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Candace Rodgers

A Rhetorical Criticism of Mother”Hood”

The rhetorical method of fantasy-theme criticism is designed to offer insights into the shared worldview of groups. I use this method to analyze the Simlac video Mother “Hood.” The video is a satirical look at the groups with which parents self-identify. These groups are formed around parenting methods. There is a tension created between the individual’s convergence with these groups and divergence from the overarching worldview of motherhood. Simlac uses the symbolic convergence of the reality that “we are parents first” as a marketing strategy to sell baby formula. 

COMM 441, Rhetorical Criticism

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Candace Rodgers

Language, Feelings, and Hidden Biases 

This Capstone project is modeled after the method of Anna Deavere Smith. Through conducting interviews with students, faculty, and staff at NCU I sought out people who had stories within a similar theme. I will perform portions from each interview, weaving together the different perspectives on the power of language and our hidden biases. 

COMM 499, Capstone

Doyle Srader

PFB 003

11:30 AM – Noon

Tianna Bushman & Candace Rodgers

Affectionate Communication

Affection exchange theory (Floyd 2001) makes explicit links between expressed affection and survival. This study examines the link between affectionate communication and life threatening experiences. Sixty-three adults completed questionnaires about their expressions of affection towards loved ones. Of these sixty-three, thirty-five had experienced some sort of life threatening event and twenty eight had not. Results revealed that those who had experienced a life threatening event were more affectionate towards their loved ones. However, the difference was not significant. Further research to support the link between expressions of affection and human viability is necessary.

COMM 413, Advanced Interpersonal Communication

Doyle Srader

Tianna Bushman & Candace Rodgers

Perceived Empathy through Eye Contact

Witkin (1990), as cited in Cline’s The Science and Sanity of Listening (2013), noted that while the process of listening itself is a cognitive function, the perception of listening can be attributed to behavioral attributes. What happens when the cognitive function and the behavioral function do not line up with each other? A person may be portraying one emotion to the audience though the emotions he or she is actually experiencing may be entirely different. Perceived emotion and the emotion being experienced are separate entities, though they do feed off of each other (Cline, 2013).

COMM 430, Nonverbal Communication

Doyle Srader