2021 Three Minute Thesis

Award Winner

Recipient of the 2021 Three Minute Thesis Competition Award - First Place.

Award selection process: The top two from each group in the first heat advanced to the final round and presented again. Winners were selected from those top four.

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Presentation Type

Open Access Poster Presentation

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Click image to view Emma Newton Presentation #1: Group 1, Heat 1 on November 12, 2021:

Click image to view Emma Newton Presentation #2: Final Round on November 12, 2021:

Keywords

Capitol Riot, Washington, D.C., 2021--Psychological aspects; Political psychology;

Abstract

The January 6th riot on the U.S. Capitol Building was heavily documented with recorded videos and photos, not just by mainstream news sources but by the rioters themselves. Rioters’ videos uploaded to social media, particularly the conservative-focused website Parler, provide a lens into performances of gender as they intersect with political identity, revealing new ways that communication studies scholars can understand how conservative arguments are constructed within gender performance. In this thesis, I rhetorically analyze rioters’ videos uploaded to Parler using a lens of hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity, and further outline a conservative masculine and feminine performance of the rioters in attendance. I argue that the masculinity and femininity performed by Capitol rioters rhetorically deflected blame and seriousness away from rioting men and placed a stronger responsibility of care onto rioting women.

Start Date

12-11-2021 12:00 PM

End Date

12-11-2021 1:30 PM

Event Host

Graduate College, University of Northern Iowa

Faculty Advisor

Catherine H. Palczewski

Department

Department of Communication and Media

Comments

  • Heat 1, Group 1 - Oak Room, Maucker Union
  • Award Selection Process: The top two from each group in the first heat advanced to the final round to present again. Winners were selected from the Final round.
  • Graduate Program: Communication Studies

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Emma Newton_h1_g1.mp4 (484586 kB)
Video, Heat 1, Group 1

Emma Newton_h1_g1.srt (4 kB)
Closed Captioning SRT File for Group 1, Heat 1

Emma Newton - Finals.mp4 (495790 kB)
Video, Final Round

Emma Newton - Finals.srt (4 kB)
Closed Captioning SRT File for Final Round

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Gender Performance and Political Identity at the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot

The January 6th riot on the U.S. Capitol Building was heavily documented with recorded videos and photos, not just by mainstream news sources but by the rioters themselves. Rioters’ videos uploaded to social media, particularly the conservative-focused website Parler, provide a lens into performances of gender as they intersect with political identity, revealing new ways that communication studies scholars can understand how conservative arguments are constructed within gender performance. In this thesis, I rhetorically analyze rioters’ videos uploaded to Parler using a lens of hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity, and further outline a conservative masculine and feminine performance of the rioters in attendance. I argue that the masculinity and femininity performed by Capitol rioters rhetorically deflected blame and seriousness away from rioting men and placed a stronger responsibility of care onto rioting women.