Event Title
The American People's Response to a New Look for George W. Bush
Location
CSU 255
Start Date
12-4-2004 10:30 AM
End Date
12-4-2004 12:00 PM
Student's Major
Communication Studies
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
Brian Klosa
Mentor's Department
Communication Studies
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
Through the years of his presidency, George W. Bush has been represented in many different ways, from satirical television, and movies to political cartoons. With each representation, there have been reactions from the American people. The latest representation is an action figure of the president, which has gotten responses from the American people. As people studying the many issues of communication, we must analyze the responses by asking the following research question: Does the introduction of the George W. Bush action figure help or hurt the president's credibility? To answer this question, I will use Kenneth Burke's epic and burlesque frames of communication. The epic frame refers to the positive viewpoint of a social situation, and the burlesque frame refers to the negative viewpoint of a social situation. After I have discussed Burke's two frames, we will look at the American people's perception of the action figure, and then we will examine implication on a social behavior to answer the question given above.
The American People's Response to a New Look for George W. Bush
CSU 255
Through the years of his presidency, George W. Bush has been represented in many different ways, from satirical television, and movies to political cartoons. With each representation, there have been reactions from the American people. The latest representation is an action figure of the president, which has gotten responses from the American people. As people studying the many issues of communication, we must analyze the responses by asking the following research question: Does the introduction of the George W. Bush action figure help or hurt the president's credibility? To answer this question, I will use Kenneth Burke's epic and burlesque frames of communication. The epic frame refers to the positive viewpoint of a social situation, and the burlesque frame refers to the negative viewpoint of a social situation. After I have discussed Burke's two frames, we will look at the American people's perception of the action figure, and then we will examine implication on a social behavior to answer the question given above.
