult Americans regularly seek health information on the Internet [3]. Parents whose children are ...
What became of Rosie the Riveter?

Yeager, Mary Elizabeth Bratton (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2005-04-22)
Where is the love? How parenting magazines discuss the “mommy wars” and why it matters

Eaves, Katherine L. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)

In June 1990, Newsweek coined the term “mommy wars” to describe the cultural tug-of-war between women who work outside the home and women who stay home to care for children. Historical and contemporary literature on ...
Wichita "Twitters" about the 2008 Presidential election: Fantasy theme analysis of messages during three election night time phases.

Rozzell, Bobby L. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2009-05-01)

The internet application Twitter, according to a description from its website is, "A free social messaging utility for staying connected in real time."[1] The number of users is estimated at more than one million. An average ...
Will you be my Facebook friend?

Haspels, Melanie (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)

Launched in February 2004 by students at Harvard University, Facebook is an online social networking site initially designed to replace the University’s paper student directory. Following its launch, it quickly spread to ...
Will you be my friend : a qualitative content analysis of friendster.com

Hendra, Amelia (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2005-04-22)