George N Dionisopoulos
Biographic Data
| ID | 3478631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George N Dionisopoulos |
| GIVEN NAMES | George N |
| FAMILY NAME | Dionisopoulos |
| SIGNATURE | DIONISOPOULOS G N |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Diego State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Abu Ghraib Images: "Breaks" in a Dichotomous Frame
President Bush's rhetorical justification for employing military force in Iraq was to frame "Operation Iraqi Freedom" through the Manichean dichotomy of good versus evil. However, as useful as the Manichean frame was for garnering initial public support, it was challenged by the images from Abu Ghraib prison. The images represented what Goffman (1974 Goffman , E. ( 1974 ). Frame analysis: An essay on the organization of experience . Cambridge , M…
Scripting a Tragedy: The "Isaac and Ishmael" Episode of The West Wing as Parable
Following the events of September 11, 2001, most of the entertainment industry was trying to avoid references to violence and terrorism. During this time, however, Aaron Sorkin wrote and produced a special episode of the series The West Wing, which was broadcast 3 weeks after the attacks. The broadcast of this program-titled "Isaac and Ishmael"-was met with a decidedly captious critical reaction. We suggest that this episode can be productively v…
Framing the Cubas narrative: The American dream and the capitalist reality
This paper analyzes news coverage of Major League Baseball agent Joe Cubas and his clients, defecting Cuban ballplayers. Based on the political, economic and social orientation of the media, we argue that the stories about Cubas are framed in a way which reifies the dominant ideology of the materialist mythos of the American Dream. This analysis of more than 30 news stories suggests that the “Cubas Narrative”; presents anecdotal evidence justifyi…
Transcending The Virgin/Whore Dichotomy: Telling Mina's Story in Bram Stoker's Dracula
This essay explores an alternative perspective on the virgin/whore dichotomy, a frame often used in feminist criticism of popular media. Past use of the dichotomy emphasizes how women are classified according to men's needs and experiences, a useful approach for examining the manifestation of patriarchal ideology. However, our approach asks instead how representations of sexuality might be decoded if women's needs and experiences are used as the …
Primal Urges and Civilized Sensibilities: The Rhetoric of Gendered Archetypes, Seduction, and Resistance in Bram Stoker's Dracula
If there hadn't been women, we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat because we made civilization to impress our girlfriends,” claimed Orson Welles (qtd. in Gossett 20). This quotation is typical of a “gendered ideology,” which dichotomizes male and female natures by associating that which is civilized with the feminine, and that which is uncivilized with the masculine. That ideology underpins the belief that it is the social role of wom…
The meaning of Vietnam”: Political rhetoric as revisionist cultural history
Secretary of State George P. Shultz delivered a speech entitled “The Meaning of Vietnam” in April 1985. This essay suggests that Shultz's address provides an excellent case study for examining the rhetorical demands facing a politician offering a revisionist perspective on cultural history, potentially useful strategies for meeting those demands, and an opportunity to see how a troublesome past can be reframed to make it more “useful” in the pres…
John F. Kennedy's civil rights discourse: The evolution from “principled bystander” to public advocate
This essay argues that President John F. Kennedy's civil rights discourse evidences an important evolutionary pattern marking a transition from legal argument to moral argument, and highlights two speeches as exemplars of this change. Three rhetorical constraints are identified which help account for and explain this shift in the president's public rhetoric. Finally, we offer implications of this essay for the study of contemporary presidential d…
The Abu Ghraib Images: "Breaks" in a Dichotomous Frame
President Bush's rhetorical justification for employing military force in Iraq was to frame "Operation Iraqi Freedom" through the Manichean dichotomy of good versus evil. However, as useful as the Manichean frame was for garnering initial public support, it was challenged by the images from Abu Ghraib prison. The images represented what Goffman (1974 Goffman , E. ( 1974 ). Frame analysis: An essay on the organization of experience . Cambridge , M…
Framing the Cubas narrative: The American dream and the capitalist reality
This paper analyzes news coverage of Major League Baseball agent Joe Cubas and his clients, defecting Cuban ballplayers. Based on the political, economic and social orientation of the media, we argue that the stories about Cubas are framed in a way which reifies the dominant ideology of the materialist mythos of the American Dream. This analysis of more than 30 news stories suggests that the “Cubas Narrative”; presents anecdotal evidence justifyi…
Scripting a Tragedy: The "Isaac and Ishmael" Episode of The West Wing as Parable
Following the events of September 11, 2001, most of the entertainment industry was trying to avoid references to violence and terrorism. During this time, however, Aaron Sorkin wrote and produced a special episode of the series The West Wing, which was broadcast 3 weeks after the attacks. The broadcast of this program-titled "Isaac and Ishmael"-was met with a decidedly captious critical reaction. We suggest that this episode can be productively v…
