Date of Award
2000
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
Nine journal articles were analyzed in order to understand gendered composition and what makes writing an article feminine and what makes it masculine. The journals reviewed were Communication Monographs, Communication Theory, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, Human Communication Research, Quarterly Journal of Speech, and Women Studies in Communication. Categories were compiled to include the characteristics of a feminine style in feminist research, and a masculine style in traditional research. This analysis takes a rhetorical approach in order to address a more gender diverse perspective in research. As a result of many published articles reflecting a theme of a "dominant masculinist paradigm" in the publication process, this study examines some of the reasons why feminist scholarship in communication struggles for acceptance.
Extent
104 p.
Recommended Citation
Bifano, Diane Theresa, "rhetorical analysis of a feminine style and feminist research in scholarly communication journals" (2000). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 119.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/119
Identifier
FADT12673
Comments
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Adviser: Enid Sefcovic.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2000.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection