Publication Date
2018
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
First Advisor
Woodyard, Kerith M.
Degree Name
M.A. (Master of Arts)
Legacy Department
Department of Communication
LCSH
Communication
Abstract
This analysis explores how modern information and communication technologies and social networking sites have influenced and shaped modern social movements. By using Charles J. Stewart, Craig Allen Smith, and Robert E. Denton's model for the stages of social movements as a theoretical framework, this study conducts two case studies of the Black Lives Matter movement and the Dakota Access Pipeline protest to better understand how modern social movements are adopting new technologies. Ultimately, this study reveals several shifts in the stylistic, substantive, and organizational patterns of modern social movement rhetoric.
Recommended Citation
DuPuis, Matt, "Social movement rhetoric and the digital shift" (2018). Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations. 4953.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-thesesdissertations/4953
Extent
90 pages
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Rights Statement 2
NIU theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from Huskie Commons for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without the written permission of the authors.
Media Type
Text
Comments
Advisors: Kerith M. Woodyard.||Committee members: Ferald J. Bryan; Mary Lynn Henningsen.||Includes illustrations.||Includes bibliographical references.