Transcending The Virgin/Whore Dichotomy: Telling Mina's Story in Bram Stoker's Dracula
This essay explores an alternative perspective on the virgin/whore dichotomy, a frame often used in feminist criticism of popular media. Past use of the dichotomy emphasizes how women are classified according to men's needs and experiences, a useful approach for examining the manifestation of patriarchal ideology. However, our approach asks instead how representations of sexuality might be decoded if women's needs and experiences are used as the …
The meaning of Vietnam”: Political rhetoric as revisionist cultural history
Secretary of State George P. Shultz delivered a speech entitled “The Meaning of Vietnam” in April 1985. This essay suggests that Shultz's address provides an excellent case study for examining the rhetorical demands facing a politician offering a revisionist perspective on cultural history, potentially useful strategies for meeting those demands, and an opportunity to see how a troublesome past can be reframed to make it more “useful” in the pres…
John F. Kennedy's civil rights discourse: The evolution from “principled bystander” to public advocate
This essay argues that President John F. Kennedy's civil rights discourse evidences an important evolutionary pattern marking a transition from legal argument to moral argument, and highlights two speeches as exemplars of this change. Three rhetorical constraints are identified which help account for and explain this shift in the president's public rhetoric. Finally, we offer implications of this essay for the study of contemporary presidential d…
John F. Kennedy's civil rights discourse: The evolution from “principled bystander” to public advocate
This essay argues that President John F. Kennedy's civil rights discourse evidences an important evolutionary pattern marking a transition from legal argument to moral argument, and highlights two speeches as exemplars of this change. Three rhetorical constraints are identified which help account for and explain this shift in the president's public rhetoric. Finally, we offer implications of this essay for the study of contemporary presidential d…
The meaning of Vietnam”: Political rhetoric as revisionist cultural history
Secretary of State George P. Shultz delivered a speech entitled “The Meaning of Vietnam” in April 1985. This essay suggests that Shultz's address provides an excellent case study for examining the rhetorical demands facing a politician offering a revisionist perspective on cultural history, potentially useful strategies for meeting those demands, and an opportunity to see how a troublesome past can be reframed to make it more “useful” in the pres…
Primal Urges and Civilized Sensibilities: The Rhetoric of Gendered Archetypes, Seduction, and Resistance in Bram Stoker's Dracula
If there hadn't been women, we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat because we made civilization to impress our girlfriends,” claimed Orson Welles (qtd. in Gossett 20). This quotation is typical of a “gendered ideology,” which dichotomizes male and female natures by associating that which is civilized with the feminine, and that which is uncivilized with the masculine. That ideology underpins the belief that it is the social role of wom…
Transcending The Virgin/Whore Dichotomy: Telling Mina's Story in Bram Stoker's Dracula
This essay explores an alternative perspective on the virgin/whore dichotomy, a frame often used in feminist criticism of popular media. Past use of the dichotomy emphasizes how women are classified according to men's needs and experiences, a useful approach for examining the manifestation of patriarchal ideology. However, our approach asks instead how representations of sexuality might be decoded if women's needs and experiences are used as the …
Framing the Cubas narrative: The American dream and the capitalist reality
This paper analyzes news coverage of Major League Baseball agent Joe Cubas and his clients, defecting Cuban ballplayers. Based on the political, economic and social orientation of the media, we argue that the stories about Cubas are framed in a way which reifies the dominant ideology of the materialist mythos of the American Dream. This analysis of more than 30 news stories suggests that the “Cubas Narrative”; presents anecdotal evidence justifyi…
Scripting a Tragedy: The "Isaac and Ishmael" Episode of The West Wing as Parable
Following the events of September 11, 2001, most of the entertainment industry was trying to avoid references to violence and terrorism. During this time, however, Aaron Sorkin wrote and produced a special episode of the series The West Wing, which was broadcast 3 weeks after the attacks. The broadcast of this program-titled "Isaac and Ishmael"-was met with a decidedly captious critical reaction. We suggest that this episode can be productively v…
The Abu Ghraib Images: "Breaks" in a Dichotomous Frame
President Bush's rhetorical justification for employing military force in Iraq was to frame "Operation Iraqi Freedom" through the Manichean dichotomy of good versus evil. However, as useful as the Manichean frame was for garnering initial public support, it was challenged by the images from Abu Ghraib prison. The images represented what Goffman (1974 Goffman , E. ( 1974 ). Frame analysis: An essay on the organization of experience . Cambridge , M…
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