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Communication Accommodation and Female Political Leaders: The Case of Elizabeth Warren

Chill, Sarah P.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1420802379

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2014, Master of Arts in Professional Communication, Youngstown State University, Department of Communicaton.
Masculine and feminine styles of communication are different. A masculine style includes aggressive language, direct questions, and task-oriented conversation. A feminine style includes emphasizing relationship, using collective pronouns, and using narratives to emphasize points. Males and females generally fall into their respective styles. In the political sphere, this poses a problem. Female political leaders are an enigma. They are usually judged in terms of double binds. For example, to be seen as feminine a female leader cannot be seen as competent and vise versa. Also, since the political sphere tends to take on a masculine style of communication, female leaders struggle to find a balance between being masculine and being too masculine. In this study, Elizabeth Warren’s public speech is analyzed. Findings show that she is able to toggle between the masculine and feminine styles effectively and that there is evidence of communication convergence.
Rebecca Curnalia, PhD (Advisor)
George McCloud, PhD (Committee Member)
Max Grubb, PhD (Committee Member)
63 p.
Communication; Gender Studies; Political Science
communication accommodation; communication styles; double binds; Elizabeth Warren

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  • Chill, S. P. (2014). Communication Accommodation and Female Political Leaders: The Case of Elizabeth Warren [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1420802379

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chill, Sarah. Communication Accommodation and Female Political Leaders: The Case of Elizabeth Warren. 2014. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1420802379.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chill, Sarah. "Communication Accommodation and Female Political Leaders: The Case of Elizabeth Warren." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1420802379

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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