Racial Framing in Political Blogs During the 2008 Presidential Campaign
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA GRADUATE COLLEGE CAUSING A RUCKUS: RACIAL FRAMING IN POLITICAL BLOGS DURING THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE FACULTY in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY By MONICA GAIL FLIPPIN-WYNN Norman, Oklahoma 2010 CAUSING A RUCKUS: RACIAL FRAMING IN POLITICAL BLOGS DURING THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN A DISSERTATION APPROVED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION BY Dr. Glenn Hansen, Chair Dr. Patrick Meirick Dr. Lisa Foster Dr. Meta Carstarphen Dr. Dorscine Spigner Littles © Copyright by MONICA GAIL FLIPPIN-WYNN 2010 All Rights Reserved. Dedication With humility, love, and appreciation I dedicate this dissertation to my two children, JamesDavid and SeanTaylor. Through this journey of my lifetime, you were patient, funny, and simply amazing. Despite the significance I placed on this goal, you never had to remind me of the most important and most satisfying role in my life: being your mom. Acknowledgments I know the road to completing a doctorate is a long one, but I believe this has been the longest trip of my life. I don’t have enough room or energy to thank all my friends, family, teachers, administrators, and strangers who helped me along the way, but I will try because without them, there would be no today for me. I would like to thank the University of Oklahoma for opening the doors again for me to come back, and I can truly say that it was better the second time around. My thanks to Dr. Michael Pfau, who agreed to readmit me to finish my program; you were the personification of a true scholar and I am better for the experience.
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