Location

University of Nevada Las Vegas, Greenspun Hall (first & second floor lobby)

Description

This project looks at popular media hands-on investigations of the waterboard (an interrogation method used in the war on terror, viewed historically as "torture") to discover what I argue are the haunting effects of the second Bush administration's rhetorical war.

Keywords

Journalism; Media; Rhetoric; Torture; Waterboarding

Disciplines

Journalism Studies | Mass Communication | Rhetoric | Speech and Rhetorical Studies

Language

English


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Apr 15th, 1:00 PM Apr 15th, 2:30 PM

Ghost hunting: A rhetorical analysis of the American media on the waterboard

University of Nevada Las Vegas, Greenspun Hall (first & second floor lobby)

This project looks at popular media hands-on investigations of the waterboard (an interrogation method used in the war on terror, viewed historically as "torture") to discover what I argue are the haunting effects of the second Bush administration's rhetorical war.