Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2009 Child's play: Investigating the genre of toy safety recall notices Christopher Toth Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the English Language and Literature Commons, and the Rhetoric and Composition Commons Recommended Citation Toth, Christopher, "Child's play: Investigating the genre of toy safety recall notices" (2009). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 10283. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/10283 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Child’s play: Investigating the genre of toy safety recall notices by Christopher Toth A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Rhetoric and Professional Communication Program of Study Committee: Donna S. Kienzler, Major Professor Barbara Blakely Margaret Graham Debra Marquart Susan Cross Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2009 Copyright © Christopher Toth, 2009. All rights reserved. ii iii iv Figure 1.1: Example of a toy safety recall notice for a burn and fire hazard ....................... 1 Figure 1.2: Physical location of safety recalls at one box-chain retail store ......................... 3 Figure 1.3: Screenshot of CPSC toy safety recall list............................................................... 8 Figure 1.4: Three safety signs warning against intestinal blockage, fire, and lead paint hazards ........................................................................................................................................