Date of Award
Summer 1953
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Hellman, Hugo
Second Advisor
Sokolnicki, Alfred
Third Advisor
Staudacher, Joseph
Abstract
This thesis proposes to examine some radio oratory which became eminently fruitful over the years between 1931 and 1948. It will discuss the techniques which the speaker employed to gain, hold, and activate a group of listeners estimated at twenty million per week. For the purposes of this study, seventy-six addresses from three volumes of the speaker's printed sermons have been analyzed: They cover the beginning (1931), the middle (1941), and the near-end (1948) of his broadcast activities. For the sake of convenience these have been designated as Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3. These materials were compared with the standards set up by such specialists in the speech field as Oliver, Baird, Duffey, Reu, Borden, Phelps, and others. The three-fold aim of this work included: 1. An analysis of the format, to see how the speaker coped with audience fatigue; 2. An analysis of content, to discover what techniques he used to hold attention and interest; 3. An attempt to find the cue to his motivations.
Recommended Citation
Frank, Victor C., "The Sermonic Techniques Employed over the Lutheran Hour 1931-48" (1953). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 1774.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/1774