Defense Date
3-15-2024
Graduation Date
Spring 5-10-2024
Availability
Immediate Access
Submission Type
dissertation
Degree Name
PhD
Department
Communication and Rhetorical Studies
School
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
Committee Chair
Erik Garrett
Committee Member
Janie Harden Fritz
Committee Member
Anthony M. Wachs
Keywords
call-and-response, communication ethics, NAACP, association, provocation, convocation, evocation, polyvocation
Abstract
This dissertation is an exploration of the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), from the standpoint of communication studies. In particular, this dissertation is based on the research of several crucial, communicative artifacts, including: “The Call” penned by William English Walling; the addresses, speeches, and the panel discussion of the Negro National Conference; and the editorial of the first issue The Crisis magazine. The contention is that the communication of the NAACP was catalyzed by a communication ethic, nominated as call-and-response communication ethics. Therefore, this dissertation elucidates the four practices of call-and-response communication ethics: Provocation, convocation, evocation, and “polyvocation” and it announces the implications of call-and-reponse communication ethics for this current historical moment.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Lyde, R. A. (2024). For The Good of Association: The Call-and-Response Communication Ethics of the Early NAACP (Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/2230
For the Good of Association: The Call-and-Response Communication Ethics of the Early NAACP by Rodney Adam Lyde