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Title
The Tea Party movement: grassroots advocacy at its finest, or highly-disguised astroturfing?
Description
Using models identified by communications scholars Herbert W. Simons and Charles J. Stewart, a rhetorical analysis was conducted on contemporary Tea Party Movement (TPM) artifacts in an attempt to gauge the movement's authenticity as it relates to grassroots advocacy versus astroturfing. The models provided a theoretical framework in which the functions of social movement leaders were analyzed, as well as the rhetorical phases of a movement. Additionally, the notions of advocacy and astroturfing were defined and the concepts compared and contrasted. Used in conjunction with one another the models provided a framework in which TPM artifacts could be analyzed. Analysis was conducted on the websites for the Tea Party Patriots and Tea Party Express, a one-month sample of Sarah Palin FaceBook posts, two speeches delivered by Michelle Bachmann, and finally one speech given by Palin. Examples for each of the necessary rhetorical components identified were found within TPM sources, thus leading to the conclusion that the TPM operates primarily as a grassroots advocacy movement.
Date Created
2011
Contributors
- Zukowski, Kassandra (Author)
- Holmer Nadesan, Majia (Thesis advisor)
- Mean, Lindsey (Committee member)
- Eric Ramsey, Ramsey (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
iv, 121 p
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14464
Statement of Responsibility
by Kassandra Zukowski
Description Source
Viewed on Oct. 2, 2012
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2011
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-121)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Communication studies
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