Date of Award:
5-2024
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Arts (MA)
Department:
Communication Studies and Philosophy
Committee Chair(s)
Jennifer Peeples
Committee
Jennifer Peeples
Committee
Mollie Murphy
Committee
Jason Gilmore
Abstract
On January 6th, 2021, former president Donald Trump stated "...if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore". Following his speech thousands of Trump supporters marched to the United States capitol under the belief that they were stopping nationwide voter fraud. In the months following, the U.S. congress created The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol with the goal to investigate those responsible for the insurrection that took place at the U.S. capitol. This paper examines the committee's communication as they attempted to hold Trump responsible for these events. By comparing the past political communication tools to the current situation, I argue that the committee's inability to adapt to these discourse changes was detrimental to their goal to hold Trump accountable.
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Recommended Citation
Lindsay, MaKayla Chadwick, "Drama: A Burlesque and Melodramatic Frame Analysis of the January 6th Committee Final Report" (2024). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Fall 2023 to Present. 187.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd2023/187
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