Ideographs, Fragments, and Strategic Absences: An Ideographic Analysis of <Collateral Damage>
Description:
This study examined the ideograph of <collateral damage> through an analysis of the Bush Administration's rhetoric as well as visual photographs of Iraqi civilian deaths. The project argues that the psycho-dynamic rhetoric of the Bush Administration during a time of visual censorship lead to the dehumanization of Iraqi civilian deaths during the War in Iraq. The method consisted of a textual analysis of the Bush Administration's rhetoric and continued with a content analysis of news media's p…
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Date:
December 2008
Creator:
Rhidenour, Kayla