Helena Marie Fahnrich

The first of two pieces I’ve found that discuss WikiLeaks from the perspective of rhetorical analysis is  Watching the Domestication of the Wikileaks Helicopter Controversy by Marouf A. Hasian. This article considers rhetorical techniques the US government has used to misdirect or distract the public from the "collateral murder" video Wikileaks released. His discussion includes the tendency of in humanity to glorify war in addition to responsible journalism as it relates to documenting tragedies of war on location and the associated ambivalence over these acts by U.S. contractors. Hasian introduces early his discussion “domestication practices” of the government in relation to assimilating difficult facts of war. This is an important discussion point because the author codifies the general practice of familiarizing war by the government, which included flat out false claims of ignorance on behalf of the government over civilian deaths caused by US troops, in efforts to subve...

Aharony, Noa. "WikiLeaks comments: a study of responses to articles."  Online Information Review  36.6 (2012): 828-845. Web. 29 October 2014.< http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.lib.uwm.edu/docview/1193950884/fulltextPDF?accountid=15078 > The central theme of this article is to analyze public comments made about WikiLeaks in three online publications ( The New York Times, The Guardian, and Ynet ) within the context of online user generated content in a widespread public debate.   The article also addresses "the deliberative democracy theory" originating in the early twentieth century as it relates to modern theory of agnostic pluralism, this contrast addresses how consensus reflects hegemony and disagreement reflects or promotes democratic processes, as they relate to the public sphere.  Hasian Marouf A. "Watching the Domestication of the Wikileaks Helicopter Controversy."  Communication Quarterly  60.2 (2012) 190-209: Web. 30 October 2014. <...

I wanted to I spent a short time finding a couple relevant books in the library dealing with WikiLeaks, and after  I began searching through Google Scholar decided to switch to primarily online articles because there was a wider pool to choose from. I began by looking at what the keyword "WikiLeaks" pulled up. I also checked keywords related to criticism, journalism, and the US government. I noticed different formats were used by the publishers, and I came across one article that looked exactly the same as "Location Matters: The Rhetoric of Place in Protest." Seeing this increased my sense of familiarity with the process. During these initial searches I found "We're Going To Crack The World Open," and this article is a study on how journalists are interacting with WikiLeaks, or not.   I began spending some time searching the UWM libraries database when I was off campus. After logging in and looking for pieces that were peer reviewed only, I typed in ...