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245 14 a| The Declaration of Independence :b| a new genre in political discourse or mixed genres in an unlikely medium? /c| by Trisha Capansky.;

246 1 i| title from abstract pagea| Declaration of Independence : a new genre in political discourse, or mixed genres and an unlikely medium?;

260 a| [Greenville, N.C.] :b| East Carolina University,c| 2011.;

300 a| 222 pages :b| illustrations (some color), digital, PDF file;

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502 b| Ph.D.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2011.;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the Department of English.;

500 a| Advisor: E. Thomson Shields, Jr..;

500 a| Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Sept. 15, 2011).;

520 3 a| The dissertation shows how mismatched content/medium relationships can supersede the responses of traditional pairings when the medium dominates the discursive power of the discourse. The dissertation, in part, looks at a historical case study to help us understand some modern uses where mismatched pairings have been used to enhance audience attention. I begin with an overview of related theories that pertain to genre inception, development, and demise. Next, I describe an historic occasion where a mismatched content/medium pairing was, to some extent, responsible for reshaping geo-political relations: Modern concepts of democracy rest within the genre of a political communication that originated from the writing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Looking at the Declaration of Independence alongside the British government's response to it in John Lind's lengthy pamphlet An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress, I discuss normative uses of genres during the eighteenth century to show how the success of the Dunlap Broadside version of the Declaration of Independence, the official version ordered by the Second Continental Congress, is a product of a larger message that is implied by the broadside in conjunction with its content of revolutionary thinking. The dissertation concludes with modern-day examples where mismatched content/medium pairings are being used in strategies to increase public awareness of messages that were originally introduced through traditional pairings.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

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650 0 a| Discourse analysis, Literary.=| ^A133141;

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600 10 a| Lind, John,d| 1737-1781.t| Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress.=| ^A487552;

653 a| History;

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The Declaration of Independence : a new genre in political discourse or mixed genres in an unlikely medium? / by Trisha Capansky.

Author/creator	Capansky, Trisha
Other author	Shields, E. Thomson, Jr., 1958-
Other author	East Carolina University. Department of English.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Publication Info	[Greenville, N.C.] : East Carolina University, 2011.
Description	222 pages : illustrations (some color), digital, PDF file
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	Lind, John, 1737-1781. Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress. United States. Declaration of Independence. Communication--Political aspects. Mass media genres. Communication in politics. Discourse analysis, Literary.

Variant title	title from abstract page Declaration of Independence : a new genre in political discourse, or mixed genres and an unlikely medium?
Summary	The dissertation shows how mismatched content/medium relationships can supersede the responses of traditional pairings when the medium dominates the discursive power of the discourse. The dissertation, in part, looks at a historical case study to help us understand some modern uses where mismatched pairings have been used to enhance audience attention. I begin with an overview of related theories that pertain to genre inception, development, and demise. Next, I describe an historic occasion where a mismatched content/medium pairing was, to some extent, responsible for reshaping geo-political relations: Modern concepts of democracy rest within the genre of a political communication that originated from the writing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Looking at the Declaration of Independence alongside the British government's response to it in John Lind's lengthy pamphlet An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress, I discuss normative uses of genres during the eighteenth century to show how the success of the Dunlap Broadside version of the Declaration of Independence, the official version ordered by the Second Continental Congress, is a product of a larger message that is implied by the broadside in conjunction with its content of revolutionary thinking. The dissertation concludes with modern-day examples where mismatched content/medium pairings are being used in strategies to increase public awareness of messages that were originally introduced through traditional pairings.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the Department of English.
General note	Advisor: E. Thomson Shields, Jr..
General note	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Sept. 15, 2011).
Dissertation note	Ph.D. East Carolina University 2011.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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