Identification and the fear appeal: a rhetorical analysis of the San Diego Stadium referendum

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dc.creatorClapp, Derek Colin
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-14T23:08:45Z
dc.date.available2011-02-18T23:12:24Z
dc.date.available2016-11-14T23:08:45Z
dc.date.issued2000-08
dc.degree.departmentCommunication Studiesen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the rhetorical use of fear appeals and Burkean identification in the campaign to win public funding for the new stadium. Throughout this paper, I will develop the argument that supporters of Proposition C attempted to have the citizens of San Diego identify the Padres as a integral piece of the puzzle that makes San Diego what it is. Further, the proponents of Prop C used fear appeals to urge the voting population to vote yes on Prop C. I will further argue that the fear argument, that the Padres would leave San Diego unless Prop C passed, depended on the citizens identifying with the Padres and the redevelopment of downtown. Specifically, how was Burke's notion of identification combined with fear appeals to influence the vote on Prop C, and what role in general does identification have in such fear appeals? I will later argue that identification was a necessary element in the fear appeal made by the proponents of Proposition C.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/19594en_US
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTexas Tech Universityen_US
dc.rights.availabilityUnrestricted.
dc.subjectSan Diego Padresen_US
dc.subjectContent analysisen_US
dc.titleIdentification and the fear appeal: a rhetorical analysis of the San Diego Stadium referendum
dc.typeThesis

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