Date of Award
Summer 6-3-2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Carol Winkler
Second Advisor
David Cheshier
Third Advisor
Greg Lisby
Abstract
In the aftermath of the events of 9/11, the U.S. executive branch has repeatedly maintained that its need for action to secure the nation requires a revised interpretation of individual liberties. This study will explore the tensions between the positive ideographs and in response to the negative ideograph in a contemporary United States court ruling. Using Burke’s pentad, and cluster analysis, as well as Brummett’s notion of strategic silence, the study examines how the FISCR substantially changed the interrelationship between the two ideographs. The study concludes that the FISCR situated strengthening national security as the purpose of the case it ruled on, which privileged national security over privacy. Throughout the expansion of security,> the court used silence to justify its decision. This analysis both adds to our understanding of the synchronic relationship between ideographs, and examines how the courts utilize such interplays to reconstitute community.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1355526
Recommended Citation
Connelly, Eric M., "[Redacted Text] and Surveillance: An Ideographic Analysis of the Struggle between National Security and Privacy." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2010.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1355526