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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Aristotelian on July 29, 2013, 12:45:06 PM
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snot (8,378 posts)
PhD Thesis on DU and Free Republic
Last edited Mon Jul 29, 2013, 01:49 AM USA/ET - Edit history (2)
NOT mine; just came across this and just started reading . . . it's long, but looks interesting:
http://gradworks.umi.com/3331358.pdf :
The citizens of Democratic Underground and Free Republic ranged far and wide
for information to build their narratives, and contrary to the arguments of some critics
(e.g., Sunstein, 2001) they did not seek to exclude opposing points of view. In fact, their
activities can be seen as challenging many of the “myths and stereotypes†of the
relationship between media and democracy as described by Doris Graber (2003). The
primary challenge is to one of the myths defined by Graber as the “belief that governments
can control the citizens by manipulating the media†(2003, p. 140). . . . These environments
include institutions and social groups, work environments and cultural ties. When media
narratives come into contact with individual narratives, numerous factors determine how
they are received, and whether they are accepted or rejected, in full or part, mutated,
elaborated or even eviscerated. The unique environment of the message board records
these moments of narrative collision between individuals and between citizen and media
narratives and allows us to address them in context. In becoming the media, on whatever
scale, citizens participate in the creation of political culture. . . .
Updated to add title, etc.:
AGONISTIC DEMOCRACY AND THE NARRATIVE OF DISTEMPERED ELITES:
AN ANALYSIS OF CITIZEN DISCOURSE ON POLITICAL MESSAGE FORUMS
Jeanette Castillo
Submitted to the faculty of the University Graduate School
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Telecommunications,
Indiana University
August, 2008
A PhD in DUmp Studies?
DUmp link (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023360773)
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Just when you think libs could not be any more bizarre.
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Shockingly(!!!!)
The thesis came out remarkably, pro-DU... :whatever:
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The citizens of Democratic Underground and Free Republic ranged far and wide
for information to build their narratives, and contrary to the arguments of some critics
(e.g., Sunstein, 2001) they did not seek to exclude opposing points of view.
Now we know it's bogus. :p
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Shockingly(!!!!)
The thesis came out remarkably, pro-DU... :whatever:
I'm amazed, because DUmp Studies departments are usually so balanced...
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Now we know it's bogus. :p
Yes...what an amazing crock, for both sites really...the committee that reviewed her thesis should have dropped turds on her and sent her back to high school to start over, after that ridiculous whopper. The level of actual scrutiny it received says a lot about why a PhD is not automatically taken seriously anymore.
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Yes...what an amazing crock, for both sites really...the committee that reviewed her thesis should have dropped turds on her and sent her back to high school to start over, after that ridiculous whopper. The level of actual scrutiny it received says a lot about why a PhD is not automatically taken seriously anymore.
In fact if the phd is in any libera....er leftist area I automatically take them less serious. I also don't take phds in science real serious unless they are in their 40s and have some experience under their belts. I buy experienced people over today's educated every time when hiring..
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In fact if the phd is in any libera....er leftist area I automatically take them less serious. I also don't take phds in science real serious unless they are in their 40s and have some experience under their belts. I buy experienced people over today's educated every time when hiring..
Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Telecommunications,
Pretty much says it all right there. A Doctor of Philosophy, how do you grade that and is it possible to fail?
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Pretty much says it all right there. A Doctor of Philosophy, how do you grade that and is it possible to fail?
Feather Indian greeting: How
A cannibal passed his mother in law in the jungle.
Modern philosophy puts all that together to answer your noteworthy question.
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Feather Indian greeting: How
A cannibal passed his mother in law in the jungle.
Modern philosophy puts all that together to answer your noteworthy question.
Are you saying I have two mommy issues? I need a tissue.
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Are you saying I have two mommy issues? I need a tissue.
That was genius extracting Freud into the mix !
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Feather Indian greeting: How
A cannibal passed his mother in law in the jungle.
Modern philosophy puts all that together to answer your noteworthy question.
Shovel, hole, squat, cover.....
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The choice of topics reflected both what these citizens found worthy of
discussion and, particularly in the case of Free Republic, what was available to them from
sources they trusted
OMG,post something that isn`t truthout,alternet,huff or some liberal blog and you are called a right winger at the DUmp.
This paper wouldn`t even make for butt wipe...it is that distorted.