Publication Date

5-2015

Date of Final Oral Examination (Defense)

3-9-2015

Type of Culminating Activity

Thesis

Degree Title

Master of Arts in Communication

Department

Communication

Supervisory Committee Chair

Julie Lane, Ph.D.

Supervisory Committee Member

Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.

Supervisory Committee Member

Seth Ashley, Ph.D.

Abstract

This critical examination approaches communication with Marx to uncover the implications of the symbolic reproduction of social relations. The social reproduction of the past is characterized through an onset of parallel themes that run with depictions of the experience of people. Marxist inspired critical research illustrates the perpetuation of the internalization and normalization of ideological principles of the social sphere. Significance emerges from the dialectical questioning of the values and principles of the social. Overall, this collective reflection demonstrates the importance of the critical aspect in the current discussion of the dynamics of the social sphere.

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